Graham's Awesome Marketing Tips

Yee Ha! My First Referral Check Arrived Today

2008-06-24T10:16:00.000-07:00

Just to let readers of this blog know that my first referral check from the Global Cash Flow Network (GCFN) system I joined less than a month ago arrived today.
Here is the link for those who don't know what it is http://www.automatic-riches.com

This makes the GCFN system one of the few companies I have come across to deliver success so quickly. In addition, traffic is steadily increasing to both my Work From Home website and my One Stop Shopping Mall website. This is probably due to my ongoing application of placing ads in zero or low cost media as well as applying S.E.O. tactics recommended by the program.

I also notice that there are more referral checks pending which will be sent to me after the holding time is complete. The GCFN support team have fantastic in helping me make this possible. Too bad I live in Scotland or I would treat them to a dram(drink) or two.

An example of the level of support. (the last ticket I submitted)
My first check is only $10 (remember thats $10 more than most new IM's have earned).
Thats worth around £5 GBP, but.. my bank charges £7 to process it.

When I informed support they very quickly changed my payment method to Paypal.
Thats what I call "taking care of the customer"

Writing Content and Getting Constant Traffic to Your Blog

2008-06-22T12:49:00.000-07:00

Blogging has truly revolutionized the way one experiences the digital age. There is, it seems, no limit to what one can do with the help of blogs. Even the smallest aspect of your daily personal life like recording journal entries has been given an entirely new dimension.

Going on from there, there is a lot of scope of picking up interesting debates and discussions through blogs. You can even start some of these discussions yourself.
Moreover, there is nothing as interesting and attractive than that fact that you can even earn some money while blogging.

This is, by far, the most path breaking innovation that has entered the blog sphere. The requirements for this are very low. You need not be a scientist who posts revolutionary details about his latest experiment.

If you blog well, that is to say, if you blog well enough for people to come read it, you earn good chances of making quick money, by just going about your daily activity of posting blogs!

Here are some of the things you can do to make sure that your blogging activities get rewarded by more than just comments and praises:
You could get yourself registered with a search engine. But keep in mind that you must do it only if you are confident enough that your blog gets good traffic. That way, the higher the ranking your blog achieves, the more you get paid.

While writing your blogs you also need to keep in mind a few things. This is not only to ensure that you get a steady traffic, but also for the fact that your blog readership can increase so that the ranking of your blog with search engines go higher.

Here are a few tips that should see you through this:
• Reader Friendly Content: At all costs keep your content – articles, poems, photographs, videos – reader friendly, that is to say, it should keep more and more readers interested. Your reader must be at the center of you post in a way that your reader must feel that he is gaining something out of reading your post. This is the basic rule in marketing.

• Worthwhile: Never let the reader feel that he has been tricked into reading your post or clicking on your blog link. You are thwarting all your long term chances of that reader coming back to your blog, in which case your blog rankings over the long term are in a dicey position.

• Check for errors: Making grammatical and spelling errors can be a major put off for many readers. They may not visit your blog again simply because the errors that you make are too high. Always proof read your blog. A small typo here and there can be understood, but make sure you don’t make any major errors.

• KISS: Or, Keep It Short and Simple. This is the thumb rule you must follow at all point. Long winding posts tend to get boring. And it may contain nothing that is interesting to the reader. Also no one has the time enough for your blog, no matter how well you write. In fact, your blog will be much more appreciated if you put your thoughts simply and shortly.

• Interesting: Make sure that you hold your reader’s attention by making your posts snazzy. They must not be written in a tone that is tiring to read. Write short sentences and keep then crisp and precise. Always hit the point immediately in the course of your article.

• Link: Keep linking the blogs you read to yours in order to build a network those people will be in turn encouraged to link you. Remember, linking increases rankings.

• Keywords: Using the keywords of your posts frequently increases the search ability of that particular article of yours which in turn leads more people to visit your blog.

• Clear Thoughts: Make sure you put your thought clearly before the readers so that it does not become tedious for them to read.

• Colloquialism: You can write in a friendly tone. Avoid using too many slang words, but otherwise, if your post demands it, you can be colloquial.

