tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49761106259815042212024-03-19T05:03:11.095-07:00Blog SpecialistBlog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-73844400042147870552008-07-27T00:02:00.000-07:002008-07-27T00:03:10.537-07:00Thesis Wordpress ThemeLooking for a good Premium Wordpress Theme for your blog? I've got a recommendation to make... try Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme.<br /><br /><strong>What's Thesis Premium Wordpress Theme?</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://diythemes.com/?a_aid=theweblogzone"><img title="Thesis WordPress Theme" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 3px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Thesis WordPress Theme" src="http://diythemes.com/aff/scripts/sb.php?a_aid=theweblogzone&a_bid=3df7afc8" /></a><a title="Thesis Wordpress Theme" href="http://theweblogzone.com/thesis-premium-wordpress-theme.html">Thesis Wordpress Theme</a> is the best Wordpress theme optimized for search engines. 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This article shares some of the best blogging techniques that you can use in promoting your nternet home based business.<br /><br />Blog Commenting<br /><br />One good way to find targeted quality readers for your blog, is through blog commenting on other similar niche blogs. If you focused on similar niche topic on other blogs, the readers will be very interested in what you have written as well as your valued opinion.<br /><br />This is even more so if you have already established yourself as a well known expert writer in your business niche. Within a similar business niche, you probably share a lot of common interest with these people or marketing similar products for your internet home based business. However as there are no two marketers who have the same approach in providing profitable solutions on their online business opportunity or ideas in promoting an internet home based business, the continuous interaction among bloggers would always be welcomed by all.<br /><br />You may not see immediate traffic growth, but if you make commenting on blogs a daily practice, you will over time, see quite a big number of bloggers of similar niches, visiting your blog.<br /><br />Frequent Blog Posts<br /><br />Now that you have learned that Blog Commenting will over time, bring targeted traffic to your blog, you really need to ensure that you always have good, unique and informative contents to offer your readers. Place yourself as the one looking for useful information or brilliant ideas to make money for your own internet home based business. You would like to see creative and unique contents that you think is vital to your business growth or your new online business opportunity. You should aim to write at least two such blog posts in a week.<br /><br />Your Blog Title Tags<br /><br />Title tags are what comes up at the top of the browser when viewing a page and shows up in search engine results as the title of your post. It is also the only information available to the surfer after he puts his query in the search engine box, so it is important to put your best effort here. Your title tag description should include your keywords you are targeting for your internet home based business. It must therefore describe your contents not only accurately but convey a well-written message to entice the reader to want to click further to read up the information that you offer for your online business opportunity. The keywords in your title tag may or may not be necessarily found in your website content page.<br /><br />Get Feedback From Your Readers<br /><br />Have you ever felt like impossible to write fresh, unique content for your blog? Sometimes you also felt like you have reached a stage where you don't have any new developments to update on your internet home based business. How are you expected to satisfy your readers' demands? Well, one very good way is to obtain a feedback from your readers. You can easily put a feedback section on your blog and customize some simple questions to obtain such feedback that will give you more ideas to write about. However do ensure that you have sufficient people participating in the feedback before you arrived at the results.<br /><br />Guest Blogging<br /><br />Guest blogging really means you write a blog post at someone else's blog or someone else writes and publishes a post on yours. One of the benefits of doing this is provide your readers with fresh articles to read or showing a different aspect of the topic. It also provides better exposure for you and your internet home based business which you are promoting. Depending on how high the page rank of the blog, you may enjoy higher traffic on your blog posts and more importantly to your main webpage. One of the benefits of guest blogging is that you are no longer bound by rules governed by article directories, allowing you more links in your post, or anchor text pointing to your website. Guest blogging therefore helps to generate more traffic for your online business opportunity besides helping to establish your name in the niche market and lets you reach out to a wider audience to promote your internet home based business.<br /><br />Whether you are a new or an experienced internet home based business marketer, you are about to find another interesting online business opportunity when you visit Peter Lee's Work At Home Ideas and Opportunities<br /><br /><strong>MORE BLOGGING TIPS</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/22/fruitfultime-task-manager-special-contest/">Special Contest - FruitfulTime Task Manager Giveaway! </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/21/netizens-immune-to-advertisements/">Netizens - Immune To Advertisements </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/20/submit-your-blog-free-directory-no-reciprocal-link-needed/">50 Directories With Good Google Page Rank - Submit Your Blog For Free With No Reciprocal Link Needed </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/18/monetize-your-blog-make-money-with-blgads/">Make Money From Your Blog With BlgAds.com </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/17/blogger-vs-wordpress-better-blogging-platform/">Sunday Link Love - The Better Blogging Platform (Blogger vs. Wordpress) </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/16/blogging-tips-improve-blogs-page-view/">Simple Blogging Tips To Improve Your Blog’s Page View </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/15/entrecard-traffic-disliked-by-advertisers/">Entrecard Traffic - Disliked By Advertisers </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/14/broke-alexa-top-100k-useful-tips/">How I Broke Alexa Top 100K In Less Than 3 Months </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/13/get-more-information-about-blog-readers/">How To Get More Information About Your Blog Readers </a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/02/12/benefits-knowing-blog-readers/">The 3 Benefits Of Knowing Your Blog Readers </a>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-5034679711179057522008-01-28T08:26:00.000-08:002008-01-28T08:27:11.852-08:00Computer Memory is an Essential Part of the ComputerComputer memory is an essential part of the computer because it allows it to store vital information that you will need. Whether the information is in the form of pictures, data or sounds, a computer with a lot of memory can store it for you. There are three basic types of computer memory and you will need to know a little bit about each to ensure your computer is running effectively.<br /><br />Random access memory or RAM is the same thing as your computer memory. RAM is the main memory center, so essentially, it is the most important. Your RAM is used almost every second you're on your computer each day. The reason RAM is so crucial is that it is used to store your files and programs and it affects many other computer aspects as well.<br /><br />DDR computer memory can be bought to increase the amount of memory you have, but first you will want to learn a little more about your computer. Understanding how it works will help you work better with your computer.<br /><br />The more RAM computer memory your computer has, the faster it will work for you. If you find that you're computer has been very slow lately, you might want to look into buying some DDR for it. If you aren't sure what to buy or how to install it, it's best to let a professional do it this time around. You will find that all electronic stores that sell RAM will offer optional installation services for a small fee. If you choose this option, it would be a great idea to ask them exactly what they did so you can do it yourself if the need ever arises again.<br /><br />But, if you know a little something already about computer memory, why not install your DDR program yourself? It will save you some time and money and your computer will be back to working at optimal speed in no time. Either route you choose, don't neglect the health of your computer. If it starts working differently than it ever has, get it checked out or troubleshoot the problem yourself. This will ensure that it stays working great for years to come.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/">Blogging Tips</a><br /><br /><a title="July 25, 2007" href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/25/how-to-create-valuable-contents-for-your-readers/" rel="bookmark">How to Create Valuable Contents for Your Readers?</a><br /><a title="October 7, 2007" href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/10/07/how-do-you-thank-your-blog-readers/" rel="bookmark">How Do You Thank Your Blog Readers?</a><br /><a title="January 13, 2008" href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2008/01/13/sunday-link-love/" rel="bookmark">Sunday Link Love</a><br /><a title="October 13, 2007" href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/10/13/how-to-create-a-blog-that-stands-out-8-effective-blogging-tips-for-bloggers/" rel="bookmark">How to Create a Blog that Stands Out? 8 Effective Blogging Tips for Bloggers</a><br /><a title="June 26, 2007" href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/06/26/blogging-tips-when-writing-content-for-your-blog-readers/" rel="bookmark">Blogging Tips When Writing Content for your Blog Readers</a>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-24662396630033286362008-01-13T05:07:00.000-08:002008-01-13T05:08:29.483-08:00Blogging 101: 6 Reasons Why a Blog Can Benefit Your Online Business.Blogs have taken over the internet!<br /><br />Everyone is blogging from politicos to teeny boppers. Many teenagers have resorted to blogging as an outlet for their emotions, a little online nook where they can blurt out their feelings and blow off some steam. <a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/">Blogging Tips</a>. However, savvy marketers have discovered that blogging is one of the best Internet marketing strategies available. The best part is that blogging is just a cent or two more expensive than free.<br /><br />So what exactly is blogging? Blog is just a fancy name for web log and really it is nothing more than an online journal. A blog can be set up for very little cost and it makes a very viable internet marketing tool.<br /><br />Blogging for your online business is a proven way to enhance the visibility of your business products and services. Below are 6 proven methods for using a blog to jumpstart your online business and start cranking out the cash.<br /><br />1. Building trust with your customers is key to any successful business. A blog is a great way to get information about your business out to your clientele. Keep your customers abreast on your business and any changes to your web site. Announce your new product line and affiliate programs with the use of your new blog.<br /><br />2. Your blog is a great way to keep all of your articles and business information. Quality information makes for the best web sites, so put up all of those old articles and anything else you have lying around that makes good content. The content on your blog can be easily stored through archives. <br /><br />3. As a business owner in your chosen niche you would probably be considered an expert, right? Well since you're an expert don't be afraid to give your advice and opinion. Blogging provides you a great opportunity to give product reviews on items that might help your customers. You could make some extra cash by endorsing quality products unique to your niche. Whatever your niche is I'm sure that there are products you can sell to earn affiliate commissions. <br /><br />4. By posting your articles on your blog you can allow people to republish them as long as they include your resource box. We all know what is included in your resource box, that's right it is a link to your web site! Before you know it we will start acquiring back links like crazy. As stated in the previous section you can use articles with affiliate links to start cashing in with your blog.<br /><br />5. Use your blog as a way to gather information from your customers. Have them fill out surveys on how you can improve your product(s). It makes them feel involved and builds trust. Getting the input of others, especially people that have purchased from you is always a good thing. Even if you don't like the answers! A blog is a great way to get instant feedback from your customers and that is a very valuable tool.