Affiliate Marketing Tips – 5 Easy Steps to Promote Your Affiliate Product Without Spending a Penny
November 21, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Affiliate marketing is the best choice when you are trying to be successful on the internet because it’s quick, cheap, and highly efficient.
To get started as an affiliate you just need to find a good affiliate program. Among many companies offering affiliate programs ClickBank.com is still a strong choice among people desperate to make money on the internet. To get started you just need to complete a simple online registration form and create a Hoplink. Then you are on your way.
Here are some methods to promote your affiliate product:
1. Blogging.
Creating a blog on WorPress.com or Blogger.com would be the good start. Write reviews for affiliate products relevant to the topic of your blog. As long as your reviews are honest, your readers will be more than likely to buy the products from your link.
2. Article marketing.
Article marketing is a great way to promote an affiliate product just write reviews for affiliate products and post it on EzineArticles or Goarticles.
3. Social Media Sites.
For example you can make your MySpace.com page. Start making friends, sending bulletins and comments. Then create your Twitter account and start posting to get more followers. These are just few methods, go ahead and find some more social networks on the internet and start promote your product.
4. Forums.
Make a signature in your profile with link on your affiliate product and start to communicate. Don’t spam try to be helpful to people
5. Blog backlinks.
Finding relevant blogs is also a good way to promote you goods or service. It’s very simple you just write a comment there with the link back to your website.
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Social Media Marketing With Twitter – An Introduction
November 19, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
As a business owner, you have likely heard of social media marketing. You may even have been curious enough to investigate it. And you may have been overwhelmed by the many options available to you. Between Digg, Delicious, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and all of the many others, it is difficult to know where to start.
Twitter is one of the newer entries in the social media marketing field. Launched in 2006, it has become an enormously popular way for people to connect and keep in touch. Like any form of social media, it has also attracted businesses keen to get on the bandwagon of social media marketing.Using Twitter as a Marketing
Twitter is often referred to as a micro-blog. Instead of posts, you write “tweets” of 140 characters or less. You can follow other users with similar interests, and they can follow you. Each time you add an update, all of your followers receive a message. They can choose to respond or not.
As with any social media marketing site, using Twitter requires you to be involved. You need to follow and be followed. You also need to provide information of value to the people who follow you. One example is links to your blog or other relevant information on your site.
Using Twitter for marketing does take time (as does any attempt at social media marketing). You need to build a community of followers and engage with other users to create credibility. To make links, you have to have something interesting to share with people, which means you need to spend time creating enough current, relevant, interesting and (occasionally) thought-provoking content for your followers to read.Tips for Using Twitter as Part of Your Online Marketing
There are some basic rules to follow when using Twitter for marketing. In fact, many of these rules apply to other social media sites too, like Facebook.
Do not spam or engage in hard selling. Remember to be sociable and offer information of value. Blog posts on the benefits of your product or services, interesting conferences or professional development opportunities that are coming up – these are good examples.
Always link back to your site or blog. That is why you are doing this in the first place.
To get followers, put a link on your site or blog inviting people to follow you on Twitter. Twitter provides the code for a “badge” that you can drop into your Website or blog.
Search Twitter for likeminded users/businesses and see who they are following. You may be interested in following the same users.
Follow the lead of those who came before you. There are users with hundreds of followers. Check out what they are tweeting about so you can get ideas.Use Twitter as Part of a Detailed Social Media Marketing Strategy
Of course, if you are using social media for marketing, you need to have a comprehensive plan. To create a plan like that, you may need help from a search engine marketing consultant. In addition to tweeting on Twitter (which can eat up a lot of your time) you need to have a schedule for blogging and writing articles to link to.
As part of this strategy, develop a plan for your content. Don’t throw any old thing up there just to have something to link to. A consultant can show you how to create compelling copy that makes your blog, articles and Website work with your social media marketing, so that you are drawing traffic through as many channels as possible.
