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My Upcoming Website - MyArticlesHub.com

2009-08-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

I am feeling very proud to tell you all that my new website is almost done and I am almost ready to upload it. Actually, I got inspired with one of my older post - Host your blog on a custom domain name. I actually thought about that that's why I wrote that post. And that day itself, I decided to transfer my blog to my very own website.

So, here I am. It is MyArticlesHub.com

I have transferred all the posts published here on that site. I have tried to make it much better and easier to navigate. Do give it a look and let me know the feedback.

I am just waiting for the domain registration process to be complete. As and when it is done, you will be able to browse the site.

I hope you all liked my blog and you all will like my website also.

C u all...

Choose The Right Keywords For Your Posts

2009-08-10T01:58:00.000-07:00

As you all know, search engine optimization is the most important step you most keep in mind while designing your website or blog. Attracting a search engine to your website/blog is an art.

There are actually 100's of optimization methods that are talked about but one of the most important of them is choosing the right keywords.

Keywords are the words people search in Google and other search engines. Your blog's search visibility in search engines depends a lot on the keywords you use in your blog posts and more importantly in the header and description of your blog as described in my post on 11 "Golden" tips for search engine optimization.

But where to get these keywords from?

There are many sites on the net that offer the most used keywords which can help you build a great SEO website/Blog. I personally prefer Keywordcountry.com.

It is free to try and you can get many keywords for free. But keywords are not just a word. There are many variations, like the most common spelling mistakes people make while typing a keyword. You can use those misspelled keywords too to increase your search engine rankings. There are many other ways also by which you can use keywords to their maximum effect.

It is a must try for all you who are looking for increasing traffic to their website/Blog.

Check it out HERE

Earn Money On Flixya.com

2009-08-09T12:27:00.000-07:00

Flixya.com is an online content sharing community and is one of the most visited sites today. On Flixya, you can basically do three things -

Share Photos
Share Videos
Write Blog Posts

It is very simple and very effective.

But what do you get by doing all this?

After yo register on Fllixya.com, you will get your personal home page. e.g. see my home page HERE.

This will show all the pictures, videos and blog posts you have submitted on Flixya.

Where do you earn money from?

Flixya incorporates your Adsense account into your Flixya profile page. So whenever someone watches a video or photo uploaded by you or reads your blog post, your Google Adsense ads will be displayed on that page.

But the best part is still to come...

Flixya gives you 100% of the revenue generated by your profile page. That is all the money. That is the coolest feature. After all, it is you who is uploading the stuff, and you should be paid every single penny.

Promote your blog using Flixya

You can post your own blog posts in Flixya also. This will attract visitors to your blog also. So it can be used to get targeted traffic to your blog. But remember, promote only indirectly. If you promote your blog by giving your blog address link again and again, your account might be suspended. Just incorporate a small link to one of your blog's post in your blog posts on Flixya.

So Join Flixya Today and start earning revenue.

Search Engine Optimization - 11 "Golden" Tips

2009-08-08T00:35:00.001-07:00

Search Engine Optimization is the single most powerful tool available for webmasters and bloggers to promote their business. People "Google" all the time and it is said that if your website is search engine optimized, almost 3/4th of your work is done.
So what all things are "Essential" for SEO?
These are the "Golden" rules one must comply with to get the best result -

1. The title tag is critical
The title tag is the single most important piece of content for people who search.

Keep it short: Keep it to roughly 8-10 words (60 characters approx with spaces).

Lead with the most important careword for that particular page. Always start off with what is specific about the page and move to what is general. Many websites begin their title with their brand or organization name, and then follow with what is unique about the page. (This is a very common mistake, so check out your website.)

2. The description tag is recommended
The description tag is not nearly as important as the title. However, it does have some value. Write it as a summary and keep it also small, say under 30 words. It should be written in a compelling, clear manner clearly explaining in a short and sweet way what your blog is all about.

3. Light pages, and lean, quality HTML
The less HTML code you have, the better, as it makes it easier and faster for the search engine to index your page. Aim for a total page weight of 50 KB for any page (that’s including graphics). Certainly, anything over 100 KB is going to be slow, and some search engines don’t like pages that are over 100 KB.

4. Have a site map/index
People like site maps/indexes, and so do search engines. Make sure that the site map is available from the homepage, that it is presented in a text-based format, and that it is kept up to date.

5. Avoid Flash
I’ve nothing against Flash design except for the fact that I generally detest it. It’s such a waste of time; fourth rate TV advertising by people who will never get the chance to do a real TV ad. Search engines don’t like Flash either, and find it very hard to index Flash-based pages.

6. Build your website in static HTML
You don’t need a “dynamic” website unless you have dynamic content, such as airline seat availability and pricing which needs to be dynamically published from a database because it constantly changes. You may store your website in a database but you’re better off publishing it as a static HTML website. It’s cheaper, the pages will download faster, and search engines will find it easier to comprehensively index your website.

7. Avoid PDF's
One of the sure signs of a badly managed website is that it has lots of PDFs. Publishing content in PDF is usually a shortcut. Search engines have got better at indexing PDFs but it is still recommended that you publish a heading and summary in HTML.