<br /><br />6. Submit your blog to blogging lists and syndicate it so that it becomes a viral marketing machine. When you have a blog that stands out in your niche people will be walking over each other for every new post you make. By syndicating your blog you give notice to all interested parties every time you make a post!<br /><br />Setting up a blog is easy, you can either purchase blogging software or use a blogging hosting service to do it for you. LiveJournal and Blogger.com are the most popular hosting companies in the blogging arena right now. They are easy to set up and the hosting companies provide you with easy to follow instructions on how to start your new blog. <br /><br />Take these 6 tips and put them to use in your evolving online marketing arsenal, you will be glad you did.Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-48685199613799976292007-11-11T04:01:00.000-08:002007-11-11T04:02:40.055-08:00Ten Search Engine Optimisation MistakesSearch Engine Optimization (SEO) is not something performed as a blanket approach to website development, it is an individual set of actions performed page by page to suit that page's particular goals and SEO needs. I like to break up a clients website into specific and important pages based on the keyword terms we have identified through research and then write the first few pages to suit those terms. We associate page titles, page file names (buy-blue-widgets.html), H1 tags, description and keyword Meta tags and in page content to tell the story that match those identified keywords. It is also important to ensure your pages are W3 compliant and have no errors.<br /><br />I have compiled a list of some of some common Search Engine Optimization (SEO) mistakes.<br /><br />1. Bad Titles. Titles are the most important thing about a webpage. Search engines spiders see the title on your page first and they make a general assessment about it based upon this. They scan the page and make sure the content of the page matches the title and then assign rankings based upon these matches and how they best fit. The title tag is the best way to inform the search engine what your page is about, and they play an important part in ranking if used properly. Placing your main identified keywords in the title and ensuring to obey the rule of leftward and stemming is vital - leftward rule, the closer the word to the left of the sentence the more important it is, stemming is where words can be associated but with words in-between i.e.: Great Blue Widgets when stemmed would allow Great Widgets. It is important to ensure your title matches your page content, description and Meta keywords and in unique for your website. Every page title and content should be unique otherwise is will be ranked supplemental. <br /><br />2. Filename of the page. It is important if you are using dynamic websites like Joomla or other content management systems that a search engine friendly URL translator is installed. Because I use Joomla every day I will describe what I mean relating to Joomla. In Joomla (and most other dynamic websites) URL's like the normal Joomla URL "index.php?option=com_mtree&task=listcats&cat_id=1766&Itemid=35" drive the website. The problem with these URL's is that they are unintelligible by humans and also by search engines. Installing a search engine friendly URL component will change these pages to something more meaningful and also including your keywords in these page names can help with SEO. The newly transformed search engine friendly URL would look like this "buy-blue-widgets.html". If you do not have a dynamic website then ensuring your page name is short, to the point and contains your main keywords for that page maybe with a call to action like "buy" and "blue widgets".<br /><br />3. Duplicate or Bad Content. Ensuring your content is unique and relevant is vital in SEO success. Often websites just duplicate content or bring in plagiarized content from other websites. It is my experience that these websites fail dismally in search engine rankings. Write some decent and unique content or maybe search online and find someone who can actually write you decent unique content for a fee. Make it good, friendly and unique content that people will want to link to. If you are listed in the supplemental index of Google then making sure you titles, descriptions, Meta keywords and on page content is unique is the only way to drag them out of the supplemental index.<br /><br />4. No Links. Having covered off a few of the on page most important SEO tips we now look at links, which are an off page SEO concept. For each person or website that links to your website it is a vote for your site. If the website that links to yours has a high pagerank itself then it carries more weight. Simply having good keywords, titles and text on your page is only part of SEO. Just because you created a unique and perfectly optimized webpage does not mean you will automatically gain a decent pagerank for that page. In order to ensure SEO success you have to create incoming links - this is probably the hardest part of search engine optimization because you are effectively selling your pages all over the Internet. One way to gain instant (within a few weeks) links is to pay for text advertising - A search on Google will uncover some of the best text linking services. Link exchanges are bad because for every vote you get you are giving one away and if you happen to link to a "black listed" site then Google will penalize you significantly. One way links are the ultimate in SEO link campaigns so seek out directories (either paid or free, you need to evaluate), post in forums, write articles and submit them and ask other friendly webmasters if they can help you out with a link. The best way to gain links is to have unique content that other people actually want to link to.<br /><br />5. Incoming link anchor text. Having pointed out how important it is to gain incoming links it is now important to also point out that the text those links are anchored to is important also. The text should be targeted at your main keywords and the page they point to should have those keywords as relevant and prominent also. The website you link from should be relevant to your website. So, as an example I own a web design company in Melbourne, Australia so I gain links from web hosting providers and/or open source Joomla sites in or around my region. Getting 1000 links from a casino related website will serve no benefit to my website and will not make it rank higher for "web design" keyword search terms. Use professional common sense when gaining links.<br /><br />6. Bad Internal Page Links. We return to on page factors that you can work on within your website. It is important to make sure that the anchor text linking to pages within your own website is relevant to the target page. Make sure the title tag is filled in also for each link. You have the greatest control over links from within your own web site so make sure they are relevant and that link title and the on page copy match the main keywords of the target page.<br /><br />7. Live links. Using some external tools like the link checker that W3 Org offer is good. I suggest harnessing as many tools as you can to ensure all of the links on your website are live, working and not sending people to 404 error pages. It is also important to check and make sure your page markup, or html, xhtml, is valid so W3 also offer a tool to check this. Make use of both of these freely available tools.<br /><br />8. Impatience. Search Engine Optimization is not a short term task. It is one of an ongoing refinement after refinement and hour after hour of working on your website. Producing unique content, checking it, validating, listing and checking the search engines and making sure they have it listed correctly. Do not think for one second that you can optimize your site thoroughly ever and do not ever think that just because you are number one for a search term that it will indefinitely stay that way. Search Engine Companies are always changing their ranking and rating systems and coupled with this there are always other people out there gunning for your top spot. Keep looking to improve and learn more and don't sit back and wait for others to take your top spot, be proactive, seek out new content, links and keep ahead of the curve.<br /><br />9. Keyword selection. This is proving to be a very common mistake among beginners to SEO. Often people base their own keyword selection on what they *think* is right but is this what people actually search for when they are looking for your product or service? Often the answer to this questions is no. It is an important step to do the correct keyword research and ensure you have the right keyword list before you optimize any pages with them. Using Overture, Google Adwords and some other paid keyword tools like WordTracker (the default standard in Keyword Finding) are vital to success in finding good keywords. It is important to localize your target market and figure out what they are actually searching on when they are looking for products or services that you offer. Do the research and be as specific as possible while still being broad enough to capture some high keyword traffic.<br /><br />10. Keyword Spamming and Stuffing. If you sell "Blue Widgets" then every page of your site does not need to have "Blue Widgets" in the title, description and Meta tags. Try and be objective and analyze you website. Focus pages on a specific group of keywords you have identified from the keyword list. Sometimes finding niche markets locally first can be best. So, as an example, "Buy Blue Widgets Australia" or "Buy Blue Widgets Melbourne". These would be examples of good second or even third tier search keyword phrases but you can make some good sales with these niche terms because the searcher is targeting buying these items.<br /><br />These are not the be-all and end-all of Search Engine Optimization mistakes but I have found these to be the main mistakes made by my clients prior to Kanga Internet being involved. Good luck and I wish you all the best with your SEO efforts.<br /><br />Article Source: http://www.articlesnatch.com<br /><br /><br />About the Author:<br />For professional Internet Marketing contact Kanga Internet. 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The links and posts on Free Blogger templates will continue to grow over the coming days as I search for more websites or blogs that offers free Blogger templates. If you know of a website or a blog that offers free Blogger templates that hasn't been included on my list, please inform me through my email - bloggingmix[at]gmail[dot]com or you can just leave a comment on this post.<br /><br />You might also be interested in these free useful tools you can use to evaluate your blog's performance.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/check-your-alexa-traffic-rank.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093291553507750754" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Check Your Alexa Traffic Rank - View and compare Alexa Ranking graphs." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4iNC48XkE0sKcQ7T0OTBJoRScxpIm5i1TWxfMlVU0hoqL2JcSdiC_j3A5V2Kg0b5jJ3qxQBcvI1iKsbCZi7pN-sP7DjbhbUKJEbp6fbEUc-e6zL-7K7edQTzu-hqPbPYWnXnF4nzn34/s400/Alexa+Ranking+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /></a> <strong><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/check-your-alexa-traffic-rank.html">Check Your Alexa Traffic Rank</a></strong><br />View and compare Alexa Ranking graphs.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/broken-link-checker.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093291437543633746" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Check Your Website for Broken Links - Use this tool to check for broken links on a website." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxmazdkPRtDFsKO7dLLpXdpfcHvv6l94hP7646mAgLZib10-J27XwoZKFI_BFxBUuwrirCja67DPBIQPF1QrCYCiHwD8Oa4lYFxNnXpg2wRIPh7KC0e5lhC-SwmF0-IDMW0qFaJfb2DA/s400/Broken+Link+Checker+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/broken-link-checker.html">Check Your Website for Broken Links</a></strong><br />Use this tool to check for broken links on a website.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/reciprocal-link-checker.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093291373119124290" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Reciprocal Link Checker - Check your reciprocal links to see if link partners are still linking back to your site." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_B1lKNJyfaVsJP4Rb9eVIVIN0Ewzz_UJKUqUexes9AvEW5-U25uGPvb52w2-zPGwrj8nhN-nna6HZHaew9fAWoKuVFqsfXUi1_Ta0vkUJbFkR7rBDkGdIteMeWc2hZQymz4m6hxqkKc8/s400/Reciprocal+Link+Checker+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/reciprocal-link-checker.html">Reciprocal Link Checker</a></strong><br />Check your reciprocal links to see if link partners are still linking back to your site.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/website-speed-test.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093291149780824882" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Website Speed Test - Find out how fast a specific website loads." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IeDGbVOS0tMZO5PCjXr8P9B_M4JxeR2CKv3AjVm_rfJdVKtFr2YLYlrttOGoM0hA-XvypU_efDX0wRFM9mxPKG5Ez4mioY41QNNOP8jOL1nspr5q4XqOmPCcAc4KvAMVADtbE5KQfQw/s400/Speed+Test+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /><strong>Website Speed Test</strong></a><br />Find out how fast a specific website loads.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/google-banned-checker.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093291050996577058" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Google Banned Checker - Discover whether a website is banned on Google." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEkgtNi1S_2vEeWMWtjeBWV51D-P88mPenA_hCLEViWf8H28oTAurLJS5Ncy6gaoFKUImzdcgjIOOxcj_eQz6lBCyWhTz-7VuaCiQ23NPlNK3jFWo3KOOabDZTcR7ieVIXXdsqeOw4Sk/s400/Google+Banned+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /><strong>Google Banned Checker</strong></a><br />Discover whether a website is banned on Google.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/index-checker-google-yahoo-and-msn.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290952212329234" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Index Checker - Check for the total number of pages of a specific website which are present on search engines." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QJgSRaqAoBhLqrNwSd0jIdd_3h4z4jL7ecuQ-QUbVreE46H7BTX21I90GXl-GJyeVSjMeqyaX0iJmsDvZbi_H2KRtglvC0cpd-H_ax2h4AZ9JhJXaLUaa3AhyKGUkhkmOOQEfUEpSmk/s400/Index+Checker+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /><strong>Index Checker</strong> </a><br />Check for the total number of pages of a specific website which are present on search engines.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/page-rank-checker.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290857723048706" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Page Rank Checker - View Google PageRank on different Google servers." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7e9ZsCe4vAmZwffyz4pWQy5JInzwfrlKdGYS0-5loVpo0ivyC5GdRuM_Rxu4gXON91QelYYJQDXavbV4DwLoZBowFP1_vrDtihe6YizBcpp-WYR0e1z1HdwwbHN2yfyh51pLJVxjrBSA/s400/Page+Rank+Checker+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /><strong>Page Rank Checker</strong><br /></a>View Google PageRank on different Google servers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/source-code-viewer.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Source Code Viewer - View the source code of a page." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ILrdlgROLCZ-83XZi1F9ZUXbAUQNqxqW4qwLbOKIcoInZ4FRKI74NlckEDZYrk1QH1ewZyndjaITUjA9tBU12mPoLZbaa3NUoh7HsrB8Ae6GAL2fKuhhpe5TXSpX5jTbyHVP0HgOwaQ/s400/Code+Viewer+bloggingmix.GIF" border="0" /><strong>Source Code Viewer</strong></a><br />View the source code of a page.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/blogs-search-engine-position.html"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Search Engine Position - Check your search engine positions on Google Search Engine." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273529036.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Search Engine Position</strong></a><br />Check your search engine positions on Google Search Engine.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/keyword-density-checker.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Keyword Density Checker - This tool is useful for helping webmasters achieve optimum keyword distribution." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273530256.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Keyword Density Checker</strong></a><br />This tool is useful for helping webmasters achieve optimum keyword distribution.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/search-listings-preview.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Search Listings Preview - Create a preview of how your website will appear on Google, MSN and Yahoo Search." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273531451.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Search Listings Preview</strong></a><br />Create a preview of how your website will appear on Google, MSN and Yahoo Search.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/domain-whois.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Domain Whois - Find all the information you need on any domain name. Check the DNS settings, Registrar details and much more." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558805.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Domain Whois</strong></a><br />Find all the information you need on any domain name. Check the DNS settings, Registrar details and much more.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/google-page-rank-prediction.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Google PageRank Prediction - This predictor tool does what it says, it predicts your future Google PageRank." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558807.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Google PageRank Prediction</strong></a><br />This predictor tool does what it says, it predicts your future Google PageRank.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/keyword-suggestion.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Keyword Suggestion - Find related keywords matching your search." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558813.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Keyword Suggestion</strong></a><br />Find related keywords matching your search.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/meta-tags-generator.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Meta-tags Generator - Generate and configure your meta-tags." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558808.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Meta-tags Generator</strong></a><br />Generate and configure your meta-tags.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/link-shortener.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Link Shortener - Make a long web address short and easy to remember." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558810.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Meta-tags Generator</strong></a><br />Make a long web address short and easy to remember.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/link-price-calculator.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Link Price Calculator - Estimate how much to pay for a link." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558812.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Link Price Calculator</strong></a><br />Estimate how much to pay for a link.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/07/domain-availability-checker.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093290715989127922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="Domain Availability Checker - Check for available domain names." src="http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1495/9208629/16893804/273558816.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Domain Availability Checker</strong></a><br />Check for available domain names.<br /><br />Thank you for using these free tools. I hope you found them useful.Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-40443476095935612092007-09-23T02:18:00.000-07:002007-09-23T02:19:03.605-07:00Blog Rush - New Updates on its Widget<a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/put-some-flavor-on-your-blog-rush.html">Blog Rush will soon introduce flavors on their widget</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/put-some-flavor-on-your-blog-rush.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113323239360067698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaGMkkzFKjjyvr-E6BWRkYumrkfZveb9eD-RzQHQ25F2UHM4Lli9Cd0JBf7k4rCKvscx7WahntNaAESZ-v9waX_17tpBJST42pLqKARpquqt0ZzHZMs9LX5CgbNBD9sJyDDDLwoCuHWdh/s400/flavorssmall.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><blockquote><strong>MORE NEWS…</strong><br /><br />It seems that some people are trying to call BlogRush a “pyramid scheme” or stating “there’s just no way the future impressions will ever be able to be served based on the promises of what referrals will bring. The math is impossible like other schemes of this kind.”<br /><br />Anyone that is saying this doesn’t understand how BlogRush works…<br /><br />EVERY SINGLE IMPRESSION GETS REWARDED FOR *THAT* IMPRESSION AS IT HAPPENS. There is no “promise” of future rewards based on referral activity today. Each and every impression of the widget (and impression of the 5 headlines per widget) is rewarded AS IT HAPPENS. And when all the math is said and done, it also leaves 1 out of every 10 headline spaces left-over for BlogRush to use to monetize the service. So apparently some people think it’s all based on false promises that the network will eventually “catch up” and pay rewards in the future. This just isn’t the case. Every single impression that occurs is calculated and rewarded to the generations ‘above’ — that’s how the math has to work.<br /><br />We’re working hard to move to the 100% Manual Review Process as quickly as possible, and other improvements.<br /><br />As I’ve now said many times, our SOLE FOCUS is helping our members generate quality, targeted traffic. So we’re hard at work to make that happen.</blockquote><br /><br /><p align="right">John Reese - income.com/blog</p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/whats-new-at-blogcatalog-blogcatalog.html">What's New at BlogCatalog?</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/increase-technorati-authority-and-blog.html">Increase Your Technorati Authority and Blog Ranking</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogrushcom-more-exposure-equals-more.html">Blog Rush - More Exposure Equals More Traffic!</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/fechrcom-broken-promises-and-failed.html">Fechr.com - Broken Promises and Failed Expectations!</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/create-your-own-free-three-and-two.html">Create Your Own Free Three or Two Column Blogger Template</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/http/www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/beware-of-quechupcom-its-one-hell-of.html">Beware of Quechup. It's One Hell of a Spammer!</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/free-directories-submit-your-blog-now.html">Submit Your Blog to Free Directories</a>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-24796498088579908392007-09-17T05:13:00.001-07:002007-09-17T05:13:54.379-07:00Traffic Rush From blogrush.com - Join NOW!<a href="http://www.blogrush.com/r77927450"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111141968608237538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Traffic Rush From blogrush.com - Join NOW! : Blog Rush is the newest way to increase your traffic. It’s from John Reese, a renowned and successful internet marketer. Creating a Blog Rush account is free. And installation of the Blog Rush widget is easy. It will take you less than five minutes to do all the simple and easy steps." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbabvQpJeSsPNWfTTfSYvz1tenXqOvqCmrHXM5D1LDc6MM9PrYO2meRkA6uwWn6tR_Ign4b-TBjH1mTKmF-gTswiODFWL0sSO6ZxNWCCWdN3Ckv-cazf8HLQqTpeloY7LroycTeFPykzvL/s400/blogrush.jpg" border="0" /></a>Blog Rush is the newest way to increase your traffic. It’s from John Reese, a renowned and successful internet marketer. Creating a Blog Rush account is free. And installation of the Blog Rush widget is easy. It will take you less than five minutes to do all the simple and easy steps.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogrush.com/r77927450" target="_blank">Join Blog Rush Now and find out for your self.</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">SUGGESTED READINGS</span></strong><br /><br /><menu><li type="square"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/http/www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogrushcom-more-exposure-equals-more.html">Blog Rush – More Exposure Equals More Traffic!</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/fechrcom-broken-promises-and-failed.html">Fechr.com - Broken Promises and Failed Expectations!</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/create-your-own-free-three-and-two.html">Create Your Own Free Three or Two Column Blogger Template</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/http/www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/beware-of-quechupcom-its-one-hell-of.html">Beware of Quechup. It's One Hell of a Spammer!</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/free-directories-submit-your-blog-now.html">Submit Your Blog to Free Directories</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/exchange-blog-reviews-open-invitation.html">Exchange Blog Reviews - An Open Invitation</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/how-to-protect-your-blogger-blog-from.html">How To Protect Your Blogger Blog From Hackers?