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9 Keys For Successful Business Blogging
November 19, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
It seems that some business owners are reluctant to start business blogs for a variety of reasons. Some are afraid that they’ll burn out and lose followers after working hard to get them. Others are afraid that they won’t have anything to say. Still others are afraid that the time commitment will be too much to manage. If you’re one of these people, stop making excuses and start blogging! Here are 9 keys for successful business blogging.
1. Have a Conversation. The point of a blog is not to lecture, nor is it to push your products and services. Instead, the point of a blog is informal, informational communication in which your readers can learn more about you, your products, and all that your business has to offer them. By engaging potential customers in conversation, you give them the opportunity to learn to trust you, which increases the likelihood that they will purchase your products or services. You don’t have to be clever or cute, just honest and open.
2. Know Who’s Reading. What kinds of conversations will interest your readers? You need to have this information before you even write your first blog post. It’s hard to have a conversation with someone about whom you know nothing, so find out who’s reading and what interests them.
3. Regularly Publish. People will stop visiting your blog if you stop publishing. And even if you start back up again, chances are they won’t be following you anymore. So update your content regularly-once a week at the very least-and comment at least that often as well. You’ll do yourself a favor by publishing daily if you can hack it.
4. Let Them Know Who You Are. People will be more willing to share information about themselves if they know who you are, so include an “About Me” page on your blog. You don’t need to tell your whole life story, just a bit of personal background and a summary of your professional experiences.
5. Use Your Voice. Use the conversational style that’s most natural for you. If you’re naturally sarcastic and clever, throw a bit of that into your writing. But don’t force humor if it’s not natural for you. Readers want you to be transparent, and that means being true to yourself in your writing.
6. Engage Other Bloggers. Read other blogs and comment on them. This is a great way to keep up with what’s going on in your industry and to get fresh content.
7. Don’t Get Anyone in Trouble. While it’s important for your blog to be conversational in style, it’s also important for your blog to be professional. All of your posts should be professional and all of your comments should be professional. Never write something until you’ve thought through it first. Remember that you’re not only representing yourself, but also your entire company.
8. Write Well. You’re not in the running for the Nobel Prize for Literature, but you still want your writing to represent your company well within the blogosphere. Use correct grammar and spellcheck everything before you publish. Potential customers will never take you seriously if they perceive that you are unable to communicate in writing.
9. Follow Your Bliss. Don’t force yourself to regularly write about things that don’t interest you. Of course you’ll occasionally need to stretch yourself by writing about industry trends that may not interest you all that much, but try to stick with topics that get you fired up. You need to learn how to convince others to take interest in your industry, your company, and your product, and the best way to do that is to write with passion and integrity.
Stop trying to think of reasons not to blog and just do it. Following these 9 keys will get you off on the right foot.
Seomul Evans is a senior Organic Search Engine Optimization expert specializing in Search Engines and a SEO Tips contributor.
Google, Twitter, Facebook, Bing – Oh My!!
November 19, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Today was a big day for Google, Bing, Twitter and Facebook.
To quickly recap:
Bing announced they have made a deal with Twitter AND Facebook to pull their updates into the SERPS (search engine results pages).
Hours later Google announced they too have a deal with Twitter and will be delivering Tweet feeds in the SERPs.
This is exciting and interesting and it confirms one thing: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Social Media are partners in your success. You shouldn’t neglect either.
No one knows exactly how this is going to play out yet but we’ve all started preparing for it already. Off the top of my head, here are some tips to help you prepare.
Since we don’t know how they will sort through the massive volume and pick the tweets to return in the results, we don’t know exactly how to give our tweets the best shot at getting picked up.
Let’s look at a little logic and a little Google knowledge.
They like history and they like quality. They also like volume.
So, get an account now if you don’t have one already. Get as much history in as you can. Accounts that have been around longer with more tweet history (and more followers) may fare better. (PLEASE don’t go overboard – the last thing we need is people to start keyword stuffing mass volumes of tweets).
