Home Business Edition

Google Cash Strikes Back by Chris Carpenter

2007-05-22T04:46:00.000-07:00

"How do I find profitable affiliate programs?"

That's the burning question that everyone wants to know, right?

And then questions that usually follow from that such as:

"Which keywords will I use?"
"What is the best ad copy to use?

An excellent new report is out by Chris Carpenter of Google Cash, and is free by the way :-) reveals how new technology is changing all of that.

It shows you how you can actually know what affiliate programs are actually profitable, which keywords to use, and which Ad copy to use with near scary accuracy!

These are exciting times, indeed. However, those who don't take advantage of this technology will be left in the dust...pennyless. And those that do learn about this and take full advantage will be more profitable than ever.

Go read the report right now, before they take it down!

Click Here To Download the Special Report For Free

How to Create a Highly Effective Keyword List

2007-05-17T23:30:00.000-07:00

Recently I was asked to optimize a site selling Spanish T-Shirts to attract lots of traffic from the search engines. Without traffic your site won't make any sales. Of the other hand getting lots of traffic does not guarantee sales if your web copy is lousy.

There are many factors that should be considered when you optimize your web site. For my example site to optimize I chose Wild Lily Designs, a site that specializes in selling Spanish Shirts.

Here are the steps I took to optimize the site:

1. Create a keyword list

Write down all the keywords related to the topic of your site. Try to also include keyword phrases. ie T-Shirts, Spanish Shirts, Spanish Apparel, Spanish Clothing.

There are probably millions of web sites selling T-Shirts; therefore you need to narrow your focus. This is why Spanish Shirts or Spanish T-Shirts would a better niche because it wouldn't be as competitive. If your niche is too competitive you will have a difficult time getting high rankings. Ideally you want your site to appear on the first page for one of the major search engines...Google, MSN or Yahoo.

2. Find related keywords

These are words that are similar to the main keyword list you created above. You may be able to incorporate them into the content of your site as it grows. Keywords that have a very narrow focus ie Spanish T-Shirts, may not be a popular search term. If I broaden my search to include "Spanish" or "T-Shirt" I will find hundreds of words that relate to these topics.

Use a theosaurus dictionary or thesaurus.com to find similar words besides your main keywords. Another great free tool to brainstorm related keywords is the Google AdWords Keyword Tool (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal).

Here is the list of similar keywords generated when I inserted "spanish shirts" in the Google AdWords Keyword Tool:

madrid shirts
language tee shirts
spain shirt
spanish shirt
shirts in spanish
spanish shirts
spanish t shirts
real madrid shirt
spanish english dictionary
spanish apparel sign language shirt
language shirts
madrid t shirts
shirt in spanish
hispanic t shirt
spain t shirt
language apparel
hispanic shirts
sign language t shirt
madrid t shirt
real madrid t shirts
language t shirts sign
language shirts
language shirt
shirts spanish
sign language t shirts
spanish t shirt
real madrid merchandise
i love shirts
hispanic t shirts
long sleeve shirts
spain t shirts
t shirts in spanish
madrid shirt

From this list you get both the singular and plural forms of the keywords. You may also want to include madrid shirts, madrid t-shirt, spanish shirts.

To find out how often people are searching on these keywords you need to use keyword tools. I use a combination of both free and paid tools.

Wordtracker is the most popular and effective SEO tool used by search engine marketers. WordTracker allows you to do a comprehensive search for related keywords, provides the number of searches for your keywords, then compares their popularity in the search engines with how competitive they are. Ideally you want to use keywords that receive a high number of searches but don't have many competing web sites for the same keyword.

Using the free trial at WordTracker my comprehensive search for Spanish Shirts generates this list:

1. spanish shirts
2. spanish clubs
3. football shirts
4. overseas clubs
5. ebay
6. online shopping
7. online auction
8. apparel
9. spanish
10. t-shirts
11. sports memorabilia
12. ebay.co.uk
13. Spanish
14. real madrid
15. tshirt

The enhanced version would display 285 keywords here. If I click on Spanish Shirts I get a table showing keywords taken from all Dogpile & Metacrawler queries over the last 90 days.

Count = 4 This shows the number of times a particular keyword has appeared in the database.

E.g. The database currently holds 327967786 words. A count of 4 tells you that this particular word has appeared 4 times (this is over 90 days). The keywords are taken from major metacrawlers (a service that queries all the main search engines simultaneously).

Predict = 7 This is the maximum total predicted traffic for all of the major search engines/pay per bids and directories today.

Since Spanish Shirts generates a small number of searches, I will search on a broader term ie Spanish or T-Shirts

Spanish

spanish 3407 6009
spanish dictionary 3183 5614
spanish translator 2295 4048
spanish music lyrics 2114 3728
spanish translation 1892 3337
spanish english dictionary 1352 2384
english to spanish 1049 1850 dig
spanish to english dictionary 1040 1834
spanish to english 1033 1822
spanish babes 990 1746
learn spanish 989 1744
spanish american war 987 1741
english to spanish translation 778 1372
spanish to english translation 747 1317
english to spanish dictionary 745 1314

The first number beside each keyword is the count, the second is the predicted number.The list above generates higher numbers than Spansih Shirts because of their popularity. This is useful because it gives you another angle to attract traffic to your web site. For example you could create a page on how to learn spanish by integrating the keywords "learn spanish" in your article. The traffic this page receives may help sell more Spanish Shirts because the visitors will visit the rest of the site.

T-Shirts

Here are the related words for the keyword T-Shirts generated by WordTracker.

1. t-shirts
2. funny t-shirts
3. tshirts
4. t-shirt
5. tee shirts
6. tshirt
7. shirts
8. tees
9. funny t-shirt
10. funny shirts
11. cool t-shirts
12. tee
13. funny t shirts
14. funny
15. humorous

If you do a deeper search on t-shirts you get:

t-shirts 1146 2021
t-shirt 805 1420
funny t-shirts 622 1097
custom t-shirts 375 661
christian t-shirts 185 326
t-shirt designs 180 317
blank t-shirts 147 259
t-shirt design 146 257
japanese t-shirt 145 256
wholesale t-shirts 139 245
white t-shirt 126 222
vintage t-shirts 123 217
white t-shirts 111 196
cool t-shirts 102 180
rolling stones t-shirts 102 180

If you subscribe to the paid version of wordtracker you will get another 85 words.You also have the choice of digging deeper on each of the keywords above if you want to view words related to the one you chose.

Conclusion.

Doing keyword research before you write the content for your web site will help you to identify what angles you can use to attract the search engine spiders. If you create different pages that include these keywords you gain extra traffic because they receive a high number of searches.

By Herman Drost

About the Author

To receive more of the author's in-depth articles subscribe to his "Marketing Tips" newsletter at: http://www.isitebuild.com/

Herman Drost is a Professional Web Designer, SEO Specialist, Writer and Publisher. http://www.drostdesigns.com/

How To Spot A Legitimate Mlm Business Opportunity

2007-05-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

Multi level marketing or MLM is a type of home business that provides a lot of opportunity.Multi level marketing can enable a person to make a lot of money if they understand the concepts behind it. An MLM business opportunity is something that is widely available so many people looking to get into a home business will likely be faced with a MLM business and they should understand the basics of MLM before ever considering going into this type of business.

Multi level marketing is often confused with a pyramid scheme. The reason for this is in both types of set ups people make money from getting other people into the business. However, with MLM there are actual products and actual money to be made. The people a person brings into the business is only like a bonus income, not their main source of income.

Typically, a person signs up for a MLM under someone else who is already operating their MLM business. What happens then is that for every sale the person makes the person they signed up under will get a commission on. To simplify look at this sample scenario:

Person B signs up under Person A.
Person B sells 100 products.
Person B gets a commission on their sales and Person A also gets a commission on the sales.