• Post Title: A catchy post title or headline is half your business solved. It can glue a reader to your post almost immediately. However, do not put misleading post titles, or you will lose creditability.

So, be consistent with your blog content and watch traffic flowing in to your blog!

How to Start Your Own Blog in Less than 15 Minutes

2008-06-20T12:51:00.000-07:00

Creating a blog is nothing that you need to be afraid of.
There is no elaborate planning required either.
However, there are a few things you would need to decide.
Since these blogging service providers give you a lot of choice in terms of template and color themes, would be require to take those decisions yourself.

The following is a quick guide of what to think over before creating your blog:
• Theme: Determine what you would be writing about or the nature of the content that you would be sharing with your readers. This depends mainly on your interest. Topics blogging to the field of politics, poetry, arts, current affairs, or almost anything under the sun can be chosen. You can stick to one theme or you can choose to write about whatever concerns you on a day to day basis. Since it is your very own web journal, you can make it as flexible as possible in all aspects.

• Blogging Provider: Next you need to decide upon which blogging service provider you would like to use. This depends on the kind of reviews that you get about them from friends and acquaintances, or something about them that you may have read online. Otherwise, you can always try out something and find out if you like it. You can try out one of these popular sites: Blogger.com, WordPress.com, Typepad, Blogagotchi.com, Livejournal.com, JournalHome.com, TheDiary.org, Mindsay.com, Blog.com, Diaryland.com, Blogdrive.com, or Xanga.com.

• Templates: A wide range of templates will be made available on any blogging service you decide to start you blog. Select the one you most prefer or like.

• Freebies: The advantage with these blogging service providers is that they make your blogging experience as dynamic and interactive as possible. They enable you to install add-on features that include button, pictures, blog chalks, imoods, tagboards such as myshoutbox.com, guest maps, guestbooks, comment boxes for readers' thoughts and views, etc.

• Additional Features: These interesting ones may not be free. By paying a price you can avail of them.

• Nature of Blog: You must determine who should read your blog-whether you want it to be read only by a select circle, or must it be open to all. This will depend upon the content, mainly.

• Layout: Again, there will be a wide range to choose from in terms of layout and color schemes.

• Content: You could pick up a specific theme and write about it consistently, or merely decide on any random topic as and when it interests you. You could try putting up content for a while and see the kind of response you get, and alter or modify it accordingly.

• Blogging Circle: Blogging is a great way to come in touch with people from across the globe. You can surf and visit other people’s blogs. Do not spam in their comment section, but write a genuine comment if you have something to say about a particular post.

• Skins: You can customize and personalize your blog as much as you want. Using software like Photoshop you can create your own skins and make your blog attractive as well as make it reflect you own personality.

• Publish: Finally when you are done selecting the setting and preferences, selecting a content to put up, you need to publish the content. Do not, however, forget to send the link to your blog to your friends and acquaintances so that they may come visit you.

How Can Online Blogging Be Profitable to Ordinary Individuals?

2008-06-19T11:22:00.000-07:00

Ranking of any website depends on a few factors. It would basically depend on the relevance of the article according to the key words used; the number of times that page has been linked and viewed, etc.

These are quite easy to follow, and if these factors are carefully noted and looked into, the rankings of your website can increase considerably.

The first step is to get your website linked through various other pages. The more the pages are that contain your links, the better ranking they will receive.

The second aspect to be kept in mind is how often you update the content on your website.
Frequently edited and updated sites receive higher ranking in search engines than those that have not been looked at by the owners for ages.
Always editing the content of your website as a whole may not be an option.

In this case what you can do is add a Blog to your website.
A Blog will function as nothing but a forum for people to come and discuss the themes that concern your website too.
It will create a platform, as well as become a journal whereby you can also post updates about your operations and your website.
The advantage is that the content on such Blogs will not be restricted only to text, but pictures and videos can be posted too.

The few easy steps as described below will take you through how to create your own blog and what are the things you must look out for:

• Cost can never be a problem because free blogging services are quite popular all over the world.
If you choose sites like Blogger or LiveJournal, you are sure to get exactly the kind of platform you are looking for.
They are absolutely free.

