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		<description><![CDATA[I Want To Get Traffic To My Website, But Where Do I Start?
Often I hear people say, &#8220;I want to get traffic, but where do I start?&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>I Want To Get Traffic To My Website, But Where Do I Start?</h3>
<p>Often I hear people say, &#8220;I want to get traffic, but where do I start?&#8221;</p>
<p>The purpose of this post is to give a roadmap of where to start.</p>
<p>And if you ever have a question, <a href="http://nickstraffictricks.com/1178_what-is-your-biggest-traffic-question/" target="_blank">feel free to ask me</a>.  I will do my best to answer your questions.</p>
<h3>Know What Google Wants</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to get traffic from Google and other search engines then you need to know what they are looking for.</p>
<p>In my article <a href="/193_what-google-really-cares-about/">What Google Really Cares About</a> I cover what you need to know about the kind of content Google is looking for.</p>
<h3>Search Engine Optimization</h3>
<p>Before you worry about getting links and trying to get traffic you need to take a few steps and optimize your site for the search engines.  It&#8217;s not hard and it&#8217;s well worth your time:<br />
<a href="/329_search-engine-optimization-and-keywords/">Search Engine Optimization and Keywords</a></p>
<p>Also check out:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="../1738_7-ways-to-improve-your-search-engine-optimization/">7 Ways To Improve Your Search Engine Optimization</a></li>
<li><a href="/613_are-you-susceptible-to-an-seo-scam/">Are You Susceptible to an SEO Scam?</a></li>
<li><a href="/203_5-tricky-tips-for-seo/">5 Tricky Tips For SEO</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Keyword Research</h3>
<p>Part of search engine optimization is keyword research.  Selecting the correct keywords is crucial to getting traffic. I have covered this in detail in several posts:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/994_how-to-find-profitable-niches-using-googles-search-based-keyword-tool/">How to find profitable niches using Googles search-based keyword tool</a></li>
<li><a href="/1244_question-box-are-keyword-rankings-the-same-across-all-search-engines/">Question Box:  Are keyword rankings the same across all search engines?</a></li>
<li><a href="/1239_question-box-i-would-like-to-know-how-to-rank-good-for-competitive-keywords-easily/">Question Box:  I would like to know how to rank good for competitive keywords easily</a></li>
<li><a href="/1187_video-keyword-research-with-google-wonder-wheel/">Video:  Keyword Research With Google Wonder Wheel</a></li>
<li><a href="/1214_why-keyword-density-is-a-waste-of-time/">Why keyword density is a waste of time</a></li>
<li><a href="/525_video-keyword-research-how-to-get-around-the-google-slap/">VIDEO: Keyword Research &amp; How to get around the Google Slap</a></li>
<li><a href="../208_biggest-absolute-failure/">Biggest Absolute Failure</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Get Your Site Crawled &amp; Indexed By The Search Engines</h3>
<p>Getting your site crawled &amp; indexed is easy and has nothing to do with submitting your site to 10 gazillion search engines.</p>
<p>For proven ways to do this (and they&#8217;re all free!) read:<br />
<a href="../1162_8-ways-to-get-indexed-by-google-super-fast/">11 Ways To Get Indexed By Google Super Fast</a></p>
<h3>Build Links To Your Site</h3>
<p>One of the best ways to get traffic is to get other websites to link to you.  I have covered this in several posts:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/day-5-why-your-site-needs-links/">Why your site needs links</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/day-5-how-to-create-incoming-links/">How to Create Incoming Links</a></li>
<li> <a href="/1168_why-nofollow-matters-and-how-to-find-blogs-that-dont-use-it/">Why nofollow matters and how to find blogs that don’t use it</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/day-14-traffic-from-forums/">Traffic From Forums</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/day-20-blogging/">Blogging</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/day-21-make-comments-on-other-peoples-blogs/">Make comments on other people’s blogs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/day-25-link-swapping/">Link Swapping</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 11 Ways To Get Indexed By Google Super Fast And Start Building Backlinks" href="../1162_8-ways-to-get-indexed-by-google-super-fast/">11 Ways To Get Indexed By Google Super Fast And Start Building Backlinks</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How To Build Back Links Super Fast" href="../1620_super-fast-back-links/">How To Build Back Links Super Fast</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to FREE Back Links To Your Site" href="../1537_free-back-links-to-your-site/">FREE Back Links To Your Site</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 3 places to find reciprocal linking partners" href="../1466_3-places-to-find-reciprocal-linking-partners/">3 places to find reciprocal linking partners</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Article Marketing</h3>
<p>If you are a decent writer then you can quickly build backlinks to your site and get traffic with article marketing.  This will work well for people who have a lot of time and little money.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/182_article-marketing-basics/">Article Marketing Basics</a></li>
<li><a href="/214_stop-the-article-madness-start-making-cash/">Stop The Article Madness &amp; Start Making Cash!</a></li>
<li><a href="/693_article-marketing-how-to-choose-the-best-topic-for-your-niche/">Article Marketing &#8211; How To Choose The Best Topic For Your Niche</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Social Media</h3>
<p>You can get quick traffic from social media.  This works best if you have unique and quality content.</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Video:  Social Bookmarking Made Easy" href="../1570_video-social-bookmarking-made-easy/">Video:  Social Bookmarking Made Easy </a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 18 VIDEOS:  Idoits Guide To Internet Marketing With, SEO, youtube, Myspace, Facebook, RSS Feeds and More…." href="../1521_video-idoits-guide-to-internet-marketing-with-seo-youtube-myspace-facebook-rss-feeds-and-more/">18 VIDEOS:  Idoits Guide To Internet Marketing With, SEO, youtube, Myspace, Facebook, RSS Feeds and More….</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Question Box:  How do I get traffic with RSS and social marketing?" href="../1226_question-box-how-do-i-get-traffic-with-rss-and-social-marketing/">Question Box:  How do I get traffic with RSS and social marketing?</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 5 Tips To Get More Traffic From Digg" href="../422_5-tips-to-get-more-traffic-from-digg/">5 Tips To Get More Traffic From Digg</a></li>
