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Top 10 High-Paying Keywords

2011-11-05T14:11:00.000+07:00

My friend, a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) freak who owns at least eight (8) different blogs, and I were discussing yesterday about blogging and how to make money from blogs.
I told him about the article I wrote on 7 easy-to-make blogs that can make you money but he said although these are indeed easy to make, these blogs are not necessarily lucrative.
According to him, if one’s goal is to make lots of money by blogging, one should target high-paying keywords. This got me to researching what these top-paying keywords are.
Based on what I read from several articles and confirming the keyword value through Google Adwords, this is my list of the Top 10 High-Paying Keywords you might be interested to target.
Top 10 Keywords by Cost per Click (CPC)

eLoan
Equity Line Credit
Mesothelioma
Refinance Quotes
Home Equity Loan
Structured Settlements
Personal Injury Attorney
Term Life Insurance
Dedicated Hosting
Accident Lawyer

Targeting any of these keywords can earn you around $15 to $30 per click — that, of course, does not consider yet Google’s cut in the adve
In any case, even if you get “only” $15, if you multiply that by the number of clicks you can get, you stand to earn hundreds or even thousands of dollars everyday. It’s also good to know high-paying keywords that are popular in terms of the number of clicks generated. The idea is that even if a keyword does not have a relatively high cost per click, if you can have a lot of clicks, then you can still earn a lot from that keyword.
Here is that list. We narrowed it down to keywords that generate at least 1,000 clicks per day and pay at least $10.00 per click.
Top 10 High-Paying Keywords by Number of Ad Clicks

Loans
Car Insurance
Refinance
Equity Loans
Credit Cards
Credit Report
Debt Consolidation
Life Insurance
Mortgages
Domain Name

Good luck targeting those keywords!
Disclaimer: We do not claim this list to be a complete and comprehensive list. Please note that keyword value and popularity may change anytime.

7 easy-to-make blogs that can make you money

2011-11-05T14:09:00.000+07:00

To make money, don’t blog?
“Blogging,” for most people, is about writing stories they want to tell – be it about the latest trip to Boracay, a review of the Star Trek movie, or just plain ranting about the boss or the work.
Several bloggers who write these things do make money from blogging. But not all of them earn a lot from it. The problem is that the stories they are sharing usually have a limited audience. On the internet, if you can’t attract a good number of visitors, you can’t expect to earn a lot from your blog or site.
Make money blogging without exerting much effort?
The blog is a platform – a platform that can be used to communicate almost anything. If you want your blog to be a money-making machine, don’t use it primarily as a platform for your loves, hates, rants, or raves – stories which probably very few people will appreciate. Use your blog to deliver content that millions of people, including those in other parts of the world, will find worth reading and re-visiting.
How then can you make money from blogging without exerting a lot of effort? Instead of writing stuff that will purge the last of your creative juices, create blogs with profitable niches but are NOT difficult to do.
7 Easy-to-Make Blogs that can make you money
What are some examples?
1. Fan Blog
This works even if you’re a paparazzi-type fan of a celebrity or a die-hard car fanatic. To earn money from a fan blog without exerting a lot of effort, don’t waste your time creating lame analysis or critiques. If you can’t write a la Us Weekly or Car Magazine, try doing a Perez Hilton. Simply get an interesting photo, manipulate it or add doodles, then add attention-grabbing captions.
You can also scout the net for uncopyrighted celebrity photos, then compile them in a “Celebrity Sightings” section of your blog. You can also embed interesting videos which you can get for free from YouTube.
Same thing goes for a Car Enthusiast Blog, although you might have to do it with a more serious tone. You can have a “Cars Just Launched!” blog by copying and pasting official press releases of car launches. Add photos and videos usually provided by the company. To provide “value,” include car comparison charts which you can find in Consumer Reports or in other car magazines. Just make sure you don’t scrape or plagiarize.
2. News Aggregator Blog
This is probably one of the easiest blogs to make. You get stories from traditional media, rephrase it a bit or put an interesting twist so as to make the post “fresh” or “unique.” You earn from the ad clicks of visitors, so the key thing here is to post stories that a lot of people are searching for online.
There is money to be made here as we see in Mukamo.com, Starmometer.com and DailyContributor.com which are news aggregator blogs that rank high in the Top Philippine Blogs list. Just make sure you properly credit your source so you won’t be guilty of plagiarism.
3. Collection-of-Sorts Blog
With a “collection of sorts” blog, what you create is a compilation of interesting (usually funny) text, photo or video content which you can get for free from various content sharing sites.
Examples of this would be:

Text Collection – inspirational quotes; funny jokes; funny text messages (as in PinoyJokes.net and Textmates.blogspot.com)
Photo Collection – weird or funny print ads; funny pics (as in FailBlog.org and Engrish.com)
Video Collection – funny, weird, or scary videos; best TV ads (as in FunnyPlace.org)

Where would you get content? Funny jokes can come from SMS message you received or some joke you heard on TV or radio. Interesting photos can come from uncopyrighted pics on Flickr, Photobucket, or Webshots or you can also solicit contributions from your readers. Best videos are easily available on YouTube and other video sharing sites. Just a reminder, make sure you are not violating any copyright before republishing content on your blog.
4. Lyrics Blog
A lot of people love to sing that’s why they search for the lyrics of a song online. Ride this trend by creating a lyrics blog. To differentiate your blog, you might want to post the lyrics of a song that is about to be released or of an old song that is difficult to find the lyrics online. Add to your post a YouTube video of the song to have “richer” content. If you want to monetize your lyrics blog further, sign up as an affiliate in Amazon or iTunes and offer downloads of the song or album.
5. Board Exam Results Blog
The announcement of the results of a board exam usually triggers a surge of searches for the exam results. Exploit this by creating a board exam results blog.
The key factor here is to optimize your post ahead of the announcement date so that it will appear on the search engines weeks or months prior to the announcement. Don’t make a post on the announcement date itself. That’s because you lose income from visitors who visit in anticipation of the results. More importantly, it might be too late before your newly-created post will appear on search engine results.
Prior to the announcement, simply state that your post will be updated once the results are out. Then properly update it upon the release of the exam results. Where to get the list of exam passers? From the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) site or from Inquirer.net or GMANews.tv.
Examples of local board exam results blogs include PRCBoardExamResults.com and PhilippineBoardExamResults.blogspot.com.
6. Exam Reviewer Blog
Alongside your Board Exam Results Blog, create an informational blog that will help future examinees prepare for the board exam. Now, this might require a bit of effort because you will be talking about your experiences. If you still have your old reviewer books, you can repost sample exam questions on your blog — as long as it does not violate the book’s copyright. You can even sell those reviewers online! That’s one more way to make money from your blog.
Sample exam reviewers blogs: NursingCrib.com and BeatTheGMAT.blogspot.com.
7. Law Blog
Don’t worry, this law blog won’t entail you giving legal advice to people. All you have to do is repost text of actual laws on your blog. That’s not difficult to do. These laws are publicly available, which means there are no copyright constraints and you can easily get them from the websites of the Senate, the House of Representatives, or government agencies.
You can earn from it because there are a lot of people searching for copies of actual laws, and we’re not just talking about lawyers or law students.
In the Philippines, ChanRobles.com seems to be the preeminent source of text of Philippine laws, but does that mean your law blog can’t compete with it?
Make money from blogging without really trying
Of course, the seven blog types above are just some examples. What you can do to your blog is limited only by your creativity and innovativeness.
There really is money in blogging but it doesn’t mean you have to be a good writer or exert a lot of effort in order to earn. When blogging — even if you don’t have the best quality content — all you need is a niche market that is not yet saturated. Just make sure you offer something of value to your visitors.
All set to make money from blogging without really trying? Good luck!

Gần 80% Độc Giả của eBlogViet Thích Đọc Trực Tiếp Thay Vì Đọc Tin Feed

2011-11-05T14:04:00.000+07:00

Sau vài tháng làm survey trên blog và chủ yếu đặt ở cuối của trang chủ, blogviet quyết định công bố kết quả của cuộc khảo sát “thầm lặng này”.
Với trên 3,000 người đăng ký đọc tin feed của eBlogViet, mình nghĩ, sẽ có rất nhiều người sử dụng kênh này để theo dõi blogviet, tuy nhiên, kết quả khảo sát lại cho thấy hoàn toàn khác khi số người chọn đọc eblogviet trực tiếp vẫn chiếm đa số.
Trong tổng số 543 phiếu bình chọn thì có tới 416 phiếu chọn cách đọc trực tiếp trên blog chiếm 77% trong khi chỉ có 127 người chọn cách theo dõi eBlogViet qua tin feed và chỉ chiếm 23%. Đây là kết quả khiến blogviet phải xem lại cách thức quảng bá các bài viết của mình trong tương lai.

