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<h3>What is Genesis theme framework?</h3>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Genesis theme framework</span> is a beautifully crafted WordPress parent theme framework that has been designed to help you take your WordPress powered website from &#8216;average&#8217; to &#8216;awesome&#8217;, not just on the outside but more importantly on the inside too.</p>
<p>Getting a professionally designed website at an affordable price has been made absolutely simple and possible with the power of Genesis from StudioPress. Genesis will give your site a complete competitive edge over your competitors, with impeccable performance and functionality. We review <strong>Genesis theme framework</strong> and find out why we think it&#8217;s the best Premium WordPress theme framework on the market.</p>
<h3>Why do I think Genesis is Brilliant?</h3>
<p>I’ve been an avid Genesis user for almost two years and have tried many of their premium ready made themes with many web projects, I have also used many other frameworks such as Headway and Thesis and when compared with Genesis, there is simply no contest between them. Genesis offers far more better value and performance for your money. I’m not just a fan of the product, I’m an avid user, and developer on a steep learning curve.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6501" src="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/genesis.jpg" alt="Genesis Theme Framework Review" width="480" height="260" /></p>
<blockquote><p><strong><a title="Get Genesis Theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/go/genesis" rel="nofollow">Take Genesis for a Test Drive</a> &gt;&gt;</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>So what makes <em>Genesis theme framework</em> so special that you simply have to use it? We’ll in this review you’ll find out&#8230;</p>
<h3>Flawless Design Quality &amp; Security</h3>
<p>Genesis has been created with not just external aesthetics in mind, but also what matters the most in a good premium WordPress theme is what’s on the inside, the functionality of the theme.</p>
<p>With Genesis you’re getting a professionally coded theme that is worth 4 times it&#8217;s weight in gold. We are all aware of the security concerns’ regarding the popularity of WordPress and the hackers that prey upon it&#8217;s users, well Genesis was designed with that <a title="How to Protect your blog from Hackers by using Limited Login Attempts Plugin for WordPress" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/11/29/how-to-protect-your-blog-from-hackers-by-using-limited-login-attempts-plugin-for-wordpress/">security</a> in mind; you can rest assured that your site will remain guarded and won’t be vulnerable to security threats from hackers with Genesis.</p>
<p>Something that many other premium and more over, free WordPress themes don&#8217;t offer much of&#8230; security.</p>
<h3>40+ Beautifully Crafted Child Themes</h3>
<p>When you purchase Genesis you can purchase a package that includes one of their 40 plus beautifully crafted <a title="Generate Theme Customization for Genesis Theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/20/generate-theme-customization-tips/">child themes</a>. Each child theme is created to a high standard and there is something to suit every type of site. There is also a wide range of themes to choose from created by the StudioPress community of developers.</p>
<p>Again when you purchase any of the child themes for Genesis, you are getting unlimited everything including those all important updates, which brings us to the feature.</p>
<h3>Simple &amp; Unlimited Updates for Life&#8230;</h3>
<p>One of the biggest advantages of using Genesis is that you get unlimited updates after you’ve made your purchase and <a title="How to Install Genesis Theme Framework &amp; Child Theme into WordPress" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2010/10/21/how-to-install-genesis-theme-framework-church-child-theme-into-wordpress/">installed it into your WordPress blog</a>. Unlike many other popular frameworks you don’t just get 6 or 12 months worth of updates and that’s it, but a lifetime worth of updates. More over Genesis has made it real simple to apply those updates using a simple on-click update from your WordPress dashboard.</p>
<p>Again focusing on the security aspects, no one likes to discover that their WordPress site has been hacked into, I’m sure you wouldn&#8217;t. Updating to the latest versions of WordPress and Genesis when prompted adds even further reinforcement to the security of your WordPress site.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><a title="Get Genesis Theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/go/genesis" rel="nofollow">Take Genesis for a Test Drive</a> &gt;&gt;</strong></p></blockquote>
<h3>Genesis is Simple to Customize</h3>
<p>Yet another great feature with Genesis is that it offers users the ability to customize their WordPress site effortlessly. Genesis comes complete widget ready with plenty of theme options available. You can view the full Genesis options page here &gt;&gt; <a title="Genesis Options" href="http://www.studiopress.com/images/genesis/theme-settings.pnghttp://" target="_blank">http://www.studiopress.com/images/genesis/theme-settings.png</a></p>
<h3>Genesis offer Exceptional Value for Money</h3>
<p>Genesis is used by top bloggers like <strong>Chris Brogan</strong> and <strong>Darren Rowse</strong> from <em>ProBlogger</em>, so that’s a statement in itself. Why do those guys trust Genesis? Simple, because it offers so much, and so much at an exceptional price too. Genesis will set you back <strong>$59.95</strong>, if that’s not a bargain then I don’t know what is. At that price you’re getting one of the most, if not the most powerful premium WordPress theme frameworks on the market.</p>
<h3>Verdict</h3>
<p>It&#8217;s fair to say we love Genesis theme framework, and we believe that if you love your blog and want to be serious about blogging on a professional level, then give your WordPress site the stability, the security and the performance it deserves; invest in Genesis theme Framework today, it gets a 5 star rating from me, and rarely does that happen.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><a title="Get Genesis Theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/go/genesis" rel="nofollow">Take Genesis for a Test Drive</a> &gt;&gt;</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Related Genesis Posts</strong></p>
