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Can any Tom, Dick, and Harry Start A Home Business?

First of all, my apologies to anyone who is offended by the title of this article.

I’ll get back to your question now. Is it possible for every Tom, Dick, and Harry to start a home business?

I understand that you may have a different viewpoint than mine. The purpose of this article, just like that of a candle, is to provide some light on home business.

The answer is that “YES” everyone can start a home business. It does not matter where you come from or what education level you have. It is possible for Tom, Dick, and Harry to start a home business.

However, not all Toms, Dicks, and Harrys will succeed at home businesses. This is where most people fail. 

For a home business to be successful, what do you need? In order to be successful at home business, you must possess certain qualities.

Can any Tom, Dick, and Harry Start A Home Business?

Listed below are some qualities that will help you maintain and grow your home business:

People who run home businesses are careful with their money.

It is always clear to them how much money they have. The price and value of things are known to them, so they can recognize a bargain when they see it. They are able to maintain their home businesses because of that.

The majority of home business owners earned money when they were teenagers – babysitting, mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, sacking groceries, etc. From here, they gained patience that helped them grow their home businesses.

There is a competitive nature in home business owners.

Many were active in sports and other competitions in high school and college. Others aimed to achieve good grades, and earn the respect of their parents and teachers and earn the respect of their teachers. This quality is very important in a home business.

Home business owners practice the old adage: “The early bird gets the worm.” They sleep and eat enough to stay energetic but don’t spend time on non-productive activities. This allows them to focus on growing their business.

Home business entrepreneurs who succeed are risk-takers and trust their hunches. Taking risks can be small first steps, like placing your first ad in a mail-order publication. Starting or growing a home business may be impossible without this quality.

They have a knack for home business.

The people in this group are constantly thinking of new ideas for making money or increasing their home business. They are not afraid to implement these new ideas.
 

Home business entrepreneurs tend to be lone wolves rather than a social butterfly.

This is one of the reasons why many entrepreneurs are attracted to home businesses, and mail-order businesses. They prefer a solitary work environment (home business).

A successful home business owner is usually a person of honor.

Handshakes and promises are their basis for doing business. It is common for them to form strong relationships with others who share the same work ethic.

Home business owners set aside time for leisure activities and family time. Work is their primary form of relaxation, but downtime and family time are important to them as well. 

The majority of home business owners do not retire. Even when they think they’re ready to retire, they always jump back in with a new project or get an idea they just can’t ignore. 

Home businesses that succeed are run by professionals. They operate just like they would in an office building in a major city, whether they work from their bedroom, kitchen table, or a modern, well-appointed home office. During work, they don’t let outside influences distract them.

Generally, successful home business owners have high energy, feel self-confident, set long-term goals, and view money and financial security as a measure of accomplishment. In order to be successful, they continuously solve problems, take risks, learn from their failures (both their own and others), take the initiative, accept personal responsibility, and use all resources available to them. Home business owners who succeed compete with themselves and believe that success or failure lies within their control.

Hopefully, this article will be helpful to anyone who wants to start a home business.

Keep in mind that everyone can start a home business, but what differentiates successful home business owners from failures are outlined above. Good luck.

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How to Raise Money for Product Creation

Here’s a sneaky little underused tactic for making money before you even create your product: Decide what your product is going to be and write an outline for it. From this, create a list of bullet points that presell the product.

How to Raise Money for Product Creation

Now using these bullet points, offer your upcoming product to your list as a Beta test.

Tell your list:

  • The product is being created right now
  • They will get the product the moment it’s finished – expected delivery date is ___
  • They are getting a killer deal because you want and need their feedback
  • They are your beta testers. If it’s software, they will look for bugs. If it is written material, they will let you know about typos, what they think should be added, etc.
  • Once you get their feedback, you will fix any bugs, add what’s missing, fix typos, etc. and send them the finalized, polished version.
  • You will then offer the product to the public for a significantly higher price than they paid.