Kết quả này ảnh hưởng thế nào tới chiến lược sắp tới của eBlogViet?
Là một blogger và yêu thích công việc blogging, việc xác định rõ đối tượng độc giả của mình có mong muốn gì, họ tiếp cận blog bằng kênh nào….rất quan trọng. Hơn thế nữa, nắm rõ nhu cầu của độc giả cũng giúp bạn phục vụ họ được tốt hơn và chuyên nghiệp hơn.
Trong thời gian tới, blogviet sẽ cân nhắc bán quảng cáo trên eBlogViet. Lý do rất đơn giản là với lượng người đọc trực tiếp trên eBlogViet chiếm áp đảo thì việc bán quảng cáo cũng sẽ có lợi hơn cho các công ty muốn mua quảng cáo. Đây cũng là cách giúp cho eBlogViet có thêm ngân sách tổ chức các event hay contest trong tương lai (Nếu đủ kinh phí).
Bán quảng cáo trên eBlogViet ngoài việc phục vụ cho các contest, event, nó còn là nguồn ngân sách để hỗ trợ cho các CTV tham gia viết bài (khi mở lại mô hình này) vì blogviet không muốn cứ bỏ tiền túi mãi. Thiết nghĩ, một blog có tự nuôi sống nó sẽ là một mô hình lý tưởng và bền vững trong tương lai.
Các bạn nghĩ sao về kế hoạch này?
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Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates

2011-10-25T20:39:00.001+07:00

Earlier this year we simplified the process for monetizing your blog by adding a “Monetize” tab in the Blogger app. We started with AdSense, which allows you to add contextual advertising to your pages; more recently we added AdSense for Feeds to help you generate revenue from the distribution of your blog via RSS and Atom. Today we launched a third option: direct integration with Amazon Associates to search Amazon’s product catalog and add links to products that earn you commissions when your readers buy products you recommend.

With this feature, you can search Amazon directly from the Blogger editor and add pictures and links to Amazon products right into your posts. Your readers will earn you commissions whenever they buy the products you recommend, and if you don’t already have an Amazon Associates account, you can sign up for one for free without leaving Blogger.

If you’ve ever written a blog post about a book, recommended a gadget, or reviewed a toy you bought for your kids, you’ve likely gone through the process of drafting the post, opening up a separate window to go to find a site that sells the product, then going back to Blogger to paste the link to the product into the post editor.

Starting today, you can search the Amazon product catalog without leaving the Blogger interface and insert links to the products you find into your posts. Not only is the process of linking to products more efficient, but Amazon makes it easy for you to earn money whenever your readers actually buy the products you write about. This is known as an “affiliate program”, and it’s designed to let you recommend products you like to your audience — if they buy the product, you’ll earn a commission on that purchase. (For more on affiliate programs in general, here is a good overview at ProBlogger from this summer, and Darren’s “11 Lessons Learned” post about Amazon Associates is a good review of how to get the most out of the program.)

To get started, click on the Monetize tab for your blog and click “Amazon Associates”. Walk through the setup wizard, and add the Product Finder once you’re done.

Now for the fun part: when you are writing a post on Blogger, you’ll see an Amazon gadget to the right of your post editor (the “Product Finder”). You can search the Amazon product catalog from within Blogger — type in the name of the product you are writing about, and insert a link to the product, an image of the product, or an iframe containing the image, price details and a “buy it now” button. Every link that’s created contains your unique Associates ID, ensuring that Amazon will credit you for any purchases that result from readers clicking the link on your blog.

If you’re an existing Amazon Associate, completing this setup simply makes the Product Finder available on Blogger for you — you continue to earn the same referral rate from Amazon. New Associates receive the same referral rate from Amazon that they would have received if they signed up directly. If you’re not interested in earning a referral, you can still install the Product Finder: from the “Amazon Associates” page under the Monetize tab, click “I'll do this later — show me more Amazon options” and then click “Add the Product Finder” button.

A quick note about trust: affiliate programs work well when readers trust you. You should avoid promoting products simply because of the referral fee you might earn — readers may lose some of that trust if they sense your posts exist solely to make you money. You may also want to disclose to your readers that you will earn a commission on their purchase — some readers even prefer knowing that you benefit from their business.

There’s more information about this integration at Amazon.com, and the Amazon Associates blog has some more details. This integration is the result of months of collaboration between the engineers at both companies, and we’re very excited to share the results of this collaboration with you. Happy blogging!

Make Money With Your Blog and Google AdSense

2011-10-25T20:38:00.002+07:00

AdSense is a great way to get paid for doing what you love to do: blogging! AdSense allows you to show targeted ads on your blog and earn revenue from your traffic. It also helps your visitors find things they may be interested in, based on the content of your blog posts. Best of all, AdSense is free and you have the option to remove the ads at any time.

The AdSense system shows ads relevant to the content of your blog and you can easily customize the look and feel of the ads to match your blog. If your blog is about fashion, you may show ads for shoe designers or clothing stores. If your blog is about cars, you may see ads for car dealerships or auto shops. Using filters, you can have control over the content of the ads you display by choosing to block categories of ads or even specific advertisers.

With the free suite of powerful AdSense reporting tools, you can pull detailed reports that will help you track your revenue and identify opportunities to earn more money. You can see earnings by day, page, domain or specific ad unit and can also use Google Analytics to see the source of your traffic and earnings.

Adding AdSense to your blog is easy. Just follow these steps:

Log in to Blogger, choose your blog, and go to the “Monetize | Set up AdSense” tab.
Choose where you want to show your ads on your blog and hit “Next.”
If you’re new to AdSense, follow the easy online steps to sign up for a new AdSense account. If you already use AdSense, you can log in to AdSense and link your Blog to your AdSense account.

If you’re using a Classic template, you can add AdSense to your blog by following the steps outlined here.

To learn even more, come take a tour with Google AdSense.

Announcing the Blogger app for iOS

2011-10-25T20:37:00.002+07:00

Today we’re excited to announce the new Blogger app for iOS. With the Blogger app, you can write a new blog post and publish it immediately or save it as a draft right from your iOS device. You can also open a blog post you've been working on from your computer and continue editing it while you're on-the-go. Your blog posts are automatically synced across devices, so you’ll always have access to the latest version.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, and the Blogger app makes it easy to add photos either by choosing from the gallery or taking a new photo right within the app. You can also add labels and location to provide more details about the post.

Download the Blogger app today for iOS versions 3.2 and above in the App Store. Although the user interface is only available in English at this time, the app supports blog posts written in all languages. If you’re using an Android-powered device, you can download the Blogger app for Android from the Android Market.

Posted by Chang Kim, Product Manager

Google Analytics support in Blogger

2011-10-25T20:36:00.005+07:00

Having a solid understanding of the traffic and visitor engagement statistics of your blog is one of the best ways to help it grow, and that’s why today we’re excited to announce that you can now easily connect your Google Analytics account with your blog.

Adding Google Analytics to your blog will give you more insight into where your visitors are coming from and help you determine which content they engage with the most. It's an easy to use, powerful, free product that is used internationally by businesses large & small.

If you already have a Google Analytics account, simply navigate to your blog’s Settings > Other tab and enter your blog's Google Analytics Web Property ID. Blogger will then insert Google Analytics code into your blog automatically, regardless of which template you're using, including mobile.

For more details and troubleshooting tips, check out this post on the Blogger Developers Network blog.

A few notes:

Google Analytics is supported on blogs using Dynamic Views, Layouts templates, and mobile templates, but notClassic templates.
Because of the technical differences in how Blogger’s stats and Google Analytics collect data, you are likely to see some minor discrepancies between the two.

Posted by Muthu Kannan, Software Engineer

Update: Blogger’s new look

2011-10-25T20:36:00.002+07:00

Back in August, we announced a completely new, streamlined blogging experience that makes it easier for you to find what you need and focus on writing great blog posts.

Since then, millions of you have opted to try it out, and we’ve received tens of thousands of feedback submissions. Based on that feedback we’ve fixed a number of bugs, including design updates, Safari compatibility for the iPad, and tweaks to scheduling posts.