<p>1. <a title="How to Install Genesis Theme Framework &amp; Child Theme into WordPress" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2010/10/21/how-to-install-genesis-theme-framework-church-child-theme-into-wordpress/">How to Install Genesis theme Framework</a></p>
<p>2. <a title="Generate Theme Customization for Genesis Theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/20/generate-theme-customization-tips/">Generate Child Theme Customization Tips</a></p>
<p>3. <a title="How to Add Customer Header Logo to Genesis theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2010/12/18/how-to-add-custom-header-logo-to-studiopress-premium-wordpress-themes/">How to Add Custom Header to Genesis Theme Framework</a></p>

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<p>So, the only way out is to confront it head first. Turn this negative feedback into opportunity to get cozy with the <a title="5 Major Reasons your Blog Isn’t A Reader’s Spot!" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/11/15/5-major-reasons-your-blog-isnt-a-readers-spot/">targeted audience</a> though there are some hard work involved but believe me, the outcome will be just awesome.</p>
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<p><strong>Listen to what people are saying about your company</strong></p>
<p>You need find out what other people are saying about your company. Now since the world we are living in is not perfect, you may find that people are talking foul about your company even when the fault is not yours.</p>
<p>You need to set <a title="Social Media Monitoring Tool Video: How Do Potential Customers Really React to my Marketing Campaigns?" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/03/27/social-media-monitoring-tool-video-how-do-potential-customers-really-react-to-my-marketing-campaigns/">Google Alerts</a> with the name of your company and you will have automated mail to your mail box whenever there is any mention about your company. Keep a hawk eye on your <a title="How to Start a Facebook Fan Page" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2010/11/22/how-to-start-a-facebook-fan-page-in-3-easy-steps/">Facebook page</a>, as you never know when a disgruntled customer will blurt out something bad against your company.</p>
<p><strong>Is it worthy of a response?</strong></p>
<p>It is not good for a big corporate organization to get involved in an open fight whenever someone posts something against it. If someone posted something in a small forum, you should not pick up a fight. This is not going to do any good to you and your brand image.</p>
<p>It can draw undue attention that could easily be averted.  Sometimes, if you happen to find a hot headed, my humble suggestion is to avoid them or ignore them at their best because it is not good to argue with reasons. They are not going to listen to your theories; they’re more interested in making you buy theirs.</p>
<p><strong>Don’t put it on hold</strong></p>
<p>Once you spot a negative feedback, you need to act decisively and proactively. Do not waste a minute because things will start getting out of your hand as the time passes and the person may get more angry and frustrated. At least, give them the understanding that you are looking into the matter, even when you are not.</p>
<p><strong>Be a Human</strong></p>
<p>You should not act or react like a dumb head or headless corporate honchos. You should feel the pain of the person who is <a title="Knocked Down By Negative Social Media &amp; How to Get Back Up Again" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/09/knocked-down-by-negative-social-media/">complaining about your company</a> and therefore, you need to approach with empathy.</p>
<p>Use your real name and show him that you are really sorry for whatever the cause may be. It is easy to shout against a company but when an official with that company interrupts, everything changes. Start something with this, like – This is Mathew from Company name and you will see dramatic difference in the circumstances.</p>
<p><strong>Offer a public apology</strong></p>
<p>If you see that you are responsible for the problem caused, you should come up with  a strong public apology. It will earn you respect from people around you rather than letting things go out of your hand. Come clean on whatever you have done and you will have a better world to live in, believe me.</p>
<p><strong>Offer a good will gesture</strong></p>
<p>If you have apologized, it is time to make up for the loss of <a title="How to use Social Media to Provide Customer Support for your Business" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/02/21/social-media-customer-support-business/">reputation</a>. You have to turn the tide against your side by offering something back that will make the person say some good things about your company, or make a U turn from his former position.</p>
<p><strong>No fighting pleas…</strong></p>
<p>As mentioned, it is bad idea to get into a fight with someone you barely know. It is quite common for people to say bad things but you should not go on the offensive side and start abusing the person or attack him headlong. Listen to what they are saying and then try to reason with them. Don’t be emotional and be your own critic and you will have a better world to live in…</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Reading</strong></p>
<p>1. <a title="Likeable Social Media" href="http://amzn.to/xnLYwz" rel="nofollow">Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook</a></p>
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<blockquote><p><em><strong>About the Author</strong></em></p>
<p><em>Michael Evans is a passionate writer and he has been writing for <strong>Site2You</strong> which is the <a href="http://www.site2you.com/">best website builder software</a>. He has written various articles on web design, online marketing and SEO. He is equally enthusiastic about the latest gadgets.</em></p></blockquote>

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<p>Here are my reasons&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>First Reason –</strong> The first and foremost reason is that when I began blogging here at <strong>Magnet4Marketing</strong> some two years ago, I made the crazy mistake of adding AdSense code to each and every single one of my blog post instead of using a dedicated plugin. I added AdSense to top and bottom of every post manually&#8230; that was a crazy thing to do.</p>