Tweet often but keep it natural – and tweet quality. Tweet when you have something to ask, share or teach.
Use keywords – but don’t stuff with keywords. If the tweets are about your industry, you should be using keywords naturally anyway.
If you are going to retweet your messages at different times of the day to be more likely to catch your audience, make sure you vary them a little bit (and again, don’t go overboard).
Use links in your tweets back to your site (to relevant content on your site) and share the link love – link to other quality sites out there. Make sure you use your keyword in your bio and if you are just setting up your username, maybe in your username too? This may or not help. Again, I must say – do not stuff keywords anywhere – not in tweets, not in your bio, not in your username.
This is a good thing, but if people abuse it and bring the overall quality of Twitter down, we will all be sorry.
If you have a feed that sends your tweets to Facebook, or your Facebook status to Twitter, you may want to consider turning it off. If you have the same message in both places you are missing an opportunity for Bing to pick up both. If they are unique, you have 2 chances to get in there!
So, get tweeting and Facebooking! It’s going to be a fun ride!
Jennifer Horowitz, Dir. of Marketing for EcomBuffet.com, has written a book on SEO and has been published in many SEO & Marketing publications. She is the editor of Spotlight on Success: SEO & Marketing newsletter. Over the past 10 years Jennifer’s expertise in marketing & Search Engine Optimization has helped clients increase revenue. Follow Jennifer and stay current on SEO, marketing, social media & more. http://twitter.com/EcomBuffet
SEO For Bing and Google
November 18, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Bing is the latest search engine platform by Microsoft. MSN or LIVE is history. Today, Bing has gained quite a number of new followers when compared its predecessors. If you log on to Bing, you can see that it is trying to differentiate itself from Google. It claims to be the first decision engine as compared to others.
I tried searching on Bing and found that it delivers either highly relevant results or something less. I believe Microsoft has really spent the resource and effort on their search algorithms. If they want to be in the search business, they must start delivering relevant results.
So for us search engine optimizers, what lies in the future when it comes to SEO for Bing and Google? In early June, Microsoft releases a statement stating that SEO is still SEO and Bing does not want to change that. Although the design of the engine is very different from others, I believe the foundation of ranking high on Bing is pretty much the same as what we used to know. SEO is about making your pages as relevant to what the searchers are looking for. So if we bear this in mind, we can definitely score well on Bing.
The team from Bing also emphasizes that good content and website design is the key to rank well on Bing. This means that what applies to Google also applies to Bing too. Recently, Microsoft announces that they have merged with Yahoo and from 2010 onward, Yahoo search will be powered by Bing. So instead of optimizing for 3 different engines, we are now focusing on Google and Bing + Yahoo. After I did a check on some of my rankings on Yahoo, they are ranking well on Bing too. This is definitely good news to us.
Although the Bing team does not reveal much other than empathizing on content and website design, I believe link building still plays a very important role when it comes to Bing SEO. So no matter what, do continue to build links consistently.
It is still early to say that Bing will become a strong number 2 in the search engine world. They need to produce relevant search results in order to avoid turning off searchers. Although Bing has captured a substantial number of traffic since its launch, the rest remains to be seen. So now is the time to find out more about Bing optimization and prepare your website for the future.
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New Twitter Users’ Biggest Mistakes: How to Avoid Them
November 17, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
I am not usually a big fan of rules when it comes to social media, but I do think there are ways to make your experience using tools such as Twitter more beneficial to yourself and others. There are some common mistakes I see new users make that I want to share with you. The good news is, once you are aware of them they are really easy to avoid!
Mistake: Not using a real picture of yourself for your avatar.
When I first joined Twitter over a year ago I was guilty of using a cartoon-type picture of me for mine. I thought it was cute and it happened to be part of the design I had on my previous blog. However, I switched to an actual photo of myself a few months later, and more than a few people commented that they were glad to see the real me.
I feel the same about others now. A picture of you is a lot more personable than a picture of your dog or a company logo. People like to see your smile!