In about two weeks from today, all Blogger accounts that haven’t yet made the switch will be upgraded to the new user interface. You will be able to opt-out at any time by clicking the “Switch back” link; however, all accounts will eventually be permanently upgraded.

To help you get a better sense of what’s changed and how to navigate the new interface, check out the short video below.

If you’d like to switch to the new look at any time, you can easily do so by clicking the “Try the updated Blogger interface” link at the top of your dashboard.

We hope you enjoy the updates we continue to make to Blogger and welcome your thoughts about the new look. If you have suggestions or feedback, click the gear icon in the top right of the navigation bar and select “Send Feedback.”

Posted by Chang Kim, Product Manager

Use your Google+ profile with your Blogger blogs

2011-10-25T20:36:00.000+07:00

In fewer than 4 months since its launch, more than 40 million people have joined Google+, making it a living, breathing space for social connections and sharing to thrive.

Today we’re excited to announce the first way you will be able to leverage Google+ -- by making it possible to replace your Blogger profile with your Google+ profile.

In addition to giving your readers a more robust and familiar sense of who you are, your social connections will see your posts in their Google search results with an annotation that you've shared the post.

Plus, bloggers who switch will automatically get access to the Google+ integrations we’ll be rolling out in the future.

If you blog under a pseudonym and you don’t want to connect your common name with your blog, this integration may not work for you. That’s why we’ve made it completely optional to switch.

This option is available for all users today in our testing ground, Blogger in Draft, and will be accessible fromwww.blogger.com in the coming weeks.

If you have a Google+ account and would like to replace your Blogger profile with your Google+ profile, log in todraft.blogger.com and click “Get started” on the promotion message, pictured below, or click here to get started right away.

If you don’t have a Google+ account, you can create one here first, and then head back to draft.blogger.com and look for the promotion message.

To learn more, check out our FAQs or visit our Help Forum. Happy blogging!

Posted by Vardhman Jain, Software Engineer

How To Place Adsense Ads Inside Your Blogger Header Section

2011-10-25T19:27:00.002+07:00

The header section of a blog is one of the prime areas for AdSense and other ads so in this post i will show you an easy tip to place ads in your blogger header section.This will help increase your earnings and hopefully help make you more money from your blog.

This image from Google displays the top positions for ads.

There are a number of ways to place AdSense ads in your header and i will cover other options in later posts.

In this post i will show you a nice clean and simple way to achieve this trick.

The ads will be placed differently to how i have them in my header to see a live demo of the ads in a header section click here

Here is how its done lets spice up your blog :

Getting your ad code ready.

Before you add AdSense code to your blog it must be parsed don't worry this is simple.

The first thing to do is go to your AdSense account choose the ad unit you want to use and get the code.

You now have the code copied Click Here to go to my AdSense parser .
Paste your AdSense code in to the gadget and click 'convert' now copy your new parsed code.

If the add you are adding is a simple html banner ad you don't need to parse it you can skip that step.
Placing the code in your template.

Remember you can get all these tips sent directly to your email and stay a step ahead.Its quick easy and of course a free service provided by Google just fill in the form below the post.

1.Click 'layout'-> 'Edit html' for your blog.
(Tick The 'Expand Widget Templates' Box)

2.Find the following piece of code in your blogs html:
(Click 'Ctrl F' for a search box to find the code)

<p class='description'><span><data:description/></span></p>

3.Paste the code for your AdSense unit directly Below the code above.

Example:

<div class='descriptionwrapper'> <p class='description'><span><data:description/></span></p> <-----YOUR ADSENSE CODE GOES HERE-----> </div> </b:includable>

Before we finish : If you need more help or have an opinion or suggestion Please leave a comment Below.
To help you this is a Do-Follow Blog leaving a comment will also help your blogs Google rank.

Once you have added the code click save.

The ad has now been added to your blogs header,Remember it can take up to 10 minutes for AdSense ads to show on your blog.

Have you implemented this trick and do you think it will increase your AdSense earnings? Let us know..

How To Make Even More Money With Infolinks

2011-10-25T18:50:00.003+07:00

What I’m about to tell you does 100% work and will increase your InfoLinks income BUT it may seriously piss off any regular visitors you have. As with everything to do with advertising online each and every webmaster has their own line of what is and isn’t acceptable. I only tested this to see if it would work and won’t be using it on this blog, what you choose to do is totally up to you.

InfoLinks are my absolute favourite in-text advertising solution. In all the tests and trials I’ve done their eCPM figure consistently blows away the opposition such as AdBrite and Kontera. It’s no coincidence that I now use InfoLinks exclusively for my in-text advertising.

Even though the earning potential with InfoLinks is better than the others I’m always looking for ways of squeezing even more performance out of my ads. So when InfoLinks made available the option of having their ads single underlined instead of double underlined I just had to try it out. The results were amazing.

As web users we have become used to seeing intext advertising as having the double underline, we know what it is and we can avoid it easily. In the same respect we are used to a single underline being a regular link. If us web savvy people know that and will possibly get caught out by changing to single underlining for ads then imagine what chaos it will cause amongst your average visitor? By chaos I mean extra clicks of course, and it’s exactly what you get when you make the switch.

Moving to single underline almost doubled my CTR instantly. Almost double the CTR equals almost double the revenue as well. It’s a very easy method of making a lot more money from InfoLinks. The question is should you do it? I guess it all depends on your type of website. For example on a static content website where 90% of you visitors are new visitors then I can’t see any harm in it. It’s no more of a “trick” than doing some Google recommended Adsense blending. It will make you more money. On the other hand if you’re running a blog where the vast majority of your visitors may be regular readers, subscribers and simply people you want to keep around then I can’t recommend it. I don’t think it would take too many mistaken clicks where people think they are going to get one of your posts but get an advert instead to turn people away.

So what do you think? It’s extra income but would you be prepared to do it?

How to Make Money Online With Website Flipping

2011-10-25T17:22:00.002+07:00

What does flipping a website mean? Website flipping is one of the ways some experienced website makers, make money online. The concept is pretty simple. You make a website, then you sell it, hence the word “flipping.” Although this is an industry that requires some experience already, as it involves creating on the spot websites with good domain names, it serves to be one of the ways to make money online; if, of course, you know how to do it efficiently. The only downfall of website flipping is that there are some start up costs.

Requirements for Website Flipping

Knowledge on how to transfer files and domains over to a new buyer
A web host to host all the websites
Expenses on the domain names/yr

How to Make Money Online With Website Flipping

There are many resources on the web where you can go to sell websites instantly. Here are a few resources you can go to, to get involved in the market and get a glimpse of what websites are in demand and what kinds of websites sells.

Take note of what type of websites, webmasters are looking to buy. Like for instance, acne based websites are coming and going pretty good at the moment. [WTB] is short for “Waiting to Buy.” Take note of [WTB] posts as they are buyers who are looking for certain types of websites. Targeting these type of opportunities are great to make a quick buck.

How to Start Web Flipping

Web flipping is a really simple process that after the first time and a bit of practicing, it becomes a really easy routine tomake money. It is as simple as picking out a niche and really finding the right web template for the theme of the website, and just literally trying to make the website look complete to entice web buyers to buy. The concept is rather simple but what is the most hardest process of it all, is really looking for that “right” domain name. Because if you could find a good domain that has potential, that can already double up your website value twice over.

How to Find Good Domain Names

There are two types of domain names. Domains for the purpose of branding, for being memorable like Google for example, or good 1-2 worded keyword stuffed domains for the purpose of ranking in the search engines. In most cases, domains that are 1-2 worded are preferred as they are more easier to remember. The more likely case scenario is to go for the more memorable domain as most of the time, the 1-2 keyword stuffed domain is already taken and website flipping is really all about how quick you can come up with a domain that has potential and selling it for the best price. Picking out good domain names is a practice you need to master in order to really profit time wise, from website flipping. Making website flipping lucrative, requires some practice.

How to Make a Site Look Complete

Your number 1 goal when website flipping is trying to convey buyers that a website has potential by making your website look complete. Content is the number 1 thing that makes a site complete because without content, a website holds no purpose. So writing one or two unique fully blown posts to convince website buyers, overall can be a great strategy to convince buyers that this is the real deal. Remember. What people see and like, they buy. Website flipping is really all about understanding the trends and delivering appealing websites in regards to the trends. If you got that down, your bound to make plenty of sales with the crowd hungry website buyers looking to establish themselves somewhere. All it takes is just a little bit of practice.

