Use Technorati to improve your blog

August 6th, 2008

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If you  want your blog to rank higher in Technorati, then I will show you how to get more people to link to your blog and add you to the  favourites on Technorati. The more links you get, the higher your rank will be on Technorati.
So What is Technorati?

Technorati is an internet search engine for blogs with a dynamic ranking system.

Technorati is like Google for blogs, this is a good thing  because  it is so much easier to rank well on Technorati since the majority of bloggers  do not know how it is done.

How does Technorati work?
Technorati aggregates RSS (Really simple syndication) feeds in real time from the internet and sorts the posts it finds into categories using Technorati tags. After sorting posts into their proper categories Technorati offers visitors the ability to further sort the posts by freshness, by topic and by authority.

What are Technorati Tags?
Technorati tags are labels that writers assign to articles in order to tell Technorati what the article is about. Wordpress blogs uses plugins to make this task simple however wordpress version 2.5 has rendered most plugins obsolete. Technorati is now able to use an article’s category name as its tag.

What is Technorati authority?
Technorati authority is a system in which points are assigned to blogs based on the number of other blogs that link to it. When another blog links to yours you gain one authority point however subsequent links from the same blog do not give you additional points. Technorati ignores points older than 6 months.

How to  get started with Technorati?
To add blog posts to Technorati visit www.technorati.com and create a free account. Once your account is set up you will be prompted to “claim your blog”. Follow the instructions provided by Technorati and claim your blog. If you’re running version 2.5 or later of Wordpress you don’t need to do anything else.

Follow the steps below and you will get a higher rank within a month if you continue to  do  this.
 Step 1.  Finding the right people.
Do some  research before you start  this. You need to find other bloggers  that are interested in what you have to say and write about on your blog. Now  head over to Technorati and browse for some high ranking blogs in your niche.

Use the search button to find  blogs in your niche with a high authority of over 200 or click on “Popular” and browse through there until you find a blog in your niche. When you find the right blog, click on it. You can sort your research either by sorting by, highest Authority or  by number of fans.
For this exercise I chose – Courts Internet Marketing School – How to make money Online.
It has an Auhortity of 2,262.

Step 2. Filter out the potential readers.
Having a look at this blog it has over 9822 blog reactions . What is blog reactions? Those are the blogs that have linked to Courts Internet Marketing School and the reason why they are good target is because if they are willing to link to this blog, then they might link to us. Click on view all , now we  have a list of  our potential readers and link lovers. Filter out which will more likely link to your blog. Now Courts Internet Marketing school  is just an example you might want to find a less popular blog so you get more chance of being linked to. Choosing the right people is everything

So now  click on “View all reactions” .

  •  Choose blogs with an authority of around 10-50 because if it is too low then that I assume that blog doesn’t have worthwhile content. Now some of those blogs with 1-10 authority might be new but I do not want to waste time and guess.
  •  Once you have chosen dozens of these blogs, you need to visit them and check them out. Look for their most recent posts and try to find a good one.
  •  Now that you have one chosen one good post from each of the dozens blog, you need to link to those post. Just link to them in anyway on your blog. What you can do is a “post of the week” thing in which you link to those profitable blogs. Most of them will visit you and half will link back to you.
  • Do not link to  the top blog just because others are doing it. In most cases  they will hardly notice you and they are already popular. Link to the newborn blogs and they will gladly visit you and even link to you.
  • Just make to link to all of these profitable blogs in your post. Dedicate one of your post a week for linking to others.That is basically it and remember choosing the right people is EVERYTHING in this technique.

If you want to find out more about how to increase your Technorati Authority then have a  look at the following  links below. 

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Are you *qualified* to start an Internet business?

July 1st, 2008

Are you *qualified* to start an Internet business?

If you’re like most people, you probably measure your qualifications
by your technical skills…

  • Your ability to design a web site…
  • Your ability to write sales copy…
  • Your ability to drive traffic…

But the reality is, NONE of that matters.

