Choosing a niche to base your blog around is the decision you need to make if you want your blog to be successful.  Most people starting out get this in the wrong order and ask how to blog first.

Blogs come in all different shapes and sizes, your scope is endless.  Whether you are interested in celebrities or seo – the choice is yours.

4 Reasons Why Concentrating On Your Chosen Niche Is Vital

1)  Readability For Your Blogs’ Readers

They deliver what someone searching for that topic is looking for which makes them easier to read.  If your readers are looking for information about weight loss and your blog has topics about weight loss, hair loss and learning to play guitar, it will lack appeal to your reader.  Covering several topics that are not related also does not brand you as an expert and will affect your blogs’ credibility.  Keep different topics on separate dedicated blogs.  Don’t try to please all the readers or you will dilute yourself.

2)  Niche Blogs Are Far Easier To Make Money From.

Many blogs use monetization such as Adsense to earn revenue from their visitors.  These programs will spider your blog in order to choose advertisememts that are relevant to your content.  Spreading too many topics on one blog that are unrelated will mean you could end up with irrelevant advertisements that will not interest anyone to click on.  No click through = no revenue.

3) Search Engines Find Niche Blogs Easier

When your blog is dedicated to one subject or niche the keywords in your content make it far easier for the Google bots torank you as they can asses what your blog is about and it’s relevancy.  Remember, the bots are little robots, not human eyes.  They are not granted with common sense so make their job as easy as possible.

4) Be An Authority With A Niche Blog

Keeping focused on your niche is a fantastic way to brand yourself as an expert.  Niche blogs full of focused content about your niche can soon appear to be authorities on the subject.

By sticking to these points you will find niche blogging far more powerful and profit pulling than by spreading yourself too thinly.

Trying to cover multiple subjects can be really hard work.  The theory behind niche blogs is to work smarter, not harder.

You may well already be a member of the Warrior Forum or maybe considering joining.  But do you realize the workings of this marketer chewing machine?

If you do not already know, The Warrior Forum is one of the largest Internet Marketing forums around on the net at the moment.  The World and it’s dog seem to be on there and most marketers are shoving it down their subscriber’s throats in regular intervals.  I myself have advocated joining and using this enormous public platform to increase sales levels.  That was, until I saw behind the mask and realized that what lurks inside is quite sinister.

When you first join the persona is friendly and it can be quite addictive just spending time trawling through all the different threads.  There are some fantastic marketers there, but sadly these marketers are getting wiped out on a daily basis.

The cancer within the Warrior Forum originates from the very heart of the site.  The owner and the moderators.  By it’s very nature, this has spread throughout the entire site.  While good marketers and forum members are becoming extinct, scam artists and opportunists are thriving.

The main reason for this is that the opportunists, like hyenas, know that the powers that be, totally despise freedom of speech.  They know that they can flog worthless, overpriced garbage and anyone who speaks up or questions them will be banned by the Chief Hyena – Allen Says (the site owner and who also moderates) and the other faceless moderators that act as his henchmen.

So, why does this happen?  Quite simply, because it can!  And, of course, our old friend, money.  You see, these scammers pay the Warrior Forum to advertise their tin pot, get rich quick schemes.  They do not like someone who has parted with their hard earned cash to come back to them with questions.  Scammers own the staff and the owner as they are too afraid of offending them for fear they may have to issue a refund.  Or worse still, put scammers off posting their worthless products which in turn will hit their bank account!

Allen Says fails to realise how short sighted his business acumen really is.  By allowing himself to be owned by these con artists, he not only blackens his name but he repels ethical marketers who have quality, tried and tested programs.

There are a growing number of websites and blogs posting or dedicating themselves to the spiky subject of the Warrior Forum.  Good, intelligent people that have been chewed up, spat out and banned from this creaking, archaic marketing machine.

It’s hardly surprising that scammers love this forum when the staff are setting them the example.  You’ve heard the term ‘lead by example’?  If you dare to question one of these con artists after parting with your hard earned cash to buy their crumby program, it won’t be them that are questioned – it will be you that is banned, either for life or for a timescale of their choosing.  It really is a case of buyer beware!  So, despite your attempts to be ethical and raise alarm bells to the moderators of a scam the reverse will happen.  The next time you attempt to log in you will simply get an automated message to say you’ve been banned, no email will be sent despite them stating that they will do that in their own rule book.  Your profile will still be up for public display with the words ‘banned’ underneath your name – and you can’t even get on to delete the account!