How to Make Money Online With Facebook

2011-10-25T17:13:00.002+07:00

Facebook is the world’s second biggest website in the entire world right before YouTube. Can you believe that? If you have been part of the Internet Marketing world for sometime now, you would know that any traffic-heavy website is an opportunity to make at least some decent cash. Facebook can be used for both personal use or business use. The opportunities with a traffic-heavy site like Facebook are endless. There are many ways you can approach Facebook and monetize it. Knowing that Facebook is a free social networking site that anyone can use, it sets many opportunities for many individuals to benefit from it both socially and financially depending on which way you approach it.

How to Make Money With Facebook

There are a variety of options you can take in pursuing your conquest of making money from Facebook. Both requiring some sort of skill or knowledge in order to make money off Facebook. Lets start off with the first option: making money from developing Facebook applications.

Developing Facebook Applications: If you are experienced in developing useful applications for the social networking site Facebook, consider it as a free opportunity to make some cash. The most biggest ever sold application from Facebook was the application Where I’ve Been that has been sold for $3,000,000. Consider this purchase a success story to many Facebook application developers out there wishing an opportunity like this is to come for them too. Not only has this purchase from the original developer (Craig Ulliott) changed his life financially, it inspired many developers that Facebook can actually indeed be a great place to showcase applications and collect viral attention like the application Where I’ve Been that was sold for 3 million dollars to TripAdvisor. What this purchase really demonstrated was that Facebook may actually be the real deal where experienced developers can be rewarded for their hard effort of making useful applications. Nowadays, you could find that many people are willing to hire experienced Facebook app makers to make a useful Facebook application in reminiscence to this deal in hopes of making it big.

Even if your objective is not to sell your Facebook application if you plan on creating one, you still can make some money from your application. However, it includes incorporating ads within your Facebook application. Ideally this method of making money is great for Facebook game developers because games generally have a higher click-through ratio.

Facebook Groups: The first thing that comes to mind probably when you are thinking about a Facebook group is a huge community. A huge community where Facebook users from anywhere around the world can socialize and share tips, ideas, and more right? If you learned some few things about Internet Marketing, if you learned anything at all, you should know that anything that involves a large community is an opportunity to make money. I’m not talking about puny groups that only have 100 or 1,000 members in it, I’m talking Facebook groups that have over 50,000 and sometimes even 1,000,000 members – the real deal. How is it is possible you say? It is not as hard as you may think.

In order to obtain a large group with more than tens of thousands of members, it takes a bit of patience and common knowledge. First off, you know that Facebook is a social networking site, which means you know people are on Facebook to socialize. Your first step is to use that knowledge to your advantage and attract socially active people with proper techniques such as:

making a group on the most recent hot buzz (e.g Pants on the Ground – original). It can grow tremendously quickly. For the group ‘Pants on the Ground’ you can see that it has grown to a massive 1.6 million member group. Just 7 days from the original make of the video.
making the group name fun and interesting that makes people want to click on it
making the group fun and edgy
having a clear theme on what the group is about

These are all the things you need to work on to get your group ready and running active. Everything else to get your group running in the initial stage of your Facebook group may require some background work to get your group pumped; such as inviting friends, running an advertising campaign to join your group, join similar groups and recruit, & etc. Once you have your group down and is beginning to grow periodic per day, that is a good sign. The idea of making money from Facebook groups is to accumulate enough interested readers on a specific topic and when it is the right time, use your power as the group administer to disclose sites of your own or related offers where you the affiliate can benefit financially. This technique of money making is sort of like blogging except you are given the resources on a traffic-heavy social networking site to accumulate a large community anytime, within a smaller time frame to make more money.

How to become an affiliate and earn compensation for your Facebook efforts? I recommend joining Commission Junction or ShareaSale.

For the most part, most Bloggers already have their own Facebook pages because large social networking sites like Facebook, can make a huge impact on sales. That is why many marketers try to follow the most up-to-date hot trends and try to relate to it. And whenever they get the chance, they act because it is free publicity you know? Who would pass on free publicity right?

Take a Survey on MySurvey and Contribute to the People of Haiti

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You have already probably heard about the wreckage in Haiti. Although we know many Americans are faced with tough economic losses, there are many other ways to contribute to the cause without having to financially donate to Haiti – instead, you can take surveys from MySurvey.

MySurvey is currently having an awesome opportunity for people who want to donate to the cause to Haiti but can’t because they are in tough economic hardships, be able donate to the cause of the disaster without having to donate their hard earned money. This in turns benefits everyone even if a person cannot donate.

Haiti relief donations will go to several things that you can read here. Although Haiti donations have reached over 40 million dollars I believe, it is nowhere near enough to fully aid the cause. Their main primary need now is money for better disaster preparations.

Registering for an account and participating in the MySurvey community panel allows you to donate money to the cause or lets you keep your points for you to cash out whenever you want. Donating is just an option you can choose to spend your points on. Whenever you reach a certain quota, you can either cash out or donate to local charities, or in this case, Haiti.

You can register to become a survey panel member for the MySurvey community here for free. For each survey you complete, you earn certain amounts of points that you can redeem for cash prizes for yourself or for local charities. Also, another cool thing about joining MySurvey to actively participate in their community is that for every time you login to your MySurvey account, you are enrolled in their $10,000 sweepstakes automatically. As they say, the more active you are, the more “chances” you have in winning the $10,000 sweepstakes.

If you don’t have time to actively participate in the MySurvey community nor do you have the money to sacrifice to aid the cause, you can donate in a different way. You can donate blood to the victims of the Haiti earthquake if you qualify to be a blood donor here.

If you would like to directly donate to the cause, you can either text “haiti” to 90999 to donate $10 to Haiti relief on your mobile phone ($10 will be added onto your phone bill) or you could donate to the cause via through the official Red Cross website. For more reputable charities you can donate to, click here.

4 Solid Ways to Make Money With a Software

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A software is absolutely a great utility for users. Have you ever use Paint? That is just one example of a software that a lot of users enjoy because of its simple quality of being an all around a great coloring tool, cropping, and a resizing tool.

There are many other capabilities to a software too which you can ultimately utilize to your own benefit to perhaps even pull in some serious cash while you are at it. Although some software may require a down payment, (ex. Photo Shop, Sony Vegas) you can easily reclaim your investment and use the tool in such a way to continue to make even more money as simple as that. Many people fail to realize that there are many industries crying for great web designers, logo makers, graphic designers, and etc in web communities all over the world. And with our current century of the Internet boom, tons of opportunities will be flying to your doorstep. Although you are not limited to web designing in particular, remember that where ever there is demand, is an opportunity to make money and with a software, it can make your life a whole lot easier.

Provide a service – Services are a great way to recoup what investments you have made to buy some of the tools you need to make even more money. An example of a great money making service is logo making. Although it requires to buy tools like Adobe Photoshop, some really skilled designers get paid anywhere between $100 – $1,000 for each logo they create. For a basic logo creator, it can be anywhere between $5-$100 (still a nice sum).
Become an affiliate – Create a partnership with the original software creator and become an affiliate and promote their product to make nice commissions for each sale you make. Almost every software owner agrees to partnerships like these because there are no losers in the deal because when you make a sale, you make commission as well as the original developer.
Sell your own software – Create your own software or invest in a software developer to create your very own software in markets where people are willing to pay big bucks to automate repetitive tasks. When selling your own software, there are many variations to making money from your software. You can require only a 1-time payment or ask for some compensation for every major update, or just go with each idea individually. Another possibility is to have a monthly fee or use credits as a way to continue to harness even more money consistently. Owning your very own software and selling it, gives you a mountain of opportunities to make even more money.
Create a freebie – Create a freebie software to generate a email list with targeted buyers who are interested in your softwares so you can later market your more serious products. A lot of marketers use this tactic to ensure they maximize the usage of the word “free” to the best of their ability to make even more money. With softwares, you can use this technique too.

To look for more insights or ideas as to what is currently a huge demand over the web, I recommend surfing around large web communities such as forums, technology news, and all things related to the Internet.

Five Profitable Ways to Sell China Imported Products

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This is a guest post written by Corry Cummings

Home based import export businesses are exploding in online popularity. In these current times, many Internet sellers are taking advantage of the opportunity to import products and goods cheaply from China and resell them in the United States of America for enormous profits. Taxes are minimal, and in buying from an outside wholesaler you save incredible amounts of money and open the possibilities for a huge volume of profit. There are several ways to go about operating your import export business. Many entrepreneurs do so online, and choose to sell their products of choice to consumers via e-commerce sites. Because there are so many of these sites in this age of technology, it helps to know what direction you should go in and what to look for when deciding upon an ideal site with which to sell your China imported goods.