</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/viral-linking-to-increase-technorati.html">Viral Linking to Increase Technorati Ranking and Google Page Rank</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogging-contest.html">Blogging Contest</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogsrecordcom-blogging-mix-review.html">Blogsrecord.com - Blogging Mix Review</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/improving-comment-system-for-blogger.html">Improving Comment System For Blogger Users</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/free-unique-themed-3-and-2-column.html">Free, Unique, Themed, 2 and 3 Column Blogger Templates</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/blogging-mix-performance-report-3.html">Blogging Mix - Performance Report 3 Months After It Was Launch</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/optimizing-your-title-tag-blogger.html">Optimizing Your Title Tag - For Blogger Users</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/effective-ways-to-increase-your.html">Effective Ways to Increase Your Technorati Ranking</a></li></menu>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-39428514391458378772007-09-16T04:05:00.000-07:002007-09-16T04:06:07.721-07:007 Top Ways To Get More Traffic Now!To succeed as marketer, you must direct meaningful traffic to your website. <br /><br />No matter how well designed or interesting your site is, it is a waste of time if no one sees it. <br /><br />In the initial stages of your business, getting traffic is not easy with the steep competition of thousands of web sites all trying to get their message out there. There is hope, though, according to successful marketers. The following seven methods, applied consistently, can mean a great increase in the quality and quantity of traffic to a site: <br /><br />1.) Utilize Search Engines <br /><br />Use search engines to your advantage. You need to have your web site appear near the top of the results, ahead of other websites offering similar content to gain the maximum benefit from a search engine. How is this accomplished? See 2. <br /><br />2.) Popularity Linking <br /><br />Your site must already be attracting a considerable amount of traffic to achieve high search engine results. One method for accomplishing this is by connecting to other relevant sites via links. These "popularity links" help drive traffic, and if targeted to the correct search queries they can boost your search engine ranking. <br /><br />Link popularity always starts with finding web sites that are similar but do not compete with your own. You would contact the website owner and request a link to your site. You would, at the same time, offer a reciprocal link which would advertise their website on one of your pages. <br /><br />3.) Writing Articles <br /><br />Writing your own rich content articles on topics targeted to your audience helps promote your web site by increasing the number of popularity links coming to your site (see 2) as well as attracting interested readers. Your articles can be placed on other sites, in ezines, or even in newsletters. Always be sure to ad a source box with a link going back to your site. <br /><br />4.) Joint Venture Marketing <br /><br />Joint venture marketing, a marketing relationship in which two individuals cooperate to help promote each other, is also an effective way to promote a product or service. Joint venture agreements can also include swapping ads and exchanging links. Both parties benefit as they reach a wider customer base fairly quickly. <br /><br />5.) Joining Affiliate Programs <br /><br />By joining an affiliate program as a merchant, you can get others to market your site. You will need your own product to start your own program, but this can be accomplished through the use of private label content or product development ventures. Even a small-scale affiliate program can help direct significant traffic to your site. <br /><br />6.) Creating A List Of Subscribers <br /><br />A subscriber list is a valuable asset for any marketer. Using an autoresponder or a personalized newsletter to promote your site will help you to build a repeat visitor base, providing direct marketing opportunities for now and in the future. <br /><br />7.) Understand Your Market <br /><br />Different niches need to be promoted in different ways. Use the techniques described up until this point to reach people who will be interested. You need to figure out who your target market is and how will you treat them once they get to your site? This will affect everything on your site including your ad copy and even the colors you use. <br /><br />Use as many strategies as possible to generate targeted traffic. Relying on search engines is obviously important but there are numerous other ways to generate traffic. Combining these methods will maximize the traffic you get. <br /><br /><br />About The Author <br /><br />Laurie Raphael operates a website geared toward boosting your marketing results using various means of advertising and marketing strategies. 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Too slow or lousy loading drives away visitors. The reason behind is – they don’t want to WAIT, that is! <br /><br />Patience and time are two of the precious attributes why you have to make your site easy to load. Patience because visitors do not have patience to stick with your site until your site has fully loaded. Visitors can change their mind in just a flick of a finger thus your site must load as fast as a flick of a finger to keep them from running away. Remember that they have lots of alternative sites to choose from so give them reason to consider your site? Time, on the other hand, is an essential element to everyone. Who would want delay when you can have prompt results with other websites? <br /><br />What therefore, are the things to be considered? First, we have to bear in mind that not everyone has cable modem, T1 or ISDN connection to the internet. Thus, web designers must ensure that sites load as fast as possible. <br /><br />Second, we have to consider the bandwidth. Avoid using multimedia forms. These sound files can take up immense bandwidth especially if they are .wav file. Videos can also be more demanding to loading a site. If it is unnecessary or there are other alternatives to multimedia, then, do not use it. If ever it is pretty important to have them in your site, limit the size – that’s your last alternative. <br /><br />Big images mean big loading problem. Aside from multimedia forms, also limit the use of huge images. In order to reduce them, use simple and smaller dimensions. You can do this by resizing or compressing your images. There are tutorials available on the Net which will guide you on how to reduce size of images without making it look grotesque and unclear. <br /><br />After, resizing or compressing, you can use your images on the front page and it will be in the browser’s cache and it will load quickly on other pages when called for. Therefore, you need not worry about loading them again and again. <br /><br />Defining both the length and the width of the image can also be a good alternative. In addition, it will update you on how much space it will utilize therefore saves time. <br /><br />Another thing that you can do is to make your front page as short as possible so that it will not take long to load. Explanations and prolonged discussions must be put on the next pages. <br /><br />After you have done these techniques, do some tests. If you are satisfied with the loading time – better! <br /><br />About The Author<br /><br /><br />Maricon Williams <br /><br />Please visit Web Development Services Pros site at http://www.webdevelopmentpros.com/sections/Website-Design.html for comments and inquiries regarding this article.<br /> <br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">PREVIOUS POSTS</span></strong><br /><br /><menu><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/create-your-own-free-three-and-two.html">Create Your Free Three Column or Two Column Template</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http/www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/beware-of-quechupcom-its-one-hell-of.html">Beware of Quechup. 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The formula of this manner of a net directory saves you the time spending task of searching into every single company goal website.<br /><br />This look for might turn out to be a time taking exertion since there is an ever increasing figure of websites that make finding this information intentionally complicated as so to attempt and reject spam and also the mechanized submissions.<br /><br />Obviously the directories have to be search engine welcoming and to maintain a good page rank, and so causing the act of directory submission to become an useful and an essential instrument intended for online marketing.<br /><br />Via doing it correctly you can reach a senior mark In search engines results and have the advantage of receiving your website indexed and obviously obtain a click through internet traffic to your internet site.<br /><br />There seem to exist a rising discussion taking place on the net whether directories are worth submitting to. There are those who would sa that it’s a time waste submitting your website that also an immense amount of directories are insignificant, those persons of course put their trust at search engine rankings at the net, however a lot of the webmasters do not succeed on the way to recognize the difference between the search engines to the directories.<br /><br />This failure to tell apart the two would possibly lead the road to a fall down within the efficiency of the use of internet directories in order to increase the sites page rank and then to produce internet traffic, toward the site.<br /><br />The robotic "spiders" applied through the search engines whose lone target is to blindly save information from within the internet pages consequently as to add them on their database.That is why search engines also use human editors in order to review web pages prior to when they are added in to their directories.<br /><br />That is one of the reasons why it’s so important that you cautiously decide on the directories you want. <br /><br />We at www.leadinglinksdirectory.com believe the means of human editor will be able to form a dissimilarity and furthermore that an incorrectly designed website that is not professionally designed could be noticed through search engines as an unhelpful internet site. This is the main reason we particularly make use of chosen exclusive human edited links and furthermore preserve regular maintenance with in our internet site including its numerous categories.<br /><br />When you present your website onto a web directory if it’s a free of charge directory or a paid web directory, it is necessary to inspect it at times and so to see that errors ( if there might be any) are corrected, and then that any of the data displayed on the site is updated every time. This way you will surely recognize you chose the utterly best web site for you.<br /><br />To cut a long story short there are some people who might claim that the way of using directories are just a few websites containing categories, only a gathering collection of links collected from across the internet.<br /><br />Nonetheless they in fact are a way used for web surfers in order to effortlessly find the links they were looking for, with the help of pre defined categories, such as Alternative Medicine and also Sports and Fitness, each one of them containing exact data and info with reference to just those subjects, dropping the need to spend valuable time examining the internet for it, and naturally the use of the sub-categories makes the work of "fishing" for information and data still easier.<br /><br />Nevertheless for you it’s a very simple tool to move up your website’s popularity at the search engines rankings. <br /><br />Upon choosing the internet directory fitting you, a general one or a specific one that straightforwardly portrays your internet site, inside the web directory you can choose the appropriate category or maybe sub category as so to display your website.<br /><br />Previous to submitting your web site to an internet directory might require a small amount of work, but it will bring you the search engine rankings that your website should have!<br /><br /> <p><b>About The Author</b> </p>James Decet is a Co-Editor At LeadingLniksDirectory (<a href="http://www.leadinglinksdirectory.com/" class="hft-urls">http://www.leadinglinksdirectory.com</a>), A Human Edited Site, With a wide range Of categories<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">PREVIOUS POSTS</span></strong><br /><br /><menu><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/free-directories-submit-your-blog-now.html">Free Directories - Submit Your Blog Now!</a><br /><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/exchange-blog-reviews-open-invitation.html">Exchange Blog Reviews - An Open Invitation</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/how-to-protect-your-blogger-blog-from.html">How To Protect Your Blogger Blog From Hackers?