8. Avoid frames
Frames are a very bad idea.

9. Watch your JavaScript
Any links that you have in JavaScript should also be published in HTML, otherwise the search engine won’t be able to follow those links. Rollovers are cool but they cause nothing but problems, so unless you have a brilliant technical team, avoid them.

10. Alternative text
As a rule you should have alternative text for every single image. However, the only alternative text that search engines recognize is for those images that are linked. Make sure you use descriptive, careword-rich text.

11. Keyword tags
Over the years, some websites tried to trick search engines by stuffing keyword tags with lots of popular words. Because of this, most search engines give very little value to keyword tags value to keyword tags

Summary - For small to medium-sized Web sites, search engines are the most important source of traffic. Unfortunately, getting noticed in the search engines isn't an easy job. A Web site manager can spend months getting a site listed in an engine, only to find it ranks 50th in their search results. It's hard to give universal tips for improving search engine ranking because each engine has its own set of rules. In general, though, a page will rank well for a particular query if the search terms appear in the TITLE tag, the META

How To Use Digg To Promote Your Blog

2009-08-07T06:21:00.000-07:00

Social bookmarking sites are a big boom today. Twitter, Orkut, Facebook, Stumbleupon are only a few to name. But one of the most promising of all these is Digg.com and it can be used in a great way to promote your blog. Why is Digg different from others and why it carries such a HUGE potential to promote your blog?

On digg, you can submit your blog posts as articles. But you can do that on many other sites such as Ezinearticles.com. So what differentiates Digg from other similar sites?

On Digg all you have to do is submit a description of your article and not the full article as required by many articles submission sites. So the reader on Digg will have to come to your blog to read the whole post. This is a HUGE bonus for bloggers and I personally feel that it is very much justified also as all the hard work is done by the blogger and he should also get a share of the fruit.

Digg also displays your blog address just below the heading of your submission.To add to it all, you can submit any post of your blog directly to Digg by adding a "Digg It" button to your posts automatically.

By placing this button, your blog readers can also submit your posts on Digg and this will attract more visitors. To Learn how to add a "Digg" button in your blogger posts, click HERE.

So don't waste anymore time. Register today on Digg.com and start promoting your blog.

Why Is Blog Commenting Important?

2009-08-06T12:07:00.000-07:00

You must be wondering what is the importance of blog commenting? Why should you comment on someone's post on someone's blog? Blog commenting is a fantastic way to increase your external links. Here is how it works -

One of the most important measure you must take for search engine optimization (SEO) is to increase your links on other sites. Google automatically increases the search rank of your blog/website as the number of external links to your site increases. External links means the blogs or websites (other than yours) from where, someone can reach your blog directly. Now you must be getting the picture.

Whenever you comment on someone's blog post, you usually post your blog's address also there. That comment page serves as an external link to your blog. And as you keep on commenting, you are doing search engine optimization automatically. You can check how many external links point to your blog in your Google Webmaster Tools under the heading "Your site on the web" by clicking on "Links to your site".

Also, when you comment on the blog post, make sure that you write something related on your blog to that blog post. You can give a link to your blog's main page or to the related post on your blog so that targeted audience may be directed to the related blog post on your blog directly. (Don't forget to shorten the blog post link by Bit.ly or Tinyurl.com.)

So whenever you are looking up the internet for some good articles, make sure that you comment. Remember - "Appreciate To Get Appreciated".

Learn How To Make Money By Blog Commenting

How To Get All Your Blog Posts Indexed (And Not The Latest 26 Only)

2009-08-06T11:31:00.000-07:00

So you did everything you knew about getting your blog indexed in Google. You submitted your blog in Google Webmaster tools, You sbmitted your feed address as site map. What now what? Even after a wait of 4-5 days, you find that only 26 URL's are submitted to Google for indexing and not all. That's very frustrating. But that's logical by Google. Feeds only submit only the latest 26 posts. So If you have started a new blog and you have less that 26 posts on your blog, this method will suffice for you.(What is indexing and how to do it?) But If you were blogging since a long time and have more than 26 posts in your archive, you will face this problem. So what is the solution? How to get all your posts submitted and indexed by Google? I was facing the same problem with my blog and after an extensive search, I found this solution. Here is how you can do it. -

If you have more than 100 posts and want to post all to Google Sitemap, add these two as new sitemaps in your Google Webmaster account -

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=101&max-results=100

If you have more than 200 posts and want to post all to Google Sitemap, add these three new sitemaps in your Google Webmaster account -

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=101&max-results=100

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=201&max-results=100

If you have more than 300 posts and want to post all to Google Sitemap, add these four new sitemaps in your Google Webmaster account -

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=101&max-results=100

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=201&max-results=100

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=301&max-results=100

As you can see the above, start-index is the post number to start returning results from and max-results is the how many posts you want returned from whatever the number you state on start-index. The maximum max-results is 500 (from many blogger) but to be safe, it is recommended to put 100.