How’s that for Human Rights eh?

If you have paid out $37 for a lifetime membership then the best advice to give you is to go to Paypal and open a dispute as effectively you will not be able to view what you have paid for.  Once banned there is no means to contact the moderators, one of which is Allen Says himself, to plead your case or to try to appeal to reason.  Just locked out – end of!

The irony that makes this whole concept a total farce is that Allen Says openly admits that he is fully aware that less than desirable marketers are peddling their goods on his forum.  His far from mastermind solution to this happening, is to charge all members that are not already members of the War Room a $37 lifetime membership.  Only War Room members can post their special offers (WSO’s)

This bizarre line of thinking begs me to ask Allen Says one question.  “Do scammers not have $37 to join then?”

Of course they do!  And he knows that.  It’s purely a money making venture on the Warrior Forums’ part.  Capitalism at it’s most ugly.

Yes, Allen………….. but who’s throats are you cutting?!

If you have been affected or unfairly treated.  Feel free to post a comment.  The pen is mightier than the sword my friend

Read horror stories here and take comfort that you are not alone.

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There is no doubt that if you want to have a successful online business then you must get website traffic – and plenty of it.

Remember, you traffic will build over time, it is not an overnight project although it would be nice if it was.  You can however, make the build up time to get website traffic shorter if you follow simple, proven techniques that the successful marketers do.

Let me start with the basics.  You will be surprized at how many website owners neglect the foundations of fundamental seo (search engine optimization).

Firstly, choose a main keyword that you are targeting.  Preferably one that has plenty of searches and not too much competition. Make sure that your Title Tag, Meta Description and Meta Keyword Tag have the keyword inserted.  This will require you to know a little HTML but it is not too difficult.

When you do this, do not mention the keyword more than once in each tag.  If you do, it could be viewed as spamming and your site will suffer for it.

Pay attention to the H1, H2 and H3 tags as well and make sure your chosen keyword appears in there.

Avoiding using Javascript.  It really is not very search engine friendly, HTML is always easier for the search engines to read.

When you are writing content for your site then make sure that any external hyperlinks are linked to your keywords as that is far more powerful than hyperlinking text such as ‘click here’.  Content is a huge factor when it comes to indexing and ranking well.  Keep your content fresh, original and of high value.  Good quality content will ensure your visitors stay on your site rather than clicking away.

Remember to submit your website to the major search engines.  These are Google, Yahoo and Bing and wait for them to index you.  Whatever you do, do not keep submitting as this will hinder the process and delay you indexing, exercise patience.

Many website owners choose to comment on other blogs as they can gain a valuable backlink to their site and get the blogs visitors to check out their site via the link that you leave.  The trick with this is not to go commenting on every blog you find, keep it relevant to your subject and look for blogs that have a page rank 3 or above as these should have more visitors.

Another powerful way to get website traffic is to offer to do a blog post for a fellow blogger who is in the same niche.  This is a kind of ‘scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’ venture.  Bloggers are constantly writing content so to have a break from it is refreshing for them.  Plus, you get exposure to your site from their visitors….very cool!

There are a magnitude of ways that you can get website traffic for free, and far too many to list in a simple blog post.  Some do not generate as much as you would like but some will give you all the traffic you need to make a healthy living online.

Successful marketers are the ones who ensure that they find out the best methods and utilize them for maximum profit.

If your desire is for making money online by driving free traffic to your site so it can thrive you need to make sure that you provide quality and valuable content in your articles.  By engaging the readers interest you can create a hoard of avid fans to read what you have to say.

Article submission can be so powerful in this quest and can increase your traffic tremendously.  Article submission is free but it pays to choose which sites you submit to carefully for the most powerful effect.  Sites that have a huge amount of visitors are always the best option.  If you want to check to see the sites visitor level then you can do this quickly and easily by typing the sites URL into Quantcast.

