Sunday, July 20, 2008

Blogging to the Bank 2 - Honest Review

Blogging has been around for a few years now. Most people use blogs to record their thoughts and lives, while the select few use them as a free way to make a fortune.

One guy who uses this to his advantage is Rob Benwell. Last year he dished the dirt on the tips and tricks to making a fortune using blogging. But as time passes the old systems become obsolete and new techniques are required. This is where his brand new, fresh off the press blogging to the bank 2 system comes into play.

For those who know who Rob Benwell is like me, you've probably made a killing using blogs.

For those who don't, he's the story:

Back in 2005 he was struggling to make any profit online, had dropped out of college and was getting deep into debt. He was trying all the techniques the gurus tell you and wasn't getting anywhere fast. All of that went in the bin and he started using his own techniques and started making more and more money using simple blogs. In early 2006 he shared this with the world and had a great ebook called blogging to the bank. Tons of people got rich from using these techniques (including me). He then spoke at Online Marketing Legend Yanik Silver's underground Seminar where he revealed even more of his underground strategies.

But as I said earlier, the techniques used in that ebook are now showing there age. Some of them are not even working in the slightest! This is where blogging to the bank 2 comes into play.

It's full of great new techniques that work online right now! Everything's explained in plain English with all the fluff cut out. I got hold of an advanced copy of the book for a much higher price than what it actually sells for and it has been worth every single cent! I got it in the afternoon and by the evening I was creating new profitable blogs. Within a couple of hours of them being active I had made a nice little profit.

Blogging To The Bank 2 teaches you Robs new step by step blueprint to creating highly profitable long term niche blogs using the newest optimization techniques. There's even a section on advanced Search Engine Optimization. Most people think SEO is difficult but Rob explains this nice and simply so even the blogging newbie will understand it.

Blogging To The Bank 2 is a breath of fresh air and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to make easy money online. Click below for more information about this system

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Free Advertising For Huge Profits

When you run your own small business, or even a major franchise for that matter, your business will always cost you one of two things or both at the same time. These two things are time and money. In cases where you have a lot of money you can spend the money and save yourself time.

This is usually the case of major corporations. They make millions of dollars so they just pay money to get all their marketing needs taken care of. Unfortunately for us small businesses we have to rely on spending time instead of money because the money we get is not as much a profit as is the multi million dollar organizations. This article will cover my personal top 3 free advertising techniques that may take a little time but well worth getting the extra prospects to your business.

My first and most reliable form of free advertising is article writing. What you are reading right now is an article that I have written to get my name out there and branded. If you write articles and submit them to article directories you give yourself a good chance to get traffic from the directories themselves plus others may use your article on their site or in their ezine. The key to getting others to use your article is to offer valuable information that others can use.

Valuable tips and advice will get your article added to an ezine or website which will brand your name and send over even more products to your product or service. More to this is the backlinks you will receive. Any online marketer knows how valuable a backlink can be for your search engine rankings.Further to all these positives an article that others read and find valuable put you in an “expert” position instead of just another sales guy trying to sell some corny product or service.

When marketing online credibility is very important and article marketing can only add to your credibility, this of course if you are putting out quality content and not just junk. All these positives are the reason I think article marketing is the number 1 free advertising method. My second favorite free advertising comes from forums. Now when you are in forums you have to keep in mind you are not there to sell your product or service, so don’t go to a forum and start spamming every message board with your biz opp because that is a recipe to get banned from every forum.

What you should do however is add a catchy line along with your website URL in your sig file and never mention anything about your opportunity. What you should do is help as many people as you can on the forum. This also makes you look like an expert and not just another joe blow. Be very active on the discussion boards and you will see some quality traffic coming from just your sig file.

My third favorite free advertising method is social networking. There are hundreds of popular social network sites out there. Youtube, Facebook, Myspace just to name a few. These three are the juggernauts of social networking. My favorite to use is Youtube and Facebook. Youtube you can post catchy videos and have your website URL in your profile and if your video is good enough it can spread like a virus to so many eyes around the globe. Talk about a ton of free traffic.