Not only does this give you some money up front to work with – it also provides you with valuable feedback you can use to make your product even better than you originally planned. Guaranteed a handful of your beta testers will give you suggestions you never would have thought of by yourself – suggestions that can greatly increase your sales later.

In fact, the feedback aspect alone makes this technique well worth doing. One caution: Do not be tempted to give away your Beta product – 9 out of 10 people you give it away to will never get back to you with feedback because they have nothing invested. When you charge something, even if it’s only a paltry sum, the number of users who give you feedback will greatly increase.

The one exception to the previous rule is people you personally know, like friends and JV partners. Because you already have a relationship with them, they don’t need to financially invest in order to feel vested in your success.

Special bonus for using this technique: Ask your Beta testers for testimonials you can use in your sales material.

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5 Home Business Solutions for the Homemaker

If you stay at home and want to earn an income for yourself or your family, now is the best time to do so. With so many opportunities online, you can easily start your own home business with just a computer, Internet connection, desk, and chair! It does not matter whether you wish to start a part-time or full-time home business. Here are a few excellent solutions.

  1. Make Money Online by Offering Web-related Services

You can earn money online by offering Web design, graphic design, Internet marketing, or other Web-related services to others if you have the necessary skills. There are many homemakers and business people just like you who are getting online to start a business. They will need their own website, hosting, domain name, company Web logo, and Internet marketing services in order to succeed. 

There is a tremendous opportunity for residual income if you can provide these services. Many of these services are paid monthly or annually, so your chances of success are very high.

  1. Educate Others and Work from Home

There is good news for those with special skills and a passion for teaching. You no longer have to apply for a teaching job at a school or university. You can now create your own training website and teach others from your home. There is an increasing number of people who are seeking information on the Internet every day. Currently, many parents are providing instruction, selling e-books, and maintaining instructional websites while staying at home with their children. It’s a great way to make money online without paying high daycare bills!

As well as online home businesses, there are unique home business solutions where you can sign up with a company that provides training to students for you. By promoting their educational services, you can potentially earn a large amount of residual income.

  1. Take advantage of an MLM opportunity

MLM has grown rapidly in recent years as a result of online technology. People are increasingly making money online by participating in MLM through online resources such as email, websites, and instant messaging. 

If you decide to join an MLM company, be certain that it is trustworthy. Make sure to investigate the company before you sign on, or hire a company to conduct your investigation. An excellent place to begin is a reputable MLM directory. Several different home business solutions will be investigated by these companies, and only those that are legitimate and offer the greatest profit potential will be listed.

  1. Niche Home Business Solutions

Several homemakers make substantial incomes by offering niche products or services. For example, if a mother enjoys sewing baby clothing, she may decide to sell her items on her own website or through consignment shops. For instance, a father who enjoys doing home improvement can start a “handyman” e-zine and sell tools and related products. When a young college student discovers the secrets of college life, he or she creates his or her own newsletter regarding college life. 

A number of other niche home business ideas can be found online, including baking, hunting, fishing, music instruction, handmade crafts, handmade furniture, parenting, pets, weddings, gardening, and sports.

  1. Investments

The Internet makes it easier than ever to invest in the stock market if you enjoy taking your chances on it. Investing in Forex, a popular and lucrative currency exchange market, is one way that many homemakers earn money online. Some earn money by investing in traditional stocks. If this is your passion, you can do it from home with minimal effort. 

You should be aware that there are many scams with companies trying to get you to invest in fake stocks. Be careful with every opportunity, and ensure that you deal only with well-regarded, well-known stock companies and brokers. 

Whatever solution you choose for your home business, use online directories and the testimonials of other online business owners in order to identify the opportunities that are most suitable for your schedule and budget.