After you do as stated above, within 10 minutes, you will find that these sitemaps will be accepted and all your URL's will be submitted for indexing. Indexing will take some time, say a week or so.This is THE solution for getting all your posts indexed.

If you are a new blogger, and want to know more about Google Webmaster Tools and how to submit your blog, you can learn it here -

Get Your Blog Indexed By Google

Get Your Blog Indexed By Google Faster

2009-08-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

So you made a blog and wrote many articles. You are updating your blog every day with new articles and great stuff but all your surprise, your blog's traffic is increasing at snail's pace!!! What's wrong? There may be many reasons but one of the most important is that your blog is not getting indexed in Google.

What can you do to get it indexed faster?

First submit your blog to popular search engines like Google, Yahoo etc. Do it NOW.
Login to your Google Webmaster account. You can do it through your Google account.
Click on Add a site and enter your blog address.
You will have to verify your account. Webmaster will tell you step by step how to do it.
After verifying your blog's, you need to input a sitemap address. Click on your blog address on the home page of your webmaster tools. Then on the left hand side, click on site configuration and then sitemaps. Then click on submit a sitemap and in that enter your feed address as - http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full
It will take time before Google indexes all your pages and all of them become visible in Google search.
Now everytime you post a new post, it will get automatically indexed as soon as 30 minutes through your feeds.
Usually, amateur bloggers don't link their blog posts well enough so that Google Bot don't get a link to every post of your blog. It is a wise thing to post a blog post with the header "My Blog's Posts" in your blog. If you have a high number of posts already and you don't want this post to come to your home page, you can post it in a back date by going into the post options while writing the post. It should look something like THIS.
Finally, while writing posts, make sure you use keywords carefully so that it's search becomes better in search engines.

The method described above is a must for new bloggers who have just started their blogs and have only a few posts (Less than 26 by default). If you are an old blogger and have many posts (more than 26 by default), you will find a problem that Google will index only the latest 26 posts and not all. You can get all your posts submitted and indexed by a simple solution. Read it HERE.

Some Great Templates For Your Blogs

2009-08-03T13:19:00.000-07:00

A great looking template is always a great way to make your impression on the visitor. I was searching for some beautiful templates for you people and got these 8 templates. I will be posting many more templates. Just try these and let me know what kind of templates you want. If you want some changes in them also, just drop a message. You can send me your template and I will make the changes you wish.

Charcoal

Download HERE

DFire

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Dilectio

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Field Of Dreams

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Florascent
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NiteLife

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Rainbow Garden

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Spiderman - III

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The Golden Rule For Succeeding With Adsense

2009-08-02T13:14:00.000-07:00

Adsense is does not need an introduction here. Everyone knows this modern marvel which has made possible billions earn billions. Almost every other blogger today joins Adsense for earning money online. But how many of you actually succeed? I mean even if you are getting a 100$ check every 2 months or so, do you call it success? I don't think so. Websites and Blogs today earn in thousands of dollars per month! Techcrunch.com, for example, earns a whooping 2,00,000$ per month!!! What is the "Golden Rule" that gave these SUPER BLOGS the success they have today?

There are more than one for sure, and the list is ever growing. But one "Golden Rule" which, you can call, the first step in moving towards success with Adsense is selecting your "NICHE" properly and writing about it. What I mean to say is that your blog should be targeted to a particular audience and not to the whole world.

Google's advertising is very simple. It does not imply very strict rules on allowing blogs to enroll for Adsense. And it shows targeted ads on your blogs. But for success, the word "TARGETED" needs to be understood.

Once you start your blog about a particular thing, write articles related only to that particular topic. For example, I write articles on this blog about earning money online, affiliate marketing, earning traffic, blogging tips, cool gadgets to have on your blog, etc etc. But I stick to the same topic. I don't write about the latest century which Ricky Ponting scored against England at Lord's!!!

Why This Is Important?

As the content of your blog increases day by day, the matching of Ads displayed by Google on your blog also increases and the ads displayed are very similar to your posts and keywords you have used in your blog. So a visitor searching for affiliate marketing article will get ads referring to other sites offering this in which the visitor will definitely interested in and the chances of him clicking on the ad increases many folds.

So friends writing articles related to your niche is of utmost importance for generating decent revenue from Adsense. According to me, this is the most important thing to increase your earnings. Don't agree with me? Do let me know what you feel is the most important thing to do to earn money.

Hide Your Affiliate Links To Avoid Making A Bad Impression

2009-08-02T03:24:00.001-07:00

When you enroll yourself in an affiliate and are willing to make money by referring your blog's visitors to a particular site through the affiliate link that you have posted in your post, it is better to hide that link with another link. It's just because when a potential customer hover's over the link, he can see that there is often a word in the link like "ref=2378283" or "Ref Id 2903ws9" etc. It gives a clear indication that the link is going to give you a monetary benefit. Even though the offer you posted was genuine, still the visitors may feel that this is a trick to earn money and it's a waste of time to them. So it is better if you hide the link behind the words you have written to be clicked in order to go to that particular website.

How Can You Do It?