Building a business is a FORMULA. If you can understand instructions
and follow the formula, you WILL make money online.

So if it’s that simple, why do SO MANY people fail at it?

Personality!

See, there are certain personality traits — inherent in some, but
LEARNED by others — that allow people to easily succeed, and
other traits that cause people to constantly FAIL.

If you could identify those traits, wouldn’t you have a better
chance at being successful?

Well, here’s your opportunity to find out…

… because I’ve been authorized by none other than Derek Gehl
*himself* to offer you a FREE copy of his brand-new report,
which lays out the exact traits necessary to succeed online.

The report will be available within the next 48 hours, and is
based on Derek’s personal observations following a DECADE
of working with thousands of successful Internet entrepreneurs
from around the world.

And like I said: he’s allowing me to offer a copy to all of my
best customers for free… no strings attached.

When you get it, you can do one of two things:

1. Nothing… which is definitely an “unsuccessful trait”.

2. Study it and figure out if you have the inherent prerequisites
for success, or if you need to LEARN them.

So if you would like a copy of this report, for FREE, go to:

“Internet Wealth Explosion”.

… and follow the instructions there!

All the best…

Alan

“Internet Wealth Explosion”.

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How to Get out of Debt Fast

June 18th, 2008

The best of getting out of debt fast, is by making more money, money that you can use to get rid of your debt.

The best and quickest way to make some extra cash, is by making money online, if you disagree, just think about when was the last time that you bought a product on the internet, either from eBay, Amazon, Dell etc, in most cases you would have bought the product from somebody working from home in their own home based internet business.

There are many money-making opportunities online and the first rule if you are on a tight budget is not to go spending on every money-making plan that you see. Pick one way to earn that suits your lifestyle and follow the advice that it gives right to the end.

 If you choose something realistic that does not make outrageous promises you have a very good chance of being able to make money online with it, even if growth is not as fast as you wildly hoped. So see it through and when you have it earning more or less on autopilot, then you are ready to expand with your home based internet business, so you can finally be debt free.


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You will probably need to invest a little to learn how to make money online, but if you are on a budget you should research carefully to first decide what method you want to follow and what it will cost. Keep your costs low and choose something that will allow you to quickly cover your costs so that anything you make from then is profit.  Which you will use to pay of all your debts first, so you can be debt free and start enjoying your money.

Now, how does one spot a money making opportunity? It does take due diligence, training, and skill. It takes time to develop. There are some people that are born with the nose for news about making money, however,  some  people who are a bit slow on catching on in this area, I have listed a few ways to make money online below;

  • Taking paid surveys
  • Getting paid to watch movie trailers
  • Selling products as an affiliate
  • Selling products on eBay

To learn how to know and spot money making opportunities, you need to research the area that is interesting to you. It is much easier for you to recognize earning opportunities if you are already familiar with the business that you would want to participate in.

 Did you know that there are some fantastic opportunities for you to make money online, that are FREE to start- YES - they are completely free to set up, things like ,

  • Selling on eBay ( okay you do have to pay a small listing fee)
  • Start a Blog.( you are reading mine)
  • Create a Squidoo Lens.
  • Start a HubPage

The real key in generating massive income from the internet or through your computer is investing your time, effort, and knowledge on it. Without actual hands-on experience on the job, you won’t be able to get the income stream that you really want. Be sure that you learn everything about youe home based business opportunity and the rest of the processes around it. This would allow you to formulate the right strategies that will   allow you to make money the best possible way.

Hopefully, this short article has given you some tips on how to choose the best rated home based business opportunity. Working from home is an amazing experience and one that I would highly recommend to anyone, but it’s important that you choose the right business opportunity. Not all work from home businesses are created equal, so make your decision wisely!

Regards

Alan

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Is Online Paid Surveys Legit way to make money?

May 30th, 2008

When you are looking for an easy home based business, you should consider the benefits of getting paid to take survey questions online . This type of activity makes an ideal way to start a  home based business for many people looking to simplify their lives.