You’re Doing Affiliate Marketing All Wrong

What’s the easiest way to make money online, without having to create a product or a sales page? Affiliate marketing, of course. 🙂

So, why is it that most affiliate marketers never make nearly what they could make? Anyone has the potential to make HUGE money in affiliate marketing, yet 90% or more of affiliates make a pittance (I’ll wager the number is closer to 98%, in fact.)

You’re Doing Affiliate Marketing All Wrong

Think about this: If you earn an average of $50 on each sale in a sales funnel you promote, and you make 6 sales, you’ve made $300. Sounds good, right?

But guaranteed, there is someone else who made 600 sales and walked away with $30,000.

Why did they make 600 sales when you made just 6?

There are reasons why a handful of affiliate marketers do amazingly well, and everyone else barely makes a profit.

And marketers who understand this will always have a tremendous advantage over marketers who don’t.

1: Build a Relationship

I know you’ve heard it before, but are you doing it? People buy people, not products.

If you want them to open your email and click your link, or visit your Facebook Group and click a link, you’ve got to have a RELATIONSHIP with your people.

This is so simple to do, yet few marketers take the time.

Start with a blog post that is all about you, and then send new opt-ins to the post so they can get to know you. Make the post silly, funny and most of all REAL. Talk about the stupid stuff you’ve done, the mistakes you’ve made, where you live and so forth.

Do you have a strange hobby or unusual taste in food? Include that. Do you have 17 pets? Talk about them. Do you work until 3 in the morning and sleep until noon? Mention that.

Reveal the real you. Not the details people don’t want, but the ones that amuse and interest. You’re looking to make a real connection, not give a resume.

And above all else, don’t make your life seem like a series of magnificent accomplishments. No one is going to relate to someone who turns everything they touch into gold.

But they are going to relate to the time you bought Bitcoin when it was worthless and sold it just before it took off, or the time you thought you could fly and jumped off your uncle’s barn into the manure pile.

And don’t stop with your ‘about me’ page, either. Use this relationship building in your lead magnet, your emails, your other blog posts and so forth.

Always inject a little bit about yourself. Not so much that you bore people, of course, or make everything seem about you. But just enough to keep it real.

Think about relating an event to a friend. Aren’t you going to give your own perceptions of what happened, as well as tell about how you got out of your car and stepped in the mud puddle just before your big presentation?

Use this same method of personal, one-on-one friend communication with your readers as well.

Post on your blog as often as possible, and we’re talking every day or two. Encourage your list to subscribe to Feedburner or the equivalent so they know when you add a new post.

Your readers will realize you’re a real person who isn’t out to pitch them a new product every 5 minutes. And they’ll gladly read your sales emails much more readily when they know there is a real live human being who is sending them these messages.

2: Use Your Own Voice

How many emails do you receive that say something along the lines of, “Buy this product – this product is the greatest product ever – you will be sorry if you miss this – so rush right over and buy it now.”

Yeah. Same old stuff, over and over again.

There is a marketer (or maybe several, but I’m thinking of one in particular) who sells MASSIVE quantities of this exact type of emails as a swipe file to new marketers.

Like a brand-new marketer couldn’t write their own 25 word email that basically says, “GO BUY THIS NOW!”

People are TIRED of getting these emails. You’re tired of getting these emails. I’m tired of getting these emails.

Same phrases, same message, same B.S.

If you’re not going to stand apart from the crowd, then you’re going to have to share the same crumbs they’re getting.

Instead, take 30 minutes and write your own promotional email in your own voice.

Forget hype. Be sincere. Be honest. “Hey, this product isn’t for everyone. I don’t even know if it’s for you. But if you have this problem, then maybe this is your solution. Check it out and decide if it’s right for you, because I know it’s worked like crazy for some people. And it’s on sale right now, too.”

I’ve written emails where I basically tell people not to buy something unless they really really want it or need it. “Don’t buy this if you already know how to do xyz.” “Don’t buy this if you’re not going to be doing this type of marketing.” This is only for people who want (fill in the blank.) It’s like I’m trying to talk them out of it, which paradoxically often results in more sales, not fewer.