Additionally, whenever Person B signs up people under him, Person A gets a commission of their sales. So it is like this:

Person B signs up Person c.
Person C makes 100 sales.
Person C, Person B and Person A all get a commission on Person C’s sales.

This continues one as each person signs up new people and makes sales. It all trickles up the MLM system to Person A, with everyone else getting a commission as well along the way.

The majority of the time it is free to join an MLM business opportunity. In most cases when a deposit or money is charged upfront this is a good indicator of a pyramid scheme, not a MLM business opportunity.

Legitimate MLM business opportunities are going to provide a good product and they are going to be focused on selling the product by providing training and additionally resources to help their people sell. They will also provide the option of signing up new members, however, it is generally optional and not mandatory in order to make money.

When looking for a MLM business opportunity a person has to understand the difference between an MLM and a pyramid scheme. On the surface they may both look the same, but once a person starts working they will soon discover they are very different. Pyramid schemes are illegal because in the end the money dries up and people are left without any business at all. With a legitimate MLM business opportunity the ability to make money will always exist as long as there is a demand for the product.

By Michael Guyton
2007-05-08

About The Author:

Learn how to start your own home business online earning multiple streams of income at http://www.GetRichOnlineNow.com

Google Adwords Success Tips Vol. 1

2007-05-17T07:45:00.000-07:00

When you use Google Adwords and can’t be certain of what keyword matching option you must use, then you can enter all three variations you have in your keywords list.For instance:

Art Posters
“Art Posters”
[Art Posters]

After using them for some time you can check the clickthrough rates of the keywords and delete the ineffective keyword combinations.

Always use the negative keywords feature. For example if someone uses the search term “free art posters” then you should use the negative keyword –free in the Google appropriate field and in result your keyword “Art Poster” will not be displayed.

By doing that you avoid the freebie seekers who are not targeted in your offer and as result you improve your clickthrough rates and reduce the cost of your campaigns. You can also use similar with the “free” term such as:

-no charge
-no cost
-costless
-chargeless

and so on.

The keywords number factor. The age of creating an ad group and load 4000 keywords instantly is over. Although there is not a specific rule for how many keywords you should use, follow Google’s recommendations on the amount of keywords. Google recommends: maximum 100 Ad groups per campaign and 750 keywords per Ad group.

Targeted but not over targeted. So many people loose money because of that reason. If you have yoga training center in Florida it’s obvious that people from New York won’t be interested in your services. So displaying a general term such as “Yoga” or even “Yoga training center” will display your ad on Google Adwords and prospects with no interest in your offer will click your Ad which means extra cost for your campaigns and not transformed into sales.

On the other hand if you use a specific term like:

“Yoga Training Center in Florida”

You have more targeted clickthroughs, targeted prospects and eventually more sales.

But there is a drawback on that tactic. If you are extremely targeted and use a keyword of over 6-7 words it’s highly possible that no one will search for that term and have no clicks or even views for your Ad.

How to find keywords? You could use the Google keyword suggestion tool but because so many other Adwords users use it, the keywords from that tool are very expensive.

Other tools you can use are:

Overture suggestion Tool: http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion

123promotion Tool: http://www.123promotion.co.uk/ppc/index.php

Good Keywords: http://www.goodkeywords.com

These tools are free but if you want a more sophisticated and advanced option you can use word tracker paid service: http://www.wordtracker.com

Use always the plural form of your words. Don’t use “Yoga Training Report” but also “Yoga Training Reports”.

Exploit the misspelling errors. Research indicates the 12%-15% of the search phrases and words are misspelled. So don’t use only the term “staff” but also “stuff”.

Use hyphens. For example use both terms like: “Yoga Training Center” and “Yoga-Training-Center”

Use Acronyms: If you use the phrase “internet service provider” in your campaigns you can also use the acronym ISP in your Ads.

Use of domain names. This is powerful because it’s the most targeted term you can find. If your website’s domain name is www.yogatrainingcenter.com you must use it as keyword term.

By Christos Varsamis
2007-03-02

About The Author

Christos Varsamis is an Internet Marketing consultant. Find more about Successful & Profitable Google Adwords campaigns on http://www.fastprofitbiz.com/Adwords.html

Fatal Mistakes that can Kill your Adword Campaigns

2007-05-08T03:54:00.000-07:00

There are a few online mistakes that you want to avoid when getting started with pay-per-click advertising and online business.These are common slips that can make a huge difference in your campaigns. Each time you start a new campaign or make a business move, check to make sure you aren't making one of the following mistakes.

The first mistake a lot of newbies make is lumping all of the keywords for a given campaign into a single group. Let's say you found 100 keywords you think will work for your campaign. This group can be broken down into subgroups that are more closely related together. For example, if you have a group of keywords related to tennis, the large group can be broken down into related keywords on tennis equipment, tennis clothes, tennis strokes etc. Breaking down the list into subgroups helps you reach a more targeted audience. Those customers looking for tennis equipment will respond to your ad targeted to that group of keywords. You can build a separate landing page for each subgroup, which will help more prospects respond to your offers.

Another big mistake is not using square brackets around keywords and phrases when entering them into Google Adwords. Using brackets (for example [tennis racquets]) will show your ad if and only if the keyword phrase tennis racquets is searched for. This technique further targets your marketing.

Keep in kind that Google Adwords is not a "set it and forget it" system. You need to track your results so you know which keywords are profitable. Tracking can help you shift your budget to put more emphasis on the most profitable keywords.

It is vital to have a website that is neat and clean. If your website is sloppy, you look unprofessional and your customer will be less likely to return. A clean website, free of spelling and grammatical errors, instills a level of trust in you and your company. Make sure all of your links work and remember to keep your pages simple. Anytime you ask a reader to hear an audio, click a list of testimonials or any other activity that requires them to click away, you are creating an opportunity for them to leave the site before getting to the end of your message. A streamlined site with less "bells and whistles" will be much more profitable.

Always use the "review" technique to sell something. Outright sales pitches turn people off. Instead, provide a review of the product you are trying to sell. If the reader perceives you as a reviewer you appear more objective, less biased and more truthful. Writing reviews of affiliate products or services that you want to promote will help boost your sales.

Another common mistake is receiving traffic from untargeted sources, such as pop-unders, safelists and free for all links. The whole point is to bring targeted traffic to your site that wants and needs the product or service you are offering. Accepting untargeted traffic is a waste of your time, and the reader's time.

It is very important to plan your online business, whether you are using a Google Adwords or a minisite. Don't just slap up the advertising or website and wait for a response. In order to succeed, you must have a plan. For example, couple your efforts with an auto responder series to send to your customers after they purchase from you. You can also set up an FAQ page where you can direct readers who have questions. Look for opportunities to upsell existing customers. Set up your marketing messages in advance so the process is automatic. Plan out your campaigns first before you begin and you will reap the benefits from that planning in the form of sales.

However, keep in mind that too much planning is a bad thing. Does this sound familiar? You just finished reading an ebook about writing sales letters. The book seems really complete and it walks you through the process. Instead of writing a practice letter though, you spend the next sixth months (or even a year!) looking for products and gathering information about writing sales letters. A lot of the process of becoming successful online is trying things out (and sometimes failing). Once you've done your initial research there is no product or ebook or website that will ensure success. Fear is the only thing that holds you back and sometimes you've just got to press on and try if you want to succeed with your business.

Another key to success, that many newbies forget, is to focus your online business efforts. Once you've got a system down well enough to get profits coming in, don't get yourself distracted with promising business opportunities that are unrelated to your current business plan. Stay focused on what is working for you and put all of the new ideas aside. Long-lasting Internet success relies on focusing and learning to do one thing at a time. Then take what you learn and apply it, but only after your first project in on autopilot.