With Facebook they have a marketplace that regulars visit on a daily basis. You can also join groups and help others with problems they have and make yourself look like an expert once again. With all the methods above, the key is to portray yourself as a professional and an expert in your field. If you look like an expert people will not just shrug you off and go on to the next guy, they will want to hear from you again and again because they know you know what you are talking about. Eventually you can build a relationship with these people and convert them into buyers of your product or services which of course is your ultimate goal right?

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Search for Your Online Home Business Wealth Building Opportunity

Today is the day you should take a brief fifteen to thirty minutes and search home business opportunities on the Internet. Once you finally do, you will ultimately find the opportunity that you have been waiting for at your fingertips. Think, for a moment, about the amount of time that the average person spends searching the Internet with a fairly aimless purpose. Why waste your time on the Internet when you can put your exploration to good use discovering your future career and path to wealth? It is a virtual guarantee that within the relatively few minutes taken out of your life, searching the Internet will uncover the business or job of your dreams and launch the most rewarding career of your lifetime.

The first time you search for home businesses online, the abundance of choices will amaze and confound you. There are “Internet Businesses in a Box,” most of which are affiliate marketing websites complete with tested and proven products and services ready to go for little or no money. These businesses are by far the best path to success for online business “newbies.” Thousands of documented successes suggest this is how you should launch an internet business if starting with limited financial resources. Save any investment in “big ticket” business opportunities until you turn a profit and develop some knowledge and confidence in your marketing skills. Affiliate marketing businesses that provide quality products, tools, support, and marketing training will help you build your business, consistently turning prospects into customers and team members.

There are also online jobs you can perform solely from your home computer or that allow you to work from home combined with some outside work. This allows flexibility for any personal career requirements and desires. The options for online home business wealth opportunities are limited only by your imagination. It is very important that you remember the fact mentioned above whether seeking an online home business or employment opportunity: the best of these provide signups and websites free of charge. Why? Simply put, when you make money and become successful, the creators of the business profit even more than they did the day before.

Many people remain intimidated by the thought of working from home. They see it as a dream or fantasy — something unattainable. Many people also view Internet home business opportunities as fraught with danger, wondering if they will become the victim of a scam. They are not alone. I also shared these same fears and concerns. Without question, these concerns about online home businesses are valid. In certain respects, the Internet has become a “jungle,” populated with money-hungry, unscrupulous predators. Conversely, you will thwart these money-hungry stalkers when you take your time, research your chosen opportunity carefully, and pay your hard-earned money only as necessary - not because someone “squeezed” it out of you with seductive marketing. Using good old common sense and opportunity “comparison shopping,” you will become a successful member of the internet business community.

Once you complete your research and decide whether you want to “go it alone” as a businessperson or work with a company as a contractor or employee, you can begin building your new career path. For instance, start by working a few hours per week while keeping your regular job if you want to launch your own business. Alternatively, you can work as an employee or contractor for an online business from home on a part-time basis while maintaining a salaried position in the “bricks and mortar” business world. Either approach gives you greater amounts of freedom, flexibility, and finances than you now possess. The big difference between working for someone else and working for yourself: You must consistently motivate yourself to complete tasks or projects through self-imposed schedules and deadlines. The success of your new career depends on this key characteristic. This behavior establishes a strong impression of you as a businessperson or contract employee of distinction in the online world.

Another wonderful benefit of building an online career is that high school diplomas and college degrees are options — not necessities — for success online. Just apply your brains and determination to a solid business opportunity and you will succeed. There are hundreds of high school and college dropout successes on the internet making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year — or more! In fact, we all know the most famous of them - now worth billions of dollars - Bill Gates.

Remember the keys for choosing your opportunity and succeeding with your chosen new career: (1) Do your research; (2) Get a reputable business opportunity that provides the basic tools and live (people to e-mail and talk to!) support; and (3) Find out what you need to know every step of the way and LEARN IT – backwards and forwards!