</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/viral-linking-to-increase-technorati.html">Viral Linking to Increase Technorati Ranking and Google Page Rank</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogging-contest.html">Blogging Contest</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogsrecordcom-blogging-mix-review.html">Blogsrecord.com - Blogging Mix Review</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/improving-comment-system-for-blogger.html">Improving Comment System For Blogger Users</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/free-unique-themed-3-and-2-column.html">Free, Unique, Themed, 2 and 3 Column Blogger Templates</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/blogging-mix-performance-report-3.html">Blogging Mix - Performance Report 3 Months After It Was Launch</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/optimizing-your-title-tag-blogger.html">Optimizing Your Title Tag - For Blogger Users</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/effective-ways-to-increase-your.html">Effective Ways to Increase Your Technorati Ranking</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/dofollow-blogs-with-good-google-page.html">DOFOLLOW Blogs With Good Page Ranking</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/dramatically-increse-your-google-page.html">Dramatically Increase Your Technorati Ranking and Google PR</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/attract-traffic-to-your-blog.html">Alternative to Search Engines - Ways to Attract Traffic</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/removing-nofollow-attribute-on-your.html">How to Remove the 'NOFOLLOW' Attribute on Your Comment?</a></li></menu>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-66787422492826139392007-09-08T07:42:00.000-07:002007-09-08T07:43:35.258-07:00Toli Cefail Reviews the 7 - Make That 8 - Deadly Sins Of Marketing"Most of us have heard of the seven deadly sins: Vanity, Anger, Envy, Lust, Greed, Sloth, and Gluttony. But did you know that these could be applied to marketing?" asks Toli Cefail, Chief Operating Office of In Touch Media Group, Inc. (www.intouchmediagroup.com), a full-service marketing company that specializes in using the Internet as a key public relations and advertising tool. "In fact, learning how these sins can negatively affect your marketing can pave the road to greater success."<br /><br />Cefail has also uncovered an eighth deadly marketing sin, though she's keeping a tight lid on it for the time being. "It's as big a sin as the other seven, but I'm saving this one for last," she says. Cefail plans to reveal each of the "Eight Deadly Sins of Marketing" over the next few weeks, in the knowledge that awareness is the first step in preventing businesspeople from undermining their marketing efforts and their companies.<br /><br />"The first deadly marketing sin is vanity," continues Cefail. "It's the most subtle of the seven deadly sins, but it's particularly dangerous when you're marketing a product or service."<br /><br />Cefail cites the vanity ad as the primary example of this marketing no-no. "These are TV commercials, or print or other ads that are created primarily to appeal to the egos of the company owners," she says. "These ads have nothing to do with the consumer. They're not designed to appeal to any target market or to sell the product."<br /><br />For instance, because the owner of a company likes Harley Davidson motorcycles, the company's advertising agency creates an advertisement that prominently features motorcycles. They place the ad despite the fact that the company sells cosmetics.<br /><br />"The executives and ad agency folks sit around the conference table, smiling and clapping," says Cefail. "It's a hit! With whom? With the corporate execs. After all, that's who pays the bills, right?" she asks, quizzically. "Wrong!" she says emphatically. "The customer pays the bills. And if your ad doesn't sell them, they won't pay."<br /><br />Cefail concludes, "So stay away from vanity ads and vanity campaigns. Instead, stick to what will appeal to your customers."<br /><br /> <p><b>About The Author</b> </p>Kris Nickerson is the Editor-in-Chief of Press Direct International (<a href="http://www.pressdirectinternational.org/" class="hft-urls">http://www.pressdirectinternational.org</a>), a global information website that provides reliable information tailored to professionals in financial, media, and corporate markets. His thorough knowledge of industries ranging from health care and travel to real estate and financial investing enables him to quickly grasp the nuances of emerging markets and technologies.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/exchange-blog-reviews-open-invitation.html">Exchange Blog Reviews - An Open Invitation</a></span>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-38656078856973243012007-09-06T09:30:00.000-07:002007-09-06T09:31:23.079-07:008 Benefits Of Helping An Online Business Newbie<p>Do your remember when you first ventured out in the online business world? You probably had questions and problems along the way. Wouldn't it have been easier if you had help? When a newbie asks for your advice, educate them; answer their questions and help them solve their online business problems. If you do not have the knowledge to help them out, point them in the right direction. </p><p>You'll get many benefits from helping online business newbie’s. Below are eight possible benefits you could receive: </p><p>1. You will feel good knowing that you had a part in helping them build their business. You can sit back and say "I had a part in their success." </p><p>2. They may become one of your best friends. Most people can use new friends, even business owners. You may even become business partners and create a totally new business together. </p><p>3. You could end up being strategic business allies in the future. You could regularly do joint venture and cross promotion deals with each other. </p><p>4. They may help you out with your business. Maybe they will give you some testimonials or endorsements for your products or services. </p><p>5. You might gain some valuable referrals from them. They may also join your affiliate program and make sales for your business. </p><p>6. They might offer you some free advertising space on their web site or in their e-zine for your help. You could also exchange advertising with them. </p><p>7. You both could end up developing a new product or service together. The product or service could be a combination of your current ones. </p><p>8. They might purchase the products you sell and become one of your best customers. You could sell them many back end products or services in the future. </p><p>There are probably many other benefits you could get from helping a new online business owner. Always remember to help them out because it's the nice thing to do and not just to benefit your own business. </p> <p><b>About The Author</b><br /> </p><p>William Nabaza of <a href="http://www.nabaza.com/" target="new">http://www.Nabaza.com</a> specializes in domains, webhosting, webmaster's tools, netpreneur's articles and resources. Stands out as a freebie provider, business opportunity provider and the like. Visit his site at <a href="http://www.nabaza.com/" target="new">http://www.nabaza.com</a> or contact him directly at <a href="mailto:william@nabaza.com">william@nabaza.com</a> More free articles here: <a href="http://www.nabaza.com/resources.htm" target="new">http://www.nabaza.com/resources.htm</a><br /></p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">PREVIOUS POSTS</span></strong><br /><br /><menu><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogging-contest.html">Blogging Contest</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogsrecordcom-blogging-mix-review.html">Blogsrecord.com - Blogging Mix Review</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/improving-comment-system-for-blogger.html">Improving Comment System For Blogger Users</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/free-unique-themed-3-and-2-column.html">Free, Unique, Themed, 2 and 3 Column Blogger Templates</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/blogging-mix-performance-report-3.html">Blogging Mix - Performance Report 3 Months After It Was Launch</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/optimizing-your-title-tag-blogger.html">Optimizing Your Title Tag - For Blogger Users</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/effective-ways-to-increase-your.html">Effective Ways to Increase Your Technorati Ranking</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/dofollow-blogs-with-good-google-page.html">DOFOLLOW Blogs With Good Page Ranking</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/dramatically-increse-your-google-page.html">Dramatically Increase Your Technorati Ranking and Google PR</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/attract-traffic-to-your-blog.html">Alternative to Search Engines - Ways to Attract Traffic</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/removing-nofollow-attribute-on-your.html">How to Remove the 'NOFOLLOW' Attribute on Your Comment?</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/free-templates-for-blogger-blogspot-and.html">Free Templates For Blogger and Wordpress</a><br /></li><li type="square"><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/08/static-technorati-blog-authority-and.html">Problem With Static Technorati Blog Ranking and Authority?</a></li></menu>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-13610398578486508342007-09-04T00:39:00.001-07:002007-09-04T00:39:34.449-07:00Scholarship Essay Contests: 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Win in Essay ChallengeScholarship essay contests are much in demand these days. For some, they are the first step towards a lucrative career, for others – the only opportunity to find funds to finance their college education. And since there are a lot of students interested to get as much as $5000 for as little as 200 words, the competition gets tough and merciless. <br /><br />Sure enough, the best competitors will be able to cut their way through the thickets of scholarship essay contests. If you would like to be one of them, stick to the following sure-fire ways to succeed in an essay challenge. They will help you write an award-winning scholarship essay that has no match. <br /><br />1. Tune Yourself To The Challenge <br /><br />As it was previously mentioned, scholarship essay contests are full of competitive spirit and strong ambitions. Thus, they ask for brand-new innovations, unusual approaches and creative thinking. To keep up with the raising standards of essay contests, don’t hide behind the previously gained knowledge and hackneyed forms. Challenge yourself to exceed your past standards. Experiment, alter, and bring in something new in your scholarship essay. <br /><br />2. Clarify Essay Contests Rules and Stick To Them <br /><br />The first step you should take when writing your scholarship essay is to get as much information on entry rules, paper requirements, and deadlines as possible. As a rule, the necessary information is posted on the company’s web site, the side of the package, or on the entry form itself. Simply keep your eyes open. <br /><br />First, find information on where to send your entry, what forms you must include, and the exact nature of the essay question. Clarify the requirement for the essay paper format and stick to them from the very beginning of essay writing. <br /><br />Second, put down the deadlines in your calendar or day planner. It will help you keep track of the writing process. One more useful organisation pattern is to include deadlines for topic generation, thesis statement, drafting the outline, the first draft and so on. This way you will never be short of time and will never miss a deadline. <br /><br />3. Brainstorm Your Ideas <br /><br />It may sound a little bit strange, but in scholarship essay contests it is the quantity of your essay ideas that really matters, not their quality. Thus, have a one-hour brainstorming session to collect your ideas. Find the most compelling ideas and organise them around a strong and clear thesis statement. With numerous supporting arguments and evidence, your thesis statement will sound more convincing, researched, and well-grounded. <br /><br />4. Do Your Own Research <br /><br />It goes without saying, that award winning scholarship essays must have a solid background and the topic investigation behind. Thus, do a lot of readings, deep into the historical importance of your essay topic, think of the true-to- life examples and persuasive arguments. The more proactive you will be, the more chances you will have to succeed! <br /><br />5. Organize Your Notes <br /><br />Be sure to attribute quotations and sources meticulously. Otherwise, you will be accused of plagiarism, or excluded from the participants’ list at the least. Surely, you don’t want to suffer such a fate. <br /><br />6. Make Your Introduction Inviting <br /><br />The lively, compelling and inviting introduction is crucial for the winner’s scholarship essay. The introduction must interest the readers and invite them to keep on reading, tantalize and encourage the next step. To achieve this primary goal, use emotions, ask an intriguing question, surprise with an unusual fact. Anything that is uncommon and interesting will do. <br /><br />7. Present Your Own Experience <br /><br />One of the alluring ways to interest the readers in your scholarship essay is to focus on how your personal