Mistake: Automating pushy direct messages for new followers.
Many Twitter users use a service such as TweetLater to set up automatic messages to go to anyone who begins following them. This is a bit controversial among people on Twitter. If you are automating a friendly message to just say thanks for following me, that’s one thing, but a message with a link to one of your products when we haven’t even connected yet is generally frowned upon.
Mistake: Starting to follow people without posting a couple of your updates.
It may feel like you are talking to yourself to do this, especially if you don’t have any followers yourself. But when someone comes upon your page and is deciding whether or not to follow you, they need something to go on. People are looking for some sign of life or personality.
Mistake: Not spending a good amount of time interacting.
There is nothing wrong with letting others know what you did last night or what your plans are for the day. Just be sure to intersperse your tweets with some two-way conversation. Ask questions, re-tweet others, reply to questions, comment on others tweets, etc. This builds community and keeps things balanced and interesting.
Mistake: Mass following right out of the gate.
My ratio of followers to those I am following is pretty even, mainly because I like to follow back most of the people who follow me as long as they don’t look like spammers.
However, I find it hard to follow others who, in addition to having only a couple of updates, are following thousands of people and have only a few people following them. It feels spammy, like they don’t have much interest in having a relationship or conversation with anyone.
Mistake: Doing everything from the web instead of using a Twitter client.
Installing a client such as Tweetdeck gives you more functionality than what you can do from the Twitter website alone. For example, Tweetdeck allows you to place people in groups which make it easier to keep track of them, especially once you are following lots of people. Plus, you don’t have to be connected to the web to use these types of clients. I find they make tweeting a lot easier and more convenient for keeping track of your replies, direct messages and followers.
Mistake: All promotion, all the time.
As I have mentioned in previous articles, no one likes to follow someone who is constantly selling and promoting without giving anything back. Keep things balanced and respect that others do not want to be pitched all of the time. That being said…
Mistake: Not leveraging Twitter as part of your business marketing strategy.
If you are in business and using social media, you are looking at Twitter as a tool to get results in that business, not to just socialize all day. Remember that it is a great way to reinforce your brand, form strategic alliances and build credibility and trust.
Christine Gallagher, MLS, MSIS, founder of CommunicateValue.com, teaches solopreneurs and small business how to boost their business and their profits by using online marketing and social media tools to communicate effectively and authentically. For F.R.E.E. tips on how to build profitable relationships, leverage technology and create your own successful online business, visit http://CommunicateValue.com
Twitter for Real Estate Professionals: What’s All the Tweeting About?
November 17, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Tech savvy real estate agents understand the importance of using the Internet’s global reach to their advantage. They build informative websites that are optimized for search engines, they blog regularly, and have started to create profiles on various social networking sites like ActiveRain and Squidoo. A relatively recent addition to the social networking sphere is Twitter, a place where you have only 140 characters to write something about your day, ask a question, or link to an article or website of interest. Some consider Twitter to be a place where users “micro-blog,” while others see it as more of a chat room with thousands of users ‘chatting’ all at once.The original premise of Twitter was to provide a venue for people to post short, simple status updates; to answer the question: What are you doing? Users share stories about their pets, upcoming appointments, their moods, and much more. You can follow the adventures of other users, and accumulate followers of your own. You can direct questions and answers to specific people, or send out calls to everyone all at once. The appeal of this type of technology baffles many real estate agents who’ve never used the service, but those who have stuck with Twitter see the benefits of this new type of networking. Rather than trying to see Twitter as a revenue producer, it’s important to understand that Twitter is first and foremost a networking tool. Don’t be overtly promotional in your posts (known as “tweets”). If self promotion is your primary M.O., you’ll quickly lose followers. Users aren’t interested in being bombarded with spammy posts, so if you want to use the site to advertise your services, be very subtle and make sure that your personal posts far outnumbers the more professional ones.While it may seem counterproductive to be laid back when you’re trying to promote your real