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Review: Instant Video Articles
Posted by: | CommentsJust received word on a new product called Instant Video Articles. After watching the 7+ minute sales video, I was impressed with the product so I thought I would purchase it and try it out. After playing with it for a few minutes, I was able to produce a few fun videos in a variety of formats. It will export videos in five different formats – .mov, .mp4, .flv, .avi and .swf formats.
This is a very simple to use product that comes with 50 mp3 sound files that can be used for background music or you can add a voiceover. It is on a limited-time sale for the bargain price of $17.00. I know, what a low price for a product that can make you a decent return on your time producing videos. Could be a huge boost for promoting an affiliate product too.
Just a quick word of warning – This is not a full-blown software for producing Hollywood videos and the low price definitely reflects it.
For the introductory low price, Instant Video Articles very well could fit in your web toolkit.
Review: Blogging to the Bank 2010 – The Truth!
Posted by: | CommentsBlogging has been around for a few years now. Most people use blogs to record their thoughts and lives, while a select few use them as a free way to make a fortune.
One guy who uses this to his advantage is Rob Benwell. In 2006 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 2010 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. Then July 2007 he released Blogging to the Bank 2.0 which showed users his new methods to creating online wealth using blogs. In total both versions have been read by over 50,000 people across the world.
But as I said earlier, the techniques used in these ebooks are now showing there age. Some of them are not even working in the slightest! This is where blogging to the bank 2010 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 2010 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 2010 is a breath of fresh air and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to make easy money online.
Writing Web Content that Fits a Site’s Purpose
Posted by: | CommentsWeb design today is content-driven and most business websites strive to have content that attracts readers while still maintaining recognition by search engines. People use the internet for a variety of reasons and included in these is the desire to buy a product or service. By the same token, they are quickly turned off to a website where the web content does not give them the product information they need. Here are some tips for you the web designer for writing, purchasing, or editing web content that not only fits your web design but also integrates with the marketing plan of your web design client’s business.
Web content should first be written to solve a problem. People choose to buy a product because they believe it will give them a solution to their problem. For example, people visit health and nutrition websites because they want to get in shape but don’t know where to start. They may not be looking for a particular vitamin or health supplement per se but wanting to know what is the first step to improving their fitness. Your web content should consist of helpful articles relating to fitness and health improvement that will be of interest to them. Remember that the focus is on the visitors and not your web design client.
Before writing your content, determine what likely keywords and key phrases a person would use to find a website. One way to do this is by using Google Adwords to get statistics of search terms entered by users that are related to a search term you want to use. Another similar tool is the Free Keyword Tool from Wordtracker. The idea is to use key phrases or keywords in your web content that reflect commonly-used keywords in the major search engines like Google. By using these key phrases and keywords, the search engine crawlers can properly read the website and classify it accordingly in their index. Don’t saturate an article with keywords and key phrases because it will affect the flow of words making the article difficult to read. Many recommend no more that 1 to 2 percent keyword density.
Web content should be written so the reader can skim. Few people have the time to read everything on a web page in detail. Within a few seconds of looking at a website, the visitor should be able to figure out what it is about and if it provides a solution to his or her problem. One way this is accomplished is by keeping paragraph lengths short or using lists. Paragraphs should stay on the ideas of their topic sentences. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph and the remaining sentences develop the first. Some recommend only two or three sentences per paragraph but four or five are acceptable as long as the paragraph topic is fully explained. A good rule of thumb to follow is if the paragraph looks too long, try to see if it can be split up into two topics.
Web Design University
Posted by: | CommentsI found a wonderful new web design course operated by the good people from iThemes. They have a ton of information they present on a variety of design topics and also have some very good information on actually running your business too. I found the videos on how to use Firefox add-ons very helpful and easy to understand. Best part is many of these tools are free and can be quickly obtained. They are giving a ton of advice on using WordPress to not only build a Blog, but as a Company or personal website. This was one area of great interest to me and I found many shortcuts and excellent advice in setting up WordPress to work well with SEO.
One topic that went into excellent detail was Branding. I know that many users can benefit from this and how important it can be to the success of your Blog or Business.
The site is easy to use and the recordings and videos are professionally produced. I joined with the yearly membership option and know I already have received training that is more valuable than the price of the membership and I’m only in the second month.
More information on Web Design University can be found Here.
Two Easy Steps to Effective SEO Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsIn order for your business to succeed you need to create as much awareness as possible. Traditionally this was called “market penetration,” and it has more recently been also named “web visibility.” No matter what you call it, it still means the same thing: that you need to let consumers know about the benefits of using your business. The more satisfied customers you have, the more successful you become.