Use a good site for link conversion. For example Tinyurl.com or Bit.ly (Which Twitter Uses). It gives you a unique small link in place of your original link and it is FREE.

Try it and avoid making a bad impression.

Link Within Your Blog To Increase Backlinks And Traffic

2009-08-01T00:28:00.001-07:00

As I had previously mentioned in my previous post, linking your blog posts with keywords you use in new posts is a great way to make the visitor engrossed in your blog for a longer time. Many authors write only half the article and link the other half to another post. I don't use this way because I feel that it's frustrating for the reader to go from one page to another just in the search of what he wants. I rather place links of some other related posts in my blog which the visitor might be interested in.

For example, if you have written a post on how to increase traffic to your blog, then you might place a link to another post on your blog about search engine optimization. This way, the reader finds everything he needs and is often satisfied.

Placing links within your blog to other posts of your blog has a few more advantages.

It refers your visitors to older posts which many visitors usually don't have time to look to.
In case someone tries to copy your article and place it on your blog, then your link also goes with it (unless he removes it manually that is). It is a feature in blogger that when you copy anything from a blog and paste it on another blog, everything goes with it, the headings, posts, points, pictures and the links. So even if someone took your post without your permission, he actually did a favor to you by giving a backlink to you!

So always remember to place links within your posts referring to more relevant posts in your blog.

Increase Your Backlinks 1000 Times

2009-07-31T23:55:00.000-07:00

Are you one of those guys who have worked really hard to build a decent blog with lots of great stuff to have but still waiting for the traffic to arrive? It can be really frustrating like this. A good way to let people find your blog is by SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Google (and other search engines) look at your blog by the number of backlinks your blog has. Just for a quick revision -

What's a Backlink?
Backlinks are links that point from any website or Blog to your website or Blog.

Why are Backlinks Important?
Having other sites link to your blog is very important if you want excessive amount of traffic from the Search Engines. Backlinks are plainly a measure of popularity when it comes to the search engines. Most search engines such as Google will give more credit to your site if it notices that other sites link to yours. As a result, the search engines will reward you with more traffic for certain keywords on the search engine.

So, increasing your backlinks is a great way to increase your Blog's visibility in search engines and hence increase traffic to your blog!

But having other websites or blogs place a link to your blog is not easy. And even if you can do it, it's a very slow process. So what can we do to increase your back links quickly? Just join the Backlink Multiplier Program on this blog. It's very simple and very effective.

How does it work?

All you have to do is to copy the list of blogs that you can see on this page and paste it in a new post on your blog. After that leave a comment here along with the address of the post in which you have pasted this list (if that url is very long, you can use Tinyurl.com to shorten it!). I will then add your blog's address to this list. This way, the member who joins next after you will be posting this list (having yous blogs' address also) onto his blog and this way, your blog's link will appear on different blog's. This will exponentially increase your backlinks. As I said, Simple and Effective.

Don't forget to mention about this post on your blog and make sure that you place a link by the name Backlink Multiplier Program pointing to this post on your blog. This way, you'll send many more visitors to join this program and this in turn will increase your backlinks.

Here is the list -

<----------COPY AFTER THIS---------->

1. My Articles Online | Blogging To The Core
2. My Solutions Online | Everything You Need To Know
3. My Downloads Online | Download Everything

2. Free Blog Things And Blog Stuff

3. Make Money Online

4. YOUR LINK HERE

<----------COPY UP TO THIS---------->

And remember, the earlier you enter this program, the better it would be as the mathematics of referrals apply to this method also. The person sitting on top of the pyramid earns the most. Do let me know about your experience after entering this program. You can comment below and even can contact me.

My Blog Posts

2009-07-31T07:43:00.000-07:00

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Track Your Blogs Traffic Statistics FREE - Icerocket

2009-07-30T14:26:00.000-07:00

Recently, while surfing the net, I came across a small blog rank icon on one of the blogs. I opened it and to my surprise I found out this wonderful servise by the name Icerocket.com. It allows you to track your blogs visitors by a variety of ways and the best part is that its ABSOLUTELY FREE.

All you have to do is Register on the site (a 2 mins process) and enter your blog address. Just like any other widget, this site also gives you an HTML code to put in your blogger. After than, you can track the visitors of your blog by many ways. e.g., Hits & Visits, Last Visits, Referrers, Keywords, Geolocation, Page by url, Pages by title, Browsers they used, Operating system they were using and even by their screen resolution. All this data is shown in nicely formed colored graphs and percentages.

Trust me, I haven't seen any other blog or website tracking service which offers so much all for FREE. Its a must have for all blogs.

I recommend you all bloggers to visit the site and watch Live Demo just to have an idea what all it can track for you.

I am delighted I found this. Happy Tracking!!!

Make Money Online From Home With Freebie Trading

2009-07-30T05:26:00.000-07:00

Freebie trading is a term used for a transaction between two people, much like buying and selling. You advertise for referrals by offering to pay a specified amount of money to be a referral.

Referral for what? Have you seen websites that give away computers, ipodtouch, iphones, laptops….etc….and cash if you get so many people to sign up as your referral to try offers.