<li><a title="How To Make It Super Easy For People To Tweet Your Blog Posts With The WordPress TweetMeme Plugin" href="../1637_how-to-make-it-super-easy-for-people-to-tweet-your-blog-posts-with-the-wordpress-tweetmeme-plugin/">How To Make It Super Easy For People To Tweet Your Blog Posts With The WordPress TweetMeme Plugin </a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Google AdSense</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="../1744_7-ways-to-maximize-your-google-adsense-profit/">7 Ways To Maximize Your Google AdSense Profit</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  AdSense – How To Choose The Best Color, Block Size, &amp; Placement" href="../756_video-adsense-how-to-choose-the-best-color-block-size-placement/">VIDEO:  AdSense – How To Choose The Best Color, Block Size, &amp; Placement</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  How I made $$$ with Google AdSense" href="../750_video-how-i-made-with-google-adsense/">VIDEO:  How I made $$$ with Google AdSense</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Google AdSense Arbitrage" href="../248_google-adsense-arbitrage/">Google AdSense Arbitrage</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Google AdSense Placement" href="../245_google-adsense-placement/">Google AdSense Placement</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Google AdSense Section Targeting" href="../244_google-adsense-section-targeting/">Google AdSense Section Targeting</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Google AdSense Introduction" href="../243_google-adsense-introduction/">Google AdSense Introduction</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Two Simple Steps to Making Money with AdSense" href="../202_two-simple-steps-to-making-money-with-adsense/">Two Simple Steps to Making Money with AdSense</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Advertising</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Standing out from the crowd when we all use the same tricks" href="../276_standing-out-from-the-crowd-when-we-all-use-the-same-tricks/">Standing out from the crowd when we all use the same tricks</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Funeral Service – Great advertising PIC" href="../221_funeral-service-great-advertising-pic/">Funeral Service – Great advertising PIC</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Affiliate Marketing</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Affiliate Marketing Introduction" href="../246_affiliate-marketing-introduction/">Affiliate Marketing Introduction</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Question Box:  How do I cloak affiliate links" href="../1216_question-box-how-do-i-cloak-affiliate-links/">Question Box:  How do I cloak affiliate links</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Advanced Article Marketing" href="../1132_advanced-article-marketing/">Advanced Article Marketing</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Affiliate Marketing 101" href="../702_affiliate-marketing-101/">Affiliate Marketing 101</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to The 5 Best Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Squeeze Page" href="../282_the-5-best-ways-to-drive-traffic-to-your-squeeze-page/">The 5 Best Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Squeeze Page</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to wreck your own marketing campaign" href="../278_how-to-wreck-your-own-marketing-campaign/">How to wreck your own marketing campaign</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Making Tons Of Cash From A Whole Lotta Littles" href="../274_making-tons-of-cash-from-a-whole-lotta-littles/">Making Tons Of Cash From A Whole Lotta Littles</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to The Single Biggest Affiliate Marketing Pitfall" href="../261_the-single-biggest-affiliate-marketing-pitfall/">The Single Biggest Affiliate Marketing Pitfall</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Get Big Results with ClickBank" href="../251_get-big-results-with-clickbank/">Get Big Results with ClickBank</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Many methods, one goal" href="../250_many-methods-one-goal/">Many methods, one goal</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Article Marketing</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 18:  Article Marketing" href="../356_day-18-article-marketing/">How to get Traffic Day 18:  Article Marketing</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Why keyword density is a waste of time" href="../1214_why-keyword-density-is-a-waste-of-time/">Why keyword density is a waste of time</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  2 Tricky Ways To Get More Traffic From Article Marketing" href="../819_video-2-tricky-ways-to-get-more-traffic-from-article-marketing/">VIDEO:  2 Tricky Ways To Get More Traffic From Article Marketing</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO: Article Marketing – How To Get Tons Of Traffic And Opt Ins" href="../799_video-article-marketing-how-to-get-tons-of-traffic-and-opt-ins/">VIDEO: Article Marketing – How To Get Tons Of Traffic And Opt Ins</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  Article Marketing – How To Choose The Best Titles" href="../754_video-article-marketing-how-to-choose-the-best-titles/">VIDEO:  Article Marketing – How To Choose The Best Titles</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Article Marketing – How To Choose The Best Topic For Your Niche" href="../693_article-marketing-how-to-choose-the-best-topic-for-your-niche/">Article Marketing – How To Choose The Best Topic For Your Niche</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to The 5 Best Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Squeeze Page" href="../282_the-5-best-ways-to-drive-traffic-to-your-squeeze-page/">The 5 Best Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Squeeze Page</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Stop The Article Madness &amp; Start Making Cash!" href="../214_stop-the-article-madness-start-making-cash/">Stop The Article Madness &amp; Start Making Cash!</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Article Marketing Basics" href="../182_article-marketing-basics/">Article Marketing Basics</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 3 Powerful Ways to Get Quality One Way Links to Your Website" href="../181_3-powerful-ways-to-get-quality-one-way-links-to-your-website/">3 Powerful Ways to Get Quality One Way Links to Your Website</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Blogging</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 21:  Make comments on other people’s blogs" href="../373_day-21-make-comments-on-other-peoples-blogs/">How to get Traffic Day 21:  Make comments on other people’s blogs</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 20:  Blogging" href="../367_day-20-blogging/">How to get Traffic Day 20:  Blogging</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 8 Magazine Strategies that add Value to Your Blog" href="../1499_8-magazine-strategies-that-add-value-to-your-blog/">8 Magazine Strategies that add Value to Your Blog</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Swine flu ringtones??? Some of the spam comments on my blog are funny…" href="../1212_swine-flu-ringtones-some-of-the-spam-comments-on-my-blog-are-funny/">Swine flu ringtones??? Some of the spam comments on my blog are funny…</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 4 Problems With Video Blog Posts" href="../986_4-problems-with-video-blog-posts/">4 Problems With Video Blog Posts</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  Wordpress vs Blogger" href="../896_video-wordpress-vs-blogger/">VIDEO:  Wordpress vs Blogger</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Do You Fail to Cross Promote Your Blog Pages?" href="../614_do-you-fail-to-cross-promote-your-blog-pages/">Do You Fail to Cross Promote Your Blog Pages?</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 4 Tips For Creating Blog Post Titles That Grab You Hook, Headline, &amp; Sinker!" href="../609_4-tips-for-creating-blog-post-titles-that-grab-you-hook-headline-sinker/">4 Tips For Creating Blog Post Titles That Grab You Hook, Headline, &amp; Sinker!