Generating Traffic to the Website's that you're Promoting

When it comes to your efforts for generating traffic to your website, you can never do too much to get it. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and there is more than one way to get website traffic. This section is going to show you what they are. So why wait; let's get right to it because this section is a perhaps the most important one. It likely makes more sense to begin at the top.

For starters, you can start to generate traffic with Sub-domains. Sub-domains are websites that are located within a directory of your main site and have their own domain name. This method is a chosen method of webmasters because it is simple to do. Because sub-domains use the same resources as the main website, they are normally much cheaper than getting another hosting account, however it does require more bandwidth use. Their low cost and flexibility make sub-domains a great way to direct traffic to your site without overstretching your budget. When you use Sub-domains as Portal Sites, you should know that one of the best uses of sub-domains is portal websites.

Portal websites are sites that link to your main website and have a similar theme, for example, if your website is about selling cars, your portal website would be about car parts. Basically, they provide another portal, or doorway, for visitors and search engines to get to your main website. So if someone input a query about car parts, the search engines would send them to your website that is about cars. Do you see what I mean? Since creating content for a website takes time, often webmasters simply modify the existing text of the main site and reuse it on the portal site. It is important that the content is not exactly the same and that the portals do not just redirect the visitor's to the main site. Otherwise, search engines may not index them. Portal websites can be submitted to the search engines just like your main site. What this means is that the more portals you have, the more visitors you will get. If your website is doing alright in the search engines, then imagine having five more websites out there for the spiders to find. Five more listings mean that Web surfers have five times as many ways to find your network of websites. You still with me? Portal websites are just like sub-domains but they do not have their own URLs, so it is actually cheaper than subdomains. Search engines and links go hand in hand.

More and more search engine spiders or robots are taking into consideration the number and ranking of sites that are linked to you. By linking your sub-domains to your main site and to each other, the ranking of all of your sites is going to be greatly improved.

Banner Exchange Programs are an extremely popular way to get traffic to your website. Banner exchange programs allow members to share advertising space on each other's websites. Banner exchanges also help you to bring in new clients and customers that you may not have already had. It is like I said in the first few sections; they are a great way to generate traffic to your website, but you may not want to clutter your main site with ads due to loading issues so you have to be careful. Remember the earlier sections that explained the graphical issues that can slow down loading times of your website and force visitors to shut your site down. Portal websites provide a good place to test different programs and direct the resulting traffic to your main site.

You must also try to find Alternative Markets if you want to get your website out there. Search engine spiders will pick up on content variations among your websites. Subtle differences could place a site in a category that you had not thought of and open up an entirely new base of visitors and/or customers. This is again along the lines of finding and writing keyword rich articles etc. that will draw in and attract people to your wares that may not have been looking. For example, when your site is about car parts and you place reviews about cars and articles about cars on your website, it varies your site information enough to draw in potential car buying customers as well. If you are affiliated to a car merchant, this could really boost both of your business. It falls into the category of becoming affiliated with like sites.

Product and Service Specialization is going to be a great asset to your website's traffic. Your main website may have dozens of different products and services. This is great for your business, but when your website is only general, it can hurt your ranking in the search engines. That is why you must focus on one specialization with your website. Specializing allows you to set yourself up as an authority on the product is service that you are selling. Using sub-domains to create sites that specialize in one product or service increases your keyword density and improves your ranking. Plus, many consumers would prefer to work with a specialized business than a one-stop shop because when you are selling everything, it tells them that you are an authority on nothing! Believe me, this is not going to help you in the long run.

Text Link Ads. One of the most successful forms of advertising today is text link ads. They are a bit friendlier for your bandwidth and they don’t take up a lot of space. The can be easily implemented into most page layouts with little effort. Good text links ads offer some information as to why your web site visitor should investigate the offer that is being advertised rather than just saying buy me. A company that wishes to make an advertisement should also supply you with very short text links which only state the product or company name. The reason for this is so that you can implement the links directly into the content of related keyword articles and reviews. This form of web site advertising is a bit time-consuming since it is so hands on, so you really have to choose your products carefully. The information that you supply to your web site visitors will help them make their choices so you have to be honest in your sales copy. If you are successful in this promotion strategy, over time your reviews won’t be seen as hype and bluster, but as a reliable source of information that visitors depend on.

