Are You Tired of the Search Engines? Then Chuck Them Away, For Good
March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Fellow Internet marketing professionals are putting a lot of emphasis on the search engines, as they proclaimed that more than 80% of their website traffic comes from them.
OK, fair enough. If you can get your site listed on the first page of Google, then you can have potentially an avalanche of traffic pouring into your website. But what if you wake up the next day and find that your site is nowhere to be found?
Internet marketing experts with an astute business mind will tell themselves not to put all their eggs into one basket. By concentrating solely on the search engines, you will be subjecting yourself to the tiresome ever-changing algorithms of the search engines.
So why do you have to be a slave to the search engines, when you can use other traffic sources not connected to them at all? You will have a better chance of long-term success with these alternative traffic sources, provided you put them into good use and execute them efficiently.
Below are some of the unconventional traffic generation methods which you can put into practice to spice up your Internet marketing efforts.
1. Social Networking
Social networking websites are once known as fun dating sites, but not anymore now. They are now gaining much more respect as established social networking sites. Myspace, for example, is consistently ranked in the top six of the Alexa rankings, so you can just imagine the massive amount of traffic that it is getting. If you can tap into this vast network, then you are literally stepping on a goldmine.
All you need to do is to create a profile, gain a lot of friends, and invite them to your own website. Just imagine if you have got thousands of friends. You would have potentially thousands of hits to your website. Friendster and Multiply are two other social networking sites that are worth a try.
2. Blog and Ping
Some people are saying that blog and ping are no longer as effective as before. But with the explosion of blogs on the Internet, this Internet marketing strategy is still worth a try. Generally, blogs are online journals that command a huge and loyal readership. There are also a number of blog directories to help blog readers find their favorite blogs.
You can set up a blog to promote your online business, and then ping your blog to the many blog directories whenever you have made a post. By doing this, you are effectively telling the directories to come and visit your updated blog. Do this over a period of time and you will generate a steady flow of traffic to your site.
3. Tag and ping
Tag and ping is the newest and also the hottest Internet marketing strategy for bloggers on the Internet right now. Blog directories like Technorati and Del.icio have introduced this technique for their members to take advantage of this innovative traffic generation method. Instead of keywords, they use tags.
Now, what are tags? Tags are simply words or phrases that you can use to categorize your blog posts, and this effectively puts you in full control. The interesting part is that every tag will have its own landing page, and the latest entries to be submitted will be found on top of the list for that tag. This is a great way for your blog to attract massive readership, and it will eventually bring success to your online business.
4. The power of Digg
The immensely popular Digg website is a collection of the best news stories on the Internet. News stories are contributed by the members, and they get to vote for their favorite stories via a process called digging. The story that receives the most number of digs will get to appear on the main page, and this is where the fun begins.
Digg is consistently ranked in the top 100 in the Alexa rankings. So if your story do appear on the front page, a huge avalanche of traffic will pour into your profile page, and thousands of them will click through to your website. And this is only for one story. What if you regularly contribute stories to Digg? The numbers will really add up and then multiply exponentially. You are only limited to your own imagination!
So my friend, it is really high time that you say goodbye to the search engines, and say hello to the interesting and innovative outlined in this article. These are hot new Internet marketing techniques, so put them into good practice now so that you are one step ahead of your competitors.
Wyatt Lee
http://www.articlesbase.com/sem-articles/are-you-tired-of-the-search-engines-then-chuck-them-away-for-good-63244.html
Unemployed? Make Money Online – My Internet Success Story
March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In September of 2008 I lost my job as a long distance truck driver due to a chronic back injury. And of course, no job, no income. But the bills kept coming, oh yes the bills never stopped. Anyway, after about 2 weeks of lying around the house, banging my head off the walls, and annoying my wife, I started searching the Internet for some kind of opportunity where I could make some money online. My wife works as a nurse and we had some money saved, but without my income we were going to be hurting financially and fast! Did I mention the bills?
Well, one night I was online doing a little surfing and to tell you the truth, I wasn’t even looking for ways to make money. I was just surfing along on the net clicking this and clicking that, not really paying attention to anything in particular, and up popped an IPC website. At first, I thought it was just another one of those fishy websites that try to gyp people out of money. But I took a closer look because something on that website caught my eye. What caught my eye, was the picture of a man. Yea, the guy on the website… that guy on the website… I think know that guy! Or at least I thought I did, he looked really familiar. Just to let you know, the old IPC websites (they have since been updated) used to have a picture of a man in a tux on the front page, and he was holding out a wad of cash in his hand. It was as if he was saying, “Hey you, come here and take this money! Come on grab it!”. That guy looks a lot like someone I used to know. But it turned out, I really didn’t know the guy at all, I had just been up all day, it was 2 am and I had about 20 cups of coffee in me. I had a really wicked coffee buzz going that night.
I guess it was fate or destiny (or 20 cups of coffee), call it what you want. Whatever it was, it made me stop and take a closer look at that website, and curiousity got the better of me, so I decided to do a little investigating. I Googled IPC to see if I could get some “dirt” on it. I figured that when I put IPC into the “Google info grinder”, it would crumble like a cookie. Sure enough, when I saw the page Google brought back, my eyes were immidiately drawn to a headline that had the word “SCAM” in it, in big bold letters. On that entire page, the word “scam” was the first thing I noticed. And I thought to myself, “Ok IPC game over. You’re busted pal. You’re history!” But I clicked on the link anyway, prepared to read all kinds of stuff telling me how IPC was a scam, and IPC was a fraud, and how, if you put any money into it you would be the biggest butthead to ever fall off the turnip truck (or however that saying goes). But what I found instead, was an article written by an IPC member saying that IPC was in fact, not a scam. It was actually making money for him. I think the headline of that article went something like: “Can IPC Make Money Online Or Is It A SCAM?” I can’t remember all the details of that article, but the gist of it was, IPC was working for him and it would work for almost anybody if they would just take advantage of the techniques it puts forward.