experience has shaped your view on the essay topic. It is a proven way to add an informal and friendly flair to your writing. <br /><br />8. Fit In the Word Limit <br /><br />At times it may be difficult to keep within the set word limit. But when taking part in scholarship essay contests, you’ve got to learn to be eloquent in as little words as possible. <br /><br />One way to fit in the word limit is to kill the unnecessary adjectives and adverbs. The use of descriptive verbs and nouns is more preferable in this case. But when it is impossible to do without adjectives, make sure they are impressing, strong, and have the greatest influence on readers. <br /><br />9. Consider Grammar, Spelling and Typography <br /><br />Surely, it is a run-off-the-mill and annoying piece of advice you’ve learnt by heart long ago and are tired of hearing for the hundredth time. But, still, don’t forget to edit and proofread you essay meticulously. It’ll be a pity, if you will not take the major prize for a foolish grammar or spelling mistake. <br /><br />10. Don’t Stop At One Entry <br /><br />If scholarship essay contests you are going to participate in have no limits on the number of entries an individual may send, take advantage of this loophole and send several different entries. Of course, make sure that your essays will be different and will present various points of view. <br /><br />Now, you are ready to conquer the world of scholarship essays. With these handy tips you are bound to improve your chances of winning all kinds of scholarship essay contests. <br /><br /><br />About The Author <br /><br />Linda Correli is a staff writer for http://www.go2essay.com/ She specializes in writing History, Literature and English essays and book reports, as well as admission essays, personal statements and letters of recommendation. <br /><br /><a href="http/www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogging-contest.html"><strong>Blog Contest, Blogging Contest - Win Prizes</strong></a>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-77863619606143498092007-09-02T23:46:00.000-07:002007-09-02T23:47:23.185-07:00Finding Writers' MarketsLast week I drove my son to buy art supplies he needed for a new class. We picked out the few items we didn't have at home already, including a very important sketchbook.<br /><br />He hovered near the shelf, studying the different styles of sketchbooks, caressing the different types of paper. He held two or three of the books in his arms before he made his choice.<br /><br />On the way home, he sat next to me. His eyes opened wide, he lifted the sketchbook out of the store's bag and ran his hand over the cover, then opened to the first untouched page. Page after page, he sighed over its pristine nature.<br /><br />I smiled, quietly knowing how he felt. (And thrilled that he'd inherited at least one personality quirk from me.) I walk to the store every once in a while just to buy a new notebook. Spiral-bound on the side, with three or more sections – that's what I look for. I tend to prefer purple or blue covers but have been known to mix it up with a composition notebook, or green or red covers.<br /><br />And just like my son, as soon as possible I hold the notebook on my lap, caressing the cover. I open the notebook slowly, happily sighing over the empty pages. I know they won't stay empty for long, and that is their magic. The pages beckon me to write down my hopes, dreams and wild ideas. I write statements of intention and lists of deadlines. I outline stories and magazine articles, and rumors about calls for submissions by magazines and anthologies.<br /><br />If you are a writer looking for up-to-date market news for writers of all genres, here are two fantastic ways you can be the first on your block to know who needs what written.<br /><br />- Subscribe to discussion lists for writers. There are many lists that are moderated and only solid leads get sent out. Others are loaded with lots of chatter (which can also be beneficial) with the odd call for submission included.<br /><br />Want to keep your email from filling up with lists? Use a free email address (hotmail, gmail, yahoo) for your discussion list subscriptions. Find these lists by doing searches on Yahoo, Topica, or Google groups. My favorites are MWmarketslist (you have to apply to join MomWriters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. After acceptance you may join the MomWriters Market list). Another list packed with support and information, and regular calls for submissions, is WritingMothers (Writingmothers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com).<br /><br />- Find websites that are rich with calls for submissions and market information. Wooden Horse Publishing is a subscription-based website with a searchable database for market information. It also publishes a no-fee update on new publications and those seeking writers. Go to http://www.woodenhorsepub.com/archives.html to read back issues. There is also an opt-in box on the home page if you want the newsletters to be sent to you.<br /><br />Anthologies Online is another website that lists calls for submissions from anthology publishers: www.anthologiesonline.com.<br /><br />Keep searching lists and sites for new markets for writers and your notebooks will never be bare.<br /><br />About The Author<br /><br /><br />About the Author: Pamela White is the publisher of The Writing Parent, the free bi-weekly ezine that supports and teaches (and provides writing markets to) parents who write. As a parent of three children, five cats and one dog, Pam understands the challenges of creating a writing career in the midst of family life and invites you to subscribe to the ezine at <a href="http://www.thewritingparent.net/">www.thewritingparent.net</a>.<br /><br />© 2006 Pamela White<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/2007/09/blogsrecordcom-blogging-mix-review.html">Blogsrecord.com - Submit your blog for free and join the contest now!</a></strong>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-28828091053290352352007-08-29T04:04:00.001-07:002007-08-29T04:04:50.791-07:00How to Find and Hirer a Great Freelance Writer/Copywriter<p style="text-align: justify;">Seek and Ye Shall Find? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes finding a good writer can be harder than finding a soul mate because writing and copywriting are subjective arts and if you are not a writer, you can not see the difference between a good writer and an excellent writer. If you are looking for a writer on the Web by searching on terms such as writer and copywriter, there are few things you should look for once you find a writer’s website: </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Excited, Delighted or Uninvited? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Excellent writing entertains and excites, quickly and concisely. When you read the writer’s website you should be drawn in. Does she ask the reader questions? Does he understand what you want? Does she seem friendly? Does he have relevant experience? Does she list what kinds of services she offers? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Location, Location, Location </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Often businesses hiring a writer want to look for someone nearby so they search, writer, Los Angeles if they live in Los Angeles, if the writers don’t show an address or location where they work, you’ll never find then. You’ll be able to get a general idea of where the writer is by either the contact page or by references to work completed. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Bad Writer Ain’t Hard to Find </p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you notice grammar and spelling mistakes you are probably on the wrong page. Also if the style and design of a writer’s website looks bad, even if there writing looks good, you should be wary. Good writing is neat and pleasant looking. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Ample Parking and Samples </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Excellent writing on the Web, gives the reader plenty of potential to stop, park, click and look for a while. If the writer doesn’t link to more writing and industry resources, she/he is less professional than the ones who do know that linking is best form of networking around. You ought to find several kinds of writing samples. If you don’t find the kind of samples you like, e-mail or call the writer and ask for exactly what you want. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">RSVP </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Response is also important to you and the writer. Although a few second e-mail response-time is possible, a day or overnight return time is reasonable. If you want a faster response, be sure to tell the writer that you are in hurry and on a deadline. When writers don’t respond in a timely manner, they miss out on your work. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Check References </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once you locate the name of the writer, do not hesitate searching for other references of the writer on the Web. Type the name in a search engine with an appropriate word such as writer. For example, when I searched my name Lynn Walford with the word writer, along with my website <a href="http://www.freelancewriternow.com/" target="new">http://www.freelancewriternow.com</a>, a photo of me standing next my former editor Michael Goldstein at a Justice Magazine party appeared. I never saw the photo until I searched my own name! Of course writers and authors names should also appear on magazine articles and bylines in other media. I also found myself in an article on naming books by Robin Quinn at the PMA website. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Titular Savvy or Tense---What’s in a Name? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Look at the title of the writer’s website. Is it catchy? Memorable? Does it Make Sense? Of course when someone is born Anna Matto Poeeah, (pronounced just like onomatopoeia, the poetic word for when something also sounds like its name such as whispering or clang) you can’t hold it against her. However, when writers don’t take the time to name their websites appropriately they can’t write a title for you. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Price is Write </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some writers charge by the hour, by the piece or by the word. Whomever you choose, she/he should be able to give an estimate on how much your project will cost. Vagueness usually means no experience. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rewrite Right? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Most excellent writers and copywriters will give a free rewrite if you don’t like what they do. Always ask if they will rewrite it for you if you don’t like it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Test, Quiz </p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you are planning a major project such as a white paper, which can be expensive, look for a writer in advance and ask him/her to write a small project for you first, then you can see if you can work with him/her and also test knowledge. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Well, Well, Well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Writing well is a precise art with a sense of urgency and a taste of the divine. You should be able to tell good writing when you find it. It comes to life, sings and shines. When you read something like ” Avoid cliches like the plague,” found on 26 Golden Rules for Writing Well you are definitely in the wrong place. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>About The Author</b><br /> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Lynn Walford (<a href="mailto:lw@freelancewriternow.com">lw@freelancewriternow.com</a>) is a freelance writer/author and Webmistress of <a href="http://www.freelancewriternow.com/" target="new">http://www.freelancewriternow.com</a>. She was a technology columnist for Investors Business Daily and her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Success, Dig-iT, UPI, and New Age Journal. She wrote the winning entry for the Consumer Electronics Show Best in Show and her poetry has appeared in Heart’s Voice and The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly. She is currently working on the book “Dance Like the Stars – Learn from the Pros.” </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="mailto:lw@freelancewriternow.com">lw@freelancewriternow.com</a> </p>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-54717082757186382872007-08-26T08:17:00.001-07:002007-08-26T08:17:43.099-07:00Love Links<div align="center"><span id="fullpost"><strong><a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/">Blogging Mix</a> - <a href="http://blog-about-interesting-stuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog About Interesting Stuff</a> - <a href="http://internet-blog-branding.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Internet Blog Branding</a> - <a href="http://search-engine-optimization-blogspot.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogspot - Search Engine Optimization</a> - <a href="http://blogging-tips-and-seo-guide.