Email Hot Lists are another great way of generating traffic to your website and sell services. What they are is just another form of contact information that you can use to get and keep in touch with new clientele. Using hot lists is not the same thing as a contact list. Email hot lists are things that you pay for from other companies that contain the email addresses of people who are looking to buy or are buying items just like those that you are selling. They are called hot lists because there is no guess work here. Your contact list is from people that meet your targeted audience already. That is why it is so important for you to know who you are trying to sell to.

Building an Email hot list .Are you reluctant to use unsolicited email to contact new prospects? You should be. The last thing you want to do is make all of your potential clients mad launching terrible 'flame campaigns' against you or your company or worse.

About your affiliates. My advice is to not get involved with anything that even resembles spam. However, if you use email lists properly, and in a non-intrusive way, you can make a lot of money and keep perfectly safe in the process.

Benefits of Blogging and Blog Marketing

By Online Guru of OnlineGuru

You’ve heard about it, niche blogging, but you still can’t see what benefits there are to gain from doing it. I think it is a well known fact within the blogging world that when it comes to turning your blog into something profitable, you would need to target your niche markets.

But some people have gone beyond niche markets and also emphasized the importance of locating sub-niches that also have great potential for being profitable. But first, let’s recap and talk about what a niche is.

A niche is a target market that has good profit potentials and isn’t saturated by your competitors. The idea is to find a market that not only interests you but also one that is unique, allowing you to stand out more.

But of course, you would also want it to be profitable. Meaning, there has to be a decent number of people interested in that niche as well. After all, you are blogging for profit.

Niche blogging would also make your blog more interactive as you get people who are genuinely interested in reading about what you have on your blog. This open discussion would also help in making your blog grow even further.

Niche blogs are also more alive due to this interactivity between you and your readers that other sites don’t offer. This would help you get to know the people who go on your blog even more and learn about the things they like.

Knowing your readers would also help you in improving the kind of articles you have on your site as well as choosing the kind of products to promote.

In no time, you will see the benefits of having this communication with your readers as more and more people come onto your blog. As long as you keep putting up informative and relevant articles, the number would just increase.

So make sure that you keep the articles entertaining and don’t mix it around too much. Keep your blog updated and try to always be ahead when it comes to news. Once people realize that they can rely on your blog for the latest on whatever topic it is you’re writing about, they are sure to come back each and every time slowly building you a loyal reader base.

Another thing that every good blogger knows is to stick to one topic and don’t mix a number of different subjects in one post.

This would distract your reader from the actual point of your post and eventually make them lose interest.

The key to a successful blog is to have the ability to keep the reader interested even when you are writing about just one topic. So choose one that you are very passionate about so that you’ll find various things to write about which are all relevant to your niche.

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How Blogging And Deep Linking Correlate With Each Other

By Tom Lindstrom

There is no hidden secret that in order to have success with an online business, you have to be generating continuous traffic to your web site. There are a number of ways you can go about doing this, most focusing on the page rank of your home page and reeling people in to your home page. But one method that people often overlook is the importance of deep linking.

Deep linking is a link to a page other than your home page. It can be so easy to focus all of your attention on your home page, but you want to disperse your traffic throughout your entire web site if at all possible. After all, many times it is the pages within your home page that will generate the majority of your revenue.

With deep linking, you want to build credibility and importance to the internal links of your web site. It is great getting people to your home page, but this does not put them where they can make a purchase always. If you have a number of critical internal links you want to make money from, why not send them to that right away?

So if you are looking to start deep linking, how you can go about getting people to your internal links? Really, you can use just about any other method that you would use for your home page, except change the link. One method that is highly efficient is blogging.