But the point isn’t tricking them into buying; it’s to be honest. Because you know what? That latest, greatest product you’re promoting ISN’T what everyone on your list needs. Some of them, sure. The rest of them, no.

Do you have any idea how refreshing it is to open an email that says, “Here’s a new product, thought you might want to know, but please don’t buy it if you’re not going to use it.”

The first time I got an email like that, I bought the product without even reading the sales letter. True story. I was just so happy that someone wasn’t ramming a sale down my throat, that I jumped at the chance to buy it.

Weird but true.

My point is, be you. Be honest. Talk to your readers as though they are your best friends and you don’t want to lose your best friends by acting like a carnival barker who is here today and pulled up stakes (vanished) tomorrow with their money.

3: Email a LOT

This is the one where people like to argue with me, and I understand that.

You’ve heard over and over again that you shouldn’t email too often, or you’ll upset your subscribers, right?

After all, every time you email, there is the potential that a subscriber will hit the unsubscribe button.

Do you know what the potential is when you DON’T email? Nothing. No opens, no clicks, no sales… not even any relationship building.

Do you want people to open and read your emails? Then send out those emails EVERY DAY.

Here’s why:

First, almost no one will see every email you send out. Let’s say you’ve got a sale on one of your products. Don’t you think your readers might like to know about it? But if they miss the one and only email you send that lets them know, then they’ve missed out on the discount and you LOST a sale.

Second, send emails at different times. I opened someone’s email just yesterday, decided I was VERY interested in the new membership he was selling, clicked the link and discovered it was no longer available.

What happened? This particular marketer only sends out emails at 1:00 a.m. my time, so I don’t even see most of his emails in the avalanche of mail I get before I wake up.

Third, if you’re sending email once a week or once a month, your readers are forgetting who the heck you are. And when you finally do send an email, they think it’s spam.

Fourth, if you mail more often, you will make more money. Don’t take my word on this, just do it for one month. Send out one email per day, every day, for 30 days. Put a promotion in each one. See if you haven’t made more – a LOT more – money during that time period than during the previous month.

And by the way, I’m not saying JUST send out a promotion in each email. Make sure you have some content in there as well, even if it’s just an amusing anecdote.

4: Think of affiliate marketing as a BUSINESS

This isn’t a hobby, nor is it an add-on for an additional income stream.

Even if you go on vacation, be prepared to send out an email every day. Schedule them in advance or write them on vacation. Either way, affiliate marketing to your list is a business that you can’t just jump into when you need cash and forget about the rest of the time.

You don’t have many support issues, since the product owners handle this. You don’t have to worry about creating products, sales pages and so forth. You don’t have to drive traffic, unless it’s to build your list bigger.

With so much you don’t have to do, there’s no reason not to focus your time and energy into building relationships with your list and promoting to them every single day.

Affiliate marketing can be some of the easiest money you’ve ever made, if you put in the time and effort to make it a real business.

Why Free Makes It Easy – You’ve got to give before you get principal.

If you run an online business, you should know about the most popular search term people use on the internet. Knowing what it is and using it to its fullest extent can literally boost your sales.

The all important word is FREE!!!

There’s nothing better than something for free. No one wants to pay if they can get something for free. FREE is the word that shows up in searches more than anything else.

Think about all the times you have searched for something on the internet.  No matter if it was information, a service, a product, or anything else. Did you just type in the description, a keyword or a phrase, or did you use the word free? When the search engines generated your results, I’m pretty sure they gave you a list of ‘related searches’ containing the keywords you used with ‘free’ in front of them if you omitted the word free.

The benefit of giving something away for free.

If you offer something for free as an online business, it can really pay off.  

Having your website optimized for the word has amazing benefits. It’s typed in more than any other word, so it will boost your search engine rankings.

When a customer finds you in their search results, trying to give them something free will draw them in even more. In fact, giving them something for free is such a huge attraction that I can’t emphasize how important it is.