</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 5 Strategies for a Cash-Converting Blog Posts" href="../590_5-strategies-for-a-cash-converting-blog-posts/">5 Strategies for a Cash-Converting Blog Posts</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to Get The Readers You Want &amp; Traffic to Your Blog" href="../288_how-to-get-the-readers-you-want-traffic-to-your-blog/">How to Get The Readers You Want &amp; Traffic to Your Blog</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Standing out from the crowd when we all use the same tricks" href="../276_standing-out-from-the-crowd-when-we-all-use-the-same-tricks/">Standing out from the crowd when we all use the same tricks</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 5 Reasons Why Numbered Headlines Work" href="../249_5-reasons-why-numbered-headlines-work/">5 Reasons Why Numbered Headlines Work</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Links from Education Sites" href="../167_links-from-education-sites/">How to get Links from Education Sites</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Submit your RSS Feed to Blog Directories" href="../137_submit-your-rss-feed-to-blog-directories/">Submit your RSS Feed to Blog Directories</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to List of Ping sites for your Blog" href="../132_list-of-ping-sites-for-your-blog/">List of Ping sites for your Blog</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Domains &amp; Hosting</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 4 Tips For Finding Reliable Web Hosting" href="../1011_4-tips-for-finding-reliable-web-hosting/">4 Tips For Finding Reliable Web Hosting</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Make Your Website Name and Domain Match" href="../291_mak-your-website-name-and-domain-match/">Make Your Website Name and Domain Match</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Hosting Your Domain" href="../280_hosting-your-domain/">Hosting Your Domain</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Buying a domain" href="../262_buying-a-domain/">Buying a domain</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Email Marketing</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="../1762_12-steps-to-setup-an-email-newsletter-and-make-money/">12 Steps To Setup An Email Newsletter, Get Traffic, And Make Money</a></li>
<li> <a href="../1773_email-marketing-case-study-should-you-put-the-persons-name-in-the-email-subject-line/">Email Marketing Case Study: Should you put the person’s name in the email subject line?</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Keywords</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 4:  Search Engine Optimization and Keywords" href="../329_search-engine-optimization-and-keywords/">How to get Traffic Day 4:  Search Engine Optimization and Keywords</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to I did the keyword research for you for 30 keywords" href="../999_i-did-the-keyword-research-for-you-for-30-keywords/">I did the keyword research for you for 30 keywords</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to find profitable niches using Googles search-based keyword tool" href="../994_how-to-find-profitable-niches-using-googles-search-based-keyword-tool/">How to find profitable niches using Googles search-based keyword tool</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Google’s New Tool:  Insights for Search" href="../543_googles-new-tool-insights-for-search/">Google’s New Tool:  Insights for Search</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO: Keyword Research &amp; How to get around the Google Slap" href="../525_video-keyword-research-how-to-get-around-the-google-slap/">VIDEO: Keyword Research &amp; How to get around the Google Slap</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Biggest Absolute Failure" href="../208_biggest-absolute-failure/">Biggest Absolute Failure</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Link Building</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to FREE Back Links To Your Site" href="../1537_free-back-links-to-your-site/">How To Build Back Links Super Fast</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to FREE Back Links To Your Site" href="../1537_free-back-links-to-your-site/"> FREE Back Links To Your Site</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 25:  Link Swapping" href="../380_day-25-link-swapping/">How to get Traffic Day 25:  Link Swapping</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 3 places to find reciprocal linking partners" href="../1466_3-places-to-find-reciprocal-linking-partners/">3 places to find reciprocal linking partners</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 6:  How to Create Incoming Links" href="../331_day-5-how-to-create-incoming-links/">How to get Traffic Day 6:  How to Create Incoming Links</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Traffic Day 5:  Why your site needs links" href="../330_day-5-why-your-site-needs-links/">How to get Traffic Day 5:  Why your site needs links</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  Why Your Site Needs Links" href="../884_video-why-your-site-needs-links-2/">VIDEO:  Why Your Site Needs Links</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  How to get backlinks with do follow tags" href="../743_video-how-to-get-backlinks-with-do-follow-tags/">VIDEO:  How to get backlinks with do follow tags</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Do You Fail to Cross Promote Your Blog Pages?" href="../614_do-you-fail-to-cross-promote-your-blog-pages/">Do You Fail to Cross Promote Your Blog Pages?</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 2 Secret Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Squeeze Page" href="../198_2-secret-ways-to-drive-traffic-to-your-squeeze-page/">2 Secret Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Squeeze Page</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to How to get Links from Education Sites" href="../167_links-from-education-sites/">How to get Links from Education Sites</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Making Money</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="../1700_how-2-hours-of-work-makes-me-100-a-month/">How 2 Hours Of Work Makes Me $100 A Month</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Motivational</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 2009 is half over.  What are your goals for the second half of the year?" href="../1503_2009-is-half-over-what-are-your-goals-for-the-second-half-of-the-year/">How spending $0.95 increased my productivity by 10x</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to 2009 is half over.  What are your goals for the second half of the year?" href="../1503_2009-is-half-over-what-are-your-goals-for-the-second-half-of-the-year/">2009 is half over.  What are your goals for the second half of the year?</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Question Box: How can I FINISH what I start? I always get distracted by some new idea" href="../1208_question-box-how-can-i-finish-what-i-start-i-always-get-distracted-by-some-new-idea/">Question Box: How can I FINISH what I start? I always get distracted by some new idea</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to VIDEO:  You can do anything" href="../1130_video-you-can-do-anything/">VIDEO:  You can do anything</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Why People Fail to Make Money on the Internet" href="../990_how-to-make-money-on-the-internet/">Why People Fail to Make Money on the Internet</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to The Power of the 60 Second Rule" href="../973_the-power-of-the-60-second-rule/">The Power of the 60 Second Rule</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Adopting the Correct Mindset – Making the Internet Work For You" href="../405_adopting-the-correct-mindset-making-the-internet-work-for-you/">Adopting the Correct Mindset – Making the Internet Work For You</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Are You “Willing” To Succeed?" href="../273_are-you-willing-to-succeed/">Are You “Willing” To Succeed?</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Newbies…PLAN to fail…" href="../256_newbiesplan-to-fail/">Newbies…PLAN to fail…</a></li>
<li><a title="Permanent link to What it takes" href="../220_what-it-takes/">What it takes</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Question Box</h3>
<ul>