Five Profitable Ways to Sell China Imported Products

eBay: eBay is the most popular online commerce venue. Millions of sellers use this site to sell or auction off theirimported products from China. The advantage of eBay’s open market is that you can research your product of choice ahead of time before importing it from China. You can choose a hot trend item that would sell to a wide market of consumers, or you can choose a niche item that would sell only to certain circles of shoppers at higher prices.

Personal Website: Setting up your own personal store website can be a lucrative and attractive way to advertise and sell your products. With current advances in technology, website design is becoming simpler and increasingly user friendly. It is also becoming one of the more popular ways that China importers choose to sell their product, as you are not required to pay processing or subscription fees to a larger e-commerce site. It also allows more creative control, as you aren’t working through a middle man website.

CraigsList: CraigsList can be an ideal market for importers looking to sell hard to find niche products. Potential customers who frequent CraigsList are typically seeking out specific goods and will most likely come across your ad more quickly. The number of shoppers on CraigsList is enormous, so it can prove to be a very successful and profitable e-commerce choice.

Kiosk: Rather than selling online, you can choose to sell your imports in person using a Kiosk. You can choose to set your Kiosk up in a mall, airport, or other heavy foot traffic areas (provided you are allowed to do so). This puts your products right into the interested or bored patron’s eye, as it is placed in a location where they must pass on foot. It also gives you face to face access to multitudes of peoples that vary in age, interest, and personality. Kiosks have been a popular selling venue for importers for many years.

Small Business Establishment: An option that is much like the Kiosk (though sometimes requiring larger financial investments) is starting up either a home business or renting office space or a building in which to sell your imported goods. The benefit to owning your own physical business establishment is that, in meeting potential customers face to face, you can know them on a personal level and be more able to cater to their interests and sell your China imports.

How to Make Money Online With Fiverr

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Fiverr is a website that probably not many people know about and the reason why I am mentioning about it today is because it has great potential for anyone to make money from there. But the catch is, everything is for $5. Sounds pretty simple right?

In other words, Fiverr is a growing marketplace where any individual can purchase, sell, or trade services, similar in ways to other freelance websites except they follow a unique business model which separates them from the rest – the $5 rule.

What makes Fiverr such a great place for anyone to make money, I mean absolutely anyone, is because there is no limit to what you can offer/sell. You’d be surprised how different the marketplace is opposed to other freelance websites. Just looking around their marketplace as I write, I see people offering logo designing, poetry, T-shirt designing, advertising, video marketing, graphics, and much more. They even have a category named ‘Silly Stuff’ and here are just some of the examples that reside in this fun-packed category. “I will make you laugh for $5,” “I will cast a spell for $5,” and, “I will make a video ranting about anything or anyone you want for $5.” The openness and variety of services available in Fiverr is simply amazing and astonishing at the same time. You’d be surprised what kinds of services are available and at what people are willing to buy because I sure was.

One of the biggest reasons why Fiverr is quickly becoming the marketplace for all individuals is because of their overall business model and scheme of their website that makes the atmosphere just perfect for almost any individual to start selling their products or services and start making money – although the scheme of the site sort of reminds me of Twitter (But, simplicity is always good). With most marketplaces, there would generally be only certain amount of services such as web designing, logo designing, and programming which of course requires some level of skill and if you offered something out of the ordinary, most of the time no one takes you seriously and you are left with bad remarks. But here at Fiverr, you will see that they offer services that other freelance sites have and much more. At Fiverr, you’d see many people even purchase services such as writing, poetry, and other fun stuff that people may reconsider posting on other freelance sites. This is what I believe is Fiverr’s greatest edge over other freelance marketplaces.

What makes Fiverr out shine the rest of the marketplaces is that even if you are not skilled at anything such as web designing, logo designing, or programming, you know the general freelance services you see on other sites, there is still always opportunities for you to make money. Creativity is all you really need to start making money at Fiverr. There is absolutely no limit to what you can sell at Fiverr and start making money. The sky is the limit.

Make Money From Google AdSense with a Free Website

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There are many ways to make a website for free online, and there are just as many ways, if not more, to make money online. This article brings the two together with specific examples and results in a simple 4-Step process for setting up a website and making money online with Google AdSense.

If you haven’t already signed up for the Google AdSense program, now is the time to go and do that.

Step 1: Planning Your Website, and its Content

The simplest way to make money from Google AdSense is to choose a niche topic with little competition and dominate the search results for the main keyword phrase(s) used in that niche. For this you will need a niche, a set of 5-10 keyword phrases you are confident in ranking for, and a means to creating compelling articles around these keywords.

To find keywords in your niche that people are using you can use the Google Keyword Tool, simply enter a broad search term and it will display a list of relevant search terms along with monthly search volume. You may need to repeat this process with different broad search terms to end up with a list big enough to take to the next stage of evaluating the competition.

Now, back in Google you will take each of your keyword phrases you discovered from the Keyword Tool and perform a search for each, with the resulting list you will first look to see which types of content are making the top 10 results. Good indicators include deep links on websites (for example http://example.com/dir1/dir2/article.html), or Web 2.0 properties such as HubPages or Squidoo. If you’re seeing a lot of these in the search results it is likely that you will be able to outperform their rankings and get some traffic for the keyword. Not so good indicators include Wikipedia pages or Domain home pages (such as http://example.com).

The next step is determining how many links each of these results have in order to get a benchmark for you to compete with. Open the Yahoo! Search Explorer and enter each of the top 10 URL’s from the search results, click the “Inlinks” button to show all the links pointing to this page, and then filter results (Using the “Show Inlinks” drop down) to “Except from this domain”. This shows you, generally speaking, how many links you will need to get to your page in order to compete with this search result. There are other factors such as where the link is coming from, the authority and anchor text for the link but we won’t go into too much detail right now.

After completing this process you should have a list of 5-10 keyword phrases you can compete with in your niche, now it’s time to plan your content around these terms.

Plan on creating one super high quality article around each of the keywords you are targeting, and 3-5 supporting articles around the keyword. For example if your keyword phrase were “growing cherry tomatoes” then your supporting pages might include “soil types for growing cherry tomatoes”, “growing cherry tomatoes in pots”, “how to prune cherry tomato plants”.

On completing this process, draw yourself a diagram of how your website will look once it is complete. Here’s an example:

Step 2: Finding the Best Hosting Provider for Your Needs

There are many free web hosting providers for you to choose from, but only a few will meet the requirements you have for your website.

You will need to have total control over the installation of your Content Management System (we will use WordPress), there should be no obligation to include ads or links back to the hosting provider and enough space for your media and content.

For the most up to date list of free web hosting providers that fit these criteria visit http://www.free-webhosts.com/ and click the “Total Free Hosts” link on the left. Generally the top 3-5 listings will give you everything you need.

Also make sure the host provides support for PHP and MySQL so WordPress can run on it and either CPanel or FTP access so you can install WordPress.

Warning: Most of the free hosting providers require you to login to your account every so often otherwise your account gets banned. Be sure to read the requirements as you go through the sign up process so you don’t get any nasty surprises down the road.

Step 3: Installing WordPress, Essential Plugins and Theming Your Site.

WordPress Installation couldn’t be easier. Most free hosting accounts let you install it right from the Control Panel after you login, if yours doesn’t have this option you simply need to download the latest version from WordPress.org and upload it to your site using an FTP Client. There are many free FTP Clients available for Windows and Mac, search Google for “free ftp client” and your operating system.

If you get stuck installing WordPress, absolutely everything you need to know is covered athttp://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

You will also need to set the uploads, plugins and theme directories under /wp-content to writeable, this is also covered in the WordPress Installation Guide above.

Once WordPress is installed you need to optimize it for Search Engine Optimization, this gives you an advantage in ranking for your chosen keywords over other vanilla installations of WordPress. Simply login to your Admin area, go to Settings – Permalinks and choose Custom, in the text box enter: /%category%/%postname%/

You will also want control over how Titles and Descriptions are displayed the Search Engines. Select Plugins -> Add New… Search for “All In One SEO Pack” and Install the top result. Once installed a red box will appear in your Admin area with a link to enable to plugin and configure its settings. Click the link and fill out the settings as best you can.