Marketing research firms have been paying consumers to participate in surveys, focus groups and such for some time. The low cost and fast response time of the Internet make it a favorite medium to get the survey takers and survey makers together. To get enough qualified volunteers the survey makers offer to pay the survey takers in cash, gifts or points redeemable for cash for taking each survey.

 There are a lot of sites out there that want you to pay a membership fee or give them your email address to access their list of paying survey sites, but it is simply not necessary.  There are many sites out there that want you to pay for access to a list of paid survey sites, but the information they are selling you is freely available on the internet. Never pay for this information  you can get it for free.

There are some very legitimate survey sites that will require a small fee for sign up. These companies want people who are going to give them honest, informative feedback. Charging a small fee helps the company get serious survey takers for better results. Those willing to pay a little money to start will be more likely to take the surveys that are sent to them. This fee can easily be recouped after taking one or two surveys, always make sure that these real paid survey sites offer a strong money back guarantee.

Doing paid surveys for cash is a numbers game, the more sites you register at the better off you will be Make sure that you sign up for more than just one paid survey site. One site will not be able to send you enough surveys to make a meaningful difference. You need to sign up for as many paid survey sites as possible so that you can pick and choose the very best paying opportunities. If one site makes you $5 a week then 20 sites will make you $100 a week. A much better way of making money online!

 So the important things to remember about finding real paid surveys is to do your research and respond to each survey as quick as possible. Taking surveys at home may not make you a millionaire, but it can make you some easy cash for those little extras in life.

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How to Make Quick Cash

May 2nd, 2008

One of the problems with starting a Home Internet Business, ( if you are not usinga FREE option) is that you need money to pay for monthly costs like hosting and autoresponder fees.

 

Even though these fees are not huge, the idea is to start a quick income stream that will pay these costs,  I have just found a fantatic opportunity called CASHCRATE.

To learn more about CashCrate, please read the product review below.

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How to Start your own Internet Home Business for Free

April 29th, 2008

Did you know that you can start your own Internet Home  Business for FREE, without knowing HTML code, or any other technical jargon and  without paying hosting fees etc.

Now days it can take you a few minutes to start your own Internet Home Business, with Social networking sites like Hubpages, Squidoo etc.

Hubpages is a website that allows you to publish your content on their site free of charge. You simply sign up for an account, write your thoughts and publish them! You even get your own URL which is based at hubpages.com. This means that you do not even have to own your own Internet Home  Business website in order to publish your thoughts and ideas.

 So if  you wanted to  have your own  killer website, that can start earning money for you right away, then “Hubpages” may be the answer you’ve been looking for.

The advantage of Hubpages
the unique structure that HubPages uses affords all technically challenged people a luxury that is rarely seen on the internet - the ability to create web pages with considerable ease. Each page that is created is known as a “Hub” and these pages become part of a structure of Hubs that are linked together with a common theme or niche.

It is an excellent platform to use to publish your content because Hubpages is favoured by Google at the moment which means that your pages have a good chance of being ranked well in the search engine results pages, so you can get plenty of traffic. On average a Hub will be indexed by Google within 36 hours which is pretty fast! So you will get great traffic to your Internet Home Business quicker than you thought.

How to Make money on your Hub.
Hubpages allow you to earn money with easy drag and drop modules to add Ebay, Amazon and even Google AdSense to your Hub.

In particular the Ebay and Amazon capsules work very well because you can link to specific types of items which relate to you Hubpage. Therefore there is more chance of the visitor looking at and potentially buying the product that you are advertising. If they do then you get paid a percentage of the sale.

If you wish to take this a step further you can find hot selling products on Amazon, then write an article about them at your Hubpage. Then you simply type in the ASIN or ISBN number of that product and you will link directly to it! So the result will be an article about a product and then links to that product next to it.

Other uses for your Hubpage.