When you find a site that you think may be worthwhile, make sure you read through their editorial guidelines before you continue.  Doing this can save you having the article rejected and having to adapt it then wait for the editors to aprove it.  The most common guidelines relate to issues such as the length (word count) of the article, if the article is a blatent promotion of a product or service and if it contains any external links to sales pages or affiliate sites.  It is vital though to make sure that your link to your own site is in your bio box.  If you are interesting, your readers will use natural curiosity to find out more about you and consequently click on your link.

When writing articles, make sure you choose topics that you know about well.  This will speed up the process dramatically as you will not have to spend valuable time performing lengthy research.  Your expertise will shine through your words to your readers too.  Bluffing and waffling can be spotted a mile off to your readers and this ultimately your online business will suffer.

To get substantial amounts of visitors, there is no use just knocking together the odd article every now and then.  You need to be submitting plenty of high quality articles with eyeball wrenching headlines and do it on a consistent basis.  Plan carefully and set yourself a target of how many articles you can do and how often – then stick to it.

Do keyword research before you even start writing, that way your articles could very well appear in search engine results and rankings which will yield you a good source of visitors to your site.  Include plenty of keywords and dot them throughout your articles but be careful not to overdo it or you could be penalized for being spammy.  You may briefly rank high in the search engines but it will not be for long.

Keep looking forward and concentrating on submitting your articles to high traffic blogs and websites.  Do not get disheartened, just keep going and the results will come.  Soon you will be making money online from the comfort of your own home.

If you learn the techniques with article marketing well then you will provide quality free traffic to your website and not have to go down the route of paid advertising.  All the sales you make will be 100% profit.  As your writing skills improve then so will your traffic.  You will build a solid relationship with your visitors who will in turn provide you with the sales or subscribers you need to make a good living online.

Have you taken a step back from your pc monitor lately and really taken stock of where your online business is going?  Do you truly make the best of your time so you can work smarter, not harder?

My guess is, you  probably have not done for some time.  It is the easiest trap to fall into.  You feel you do not want to spend time planning as it is time that you could be writing articles, adding content to your blog or sending out Tweets like there is no tomorrow.

I think it is fair to say that some days you will be more productive than others.  Sometimes you can look back and really feel you have done quality and worthwhile efforts on your business, while other days it just seems that you have gone round in circles, not settled into it and basically ended up being a busy fool.  That is not meant to insult – heaven knows I have had plenty of days like that in the past.  Here are some tips that I have found to make your day far more productive and identify the culprits that drain our precious time.

Here are a few sneaky little lurgies that can infiltrate your business and kill your efforts online and my solution for each one.  See if they sound familiar!

The Inbox Infection - This can result in massive amounts of time being wasted and is also highly addictive.  My inbox was getting totally out of hand.  I was being lured my very clever marketers promising guaranteed success and offering free video course only to find that after watching the video they really have not told you anything apart from the bill you would have to pay to find out the real ‘secret’ to their success.

The cure was simple. I went through my inbox and unsubscribed. This task took me about an hour to do but has gained me an extra two hours productivity per day – a valuable trade for this ‘cold turkey’ treatment.

The Butterfly Mind Syndrome – A common mistake and easily rectified.  It is so easy to sit down at your pc, scratch your head and ask yourself what to do first.  “Should I write an article?  What should the article be about?  Let me think of a killer title”……blah, blah, blah.  Behold, an hour has flashed by, no article has been written let alone published and now you are thinking about what to have for lunch.

This is usually interrupted by various tasks such as making cups of coffee, trips to the toilet, having a quick look at Facebook to see who has written on your wall and not forgetting the odd sms message as well.

Easiest cure for this common ailment is a basic pen and paper poltice.  Take a clean sheet of paper or notebook if you prefer and write a list of tasks that you intend to complete that day.  Do not make your expectations too high, better to complete two tasks properly than list eight and only manage three.  Tick them off when they are done.  You will feel a great sense of worth and achievement if you stick to this method, not to mention a calm and clear mind.

The ‘Finish What You Started’ Virus – this is a hybrid of the Butterfly Mind Syndrome and the ‘Faffing About’ disease that is closely related to Inbox Infection.  It results in a clutch of half finished tasks and no completed ones.  You find you have a half completed opt in page, a half constructed blog, a half written report, and so on, and so on….  If untreated this goes on to be an unproductive business that never gets off the ground (or crash lands very quickly)

Your list of tasks is the first place to start to get over this one.  If you can imagine that your list is not a piece of paper, but an orange instead – sounds a far stretch of the imagination but stick with me.  You would not attempt to eat the whole orange at once would you?  You would end up choking, coughing and spluttering and probably be seriously put off oranges for life!  The logical way is to separate the orange into segments, then eat it a piece at a time.