estate business, you have to keep in mind the intention of social networking sites. They are meant for people to connect with others who share similar interests, or who live in the same community. The mood is casual and definitely more personal than your business website. Grammar and spelling rules are relaxed, and you can talk about the pizza you ate last night or the rotten movie you just watched. People following you will find your posts interesting because you’re being authentic.The more people that get to know you and like you, the more opportunity you have to gain clients in the future. It’s the same as expanding your circle of contacts in the real world, and it can be invaluable for your business in the long run.The idea of social networking being effective over the long term is critical to understand. Unless you are very lucky, you probably won’t gain any new clients right away, but you’re building a solid foundation of online friendships that may develop into business relationships.In addition to being a vehicle for finding potential clients, Twitter is also a great venue for networking with other agents. You can share tips, ask questions, and refer clients to agents outside of your service area. Other agents will do the same for you. Building relationships with other real estate agents can be educational and emotionally satisfying, as they can relate to the stresses you encounter on a daily basis. Twitter is free and it only takes a moment to create an account. Search your area for people with accounts, or see if anyone you already know has an account. You can start to follow their tweets and engage people in conversation. Soon you’ll have followers too, and you’ll begin to appreciate the possibilities that this kind of networking can offer. Be open-minded and creative, and soon you’ll see how you can make Twitter work for you and your realty business.
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That’s all of the Twitter about?
November 17, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
By now if you are not a user of Twitter, you have at least heard of it. It has experienced an almost unbelievable growth in its short lifetime. Twitter is a micro-blog that anyone can participate in. Each post, a tweet, is limited to 140 characters. That’s not very long so it’s pretty easy to read a lot of posts. Twitter asks the question “What are you doing?” Some people actually use it this way… you will see things like “brushing my teeth” or “going to bed” or “eating.” However, most use it to communicate things that they consider more important than those mundane examples.
There is a lot of good and worthwhile information flowing on Twitter every hour of every day. So much, in fact, it’s a bit difficult to keep up with. There is also a surprising number of celebrities (politicians, stars, athletes) using Twitter. You can follow them all and see what they are saying. Even Barack Obama is there, and I believe he is the most followed player.
You follow anyone you want, and people follow you. Of course the more people you follow, the more tweets you will be exposed to, and the harder it will be to develop relationships with your Twitter “friends.” You have the option to communicate privately with a friend (a follower that you are following) by using the Direct Message, or DM feature. All other postings are visible to everyone, but mostly to those following you.
Twitter is so new (started mid 2006) that appropriate Twitter etiquette and protocol is just developing. It is clear that many people have likes and dislikes about what others say and/or do. It seems that the majority of users dislike being contacted automatically with a DM. This is a fairly common practice when saying welcome to new followers, except they don’t like the automatic message because it’s not personal. This can get the relationship off to a bad start. In addition, many don’t like Twitter being used for commerce but I seriously doubt that will stop. Marketers will market where they can if it brings in business. The marketing I see personally does not bother me. Remember it’s limited to 140 characters and real easy to just skip the tweet.
So, should you get involved with Twitter? Why not? It’s going to be here for awhile and it’s growing. About one year ago there were 600,000 users and now the number is somewhere north of 6 million. Twitter subscriber numbers are doubling every month. I say you better jump on now while there is still room. I should warn you though, it can be addicting!
Happy Tweeting!
Wayne Weeks
http://waynestreasuretrove.blogspot.com
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How To Get A Head Start On Your Blogging Competition
November 15, 2009 by IBI · Leave a Comment
Whether you’re new or experienced at blogging you always want to be looking for more ideas to drive readers to blog pages.
Marketing your blog correctly will give you the results that you’re looking for, you’re going to find you can’t just make a blog, post to it a few times, and expect the world to find you and make money as a result.
This won’t happen whether you want it to or have been told in the past it will. However, if you can market your blog effectively, you’ll get the results you’re looking for.