<li><a title="Permanent link to Question Box:  How do you get traffic to a blog when it is in a difficult “niche” as internet marketing" href="../1253_question-box-how-do-you-get-traffic-to-a-blog-when-it-is-in-a-difficult-%e2%80%9cniche%e2%80%9d-as-internet-marketing/">Question Box:  How do you get traffic to a blog when it is in a difficult “niche” as internet marketing</a></li>
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<ul>
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<h3>YouTube</h3>
<ul>
<li> <a href="../1731_4-ways-to-get-traffic-from-youtube/">4 Ways To Get Traffic From YouTube</a></li>
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<h3>Writing</h3>
<ul>
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		<title>2 Winners Of My 84 Traffic Videos – Saturday Nov. 7, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Winners
Today&#8217;s winners are:

 @Paul_ic7 on Twitter
 Marie from my email list:   	 marie.san***@rocketmail.com

Enter to Win My 84 Traffic Videos
Discover 2 ways to win here.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>Today&#8217;s Winners</h3>
<p>Today&#8217;s winners are:</p>
<ol>
<li> <a href="http://twitter.com/Paul_ic7" target="_blank">@Paul_ic7</a> on Twitter</li>
<li> Marie from my email list:   	 marie.san***@rocketmail.com</li>
</ol>
<h3>Enter to Win My 84 Traffic Videos</h3>
<p>Discover 2 ways to <a href="http://nickstraffictricks.com/1778_giving-away-2-copies-of-my-84-traffic-videos/" target="_blank">win here</a>.</p>
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		<title>10 Ways To Get More Traffic From Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of buzz about the growth of twitter and many people are looking to use twitter to get traffic to their website.
Here are 10 simple ways to get more traffic from twitter.
1.  Tweet about new posts to your blog
Whenever you post something new to your blog or website you should Tweet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>There has been a lot of buzz about the growth of twitter and many people are looking to use twitter to get traffic to their website.</p>
<p>Here are 10 simple ways to get more traffic from twitter.</p>
<h3>1.  Tweet about new posts to your blog</h3>
<p>Whenever you post something new to your blog or website you should Tweet about it.  For me this results in instant traffic to my website.</p>
<h3>2.  Use great titles to get more clicks</h3>
<p>Having a great title will result in more of your followers clicking on your link.</p>
<p>One of the simplest ways to make a good title is to have it start with a number.  For example:<br />
3 Ways To&#8230;<br />
5 Reasons Why&#8230;<br />
7 Strategies For&#8230;</p>
<p>Numbered headlines get your attention and give you a preview of the content.</p>
<p>It is also a good idea to have your title promise to solve a problem that the reader has.  If it promises real benefit to the reader they are far more likely to click on the link.</p>
<p>For example the title of this blog post promised to show you how to get traffic to your website using twitter.  Getting traffic to your website is a difficult task and a common problem that people have.  The title promise real value.</p>
<p>Putting these two concepts together (using numbered headlines and solving readers problems) you can create great titles that will get more clicks on twitter.</p>
<h3>3.  Only tweet about things of value</h3>
<p>We live in a age of information overload and one of the ways of coping with this is to ignore stuff.  In fact we ignore most of the information out there.</p>
<p>So if you don&#8217;t want your tweets should be ignored by your followers and make sure they have real value.</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t try to sell something via twitter.  A lot of people have lost their followers because they tried to make a quick buck.</p>
<p>Remember that people follow you because of the value you provide to them.  The minute you stop doing this is the minute that you lose followers.</p>
<h3>4.  Tweet about old blog posts</h3>
<p>There will be some days when you don&#8217;t have any new blog posts to tweet about.</p>
<p>When this happens simply find an old blog post with good value and tweet about that.  Chances are that many of your followers have never seen it.</p>
<h3>5.  Use Google Analytics to track the best days &amp; times to tweet</h3>
<p>Some days a week and sometimes the day are better than others for tweeting about your new blog posts and getting traffic.</p>
<p>I recommend trying different times to see what works best.  I use Google analytics to help me determine how much traffic I get from different tweets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.garymccaffrey.com/blog/2009/03/19/when-is-the-best-time-to-tweet-for-maximum-twitter-traffic-and-exposure/" target="_blank">Gary McCaffrey</a> has gathered data that suggests that 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) are the best times to tweet and get traffic.</p>
<p>This is probably a good place to start.  But you need to test and discover what works best for you.</p>
<h3>6.  Make it easy for visitors to tweet about your site</h3>
<p>If you use WordPress there is a simple plug-in that puts a &#8220;ReTweet This&#8221; button on every blog post.  It allows visitors to retweet your post with a click of button.  It also displays how many people have tweeted about it.</p>
<p>It’s called the Tweetcount Plugin and you can download it here for free:<br />
<a href="http://www.backtype.com/plugins/tweetcount" target="_blank"> http://www.backtype.com/plugins/tweetcount</a></p>
<h3>7.  Use url shorteners</h3>
<p>On twitter you only have 140 characters and it would be a shame to waste it with some long and ugly URL.  So I recommend using a URL shortening or like tinyurl.com.</p>
<p>This allows you to devote more characters to an eye-catching title and description and fewer characters to your URL.</p>
<h3>8.  Keep your Tweets less than 120 characters</h3>
<p>I want people to be able to easily retweet my stuff and so I try to have all of my tweets be 120 characters or less.  Then when someone retweets something of mine there is plenty of room for the &#8220;RT @NicksTraffic&#8221; which is placed at the front of the retweet.</p>
<p>And having more retweets results in more traffic for me.</p>
<h3>9.  Get more followers</h3>
<p>Obviously if you have more followers then each tweet get more attention and result in more traffic to your website.  Here are a couple ways to get more followers:</p>
<ol>
<li>Place an invitation to follow you on twitter on your homepage.  I recommend putting it above the fold where people can see it without having to scroll down.</li>
<li>After your main content block on every page post a link to your twitter account that says something like &#8220;Follow @NicksTraffic on twitter and great tips on X&#8221;</li>
</ol>
<h3>10.  If you tweet with a link to a video or audio make sure you mention it in your tweet</h3>
<p>Sometimes I&#8217;ll find a great YouTube video that I want to share with my followers.  I know that some of them are at work and may not appreciate having a video come onto their screen alerting their boss that they are watching videos and not working.</p>
<p>So whenever I tweet a link to a YouTube video I always begin the tweet with the word Video so that my followers know it&#8217;s a video and can choose whether to watch it at that time.</p>
<p>For example:  &#8220;Video:  11 ways to get more traffic for free&#8221;</p>
<p>Doing this builds a level of trust with my followers.  They trust that if I tweet about a video they will know before hand and not be caught off guard.  And this results in more traffic for me.</p>
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		<title>How I Got 25 People To Stumble My Site And Give It A Thumbs Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did an experiment
A few months ago I decided to try an experiment.  I posted a page on my blog offering free stumbles to anyone who placed a comment with the urls they wanted to be stumbled by me.