Offers? What kind of offers? Offers that are free trials, or inexpensive, low cost offers. Some of these offers maybe services, like Blockbusters, Netflix, Gamefly, etc. or products, like trial diet pills, vitamins, colon cleansing, etc. There are to many to list.

The advertiser may say, if you can get 6 referrals to try our products, you will earn a prize, or cash. To get the prize you may need 7 referrals. If I get 7 referrals I will make $350.00, or earn a computer…etc. So I advertise to find those 7 referrals. I may advertise that I will pay you $35.00 to be my referral and try offers. Now 7 referrals at $35.00 for each referral is costing me $245.00, BUT, the website is paying me $350.00. I just made over $100.00 after paying my referrals.

How does the referral make money. Well, if they choose an offer, for example, like Blockbuster, they may have to pay $9.99 a month. The obligation is to try the product for one month. If you like it, that is great, keep it and continue with it. If you do not want it, cancel before the trial is up and there will be no further obligation. So, even though you are paying $9.99 to try the service, you are getting paid by me to try it for $35.00, so the referral just made a $25.00 profit. Can you see how this works?

Everyone benefits, the advertiser of the product, the referral, because they are getting paid to try the product or service, and me, because I am getting paid by the website for getting the specified number of referrals.

Can you see how you can make money from home, online. Freebie trading is actually a business. Now you will not get rich with freebie trading, but you will make a residual income, enough to pay a bill or two, or have extra spending money, all from working at home, online. as a freebie trader.

Make Money Selling Affiliate Products

2009-07-29T01:55:00.000-07:00

Selling products online can be an efficient way to earn money especially if you have a decent traffic on your blog or website. I came across this affiliate Regnow.com. It offers a wide variety of products you can choose from and sell on your website. In return, you get revenue even up to 70% of the price of the product you sell. There is even a referral program which makes it more attractive. The more people you refer to register under you, the more you earn and that increases exponentially. How to go about it?

Make some space on your blog/website so that you can display links to the products you have to offer.
Keep the title something like “My Top 5 Referrals” or “A Must Buy To Earn Money Online” etc.
Chose products you wish t o sell carefully as some products have a very high demand and others remain in the box for centuries.
Place a referral link somewhere on top of your blog/website. A flash banner would be ideal.

So, all those of you who are interested in affiliate marketing, join Regnow.com and start earning money quickly.

5 Proven Ways To Make Money Online

2009-07-28T12:09:00.000-07:00

1. Buying and Reselling On ebay. One the most common ways of making money online is buying and selling items on Ebay. It can be very lucrative if you find, produce or channel a product that is highly in demand for example: information products in the forms of ebooks, electronics, furniture, office supplies, apparel, etc. The key here is to out think the competition, since the creation of the Ebay phenomenon thousands of sellers have monetized on the opportunity.

It’s important to find a product that you’re familiar with in order to be an effective seller; for example, don’t sell computers if you don’t know what “processor speed” is, you’ll just set yourself up for failure. If your having trouble finding a product try going to WWB, they offer products as well as information/ tools on how to find niche products and sell them on ebay. You can also go to the ebay store to set up an inexpensive storefront if you don’t want to build your own.

Disadvantages to ebay selling are:

You need to find or make a profitable product
This business can be time consuming. You have to plan to spend at least 20-30 hrs/week.
Ebay is a highly competitive market

2. Dropshipping. Dropshipping is almost the same as Ebay except that in dropshipping you don’t need to bother about moving the products yourself. With dropshipping you’re really working as a third party in the sense that you find vendor’s who’ll drop-ship, and when you make a sale, they deliver the products directly to the customer for you-thus, no inventory or overhead costs.

One of the perks of dropshipping is that it can save you the money and hassle of running to UPS every month just to send or receive shipments. One more thing, you don’t have to purchase the product before you sell it. The whole business transactions simply work by just taking the order and relay it to the product supplier for shipping. Then you receive your check without having to buy anything.

Okay, this discussion makes the dropshipping business sound fairly easy. In reality it requires an enough amount of information gathering and research in order to find hot and profitable products. The very first tool you will need to acquire is a dropship directory that you will use to find vendors who drop-ship. This will normally cost you anywhere from $60-90, but the little amount of money you spend will more than pay you back in safety and time.

The only recommended resource for dropshipping directories is WorldWide again since they are the only vendor directory provider that is Ebay certified. You see, it’s not unusual to encounter a lot of fakes out their posing as dropship providers but in reality they are just “middlemen” trying to collect a commission.

Disadvantages of dropshipping

If you’re still starting and have limited knowledge it can be extremely time consuming to find reputable vendors with hot and profitable products that will work with dropshippers.
If you are dealing with a bad vendor, backorders and returns can become a source of headache.

3. Electronic trading. Electronic trading or simply called e-trading is a new trend of online money maker that is growing more in popularity every day. As of now the biggest et-rading market is the Forex (Foreign Exchange Market) which has a higher turnover rate than the U.S. equity market.