<p>Whilst I’m now removing AdSense slowly I’d like to introduce it back to the blog later on in the year using a dedicated WP plugin, but before I do I have to remove AdSense to some <a title="The 600th Post on Magnet4Marketing: Get Paid to Write For Us" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/11/08/the-600th-post-on-magnet4marketing-get-paid-to-write-for-us/">600 posts</a> manually. If anyone has a recommendation for a good AdSense WP plugin, leave me a comment below.</p>
<p><strong>Second Reason –</strong> I wanted to see if AdSense was in anyway affecting <a title="My Monthly Traffic &amp; Income Report for April 2012" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/08/monthly-traffic-income-report-april-2012/">my affiliate earnings</a>. Before I added AdSense the blog was making a steady amount of income from affiliate marketing, this income over the years have decreased, so by not having AdSense present on this blog, I will check to see if affiliate earnings increase.</p>
<p>I’d much prefer to have a visitor click on an affiliate link that they find useful and relevant and make a purchase from it, in which I can earn a good commission from, rather than them to click out on an AdSense ad link and I end up getting paid a few measly cents for it. Again let me know your own thoughts on this&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Third Reason – </strong>The third reason as to why I’m removing AdSense from my blog is because I wanted to give YOU, my readers a break from seeing AdSense ads, and instead having content to greet you when you land on a page or post. I’ve always believed that displaying content first, then ads secondly is the best method, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on this one too.</p>
<p>So those are the reasons as to why I removed or removing AdSense from the blog. I’m hoping that over the next few months as traffic increases slowly and we continue to add great content to the blog, affiliate earnings will increase, and perhaps I won’t need to use AdSense again, or I may just ad a single AdSense block at the top of each page.</p>
<p><strong>What are your thoughts?</strong></p>
<p>Are you using AdSense on your blog? How is your income from AdSense looking? Do you think you might make more money from <a title="How to Really Make Money Online with ClickBank using your Blog" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/03/19/make-money-online-with-clickbank-using-blog/">affiliate marketing</a> if AdSense wasn’t present on your blog? Share with me your thoughts and reactions below as always.</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Reading from Amazon</strong></p>
<p>1. <a title="20 Places to Make Money Online" href="http://amzn.to/KnljD2" rel="nofollow">20 Places to Make Money Online</a></p>

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<p>I know this isn’t a travel blog of any sort but <strong>blogging is about sharing the things you love</strong> right?</p>
<p>I’ve been enjoying chilling out by the pool and having a grand tour of this stunning volcanic Island with some great friends over the last couple of days.</p>
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<p>I’m currently staying in <a title="Gran Canaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria">Gran Canaria</a>, which is one of the larger islands part of the Canary Islands situated on the north western coast of Africa.</p>
<p>Gran Canaria is also the second most populated island of the Canary Islands and has just fewer than 1 million people cohabiting here. There are 7 islands making up the volcanic originated Canary Islands. I visited Lanzarote, Feurteventura and Tenerife a good few years ago and I personally think that Gran Canaria is the prettiest of the Canary Islands.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging on Vacation</strong></p>
<p>I’ve also been able to update the blog a couple of times throughout the week, replying to comments and checking my emails in general, however access is limited so I&#8217;m not able to do everything that I normally would from the desk. I once dreamt of owning a blog that could one day pay for a vacation, and although it&#8217;s taken me a year to save enough money, I did it and I can say I&#8217;m blogging on vacation. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;m not as successful at blogging as a lot of other people might be, but it paid for my holiday and that to me is cool.</p>
<p>I took away with me a <a title="Dell Latitude D630" href="http://amzn.to/JBxyzP" rel="nofollow">Dell Latitude Netbook</a> and my <a title="iPhone 4S" href="http://amzn.to/JXYPwe" rel="nofollow">iPhone 4S</a>, and the complex in which I’m staying in has Wi-Fi anyhow.</p>
<p>I also took a couple of books to read on my holiday, one of which I’d highly recommend is the exclusive biography of <a title="Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson" href="http://amzn.to/Lh1ejB" rel="nofollow">Steve Jobs</a> written by <em>Walter Isaacson</em>. It is definitely an inspiring book to read and provides a great insight into the life of a modern digital world legend that is Steve Jobs&#8230;</p>
<p>Not that I can’t wait to get back in the office because truthfully, I hate going home after a really nice break away, especially to a place like this, however we should be back in the office properly on 28<sup>th</sup> May and back in the full swing of things, so see you all soon.</p>
<p>I’ll leave you with some photos from the holiday so far, some taken with a <a title="Pentax Digital I-10" href="http://amzn.to/Lh1LlF" rel="nofollow">Pentax Digital I-10</a> 12.1 megapixel camera and some with my iPhone 4.</p>
<p><em>Please note that I&#8217;ve added some Amazon affiliate links to the things I&#8217;ve taken on my holiday <img src='http://www.magnet4marketing.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
<p><em>Chief Editor and your Blogging Friend &#8211; Fabrizio Van Marciano</em></p>
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<p>Users can search by topics or trends, start or follow conversations about them, and plenty of other options. Twitter is buzzing with questions: Will So.cl survive <a title="Social Media Trends 2012: What To Look Out For in 2012" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/03/25/social-media-trends-2012/">social media world</a>? Why do people change social networks? As social and search continue to converge, brands and SME&#8217;s will need to take new tools that combine social and search into account when planning marketing.</p>
