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The Major Explanations For Why You Should Undertake Article Marketing

By Brad James in Featured

The Internet continues to evolve in leaps and bounds, and countless innovations have been witnessed since it was initially made open to the public. With an astounding number of men and women who have access to the Internet and the many business prospects that come with it, it is not surprising that those who desire to take charge of their everyday lives and become self-employed would utilize the Internet to make their own way. Article marketing and SEO are just two of the most popular ways to earn a living online, but few know of the similarities and differences between these 2 techniques. This article tackles article promotion and search engine optimization, plus the different rewards of having one or both as the foundation of your online business venture.

Article marketing is defined as the crafting of helpful content pieces and their distribution to plenty of article banks. The objective of these content pieces is for a corporation to catch end users’ interest and offer them various products and services in a discreet manner, plus compel them to go to the agency’s primary website. SEO is considered the base of modern Internet trade and entails the implementation of numerous promotional schemes and sufficient keyword research in order to direct the necessary traffic to a site.

The biggest similarity between article marketing and search engine optimization is that both are designed to put a website at the top of search engines’ results pages or one of the first ten results. Article marketing and SEO do this via keyword phrases and online visibility: if you carry out proper keyword research, choose the most suitable key phrases and utilize them well throughout your content, you are going to attract more website traffic, sales as well as recognition.

On top of that, keyword density is a critical factor in both SEO and article marketing. You must have the correct amount of keywords in your material in order to make it enticing to both people and search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing. Basically, it’s important that you grasp the significance and strength of article promotion and SEO; even if the deepest secrets of these approaches aren’t revealed by lots of specialists, it’s a widely known fact that they would take your online company to the next level if done correctly.

As article marketing and search engine optimization are pretty similar, they may be used in tandem for your enterprise. They work well with one another and offer substantial revenues. Here’s how they are going to produce favorable outcomes: your page ranking can be raised when you craft an entertaining and useful article, add a one-way link to your site in the content piece, and submit that content piece to reliable article directory sites. These article submission sites would subsequently distribute your article to webmasters, websites and organizations that need well-made content. End users will spot your write-up as one of the leading search engine results and check it out, then click on the backlink that you provided in order to learn more about you and your business venture. Thus, article marketing can be thought of as a form of search engine optimization.

The article promotion-search engine optimization pairing could be seen as the strongest and also cost-effective internet sales and advertising tool. If you decide to carry out both tactics, bear in mind that you must focus on a crucial component: your website subject material. The value of your site is based on and is magnified by your content. The content pieces that you publish need to be unique, useful and also engaging to grab the interest of consumers around the world. There are a lot of web marketers who make bulk write-ups that don’t have any substance, so beware of those people. Granted, because of the flood of unfavorable web marketers, it is tough to find high-quality material that will provide you with what you need and want.

The advantages of making use of both SEO and article marketing would be seen shortly after you put them into practice. The simple step-by-step procedure for both approaches would help you become more efficient and have extra time to focus on other urgent concerns. In addition, this mixture of tactics works every time, which would mean that you generate more profits and do it more quickly! Having said that, you’ll have to be really cautious; conduct your research, confirm the amount of earnings that come in from advertising and article distribution before employing them, and utilize only ethical and legitimate advertising and optimization methods for your business. You’ll have a prosperous home business before long!

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The search engines thrive on content and backlinks. Without article marketing your site is dead! Learn how a good article marketing campaign can promote your website by getting your FREE Marketing Report at >www.Unique-Article-Wizard.com

15 DoFollow Blog Commenting Tips That Will Instantly Get Your Comments Approved

By Dele Ojewumi in Featured

We all know that dofollow blog commenting is a great way of getting backlinks pointing to your website, which in turn ultimately boosts your website’s page rank and indeed improves your keyword ranking. We all also know how difficult it can be to identify high pagerank dofollow blogs for blog commenting. It therefore stands to reason that once identified, you should take all necessary steps to ensure your blog commenting achieves result by your comments being approved.

How do you increase the chances of your blog comments being approved? By taking the following steps:

1. Read all or scan a reasonable portion of the blog post you intend to comment on so that you are abreast with the contents and so you are able to make a reasonable blog comment.