  • A hub, or hubs, can point to a web site where a product or service is being sold.
  • A hub can link to an affiliate site that you own and, once again, it costs nothing to produce.
  • Additional hubs can lead visitors to your Google Adsense site(s), an Amazon affiliate link, or a sign-up page for future email campaigns.
  • Can use your Hubpage as a mini test site.

How to promote your Hub

  • Article Marketing
  • In Forum Posts
  • Blog about your Hubpage
  • Social Networking with other Hubpagers

Conclusion

So as you can see from this article, Hubpages is a great way to start your own Internet Home Business, it is versatile and quick to set up, when you get good at it, you can do this whole process in an hour or two. In a week you can have twenty or so test sites running.  In any event, Hubpages is definitely worth checking out, and best of all it doesn’t cost you anything. If you want to find out how to start a Hubpage TODAY - just click on the icon below.

HubPages

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How to make money from your blog.

April 7th, 2008

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There are thousands of people around the world who  have blogs, yet very view people actually earn money from their blogs. In fact if you do it correctly you can make a good residual income from your blog, as soon as you get decent traffic arriving daily at your blog.

Below are a few ways that you can start making money from your blog.

Sell advertising space
When you mention advertsing, most people think of Adsense,this is likely the most common means of l to generate income for a blog. If yours happens to become a well-known blog, or one that is well-received in a particular niche.

Adevrtising can be broken into CPC (cost per Click ) and CPA (Cost per Action)

CPC Ad Networks
1. AdSense
Google AdSense is probably the best known and most widely used way of  making money from your blog. It is very simple to setup, offers ads relevant to your content from a large number of trusted advertisers, pays about 60% of the click to you and pays out reliably.The downside these days is that  there is the possibility that your readers have become AdSense-blind, having been exposed to similar ads on other sites they frequent. But if you want to monetize a very niche-oriented blog
 
2. YPN
 Yahoo! Publisher Network is  the main alternative CPC network to Google AdSense. People who have used YPN have said that they earn more per click when compared to AdSense revenue generated from the same site. While this sounds encouraging, there have been serious issues with YPN in terms of targeting accuracy. Payment is also reliable, offering the choice of payment via check or direct deposit.

3. Chitika
 Chitika will contextually pick a product and display a price, image and short description. Payout is reliable and can be sent straight to your PayPal account, something which is sure to attract many. While there have been varying tales of success and woeful performance, Chitika is most suited to commercial blogs. If you blog on a topic such as iPods, PSP, gaming, electrical accessories you will more than likely find Chitika generates a good revenue stream. But the one single benefit offered by Chitika is that it is AdSense-compatible. When you generate your code in the Chitika admin panel, simply turn off the contextual mode and enter a string of keywords such as ‘ipod’ or ’sony vaio’. Chitika will then serve ads based on your keywords. There are numerous plugins available that will automatically insert a keyword string based on your title tag, making this a very worthwhile program to sign up to.

CPA Ad Networks

Text Links
 Text link ads are starting to become very popular, because  of the ease with which they can be added to a blog page
1. AdBrite
To be succesful with Adbrite, you must have a high traffic blog. This is a marketplace where advertisers can browse for sites and pay for their textual advertisement to appear. It isn’t contextual and can be used alongside AdSense and YPN. The cost for a link on your blog is worked out by your traffic and sector. So the more traffic you have, the more you make. Get writing!

2. Text-Link-Ads
Text-Link-Ads were the brokers between the advertiser and a select number of large websites Now you can apply to have your blog included in their marketplace so that advertisers can pay for their static text link on your site. Most of the buyers using this network are doing so because they want the benefit of the link from your site, but luckily you can choose who gets to appear. Implementing Text-Link-Ads on your site is quick and easy, with code available for RoR, PHP, Drual, Serendipidy.

 Conclusion.

These are only a few ways to you can generate an income from your blog, the main idea is to start getting a decent flow of traffic by promoting your blog, and getting people to subscribe to tour RSS feed.