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogging Tips, SEO Guide</a> <a href="http://blogging-tips-and-seo-guide.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog Instructor</a> - <a href="http://blog-blogger-blogging.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog, Blogger and Blogging</a> - <a href="http://blog-about-networking.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog About Networking</a> - <a href="http://blogging-monetization-money.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog Monetization - Blogspot</a> - <a href="http://blogger-blog-blogging.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogger, Blog and Blogging</a> - <a href="http://blogging-and-marketing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogging and Marketing</a> - <a href="http://blog-for-bloggers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog For Bloggers</a> - <a href="http://the-bloggers-haven.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Bloggers Haven</a> - <a href="http://rocaism.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Business Logic</a> - <a href="http://blog.mail.com/rockyjohn:mail.com/" target="_blank">Extension - Blogging Mix</a> - <a href="http://blog.mail.com/rocai:email.com/" target="_blank">Content, Connection, Continuity</a> - <a href="http://all-about-blogs-and-bloggers.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All About Blogs and Bloggers</span></a> - <a href="http://the-blog-specialist.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog Specialist</a> - <a href="http://bloggingseotips.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SEO Blogging Tips</a> - <a href="http://the-world-of-blogging.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The World of Blogging</a> - <a href="http://the-blog-addiction.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Blog Addiction</a> - <a href="http://blogging-overdozed.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogging Overdozed</a> - <a href="http://blog-directives.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog Directives</a> - <a href="http://bloglines-for-bloggers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bloglines For Bloggers</a> - <a href="http://www.thelastpageonthenet.com/archives/19" target="_blank">Profiting From Blog </a>- <a href="http://blogger-and-blogging.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogger and Blogging</a> - <a href="http://the-bloggers-corner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Blogger's Corner</a> - <a href="http://theblogspotblogger.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Blogspot Blogger</span></a> - <a href="http://pinay-ladies.blogspot.com">Asian Culture</a> - Viral Tag - Viral Tag - Viral Tag - Viral Tag</strong></span></div>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-82136258198271885292007-08-24T07:12:00.001-07:002007-08-24T07:12:52.977-07:00Improve Your Google Page Rank and Technorati Ranking<div align="justify">If you are looking for ways to improve your <span style="font-weight: bold;">GOOGLE PAGE RANKING</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">TECHNORATI RANKING</span>, I recommend that you give <span style="font-weight: bold;">Viral Linking</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Viral Tagging</span> a chance. All you need to do is follow these four simple instructions and you're on your way to increasing the number of links to your blog. (courtesy of <a href="http://www.bloggingmix.com/">Blogging Mix</a>.)<br /><br />==== Copy and Paste below this line ====<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Instructions</span><br /><br />1.) Copy and paste the entire matrix of “ViralTags” below.<br /><br />2.) Substitute the Host Tag and one of the “ViralTags” in the matrix with your anchor text of choice containing your blog’s URL. Please keep anchor text to a maximum of 4 words to keep the matrix size manageable.<br /><br />3.) When you get a ping back from someone that has your link in one of their “ViralTags”, practice good karma by copying his/her Host Tag’s anchor text (automatically the associated link will also be copied) and paste it over one of your “ViralTags” below.<br /><br />4.) 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Please inform me of your preferred ANCHOR TEXT too. Thanks.</div>Blog Specialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08721027424575794087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976110625981504221.post-40680283592538516312007-08-23T09:51:00.000-07:002007-08-23T09:54:14.679-07:00Internet Marketing In South Africa<div align="justify">This article is written from my own experiences, on the many problems facing South African based internet marketers. As a South African, myself, I have been trying to establish myself in internet marketing, for the last three years, but have come across a number of obstacles, which have proved seriously detrimental to my efforts. If you are South African, you can probably relate to this. If you have been battling what seem insurmountable odds, or if you are new to this concept, the message is the same. Stop wasting your time and your money on what is bound to be nothing less than - wasting your time and your money and I will explain why I said that. If you are an internet marketer, who is not South African, you should also read this article, because you are, unwittingly, leaving a lot of money on the table.<br /><br />As we all know, South Africa is a part of Africa and is unfairly considered as a third world country, with the incorrect perception that this second largest continent, is nothing more than a waste of time, in the field of internet marketing. Well, I beg to differ. I will attempt to outline some of the misconceptions, obstacles, causes and remedies that I have encountered.<br /><br />Yes, it is true that Africa has not progressed as much as the so called first world countries, but it is taking giant strides towards that. The advent of the internet, is only just beginning to catch on and the vast majority of the population, still have no access at all, but it is coming and it is coming fast. The internet is now available in all countries around the world and Africa is no different. We all know about the Nigerian internet scams. It is just that the vast majority of the population are poverty stricken and cannot afford the service, many are illiterate and the majority of the continent consists of large open spaces and small villages, making the physical provision of any basic services such as electricity, clean water, telephones and other communication devices extremely difficult. It is also an ongoing problem, where these desperate people steal cables and anything that can be traded for a meal. So, at this stage the internet is only available in the bigger metropolitan areas. It makes sense, doesn't it? Imagine how easy it is to supply services to a very densely populated area like England and where everyone is literate, in a fixed abode and living above the poverty line.<br /><br />South Africa is the most technically advanced country in Africa and not far behind the standards of the other technology rich countries, but we are seriously lacking in internet technology. The internet is still very new to South Africa and has only just begun to catch on. It is experiencing a phenomenal growth rate and more and more businesses and individuals are "hooking up". All of the major cities are able to offer various means of connection such as ADSL, bluetooth, wireless and people are getting connected on their pcs, laptops and cellphones. The rural areas are battling to get connected and the only option available to them at this stage is the old antiquated dial up system using a telephone line, or via satellite. Promises have been made by government, that in a few years, everyone will be able to get a telephone and therefore, will have internet access available to them. This represents an enormous potential for wary marketers.<br /><br />This is the overview of the situation with internet access in Africa and more particularly, South Africa. In the next article, we will look at some of the problems faced by South African users and the effects they have on internet marketing.<br /><br />Part 2<br /><br />Recent political changes, have reversed the fortunes of the South African population, in that the previously disadvantaged black community, now have money and the fine things in life, including access to the internet. Whereas before they wouldn't have been considered a viable market, they are now able to access the internet and dabble in small business. They want more. The whites, on the other hand, now find themselves out of work, unsure of the future and desperately seeking an alternative means of income. Both groups make good target markets, and both are particularly keen on using the internet to improve their lot in life. Remember, the internet is the biggest employer in the world and does not recognise age, colour, education, physical disabilities, wealth etc. People hear of the successes achieved on the internet and are fooled into looking for a quick fix. The internet and marketing via this medium, gives everyone an equal opportunity, well, almost everyone. Not South Africans, unfortunately.<br /><br />Something like 70% of the S.A internet community, access the internet on the computers at their places of employment and as much as two hours each workday, is lost to private usage of the internet. Obviously these people are not all looking for ways to make money, but a large percentage are. These people who are newly exposed to all the hype on the internet are easily sucked in to believing the sales pitch. A lot of money is being spent on all sorts of junk and causing many heartbroken families. I was like that too. I firmly believed I could make a lot of money on the internet and set about joining all sorts of schemes. They do not work, but these desperate and naïve people don't know that. Imagine if it was possible to guide them, to channel all that energy and curiosity and of course all that money into your bank account? If those people all trusted you and listened to your advice, if you were able to develop well thought out plans and business opportunities? If those people all joined your membership site?<br /><br />One of the biggest drawbacks in S.A is that the internet and allied services are still very expensive and difficulty in finding a good service provider. Other first world countries have direct, fast, unlimited service at very reasonable prices and if they do experience problems with the service provider, there are plenty of others to try. According to a recent survey, something like 70% of all internet users, regularly access the 'net from their places of employment. The employer provides pcs and internet for business purposes and these curious people cheat their employers, by using his service for private usage. People send emails to friends, go shopping, download files, look at pornography, play games, gamble and read classifieds and other adverts for a better job, or an easy method of earning more money. From this survey it was estimated that as much as 85% of this target group were looking for self employment opportunities. Now, that's a lot of people! If the price of internet access was cheaper, all these people would use it at home. In fact, most do have internet access at home, but due to small caps on their usage and exorbitant prices, they rather use the employer's service. My point is that millions are searching for opportunities on the internet and the fact that crime is rampant only makes them more determined, to start a business from home. This is a huge potential for marketers. So what is the problem? Why are more South Africans actively getting involved? In the next article, we will start looking at these problem areas.<br /><br />Part 3<br /><br />As the internet is still relatively new to South Africa, we don't have many experts, or experience in the field. Those calling themselves experts, have only a limited knowledge and are far too expensive, when compared to overseas competitors. Simple things like service provision, web hosting, design and site building, software, tools, optimisation and advertising, are grossly overpriced. In most cases, they are bought overseas and resold here. I was given a quote, last month, of R120 ($17) per month, for basic, small webhosting service, excluding the domain registration and excluding the internet service provision. That was only the hosting! I was quoted R6000 ($857) for a designer, to look at one of my websites and to make a couple of small changes. It is crazy. We pay between R8 and R12 for an mp3 song, which costs from 10c to 90c in the U.S.A.