It is essential to remain organized. Your filing system doesn't have to be fancy or complex. You can use something as simple as a cardboard box with manila folders if you want. The important thing is to have a system in place. It is very essential to keep subjects related to your topic in separate and labeled folders for easy reference. This will save you time later on when you need to find information.

Finally, it is imperative that you persevere in your business. So many newcomers give up too soon without realizing that success requires patience. As long as you are moving in the right direction by building your business you should keep going. Things are always slow at first, that's a natural part of business building. But you have to crawl before you can walk. Sometimes, it may be best to keep your business goals and dreams to yourself. There's never a shortage of negative people in life who can throw you off track and hold you down. Refuse to let that happen by keeping your goals to yourself and ignoring negative people.

By remaining focused and actively building your online business, you can avoid many of these common mistakes.

About the Author:

Written by Chris Carpenter.

Why are some people getting rich working from home on the internet? For Tips and information on how to make money online visit Chris's website. Click Here: http://affiliatejackpot.com/pr.htm

Why Businesses Need Internet Marketing

2007-05-01T04:38:00.000-07:00

A common outlook towards website building and initiating online presence is that as soon as an online presence is established through the means of a website, visitors will start flowing in thus leading to business generation.This is the mother of all misconceptions. It is like creating a new email address and expecting to receive mails without doing anything else. One does need to let people know their email address before getting any mail. Similarly, people have to be made aware of your website's presence and thus the need for Internet Marketing.

Making people aware of your web presence can be achieved in various ways. You can begin by making use of the present printed material used in office. Printing the URL or the web address on visiting cards, quotations, invoices and any such other documentation can lead to free awareness generation. Using the website name in the present marketing means of flyers or media advertising will also help popularize the web presence. Make use of each and every opportunity to let people know of your website.

Once people have the website name in their heads, it is highly possible that they visit it at least once at their leisure. In this scenario, you can put in any advertisement or information or anything at all to keep the visitor updated and helps him/ her into making a buying decision. The above methods are just to kick you off on the interesting journey of internet marketing.

In today's fast paced world and with the advent and reach of the internet going beyond geographical boundaries, many a people are looking at the internet as a means of looking for products and services. Normally anyone would try to find it using a search engine like Google, Yahoo, Msn or Altavista. The normal procedure is to type the name of the product or the service in the search engine and search. The search engine then provides a list of websites which deal in the said product or service. This is the best place to find your customers, since people searching would be interested in the product or service right at that moment. The methods that you need to follow to achieve this are search engine optimization or other means like the pay per click method. Either way, you will meet with some success in a bid to increase your online business.

Despite being heard of before, people do not tend to remember the name of a website clearly, and even if they do, they have to remember it correctly. The margin of error is too high to get hits in the direct marketing method. Emphasis on search engine methods would keep your online business in good stead.

Written by Stephen Mcbride
2007-04-30

About the Author:

Stephen Mcbride is the webmaster of www.free-insurance-quote.org.uk, a site dedicated to helping consumers obtain cheaper insurance.

Using Press Releases to Generate Free Publicity for Your Home-Based Business

2007-05-01T04:23:00.000-07:00

Local newspapers love to write articles about home-based entrepreneurs.In fact, if you wait long enough, a beat reporter will probably track you down. But why wait? Make the reporter's job easier and score some free publicity for your business by sending the newspaper a press release.

Why Would Newspapers Care About My Business? Almost everyone has fantasized about storming into their boss's office and saying, "Take this job and shove it!" When newspaper subscribers read about home-based business owners, they're able to live vicariously through your success. "You see, Marge, this guy did it - so can we!" Of course, Marge and her husband will probably never take the plunge into home-based business ownership, but that's beside the point. The point is that newspapers love to run articles about businesses just like yours - and reporters would love it if you made their jobs easier by sending them press releases.

A word of caution: If your home-based business is located in New York City, Chicago, Detroit, or even a "smaller" town like Green Bay or Portland, your odds of getting newspaper coverage are greatly diminished. Chances are, your home-based business will not be featured on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a shot. Better yet, you can send your press releases to smaller publications specific to your industry.

How Do I Format My Press Release? Begin by using company letterhead. If you don't have any, now would be a fine time to make a minimal investment in the professionalism of your business's image. Or, if you prefer, you can create your own letterhead in a simple program like Microsoft Word. The result can be just as good if you're a skilled computer user.

Next, create an attention-grabbing headline for your press release. Just imagine what your dream headline would be if it could appear as written in the newspaper. Make sure your headline will really catch the editor's eye - newspaper editors get bombarded with dozens of press releases every day, so you have to make sure yours stands out. One good way to do this is to leave the reader wanting to find out more. Don't give away the whole story in your headline, just give them enough to catch their interest.

Your headline should be in a larger, bold-faced font. You can put a longer sub-title underneath it, more thoroughly explaining the purpose of the press release, but that's optional.

Next, you'll want to begin the actual body of the press release. Start with a dateline, such as Ann Arbor, MI (09/14/2006)--, all italicized as shown. Then make sure you write the most important information in the first paragraph, as many times editors will give up on a press release if it doesn't interest them in the first few sentences. You need to hook the reader in!

Some Final Tips on Crafting a Successful Press Release Your press release should be a maximum of one page. There are two reasons for this: 1) Editors are busy and unlikely to read anything longer than a page. And 2) the shorter your press release, the more likely it is to be published in verbatim. That's right, many times busy editors and reporters simply take a well-written press release and slap it into the next edition, so be sure that your article is well-written and error-free. If you're not a good writer, consider hiring an English major from the local university, or perhaps a freelance writer from the internet. There are several sites on the web where press release writers can be hired at affordable prices.

Finally, don't give up. If your first press release isn't gobbled up by the newspapers, send another - and another, and another. Make sure your press releases are actually newsworthy or would serve as interesting human interest stories, and send no more than one per month. Eventually, your persistence should pay off. Either you'll finally win over the editor, or he'll give in just to get you to stop sending the press releases! Either way, a newspaper story about your home-based business can spread the word more efficiently and economically than almost any form of paid advertising. The time and energy you put into crafting and submitting the press releases will be well worth the effort.

Written by Anthony Samuel
2007-04-29

About the Author:

Anthony Samuel is a successful entrepreneur with 10 years experience in the home based business industry. He reviews home business opportunities and shares his industry views at http://www.find-a-home-based-business-opportunity.com

Choosing The Best Web Server For Your Online Business

2007-04-27T05:31:00.000-07:00

What is a web server? Basically, a web server embodies the theory of supply and demand: it supplies your website when the people demand it.When a user wants to view your website, the server finds the URL's file and uploads it to the user's browser. However, there are many different kinds of servers to choose from, so how do you find the right one?

The Virtual Private Server is a great choice for larger businesses that have complicated needs. It's best if you have some experience working the program, because you have to know how to control the settings, but if you can read and understand the manual, you'll be fine. The plus to a Virtual Private Server is that it's a single server that branches out, letting you work independently while paying with the other host customers. You can also have up to 50 websites. It can be costly at over 100 dollars a month, but if you're concerned about security and control, a Virtual Private Server is probably the way to go.

The more popular server is Virtual Hosting. This is a single server that is shared with many users. Because it's controlled by an administrator, you don't need to worry about technical skills. However, you don't have as much control as you would with a Virtual Private Server, because every time you want to change something in your settings, you have to contact the admininstrator. Secondly, you're only allowed one website, so if you want to start a second site, you have to create a new account. The good news is, it's a great deal at only about 20 to 50 dollars per month. So if you have a small business with just one or two websites, and you don't want to worry about technical skills , Virtual Hosting is the best choice.