Blogging allows you to talk with people about your entire web site and find out specifically what they are looking for. Then, instead of sending them to your home page to search through all of your pages you can send them to the specific page they are looking for.

Too often entrepreneurs will sell a product to a prospect only to send them to a page to show them everything else they can have. Show your prospects some respect by saving their time and giving them exactly what they are looking for. You will only benefit from it and maybe even have them return because of your courtesy.

There are typically three reasons you would want to focus on deep linking for your web site. The first is if your home page has a high page rank but all of your other pages have little to no page rank whatsoever. Another reason would be if a number of your web pages are not getting picked up by the search engines. Lastly, you should worry about deep linking if you have optimized your internal pages for competitive search terms. While it puts a challenge on you, you can still succeed.

Blogging and deep linking are directly correlated in that blogging can be a great way to inform people about your internal pages and generate traffic to these revenue making web pages. Get out there and let the world know about your entire web site, not just the home page.

How To Get Guest Blogging Jobs

By Tom Lindstrom

Blogging has turned into a vital piece for entrepreneurs to add to their online businesses. While it is essential to make a post every day to keep a blog going, many small business owners simply do not have the time to do this. Because of this, there is always the demand for guest blogging jobs.

As a guest blogger, there are several benefits. You get to expose your knowledge and content to a new readership that you may have never found yet. And if you work out a deal with the person you are blogging for, you may be able to link back to your blog generating more content.

As the owner of a blog, they benefit from having a guest blogger for a number of reasons as well. It gives the owner a break from posting so they can focus on other facets of their business. In addition, it can be beneficial to get a different writer’s perspective on things and freshen up the site.

So as you can see, it is a win-win situation to find guest blogging jobs. But the real question is how do you go about finding these jobs? There are several ways you can approach this to take on a true opportunity that few even think of.

The first and most obvious method is to keep your eyes open for anything that comes up.Try to post in blogs that are within your niche and do not be afraid to ask the blog owner if they have ever considered hiring a guest blogger.You would be surprised at how often people will make a post saying they will be out of town for a few weeks or are busy with other issues. This is the perfect chance for you to shoot them an email and present your offer.

If you do have a blog yourself, it can be beneficial to post in forums related to your niche asking people if they need a guest blogger. You can include a link to your blog so people can see the quality of your work and how you run your own blog. Even if you do not have your own blog, it is worth it to present an example post so people know how you work.

The most important thing to keep in mind when looking for guest blogging jobs is to be proactive and social. You are never going to find this kind of a job by just sitting back and waiting.You have to be willing to constantly post in other people’s blogs and be assertive. Do not be afraid to ask and always be ready to present examples of posts you have made.

Blogging is the answer to Earn Money Online

By Princejay Events

Are you one of those who are hoping to earn big money online?

Blogging is the answer to earn money online. Making big money, is another story. But first in order for you to earn money online, either you have to create a website or a blog.

There are a lot of available free blog or blogging sites in the world wide web; few of them are the following:

* blogger.com

* 360.yahoo.com

* wordpress.com

* typepad.com

* blogspirit.com

* thoughts.com

* blogdrive.com

* myblogsite.com

* today.com

* bloggista.com

* richnicheblogging.com

* livejournal.com

* tripod.lycos.com

* thefreesite.com

* and so many other sites.

Just make your search engine work for you.
Once you created your website, you are now ready to make money from it.

Actually, there are few ways in which sites can make money. The two most common ways are:

1. Earn from blog on Advertising Revenue

2. Earn by Selling Goods and Services

Before you start making your blog, make sure to check and visit some blogs to get an idea.

SAMPLE BLOGS:

BLOGS ON AFFILIATE INCOME

BLOGS ON LUNG CANCER

BLOGS ON SENIORS HEALTH INFORMATION

Making Money on Blogs From Advertising

By Princejay Events

If you already have a blog, now you are ready to start making money from it. But first, make sure your blogs are consistent on its content.