<p>In this episode of <em>Future of Engagement</em>, <a href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/author/murr8y/">Murray</a> looks at the So.cl network&#8217;s soft launch, what social media commentators think, and digs further into what this all means for your brand.</p>
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<p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p>
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<li>Combines Social + Research</li>
<li>Integrates with Facebook</li>
<li>Features &#8220;Video Parties&#8221;</li>
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<p>A look at the graph above shows the success of Microsoft&#8217;s successful silent launch of So.cl with conversation virtually non-existent prior to today. The graph was provided by <a href="http://en.en.alerti.com/features" rel="nofollow">Alerti</a> social media monitoring tool. Alerti is a great tool for bloggers since it lets them see what people are saying on social media. Bloggers can use it to find out what to write about, learn what topic is hot, and more!</p>
<p>Get Alerti for <a href="http://en.en.alerti.com/features" rel="nofollow">free for 3 months</a> using the <em>freetrial</em> promotion code!</p>

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<p>Content is the life blood of any blog, the more high quality content you are able to add to your blog the better. One of the best ways to ensure you’re adding great content to your blog is by allowing for guest writing.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3106/2744110717_8f9d80ece8.jpg" alt="pay your guest writers" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>Unfortunately however many blog’s that accept guest writers run the risk of publishing a lot of content that is of poor quality and sometimes irrelevant, which brings us back to our recent post about accepting guest writers on your blog.</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Reading:</strong> <a title="4 Important Things to Remember Before Accepting Guest Posts on your Blog from This Day on…" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/11/things-to-remember-before-accepting-guest-posts-on-your-blog/">Things You Need to Know Before Accpeting Guest Writers On Your Blog from Now On&#8230;</a></p>
<p>There is one way however that you can ensure that your blog receives the utmost top quality, unique and relevant content from guest writers, and that’s by paying your guest writers to write great content for you.</p>
<p><em>What? Pay them&#8230; but&#8230;</em></p>
<p>I know what you’re thinking; you really can’t afford to pay your guest writers. Well you don’t have to go all out to begin with. Start introducing it slowly&#8230; If you can pay for just one or two good posts per month, it’s a good start. Paying guest writers though requires a lot more <a title="How to Respond to Negative Comments" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/23/respond-negative-comments/">aggressiveness</a> in terms of what you expect from authors and the guidelines you set, without of course being prejudice.</p>
<p>You of course can’t possibly accept every post that is pitched to you for paid guest writing, and so you’ll have to be honest with your authors, especially if you have a budget. If you think it isn’t worth paying <strong>$30 </strong>or<strong> $40</strong> for a guest article then don’t accept it. Simply let the author know or ask them to make any changes required before consideration. Or if you meet your monthly criteria then let them also know that their post will be published the following month.</p>
<p>Another tip is, If you’ve published a couple of posts from a paid writer and you’re seeing very little interest being presented to those particular posts, then also consider the next articles they submit very carefully.</p>
<p>Your <a title="Paid to Write: Earn $30+ per Post for Guest Writing on Magnet4Marketing" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/02/16/paid-to-write-magnet4marketing/">paid to write services</a> that you offer writers should be to gain you the very best content for the price you’re willing to pay them.</p>
<p>Ok, let’s look at some of the reasons why you should consider paying your guest writers.</p>
<p><strong>Better Content Quality, Relevancy</strong></p>
<p>As we mentioned above briefly that paying guest writers to contribute to your blog means that you will be expecting to publish much higher quality content than normal. Content that is laser targeted in relevancy for your audience. Since the approval process for paid guest posting will be much tougher, your writers will be encouraged to push out their best content to help them get approved much quicker above the rest.</p>
<p><strong>Rewarding for your Top Writers</strong></p>
<p>It is also rewarding for your top writers knowing that they’re getting paid a decent stream of income for putting out their best work.  It gives freelance writers in particular a unique opportunity to get paid for doing what they enjoy doing and that’s to create great content.</p>
<p>Having a paid guest article approved is a huge confident and <a title="How To Stay Focused On What You Want To Achieve From Blogging" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/01/20/focused-achieve-blogging-success/">motivation booster</a> for any blogger; it will encourage them to create more great content for your blog in the future.</p>
<p><strong>Helps to Increase your Blog’s Authority and Credibility</strong></p>
<p>Of course as you begin to add more top level content in whatever niche you blog in, you have a greater chance of increasing the authority of your blog also. Readers will come flocking realizing that your blog offers something unique that other blog’s don’t. All thanks to you paying your top writers to create the very best content for your readership.</p>
<p><strong>Help you to Build Stronger Relationships with your Writers</strong></p>
<p>Finally and one of the most important benefits of paying your guest writers for writing on your blog, and that it will help you to <a title="Tips on How to Build Solid and Lasting Relationships with other Bloggers" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/05/build-relationships-with-other-bloggers/">develop stronger relationships</a> with them. Many guest writers come and go; I call them ‘one hit wonders’. They create a post and disappear without a trace, they don’t even come back to reply to comments in some instances. Paying your writers means that you get to build solid, stronger, longer lasting relationships with them.</p>
<p><strong>What do you think?</strong></p>