• If you are not very comfortable with web designing techniques, you need not worry. Creating your blog is not as complicated as designing template for a website.
These blogging services provide a wide range of templates from which you can choose the one most suited to your tastes.

• You must also use your discretion while blogging. Especially if you are incorporating your blog within your website, or creating a blog to increase awareness of your product, you need to keep in mind that this is an open forum which is read by all.
You do not want to say anything that may end up angering your clients. Politics and religion are the two most controversial themes, and therefore anything about those must be carefully blogged about.

• Anything that is particularly reader friendly and does not anger too many people is considered ‘safe’.
If your aim is indeed to increase the ranking of your site, you will have to make sure many people read it.
You can do this by making your content user friendly.

• Also keep an eye on what other people write or say on their blogs.
This can give you a general idea of what kind of responses those articles receive, and you can get valuable tips from them.
Blogging has come to be considered a highly effective marketing tool.
You can easily create awareness of your product and get clients and customers to interact with each other.

And not only customers, also those who are relatively new to your product get a platform to ask questions and clear their air about your product.

Moreover, it also increases your website rankings can increase because the blog is constantly being updates, commented on, and discussions are always going on.
Because of its sheer activity, the rankings improve, creating more awareness of the product.

The following are the pointers based on which you can blog about your product:
• Never make the blog post too long uselessly. It must be well written. Long posts tend to get dreary and they are not ‘catchy’ enough for people to sit and go through them.

• Update regularly. Since you don’t need to write long posts, that is not much effort. Ideally, blog 3-7 times a week.

• Be entertaining where required, everyone can do with some light hearted humor, without being derogatory.

• You need not stick only to text.
Video and photo blogging are fast catching on and are interesting ways to share your thoughts, and make your videos and photographs well known.

• Be yourself. Do not to ape, imitate or copy someone else’s content.

Advertising With Your Blog

2008-06-18T21:32:00.000-07:00

Blogging in the twenty first century has come to become an important tool for advertising for people who wish to market their products online, for politicians who wish to sell their ideologies, and reach out, to the masses.

Moreover, creating a blog and maintaining it does not require a fortune. Everybody now has a personal blog and it is all free of cost. Also, one does not need to be a computer engineer or a graphic or web designer in order to embellish their blog.

Unlike a website which operates on a different domain, and for which every single template and tab needs to be designed and created from the scratch, blog sites do not need such knowledge. The blogging service providers have their own inbuilt templates and fonts which have to be chosen by the bloggers as per their own tastes and preferences.

Blogging is an ideal way to make new friends and come in contact with more people than you can do in the actual word, from all quarters of the world. Such diverse people will obviously have differing viewpoints. Therefore, this gives scope for a good deal of discussion and debate with all points of view being taken on board.

Blogs can also be for the sole purpose of making new friends and socializing. That is why social networking sites have picked up the clue and in these times social networking and blogging has, to some extent, been combined, and almost become indistinguishable.

It would be interesting to note that the word ‘blog’ is both a noun and a verb. This leads us to the fact that blogging in some sense also helps get rid of hassles of publishing. Though your work will not come out in print, you know that you can publish your work – your articles, pictures, videos, etc – yourself through you blog.
Therefore, it may be your own personal journal that you wish others to read or you works of art in terms of the stories or articles that you write, or the movies that you make. You can share almost any content with the world at large.

It must also be noted that just like you do not have to be a web designer to create your own blog, you need not be a professional writer, a film maker or a photographer to publish content on your blog. It is just a space for you to indulge in your own small artistic pursuits and share those moments with others.

Blogging must therefore be exploited to its full potential.

Blogging for Beginners

2008-06-18T11:37:00.000-07:00

Blogging in 21st Century: Introduction to Online Journaling

Blogging and social networking are inextricably linked in the sense that both contain certain features and certain properties of one another. Both are aimed at creating a wide movement as far as multimedia interaction is concerned. Though it is true that blogs can be regulated and kept very private, the main purpose of them is to reach out to a number of people, to have a medium to voice your opinion.