Foreign currency trading is a highly lucrative market which entails simultaneous buying and selling of currency through the internet. Transactions usually take place Over the Counter (OTC) or via internet/phone, as there is no centralized location for trade such as with the stock or futures markets.

For beginner traders, Forex offer trading tutorials and conferences for you to learn to trade. In addition they also allow you to have a taste of the market by permitting you to start trading with as little as a $25 investment.

Forex trading is by nature a short time transaction because it does not entail long periods of holding before trading as compared with stocks or bonds. Around 85% of all currency trading transactions usually last around a week or less.

One of the great advantage of trading with Forex is that you aren’t charged commissions or exchange fees. They also offer “real time” price quotes. If you want more information about the currency trading market and how to get started just head on to Forex.com.

Disadvantages:

If you want to earn big bucks you should plan to allot an investment of at least $250.
The market can be very sporadic and because of the short term nature you must stay informed, everyday or even every hour, of trends and economic changes that may cause value fluctuation.

4. MLM and Direct Selling. Business opportunities involving MLM and direct selling can be one of the most misrepresented and underestimated income opportunities on the web. This is mostly the result of false and misleading claims about products or services and income potential made by unscrupulous distributors and affiliate marketers.

Multi Level Marketing or MLM companies are organizations that offer a product or service that is usually marketed by “word of mouth advertising” or compensating independent distributors to sell the products as compared to paid advertising such as radio, TV, newspaper. MLM distributors sell the products and make money through commission basis. However in order to make a considerable amount of money one needs to “refer” or recruit more distributors, who then recruit more distributors, and so on.

The money making secret to these kinds of businesses is to find established and legitimate companies with good commission systems and not spend time and money on small, “fly by night” MLM companies.

On the other hand, direct selling is in essence MLM although they try hard to distinguish themselves. The only difference is that their products are usually sold in “higher ticket” or more expensive products.

The immediate advantage of direct selling is that it allows you to make more income even with fewer recruits because you have higher commissions.

Both MLM and direct selling opportunities are for individuals who have the desire and motivation to “run their own business”. You also have to understand that once you bring in people under you, you need to teach them how to do the same. Without doing this you won’t earn your dreamed amount of money. This business system is called the process of “duplication” which entails duplicating the work habits of successful individuals and teaching others to do the same.

Your income can be unlimited and residual. So even when you retire from doing the business (realistically anywhere from 2-4 years) you’ll still be receiving checks! However, most MLM companies these days now requires you some sort of maintenance fees per month to continue receiving your rebates.

MLM and direct selling business requires an initial investment which comes in the form of having to order or purchase a start-up kit. Now, if you’re not looking to invest anywhere between $50-250 for an MLM or at least $500-2k for Direct Selling maybe these businesses aren’t the one you’re looking.

Disadvantages:

With numerous of newly established MLM companies on the internet it’s almost impossible to know what companies are paying people real money. You need to do thorough research before giving your investment.
It is normal that you’ll find a high drop out rate in MLM’s. This is because of lack of adequate training from the recruiter or uplines as well as motivation on the recruits part. With that said you need to choose your upline carefully as many members will typically recruit you then leave you on the corner.
The business of direct selling is little more challenging because of the type of products or services being offered. It’s more challenging to sell because of the fact that many people who are searching for a money making opportunity are doing so because money is tight. In short most of them don’t have a grand to invest in order to join the business you’re offering.

5. Affiliate Marketing. Affiliate marketing is very suitable for individuals who don’t want to sell a product / service of their own or don’t have the product to sell, don’t want to communicate with people on the phone or in person, and don’t want to invest a lot of money.

An affiliate marketer is someone who advertises a company’s services and products on their site by simply placing banners or ads of the company’s site on their blog or website. When the merchant or product owner makes a sale from your website link, and in many cases even a referral from the affiliate’s site, the affiliate receives a commission.

Affiliate marketing is not costly to begin with because most of the companies don’t ask money from you to become an affiliate, and why should they? If they do, then better be wary of them or rather stay away with companies who requires money just for joining as an affiliate. You see, you’re bringing them visitors which turn into more sales revenue, so why should they ask for a fee?

While you don’t need to have your own site to become an affiliate, it is necessary if you’re looking to attract more visitors and want to make more money. The secret here is joining a handful of good affiliate programs so that you can generate multiple streams of income. That’s how super affiliates make thousands of money per month.

Disadvantages:

It can be challenging finding quality affiliate programs to join. Many companies claim to “have the best” program.
You need traffic or site visitors to your affiliate offers and that’s the stark reality in this business. If you don’t have traffic, what’s the point? It’s better if you actually have the knowledge and skills on how to drive traffic to websites. Many affiliate marketers DO NOT make money because of the fact that they don’t know how to market their programs.

Conclusion

Starting an online money making business can be very much confusing and overwhelming especially if you’re a beginner and don’t have the proper knowledge and skills needed to succeed. The key is to start with one business model and stick to it. You can then try to venture into other business models if you start to get the hang of doing business online.

You may choose to pursue one of the money making ways or business models discussed above but don’t allow the disadvantages mentioned discourage you! Most of these strategies can be profitable and the most commonly used ways to make money online. You just have to believe that you can be successful. Besides what business doesn’t have its own disadvantages?