Try not to make your list too long as this will only set you up for disappointment if your expectations are to complete it all.  Prioritize each task in order of importance.  Then work your way through and do not stop till they are fully completed.  Far better to totally complete one task than have five that are not finished.

Childrenblains -  This one is a lifestyle choice and one that we love dearly and are proud of having.  There is no doubt that children are a blessing.  They bring us tears of joy and whilst they fleece the bank account on a regular basis they make us rich in so many other ways.  That aside, add children, working from home and a good dash of school holidays and you’ve got yourself a fatal concoction.

Be sure to separate your work time from your family time.  Resign yourself to the fact that working is impossible and relax and enjoy your family – they won’t be young for long and you won’t get today again!  Choose suitable times that fit round them to work, even if that means when they are in bed (failure to follow these guidelines may result in extreme stress, temporary insanity and unhappy, rebellious siblings)

If all else fails, a simple sign on the office door stating…..

“Only Knock If You’re Bleeding”

…..usually does the trick! 

Are you still trying to find a group of hungry buyers to make money affiliate marketing?  This is the hardest part.  There is no use spending your valuable time and efforts promoting a ‘dead duck’.  So, I have outlined 3 ways that you can save time on the front end, the research, so you can get to the exciting and profitable part of promoting and marketing your product.

Step One – I know it sounds a cliché but Clickbank is a very useful resource, even if you do not want to promote a Clickbank product.  Why?  Well, quite simply, you can see what is selling and what is not.  Start by heading over to their Marketplace, then go through by Category.  Do not choose or entertain anything that does not interest you – that is the fastest way for Internet marketing to become a chore instead of the fun it should be.  If it isn’t fun, do not do it!

Scout through and pick a topic that interests you or you would be interesting in promoting.  Searching by ‘category’ will automatically bring up the most popular products.  Take note of the ‘Gravity’ of the product.  Gravity, in Clickbank, means the amount of affiliates that have made a sale of that product in the past week.  It does not mean that is the amount of sales.

For example, if you look at a product with a gravity of one hundred and fifty it means that one hundred and fifty affiliates have made sales with that product, not that the product has only made one hundred and fifty sales.  Some affiliates may have made just one sale, some may have made ten.  That aside, if so many affiliates have successfully made sales then people are buying and you can make sales too.

Try not to be too concerned about whether the market for that product is saturated.  Skilful marketing in the right places will always enable you to have a slice of the pie.

Make sure you choose a product that has a gravity of over seventy for it to be classed as a ‘hot’ niche.

Step Two - Once you have selected a potential subject to promote head on over to Google and enter a search.  Once the search has returned the results, click on the link at the top left of the page that says ‘Web + show options’.  A list will appear.  From here you can select forums.  Take a look on some of the forums in your chosen subject and read what the forum members are saying.  See what is a hot topic.  For example, if you input dog training, you may find that the biggest challenge that dog owners are having is trying to stop their dog from being aggressive.  By doing this you can identify what people want.  There is no use promoting something that no one wants is there?  Get to the core of the niche.

Take the opportunity to be a valuable contributor in the forums, that way you can take note of what products will provide a solution to their problems.

Step Three – Keep a watchful eye out whenever you see best selling magazines when you are on your travels.  Skim through them and take note of how many advertisers are spending money with them on advertising.  If they are doing this then it will be because they are making more back than the cost of the advertising.  You can do the same online by noticing if there are any paid advertising advertisements on the right side of your search page.  If other affiliates are paying for traffic you can bet that it will be a profitable niche to enter into.

In Conclusion

‘Think twice cut once’ – These are just three simple and basic steps that anyone wanting to make a living online must do to ensure their success and one of the key pieces to the jigsaw.  The more you can get into a customers mind the more success you will gain.  If you have the talent for spotting hot niches and take a topic and add your own unique twist so you stand out in a crowd then making a living online in affiliate marketing could prove to be a very fun and rewarding work from home venture.