Regards

Alan

Internet Home Based Business Ideas & Opportunities

Work From Home Based Business 

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How to Use Squidoo to Promote Your Website

January 9th, 2008

how to use SquidooUse Squidoo to promote your Website
The hottest site to come out of the Web 2.0 phenomenon is Squidoo. If you are not linking your  sites to Squidoo, you are missing one of the quickest and easiest ways to build free traffic to promote your Website or blog .
Squidoo has emerged over the last year few years as one of the best systems to drive free traffic to your online business.

The first thing you need to consider before building your Squidoo lens is how you are going to drive traffic to it once its built. There have been many Squidoo lens which have attained top Google rankings by following a few simple rules.

One of the various effective ways to generate traffic to a Squidoo lens is through search engine optimisation. Getting a Squidoo lens to the top of a search term in Google is easier than most other cases, in using Squidoo to promote your site.

Follow these 7 simple steps to use SQUIDOO to promote your site

Step 1 – Visit the more Popular Lenses

Firstly have a look at what the most popular lenses look like, can you offer something better or enhance 1 of the top lenses, what topics are hot, do they fall in the same category as your idea.
The next part is all ways over looked, but if you do it, your lense will rate very high - create a plan of what your Squidoo lens is going to be like. Who is it going to target? What kind of content will be on it? What will the theme be? Having a good plan in mind or on paper is the first step to real success.

Step 2 – Get a keyword rich name
The  next  thing you’ll want to consider is the name of your Squidoo lens. Include the keyword/s you are targeting for a number one spot (or at the very least a spot on the first page) in your Squidoo lens name. This way, your Squidoo URL will contain the keyword/s you are targeting for a high Google ranking. This immediately gives you a ‘head start’ in  using Squidoo to promote your site in the search engine battle!
Step 3 - Add Good content
Go back and have a look at all the articles that you have written, including blog posts and compile all relevant articles you have written or posts you have made on forums into a text file. This content can be used in your Squidoo lens and you don’t even need to type a single word of new content!  Redo some of the words, so that you do not get picked up as “duplicate Content”

Step 4 - Use  Multi-media & Graphics
Go back to your research again, have a look at the top lenses, are there graphics, what type, do they enhance or distract. Then collect the graphics and multimedia files which you are going to use on your Squidoo lens. These can simple stock photos and videos streamed from YouTube.

Step 5 -  Build your list

Add  an opt-in form with your Squidoo lens. This way, not only will you be sending traffic to your web site,  you can  also build your subscriber list at the same time. As the cliché goes, the money is in the list.  So not only will you be promoting your site but building your list  while you are getting FREE traffic.

Step 6 - Market your lens
There are a few great ways to attain quick and easy back-links. One is by posting on forums. Be sure to include your signature which contains your back-link . You can also create blogs at Blogger.com and Wordpress.com and post a quality back-link back to your site.

Step 7 – send free traffic
 Now not only will you be sending free traffic to your site , you will also start driving traffic to your lens from simple tactics like social networking on sites like MySpace and social bookmarking. Commenting on other Squidoo lenses is another way to generate quality traffic. The lower in Rank no your lense is, the more popular will it become

Conclusion
Squidoo lenses often rank very high on Google, so it’s a great chance to build some backlinks, grow your list  and as your lense gets more popular it will  increase your website exposure in the internet to make money online.
So discover now how to use Squidoo to promote your website, learn how to become a Squidoo Guru

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SQUIDOO is a licence to print money

December 7th, 2007

how to make money onlineSQUIDOO IS A LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT

If you Google any recent Internet Marketing product launch you’ll find a Squidoo lens ex high up in the search engine rankings - in some cases higher than the actual product’s home page.

That’s because the gurus and quiet millionaires of Internet Marketing have realized that the search engines LOVE Squidoo, and how easy it is to get a high search engine position with Squidoo compared to a ‘regular’ website.