2. Identify and target blogs whose content theme you are reasonably comfortable with and in respect of which you possess some knowledge and experience as a basis for making a reasonable comment.

3. Your comment must be directly related to the post you are trying to comment on and refer to or reply directly to the content of the post. This will make the webmaster know that you have actually read his post. As a result, general comments such as “Great post, will visit your site again”, “This subject is very interesting and you have explained it thoroughly” etc are indicative of spam comments and any experienced webmaster will immediately trash such comments.

4. Insert your actual first name in the name space as most webmasters do not like approving comments with only keywords inserted into the name field. To get SEO benefits, you can go ahead and use the keyword luv plugin so that your name can be inserted as “name @ keyword” or use a format such as “name | keyword” in the name field.

5. For some blogs, there is a space restriction for the name field and if you intend to gain SEO advantages here, you must pick either your main keyword (which is likely to be very short) alone, if that particular website allows such or you are restricted to using your first name alone but of course with backlink pointing to your website.

6. Search for dofollow blogs that were recently commented on. This considerably increases the chances of your blog comment being approved as some blogs are either no longer functioning or comments are closed on some old posts or the webmaster may not be inclined to accept new comments on these old posts.

7. Search for posts that are just published. This is similar to the above but not exactly so in that here, reference is to more or less real time posts which is best gotten through setting Google alerts. As these posts are fresh, the webmaster is likely to be inclined to approving fairly well written comments unlike later on when comments on the blog post may have become saturated.

8. Search for blogs that use the “comment luv”, “keyword luv”, “top commenters” wordpress plugins. These blogs more than others are more comment friendly and your comments therefore have a greater chance of being approved.

9. For some blogs, you should not link to an unduly long url such that occurs with some inner pages. This is because some blogs regard such links as spam.

10. Do not make more than one comment on a particular blog per day. This is because some webmasters regard an attempt to do otherwise as an attempt to spam their blog with comments.

11. Use a true picture of yourself as your avatar i.e. get a gravatar. Most webmasters and indeed most sites generally look more favorably on a commenter who reflects his actual picture and regard such comments as more credible. He is thought not to have anything to hide unlike most commenters who hide behind “masks”.

12. Before making your comment, compliment the effort of the webmaster on the usefulness of the post. We are all human and a little massaging of ego does help to get your comment approved. Do not stop here however but go on to now make a direct comment on some particular aspect of the post, otherwise, stopping at merely massaging the webmaster’s ego will be regarded as spam by most webmasters.

13. Where you can make reference to another blog post, article or news item to buttress your comment, by all means please do, as you come out as highly informed this way and increase your chances of being favorably looked upon by the webmaster.

14. Your website should portray seriousness which can be depicted by good number of backlinks, fair PR level, reasonable volume of posts on your own blog etc. as most webmasters first take a look at your blog/website via your link before approving your comment.

15. Search for blogs that have a good history of approving reasonably well written comments which you can deduce from previous comments on the blog as some webmasters are just difficult and unfriendly and no matter what you do, will not approve comments from those they do not know.

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Dele Ojewumi is an affiliate marketer and the webmaster of => homebiz-supermarket.com/profitable-business-ideas where you can find home business ideas and opportunities. He is the author of the popular internet’s most-up-to-date-list of 165 top article directories => homebiz-supermarket.com/profitable-business-ideas/201
0/10/top-article-directories with clickable links, classified into dofollow and nofollow.

Effective SEO No Walk in the Theme Park – A SPN Exclusive Article

By Angela Charles in Featured

I was recently contacted by another SEO practitioner who was chagrined by all the folks who question the cost of search engine optimization vs. building a website. Her comment: “Some clients say “If it costs $6,000 to build a website, why do I have to pay more than that for SEO?”

Perhaps this example will help: Several years ago, we took our family to Universal Studios in Orlando. Before going there, a relative told me that when we purchase our tickets, we should look into the “Express Pass,” which would enable us to go to the head of the line at any attraction at the park. The pass wasn’t cheap – it was $20 then and now it’s about $40 more than the cost of the entry ticket.

But, we had limited time to spend there and wanted to get in as many attractions as we could. So we bit the bullet, bought the pass and bypassed the hundreds of people standing in line for the same attractions we were walking into. We had a terrific experience at the park and the extra cost was worth it.