Another similarity is that both these concepts have existed in cyber space for almost a decade now, but in the initial stages both were rather exclusive of one another. Only in the recent times have they been merged, and their similarity in motives truly recognized.

Blogging is essentially done to channel your thoughts out on to an online journal. You also want other people to read what you have written.
This way, you go about coming in touch with people from all over the world who you would not have otherwise known. Similar is the function of social networking. It is a hub where the young and the hearty flock. The chances of getting an audience at such a platform are high.

The origination of the term ‘blog’ is interesting. It was initially called a ‘weblog’ meaning a log or a diary or a journal that helps you to record your thoughts on a day to day basis. In that sense it was rather in its primitive stages and did not turn into an instrument for propaganda immediately. This term was later shortened to blog and this is when free blogging services like Blogger became extremely popular.
As mentioned earlier, blogging today is not restricted to only maintaining a journal. It has truly become a platform where various kinds of people from all walks of life, whether they have the same ideologies or not, conflate, and discuss the matters they think are important to them.

Articles-The Cheapest Way Of Getting Traffic!

2008-06-15T03:47:00.000-07:00

One way of marketing your website and product can be achieved for absolutely nothing. Article writing is one of the easiest ways to promote your website in order to generate traffic and increase earnings.

How does this happen?

Create articles relative to your website content and submit them to "free content" article submission sites. Simple to do, takes very little time and can very quickly increase your website visitors, sales and in turn, your revenue.

How can article writing increase traffic and revenue?

The article on the free content submission site contains a link connecting back to the website. Readers, after studying your articles, may opt to click on this link and pay you an unplanned visit. Having articles on the free content submission sites is also allowing these articles to be obtainable to many other web masters who may choose to publicize that particular article on their website.

If they do, your article will still contain a link back to your website and anyone who reads the article can choose to click on the link back in order to look in on your website. As the amount of your published articles multiply in numbers, and even more and more of them are appearing on numerous websites, the increasing number of links to your website increases as well.

Main search engines are paying a lot of respect to incoming links to websites so they can judge the worth of a particular website. The more incoming links the website has, the extra value search engines attaches to it. This normally then increases your websites positioning in the search engine results.

If you website is marketing a particular product, the links that your articles have achieved may mean new potential business for you. Thus if visitors skim through it, you never know if they could be in need of what you are offering now or maybe in the future. There are also those who may have particular information they want on their mind but cannot choose yet between the numerous choices on line. Likelihood is, they may just happen to read one of your articles, gets attracted by the topic you wrote, go to your website and became enticed by what you have to offer.

Most search engines do not only index the websites, they also index published articles. They are also likely to index any story that is written about your own site's subject. So when somebody searches for that very subject, the list of results will probably have your website accredited or may if you are fortunate enough, display the articles that you have authored. And to imagine, you got this attention through no effort of your own except for the submission which took only a few minutes.

It is no surprise then why innumerable web masters are rapidly reviving their old essay styles and setting aside part of their week to pen new articles relating to their website rather than carrying out alternative and mostly more expensive means of marketing. Marketing a website in order to get it known better is easier if you have articles multiplying its links and making it easy for visitors browsing the internet to find what they are looking for. In light of the fact that a vast amount of people are now bringing their buying needs on line, having your website on the search engines by virtue of your articles is one way of letting visitors find out about you and your type of business that you specialize in.

The commendable thing about articles is that you can pen about subjects that internet surfers would wish to learn about, this can be achieved in the lightest of moods but still in a proficient way. If you stop to think about it, just a few minutes of your day is used up on actually penning one article and submitting it to the free content websites. In almost no time at all, those are distributed to more sites than you can imagine possible. Even before you grasp what is taking place, you are acquiring many more visitors than you had previously.

If you believe you are wasting your day creating these articles, think ahead to the future when you will see them printed and extensively broadcast on the Internet. Not to forget the immediate regard and scrutiny that people are allocating to your website and your goods or services. Try penning various subject articles and you should be guaranteed of a rapid gush in site visitors, link value and attentiveness.

Not anything comes close to acquiring gains for something you got for nothing.