Search Engine Optimization has been a key component to most internet marketing strategies over the past several years. Although it is a very simple concept, there are many particular peculiarities that you need to understand in order to launch an effective strategy. While submitting your page information to the myriad search engine companies allows your page to be indexed and accessed during a search inquiry, that doesn’t necessarily mean that your site will be easy to find.
First of all, you want to make sure that the page contents of your site are fresh and high in quality. Many people just reproduce the same stuff they find on other sites, regardless of its quality. This does not improve your site rating, and it will actually decrease user motivation to return to your site. People want to read interesting content that is also insightful and entertaining. Relevant pictures, music, and video help too.
You will also want to make sure that you use high-yield keywords. All SEOs operate on keyword density, meaning that an inquiry always relies heavily on exact word matches. This is why you need to write a decent sized article that contains a small percentage of keywords that will appeal to the search engine web crawlers. Having a unique and relevant title also helps.
Super Green Web Hosting – Beware!
Posted by: | CommentsI just received this note from one of our readers. “After seeing the link on your website, I decided to sign up with Super Green Web Hosting. I found their rates good and decided to go for the three year term and paid upfront via PayPal. Their site advertises “Instant Activation” which could not be further from the truth. After waiting 14 hours, I contacted their online chat and was informed that my account would be live in a couple of hours. Not true. I waited an additional 8 hours with no welcome e-mail then contacted the online support. After waiting a few minutes a rep came online and asked the domain I signed up with. This was the same question the earlier rep had asked and it was in the form when you start the chat. After checking for a few minutes he came back and wanted to know If I had received a phone call or e-mail for account verification. I told him I had received two e-mails and I had replied to them right away. He informed me my account was on hold and he needed all of my information and he would forward it to the billing department. I became very uncomfortable with this style of business and told the rep this. He then asked the same question about the additional information with I felt was not reasonable sending over a non-sure chat service.
I then asked to cancel the registration and refund my PayPal account as I was going to another host. He never replied and I have been forced to open a PayPal dispute. It is now 48 hours later and Super Green Hosting has not replied to my PayPal dispute and they still have my money. I have researched a bit more and found that they have a Sister Company Justhost.com I will not give this Company or any Company associated with Super Green Web Hosting my business in the future.
I just wanted to warn your readers of the terrible service I received from this outfit.”
Two Easy Steps to Effective SEO Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsIn order for your business to succeed you need to create as much awareness as possible. Traditionally this was called “market penetration,” and it has more recently been also named “web visibility.” No matter what you call it, it still means the same thing: that you need to let consumers know about the benefits of using your business. The more satisfied customers you have, the more successful you become.
Search Engine Optimization has been a key component to most internet marketing strategies over the past several years. Although it is a very simple concept, there are many particular peculiarities that you need to understand in order to launch an effective strategy. While submitting your page information to the myriad search engine companies allows your page to be indexed and accessed during a search inquiry, that doesn’t necessarily mean that your site will be easy to find.
First of all, you want to make sure that the page contents of your site are fresh and high in quality. Many people just reproduce the same stuff they find on other sites, regardless of its quality. This does not improve your site rating, and it will actually decrease user motivation to return to your site. People want to read interesting content that is also insightful and entertaining. Relevant pictures, music, and video help too.
You will also want to make sure that you use high-yield keywords. All SEOs operate on keyword density, meaning that an inquiry always relies heavily on exact word matches. This is why you need to write a decent sized article that contains a small percentage of keywords that will appeal to the search engine web crawlers. Having a unique and relevant title also helps.
How You Can Get More Exposure With SEO Articles
Posted by: | CommentsSearch engine optimization (SEO), result of a natural search, is a process by which quality and volume of traffic is improved to a particular website. A website receives more visitors only if it appears earlier in the search result list. SEO as an internet market strategy considers what is being searched by people and how is it done by search engine. To increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove indexing activities barriers, a website is optimized by editing its content and HTML.
Most of writers don’t have an idea to write Search Engine Optimization articles and how to your articles can get more exposure on the internet. One method of getting exposure to your articles is to write them with some back links and submit to different directories. You get advantage with these back links as you can make people to visit the web page you want them to do so. Remember to use the web page you want to be visited, not your webpage, as many people do it by mistake.
Improvement of your article in search article listing with back link is one way of getting traffic to your website. On the other hand, article itself can get improved in search listing. Your articles can be listed on the first pages if they prove to be worthy of it.