Your website is your company’s entry ticket to the Internet. For the price of a standard website, your company gets the privilege of hanging out its cyber-shingle. The problem is that all the people who could buy from you don’t necessarily know you’re out there. Your current customers will find you because they know your name and can type that in, but for new customer acquisition, things get a little more tricky. People typing in your type of products or services are more likely to find competitor sites who have already gone to the extra length of positioning their sites through SEO.

10 Predictions for Web CMS in 2011

By Tom Wentworth in Featured

It’s that time of the year when analysts, pundits, and vendors announce their bold predictions for the upcoming year. 2010 was a banner year for Web CMS, as companies realized the benefit of integrating Web CMS into critical business processes like marketing, sales, and customer support. Corporate websites took a giant leap forward, evolving from static to dynamic, and from generic to personal. The explosive growth of mobile devices in new form factors like the iPad caused CMOs to rethink their mobile strategies.

So let’s get started with my ten predictions for Web CMS in 2011:

1) WEM, the acronym, will remain vendor jargon. WEM, the concept, will transform the future of Web CMS.

WEM, or Web Engagement Management (or is it Web Experience Management?) has emerged as a potential challenger to replace CMS as the acronym that describes how companies use content to drive site visitor engagement and deliver business outcomes. Although WEM has been heavily discussed and debated among analysts and journalists, it remains a mystery to the only audience that matters- the users and buyers of Web CMS. While the capabilities described by WEM are paramount to the future of Web CMS, buyers will reject WEM the acronym but will come to expect that the existing acronyms WCM and CMS will include the capabilities of delivering and measuring site customer engagement.

2) Companies will evolve their mobile strategy beyond “mobile friendly”.

2010 was the year where mobile devices finally drove enough site traffic to compel companies to craft a mobile strategy. Yet most organizations stopped at mobile friendly, assuming the battle was over once the website and marketing campaigns rendered correctly on mobile devices. In 2011, we’ll see marketers take advantage of device capabilities and characteristics to deliver mobile experiences, not mobile friendly websites. Users are open to more immersive experiences on tablets but will look for more transactional experiences on smartphones. Mobile development will no longer be an afterthought, and innovative companies will develop for mobile first, and progressively enhance the experience based on the capabilities of the browser or device.

3) Web CMS vendors will differentiate through their decisions to build vs. integrate.

The decision to “build vs. integrate” has become a battleground for vendors trying to establish unique identities in the Web CMS space. Some vendors are focused on creating all-encompassing suites of capabilities, while others are more focused on integration with existing business applications. In 2011, vendor strategies will diverge even more strongly in this area, with vendors picking sides and aggressively committing to their strategy. For those vendors that choose to integrate, their success will be predicated on their ability to deliver deep technology integrations, not the fluffy “press release integrations” of the past.

4) Content is king. Context is queen. Together, they rule the fiefdom of web engagement.

It’s long been said the content is king, and as marketing shifts from outbound to inbound, content has evolved into a strategic corporate asset. While context is king, context is its queen. Context provides an understanding of the content consumer, and her unique set of circumstances. With context, you can match the right content, at the right moment of opportunity to encourage, support, or persuade the visitor to take action. In 2011, being able to understand the context of site visitors will transform how organizations view Web CMS and dynamic content delivery.

5) Web CMS acquisition fever will slow down, or maybe even stop.

The last five years have seen transformative acquisitions in the Web CMS vendor landscape. Oracle bought Stellent. Open Text acquired RedDot. Autonomy purchased Interwoven. Open Text bought Vignette. And most recently, Adobe acquired Day Software. In 2011, the acquisition fever will slow down as the remaining best-of-breed vendors focus on growth and differentiation in the next wave of Web CMS.

6) Multichannel publishing will drive a resurgence in structured content authoring

While newer authoring interfaces like in-context editing and drag+drop page creation have emerged as important tools for Web CMS users, the need for multichannel publishing will push users back towards more traditional, structured authoring interfaces. Publishing to multiple channels requires additional structure to ensure the right content is delivered to the right channel. Users will tag content for usage in specific channels, ranging from traditional long-form channels like the desktop web browser to short form channels like mobile devices and Twitter.