I call that guy “the IPC guy” now. When the IPC guy wrote that headline he was employing a very clever marketing tactic to get his article noticed and get more traffic to his website. Let’s face it, that’s the goal of any online marketing plan, right? Hey it worked on me. He hooked me like a big old suckerfish. Let’s see if I can expand on that a bit. What the IPC guy knew when he wrote that headline is, that most people want their ideas to be backed up. Right or wrong, most people want their opinions to be reinforced. In other words, most people want to see their beliefs corroborated, whether their beliefs are true or not. It’s just human nature. So in placing the word “scam” in his headline, the IPC guy knew that he would draw more attention to his article because most people do believe that online money making opportunities do not work, and even if it’s just in the back of their minds, they want to see confirmation of that belief. As a result, they are more inclined to click the link with the word “scam” in it to get reassurance of a conclusion they have already drawn (that online money making opportunities are scams). Wow, my brain really hurts now. I think I need an aspirin. Did that make sense? I hope so.
Bottom line is, I clicked the link and got involved with The IPC Program and through that, IPC Instant Cash and I’m glad I did. As I told you before, I was unemployed and searching for something to bring in some extra cash for my wife and me. Now don’t get me wrong, IPC hasn’t made us rich. But it has given us some breathing room, it has paid some bills, and it has allowed us to go out on the town now and then. It is not a scam. You do get a complete system with both the IPC Program and IPC Instant Cash. Both programs include a pre-buit replicated website (or you can set up your own domain name and hosting if you wish), plenty of training and support, plus all the tools you will need to be successful at online marketing. But you do have to get off your duff (not to be rude) if you want to make some money with these businesses. They are not going to drive themselves down the information superhighway making money for you as you sit idly by drinking beer. By the way, don’t drink and drive.
The good news is, it’s not that difficult to make some money with these systems. If you can follow directions and have just a minute amount of imagination, common sense, and good old work ethic, both IPC and IPC Instant Cash do make money online. I was a newbie to online marketing when I started, still am for the most part, and I’m doing ok. Uh oh, I hear my wife calling. We have a dinner date tonight, gotta go. Look me up if you decide to follow through with either of these programs. I might be able to help you out. My website links should be around here somewhere. My contact info is listed on those sites… Later!
Ken Stephens
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-business-articles/unemployed-make-money-online-my-internet-success-story-718337.html
Online Dating – Rules of Engagement for Finding your Perfect Date
March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The number of on-line dating sites have proliferated to such an extent that they are virtually everywhere and in great numbers.
The leaders are clear with their community concepts, or in one case (like the Russian sites), the sheer number of people online at any one time gives the user choices not achievable anywhere else.
How to use the dating sites to your maximum advantage is clearly shown below, as well as recognizing the scams that involve, insincere people waiting for the gullible and naïve to respond.
Here then are rules of engagement for on-line dating.
• Choose Your Site After Careful Examination.
Don’t’ rush to the first site you find. Do a survey of all the sites that have considerable people in your area.
• Also you must carefully decide what it is you want or who you want to find from the site.
If you are looking for love, or a girlfriend or boyfriend, or just fooling around, be hones t and make this known in your questionnaire.
• Have good photos made of yourself. Photos can present you in a good light or bad one. The visit to a professional photographer will reap huge benefits in the end.
• Review your questionnaire many times before you submit it. No reason to be too cleaver or too simple, and certainly not too humorous.
Be honest instead. If you are 60 and looking for a 25 year old girl, you might as well as you are a sugar daddy, and your honesty will bring you what you wish.
The same if you are married, and want to fool around. There are sites for the above, as well as normal sites for just dating. In any event, be honest and do not submit your questionnaire without careful thought.
• When someone responds to you, respond back quickly.
This does not have to mean instantly, but a timely response is always appreciated.
Keep your dialogue simple and general at first, while getting to know the person you are communicating with. Do not rush into a meeting! Let the idea of meeting each other evolve and not be a first out instant demand.
• Spot the scam.
If someone has submitted only 1 photo, that is a good sign that it may not be the actual person. Ask for other photos, and those taken in real life situations.
If your discussions start heading towards an economic subject, your scam radar should be on extra alert. Always ask the question, “why was I asked something like that? Why me?” If you mind is ready, you will spot the scam and stop it in its tracks,
If you are a guy and a really beautiful girl starts to proposition you, she is most likely a pro, or amateur pro in the making, or none of these, but waiting to catch you in some trap. Beware of this ploy.
• Your first meeting should be a crowded coffee shop during the day. Never break this rule.
If you meeting went well, plan for a normal meeting next time. If the person who shows up does not meet your expectations, cut the meeting short, and go your way. No hard feelings.
So these are the basic rules of engagement for on-line dating. An unwritten rule that should not need mentioning, but we will for the sake of good order, is ALWAYS BE PO
Sacha Tarkovsky
http://www.articlesbase.com/dating-articles/online-dating-rules-of-engagement-for-finding-your-perfect-date-135546.html