There were no strings attached to receive the free stumbles.  It was just a free gift for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>I did an experiment</h3>
<p>A few months ago I decided to try an experiment.  I posted a page on my blog offering free stumbles to anyone who placed a comment with the urls they wanted to be stumbled by me.</p>
<p>There were no strings attached to receive the free stumbles.  It was just a free gift for visiting my website.</p>
<p>(<a href="http://nickstraffictricks.com/can-i-stumble-your-site/" target="_blank">You can get your free stumbles here.</a>)<br />
I also asked people to stumble the site if they felt this was useful but that wasn&#8217;t required.</p>
<p>Since that time 25 people have stumbled the page up and the page has received thousands of hits.  It only takes a few stumbles to get traffic.</p>
<p>One of the reasons I was able to get people to stumble up this particular page is that I first gave something away for free.  And then I asked for a favor to stumble up the page.</p>
<p>Not everyone was willing to do me a favor but quite a few were.</p>
<h3>Rule of reciprocity</h3>
<p>This follows the rule of reciprocity which basically says that if you do something kind for someone else and then ask for something small in return, the person is likely to do it.</p>
<p>This concept is covered in depth in the book by Robert Cialdini called: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.  If you haven&#8217;t read this book I highly recommend it!</p>
<p>Has anyone else done something like this?  Where you give away something of value for free and then ask for a favor?</p>
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		<title>Giving Away 2 Copies Of My 84 Traffic Videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am giving away 2 copies of my 84 Traffic Videos Series on Saturday Nov. 14, 2009
This Saturday I will give away 2 copies of 84 Traffic Videos.  These videos were recorded &#38; produced by me and show you step-by-step how to get traffic.
The 84 short videos are broken up into 8 modules:

Module 1: First [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>I am giving away 2 copies of my 84 Traffic Videos Series on Saturday Nov. 14, 2009</h3>
<p>This Saturday I will give away 2 copies of 84 Traffic Videos.  These videos were recorded &amp; produced by me and show you step-by-step how to get traffic.</p>
<p>The 84 short videos are broken up into 8 modules:</p>
<ul>
<li>Module 1: First Things First (8 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 2: Keyword Research and Search Engine Optimization (11 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 3: Link Building (11 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 4: Get indexed fast (12 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 5: Traffic from Twitter (18 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 6: Traffic from YouTube (6 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 7: Traffic from Email Lists (8 Videos)</li>
<li>Module 8: Traffic from Article Marketing (10 Videos)</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Win</h3>
<p>Follow me on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NicksTraffic" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/NicksTraffic</a>.  On Saturday I will give a copy of the videos to one of my twitter followers.</p>
<p>On Saturday I will also give a copy of the videos to one of my Nick&#8217;s Traffic Tricks Newsletter subscribers..</p>
<p>Join my Nick&#8217;s Traffic Tricks Newsletter and get a free copy of my 68 Page Traffic Guide here:</p>
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<h3>Or You Can Buy The 84 Videos Right Now</h3>
<p>If you want to buy my 84 traffic videos right now then <a href="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/videos/" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div>
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		<title>Email Marketing Case Study:  Should you put the person’s name in the email subject line?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email Marketing Case Study
I have heard that you should put someone&#8217;s name in the email subject line when sending an email to your list.
Example Subject line:  Jim, here is the latest blah blah
I have been doing that for a while now and today I decided to actually test this idea.
So I sent out an email [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>Email Marketing Case Study</h3>
<p>I have heard that you should put someone&#8217;s name in the email subject line when sending an email to your list.</p>
<p>Example Subject line:  <em>Jim, here is the latest blah blah</em></p>
<p>I have been doing that for a while now and today I decided to actually test this idea.</p>
<p>So I sent out an email today and half of my list had their name in the subject and the other half didn&#8217;t have their name in the subject.</p>
<p>In the email there was a link to my blog and I tracked how many people clicked on the link.</p>
<h3>Here are the results</h3>
<p>Subject with name:  30 clicks on the link<br />
Subject without name:  32 clicks on the link</p>
<p>The email without a name actually did a little better!  But statistically there is no discernible difference; they&#8217;re effectively the same.</p>
<p>The important lesson I learned is that there is no substitution for testing.</p>
<p>Whenever I send out an email from now on I am going to split test some element of my campaign.  I have made a list of 5 things to split test and will think of more.</p>
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		<title>12 Steps To Setup An Email Newsletter, Get Traffic, And Make Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
Creating an email newsletter is one of the best ways to get long-term traffic to your website and make money online.  Any guru will tell you this.
Unfortunately what they don&#8217;t tell you is the exact process to use.  It&#8217;s not as simple as &#8220;go make an email list&#8221;.