You also have to think about web server software. One type is Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). It only works with NT-based server systems, as NT is a Microsoft product. It has crash protection and plenty of support, so you don't have to worry about viruses. Also, if you use NT, you get IIS free with it.

However, the most popular type is Apache. It's always free, and while it isn't supported like IIS, it's always updated and easy to use. So if you're looking for something safe, IIS is a great choice, but Apache is more popular for a reason.

These are only a few of the servers and software you have to choose from, but they're a start. If you do your research and think of what will best benefit your business or webpage, you can make a well-informed decision that will let you be a successful host.

Written by Robert Michael

2007-04-26

About the Author:

Robert Michael is a writer for Daily Servers which is an excellent place to find servers links,resources and articles. For more information go to:

http://www.dailyservers.com

Ways to get Free Help with Your Home Based Business

2007-04-12T21:44:00.000-07:00

Have you realized that you need some help with your home-based business? Maybe you just started, and aren't sure where to begin. On the other hand, maybe you have had your own business for a while, but are now at a standstill. It doesn't matter where you are with your business; there almost always comes a time where you need a little help with it. The great thing is that there are many free resources where you can get help with your business, no matter what stage you are at.

If you are at a point where you need one-on-one help, and would love to talk to someone who has been in a similar situation, Score is the place you need to go. Score is an organization that helps people with their small businesses, for free. Their website offers free classes, articles, and guides to help you with your business. One of their most helpful tools though is free mentoring. You can look at a list of mentors, and see which one has experience in what you are looking to do, and then you can contact them. You will be able to talk to them one-on-one, either on the phone, by email, or even in person to talk about your business. This is great if you have a specific question about your business, or just aren't sure what to do next and want to talk to a person to see what they think.

Another great resource is Entrepreneur. While they do have a magazine that comes out monthly which you can subscribe to, they also have a website. This website has many tools, articles, how-to guides, and a lot more about businesses. They have many suggestions on what types of businesses you can start, how to grow you business, and a lot more. The website is completely free for anyone, even if you don't subscribe to the magazine.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is another great free resource. It is a government run website which offers a lot of information for anyone who has their own small business, or who wants to start one. They offer help with starting a business, financing it, and managing your business. They also have free online courses that you can take. There are many courses on starting a business, business planning, business management, financing and accounting, marketing and advertising, e-commerce, and a whole lot more!

The website About.com has a great home business section that you might find useful as well. They have many articles about home businesses, in all types of categories. They have articles about starting and choosing your small business, how to balance working at home, financing your business, growing your business, and a lot more. Again, it is all free information, which is very useful.

Another great way to get free help with your business is to look for a forum. There are many forums out there that are dedicated to small businesses, home based businesses, online businesses, and more. You can just go do a search on the type of business forum that you are looking for and you will probably find quite a few that will be filled with the type of people you are looking for. Many of them have a lot of free information from others that have gone through what you are going through now, and you can easily find answers to your questions there. Another great thing about these forums is that if you have a specific question, you can just post it, and get many replies, all for free!

There are many ways to get free help with your home-based business, no matter what type of help you are looking for. You just have to go out and look for it, and you can get help via articles, how-to courses, email, by phone, and even in person sometimes! You just have to know where to look, as these resources are all out there, and don't cost a cent.

By : Jessica Mele

About the Author :
Jessica Mele is the owner and creator of Workism.com. Wish you could work at home, and have your very own business? Learn how you can start your own business today. Claim your free 7-day course on how to get started!

Finding and Using Chinese Search Engines & Directories

2007-04-11T07:40:00.000-07:00

Whether you're just doing research for travel or whether you're a Chinese native or expatriate, you'll be able to catch up on the latest Chinese news, sports, entertainment and stay in touch by using the many Chinese search engines and directories available on the web. Here are some of the most popular and useful sites:

Baidu.com - The world's 6th most visited site and the top Chinese website, and that's saying something. This site is a true search engine in the same vein as Google, offering general search, MP3 search, news search and image search. Baidu.com is the world's leading Chinese language search engine.

GCWeb - A traditional human reviewed directory, similar to the top English language directory called DMOZ, GCWeb offers hundreds of categories and subcategories where you drill down to find what you're looking for. Since human reviewed directories have more stringent approval guidelines than search engines, you'll often get much better results, albeit less results. Find GCWeb at gcweb.net/gcweb/

Yahoo China - This is the Chinese version of U.S. founded portal Yahoo. You'll find most of the same type of content as the main Yahoo site but in the Chinese language, including traditional search results, free email, news, shopping, sports and more. Available at yahoo.com.cn

Google China - This is the Chinese language version of the top Internet search engine, Google. It looks exactly the same as other versions of Google, except the text and search results are in Chinese. Find it at google.cn

China Site - ChinaSite.com is an English language directory of all things Chinese on the web. Boasting over 8500 links to Chinese and Chinese related websites, updated daily, this is a great site for English only users who are interested in learning more about the country.

Sogou - Sogou.com is another Google type search engine that offers traditional website search results as well as picture search, map search, document search and more. A weather section and mobile features are also offered.

Sina - Sina.com is more of a portal, but it offers an English language as well as Chinese language version. It also has extensive search capability with specialized search engines for video, multimedia and even blogs. In addition, it also offers a large shopping mall, dating service, SMS services and a games section.

Juxit - An innovative newcomer to the Chinese search engine world that has been going through refreshes every few months. It is the world's very first Chinese meta search engine and been online 2004, taking results from a number of Chinese and English search engines. It also offers a news search engine, audio and video search engine, image search, travel search, people search and more. The site can be found at Juxit.com

Muzi - Muzi.com bills itself as "The Digital Great Wall" and is a true bilingual English and Chinese portal with sections including search, gallery, library, movies, forums, polls and a dating service. It also offers a service similar to My Yahoo's personalized homepages, where you can choose the content on your browser's start page, called My Muzi. You can find this site at Muzi.com

There are many other smaller Chinese search engines and directories, but these are the largest sites currently available.

By : Lydia Quinn

About the Author : Lydia Quinn writes for Juxit.com, a first of its kind meta search engine in the Chinese language. Visit us at http://www.juxit.com

10 POWERFUL Reasons WHY Articles Remain The Internets #1 Marketing Strategy

2007-04-08T03:55:00.000-07:00

We've all heard it... "Content IS King" and for good reason because it IS as far as the Internet is concerned.

And when it comes to web surfers, they come online for two reasons, One is to check there email and reason number Two is to search the web for "Information".

How do you think the Internet received the reputation as the "Information Super-Highway"?

Because thats what its primary purpose was before they decided to commercialize it to what it is today.

And... what do 'Articles' contain?

The answer is quite simple... "Information".

So, what does this have to do with you?

Be the one who supplies it.

It's that simple.

Now, for the rest of this article I'm going to give you 10 POWERFUL reasons WHY you should and/or need to get started using 'Articles' as one of your online marketing strategies so you too can reap the benefits.

With that said, lets move on to reason #1.

Reason #1. Search Engines LOVE them.

It's no secret that Search Engines LOVE content, so if you supply it on a regular basis your giving them a great reason to stop on by to take a look around.

Once there they'll spider and index your website which is just what you want.

Reason #2. Website and Newsletter owners always need them.

I touched base on this earlier about why web surfers come online.

Website owners need fresh content to keep there visitors and/or subscribers coming back, where as newsletter publishers also need fresh content for there "email" newsletters that they publish and send to there subscriber base.

Remember the two reasons I discussed earlier about WHY web surfers come online. BINGO!

Reason #3. They generate Life Long residual Traffic.

Articles produce Life Long residual traffic because website owners, newsletter publishers and article directories archive them for there visitors to read and search through.