When you visit many websites, you will surely notice that there are numerous links, graphics and banner advertisements displayed on most pages. If you are a newcomer to the scene or on the internet thing, you will surely think that a website must either be created or owned by a big and established company or that the website is popular that they can get many advertisers for their site. This is also true when you watch a TV show or when you scan a magazine or newspaper. The impression of the more advertisers you see, the more successful it is.

The truth on this, anybody with a website or blog can get advertisers. Yes, it is that easy.

For some really famous and established websites, they are being contacted by some companies who offers them to advertise on that particular site, this happens when your website is catering on a specific region or area but this is what you should know, you can get advertising revenues even if you are just starting out and even your blog or website is still unpopular.

The easy way to do this is just to join as an "affiliate" of various sites or networks that offer such business opportunity for everyone. You can join a site like this either directly, or through an affiliate network. An affiliate network is simply an intermediary of the recruitment process, this is where you can select from a variety of advertisers.

Are you ready to earn online?

Building A Huge Opt-in List From Your Blog
By Tom Lindstrom

Having a huge opt-in list can be extremely beneficial for your business. It gives you the ability to capture people’s names and addresses. From there, you can use this information to inform them of new products you have or specials you have going on. In general, it can be a great way to increase the amount of sells you have.

There are several ways you can go about building a monstrous opt-in list, but there are a number of ways you can increase your list just through your blog. And with it becoming more essential to have a blog than ever, it is important you apply these tips to your blog immediately.

The first thing you can do is use a pop up ad to catch people’s attention when they get to your blog. You are probably saying to yourself that these things are so annoying and that is the last thing you want to put on your blog. But you would be surprised at what pop up ads can do for you. All people have to do is fill out their name and email and they can be on their way.

The next thing you can do is place a sign-up form on the top of your blog so people see it immediately. Right when people get to your blog, the first thing they will see is your form. Even if they do not want to sign up immediately, they may be more inclined to do so after reading what you have to say on your blog and begin to trust you. Having it on the top of the blog allows them to see it multiple times as well.

As you are probably well aware of, having a blog gives you the opportunity to talk about anything you want and go in whatever direction you choose. While it is a much more conversational and casual place to talk, you can still promote your business through your blog from time to time. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with mentioning your opt-in list form every week or so.

Lastly, everyone likes free things regardless of what it is. Why not create an e-book or some other kind of product that you can give away for free. Just tell people that all they need to do is provide their name and e-mail address and they can receive the free product. Make sure they know the information is strictly for your opt-in list and nothing else.

9 Ways to Make Money by Blogging

9 Ways to Make Money by Blogging

By Darren Rowse

Do you want to make money blogging? If you do - you’re not alone. More and more bloggers are finding that blogging is a profitable medium. Whether it be to earn a few extra dollars a week to feed their coffee habit, or making enough money to stop them having to get a part time job to get through college, or whether they’ve got it to a point where they are able to make a full time living from their blogging - there are tens of thousands of bloggers making money from blogging.

I want to share some information for beginners on making money from their blogs.

I will start by sharing my own top Money Making Methods (updated regularly) but below that point you to some great resources and teaching on how to increase your income from blogging.
What follows is a quick summary of my main income streams from blogging. Before you read it though - keep in mind that every blog is unique in how it can make money. Some of the following income streams will work on some blogs a lot better than others - the key is to experiment with as many as possible and see what works best for you.

The following income streams (from a number of blogs) have helped me to earn a six figure income each year for the last three years from blogging. I’ve ranked them from highest to lowest.

I hope you find it useful to see the mix and variety of ways that I earn a living from blogging.

1. AdSense

Despite not using it here at ProBlogger any more (here’s why) I continue to use AdSense with amazing effect on my other blogs. I have them all set to show image and text based ads and find that 250×300 pixel ads work best (usually with a blended design). I don’t have much luck with their ‘referrals’ program but their normal ads work a treat and continue to be the biggest earner for me.