Great Live Traffic Gadgets For Your Blog

2009-07-27T23:19:00.000-07:00

Recently while surfing the net, I came across this website Widgeo.net. It is a free service, requires no registration and offers great gadgets which show live traffic on your site. You can see one counter right at the end of this page as an example. It offers very beautiful looking gadgets with dynamic flash effects that increase the look of your blog very nicely. Its a good thing to let your visitor know about the stats of your site and i feel having a visitor counter is the least you should put. I didn't have enough space to put a bigger live traffic counter so i opted for a smaller counter. I recommend all of you to check Widgeo.net. Do tell me if you liked it.

Give Your Blog A Professional Look

2009-07-27T11:53:00.000-07:00

One of the ways to make an impression on new visitors is to make your blog look more professional. Usually, the one mistake what people make while writing their blog posts is that they use slang language and make the post look "Cool" which actually is not liked by all. If your target audience is young teenagers then that's fine but on a blog where the age group doesn't matter, you should stick to some basic rules so that the blog becomes appealing to a larger target audience increasing traffic -

1. Choose your template wisely - The key to professional blogging is to choose the template wisely. It should not be funky type and should give a more clean and arranged look rather than a "Hep" look.

2. Use professional language - Language is a must to keep in mind before writing any post. Use proper words while explaining anything & try to avoid spelling mistakes (a difficult task but must be taken care of).

3. Be specific in writing posts - Write to the point and explain what the post is all about briefly rather than just making the visitor read more and more junk which he doesn't want to read. Most people search the internet for finding a solution to their problems, provide them with that directly.

4. Don't use funky gadgets - like MP3 players, play sudoku, or feed my fish! I feel they look pathetic on a professional blog.

5. Use Charts & Diagrams - Use charts, diagrams, pictures, clip arts etc to relate to your text. Visual presentation is much more appealing than text posts.

6. Your Mail id - Provide a link to your mail id on your front page. It can be in the header or the footer but make sure that it is there. Don't be anonymous. Let people contact you and respond to their mails.

These are just a few tips to improve the professional looks of your blog. I hope it will help you attract more targeted traffic to your blog.

Rule Of Thumb - Promote Your Blog

2009-07-27T04:50:00.000-07:00

1. Be an Active blogger.

The more you blog the more chances there are that your blog will attract visitors. Let people comment on your blogs and reply to them when asked, this way you are building a relationship with your visitors and also getting good feedback on your post. When some of your posts start getting more attention than other posts you should follow up the article with an extended post. That will give your blog more popularity.

2. Help the search engines help you
Always make good use of page titles, post titles. Use titles, which accurately describe your post and make a powerful impact on the readers mind. Be aware that in most cases the visitor will read the post title in a fraction of a second and decide if he/she wants to continue reading. You have to provide an interesting and hopefully short and descriptive title. Also make sure that you format your post title differently than the article itself, like making it bold or different color, size etc. Don’t use too many capital letters in your sentences. It gives an impression of being a spam log or in short “splog”.

3. Using Graphics and Images.

I have to admit that ever since I got a high-speed connection to the Internet, I almost used to forget that there are still so many users who are on dial-up connections and the blog shouldn’t choke on their connection. Try to use minimum graphics and external scripts on your blog, optimize your images before using it on your blog. You can find free online graphics optimizers.

4. Track user hits to your site / blog

Install a hit counter on your blog/site. There are many free ones you can choose, I personally recommend statcounter. By studying the stats you can actually gain useful knowledge about the blog visitors. It will help you find out what things you are doing right and what you aren’t.

5. Format your content for better readability

Lets face it, We all hate to read a post where ideas are crammed into one long paragraph. Long paragraphs make the posts very boring to read through and chances are that your visitors will not even read the whole paragraph. Make wise use of text formatting features on your blog post. Split different ideas within a post into different paragraphs and try to keep your posts short. Split the posts itself and let the visitors decide if they want to read more of your posts.

6. Be an active commenter
Read others blogs and write comments on their blogs. You should also leave a link to your blog and you could get some visitors from that blog / website. You can also join forums, discussion groups etc. but be careful to post your comments on relevant forum topics and do not spam the forums or mail of the visitors.

Make Money With Small Business Ideas Online

2009-07-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

Making money with a small business has long been the well trodden path to personal and financial freedom for years. The shift in sheer numbers of people starting a small business in the last decade has been astounding, to say the least. Why?

People who have been employed in a particular field for a decade or more begin to understand that, in order to make more money, they need to make a change. In the past, arriving at this realization has been a painful one, but more often today, the arrival is a launching place.

With information being much more accessible today, starting a small business and implementing a money making plan is on the table, a realistic option for millions of Americans. The culture of "Get a Safe Job" has retired along with the millions of baby boomers and aspiring success minded people are evaluating small business ideas instead. Using the Internet and web based tools to automate many of the common business practices and processes saves a ton of time and the need for face to face selling, this is a huge attractor for the business minded person who wishes to maintain time freedom.