How giving something for free can make you money.

When someone visits your site to claim their freebie, several things can happen.

To get their free product, they have to give you their name and email address. This is the #1 reason why we’re offering it.  

First time visitors are unlikely to buy anything, so unless they have a really good reason to come back, they’re unlikely to return.

Having their email address lets you send them emails to remind them about your site. You can send them ‘special offers and affiliate sales too.

We all know that it takes 7 contacts with a customer to get them to buy anything (sales pitches, reminders, offers, etc…). So let’s stick with the topic at hand. There are tons of reasons for this, but I’ll put them in another article.

When you keep in touch with your customers, you’re more likely to get them to buy from you.

The customer learns to trust you, he or she becomes familiar with you, and that’s what usually makes the sale.

So, that’s how you make money by giving away something for free.

The quality of free.

There has to be quality in the item that you’re selling, whether it’s an ezine subscription, an ebook, a report, or software.

When your customers get their freebie, and it’s bad quality, they won’t come back.

It doesn’t matter if you’re the best website in your niche, offer the best deals because they won’t come back.

If they’re impressed by their free gift, they’ll visit your website again and again. Offering high-quality, useful products is key to making a freebie offer work.

How you can drive traffic to your website using ‘free’.

You can drive traffic to your website with classified ads. Make sure the headline and description are about “what’s in it for me”. That means giving them a freebie.

Post classifieds for free. Just type ‘free classifieds’ into the search box and pick from the thousands of results that the search engines generate. Submit your ads often and traffic will keep coming.

Other ways to drive traffic using ‘free’.

You can use it anywhere your ads appear. If you write articles, reports, or ebooks, put the offer in the resource box. If you pay per click, use the offer in your ad copy. If you’re advertising in ezines, you can use your free offer as a resource box, whether it’s your own, an affiliate or bought.

Choose carefully.

The most important thing to remember when deciding what to give way is this.

Your free item should be appropriate for the audience you are targeting.  Stick to the theme no matter what niche you operate in.

If you offer an ebook on ‘how to make money online’ and your business sells woodworking course, you will be heading for a problem.

The customer will visit your website to get their ebook. They will download it and probably be very pleased if it contained high quality information on ‘Making money online’. When you contact them via email with for example a ‘special offer on wood tools’, unless by some highly unlikely, random chance that they are building a shed. In that case, they will not visit your website again.

No matter how many emails you send them, their interest was Make money online, not woodworking. Why should they visit your site again? The fact is they won’t.

So be mindful of what the niche you are targeting wants and give it to them.

In conclusion, the more freebies you offer, the more money you will make.

It is one of the most effective traffic drivers and is a straightforward concept.

Now that you have this gem of information, get to work. Plan what you could offer to whom, when, and where.

Decide on something you can legally give away. Make it something your niche market will use. Advertise it everywhere you can and your opt-in list will grow fast. After all, it’s the list that drives business.

Below is a perfect example of the ‘free’ offer.  I didn’t make it up, it’s for real and it works.

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 Stone Evans, Webmaster. 
His goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to

make money quickly with the Plug-In Profit Site. And it’s free

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3 Simple Tips For Making Money Online Even If You Don’t Have Anything To Sell!

Have an idea about making money online but don’t know where to start?

The Internet offers a variety of ways for you to earn money – even if you do not have a product to sell. As with any business, running an online business requires time and effort. However, you can start without any products, so most people do not face this roadblock.

If you wish to run an online business, you do not need to be a computer expert, but you do have to be able to set up a website on your own, or to be able to pay someone else to do it for you. 

Here are 3 simple ways to make money online even if you don’t have your own product:

Affiliate programs

You can become an affiliate by selling other people’s products. You will receive a percentage of the sale, or you may make an additional fee for each request for more information from a customer. There are many large retailers that offer affiliate programs as well as many smaller retailers (with a lot of products and services). It is not a wise idea to compete directly with a major retailer such as Wal-Mart, Target, or Amazon. Rather than attempting to reach out to a large group of people, you would be better served to find a “niche” that serves a smaller group of people.