Millions upon millions of self-educated people across the globe became successful in business throughout history. The only difference between then and now is we have phenomenal access to information and markets across the globe. You can now reach billions of potential customers and business partners via the Internet. Therefore, success is exponentially more attainable than ever before. Take this fact as an inspiration, go online, download, and study free newsletters, courses, and e-books. You can teach yourself many great things through the wealth of free resources available on the web. All you need do is let your desire for success kick your desire and ambition into overdrive and go for it!

Allow nothing to stand in your way when it comes to a dream or desire. You deserve a career that creates great happiness and satisfaction in your life. As human beings, we know there is only one life to live. Enjoying it to the fullest includes a satisfying, profitable career. We spend the majority of our lives working. Therefore, we should spend these years happy. Take the time now to search and find the right online home business wealth opportunity for you. It will be immensely rewarding for years to come.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Little Known Ways to get started with Joomla!

Today business competition is always an issue. Every business wants to be on top. Taking the lead, your business must be online, and you must be making the most of the Internet opportunities. One exciting way of making your business leading is having a website. This website acts as an electronic brochure of your business.

Welcome to Joomla!, a leading open source Content Management System (CMS) platform. An award-winning free open source content management system (CMS) enabling professionals and even non-professionals to build and manage feature-rich, powerful web sites without having to have a broad knowledge of web programming languages. Designed to power simple personal homepages as well as complex corporate web applications.

Joomla! Package is designed to be easy to install, even for non-programmers. You have no trouble getting the software running, and there is plenty of support available for those who have less technical skills. It has a growing and active community that is eager to help and support. It is learning from one another.

Users use Joomla for corporate websites or portals, small business websites, non-profit and organizational websites, government applications, corporate intranets and extranets, school and church websites, personal or family homepages, community-based portals, magazines and newspapers, online commerce and many more.

For developers, they use Joomla for running integrated e-commerce systems, data reporting tools, custom products tools, complex business directories, reservation systems, communication tools, inventory systems and a lot more for the purpose of satisfying every business need.

Unlike other web design software systems Joomla have thousands of fully functional, complete website templates available on the internet, all you have to do is choose the best layout that you like and add content to it.

Joomla possibilities are endless, it aims to manage every aspect of your website, it answers a unique need of your business from editing content to updating it from time to time. The big advantage, you need not to worry for a lot of expenses for your website if you are comfortable working with computers and the Internet then Joomla is right for you. With Joomla business is made easy!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mind Power: Succeed with the Law of Attraction

You have probably heard about the law of attraction and perhaps even how knowing it can change your life. But what exactly is the law of attraction?

The most basic premise behind the law of attraction is that like attracts like. It is the same way that a magnet’s opposite poles attract. But while opposites attract in the case of magnet poles, like attracts like in the universe in general.

In layman’s terms, your reality is simply a manifestation of your thoughts. If you think negatively, you attract negativity and bad situations. But if you think positively, you attract positivity. Your external world is a reflection of your inner world.

Be careful with your thoughts, as they most likely will manifest into reality through the law of attraction. And, it is worth noting that the law of attraction applies to everyone, no exceptions. It is very much like other laws in physics – for instance gravity.

Of course there is also intensity here in the equation – the more intense your thoughts and feelings, the more powerful the manifestations you attract. Let’s say from a scale 1 of 10 your negative thoughts score around 2 in intensity – you will then attract similar thoughts and situations corresponding to that intensity. So if your intensity is 10, watch out!

Activating the Law of Attraction is akin to flipping a switch. Sow the seeds of positive thinking and you will bear the rewards in the future. You can attract like thoughts and situations based on what is in your mind.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Cool New Service: Make Professional Looking Websites Fast And Easy

Hi there fellow e-marketers.

Today I've got an interesting message from Brad Callen. For those who don't know about him he's one of the experts on topics like Search Engine Optimization, Keyword Research, Affiliate Marketing and more. As the founder of Bryxen Software he has developed well known products as Keyword Elite, SEO Elite and several other programs that help people with time-consuming tasks and projects.