Here’s just a few of the advantages you can do with Squidoo:

  • Use it to drive limitless traffic to your blogs and sales pages.
  • Get instant search engine boosts by creating valuable backlinks to your blogs and other sites. If you get it right (and I’ll show you how to get it exactly right) you’ll see your Squidoo Lens soar through the Google rankings.
  • Generate affiliate commissions by placing a few subtle links in your Squidoo Lens

and much, much more.

Learning how to ‘Squidoo’ is now easier than ever before

Introducing….

“Become a Squidoo Guru in 24 Hours!”

I’ll show you how I set up a lens from scratch, using the inbuilt systems of both Squidoo and Google to their maximum potential.

Find out:

  • How Squidoo has the potential to earn you an ongoing online income.
  • How to use Squidoo modules to their greatest effect to maximize profit
  • How to get a ‘lava flow’ of red hot traffic to your blogs and websites
  • How to boost your lens to the highest possible Google rank
  • How to get it right, first time and every time avoiding the mistakes that many Squidoo marketers make.
  • Why you don’t have to be a technical expert to start profiting from Squidoo today
  • How Squidoo will soon become essential to Internet Marketing

Become a Squidoo Guru in 24 hours

If you’re serious about being an Internet Marketer then this is one of the tools of the trade you really are going to need - I know because I resisted long enough and now wish I’d got ’squidooing’ last year or even earlier.

Every day you don’t have a Squidoo lens published is lost income, and best of all, the whole Squidoo process is FREE
 

Regards

Alan

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Become an Internet Marketing Warrior

November 29th, 2007

The Internet Marketing frontier can be confusing for the beginner.  It can even be confusing for the professional!  Finding a group of other marketers can offer innumerable benefits to the novice marketer.  Believe it or not, there is already a community of internet marketers, running the gamut from complete beginner to those who are making their full living with IM. If you really want to start a internet business or want to make money online then take a look at this community and see  how to get the most out of it.

The Warrior forum.
The site is called the Warrior Forum, and is located at http://www.WarriorForum.com.  This is a community of internet marketers from around the world who share experience, knowledge, and their products with one another.  Some of the most exciting parts of the Warrior Forum are the Warrior Special Offers, or WSOs.  This is where Warriors offer one another special deals on their new products, or exclusive offers only for other Warriors. 

The advantage of the Warrior Forum 

The Warriors are a tight-knit group, and are very supportive and helpful.  Joining the Warriors, you must remember that in order to gain the Warrior’s support, you must become a Warrior yourself!  Sign up, and then enter the Main Warrior Discussion.  Ask a question, or assist others with their issues.  Spend a week or two just browsing the discussions and throwing in where you have something beneficial to put forth.  Make sure you don’t spam the forum – even clever spam efforts are transparent to the Warriors, and your account will be called into question.  Maintain proper forum etiquette, and make yourself useful to those who need help on subjects that you are good at.

You will shortly find a few Warriors who are interested in doing something that you are interested in.  You may find that they are willing to partner up with you.  Here is the true power of the Warrior forums – finding partners for product creation, promotion, or cross-promotion.  Two heads are better than one, and maybe your knowledge and another Warrior’s technical expertise can create that million dollar website!  Keep your ear to the ground and remain active in discussions on the forum to look for mutually beneficial opportunities to make money online.

Warrior Special Offers 

Finally, give back to the Warriors, not only by becoming a helpful contributor to the Main Discussion, but by offering the Warriors special discounts or deals on your products and services.  The Warrior Special Offers forum is where you post your WSO, and you will find an immediate and responsive audience in the other Warriors.  Here you will also find other Warriors’ amazing products, and can get them at a bargain, simply by virtue of being a fellow Warrior.

Conclusion 

I hope you are beginning to see the advantages to becoming a Warrior.  Starting a internet business & Internet marketing can be a lonely, frustrating process, and having the assistance of experiences marketers can be an incredible asset. You can find out more tips and suggestions like this in “Cheat-Marketing” If you really want to make money online, then  check out the forum and get involved  and get your book on “Cheat- Marketing“– you won’t regret it!

Regards

Alan
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