<br /><br />The state owned telecommunications company, Telkom, have the monopoly and squash all opposition. This has led to very highly priced access and an indifferent service. Nearly all packages offered by them, or sub contactor service providers, are restricted and capped. The actual service, the technical help and the customer relations are dreadful. The dial up service is very unreliable, the speeds are far lower than advertised, due to the poor state of the physical 'phone lines and the modems cost the earth. Take the U.S.A for example, where there are something like 800 million people with regular access and hundreds of competitors all offering better prices. The internet is a way of life and the huge speeds and download capabilities are taken for granted. In South Africa only something like 27 million have any form of access, largely due to the high costs. I got a quote from Telkom last week for satellite service. The basic installation cost is R3100 ($443), paid upfront. The monthly rental for the satellite service, capped at 3 Gigs, is R1263 ($180) and I still need a service provider who comes in at a basic charge of R284 ($40) plus consumption and of course I still need to keep my basic phone service for R110 ($16) plus call usage. Once the cap is reached, the service is suspended and additional packages can be purchased for R120 ($17) per 250 Megs. So in all it will cost me, monthly, around R2317 ($331) for a basic internet service of 4Gigs and a phone at home. Obviously there are cheaper options available in the cities, but living out of town, there is no choice. By the way, a friend living in the U.S.A got a similar quote for only $40 (R280) per month and his service boasted more facilities and no capping whatsoever.<br /><br />For some reason, probably the old apartheid days, South Africa was boycotted by the wealthy first world countries and nobody has told them yet, that times have changed. South Africans suffer many discriminatory obstacles in the use of the internet and over the last few years, I have repeatedly been stumped by these. I have two messages of advice here. To the frustrated, aspirant South African marketers and those who will follow shortly, stop and listen. Do not waste more time and money trying all sorts of offers, you will not succeed. Rather use the time to brush up on your skills. Select a market niche and learn to use control panel, FTP, html, php, hyperlinks and all the other things, that will help you to run your business. Wait for the solution. I have enlisted the help of two of the world's top marketers to find a way around the problems, for you. To the marketers who are knowingly, or unknowingly discriminating against certain countries, you are leaving money on the table and missing out on a huge potential market. But, that's okay, I'll take it. These are some of the more general problems experienced by South Africans. In the next article, we will look at some of the specific problems affecting our marketing abilities.<br /><br />Part 4<br /><br />By now, you are probably wondering what other problems I'm talking about and how they are affecting our chances of success. If you have been involved for a while, you have probably encountered a few of these yourself and if you are a newbie, you are likely to still come across these problems soon.<br /><br />There are obvious generalities that exclude South Africans from participating. We joined about 163 survey companies, when we first started out on the internet. We soon found out that most were American companies and only for Americans. That makes sense, when the product, or service being rated is only available there, but why do they mislead us and take our money. You must have seen the misleading ads about how quick and easy it is to earn money by doing simple surveys. A lot of them claim to be international, for anybody who understands English. The same thing happens. You are invited to do the survey, but as soon as you type in your address, you are told it is not available in your area. We wasted a lot of money on these. The foolproof unconditional money back guarantees are a lot of hogwash. Just ignore them.<br /><br />The same thing happened with the typing services. My wife joined a few of them, with the promise, that as long as she had a basic working knowledge of English, no experience was necessary. Money as easy and fast to earn, on simple assignments. Well, she wasn't given any assignments and on enquiring as to the reason, she was told that we spell differently. That was not ever mentioned at the time of joining and was also money wasted. For Pete's sake, we speak and spell correctly. It is the Americans who changed the language.<br /><br />We also joined a lot of companies who promised to pay us for surfing and reading emails. We worked our butts off and eventually, after almost a year, had earned a whopping $247000! We tried to cash in, but were then told that no cheques could be issued. Monies were only paid into American bank accounts. They said they were an international company and anyone in the world could join. But, not get paid.<br /><br />We often see special promos on free hosting, free domain registration and other all too important services. All looks great from the outside, but as soon as we apply we find out that we are unfortunately not eligible. I don't know how many times I have won prizes. Cash, free products, a trip, ocean cruises, but on trying to claim them, I'm told they don't apply to South Africans.<br /><br />Very often, freebies are included to sweeten a deal. I joined a music site for mp3 downloads. The price was inclusive of a whole bunch of bonuses. I was to get meal tickets, petrol (gas) coupons, membership of some or other club, discounts on shopping, blah, blah, blah. Needles to say, I joined and paid full price, but never got any of the goodies that all my American counterparts received. I am very into music and 2 years ago I purchased Music Match Jukebox, with free updates for life, access to the online music shop and full usage of something I think was called Radio Gold. It was full access to 150 live radio stations. After I received my purchase, all I had was the jukebox and the promise of updates. On enquiry, I was told "Sorry, but this offer doesn't apply to you", but I paid the full price. Why don't they tell us before we pay? Why don't we get a discount? This seems to be common practice and apart from the obvious discrimination and disappointment is false advertising.<br /><br />Anyway, these are some problems I have experienced, but not really connected in any way to our functionality at internet marketing. What are the problems facing South African marketers? More in the next article.<br /><br />Part 5<br /><br />We have covered quite a few problems facing South Africans already and here are some more.<br /><br />Overseas companies, particularly those in the U.S.A, offering opportunities, services and resources, usually require a fixed email address, at the time of joining. This is to prevent temporary accounts and others such as Hotmail, from being used, as it is very easy to cancel, or change, after joining and the marketer is left with a useless address, in his contact list. South Africans have another problem, in that most of our suffixes, such as .co.za, telkomsa, za, are not allowed. Usually your country is required and many of the drop down menus have small, insignificant countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mauritius, Ivory Coast listed, but not South Africa. So we have to get ourselves an email address with an overseas company, just to comply. Why?<br /><br />We, as South Africans, have no shopping carts, or payment processors, suitable for international use, or integration, into overseas websites and the biggest culprit is PayPay. They are the first choice, worldwide and any marketer not offering PayPal, as a means of payment, is seriously disadvantaged. Why then, do they not deal with South Africa? Sure, you can make a purchase through them, but they will not collect monies for you, or allow you to make a withdrawal, if you are South African. Other smaller countries are catered for, but not S.A. There are other options, but none as popular. Most payments, affiliate plans and opportunities, pay through PayPal. I joined dozens of respected affiliate plans and spent a great deal of effort, on advertising, before I found out the truth.<br /><br />A few months ago, I was experiencing the common problems all new marketers face. I knew what I wanted to do, but not how to actually get it done. I'm talking about the setting up, in order to start business. I needed a domain name, a website, content and products, a hosting service, a shopping cart, a mailing list facility, a form for grabbing visitor's details, a payment processor, or two, etc etc. You know what I'm talking about. There are so many options available. The web is full of them. Some are free, some cheap, some having special offers, but which was the best for my needs? Nobody tells you that sort of information. How much space do you need for a bookstore, how much bandwidth do you need for customer downloads? How does the speed affect you? I had played around a bit with wysiwyg editors and done a little html coding. I had used a couple of free websites and hey, the last one I built without their website templated builder. I thought I was getting good, but still a little out of my depth. That scared me a bit, so I decided to look for a ready made, turnkey business. They all say the only thing you need to do is to enter your password and account details, then sit back and watch the money roll in. Well I eventually found something that sounded ideal. It was expensive, but I thought I would be saving in the long run. I wanted to sell ebooks, articles, plr, courses and so on. I paid for this business, as I had seen the example and even test drove the shopping cart prior to purchase. Just when I thought I had found a shortcut to starting my business, the problems began. What problems? Read the next article to find out and to see the solution.<br /><br />Part 6<br /><br />We were talking about the problems I encountered after I had bought the bookstore. Well firstly, the whole bookstore was inphp with cpanel control panel, my sql and a whole lot of Greek terms. You remember I had worked with online and offline editors in wysiwyg and a little html. Well now I was lost. I was warned not to try to edit in an html editor, or I would corrupt the php. I had never used these before and couldn't understand why I couldn't find the pages, to edit them. Then I found that the currencies shown on the products were not compatible with the Rand, but I thought so what, I'll just sell in dollars. Then I found that PayPal was not an option. Damn, but hey, I could still use NoChex, or the other one, I forget the name. No way, Jose, those weren't allowed either. I had to have a banking account in USA or UK. I eventually got EGold to work, but how many people pay with gold? That bookstore is still sitting, gathering dust.<br /><br />There are no local, South African internet companies, for memberships, product sourcing, resources, search engine optimisation etc, so we have to look abroad. Although these are offered reasonably, overseas, we are still subjected to the exchange rate. At present the rate is 7 to the $, 14 to the Pound and around 9 to the Euro, but even so, it is usually cheaper, than our own prices and of course you are spoilt for choice.<br /><br />Training is another area seriously lacking. With all the conferences, seminars, teleseminars, video training and group discussions unavailable to us in S.A, how are we expected to learn and to keep abreast of developments? Dial up is not powerful enough and anyway it is limited to times between 7pm and 7am, which is a bad time, as even if you stay up all night, it is roughly midnight to midmorning in the States. So how do we learn?<br /><br />So, with a very limited number of companies prepared to do business with us, with our lack of choice, with our very expensive internet service, with very little access to all the great offers, with our SA email addresses, with our antiquated dial ups, without access to genuine training videos, with the exorbitant exchange rate, with our different spelling, without any reciprocal banks or payment processors, without a compatible shopping cart, with the scams and rip offs and all the rest we have discussed, can South Africans ever hope to get involved in internet marketing?<br /><br />The truth is rather bleak. Nobody is worried about us, or the problems we have and nobody seems to care. The big "guru" marketers don't seem to be able to think outside their statelines and regard us as a waste of time. They are happy to take our money, though. But wait, there does seem to be a solution for you. As I said earlier, I have teamed up with two of the world's top marketers and together, we are trying to resolve these issues. We will put together a complete, turnkey package deal, a ready to run business, with domain, hosting, website, content, decent affiliate plans, a stream of products, an exclusive membership, a working shopping cart and payment processor, training and ongoing support, a proven plan, optimisation, adsense and other monetised methods for those poor South Africans, who want to be marketers. The hardest part of having your own business, is setting it up and getting it working. You will be able to enter the market place and do very well for yourselves, with our help, so in the meantime, there are a few things you must do.<br /><br />Familiarise yourself with market trends and choose a niche market, in which you want to trade. Start practicing the basics and learn how things work. Get your mind sorted out. Tell yourself you can do it and will change your life. 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