7) Platform will become less important in the Web CMS selection process

In the past, companies would have a strong preference for platform when selecting a Web CMS platform, typically Java or .NET in the enterprise. The platform requirement will become less of a decision point as the viral growth of Sharepoint created .NET expertise in even the most formidable Java strongholds like financial services and insurance. While some companies will still prefer a particular platform, it will become increasingly less important in 2011. Buyers will pick the products that best fit their business and technical requirements, regardless of platform.

8 ) Enterprise search is sexy again

Search and Web CMS have always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship, and the relationship will grow deeper in 2011. Enterprise search platforms provided by vendors like Microsoft, Endeca, and Autonomy do far more than just keyword searches. They power mission critical business processes like commerce and customer support, and play a significant role in the overall customer experience of a website. Search is an important part of a customer engagement strategy, and Web CMS vendors will use enterprise search platforms to provide new sets of capabilities focused on engagement and experience.

9) Social media will permeate the corporate website

The website of the future will be a seamless blend of corporate generated and user generated content. Social is no longer just a disconnected feature of a website, it’s a fundamental shift in how companies embrace customer relationships, transparency, and authenticity. In 2011, we’ll finally start to see companies and brands adopt the principals outlined by Jeremiah Owyang in his 2007 blog how on How to Evolve Your Irrelevant Corporate Website.

10) Developers. Developers. Developers.

Web CMS vendors have spent the last few years catering to marketing departments and business users, addressing usability and innovating new ways to use Web CMS to run marketing campaigns. Web CMS vendors will place the same emphasis on transforming the developer experience, providing better tools, APIs, code samples, documentation, and more.

So those are my predictions for 2011. 2010 was a great year for Web CMS, and I think we’ll look back and identify 2010 as an inflection point in the market, driven by both the emergence of web engagement and the growth of new channels like mobile and social media. Please share your thoughts and predictions in the comments, or on Twitter using the hashtag #futurewcm.

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Tom Wentworth is an experienced, versatile, and passionate technology executive with over 15 years experience selling, marketing, and designing enterprise software. In his current role, Tom is the VP of Web Solutions for Ektron, where he’s responsible for corporate strategy.

How To Use Twitter To Market Your Affiliate Products

By Andrew Holtom in Featured

Twitter has long been used by affiliate marketers to connect with prospects in their target market. As a micro-blogging site, it has proven itself as a powerful and free marketing tool and is currently the no. 10 top internet site on Alexa, the site ranking tool. Here I’m going to share with you how to use Twitter to market your affiliate products.

Promotion – Twitter offers a free marketing opportunity. Not only can you Tweet your message, you should also make the most of the space available on the background image, the profile area and the directories that index Twitter accounts to get your message out there. Your message may contain what you offer on your website, or which products you supply.

Consistency - for the best results, you will need to commit to a regular presence on Twitter. By ‘showing your face’ regularly you will be able to interact with others so that you can build relationships. Effective internet marketing works by building relationships initially. If you cannot to commit to Tweeting everyday, look into using tools that will Tweet for you as you schedule such as HootSuite and TweetDeck.

Be a reporter - provide quality information as the bulk of your Tweets to build your reputation as a worthwhile follow. You will gain the respect of your market and this will result in a higher number of followers to market affiliate products.

ReTweet - retweet the best posts that you come across as part of your content sharing. This will add to your reputation as somebody to follow, as you continue to share quality, relevant and educational material that you come across from other users.

Reply - interact and respond to mentions of your handle. You can also spend time asking questions and providing answers to others questions. You can respond by typing the handle (@Oprah for example). Twitter is a social networking tool, not something to just broadcast from. The more interaction that you do, the bigger your community will grow with more chance of finding buyers.

Search - use the Twitter search tool with #hashtags of your related keywords to find who is in your market. You can respond to relevant Tweets by replying or you can even ReTweet them depending on whether they fit with your content model.

#Hashtag - in turn, use the #hashtag in your tweets so that they show in searches for other people to find.

Directories - look through directories such as Twellow to find prospects and businesses in your industry to follow, some will follow you in return.

TweetAttack - use this tool to mass follow and unfollow Twitter accounts. You will build up your follow base in no time at all. You will have to pay a fee to use it, but it is definitely worth the outlay as you will have more connections in order to market affiliate products to more people.