Now you will need a way to manage Google AdSense Ad Blocks on your content pages. Go back to Plugins – Add New… and search for the plugin called “advertising manager” click Install and go to the configuration options . The amount of options may seem dizzying at first but this plugin allows you total control over how you integrate the Google AdSense strategy on your website. For more information on how to set this up visit the plugin home page at:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advertising-manager/

Phew, that was a lot of work you just got through, now for the easy part of choosing a theme for your website.

Go to Appearance -> Add New Themes and search for a theme you’d like to use on your website. This is personal preference so I’ll leave it up to you. You can always come back here to try out different themes once you’ve written your content.

You’re done Installing and Configuring WordPress!

Step 4: Writing and Promoting Your Content

Now it’s time to fill your website with content, get some visitors and make some money.

From your initial planning you will create a set of new pages in your Admin area. Simply click Page – Add new and write the Title and Content for each page. At the bottom of your “Soil Types for Growing Cherry Tomatoes” you will link back to the “Growing Cherry Tomatoes” page, and from that page you will link back to your home page: “Cherry Tomatoes”. This creates themed areas of your website and helps Google determine what your pages are all about.

However, doing this by itself will not get you a windfall of visitors and cash, you need to get out there and promote your website.

Some easy, and free, methods for doing this include:

Posting on forums that allow links back to your pages in your Signature
Commenting on other peoples Blog posts
Creating pages with a link back to your website on Squidoo and HubPages
Write quality articles for other Webmasters and include a link back to your website
Write articles and submit them to Article Directories such as: EzineArticles, GoArticles and Gather.

Doing regular promotion of your pages will earn you a top spot in Google for your chosen keywords, and with that will come visitors that click on your ads and earn you money. All of this can be done for free with nothing more than an email account and the ability to tap away on your keyboard.

Visit Jason Hawk for more information on learning how to make a web page for free. For more information on making money online keep reading the pages and posts on this website

Simple Jobs for 16 Year Olds Today

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There are many job opportunities for 16 year olds. All it takes is responsibility and the ability to showcase your skills to the work force. Your attitude, personality, reliability, and skills are what effects your chances of obtaining a solid job. Although times may be rough, it doesn’t mean that 16 year olds won’t be hired. Rather, it means you have to work that much harder to obtaining a job that will satisfy your money needs.

Babysitting

Babysitting is one of the more common jobs out there for 16 year old teenagers simply because many adults find young enthusiastic teenagers to be a great match to look after their kids. Also, when becoming a babysitter, it is a chance for you to show your reliability, skills, and availability as a teenager. Another thing to note is that in some high schools, there are job bulletins available for students to look for opportunities. Requesting to look at the job bulletin frequently can be a sure-fire way to finding a job you will like because it is served on a first come first serve basis.

Become a Survey Taker

Survey taking can be a great way to make additional amounts of money and can really be worthwhile for your time spent on each individual survey. You can read more about survey taking and my personal experience on it here.

Fast Food Industry

In most cases when you reach the age of 16 years old, you are eligible to be hired in fast food corporations like McDonalds with pay that should be able to satisfy your teenage needs. Available positions could be working as the cashier, cook, or be appointed to do the cleaning.

Blogging on the Internet

Although blogging may not have an age limit, if you are a person who is into creating their own website and establishing themselves on their web, or in other words being independent, blogging will suit you because there isn’t really a boss. However, be warned that it is a journey that is not easy as most claim but can indeed be satisfying if it becomes a success.

Freelance Jobs

For those who are into web designing, programming, logo designing, joining freelance marketplaces is a great way to earn some extra money rather quickly with your wanted designing skills.

Gift Wrapping

Wrapping gifts can be a good way to earn some extra money during winter vacation. Many of these jobs are at department stores or at the mall. However, it is advised that you be comfortable working with your hands before you start.

Tutoring

In most cases, depending on how reliable you are as a tutor, you can make much more than the average pay. If you enjoy the process of teaching people, this can be a great way to earn some additional money with knowledge you may have harnessed from school.

Apply to Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut offers teenagers eligibility to join their work force at the minimum age of 16. Positions available generally around this age is either being a hostess/host or being a server. The key to getting accepted at Pizza Hut is to have a fun likable personality that is friendly to customers. For more information on Pizza Hut’s requirements, you can view their online job application here.

Lawn and Gardening

Gardening can be back breaking work for adults and as a result, supplies teenagers the opportunity to fill in for the task. Gardening generally involves watering the plants, cutting down or shaping bushes, mowing, and perhaps moving heavy things around in and out of the garden.

Work at Starbucks

Most well known for its coffee, Starbucks hires teens as young as 16 at almost at any retail store. When applying to join the work force, you can choose to either become a Barista, the person who makes the drinks or become the Shift Supervisor, who manages creating positive customer experiences. You can look to see if the nearest Starbucks is hiring here from their online website.

How to Make Money Online Without Spending a Dime

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How to make money online without spending a dime is a question that so many people would want to know the answer to. That is why I decided to write a post about what I think is a good way to make free money online.

In my opinion, the best way to make money online without spending is to offer some kind of service. It could be any kind of service, from skilled required tasks like creating logos, designing websites and writing articles to simple tasks like submitting articles to article directories, commenting on blogs and posting on forums. Offering your service to others gives you an opportunity to make money online without spending any money at all. Here is how you can make money online without spending money:

Choose a service to offer
These days you don’t have to be a professional website builder or an artist to make money offering a service. Thanks to the ever increasing popularity of the internet, a lot of people work online these days and they all have tasks that need to be done. Most of the time those tasks are very simple to execute but very time consuming. So, they pay other people to do these simple tasks for them, and hat allows them to focus on other important aspects of their online business.

For example, in order to generate traffic for a blog, a blogger has to work on many different things like search engine optimization. One of the ways to do that is to build back-links for their blogs, Building back-links can be done in many ways including commenting on other blogs and submitting articles to article directoires, both of which are very time consuming. So, bloggers often pay other people to submit their articles to article directories and comment on other blogs on behalf of them. So, when it comes to finding a simple task and offering it as a service, you are not limited.

If you need some ideas on services you can offer to make money, check out classified sections of online forums. There you can find out what kind of services people are willing to pay for and what kind of services people like you are making money with. Often times, you would be surprised by the simplicity of so many of these tasks that people pay others to do it for them.

Get a Website
In order to establish yourself and your business and have a place where people can learn more about your services and higher you, you need to have an online presence, a website or a blog. Of course, since we are trying to make money online without spending a dime, we can’t spend money on getting a website. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend any money on buying a domain name and hosting package. There are plenty of free websites and blogs you can use to build your site. Free sites like blogger and weebly allow you to build a blog or website with a few clicks of a button for free.

Use these free sites to build a simple site for your business. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Just a simple one page site to serve as your sales page, where you showcase your work and offer more detailed information about your services and how what you offer can help your would be customers and of course the cost of your services.

Promote your service
Your website is new and doesn’t get much traffic, how would people who need your service find you?… The best places to get the word out about your service, are online forums, especially online forums related to the kind of service you offer. For example, if you offer blog commenting and article submission, internet marketing and webmaster related forums such as WarriorForum and DigitalPoint are great forums to offer your free samples to bloggers and website owners. You can also use forums to simply get more costumers by placing an ad on their classified section, which is free and tons of people visit each day to find people who can help them get things done.

Another effective way to promote your service is through article submissions. Write a few articles related to the kind of service you offer and submit them to article directories. Don’t forget to include a link back to your website in the article, so people can easily come to your website and place orders.

Other ways you can promote your services is through social networking sites. Use your profile on FaceBook Twitter and other social networking sites to let other s know about your services. Social networking sites are the quickest way to get the word out about your business.

You can also write a press release and submit to free press release sites. Simply write a few sentence about your service and how people can benefit from using your service and submit to as many free press release sites as you can. To make your PR newsworthy, you could give a discount code or coupon for first time customers.

Give free samples of your work
To build a reputation and get your business started, offer a few free samples of your service. If you offer article writing, write a free article for them. It will let them know about your capabilities and the quality of your work. To get the most out of these free samples, offer your free samples in return for a testimonial from the customer. You can then use those testimonials on your site to let people know hat other who have used your service before think of it. Testimonial is advertising your business in a very effective way.