There are many steps involved in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>Creating an email newsletter is one of the best ways to get long-term traffic to your website and make money online.  Any guru will tell you this.</p>
<p>Unfortunately what they don&#8217;t tell you is the exact process to use.  It&#8217;s not as simple as &#8220;go make an email list&#8221;.</p>
<p>There are many steps involved in correctly setting up an email newsletter.  Below I have outlined the steps I&#8217;ve used to set one up.</p>
<p>To start with I want to show you a simple flowchart:<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1763" title="flow_email_signup" src="http://nickstraffictricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/flow_email_signup.gif" alt="flow_email_signup" width="415" height="217" /></p>
<p>This simple flowchart gives you a high-level view of what goes on when someone signs up for your email list.</p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s jump into the nitty-gritty details.</p>
<h3>1.  Need an autoresponder</h3>
<p>You are going to need an autoresponder.  I highly recommend Aweber.  It&#8217;s what I use and it&#8217;s affordable.</p>
<p>Whatever autoresponder you choose make sure you use double optin for your email list.  When you use double optin someone will sign up for your email list and then they are sent an email asking them to confirm their subscription to your email list.  This ensures that you have fewer spam complaints.</p>
<h3>2.  Use an email address that you check</h3>
<p>Whenever you send out a message to your email list there is a &#8220;reply to&#8221; email address that is sent along with the message.  This way if any of your subscribers have a question they can simply hit the reply button and send a message to you.</p>
<p>You must make sure that this reply to email address is one that you check on a regular basis.</p>
<p>There been a few times when I sent out a message with a link to my website that didn&#8217;t work.  I didn&#8217;t know about it until one of my subscribers hit the reply button and notified me of this.  If I didn&#8217;t check the email address on a regular basis I would&#8217;ve never known.</p>
<h3>3.  Create a free short report</h3>
<p>Identify a common problem that your readers have and write a report showing people how to fix this problem.  The report doesn&#8217;t have to be very long; three to five pages should do the trick.</p>
<p>Just make sure that it solves a specific problem that your readers have.</p>
<p>Once you have it written you need to save it in PDF format.  If you&#8217;re not sure how to do this are a lot of free tutorials on the Internet that will show you exactly how.</p>
<h3>4.  Packaging your report</h3>
<p>If you link to the report in pdf format then when people click on the link to the pdf it will automatically load the pdf in the browser.</p>
<p>If instead you link to a zipped file (which contains the pdf) they will be forced to download it to their computer, making it easier for them to read anytime.</p>
<p>In the zip file also include a file that links to your website.</p>
<p>To do this open a new file in NotePad and save it.</p>
<p>An example filename might be <em>Traffic_Tricks_Blog.htm</em></p>
<p>Be sure that the filename contains no spaces, is something that gets the viewers attention, and ends with <em>.htm</em></p>
<p>Inside the file type the following:</p>
<p><code>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;<br />
&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.nickstraffictricks.com"&gt;<br />
&lt;TITLE&gt;&lt;/TITLE&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</code></p>
<p>What this chunk of HTML code does is tell the browser to immediately redirect to:<br />
<em>http://www.nickstraffictricks.com </em></p>
<p>Simply replace <em>http://www.nickstraffictricks.com</em> with your own url and then save.</p>
<p>Be sure to test your redirect!</p>
<p>Now everyone unzipping the file will see a the htm file and when they open it they will be sent to your site.</p>
<p>You can do this for affiliates stuff too.</p>
<p>In fact you could have two of these files inside the zip.  One would redirect to your website and another would be an affiliate offer.  This is a great way to make a little extra money on the backend.</p>
<p>Just don’t abuse it.</p>
<h3>5.   Create a &#8220;thank you&#8221; page</h3>
<p>After a person enters their name and email to subscribe to your list they will be sent to a thank you page.</p>
<p>The purpose of this page is to thank the person for signing up and inform them that they need to check their email and click on the confirmation link that has been sent to them.</p>
<p>You may also put an advertisement on this page.</p>
<p>The form of this page is relatively simple and if you want you can just copy one that I have used in the past:<br />
<a href="http://free--web-traffic.com/thank_you.php" target="_blank">http://free&#8211;web-traffic.com/thank_you.php</a></p>
<h3>6.  Create a &#8220;sign-up is complete&#8221; page</h3>
<p>After a person has confirmed their email address their sign-up is complete and they are sent to a &#8220;sign-up is complete&#8221; page.</p>
<p>In addition to page tells them that their free report has been emailed to them.</p>
<p>I recommend putting an advertisement on this page.</p>
<p>If you would like you can copy the one I use:<br />
<a href="http://free--web-traffic.com/thank_you_after_email.php" target="_blank">http://free&#8211;web-traffic.com/thank_you_after_email.php</a></p>
<h3>7.  Create the first message</h3>
<p>After someone confirms their email the first follow-up message will automatically be sent to them.  In this message you need to have a link to the free report for them to download.</p>
<p>In a message you can also introduce yourself to the reader and invite them to follow you on twitter or subscribe to your RSS feed.</p>
<h3>8.  Get an ecover</h3>
<p>Your free report is not really complete until it has some sort of ecover which is just a graphic cover for your report.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example of the cover that I frequently use for my Nick&#8217;s Traffic Tricks ebook:<br />
<img src="http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ntt-2009-300.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
There are some ways the you can create them for free and you can find free tutorials on the Internet.  But if you have a little extra cash and time is short then I recommend finding someone to create one for you.</p>
<p>Simply go to Google and search for:  ecover design</p>
<h3>9.  Place the signup immediately after content on your website</h3>
<p>You want to place your sign-up form in a prominent location where people can see it.</p>
<p>For me this works best by placing my sign-up form immediately after my main content block all my blog.</p>
<h3>10.  Experiment with popups and lightboxes available with Aweber</h3>
<p>One way to increase the conversion rate and get more people to sign up is to experiment with different types of pop-ups and light boxes.</p>
<p>Some website owners have reported a fivefold increase in the number sign ups.</p>
<p>With Aweber trying different types is easy.</p>
<h3>11.   Whenever you post to blog or website you send an email to you email list and get guaranteed traffic</h3>
<p>To get instant traffic simply send a message out to your email list every time you post new content on your blog.  This will be dramatically more effective if the content that you post is always high quality. Read <a title="6 Reasons Quality Content Receives More Traffic And Makes More Money" href="../1758_6-reasons-quality-content-receives-more-traffic-and-makes-more-money/">6 Reasons Quality Content Receives More Traffic And Makes More Money </a></p>
<h3>12.  Don&#8217;t forget to test</h3>
<p>Lastly you need to make sure that you test this entire process.  There are a lot of steps and you want to make sure that each piece is set up correctly.</p>
<p>I recommend going through the following checklist to ensure that everything is set up.</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to the page with the sign-up form and sign up with your name and email.</li>
<li>Were you taken to the &#8220;thank you&#8221; page and asked to confirm your email?</li>
<li>Did you receive the email asking you to confirm it?</li>
<li>Now click on the confirmation link.</li>
<li>Were you taken to the &#8220;signup is complete&#8221; page?</li>
<li>Did your advertisement display correctly on that page?</li>
<li>Do you receive the email with the link to your download?</li>
<li>If you hit reply to the email does it send to you?</li>
<li>Does the link to the download actually work?</li>
<li>Can you unzip the file and open up the PDF?</li>
<li>Do the other files that you may have included work correctly?</li>
</ol>
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		<title>6 Reasons Quality Content Receives More Traffic And Makes More Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that quality content receives more traffic is an understatement.  The truth is that quality content generates way more traffic.  Some of my best blog posts have received a thousand times the amount of traffic as my average ones.