<p>So what do you think about paying one or two of your top level guest writers for their work? Or perhaps you do already! Let me know your thoughts and reactions in the comment section below.</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Reading</strong></p>
<p>1. <a title="So you want to write a Guest Post?" href="http://amzn.to/JJSRwN" rel="nofollow">So You Want to Write a Guest Post?</a></p>
<p>2. <a title="The Digital Writers Guide to Blogging" href="http://amzn.to/KFwCJq" rel="nofollow">The Digital Writers Guide to Blogging</a></p>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/magnet4marketing/~4/APtyJpDU36Y" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><description>As we all know guest posting is one of the best ways to do content marketing, build quality backlinks and build online presence. Whether you’re a niche business with an online presence looking to promote your business, or a blogger looking to spread your authority further online, you can benefit from guest posting in many [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/21/paying-your-guest-writers/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">10</slash:comments></item><item><title>The Bloggers Guide to Recovering from Google Penguin</title><link>http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/18/recovering-from-google-penguin/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=recovering-from-google-penguin</link><category>Blogging Tips</category><category>SEO</category><category>google panda</category><category>google penguin</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Maria Magher</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.magnet4marketing.net/?p=10671</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>Google is always keeping site owners guessing. Just when you think you&#8217;ve developed a <a title="5 Steps To Make An effective Social Media Marketing Strategy" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/02/27/make-effective-social-media-marketing-strategy/">strategy</a> to master search-engine marketing and shoot to the top of the search results, Google introduces changes that send you right back to the drawing board.</p>
<p>Google has rolled out yet another update to its ever-changing algorithm, and many bloggers and site owners have been left reeling. The latest change &#8212; <strong>the Google Penguin update</strong> &#8212; has put more focus on the incoming link <a title="The Importance of Completing Social Profiles" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/01/05/the-importance-of-completing-social-profiles/">profile</a> for a site, and more than 1 million sites have been notified that their site was considered in violation of these new standards.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a breakdown of the key changes for the new <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Google Penguin</span> update:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/59/196081134_0c71be13bd_n.jpg" alt="google penguin" width="320" height="320" /></p>
<p><strong>Link Profile</strong></p>
<p>Google has started evaluating not only how many links a site has, but the quality of the links, as well. Examples of poor links can include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Directories</li>
<li>Parked domains</li>
<li>Link exchanges</li>
<li><a title="Generate Theme Customization for Genesis Theme Framework" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/20/generate-theme-customization-tips/">Links in footers</a></li>
<li>Consecutive links with no descriptive text</li>
<li>Links from low-quality sites</li>
<li>Links from unrelated sites</li>
</ul>
<p>Essentially, Google is looking to penalize sites that have a large number of links it considers to be irrelevant or spammy, such as sponsored links. Other links that raised flags for Google included those from <a title="4 Important Things to Remember Before Accepting Guest Posts on your Blog from This Day on…" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/11/things-to-remember-before-accepting-guest-posts-on-your-blog/">guest posts</a> on unrelated or spammy sites, article marketing sites, and reported phishing or attack sites.</p>
<p><strong>Anchor Text</strong></p>
<p>Sites who have a good link profile are still being dinged for the <a title="Training the BIG Google – It Starts with Anchor Text" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/10/25/training-the-big-google-it-starts-with-anchor-text/">anchor text</a> that is being used for those links. Google penalized sites that had too many links using exact match keywords rather than the brand name or url.</p>
<p>From analysis of the changes on various websites, it appears that the sites who were penalized had exact match keywords being used in anchor text for at least 50 percent of their incoming links. Sites who used their site title or URL &#8212; such as www.magnet4marketing.net &#8212; or other more general terms such as &#8220;click here&#8221; or &#8220;this post&#8221; for their anchor text had a more favorable link profile.</p>
<p>Now that you understand the new changes from <em>Google Penguin</em>, what can you do to <a title="I Can Finally Sleep Peacefully Tonight, Thanks to BlogVault…" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/05/blogvault-wordpress-backup-review/">make your site safe</a> from losing page rank? Here are a few ideas:</p>
<p><strong>Start Pruning Your Links</strong></p>
<p>If you have been performing your own marketing and SEO, you should know where your backlinks are coming from. If you haven&#8217;t been doing a good job of keeping track, you can find the information through your <a title="How to Use Google Analytics to Help You Decide What Blog Post to Write Next" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/01/google-analytics-what-blog-post-to-write-next/">analytics</a> or an SEO analysis tool like SEO Moz. If you use an SEO company, ask for a report of your link profile.</p>
<p>Evaluate the links, and start removing links from any sites that will be deemed suspect by <a title="Quick Start Guide to Mastering Google Plus for Business" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/go/googleplusbusiness" rel="nofollow">Google</a>. If you can, manually remove your link &#8212; such as those from blog directories or link exchanges. Get rid of paid links that aren&#8217;t placed contextually within a post.</p>