Take advantage of free softwares
Search and find free tools that will help with the quality of your work and also help you get the job done faster. For example, if you are offering a logo design service, you can use free softwares like gimp and PhotoFilter to create stunning logos. There are so many free tools out there that can really make it much easier, better and faster for you to finish your tasks.

Get a free paypal account
How would you get paid?… Well, these days the fastest way to get paid is through paypal and most people use paypal to pay and get paid online. To make it quick and easy for your customers to pay you, get a free account on paypal.com. The good thing is, paypal has a very user friendly system that lets you place a “pay with paypal” button on your website, where you can accept payments from customers quickly.

There are so many different ways to make money online. Some of these methods require financial investment and others take a long time to give you results, but offering services is one of the few online money making methods that don’t require any financial investments and you can make money and get paid quickly. In a nutshell, offering a service is how you can make money online without spending a dime.

How to Make Money with ClickBank for Free

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There are hundreds of thousands of product owners on the web looking for skilled marketers to promote their products. The reason being is because every one is looking to make money as quick, and as efficient as possible. What differentiates the product owner from the marketer is that the product owner has a product to sell, while the marketer doesn’t. And likewise, the product owner could have little experience in marketing. Therefore, both parties are likely to join forces to create a mutual partnership where both can benefit from each other.

Now where does ClickBank fit into this process? ClickBank is the center stone of all this activity and is the marketplace of choice among most marketers and product owners, mainly because it is one of the most trusted marketplaces on the web dating from 1998. Not to mention, lays out literally thousands of opportunities for marketers to pick and choose from. Which of course, attracts product owners as well.

How ClickBank Works

The idea of ClickBank is that the product owners come to them to list their services/products in their marketplace, which eventually causes ClickBank to accumulate a wide range of offers where marketers can pick and choose from. If you take a look at the marketplace right now, they offer various products ranging from popular categories like Health & Fitness to lesser categories like Games. ClickBank literally always have something for you to promote.

Now you are probably wondering, what is in it for the marketer and the product owner?

Benefits of being the product owner

One of the main reasons why ClickBank is effective and less time consuming for product owners is because it requires literally no real communication between the affiliate marketer and the product owner to get affiliates started. Essentially, once a marketer is part of ClickBank, the marketer can start promoting right away. This saves both time and money for the product owner and to say the least, generally product owners “run the show.” Meaning that there is no downside to listing their product on ClickBank other than to benefit, because for every sale they make, they make profits. There is a reason why ClickBank is also known as the “E-Book Marketplace.”

Benefits of being the marketer

The marketer generally gets a fixed percentage of the sale. So let’s say that an affiliate marketer happens to be promoting a product on weight-loss for $37 and made his/her first sale. The marketer is most likely going to get paid anywhere from 45%-85% of the sale price. So the underlining detail to get out of this is that, how much they get paid depends on how many sales they make. Which can be either a upside or a downside for people because there is no limit to how much you can make, and if it doesn’t work out, it can be frustrating.

Somethings to consider being a marketer

When selecting a product to promote, you don’t want to blindly choose a product. It is advices to look at statistics prior to diving into the action. Here are some things to keep in mind when selecting a product to promote from the ClickBank marketplace.

Gravity: Gives you an idea of how many affiliates are promoting that product. The higher the gravity indicates how many people are making money off it. The gravity # does not represent how many affiliates are promoting that product. However, bottom line is that bigger numbers represent more competition.
Initial $/Sale: While some products will be a single sell product, with others you may have the opportunity to earn recurring commissions. If for example, you manage to sell a monthly subscription you may receive a repeating commission for the lifetime of that subscription. The inital sale is the average amount of money an affiliate earns for a one time sale of the product. The figure is adjusted to take into account any variation in sales price, refunds and sales tax. The actual amount that you receive may not be exactly the same as the figure quoted but it should not be too far off the mark.
Avg Rebill Total: If the product you have helped sell is something like a subscription or membership that has a repeat fee involved, then the rebill total is the average amount that an affiliate will make across the rebilling history. This figure will not include the inital sale fee.
Avg % Sale: This is just what it says it is and will include the average earning for an affiliate for all types of sales be they one time or repeating. Vendors may be offering variations of their products and so the commission they pay can vary.
Avg % Rebill: This is the average commission for rebilling if the product has a repeating fee attached to it.
Refunds: Although refunds isn’t listed in the ClickBank marketplace, be wary of bad products that may have high refund rates. If customers aren’t satisfied with the product you are promoting, it may come back to bite you. That is why it is advised to do some research first, or to experience reading/using the product first hand.

When being part of ClickBank, there are essentially no rules being the marketer. As long as the marketer is able to fulfill their duties as being well… marketers, whether promotion means using PPC networks, starting a website, blogging, whatever, everyone is happy in this type of system.

Bottom line, ClickBank is a PPS (pay per sale) marketplace where both product owners and marketers can come together to benefit from each other.

Become a Vibrant Media Affiliate and Make Up to $3,000

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Vibrant Media has been known to be the leader of contextual and in-text advertising. Although I won’t go into full detail about Vibrant Media, reason being that I believe most readers have probably heard of this company already, I will however write about a way to make up to $3,000 with Vibrant Media. I am being serious here and this isn’t a joke. The task I am speaking of is no easy task, however, is a task that many may worth considering doing for people with good interaction skills, who are salesmen, and/or are people with connections, and so forth. In addition, this task doesn’t necessarily require you to have a website either. If you think you still qualify and is a job that may well suit you, continue reading on.

The job I am speaking of is being an active recruiter for Vibrant Media. The idea of how this works is that the more active the site you refer is, the more you are compensated. Be wary that rewards for referrals with Vibrant Media is a one time reward. Although this fact may be discouraging, the reward alone can be well worth the effort, especially if you are experienced with this type of job. And if you happen to catch a big one, you are literally set for at least a month depending on where you live.

Referral Awards

Site Traffic (page views per month)*	Referral Award**
250K – 500K	$100
500K – 1M	$500
1M – 5M	$1,000
5M – 10M	$2,000
10M +	$3,000

Although the requirements to make a $3,000 reward is pretty high, realize that you have the entire world wide web right at your picking. It doesn’t matter how the websites got that many visitors, realize that your mission is only to pick webmasters with high amounts of visitors that are currently not associated with Vibrant Media. Essentially, it is similar to a hunting game and in order to reap the rewards, you must find webmasters eligible and willing to try out Vibrant Media – which may involve writing emails to interested content based webmasters, contacting them by phone and sometimes getting hung up on, and… you get the idea. This type of marketing is similar to door-to-door marketing, however, the rewards are much higher and are generally done over the phone or over the web

Terms and Conditions

Like with all affiliate programs, there are certain restrictions and regulations that you must follow in order to receive rewards for your efforts.

The referred site must be live with Vibrant Ads for a continuous period of 45 days following sign up.
The referred site must generate a minimum of 500,000 page impressions of traffic per month.
Referred sites must be “new” to Vibrant Media. Sites we will not consider to be new are sites which:
1. We have already opened dialogue with.
2. We are already aware of from other sources.
3. Is a sub-site of an existing partner site.

How to I Join?

To join the program and get your Referral Awards simply send an email with Vibrant Ads Referral as the subject line to one of their representations by contacting them on their contact page.

Please include the following information:

The name of the site(s) you wish to refer
The contact details of the person we should get in touch with
Your site(s) name
Your contact details

If you are a great persuader and have at least some prior knowledge on the marketing field, I’d strongly suggest you to try this method if you have time. Who knows, it may be the opportunity you have been waiting for to earn that extra hundred or grand. Not to mention, creates better relations with such a prominent network like Vibrant Media. Vibrant Media is one of the only affiliate programs out there that I am aware of, that has a huge reward at stake

10 Ways to Save Money With a Single Phone Call

2011-10-25T17:02:00.002+07:00

Technology has provided us with so many easy ways to save money, but there’s still one very convenient low-tech savings tool: the phone call. If you’re able to get an actual human being on the other end of the phone, you can talk your way into some serious savings. Here are 10 easy ways you can save big just by picking up the phone.

Avoid late fees
So you missed your credit card or phone payment by a day or two (it happens), and now you’ve got yourself a pesky late fee, and possibly some interest. If you’ve been in good-standing with the company, it’s likely you can get them to reverse it. Just call up customer service, explain your situation, remind them of what a great customer you’ve been and see what they can do for you. In most cases, the company will waive the late fee and any interest owed as a “one-time courtesy.” Chances are this trick will only work once, so try not to make it a habit.