And since you have a 'Resource Box' located at the end of every article you produce with your website info and URL you'll receive traffic.

Reason #4. Great way to get One-Way HIGH PR links.

This is probably one of the best reasons because when you offer your free information with 'Reprint Rights' and the website owner decides to archive your article within there article directory and their website happens to have a High PR(popularity ranking) ranking, guess what?

You'll be able to 'Piggy Back' off there PR giving your website a PR boost because at the end of every article you produce your able to leave your 'Resource Box' with all your websites info and most important of all, your URL.

Reason #5. They're VIRAL.

This is yet another great reason to start using articles as one of your online marketing strategies simple because your going to offer 'Reprint Rights' with all the articles you produce giving Website and Newsletter owners permission to publish them causing a VIRAL explosion and Traffic surge to your website.

Reason #6. You can syndicate them via RSS.

If your up to speed on the latest marketing technology called RSS(Real Simple Syndication) and you write 'Articles' on a regular basis you can set-up an RSS feed that web surfers and/or website owners can 'Opt-In' to and syndicate your 'Articles' via RSS to them, plus, you can also submit your RSS feed(s) to RSS search engines and directories.

Depending on how many 'Opt-In' this is yet another great reason to get started with 'Articles' and another way to generate LOTS of Free targeted traffic.

Reason #7. Bloggers with BLOGS need "Information" to.

Bloggers with BLOGS or Web-Logs need information to.

If you provide quality information related to a specific Blog that blog owner just might post your article on his/her blog for their audiences/readership to read giving you again more FREE exposure for your business.

It gets better. Blogs also use RSS(Real Simple Syndication) to syndicate there content to various search engines, RSS search engines and directories giving you again more FREE exposure through there feed.

Reason #8. Info-Product developers need it to.

Ever receive a free ebook of some sort in your Inbox with related articles inside it from other authors?

When you offer your articles with 'Reprint Rights' and someone decides to include your article in there ebook for a Viral marketing campaign they're working on, guess what?

More FREE targeted traffic for YOU as that particular ebook circulates across the Internet.

Reason #9. Post them to related Forums and Newsgroups.

Remember, the Internet is all about numbers and Forums and Newsgroups contain numbers to and are yet another avenue for you to gain some extra exposure for FREE for your online business through your articles.

Just make sure you read there 'Terms' before you start posting because you don't want to receive any 'Flames' in your Inbox.(They can be Nasty.)

Reason #10. You gain INSTANT credibility as an Expert.

The best way to gain the trust of your potential customers online is to supply them with quality "Information".

By doing this your stepping up and telling them that you know what your talking about within the industry your in giving them a reason to look into what you have to offer further by following the link you provided within your 'Resource Box' at the end of your article.

WoW! Are those 10 POWERFUL reasons to get started with 'Articles' or what?

You get all those benefits by just producing ONE article.

The more you produce the more you'll benefit.

Do you see how powerful 'Articles' are now and how they can take your online business to the next level?

I certainly hope so.

In conclusion: "Content IS King" online and will remain King for as long as the Internet exists.

It's now up to you to step up to the plate and decide whether or not You want to tap into this 'Proven Internet Marketing Strategy' yourself and reap all the benefits I just finished explaining above.

By: Cory Threlfall

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Internet Marketing for 2007 - Affordable Efficiency

2007-03-21T22:03:00.000-07:00

If you pay attention to online marketing, you are constantly inundated with people who sell the so-called "secrets" to brand new marketing techniques on the Internet. Each and every day you are bombarded with new e-books, teleseminars and software alleging to hold the "secrets" of blog and ping, or the "secrets" of the death of Google Adsense or the "secrets" of content is king for Search Engines.

However, the truth of the matter in nearly all cases is that most of these products are expensive and endorsed solely by the gurus who get paid for every item they sell. Real testimonials are rare and the pressure you are under to purchase these products is enormous.

Let's make a two-fold pact for 2007:

One - We will not be swept away by all the hype on the Internet.

Two - We will primarily use tried and tested, successful Internet marketing techniques that won't cost us a fortune to use.

To help you off to the right start in launching your own cost-effective marketing strategy for 2007, I want to share some valuable ideas that I've used to grow my own business. These marketing concepts are genuinely affordable, truly simple to implement and have honestly helped me gain generous exposure, which has resulted in new clients and increased sales. My top fifteen favorite effective and inexpensive Internet marketing tactics are listed below:

1. Article submissions to online e-zines, directories and newsgroups, and off-line magazines and newspapers (don't worry about the duplicate content issues ... just get as many one-way links to your site as possible to boost your Search Engine ranking). Writing and submitting free reprint articles is a resourceful way to generate increased exposure and will drive traffic to your web site.

2. Create and market your own affiliate program using low cost tools on the Internet, which incidentally, there are numerous tools on the web that are very affordable. Offer affiliates your articles for reprint and allow them to use their affiliate link in your byline. But don't stop there ... submit your program to affiliate program directories so that prospects can find it readily.

3. Write and submit press releases to both paid and free press release sites. Let your target audience know about your company, new products and services you're offering and also about special company events or promotions. If you're concerned that perhaps your writing talents are a bit rough yet, hire a ghostwriter to draft your release for you. And yes, there are many talented, professional writers who work on a freelance basis and accept both one-time and ongoing projects at an affordable rate.

4. Register with and actively participate in forums that target your ideal client or customer. Check in at least once a week and offer helpful advice to other forum participants seeking assistance and information in your area of expertise. Be sure to craft and use a compelling signature that will get added to your posts. With just a small investment of your time, you can establish yourself as an expert within your industry, which can result in generous exposure.

5. Offer legitimate comments and articles to blog owners who cover your topic area and target your audience. Create solid and productive relationships, offering to make blog postings for them in return for a byline with a live link to your site. The fact that you're willing to offer blog owners something of value upfront will make them eager to reciprocate.

6. List your teleseminars, e-zines, live events and books on Craigslist in cities and sections that have appeal for your target audience. Sign-in and repost your listings on a regular basis to keep them current.

7. Research opportunities to be a guest on teleseminars, podcasts and webinars. You'll be pleasantly surprised at the number of opportunities available if you simply take the time to look for them. Keep a list of questions and potential topics ready for your pitch. Keep track of your guest appearances and promote them on your web site.

8. Actively participate in online social networks such as MySpace, Ryze and LinkedIn. Write compelling copy for your profile and be sure to have a good picture and logo to add where permitted. Including your photo allows people to feel a connection to you, simply because they can put a face to your name.

9. Join and participate in associations and non-profits that attract your perfect client. Find relevant associations by searching for your keyword + association in search engines and visit the American Society of Association Executives. Involvement in organizations such as this, as well as local civic organizations, offers valuable networking opportunities.

10. Place paid advertisements in e-zines that target your audience. If possible, purchase the advertisement when the publisher is running one of your articles in order to gain maximum exposure with this strategy. There are three types of common advertisements available in e-zines: classified, sponsor and solo. Chose the most inexpensive position with the greatest exposure.

11. Write or hire a ghostwriter to create a short e-course that you can give away so long as people provide you with their e-mail address. Make certain that your e-course is relevant to your target audience and not full of fluff and fillers. By offering solid value in your e-course, you can benefit from readers who take notice of your other work/articles and will often seek out additional work you've written. Be sure to include a privacy policy and notify those who give you their e-mail address that they will be subscribed to your e-zine.

12. Downloadable white papers are usually longer versions of articles and often include graphics and links to resources. As with your e-course require people who want the white paper to register for your e-zine. Encourage people to send the registration link to their colleagues, friends and family who share a similar interest.