<p>You may have to contact site owners to ask them to remove your link, especially if it was part of a guest post you wrote, or if the blog owner linked to one of your posts as reference. This could be awkward, but you&#8217;ll suffer more in <a title="My Monthly Traffic &amp; Income Report for April 2012" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/08/monthly-traffic-income-report-april-2012/">lost traffic and earnings</a> if you don&#8217;t do it. If the site owners reject your request, you can notify Google of your attempts to remove the links so that they may not be counted against you.</p>
<p><strong>Diversify Your Anchor Text</strong></p>
<p>Stop focusing on only one or two keywords for your backlink marketing strategy. Diversify the keywords you use, and be sure to include non-keyword anchor text, such as your own brand name or URL. Be sure to keep a spreadsheet of your backlinks  that includes the site, the type of link, and the anchor text used for the link. It will help you to identify whether you have enough variety in your keyword use for your anchor text so you know when you are in danger of getting flagged by Penguin.</p>
<p>Be sure to check out organic links through your analytics and to note the anchor text used there. Contact site owners if necessary to request a change, or be sure to diversify your own efforts to offset it.</p>
<p><strong>Diversify Your Link Profile</strong></p>
<p>Relevant links from authoritative sites are what Google wants to see. Getting links from top sites within your niche will help you far more than hundreds of links from unrelated or spammy sites.</p>
<p>If you are unable to remove lower-quality links, or you want to keep the links you have worked to build even if they are not up to Google standards, you can offset the negative links by building up strong backlinks within your niche. Creating a diverse link profile will help protect you from any losses from your weaker links.</p>
<p>Keeping your site at the top of search results requires you to keep up with Google&#8217;s changes and to change your marketing strategy wherever necessary. To ensure that your site maintains a healthy page rank after the Penguin update, you need to analyze your link profile and your keyword performance to see if there are any weaknesses in your marketing efforts. Ensuring that you have a diverse link profile and use a variety of keywords and non-keywords for your anchor text will help you survive Google&#8217;s latest update.</p>
<p>Have you noticed a drop in your site&#8217;s page rank since Google&#8217;s Penguin update? Tell us why you think it happened in the comments!</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Reading from Amazon</strong></p>
<p>1. <a title="The Google Way" href="http://amzn.to/AxqlL8" rel="nofollow">The Google Way</a></p>
<p>2. <a title="Search Engine Optimization Made Easy" href="http://amzn.to/HzBwUb" rel="nofollow">The Ultimate SEO Machine: Search Engine Optimization Made Easy</a></p>
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<h3>What is Negative SEO?</h3>
<p>SEO practices which is targeted towards reducing the <a title="Dissecting The Google SERPS" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/01/21/dissecting-google-serps/">SERP rankings</a> of a website or blog is negative SEO. The experts say it is easy to bombard the SERP rankings of competitor sites and downgrade its authority in Google’s eyes.</p>
<p>Recently, the popular SEO professional, Dan Thies, proves this concept right by lowering the Google ranking of his three keywords over a thousands spots within a month. Further, <strong>Rand Fishkin</strong> from <strong>SEOmoz</strong> has challenged people to use <em>negative SEO</em> tactics and try to reduce the organic rankings of <strong>SEOmoz </strong>or<strong> RandFishkin.com</strong>. His premise is that negative SEO does not work on well established sites. He says:</p>
<blockquote><p>“I’ve never see it work on a truly clean, established site. I’d rather they target me/us than someone else. We can take the hit and we can help publicize / reach the right folks if something does go wrong. Other targets probably wouldn’t be so lucky.”</p></blockquote>
<p>While some will call this announcement boastful, it raises a pertinent issue – can well established sites be downgraded with <strong>negative SEO</strong>? Let’s see some of the tactics people use to unleash negative SEO.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7204897362_e30061f2c7_o.jpg" alt="Negative SEO" width="451" height="303" /></p>
<h3><strong>Negative SEO Tactics – Beware!</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Don’t use these tactics on a competitor; rather, learn about these and prevent your site from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">negative SEO</span> injection.</p>
<p><strong>(1) Click Bombing – </strong></p>
<p>Negative SEO experts will click bomb sites running <a title="My Monthly Traffic &amp; Income Report for April 2012" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/08/monthly-traffic-income-report-april-2012/">AdSense</a> or AdWords. Ideally, Google can easily predict unqualified clicks but sometimes, they pass the <a title="Quick Start Guide to Mastering Google Plus for Business" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/go/googleplusbusiness" rel="nofollow">Google</a> radar and it can negatively affect the search engine rankings of the website. Repetition of click bombing can lead to AdSense getting banned permanently.</p>
<p><strong>(2) Virus Injection</strong></p>
<p>Sometimes you click on a search engine result and the next page shows a warning as the webpage or website being potentially dangerous, right? This is an example of virus injection in negative SEO where the site is infected through cross site <a title="6 Top Free CSS, Scripting Code Editors for Web Designers" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/09/06/6-top-free-css-scripting-code-editors-for-web-designers/">scripting</a> (XSS) vulnerabilities. If this is not diagnosed and rectified, Google will remove the site from its listings.</p>
<p><strong>(3) Google Bowling</strong></p>
<p>This is the act of making Google believe that a site is <a title="Our New Guest Posting Guidelines" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/01/30/new-guest-posting-guidelines-2012/">engaging</a> in spam and hence, get the site removed or de-indexed. The spam alert radar on Google goes up when a site receives lots of back links in a matter of few days from link farms, bad neighborhood sites and spam pages.</p>