The core of SEO writing is to use the words that naturally appear in your website relevant to article. It doesn’t mean density of a particular word but the use of the word related to that word called synonyms. Suppose you want to write an article about prawns. In order to optimize it to the best of your abilities, it is not a good idea to write the word prawn only with high density. Rather, find some synonyms for the word “prawn” in dictionary or thesaurus like shrimps, shellfish and crustacean etc and use them in your article. That’s what means to SEO your web page and get more exposure to your web page. You can use this technique for any keyword for your SEO article.
To get more exposure to your SEO article, make it useful and educational for the reader. The purpose of the article should not be to write for SEO only but to get attention and interest of the readers. The articles that are written for SEO only, are worthless in fact. Online writing companies have made it easy for the webmasters to buy SEO articles of their relevant topic. Some companies provide better SEO article writing services better than others. Always make sure to get your article written by the companies which have necessary skills of writing SEO articles.
After writing SEO article yourself or get it written by an online company, you have to submit it to article directories, free or commercial. It will be published by a publisher if he gets interested in it. Always choose a right category while submitting your article.
Three Easy Steps To Effective SEO Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsAs e-commerce continues to grow, companies need to have effective internet marketing strategies so they can capitalize on the nearly endless traffic of consumers that log on every day. SEO articles are the most common form of internet marketing because they are simple, effective, and can cost you nothing if you write them yourself. Here are a few tips to remember when you start to write your own SEO articles.
First of all, you need to have a catchy, but unique title. Even if your topic is somewhat common, you’ll need to find an attractive title that has never been used before. This will help search engines find you without lumping you in with all the other articles that are similar to yours. Your title should be 6 to 8 words long and consist of an interesting, but relevant, combination of words. You can easily find out how common your title is by simply typing it into a search engine and seeing how many results pop up. If your title is popular, you might be able to alter it slightly by adding words at the beginning or the end. This will maintain the integrity of what is obviously a strong keyword phrase while separating it from the masses.
Secondly, you need to make sure that you use the right keywords in the body of your articles. You can use free tools like Google Adwords Keyword Tool to get a list of suggested keywords that pertain to your topic. This will help you get started on your article. Articles should be no more than 800 words with a keyword ratio of 5-6 mentions, or 2-4% ratio. An average article is around 500 words. Overloading your articles can actually damage your rating and even remove you from search engine indexes entirely. Be sure to learn all the abbreviations and versions of short-cuts for your coding too, since no two sites are the same.
Also, learn a bit about the different ways to link your site to the article, which will always result in bringing more traffic.
Finally, proofread. Though this seems very obvious, this is also the most overlooked. You will be surprised how one simple misspelling or syntax error can severely affect your index score. Web users are particular about grammar and relevance and the appearance and flow of your article will affect its popularity, so give it a good look over before you send it to the virtual presses.
Generate Traffic With Forum Marketing
Posted by: | CommentsPosting in online forums on a regular basis is a wonderful way to learn more about internet marketing as well as generating traffic to your website on a long-term basis.
If you have never participated in online forum then you should begin by making it part of your every day life for your business. Not only is online forum posting a great way to cut your advertising costs in half, it also offers a free door to a possible targeted market.
Consistency is truly the key here. By logging into an online forum and answering questions some members might possibly have, you will begin to generate clicks to your business website.
Forums are a great place to learn. You can increase your knowledge within online discussion groups. Make sure you read first as compared to always being the one typing. Your goal is to learn about the needs of your target market. This will enable you to revamp your advertising techniques.
The primary goal of forum marketing is that you are allowed to put your signature link file at the end of your comments.
Here are the benefits
Members seeing the offers on your website
This is achieved by allowing members to click through to your website. Once they are on your website, they can view the offers available.
Build up incoming links to your domain name
Over time, this allows you to develop your website with your domain name. This is a wonderful head start in achieving good page rankings. You should also note the content and back links, which are the two main things that counts the most with search engine optimization techniques.
Search engines pick up forum posts
This means that if you answer a question in a forum and someone types in that same question, your answer will be found within the major search engines. What this means for your business is that even more free-targeted traffic will be coming to your website.
You should understand how important it is to use online forums as a marketing strategy. You have nothing to lose but everything to gain. Build up your reputation as a business owner by helping other and sharing your knowledge.
The success of your business depends on how you follow these useful tips. Remember to be courteous as well as polite in the online forums. Be helpful to the online members. Ask and answer questions. This is building on your reputation as a business owner and this can only spell success for your business if you stick to these simple tips. Perform your research and do not go into the online forums blindly. Arm yourself with knowledge and this should place you on the path of success in no time.