Here is why quality content gets so much more traffic.
1.  Quality Is Rare
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>To say that quality content receives more traffic is an understatement.  The truth is that quality content generates way more traffic.  Some of my best blog posts have received a thousand times the amount of traffic as my average ones.</p>
<p>Here is why quality content gets so much more traffic.</p>
<h3>1.  Quality Is Rare</h3>
<p>Believe it or not quality is rare.  For every fantastic blog post you may read there are a hundred average ones published.  It may not seem like it because you never hear about those average ones.  In fact no one hears about them and they receive little or no traffic.</p>
<p>Even though there are millions of blogs out there I only visit 10 on a regular basis.  I visit only the ones that consistently provide quality in the areas I am interested.</p>
<p>People have a tendency to find blogs that have high quality content and ignore everything else.</p>
<h3>2. People will bookmark and retweet your stuff</h3>
<p>Quality content is bookmarked by others and tweeted about on Twitter.  It is submitted to Digg &amp; StumbleUpon.  All of these things generate massive amounts of traffic.</p>
<p>But the real magic is that quality content turns readers into people into spreaders.  If I come across a great blog post I will often Stumble it and tweet a link to it.  This results in more readers which in turn means more people are spreading the word.</p>
<p>It is this snowball effect, sometimes called &#8216;going viral&#8217;, that creates large amounts of traffic.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago I wrote a high-quality post called &#8220;<a href="http://nickstraffictricks.com/1620_super-fast-back-links/" target="_self">How To Build Back Links Super Fast</a>&#8221; and I submitted it to StumbleUpon.  I was absolutely amazed at the amount of traffic the post received from StumbleUpon.  It received 3 times as much traffic as any other post I had written.</p>
<p>If your content is average or mediocre none of this will happen.</p>
<h3>3. People will subscribe to your RSS</h3>
<p>Consistent quality can help you build up your RSS readership.  And the more traffic you get the faster your RSS readership will grow.</p>
<p>Looking at the readership of <a href="http://www.problogger.net" target="_blank">Problogger</a> we can see that there are well over 120,000 readers!</p>
<p>This readership rivals many newspapers in the United States.  But unlike many newspapers Problogger has only been around a few years.   This was accomplished with quality content.</p>
<p>And every time a new post appears over 120,000 people are notified.  This results in tons of traffic!</p>
<h3>4.  Quality Means More Page Views &amp; More Money</h3>
<p>The average person will visit many more pages on a blog with quality content.  And they will be more likely to revisit it later.</p>
<p>If you make money off of Google AdSense or other advertising then more page views means more money in your pocket.</p>
<p>In my experience quality content can generate 10 to 20 times as many page views.</p>
<h3>5. Product Recommendations Have Credibility</h3>
<p>Many people try to make money on the Internet by promoting different products.  Some have gone as far as to actually buy the product and write a review of it.</p>
<p>But all of these people have trouble with credibility.  How is someone going to trust what you have to say?</p>
<p>If you have a blog with quality content then you&#8217;ve already built a relationship of trust with your readers.  If readers are impressed by what you give away for free then they are more likely to trust you and purchase recommended products.</p>
<p>This means more money in your pocket.</p>
<h3>6.  Building An Email List Is Easy</h3>
<p>I believe the best way to build long-term traffic is to create an email newsletter that you send out periodically to your subscribers.  Inside of each newsletter are links to different blog posts on your website.</p>
<p>But how do you get people to give you their email address and join your newsletter?</p>
<p>If you have a lot of quality content then this is easy.</p>
<p>Simply take some of your best work and create a short PDF that solves a common problem your readers have. 3-10 pages is all you need.   The PDF should have a good title that promises the reader to solve a problem they have.</p>
<p>And anyone can get a free copy of the PDF when they join your email newsletter.</p>
<p>If you have quality content then your readers will trust you with their email address and join your newsletter.</p>
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		<title>7 Ways To Maximize Your Google AdSense Profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Correct AdSense Placement
The best place to put your AdSense blocks is high on the page and towards the left.  You want it to be the first thing people see.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>1. Correct AdSense Placement</h3>
<p>The best place to put your AdSense blocks is high on the page and towards the left.  You want it to be the first thing people see.</p>
<p>Another good place to put your advertisement is at the end of a blog post.  That way when someone finishes reading and wonders what to do next they will see an advertisement and are more inclined to click on it.</p>
<p><img class="fbsjcpyxnndgrbnvlvoh fbsjcpyxnndgrbnvlvoh fbsjcpyxnndgrbnvlvoh fbsjcpyxnndgrbnvlvoh" src="/images/adsense_heat_map.gif" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>You can learn more about optimal placement from Google:<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=17954" target="_blank"> https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=17954</a></p>
<h3>2. Correct AdSense Color Choice</h3>
<p>Consider choosing colors that match your website color scheme and would make your ads blend in.  Camouflaging your ads makes them more likely to be clicked.</p>
<h3>3. No Border Around AdSense Block</h3>
<p>Technically you can&#8217;t really remove the border but instead you make the border color the same as your background color.  This makes it look less like an ad and may result in more clicks.</p>
<h3>4. Best AdSense Blog Size</h3>
<p>Consider choosing larger and wider block sizes for your AdSense advertisements.  My best results have come from the &#8216;large rectangle&#8217; block.  One of the reasons is that they are wider and it&#8217;s easier for a person to read than a narrow ad.</p>
<p>Be sure to test different sizes and see what works for you.</p>
<h3>5. AdSense Showing Relevant Ads</h3>