Have fun – social networking can be a little like a social event, it should be fun, you should come across as professional, positive and polite for the best results. Don’t waste time spamming, your followers will run a mile from you.

Twitter is certainly a great tool to market affiliate products on. You can connect to your target market quite easily just be using some of the techniques listed above.

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Andrew Holtom is an experienced and accomplished online marketer. Andrew enjoys introducing newcomers to the profits of internet marketing. If you want to know more about online marketing, then visit www.webmarketinformation.com/imr.html for more information.

E-Mail Spoofing

By Chris Holgate in Featured

This week I’m going to reply to an e-mail I received from a reader this week which touches on a subject I’ve have had a fair amount of first hand experience with just recently:

I follow your column in the Herald Express and see you sometimes highlight problems. I have followed your advice and some time ago installed the AVG Grisoft virus check, which I keep fully updated.

I am however being inundated with returned e-mails which did not originate from me but uses the latter part of my e-mail address. I note that they all have attachments which of course I have never opened. As virus checks do not reveal a problem on my computer, can you suggest a possible cure?

John Cadman, via e-mail

As mentioned at the beginning of this article I have encountered this exact problem myself just recently. Unfortunately, a number of spammers have been trying to sell fake designer goods and shares in dodgy companies to unsuspecting users by using my own business e-mail address rather than their own.

There could be a number of reasons for them wishing to do this however I believe the most likely useful purpose would be to fool spam filters. Usually when a spammer starts a campaign of mailing random people their e-mail address is very quickly blocked by the spam filters to prevent the intended recipients from receiving unsolicited mail. If the spammer can send out messages from completely random and alternating addresses then it is very difficult for spam filters to function efficiently without banning millions of legitimate users e-mail addresses.

Of course this is quite frustrating for those that have had their e-mail address exploited because like John I am receiving a large number of ‘your e-mail cannot be delivered’ messages on a daily basis as the messages sent from the spoofer get bounced back to my legitimate e-mail address. Additionally I have had a few customer complaints about me supposedly trying to sell them treatment for impotency when the reality is that this particular business venture has nothing to do with me!

Unfortunately, the problem stems from the fact that the SMTP mail protocol that is most commonly used to send e-mail on the Internet doesn’t require any authorization and as such it is incredibly easy to send e-mails that appear as though they are from someone else entirely. I’m sure most of you have by now received a spoof e-mail which appears to have come from your bank asking for you to confirm your account details and this scam works on the same principle.

The short answer to your question is unfortunately there isn’t really anything that you can do to stop this from occurring although the good news is that the symptoms experienced are not a sign that your computer is infected with anything nasty. Businesses and individuals will continue to be vulnerable to these kinds of spoof e-mails until a more secure system of sending e-mails is implemented. To the best of my knowledge for the time being the best you can do is ignore the bounced e-mails and hope that the spammers soon find a new target.

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Chris Holgate writes a weekly article of all things tech related. He is a director and copyrighter of the online computer consumables business Refresh Cartridges www.refreshcartridges.co.uk. An archive of the articles can be found at www.computerarticles.co.uk.

Is Your “Why” Right For Video Marketing?

By Steven Washer in Featured

Let’s take a walk down the produce aisle I love grocery stores. They’re not just a metaphor for life, they actually have something to say about it. As in life, there are a wide variety of choices to be made, and those choices have consequences. In one aisle, the potential for nourishment is bountiful. In another aisle, it’s so tempting to reach for the cheesecake instead of the broccoli.

In my town we have a grocery store chain called Big Y. Let’s look at this in relationship to your business. Because your “Big Why” will be your greatest source of nourishment.

And just what is your Big Why? Simple. It’s the reason you do what you do in your business. No, not the money part. That’s too easy. And that won’t change the world. What will change the world is a Big Why that clicks with your audience.

So why is the Big Why so important to have?

Well, in addition to just inspiring you to jump out of bed in the morning, it will also inspire those around you. People will respond instantly to a Big Why, whereas they may never respond at all to a more reasoned and logical approach, like:

You: “Buy my stuff. It’s great. It works.”
Them: “Who cares?”

We could talk about how you find your Big Why. But I’d like to cut right to the chase and talk about where to find the people who will respond to your Big Why.