To begin blog marketing you’ll first need a blog (there are free providers available like blogger or wordpress).
The next step (probably the most important) is to ensure that you update you blog frequently, you should post content to your blog regularly if you’re going to get the best results and build an interested group of followers.
Many bloggers post to their blogs daily, others once a week, whichever you choose, you have to be consistent, it’ll pay off in the end believe me.
This is a great way to get started with blog marketing, just remember you wont have a blog to market if you do not post in it regularly.
Most free blogs look the same but you can ensure your blog design stands out.
You don’t want your blog to look and feel like all the others online, so try to make it different.
Having a look and feel of your own is a huge plus in the blog marketing world. You can personalise your blog using HTML and changing the code to fit your market or branding.
You’re going to see this make a difference to your blog as well as your readers you see to hold the readers interest it needs to have good content and be pleasing to the eye!
Getting a theme that’s going to match the market you’re promoting in your blog will make it look even more professional.
You don’t want readers to mix your blog with other similar ones, if this is a worry to you, you’ll want to ensure you change yours to make it look completely different.
If this isn’t a concern but you’re worried about changing codes and HTML because you feel it’s beyond your experience at the moment you can use the free templates blog providers have ready made.
Another trick that’ll boost your blog marketing is exchange links, exchanging links with other more authoritative blogs and websites in the same market will spread the word about your blog.
The authority sites are going to have a higher page rank, and will also be listed high in Googles search results, so it’s worth doing some research to see if they exchange links. If they don’t, you could always just add those into your blog roll.
You don’t need permission to do that.
However, in the world of blogs, most blog owners are thankful for all links, and are very often willing to return the favor.
This is a great way to market your blog which is often overlooked, if you decide to use this technique you won’t be sorry, you will see results in one way or another.
You can even use this method to promote your website.
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Get The Best Comments With Simple Wordpress Tips
January 11, 2010 by IBI · Leave a Comment
When you are into writing blogs on a regular basis, the primary motive of your posts is to invite the comments from the readers to your link. Be it good or bad, this feedback highly counts and it really helps you chalk out your future posts. A comment on a page is the most valued response that you can get on your blog. In fact, a reader’s view to your blog also gives you satisfaction and the crtical evaluation that you need for your writing.
The primary objective of every blogger is to get the maximum number of responses to a post so that he or she can gauge the success of the post with the readers. The following simple and practical Wordpress tips can help you out in generating more valuable reader comments.
Remember to never mix your track backs, if you have them active in your blog, with reader comments. This makes it confusing for the readers to understand the difference between the two. Ensure that your comments are stylish to catch the attention of the visitors to your blog. This makes it simple for the readers to quickly identify the comment box and they can post their responses without hassles. If you have many comments on your blog you can number them for the convenience of your readers.
Customizing the wordpress comment box makes it fun for the readers to read. This catches their attention and in this regard prudent choice graphics is a vital part. The trick is to steer clear of the mediocre and boring comment boxes that are normally overlooked by readers.
When you have written your post and received a number of comments, remember to display the total number of comments received on your blog. Displaying the total number of followers on Twitter and Feedburner also helps you to attract more readers to your blog and earn those valued comments that you are looking for.
If you have very old content with comments it is wise to disable them so that your blog boasts of the latest and up-to-date posts. If you are using the latest version of WordPress, you do not need to worry about it as this is disabled automatically. If you are using an older version of WordPress, you have to update them yourself by deleting the older posts.
There are many readers who comment posts on a regular basis and in the process they may make a mistake while commenting on your blog. For them you can use the edit comment options that are present in the versions of Wordpress 2.5 and above. The reader can conveniently edit their comments in an allotted time and make it simple for them to rectify mistakes promptly.
The above Wordpress tips can help to get the much awaited reader responses that you are looking for your blog post. Your readers will also be happy to post their comments with a comment friendly page that in a great way also contributes the popularity of your blog with them to a large extent.
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