2. Chitika

Chitka continues to be a great performer for me on my blogs. They work best on product related blogs although their recent announcement of their Premium ad unit is exciting as they now offer ads with a non product focus that I’m hearing great conversions on (I have one reader who is getting $28 CPM on this ad unit).Chitika offers a range of ad units that I experiment with. I find their eMiniMalls work best and that Related Product Units are also good. Their Shoplincs product isn’t performing as well as it once did for me - mainly because I’ve been promoting it less and have driven less traffic to it. Over the time I’ve been using Chitika they’ve now earned me over a quarter of a million dollars - I can’t recommend them enough!

3. Private Ad Sales/Sponsorships

Private ad sales directly to advertisers have continued to grow over the last few months and as a result they’re now my third highest income stream. I expect them to overtake both Chitika and AdSense in the coming months. This includes ad sales of the 125 x 125 ads here at ProBlogger as well as a campaign or two at Digital Photography School.

4. Amazon Associates

Amazon’s affiliate program has been one of my big movers in the last 12 months. I used to make a few odd dollars from it - however in recent times it has become a significant earner for me (as I’ve shared previously). This quarter it grew even more than previously as a result of continued growth of DPS where I recommend books, software and cameras.

5. Miscellaneous Affiliate Programs

I run a variety of affiliate programs on my blogs - most of which bring in smaller amounts of money that don’t really justify a category of their own. These include - - Digital Photography Secrets (a camera technique series), Pro Photo Secrets (a great photoshop product) , Yaro’s Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program (about to open the doors again), SEO Book (Aaron’s legendary resource) and the excellent Teaching Sells course (which just continues to grow in what it offers to it’s members in terms of content).

The great thing about many of these programs is that they are of such high quality that they sell themselves and I am being emailed from readers who sign up to them thanking me for the recommendation!

6. Shopzilla

As I wrote recently - Shopzilla has really impressed me with how it’s performed over the last few weeks. It’s actually doing well enough to debut in this list at #6. The ads are similar to Chitika but the click values have been higher for me to this point. They don’t offer quite as many options as Chitika does in terms of types of ads but for a new ad network there’s definitely promising signs. I’m looking forward to seeing how they continue to develop!

7. ProBlogger Job Boards

The job boards here at ProBlogger continue to grow each month in the number of advertisements that are being bought. This enabled me to invest most of the money that they’d earned a while back into getting a new back end for the boards and to redesign them. It hit me today that the boards are now bringing in around $1000 a month in revenue which is pretty nice considering that they are so low maintenance to run. They also offer a service to readers and add value to the overall blog.

The only problem that I face with the job boards is that there are so many bloggers looking for work that the demand for jobs far exceeds the supply. On the good side of things is that advertisers are reporting getting amazing quality of applications.

8. WidgetBucks

Another newcomer to this list is WidgetBucks - another ad network that ProBlogger readers will be familiar with.

WidgetBucks is similar to Chitika and Shopzilla in many respects and works well on product related sites. It does best on sites with US traffic (the reason I’ve not used it as much as I get a lot of international traffic) so if you have a product related site with a US audience it’d be a no brainer to try out WidgetBucks. I’m hoping they’ll continue to expand their offerings in terms of ad types and visitor location.

9. Miscellaneous Advertising Programs

I also play with a number of other ad networks. Some I run as tests to see if I should review them here - and some are just advertising that run in the background on some of my smaller blogs. These include ShoppingAds, Feedburner RSS ads, Vizu (a poll advertising system), Kontera and Bidvertiser. Together these don’t add up to major earnings for me - not because they are not good, but because I don’t use them heavily (a blog can only run so many ads on it).
I think that that covers most of it although it’s worth mentioning that last time I did this list I also included TextLinkAds which used to be every bloggers favorite way to make money blogging by selling text links. I’ve stopped using them due to Google cracking down on them (read more about this here) but it’s worth noting that many bloggers still use them successfully - I advise to proceed with caution.