So let’s start with a simple question. Do you love your clients? Do you know where your lovable clients come from? Whether you do or do not, I think it’s always a good idea to put our greatest effort into learning where these lovable clients can be found so we can bring them home with us. And why is this important? I mean, besides the fact that love is a pretty nourishing factor in and of itself?

Is your Big Why nourishing you?

Because you may love your work but not so much your clients. If that’s the case I need you to consider a scary thought: What if you’re attracting the wrong kind of client in the first place? If so, then everything you do for them runs up against a brick wall of resistance. This wall is one you will never be able to break through.

Consider that the wrong client is usually with you for the wrong reasons. He or she got to you, maybe through a referral from another strange client. So your very reason for coaching or consulting with them is not the one they think they came to you for. Does thissound crazy?

Unfortunately it isn’t.

The one-second twist of fate

You know how we make decisions at the emotional level, then justify them logically, even if it’s only 1 second later? In the case of your difficult client, that one second can change your life permanently. That one second of accepting the wrong client could determine whether or not you have a wonderful year full of joy and profits, or a terrible year full of angst, poverty and fighting for a paycheck. The problem is that you may be attracting these inappropriate clients because your Big Why is unknown to you, so they’re attaching their Big Why to you. How’s that for a frightening thought?

Now recall that birds of a feather flock together. And herein lies my cautionary tale.

The tale of Sarah (names changed to protect the innocent) I have a friend. She does very well financially in her business, but her life is a stress-filled purgatory filled to the brim with terrible clients. Her problem? The money is too good to pass up. So she’s sacrificed her personal life to deal with a large number of dodgy clients, all of whom are in the same market space and have clearly talked to each other about how she would be the perfect choice for their businesses.

Each month she gets one more of these types of clients and so hates every minute of her working life. I don’t have to lecture you on the implications for her health and her relationships. And it probably won’t come as a surprise to learn that she has more frequent illnesses than Job.

I believe that having the right kind of client is absolutely necessary to your health, happiness and yes, your bank account. Coaches call it work/life balance.

The right partnership isn’t optional

So you see, it shouldn’t be optional, this “attracting the right people” phase. You’ll need that treasure-trove of “right” clients. The ones who will respond the most to your coaching and get the best results from it. The ones who will gladly pay you what you’re worth. The ones who keep coming back. The ones who may even become friends.

But where will these special, lovable clients come from?

Well, you attract them. You can’t really find them. They have to find you. And when they do you need to approach them in a way that speaks their language.

One way of accomplishing this is to present yourself in a way that bypasses rational, logical thought and drives right to the heart of their decision-making process in their emotions. And how do you do that? Well, you could sit and meet with them. You could speak to them in a public forum. That’s the basis of all sales programs.

Or you could send a video.

For instance, what about prospecting with your Big Why? You know it’s important to gather as many prospects as possible, but it’s equally important to gather the right ones. And if your video marketing is haphazard, unfocused and lacks the critical elements of your core philosophy, you’ll be in danger of attracting the wrong clientele.

You may not think this is important if you don’t have long-term clients, like a coach or consultant, but that isn’t really true. Even if you sell a product, wouldn’t you rather have evangelists out selling for you rather than a one-time customer?

So having your Big Why appear in all of your videos is probably the most important thing you can do for your marketing. It will attract the right clients and customers, give you the opportunity to build relationships, and in the end, make the world a better place to live in.

And right about now, the world could really use a heaping helping of “better”. So why not visit your “Big Why” and make your business the change we all need?

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Steven Washer develops strategies and systems to help you succeed at video marketing. If you want to learn how to design, craft and distribute powerful videos to help you play on a bigger stage, simply claim your free video marketing gifts at: => www.brainyvideo.com/gifts.html/a>.

7 Tips for Flipping Websites for Income

By Brandon Cox in Featured

Flipping websites is a lot like flipping houses – except that they’re totally different. When you flip a house, you buy it for $100,000, spend $30,000 more than you expected fixing it up, which takes three months longer than you hoped to make mortgage payments, then sell it for $120,000. Or so I’ve heard from some folks who have been a little burned.

With flipping websites, it’s a bit different in that you’re dealing strictly with digital goods, so to speak, so there’s no material cost involved. And there are many more opportunities for old-fashioned, do-it-yourself, boot-strapping – IF you know what you’re doing. And if you don’t? You can still get burned, so be careful.