<p>Further, if the agency or person engaging in negative SEO begins to drop the target site links in thousands on directories, blogs, forums and link farms, it is likely to be detected and classified as ‘black hat’ SEO technique and thus, lead to complete de-indexing.</p>
<p><strong>Summing Up</strong></p>
<p>These were some negative SEO tactics. Other link paid linking, falsified DMCA removal notices DOS attacks are some other negative SEO practices. A website owner has to protect their online initiatives from these practices.</p>
<p><em>In the next installment, we will discuss the ways to prevent negative SEO practices.</em></p>

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<p>Businesses have also flocked to these sites in an attempt to attract more visitors, more leads and of course more sales to their sites, but unfortunately many of those businesses and inexperienced marketers have jumped on the social bandwagon with very little idea of how, where when and what they can expect from their immediate engagement with social networking for business… especially with Facebook.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10596" src="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Facebook-Marketing-101.png" alt="Facebook Marketing for Smart People" width="201" height="274" /></p>
<p>And Facebook is the subject matter… How do you really <a title="7 Ways to be a Positive Leader in Your Business" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/04/12/positive-leader-business/">start marketing and promoting your business</a> with Facebook?</p>
<p>Perhaps <em>Facebook Marketing for Smart People</em> can help you find the answers you need&#8230; FMSP was created by the host of <a title="FansBridge Blog" href="http://www.fansbridge.com">FansBridge.com</a> blog <strong>Faissal Alhaithami</strong>, it is an essential piece of reading containing over 140 pages of valuable information with everything you need to know about how to make a start with your Facebook marketing campaign.</p>
<p>The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Facebook Marketing for Smart People eBook</span> covers the following chapters in great depth –</p>
<ol start="1">
<li>Develop a Facebook Strategy and create a plan</li>
<li>Setting and customizing your Timeline page</li>
<li><a title="56 Ways to Get More People to Like your Facebook Fan Page" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/01/09/56-ways-to-get-more-people-to-like-your-facebook-fan-page/">Free ways to generate fans</a></li>
<li>Facebook edge rank formula</li>
<li>Engaging and interacting with your fans</li>
<li>Hosting Facebook contests</li>
<li>Using Facebook insight tools</li>
<li>Facebook events</li>
<li>How to increase sales and make money with your page</li>
<li>Exploring the Facebook marketplace</li>
<li>Facebook places for local businesses</li>
<li>Facebook advertising system</li>
<li>25 social media tips from 25 creative minds</li>
<li>What is next?</li>
</ol>
<p>You can currently <strong><a title="Facebook Marketing for Smart People" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/go/facebookmarketing" rel="nofollow">purchase a copy of Facebook Marketing for Smart People</a></strong> for <strong>$27</strong> or how about the chance of winning a copy?</p>
<h3>Win a Copy of Facebook Marketing for Smart People</h3>
<p>If you fancy getting your hands on a copy of Facebook Marketing for Smart People, then read on… We’re giving one luck winner the opportunity to take away a copy of FMSP, kindly donated by Faissal himself, so a big thank you to Faissal.</p>
<p>OK, to be in with a chance of winning a copy of this essential eBook you only need to do 5 relatively simple things…</p>
<blockquote>
<ol start="1">
<li><strong>Digg</strong> this post</li>
<li><strong>Tweet</strong> this post and post the link to your tweet in the comment section</li>
<li><strong>Like</strong> this post on Facebook</li>
<li>Give it a <strong>+1 on Google</strong> and post the link to the story in the comment section</li>
<li><strong>Comment below</strong> telling us why you should win…</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<p>Easy, all the sharing tools you need are located in the left hand floater.</p>
<p>Contest ends on Monday the 28<sup>th</sup> May 2012. Best of luck everyone. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 27<sup>th</sup> May.</p>
<p><strong><em>Contest Rules</em></strong></p>
<ol start="1">
<li><em>Contest is open to all</em></li>
<li><em>One entry per person, multiple entries using different email addresses on the same IP will be voided</em></li>
<li><em>All the 5 things above must be completed, when we select our winner we will be looking to see if all the entry requirements have been met.</em></li>
<li><em>Prize cannot be substituted for anything else including money… I’ve been asked before surprisingly.</em></li>
</ol>

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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/magnet4marketing/~4/KST28Caeh1M" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><description>This is a contest to win a copy of Facebook Marketing for Smart People - The way we interact with each other online has changed over the years, from the early days of MSN chat to the growing sophistication of social engagement powered by the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. Businesses have also [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/14/facebook-marketing-for-smart-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">3</slash:comments></item><item><title>How to Make Money with YouTube</title><link>http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/12/make-money-with-youtube/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=make-money-with-youtube</link><category>Make Money Online</category><category>YouTube</category><category>make money with youtube</category><category>video marketing</category><category>youtube videos</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Fabrizio Van Marciano</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 06:00:48 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.magnet4marketing.net/?p=10537</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>You can make money online these days using most popular social and eCommerce platforms, <a title="My Monthly Traffic &amp; Income Report for April 2012" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/08/monthly-traffic-income-report-april-2012/">eBay</a>, Amazon, selling tweets on Twitter, mentions on Facebook, you can sell art and crafty things on Etsy; you can also <em>make money with YouTube</em>. Want to know how? Stick around and you’ll find out, as today we’re going to look at some simple ways to make money with YouTube.</p>