Small business online are becoming more and more popular especially among first time entrepreneurs and small business owners looking to expand their businesses. Some online small business ideas include publishing Information, membership websites, matching consumers with merchants, web design, online publications and blogging.

These are just a few of the many online small business ideas the people are making money with currently. Some of the benefits of starting an online small business cost of entry, and the low cost of overhead. Imagine starting a business without the cumbersome costs of real estate, equipment, employees, employment taxes and workers compensation.

Just a few of the common costs associated with starting a small business that are virtually erased when you start a business online. The Internet serves as a powerful marketing tool for many entrepreneurs and connecting with customers across the globe is commonplace in the online small business world.

Advertise On My Blog - FREE

2009-07-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

As you can see that my blog is about ways to earn money. It contains HIGH QUALITY articles on different methods of making money online such as affiliate programs, pay per click sites, adsense management, freelancing, methods of efficient blogging etc. and is updated 2-3 times daily. I ensure that only the best articles are posted here. Within a span of 20 odd days, i have posted over 50 articles and they are rapidly increasing in number. People like to read my blog because it is really simple and straight forward. Everything is easily arranged and the colours are also nice and simple. I truely believe in the power of simplicity. Lately, I have decided to give away 3 Ad slots on my blog. It was difficult to create spaces for them but I finally managed.

There are three slots -

Left - 3 inches X 2.5 inches

Right - 1.5 inches X 1.5 inches

Centre - 3 inches X 2.5 inches

I am giving away all the Ad slots FREE FOR 2 MONTHS* (Conditions Apply) on FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis.

I am also offering FREE Ads in between the posts* (Conditions Apply) in the form of small square banners which will be linked to your site. All you have to do is to send me the picture you wish me to display and the link to link it to. You may also tell me the post in which you wish to display the Ad or else I'll chose the most relevant post myself.

There is also a full line below my main horizontal link bar (2nd below the title) having text "Your Link" written. All those slots are also available for sale at very cheap prices. Its a prime location and a very good area to advertise your link.

If you are an advertiser and wish to place your Ad on my blog, you can mail back to me and just send me the HTML code for your Ad. I will put it up for FREE for 3 months.* You can contact me HERE.

Looking forward to your mails...

Regards, Administrator

How To Sell Ads On Your Blog Even With Hardly Any Traffic

2009-07-26T10:34:00.001-07:00

Step 1 - Make Some Room!

The first thing you have to do is make some space on your blog for some ads. I suggest you work 2-4 ad spots into the top of one of your sidebars. Pick a standard ad unit like 125×125 and reserve that space on your blog for those ads.

Step 2 - Explain Yourself!

Now build a page on your blog discussing ad rates. Make sure to include your monthly traffic stats (even if they are low) and also write a paragraph about what your blog is and why people like to read it, and who those people are. Advertisers want to know who they are reaching.

Step 3 - Track Advertisers Down!

The next step then is to identify some advertisers to pursue. Go to the more popular blogs in your niche and see who is advertising there. For example, if I wrote a tech blog, I would go over to Techcrunch.com and see who is buying ads there. Make a list of the top 10 companies to contact.

Step 4 - Pitch Them!

Send an email, or phone call if you can, to those companies telling them you’re giving away a free banner ad on your blog for 3 months. All they have to do is send you a 125×125 banner and you’ll post it up for free. Send them your ad rates page and explain to them that you’re simply trying to get noticed and that your blog is a good target for their potential customers. Be honest with them. Let them know that you’re giving them the free ad in hopes that in months time they’ll be interested in buying an ad from you, but will not be required.

Step 5 - Report & Track!

Now hopefully you’ve gotten some advertisers to take you up on your offer. Set their banner ads up and closely monitor how many clicks and impressions they are getting from your blog. At the end of every month, send a quick note to the advertiser letting them know how the free ad is doing. Make sure you’re using a tracking program if you can, like Openads.com which is free, but kinda complex to setup. Not totally necessary to use, but helpful.

Step 6 - Close Them!

At the end of the 3-month free ad, or right before the end, send your advertiser a summary report. Make your case. Ask them if they’d be interested in purchasing that spot now on your blog for a very low rate. Make it $100/month or something, whatever. Even if only one of them goes for it, you’re now making $1200 a year more than you were before.

Summary: This, in my opinion, is a much better use of your prime real estate than something like Blogrush, and is hardly any work really. Give it a try.

Don't Forget to Submit Your Blog to Search Engines

2009-07-26T01:17:00.001-07:00

If you have a new blog, make sure you take a few minutes to submit it to the most popular search engines to ensure your pages and posts are indexed as soon as possible. While it's likely that the major search engines will find your blog eventually, it doesn't hurt to speed up the process by manually submitting your blog's URL for inclusion.

Submitting your blog to search engines will boost your blog's traffic. It may not bring huge numbers of visitors overnight, but it will jumpstart the process of growing the number of visitors to your blog. Follow the link to learn how and where to submit your blog to search engines.

You may also want to know how to increase your blog's traffic using keywords HERE.