Here are some tips for launching a website flipping venture:

Stick With Well-Known Sources

My own favorite is Flippa. At one time it was under the umbrella of the Sitepoint.com marketplace and eventually launched as Flippa. Flippa offers some nice and helpful features such as:

* Current revenue, with verification of anything suspicious.
* Detailed traffic and ranking information.
* A secure transaction method.

Educating the Non Geeks in Your Life

By Kalena Jordan in Featured

This time of year can be a bit of a challenge for computer geeks.

If you’re anything like me, you get bombarded at every Xmas function or family get together with the dreaded “Will you fix my computer?” question.

While there are tshirts you can buy that tactfully state your opinion on the matter, they don’t actually address the problem itself, which is the computer issue keeping your friend / colleague / relative awake at night.

Never fear geek friends! Some Google staffers with too much time on their hands have put together the solution in the form of the web site Teach Parents Tech.

Now you can simply avoid awkward technical conversations by sending helpful tech support videos to all the non-geeks in your life. You simply choose the most appropriate wording for your email care package (with tone ranging from condescending to helpful) and attach one or more video tutorials.

There are over 50 basic instructional videos available, divided into the following categories:

* The Basics
* World Wide Web
* Communication
* Media
* Finding Information

Now, instead of dreading a drunk Uncle Dave cornering you after Xmas pudding with the question “I want to be an Internet zillionnaire. How do I schtaart my own webblog thingy *burp*?”, you can simply pre-empt it by emailing him a helpful How to Make a Blog video tutorial.

When your school secretary contacts you complaining that her computer is broken because nobody in her 2000 member email list has received her 20MB newsletter attachment, you’ll be ready with a helpful How to Share a Big File video.

When your elderly neighbor asks you to switch out her David Hasselhoff screensaver for one featuring Justin Bieber, you’ll be able to send her the perfect video instructions to do it herself.

Geeks Unite! Now the only thing you have to dread is the awkward silence next Xmas when Uncle Dave asks why nobody is visiting his blog.

Use Article Marketing and Social Media Marketing Together to Reach a Target Audience

By Connie Ragen Green in Featured

Article marketing and social media have worked well together since 2008. You can start telling people about what you are writing, finish writing your article, and then discuss the content of what you have written once it is published. I have tweeted three hundred word articles, sentence by sentence, but there is more to it than that.

When you are combining article marketing and social media marketing, think about the topics you will cover, the target audience you are trying to reach, and the purpose of what you are doing in terms of how it will build your online business.

I ask the people on my list, in my blog posts, on Twitter, on Facebook, and on LinkedIn which topics they are interested in knowing more about. This is how I come up with the articles that are making me so much money. Ask the people you are connected with online what type of information they want from you, and then provide it for them.

If you are not an expert in the area they are asking about, spend some time doing research and you will become more and more of an expert as time goes on. I honestly believe that we can become experts in almost any area having to do with the Internet is two months or less. I have done this myself since coming online at the end of 2005. Writing lots of articles will help you to do this faster than ever. Reach out to your target audience. They are already online, so find them and invite them over to your sites to join your list.

This is best done with an opt-in page, but you may want to start with a blog, as long as there is an opt-in box there for them to use to sign up. Once you start the conversation about your niche topic by writing articles on everything you know, you may be surprised at how many people find you on the social media sites. Remember that it’s all about keywords, so use the words your market understands in order to reach them. Once you begin finding your target audience, decide how you will monetize what you are doing.

This should really be your focus from the very beginning, but there is no time like the present to figure out what you will sell. Remember that someone must purchase something, either directly from you or through your affiliate link, in order for you to make money. Keep that in mind as you begin to create your own products and recommend those of affiliates.

Article marketing gives you content that can be easily repurposed into products that will sell. Write your articles and share them on social media sites. It will not take long for you to build a profitable business, as well as have enough content to create whatever type of products or membership sites you want to set up.

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Remember that the reason to start an internet business is to give you the time and money to live the life you choose. Download a free teleseminar on building your online business by visiting OnlineWritingSuccess.com Social Media Marketing to learn how to write articles, blog, become involved in social networking and learn the technology needed to build a profitable online business.

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