Get a cable bundle
Cable companies offer great deals for new customers, especially if you bundle your cable, phone and internet services together. But once you’ve been a customer for a year or so, your bill will start to skyrocket. Call up customer service, tell them you’re going to cancel your plan and switch to a cheaper competitor and see what type of deal they offer you to get you to stay. Some companies are very quick to try to please you, but if you run into some jibber-jabber or an uncaring customer service rep, be brave and schedule a cancellation! You’ll likely get routed to a “cancellation specialist” (code for “salesperson”) asking how they can keep your business. Then negotiate away! Just don’t be too overbearing. Asking for the same pricing new customers get is fair and usually works.

Adjust your auto insurance
There are all sorts of little ways to save money on your insurance premiums, especially if your circumstances have changed. Are you working closer to home than when you signed up? Have you and your spouse switched vehicles? Are you a loyal customer and safe driver? Call up your insurance company and talk about your driving lifestyle. You’ll likely find some savings.

Get online coupon codes
Online shopping is big business for most companies and they’re happy to encourage you to spend. If you don’t have a coupon code for the product or store for which you’re shopping, call up the customer service line and request one. They may offer you a generic savings code or even free shipping, and if they really don’t have anything at the time, they may give you a coupon for future purchases.

Cut down your cell phone plan
If you’re not a huge talker, you may be in line for some great savings. Most cell phone plans allot for a slew of minutes, and if you’re not using them, you may be overpaying. Call your cell phone provider’s customer service and see if you can take a cut in minutes or coverage, and find out how much you can save! Talking to a human about this can help reveal big savings.

Get rid of that pesky gym bill
Is there a gym taking $30, $60 or even $90 out of your bank account every month even though you haven’t been there since there was snow on the ground? Call and cancel! Or, if you think you’ll eventually go back, see if you can put your membership on hold. Many gyms will allow you to put a hold on your account for three months (or even more), which is better than canceling and then deciding to go back and having to pay all those sign-up fees again.

Find a scholarship
So your kid didn’t turn out to be a Neil deGrasse Tyson-level genius or a record breaking teen athlete. That doesn’t mean you can’t save on their college education! Call up the prospective college or university’s financial aid department and see what type of smaller scholarships your son or daughter might qualify for. Even if it’s just $400 for being in the 4H Club, that’ll at least help cover the cost of books!

Lower your interest rate
If you’re a good credit card customer and have been paying your bills on time, you might qualify for a lower interest rate. Call up customer service and ask! The lower interest rate would only apply to new purchases, but that’s still a great way to save if you’re carrying around a monthly balance.

Save on your bank accounts
In theory, savings accounts are supposed to earn you money while you’re not using it, so if yours isn’t, or if you’re paying unnecessary fees, call your bank immediately. Banks have all sorts of ways to save that they don’t always advertise. See if you can switch to a different type of savings account or if you can tie your checking and savings accounts together to cut out fees. Many banks now offer online banking, which generally pays a higher interest rate than a standard savings account does. Also speak to your banker about getting a better interest rate for your existing savings account or CDs.

Negotiate your bills
If medical bills are starting to pile up from an illness or injury, call your doctor or insurance company and see if you can negotiate your balance. If you explain that you do indeed want to pay off as much as you can but that it’s all more than you can afford, they’ll often work to help you. Sometimes hospitals will waiver a large portion of your bill if you can pay a lump sum up front or if you’ll set up regular payments. Just call and ask!

Stay Secure – How to Protect Your Personal Finances with a Business Credit Card

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In these tough economic times, the financial side to your small business may seem overwhelming. Fortunately, there are things you can do to make sure that you are able to make necessary purchases without having to drain your bank account. Signing up for a business credit card is becoming the latest trend in small businesses for this exact reason. According to the online small business information website AllBusiness.com, “…more than 65 percent of small businesses utilize business credit cards, and this number continues to rise.”

The great thing about small business credit cards is the fact that they work so similarly to personal credit cards, but with more features that cater to a business. Below lists of few of the benefits a business credit card can offer so that your business can continue to grow – without stressing out your personal checkbook.

5 Reasons Why a Small Business Credit Card Is Something Your Business Should Have

Separate Personal Credit – As a small business owner, you know better than anyone that it is always a good idea to prepare for the worst. Having separate personal credit ensures that if your business plummets, you won’t go down with it. In addition, separating your two credit lines will aid in easy tracking and reporting, as well as help avoid confusion between personal and business transactions when tax time rolls around.
Be in Control – You might love your employees, but there is always a chance that they may get a little too excited about the possibilities a business credit card offers. Fortunately, most credit cards allow you to set limits on spending either per user or per day. If you are more concerned with where the credit card is being used as opposed to how much, there is also a way to put a programming code into the card to block it from being able to be used at certain locations.

Credit Limit – You want your business to stay competitive and continue to grow, and new technology and equipment are becoming necessities to make this happen. A higher credit limit will give your company the funds to make this happen. Some business credit cards have a limit as high as $75,000.
Rewards – Everybody likes rewards from credit cards. A business credit card will offer you rewards just like a personal credit card, but they are generally more tailored to business-related expenses such as travel or business supply stores.

Increase your Business Credit Score – This point works exactly as it would with a personal credit card. If you manage your business’s spending wisely, you will earn many benefits that will help your company grow quickly including an increase in credit card limits, low interest payments, and business loans if necessary.

Business credit cards are easy to find and easy to sign up for if you are interested. Most major credit card companies, such as Chase ® and American Express ® offer business credit cards. If you go to a credit card company website, there is almost always an entire section devoted to business credit cards.

Develop a Business Credit Card Game Plan or Risk Everything

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While selecting a credit card might seem like a rather minor concern given everything else a small business owner must tackle, its importance should not be overlooked. Even though small business owners are generally held personally liable for business credit card use and information about this use is typically relayed to their personal credit reports, business credit cards are not governed by the same laws as general-consumer credit cards. That means things like universal default and double-cycle billing are fair game, and issuers are free to arbitrarily increase interest rates on existing business credit card debt if they so choose. Now, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use a business credit card, but it does mean that you must carefully choose the cards with which you fund your company and make everyday purchases if you are to enjoy any sort of debt predictability.

So, the million dollar question is: How does one go about finding the right business credit card?

Intended Usage

It all starts with the way in which you plan to use your card. Given the level of risk associated with revolving a balance on a business credit card and how detrimental a constant threat of unexpected cost-of-debt increases would be to your ability to allocate funds and create any sort of reliable long-term business plan, you must use a personal credit card for any business expenses that will not be paid for in full by the end of the month. In order to save on interest, find the 0% credit card with the longest introductory period possible.

It’s important to still use a business credit card for purchases that you will quickly pay for in full, however. Unlike personal credit cards, business credit cards allow you to easily track and manage company spending as well as give custom-limit cards to a large number of employees while earning rewards on their spending. When searching for the business-credit-card half of this two-card strategy, focus on maximizing rewards.

But what happens if you want to use a single credit card?

Issuer Awareness

If you covet the convenience of using a single credit card for all of your company spending, your card’s issuer becomes extremely important.

Card Hub recently conducted a study on the business credit card policies of the 10 largest credit card issuers in the U.S., and discovered that Bank of America was the only major issuer to voluntarily apply all the major provisions of the new credit card law, the Card Act, to its business card offerings. That means favorable payment allocation for cardholders with multiple balances, no universal default, a mandatory 45 days notice before changes to key account terms, no double cycle billing, and most importantly, no interest rate increases on existing debt unless you become 60 days delinquent. As a result, BofA is, by our measurements, the best business credit card company in the country, and if you want to use a single card for all of your small business needs it should most likely be a Bank of America business credit card or a card from any other local bank or credit union that has voluntarily extended all CARD Act protections.

Final Tips

You now have a general game plan for selecting the best business credit card for your company’s needs, but there are a couple more things you need to know.

First, many small business owners simply assume that the credit card for which they’ll qualify depends on their company’s credit standing. While that does factor in, your own personal credit score is far more important and should dictate whether you’ll apply for a business credit card for excellent credit or a secured business credit card, for example.

Finally, if your business takes you overseas either through travel or dealings with foreign vendors, make sure your card doesn’t have foreign transaction fees. Over 90% of all credit cards charge 3% fees for transactions processed outside the United States, which means the costs associated with an overseas business trip – including flights and hotels booked through foreign companies while you’re still in the U.S. – could be unnecessarily high.