13. Create your own blog, update at least every other day and include links to your web sites. Ping blog directories and Search Engines every time you make a post for verification that your blog is turning up results.

14. Sponsor contests and submit them to contest directories. Give away a book a month or an hour of your services and encourage people to register for your e-zine. If your business involves selling a product rather than a service, you can offer specific products for prizes with contest entry automatic when people signup for your e-zine. Be creative with your contests, but always make the winning prize something of value that is relevant to your business.

15. Testimonials and referrals can be obtained from the same people. Offer to include a picture with testimonials and a live link to your client's web site. This strategy is a win-win marketing tactic for both you and your client. No satisfied client would refuse such an opportunity! Instead of e-mailing referrals send a professionally written letter via postal mail with some of your most popular articles and invite recipients to call you for a free fifteen minute consultation.

There are dozens of free marketing techniques in the online and off-line world. These fifteen are not the only ones I use but they are my absolute favorites and have been used successfully by thousands of people, including Internet gurus. Don't fall for every new marketing scheme; instead, spend your money selectively on marketing products. If you are pressed for time hire a virtual assistant to handle the free and low cost marketing techniques listed here and carve out some time in your schedule every month to research and evaluate new techniques.

Happy Marketing!

By : Bonnie Davis - © 2007, Davis Virtual Assistance

Bonnie Jo Davis is an experienced and successful article marketer and author who built her entire business marketing with articles. Hire her to teach you how to exploit the power of article marketing or join her affiliate program by visiting http://www.WriteYourWayToProfit.com

10 Secret Ways Of Getting Your Website Listed on Google

2007-03-19T17:11:00.000-07:00

These ways of getting listed on google.com (tm) the quick and easy way are the fruits of my labor since I started way back in 1993 on the Internet. I should have sold these secrets to you and make a couple of bucks. But I value what God had said to me that if I give I will receive.. good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. So those are the terms when you use this article God will pay me for it.

So here are 10 secrets on how to get listed on google.com(tm).

1. Visit http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ and add all your website sitemaps. Sitemap is like a building directory or content directory map of your website. In google sitemaps it works one directory at a time, without calling any outside urls other than your domain. You need to create separate sitemaps on each subdirectory, folder you have. Prioritize your root directory first. To be effective you need to have at least 100 .htm files on your root directory. Your sitemap must be in .xml (extended markup language)

2. Visit http://www.google.com/ig/ and add all your content, by clicking on "add content" on the top left. All content must be feeds in themselves and must be in .xml format too.

3. Visit http://www.google.com/addurl/ and add your url or websites addresses. Be sure it's a toplevel domain such as .COM, .NET, or .ORG.

4. Obtain a free orkut.com (tm) account. Orkut.com is free and can only be joined when you're invited by an already orkut member. Google.com (tm) scans and prioritizes contents coming from it's partner sites like in the case of orkut being it's partner when it comes to social networking community.

Once youre there and logged in, list your site and mention your urls as many times as relevant in your profiles and in your about area. Make friends invite as many as you can, to as many as 5 billion members and scribble in their scribble board and sign in their testimonials of all that you do pls bear in mind that you're not there to get a date but you're there on one mission to get listed so don't be sidetracked. Once you do scribbling and testimonial here and there always mention your url one liner will not hurt.

5. Obtain a gmail.com (tm) account. Like orkut.com (tm) it is free 2.8gb (at the time of writing) and it will benefit you most. You can only get this account when someone invites you in.

Once you're logged in there, add your urls in your email signature, to your profile and whenever you email add it to your subject, body and mention it as often as possible when you send your email. Google.com scans it's gmail.com email messages for content for proper delivery of adsense on it. Once it scans your url on it, it lists it.

6. Obtain a free blog account on www.blogger.com and your web address on it will be something like http://weblord.blogspot.com/ Once you're there mention your urls on your profile, your blog entries, whenever possible and modify the template on it and put in the urls near the comment box, so everytime you have an entry it will act like a email signature containing your urls. Describe your site's capabilities and also yours. YOu are selling yourself but not hard sell make it like you're telling an emotional story in the form of diary entries.

7. Obtain a yahoo.com account and login here http://my.yahoo.com make sure you add all your content in .xml format.

If you have already an account on blogspot/blogger.com you will automatically have .xml format content, if for example your url there is nabaza.blogspot.com your .xml content will be nabaza.blogspot.com/atom.xml that's the one you submit to yahoo.com with your url on it of course.

Usually google.com prioritizes contents from their partner sites, huge sites and yahoo.com is a huge site, so when it the googlebot (tm) (googles automated site crawler) sees your urls on yahoo.com it eats it and lists it. Make sure your profiles contains as many urls as relevant as you can list them, on the about me, on the hobbies, etc. http://profiles.yahoo.com/ and also when you're there upgrade for free your profiles on yahoo.com login here http://360.yahoo.com/ and enabled your profile should integrate with 360.yahoo.com. There you go you are now listed on yahoo.com, if the googlebot scans yahoo.com for contents and sees a new url on it, it eats it, and lists it on google.com

8. Visit google.com and make a search about "google" and take note of the search results there. As much as possible your creativity is needed here, among the results, try to get in touch with the webmasters and arrange for a link exchange or link trading system with them. Webmasters respond fast and they talk straight so be sure to study very well their site content before blurting it out with them.

9. Get a free googlegroups.com (tm) account and create as many mailing list or google groups that's relevant for your website. Make sure on the url or webaddress area of each googlegroup account you open you mention something about your site.

10. If your site is selling tangible products and you have set up your very own ecommerce payment system or are enjoying third party merchant account providers, you can list your site for free at http://www.froogle.com/ - ecommer shopping directory of google.com.

By : William Nabaza Founder of www.Nabaza.com

How Anyone Can Get a #1 Ranking on Google Without Paying A Dime

2007-03-15T00:30:00.000-07:00

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Ranking on Google
• Why not to pay an "expert" & how to avoid the most common traffic creation scam.

Here it is short and sweet- they key to getting a #1 search engine rank is …..your keywords.

That's it.

Hold on for a minute…. This is not the panacea that you think it is.

Here is the real story - there are good keywords and there are bad keywords. Good keywords get a lot of traffic and bad keywords don't.

Anyone can get a #1 rank for a bad keyword - in fact you probably have one and don't even know it.

Unfortunately, there are "experts" out their charging a lot of money and promising that they will get you a #1 ranking. You pay them and get a #1 ranking - but it is for a bad keyword. I don’t call them "experts" - I call them criminals. They are no better than any common pick-pocket or bank robber.

They take your money - and give you nothing of value in return.

So, how do you get a # 1 rank for a good keyword ….well….. that is a lot of hard work….and takes many months….and if you hire someone it will cost a lot of money.

But there are 2 reasons why you should not give up:

1) You don't have to be #1 you only have to be in the top 10
2) It's not black or white - good or bad. You can make a lot of money online with what I call "better" keywords

TOP 10?

That's right - you don’t have to be #1 for a good keyword - in fact some studies have found that the #2 & #3 search results are clicked on more than the #1. As long as you are on the first page for a good keyword, that is all you need. Now, don’t get me wrong - getting in the top 10 is not
a piece of cake - but it is much more attainable than the #1 position.

BETTER KEYWORDS?

If "bad keywords" get no traffic and "good keywords" get a lot of traffic - then what is a "better keyword" and how is it better than a keyword that gets lots of traffic?

Well, you see all web traffic is not created equal. There is "Random Traffic" and there is "Targeted Traf'fic". Good keywords get a lot of "random traffic" and better keywords get a steady flow of "Targeted Traffic".

For example, say you sell Digital Video Cameras. The keyword "Digital Cameras" is one of the most popular keywords on the Internet. If you could get a top 10 ranking for "Digital Cameras" - that would be good - so Digital Cameras is a good keyword.