<p>Effectively there are two common ways to <strong>make money with YouTube</strong>, using AdSense and <a title="5 Essential Affiliate Marketing Tips for Bloggers" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/03/12/affiliate-marketing-tips-bloggers/">reviewing products</a> as an Amazon affiliate or affiliate video marketing in general.</p>
<p>Before you can begin to make money with YouTube though you’ll need to have a channel and ideally some original videos… like you really didn’t know that.</p>
<p>So, the first step if you don’t already have a <a title="5 Reasons Why YouTube is the Perfect Video Blogging Platform for You" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/05/10/youtube-perfect-video-blogging-platform/">YouTube account</a> is to create one, and then create about a dozen quality and useful videos.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7177622752_14d0a6af86_o.jpg" alt="Make Money with YouTube" width="425" height="282" /></p>
<p><strong>Building an Audience</strong></p>
<p>To successfully make money with YouTube, you’ll need to be creating and uploading original videos on a regular basis, and driving lots of traffic or views to those videos. To get lots of hit’s you’ll need an audience; your audience can also be viewed as channel subscribers. We have an awesome post on how to promote your YouTube channel here:</p>
<p><a title="45 Ways To Promote Your YouTube Channel" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/03/27/45-ways-to-promote-your-youtube-channel/">45 Ways to Promote your YouTube Channel</a></p>
<p><strong>Create Useful Videos</strong></p>
<p>As we mentioned earlier, you need to create useful videos and consistently. I’ve found the best ways to do this is to create videos that you’re interested in creating i.e. like in blogging you need to have a passion. For example, if your passion is surfing, then create and upload surfing related videos.</p>
<p>One of the best ways to help you decide what kind of videos to create is to have a browse on YouTube yourself. See what’s popular and what others are doing in your area of interest, are they getting tons of hits with their videos? Are there areas where they’ve missed the boat completely and where you have an opportunity to share something new and fresh? Do some research…</p>
<p>Remember to create video content that is 100% unique and yours. So no copyrighted music, images or any other copyrighted material should be used in your videos. This is especially important if you want to apply to participate in <a title="Signup to YouTube Partner" href="http://www.youtube.com/creators/partner.html" rel="nofollow">YouTube Partner program</a>.</p>
<p>Once you have a few videos on your channel you’ll soon be able to see what your viewers are interested in viewing by analyzing your channel stats. This will help you create more useful and needful video content.</p>
<p><strong>Create and Upload Videos Regularly</strong></p>
<p>We also mentioned this earlier, just like having a blogging frequency, being consistent is essential, so ensure you create video content for your channel and for your subscribers frequently. Have an upload calendar, decide how many video reviews, video blogs and how to videos you want to create each week.</p>
<p><strong>Monetizing using Google AdSense</strong></p>
<p>We mentioned that there were two common ways to make money with YouTube, the first is with AdSense. To make money with your YouTube channel using Google AdSense you’ll need to sign up to YouTube’s Partner program and have an AdSense account. There are some minimum requirements and application approval isn’t exactly instant for neither, but once you’ve been accepted you can start monetizing your videos with immediate effect.</p>
<p><strong>Promoting Affiliate Products</strong></p>
<p>One of my favorite ways to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">make money with YouTube</span> is by promoting <a title="How to Really Make Money Online with ClickBank using your Blog" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/03/19/make-money-online-with-clickbank-using-blog/">affiliate products</a> and services. If you’re an affiliate such as an <a title="EasyAzon Review: WordPress Plugin for Amazon Affiliates" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2012/01/26/easyazon-review-wordpress-plugin/">Amazon Associate</a> member YouTube is the perfect tool, because you can create a whole wad of video reviews, and how to videos and add your affiliate link in the video description.</p>
<p>One of the best ways to succeed at making money with affiliate video marketing is by promoting niche products related to your area of interest. For example, if you blog about technology and you have a YouTube channel, create videos promoting technology related products, i.e. Smartphone’s, tablet computers, computing and peripherals.</p>
<p>We have a really cool post for you to read with some great tips and ideas on how to create the best video product reviews on YouTube, you can check it out here.</p>
<p><a title="5 Tips for Creating the Best Video Product Reviews on YouTube" href="http://www.magnet4marketing.net/2011/12/14/5-tips-for-creating-the-best-video-product-reviews-on-youtube/">How to Create the Best Video Product Reviews on YouTube</a></p>
<p><strong>Get YouTubing…</strong></p>
<p>So we mentioned creating quality videos is important, being consistent is important, promoting the right products and services that interest you is important. The other vital ingredient is being a regular YouTuber; which involves interacting with the community, your subscribers, leaving video responses on other related videos, joining groups, promoting via social media etc.</p>
<p>To make money with YouTube takes time and a little hard work, like anything that involves making money online, but the rewards can be overwhelming, the best of luck to you.</p>
<p><strong>Recommended Reading from Amazon</strong></p>
<p>1. <a title="The YouTube Money Making Machine" href="http://amzn.to/y7MKjM" rel="nofollow">The YouTube Money Making Machine: How to Make Money with YouTube</a></p>
<p>2. <a title="How to Make Money on YouTube" href="http://amzn.to/KVQwe1" rel="nofollow">How to Make Money with YouTube:</a> Earn Cash, Market Yourself, Reach Your Customers, and Grow Your Business on the World&#8217;s Most Popular Video-Sharing Site</p>

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