Graham Burt is a very experienced Internet Marketer and gained most of his knowledge by listening to live and recorded presentations from the most successful people in each particular niche of the industry.It is well known that 95% of new on line business entrepreneurs fail due to a lack of knowledge.This website: http://www.roadmap-to-millions.com has ample content provided by Internet Millionaires to get anyone wishing to be successful at Internet Marketing an advantage over most.

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What Do You Need From Business Opportunities to Make Money With a Home Business?

2008-06-13T07:54:00.000-07:00

There are many different ways that anyone can use to make money with a home business. You just have to take the time to decide which internet business is right for you. You can easily do this with research and checking out each business opportunity thoroughly. One thing that a lot of people don't realize is that if you want to make money from home, there are some things that you need to make sure are provided for you by the opportunity you choose to start your business with. So what are these things?

One: You need to have a website. Most of the business opportunities that you can use to start your own internet business will provide this to you when you sign up with them. Some opportunities will give you more than one site and you can choose which one to use.

Two: You need to have marketing materials such as email ads, text ads, banner ads and others, provided for you. When you are first starting your business and trying to make money with a home business, you will have a lot of learn and do without trying to create your own marketing materials. Most of the internet business opportunities will also provide you with this to help you start making money right away. If they don't then you want to make sure you can create them yourself before you start your business with them.

Three: Customer support is also something important that any business opportunity needs to provide you with. You need to be able to contact them for help when needed. This is important also for your customers because you may need to contact the company for them if you can't help them with your problem. You don't want to have to tell your customer that you can't help them because you can't get anyone to respond to you. So make sure their customer service is good before you start your business with them.

Four: Advertising help is something else you will need. You need to have some idea of where to start advertising your business and if you are new to the internet or internet businesses than this can be hard to figure out. A lot of the business opportunities will give you a small list of places you can start advertising right away. You will have to learn about other marketing methods yourself.

These are not all of the things you will need when you want to make money with a home business but they are the most important ones. Make sure that any of the business opportunities that you are interested in will provide all of this for you before you start your business with them. If they don't then you may want to move on to one that does.

Paul Jesse is a lifetime student of internet maketing. He created http://www.SheaMarketing.com for those interested in ways to make money at home. He invites you to visit his website and check out some of the free work from home opportunities. http://www.sheamarketing.com

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Learn How to Start a Home Based Business

2008-06-13T07:49:00.000-07:00

Do you know how to start a home based business? Has your lack of knowledge stopped you in your tracks of pursuing your dream? Maybe you lack the confidence to believe you can be successful. Sometimes, a lack of confidence can be quickly overcome by learning HOW to do something.

I don't know about you, but I learn best when I am given bite-size chunks of information to digest in an easy step-by-step system to follow. I like to have someone who has done it before lead me in a clear direction. I like to know what to do first, what next and so on. In other words, have someone take me by the hand and lead me through.

I have heard of so many people who start a home based business, and three months later, give it up because they didn't feel it was profitable. Or they were overwhelmed and really didn't know how to market it so they were not seeing success.

I know there are others that are so confused as to what is legitimate and what are the scams, they avoid the whole home business concept because they don't want to have their money taken for nothing in return.

Then there are those who just plain don't know what to do as a business. They have some interests, but don't know if they can create a business around them. And they aren't sure if there will be a market for their product or service once they have it up and running.

There are a few things you want to have in place before you start any business.

• Choose a Niche - you want to choose a niche that interests you and that you can stay with for the long haul.
• Market research - you need to know if there are people willing to spend money on your product or service before you get involved in it.
• Marketing strategies - you can have the best business that is in demand, but if you don't know how to market it, you will not be successful. You also will want to find ways to market your business that don't cost you a great deal of money, so that you can continue to consistently market your business.

Being an entrepreneur isn't that difficult if you know how to start and how to keep marketing your home based business. And a home based business can bring you years of fulfillment and enjoyment, so what are you waiting for?

Laurie Neumann has created a twelve week ecourse that will take you by the hand and lead you step-by-step in starting a home based business. She will give you eight marketing strategies, and seven of them are free. Read about her ecourse at http://www.homebusinessbeginners.com

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