But, a quick search reveals that there already are 1,285,550 other websites about "Digital Cameras". It will be very hard to get a top 10 ranking - not impossible - but very, very hard. Also, the topic of "Digital Cameras" is very broad. This means that much of the traffic will not want to buy a Digital Video Camera. We call that "Random Traffic".

But, watch what happens when you make your keyword more specific. If you instead target the keyword, "Sony Digital Video Camera", you will only be competing with 519 other sites. You will still need to do some work
for a top 10 ranking - but it is a lot easier to compete with 519 sites than
1,285,550 sites.

Also, people searching for the very specific term "Sony Digital Video Camera" are more likely to buy from you than someone who searched for just the term "Digital Camera".

Therefore, "Sony Digital Video Camera" is a better keyword than "Digital Camera". It does not get as much traffic - but it will be much easier to get a top 10 ranking for - and the traffic that it does get will be "Targeted Traf'fic". They will be much more likely to purchase from you.

How do I find better keywords?

Glad you asked. Finding better keywords is the starting point to any traffic creation method. It does not matter how you are creating traffic, before you do anything else - you need to know what are the "better keywords" for your product or service.

A fundamental business & marketing concept is that people buy based on how they feel and what they want - not based on the features of your
product. You need to be thinking about benefits & about emotions - not product specifications. To find better keywords you combine this concept with some very useful tools - and the result is a whole dictionary of "better keywords" specifically about your product.

What's that you say…you don’t have a product yet? No problem. You can use the same principle & the same tools to find a topic that people are very passionate about. Then with a little research, you can quickly & easily create a product that is virtually guaranteed to sell.

Ok, but once you do have a product how do you find "better keywords"?

Here is the process:

1) Think about your customers and why they buy your product. What emotions & wants are they filling?

2) Create a short list of 10-20 emotion packed terms based on those wants & desires.

3) Generate more terms with a Research tool from:
http://www.Trafficology.com/research/

4) Get a list of 100-200 Terms

5) Narrow down the keywords to the top 20-30 based on traffic & competition. You are looking for the keywords that have the most number
of searches, but the least number of other sites using the same keyword.

Those last 20-30 are what I call "better keywords".

Sounds complicated? Well, trust me - its not. In fact, it is very, simple.

In the Trafficology newsletter I show an examples of how this is done. A
step-by-step case study of how I found "better keywords" for a real-life company. I go through the whole process, and you see just how easy it really is. Also, In future issues we will cover how to use the exact same technique to find a new target market for a product you haven't even
created yet.

That’s not all, there is a lot more to cover about "better keywords". Once you have some experience we will show you how to find the terms that your competition is using - and how to improve them. We will show you how to find the most common misspelling of terms that relate to your product. We will show you how to find many terms that you never would have thought of on your own, and we will cover several other advanced keyword topics that you don’t want to miss.

"I've got my keywords. Now what?"

I bet you are thinking about Search Engines. Now that you have done your research, you want to know how to optimize your website and get a top 10 search engine ranking for these "better keywords".

STOP! First, ask your self this key question… Will people buy my product with these keywords?

Now we know that people are searching for these "better keywords". We also know that we will have more qualified visitors with these "better keywords", but that is not enough. Search Engine Optimization is a long and expensive process. Before you commit your time & money - you need to make sure that the traffic from these keywords WILL buy your product or service.

I have seen it time and time again. People have these "better keywords". They spend months optimizing their website. They get tons of quality traffic - but no one buys anything - zip-zilch-nada - nothing.

There are many reasons why this occurs and it generally falls into the conversion category. But, if you have even a halfway decent website - even a basic website with just a picture of your product and an order
button - you will get some sales because you have the right keywords.

The point of getting the right keywords is to draw people to your site who already want your product and are ready to buy. No matter how bad your site is at converting, at least a couple of these visitors will make a purchase - they already want what you are selling! If they don’t, then you
don’t have the right keywords.

You see, a long time ago all anyone cared about was getting traffic. They looked at it like it was a numbers game - if I get 1000 visitors I will get 5-10 sales. But people soon found out that the numbers just did not work anymore. You could get 1,000,000 visitors and not make a single
sale if you did not have the right keywords.

Again, you need to have "Targeted Traf'fic". That is, you need traffic that is looking to purchase your product or service.

What about "better keywords"?

Here is the deal with better keywords - they will get traffic from people who are interested in your product or service - that does not necessarily mean they will BUY your product or service.

For example - think about refrigerators. Say you sell refrigerators - you could have great keywords - heck you could be #1 on Google for the term refrigerators and never make a sale. Sure, you are getting targeted traf'fic. The people searching for the term refrigerators most likely want what you are selling - but how many of them are going to buy a refrigerator online?

Do you know? I don’t know - maybe a lot, or maybe none. But, I do know how to find out before I waste a lot of time & money optimizing my website.

The point is, not only do you need targeted traffic - but you also need targeted traffic that is ready, able & willing to purchase your product online. They must have want & desire, but more importantly, they must have the money and the ability to buy.

So how do I draw people who are ready, willing & able to purchase my product or service?

With "best keywords" of course!

Best keywords are the "better keywords" which draw the traffic to your site that will...dum-dum-dum-DUM...purchase!

Sure, you could optimize your site for the "better keywords" - but you will get the best return on your investment if you use only the "best keywords".

Here is how to find "Best Keywords":

1) Find a list of 20-30 "better keywords"
2) Open a Google AdWords campaign (cost $5)
3) Enter run a test campaign with your 20-30 "better keywords" (cost about $20-$30)
4) Use the Google AdWords control panel to identify which keywords draw paying customers.

The keywords that created sales are the "Best Keywords".

Now, don’t quote me on the prices - but it is fairly inexpensive. Also, remember you are making money from the sales, so you should at least break even - if not make a good profit.

The experts can't agree on a number for sufficient sample data, but it is generally accepted in scientific circles that you will need at least 30 visitors to make a determination about each keyword (with 95% certainty). I personally like to get 100 visitors per keyword. Once you have 100 visits from a keyword - if you have no sales, then you will need to seriously
consider not using that keyword.

After going through this process you will identify the exact keywords to use that draw visitors who are ready, willing & able to purchase your product or service. You have found the "best keywords" for your customers.

Want more info on how to run a Google AdWords Campaign? Check out the Trafficology Newsletter where we will discuss the step-by-step process to set-up and run a successful Google AdWords campaign.

OK, I have found my "Best Keywords" - Now can I start my Search Engine Optimization? Nope. That's right - the answer is N-O!

Remember - even though we have the "best keywords", Search Engine optimization takes a long time - at least 30-60 days. Don't you want to m'ake money today? W'hy wait 30-60 days?

Look - here it is plain & simple. If you have the right key words, then Pay-Per-Click Advertising is like having your very own cash machine. You have already done all the work researching and testing keywords. You know exactly which keywords m'ake money and which do not.

So this is what you do.

1) See how much you paid Google for the "best keywords"
2) Count how many AdWords sales you had from you "best keywords"
Then use this formula: $'s for "Best Keywords" / # of sales = Cost for 1 sale Now, calculate how much profit you make on 1 sale.

If the amount of profit you make on 1 sale is more than the cost for 1 sale - you have found your own Internet money- making machine.

Here is an example.

Say you paid Google 30 dollars for your "best keywords" and made 10 sales.

$30 / 10 sales = $3 per sale

So it cost you $3 for each sale of your product.

Now calculate how much profit you make on each sale. Let's say that you make $10 profit per sale.

Since you paid $3 per sale to make $10 per sale, you take home $7 per sale. You have your own cash machine!