For info of his products, you can visit the links below:

Keyword Elite: www.keywordelite.com
SEO Elite: www.seoelite.com
Affiliate Elite: www.affiliateelite.com
Directory Submitter: www.imwishlist.com/DirectorySubmitter
Article Submitter: www.imwishlist.com/ArticleSubmitter

Oh, and by the way Brad Callen send a very interesting message today. He and his staff is on their way with a new revolutionary product. That is an absolutely amazing service and it is 100% Free. So with this service you'll be able to set up your own website quickly even if you don't know web techie stuff at all. It is about drag and drop, point and click. It could not be easier than this. They haven't released their site yet for the masses, but they have a blog and you can visit it here: Blinkweb Blog. Click on the video and watch it. I think this will be an exciting experience, based on the video.

A video is not enough and only shows the potential, but as many already know him and his staff through their excisting products, I think this will be a great service.

As soon as they release this service I will have a test on it and submit a more detailed article about my experience on this.

Again, click the video on this page: Blinkweb Blog

/Ragnhild

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Blogging For SEO: How To Get Maximum Search Benefit From Your Small Business Blog

If you have a small business blog, or are thinking of starting one, you should be aware of the ways you can use your blog to drive traffic to your Website. It’s simpler than you think.

The first thing to understand about your blog is that each entry is counted as one Web page. Even if you have your blog set to display 10 blog posts on the same page, each of them is counted as a separate Web page by the search engines. That’s why it is important to treat each blog entry as an SEO tool. The following tips should be kept in mind for each blog entry in order to optimize them for the search engines and drive more traffic to your Website from your blog:

  1. Optimize each blog post around a single keyword
  2. Make sure your keyword is in your blog post title,
    preferably at the beginning
  3. Use subheads with or tags that also use your keyword
  4. Include 1-3 keyword links (anchor text) in your blog posts
  5. Sign every blog post with a signature link that uses your keyword
  6. Use bold and italics effectively to emphasize certain
    keywords and phrases
  7. Be sure to ping the directories
  8. Include tags for all of your blog entries
  9. Use categories effectively
  10. Make links appear natural by linking to internal pages
    of your Website

Because each blog entry is a separate Web page, the search engines will crawl them and index them just as they do your Web pages. Optimize each one heavily around a specific keyword related to your Website and that’s an extra doorway into your Website for each page indexed at the search engines. Also, by adding anchor text to a couple of those keywords and pointing those links to relevant internal Web pages of your Website you are improving the SEO effect of your blog entry. A poll of top SEO experts by SEOmoz revealed that a majority of those SEO experts said these type of keyword links are among the top 10 most important SEO factors for ranking Web pages. Don’t give up on keywords and anchor text.

You’ll also want to include keyword tags with each blog entry. Those tags will be used by the search engines to index your pages appropriately for your keywords. Also, social bookmarkers will find it easier to tag your blog entry if they like it and this makes it easier to share among their social group.

Your blog category should indicate an important element of interest as well. Unlike tags, you should only choose one category for each blog post. Don’t use “main” or “uncategorized.” Those are too generic. Use a specific keyword-related category as that will make your blog posts more crawlable by the search engines.

There are more than 100 blog directories that you can ping to let them know you have updated your blog. I suggest you do this every time you update your blog. With WordPress, and several other blogging software platforms, you can input each directory into a field and the software will send out an automatic ping each time you update your blog. If you are not using WordPress you should go to Ping-o-Matic and use it to ping your blog for free.

Finally, if you sign your blog posts with a keyword-rich signature that points to a relevant internal page of your Website, this will make your Website more crawlable and give you another anchor text link. Use something like, “Find Out More About Keyword.” Then add another link that points to your home page.

The important thing to remember about keywords and links, whether on your blog or your Website, is to make them appear natural. The benefits are enormous.

About The Author
Caroline Melberg is President and CEO of Melberg Marketing. She has over 20 years of experience creating exciting marketing campaigns for some of the most successful companies in the world. She publishes the popular eZine, “Blue Chip Tips: The Secrets of Blue Chip Marketing…Revealed!” Learn more today at http://www.melberg.com.