Do you focus all your Internet marketing energy on just one site or blog or are you an SEO with 100 or more sites?
Answer the question in the poll below…
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So, what is your biggest Internet marketing challenge? In order to help you build a better Internet marketing business, please answer by adding a comment below.
I will do my best to align the topics of upcoming posts and articles in accordance with the majority of responses received.
Let's make this your best and most prosperous year yet!
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Cheers,
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Happy 2008 and Happy Anniversary!
Well, here it is, 2008 already.
Although I'm always amazed at how quickly the time flies from one year to the next, I'm particularly amazed that this January 1st, I'm celebrating the 10th anniversary of doing business online.
Yes, it was 10 years ago today, during a very early morning chat room session, that I decided to start my dating service review site, Sage-Hearts.com, which was supposed to make the Internet a better, more enjoyable place for singles looking for partners online.
I registered the domain name on January 7th, 1998 and received my first affiliate commission check for $10.99 early in February 1998. Talk about excited… I could barely contain my glee when that check arrived in the mail.
Alot of checks have since arrived and although I may no longer jump for joy when they come in, the game of making money online is still as much fun as it ever was — especially when I'm in the process of spending the proceeds while travelling and then making even more when I'm travel blogging. Who woulda thunk it, eh? 🙂
My greatest enjoyment however, has always come from helping others… whether it be in their pursuit of a partner, online business building, or other interests that we share. No check will ever compare with receiving an email or card that says ‘Thank You! You changed my life!'. That's the truly fun and rewarding part of this business… big checks are just a very nice byproduct.
So, which business anniversary will you be celebrating in 2008?
Are you having fun doing business online and which aspects do you specifically enjoy? Do you like the day-to-day processes of the business itself, getting the checks in the mail or is it what you do with those checks that gives you the most pleasure?
Please share your experience to inspire others who may just be starting out or haven't yet discovered the joys of Internet and Affiliate marketing.
Happy New Year!
Comments, questions or suggestions? Please leave a comment below!
Cheers,
I Got a First Page Google Listing in Only 9 Seconds
Despite continuing problems with getting my blog posts to show up or stay listed in Technorati and Google Blogs, it appears that at least one of Google's spiders still loves me.
Immediately after I posted “A 9K Walk Along Icey Roads in Rohdes” to my travel blog, I searched Google for the keyword phrase that I was targeting – Rohde boots – and was delighted to see that the post showed up in the 8th spot on the first page of returns (see the screen capture below).
Although I've seen posts get listed that quickly before, many also seem to disappear from Google's results almost as fast, so I searched for the keyphrase again this morning, and much to my amazement, it is still there.
Granted, Rohde boots isn't a particularly popular search term. According to Wordtracker, the phrase has a predicted count of only 12 for today. Furthermore, I haven't found an affiliate program that sells Rohdes.
So, why would I bother to target the phrase ‘Rohde boots' if so few people are looking for them and I don't make any money promoting them to people who find the post?
Well, my primary motivation for writing such a post is to share information about a truly great product that will benefit walkers like myself. In return, I hope to earn new feed subscribers with the invitation “If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!” that appears at the end of every post.
Furthermore, the site is monetized in many ways. Those who appreciate the information may browse around and find other products of interest to them that are sold through an affiliate program. Or, they may leave the site through a Google Adsense ad for which I get paid.
Assuming I get only 1 click per day from that listing over the period of a year, that would be 365 visitors to my site — for free — from a post that took me only 10 minutes to write. If only 10% of those visitors sign up for my feed / newsletter, that would be 36 new subscribers to whom I can promote products on a continuing basis. Now, if you write a post like that once a week, you can multiply those results by 52, and estimate nearly 19,000 visitors and 1900 new feed subscribers — for free.
But, those traffic estimates are probably low, especially considering the personal nature of the blog post title and content description that appears on Google, which is in striking contrast to the ‘salesy' nature of the other listings that appear on the first page of Google results.
For example, inthe last 23 hours, my most recent first page listing has generated 4 site visits, or 33% of the estimated traffic for the term ‘Rohde boots'.
So, imagine how much free traffic and revenue you can generate by targeting those ‘less popular' phrases if you post to your blog 3 or 4 days a week, or better yet, every day!
[tags]rohde boots,google,seo,marketing,free traffic[/tags]
Pay Per Play Audio Ads: Get Paid on ALL Your Traffic
NOTE: The Pay Per Play opportunity is not available at this time…
I like finding and sharing new ways to make money online with less effort … and NetAudioAdsâ„¢ looks like a good opportunity to do just that, especially for Google Adsensers.
Unlike Pay Per Click advertising (Google Adsense) which pays you only a small percentage when a website visitor actually clicks on an ad and then that visitor leaves your site — NetAudioAdsâ„¢ Pay Per Play program let's you earn money on 100% of your web traffic without selling anything and without visitors having to click on anything.
That means you can earn revenue on every single person that visits your website.
How is this possible?
As you may know, major television networks are in trouble because their advertising revenue is dropping. They are losing market share at a dramatic pace because big brand advertisers are moving over to the ‘Net. Advertisers like Harley Davidson, HBO & Taco Bell are willing to pay you on 100% of your website traffic to make up for the loss of viewers that the big TV networks are experiencing.
By signing up with NetAudioAdsâ„¢ , you agree to place a “single” 5 second audio ads on your site or blog.
The code that calls the 5 second audio ad is a simple javascript code that you paste anywhere between the tags of any web page where it is appropriate for visitors to hear an audio ad. No web page real estate is consumed. The ad is invisible and is only heard.
The ads are professionally produced and NetAudioAdsâ„¢ assures that they will be contextual. i.e. related to the page's content. Publishers are paid on a CPM basis and the effective CPM that you receive is determined by NetAudioAdsâ„¢ automated bid management system and bids will vary from market to market.
To learn more about Pay Per Play audio ads, visit NetAudioAdsâ„¢ now.
eBay UK Changes Rules for Paid Search Affiliates
Here's a nice boost for affiliates who produce quality content to promote products on the UK version of eBay.
eBay UK announced yesterday that as of February 1st, 2008, it will no longer compensate for Paid Search traffic from Google, Yahoo or MSN, if directly linked to an ebay.co.uk page — and that any earnings from revenue or ACRUs generated through direct Paid Search as of that date will be reversed.
The ban applies only to traffic purchased from Google, Yahoo, MSN & any of their content networks, such as Google AdSense, Yahoo! Publisher Network & MSN ContentAds. Direct linking via Paid Search campaigns on all other search engines is still permitted.
On the bright side, eBay UK plans to announce a new payment structure that includes a pay increase for its affiliates ‘very soon'.
[tags]eBay UK,affiliate,paid search[/tags]Imports, Toys and Alterations
December's issue of “Secrets To Their Success” features…
- David B., who sold one online business for $120,000, then went on to build his latest, which has earned almost that much in just 5 months!
- Diana N., whohas become such a player in the insanely competitive online toy market that manufacturers approach her… but not many of their products are good enough to make it onto her shelves.
- In the site review, Diana A's hand-made seamstress' site which looks great to the search engines gets a few alterations to turn it into a designer creation.
Each and every month “Secrets To Their Success” features 2 inspirational web business success stories and one website makeover from which you can learn EXACTLY how these unlikely Internet entrepreneurs do it as well as “steal” their strategies and duplicate their success!”
Subscribing to STTS gives you the change to enter your name and e-mail address for a chance to win $5,000+ in FREE consulting! Once each month, they draw the name of one lucky member who gets their web site or business plan critiqued by the Internet Marketing Center team.
[tags]Secrets to Their Success, online business, work at home, Internet marketing[/tags]