Now $7 is nothing to get excited about. But if you take a moment to think about it, you will soon realize that this is a scientific formula for the creation of profits. Enough profits turn into wealth.

If you find the "best keywords" that give you back more than you spend - why not just put more money into it and get more money out.

For, example:

What happens if you spend $300 on AdWords?

IF - and I mean ….IF you did your test correctly - then you will have similar
results as the $30 you spent - but 10 times bigger So, your cost will be $300. You will make 100 sales and $1000 in profit for a total take home of $700.

Not only do you have "best keywords", but you also have some cash to help you with your Search Engine Optimization.

Now are you seeing the power of the science called Trafficology? Do you understand why science is important to your website?

This concept is called scalability; the idea of increasing everything in equal
proportions. Theoretically, you could spend $300,000 to make $1,000,00'0 in profit and take home $700,000 - I don’t know anyone who would turn down that kind of return.

Unfortunately, AdWords is not totally scaleable. Once other people see how much money you are making, they will drive your PPC costs up, and your profits down. Plus, you can't buy traffic that does not exist. You
might be able to find $300 worth of traffic and make $700, but it is not
very likely that you can actually find $300,000 in traffic - not impossible,
just not very likely.

"But, I don’t have $300 to start with." Ok, but you do still have the $7 you
made from before right!

Let me introduce you to the idea of compounding - yes, we have all heard
about this before. And we have all dreamed about compounding before - but with the right keywords, compounding is actually a reality.

If your AdWords cost per sale is $3 and your profit per sale is $10, then here is what you do:

1) Spend your $7 on AdWords to get 2 sales and m'ake $20 in profit; take home 13 dollars.
2) Spend your $13 on AdWords to get 4 sales and m'ake $40 in profit; take home 27 dollars.
3) Spend your $27 on AdWords to get 9 sales and m'ake $90 in profit; take home 63 dollars.
4) Spend your $63 on AdWords to get 21 sales and m'ake $210 in profit;
take home 147 dollars.
5) Spend your $147 on AdWords to get 49 sales and m'ake $490 in profit;
take home 343 dollars.
6) Spend your $343 on AdWords to get 114 sales and m'ake $1140 in profit; take home 797 dollars.

Get the idea? If you take your money and reinvest it, it will grow. And, this process is fast - not years, days. That’s right. DAYS!

IF you are making a profit of $10 per sale and, IF you find the right keywords that only cost you $3 per sale, THEN you can take $7 and m'ake $797 in a few short days.

That is the power of Google AdWords and that is how to use Web Traffic Science to achieve success - bet you never thought science could be so profitable.

Now, again - first you have to find the right keywords. Second, there is a lot to know to m'ake your AdWords campaign work right - plus you have to have a product that your are making a profit from. But, if you take a little bit of time to find the best keywords and use a little science - you can make some good money using PPC.

By Mark Flavin (http://nicetodobusiness.com/freetraffictips2.htm)

20 Super Hot Ways To Make More Money From Your Customers

2007-03-10T01:36:00.000-08:00

1. Insert a brochure for another product in the first product package your customer buys from you.

2. Sell a basic product and tell people for a little more money they can receive the deluxe edition.

3. Give your customers a free subscription to your e-zine and include back end products in each issue.

4. Charge people extra money to get the reproduction rights.

5. Send your customers greeting cards at holidays with your back end product offer included.

6. Offer your customers a discount if they buy more than one of the same product.

7. Include a back end product offer on your online "thank you" page.

8. Give people a huge discount to your subscription product if they subscribe for a longer period of time.

9. Send your customer a free surprise gift with your back end product offer included.

10. Give your customers a discount if they buy over a certain number of any products.

11. Publish a back end product offer inside any of the information products you sell.

12. Group your products together in package deals to make more profit form each sale.

13. Include a back end product offer inside your "customer's only" online club.

14. Join someone else's affiliate program and use it as an upsell or back end product.

15. Follow-up with your customers to see if they're happy and offer them another product.

16. Offer people a free sample of your product and tell them they will get a discount if they order now.

17. Send your customers a "thank you" e-mail with a back end offer attached.

18. Offer your customers add-on products like gift wrapping, batteries, imprinting, etc.

19. Allow your customers the option of signing up to your "future product offers list".

20. Explain to people that for extra money, they can extend the guarantee or warranty of the product.

By : Cody Moya (http://www.bmtezine.com/)

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2007-03-09T18:30:00.000-08:00

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How To Successfully Joint Venture Your Online Business With Offline Businesses

2007-03-06T18:32:00.000-08:00

There are many advantages joint venturing with offline businesses. - You could increase your target market by reaching audiences you couldn't advertise to before. - You could get referrals from the offline businessesyou joint venture with.

The key to joint venturing with offline businesses is to find ones that have the same target audience. If you're selling business software, you wouldn't want to joint venture with a store that sells candy. You won't be very successful. You would want to joint venture with an office supply or computer store.

Below are three possible joint venture deals you could set up:

1. Write a tip booklet that is related to your business. Make a deal with an offline store where they giveaway your tip booklet to their shoppers with each purchase. The store you pick should attract your target audience. The store could have something free to giveaway to attract shoppers and you could have your web site ad
in the tip booklet.

2. Design a printed flyer for your online business. The flyer should include a description of your web site, e-mail address, web address and any other important information. Make a deal with an offline store to have them include the flyer in each bag of products they sell in exchange for free advertising on your web site.

3. Make a deal with a computer store to have them display your web site on the computers they display in their store in exchange for free advertising on your web site or in your e-mail newsletter.

Once you find a targeted offline business, contact them and present your joint venture proposal. Tell the business owner the benefits of the joint venture. Tell him or her why it would be a win/win situation for both of your businesses. Give them a lot of compliments about their business, products and services. Using allthree methods above will greater your chance of having a profitable and successful offline joint venture. By : David Disch (http://www.getresponse.com/t/1470105/)

10 Effective Ways To Reduce Your Business Costs

2006-08-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

1. Barter

If you have a business you should be bartering goods and services with other businesses. You should try to
trade for something before you buy it. Barter deals usually require little or no money.

2. Network

Try networking your business with other businesses. You could trade leads or mailing lists. This will cut
down on your marketing and advertising costs. You may also try bartering goods and services with them.

3. Wholesale/Bulk

You'll save money buying your business supplies in bulk quantities. You could get a membership at a
wholesale warehouse or buy them through a mail order wholesaler. Buy the supplies you are always
running out of.

4. Free Stuff

You should try visiting the thousands of freebie sites on the internet before buying your business supplies.
You can find free software, graphics, backgrounds, online business services etc.

5. Borrow/Rent

Have you ever purchased business equipment you only needed for a small period of time? You could
have just borrowed the equipment from someone else or rented the equipment from a "rent-all" store.

6. Online/Offline Auctions

You can find lower prices on business supplies and equipment at online and offline auctions. I'm not
saying all the time, but before you go pay retail for these items try bidding on them first.

7. Plan Ahead

Make a list of business supplies or equipment you'll need in the future. Keep an eye out for stores that
have big sales. Purchase the supplies when they go on sale before you need them.

8. Used Stuff

If your business equipment and supplies don't need to be new, buy them used. You can find used items
at yard and garage sales, used stores, used stuff for sale message boards and newsgroups etc.

9. Negotiate

You should always try negotiate a lower price for any business equipment or supplies. It doesn't hurt
to try. Pretend you are talking to a salesman at a car lot.

10. Search

You can always be searching for new suppliers for your business supplies and equipment. Look for
suppliers with lower prices and better quality. Don't just be satisfied with a few.

By : Douglas Titchmarsh (http://www.CashInOnline.info)

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2006-08-02T02:32:00.000-07:00

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2006-07-30T07:44:00.000-07:00

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