<p>It&#8217;s good to double check and make sure that AdSense is in fact displaying relevant ads.  If for some reason it&#8217;s not then the number of clicks you receive will be very small.</p>
<h3>6. AdSense Section Targeting</h3>
<p>Section targeting allows you to suggest sections of your text and HTML content that you&#8217;d like AdSense to emphasize or downplay when matching ads to your site&#8217;s content. By providing AdSense with your suggestions, you can assist it in improving your ad targeting.  I recommend that only those familiar with HTML attempt to implement section targeting.</p>
<p>To implement section targeting, you&#8217;ll need to add a set of special HTML comment tags to your code. These tags will mark the beginning and end of whichever section(s) you&#8217;d like to emphasize or de-emphasize for ad targeting.</p>
<p>The HTML tags to emphasize a page section take the following format:</p>
<pre>&lt;!-- google_ad_section_start --&gt;
&lt;!-- google_ad_section_end --&gt;</pre>
<p>To learn more about section targeting go to:<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=23168" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=23168</a></p>
<h3>7. Do Not Click Your AdSense Ads</h3>
<p>The last thing I want to mention is that you should never click on the AdSense ads on your website.  Google tracks the IP address of every click and they are very quick to ban anyone who even looks like they might be trying to make a little extra money by clicking the ads.</p>
<p>I heard a story of a guy who had his account banned because some of his family members had thought he could make a little extra money if family members clicked on his ads.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t click on your own ads and don&#8217;t ask anyone else to do either.  It&#8217;s simply not worth it.</p>
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		<title>7 Ways To Improve Your Search Engine Optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  Select the correct keywords
Selecting the proper keywords for your website is the most overlooked piece of search engine optimization.
So before you buy your domain and start trying to get traffic you must decide what your website is about and what keywords you want to focus on.
I recommend spending at least 10 minutes making a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><h3>1.  Select the correct keywords</h3>
<p>Selecting the proper keywords for your website is the most overlooked piece of search engine optimization.</p>
<p>So before you buy your domain and start trying to get traffic you must decide what your website is about and what keywords you want to focus on.</p>
<p>I recommend spending at least 10 minutes making a list of potential keywords that you would like to rank high for in the search engine.  You should have a list of at least 10 keywords.</p>
<p>Once you have your list you want to see how many people are actually searching Google for that particular keyword.  Some of your keywords will have many people searching for them.  Other keywords will have very few people searching for them.</p>
<p>Luckily Google has a free tool that you can use to determine how many searches different keywords are getting:<br />
<a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal" target="_blank">https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal</a></p>
<p>Once I know how many searches each keyword has I look at the competition for each keyword.  So if my keyword is &#8220;poodle manicures&#8221; I would do the following 4 things:</p>
<ol>
<li>First I will go to Google and search for:  poodle manicures<br />
This tells me how many websites have my keywords in them.<br />
The order of the keywords does not matter so a website might have manicures at the top of the page and poodle at the bottom of the page.<br />
I record how many sites are competing for this.</li>
<li>Next I will go to Google and search for:  &#8220;poodle manicures&#8221;<br />
This tells me how many websites have my exact keyword phrase.<br />
I record how many sites are competing for this.</li>
<li>Now I’m going to search Google and see how many people have the the words poodle manicures in their title:<br />
I go to Google and search for:  allintitle: poodle manicures<br />
I record how many sites are competing for this.</li>
<li>Now I am going to search google and see how many people have the words poodle manicures in their URL<br />
I go to Google and search for:  allinurl: poodle manicures<br />
I record how many sites are competing for this.</li>
</ol>
<p>After doing all of this I should have a good feel as to which keywords have the best balance of high searches and low competition.</p>
<h3>2.  Select the correct type of domain</h3>
<p>When buying the domain I highly recommend getting any .com or .net or .org.  I would also stay away from .info domains as they are frequently used by Web spammers and sometimes have a harder time ranking high in the search engines.</p>
<h3>3.  Keywords in your domain</h3>
<p>Make sure that your keywords are in your domain.  For example if your keywords are &#8220;poodle manicures&#8221; then you would want to get poodlemanicures.com.</p>
<p>If poodlemanicures.com is not available then try different variations like: poodle-manicures.com or poodlemanicuresblog.com</p>
<h3>4.  Keywords in your file name</h3>
<p>When someone visits pages on your website is a good idea to have your key words in the URL.</p>
<p>For example you may have something like poodlemanicures.com/page1.htm which should be changed to poodles.com/your_target_keyword.htm</p>
<h3>5. Keywords in your title tag</h3>
<p>Consider putting your keywords in your title tag.<br />
For example if your keywords were poodle manicures then you would want your title tag to look like this:</p>
<pre>&lt;title&gt;Poodle Manicures&lt;/title&gt;</pre>
<h3>6.  Keywords in your h1 tag</h3>
<p>No.  Consider putting your keywords in your H1 tag.<br />
For example if your keywords were poodle manicures then you would want your H1 tag to look like this:</p>
<pre>&lt;h1&gt;Poodle Manicures&lt;/h1&gt;</pre>
<h3>7.  Keywords in your image filename and tag</h3>
<p>Adding an image and an alt attribute to your image tag can help as well as having your keywords be in the file name. On my Poodle manicure page I would have:</p>
<pre>&lt;img src=”poodle-manicures.jpg” alt=”poodle manicures” /&gt;</pre>
<p>You would be surprised at how much traffic some people get simply from their images.</p>
<p>Every day a ton of people search for images using Google images search.  So make sure you have your keywords in your image.</p>
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