It may be more beneficial for you to start a fishing site than to sell sporting goods to everyone, such as canoes and fishing products for those who enjoy freshwater fishing rather than selling sporting goods to everyone. Smaller retailers may also offer specialized fishing products to those with extensive fishing knowledge, while Wal-Mart sells the basics for beginners.

If you’re interested in making money online, you may want to start with JVZoo (https://www.jvzoo.com), and you’ll get an idea of what you can sell. Be creative when finding your niche, and you’ll soon be making money online.

Adsense from Google

In Google, AdSense is an advertising program (there are other advertising programs out there, but for now, Google’s is the biggest and most popular). When someone clicks on your ads, you earn money. In accordance with the topic of each web page, Google will automatically determine which ads are best for your site. The code is placed on your website, and Google does the rest. 

A program like Google is easy to use, and if your website gets a lot of visitors, you can earn a substantial income. However, you can also sell individual ads, and set your own terms and prices. If you are interested in finding a niche, create a website around that topic, and Google will be able to determine the most effective ads for your visitors, and you will be able to succeed.

Write a “How-To” booklet

A simple way to get started if you do not wish to sell other people’s products, but do not have the money to produce your own is to write your own “how-to” booklet. Choose a topic that interests you, and begin writing. Information products are always good sellers – the key is solving a specific problem. The fishing niche mentioned above may include “How to catch freshwater fish” as well as “How to plan a fishing vacation on a limited budget” as possible topics.

Search for “creating information products” or “writing e-books” and you will find lots of resources. Once you create your product, Clickbank.com offers a simple service to help you sell it, and there are many other sites that can assist you in setting it up.

Once again, be creative, there are many problems out there that people need help with. Offering a good solution can generate significant income for you.

Making money online takes more than just building a website. You need to pick the right products or services. You need to find the right audience to sell those products or services. Then you need to promote your website to enough people in order to make money. For the time being, you should have enough ideas to get you going – even if you do not have a product to sell yet.

Increase Sales! Traffic! through Traffic Blazer?

What is Traffic Blazer and what are its benefits? 

Search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and MSN account for a large portion of your website traffic. People will come to your site by word of mouth, but being in the top 10 for specific search terms is an easy way to get your name out. To increase your visibility on the internet and to make you more money, Traffic Blazer promotes your business and website in a variety of ways that I will describe shortly. With a few clicks and some information entering, your site will be promoted in a matter of minutes.

Let’s see how it claims to market your website.

1) Through Blog Search Engine Submission. I have recently come across this method and have begun and submitted my own blog in regard to Web Design / Domain Names. Blogs seem to be the new “it thing” to get your site out there quickly. People read your blog and from your blog, you can link to your website to gain one way links to your website. This will increase your chances of gaining a higher search engine ranking. So it naturally seems to me submitting them to blog search engines will get your blog more in the spotlight and increase your traffic further. 

Just be careful if you decide to create a blog, and submit it to blog search engines. Don’t post too often in your blogs, only 1-2 times per day, or else it may be perceived by the search engines that you are using the blog only to gain advertising. This may hurt you in the long run, such as dropping in ranking or even being completely wiped out of the search engine ranking.

2) Through actual Search Engine and Directories Submission. This is very useful as the more search engines that list you, the greater it will have your site out on the internet for people to see. If you do this by hand as I did, this is a very time consuming task, and having it automated helps the process a lot. It claims to submit to over 200 search engines and directories which is good, but in reality, there are about four you definitely need to submit to google, yahoo, MSN, and DMOZ. This may seem like this step is pointless to submit to over 200 places, but the more you get the name out there the better. Some people are dedicated to using smaller search engines and this can generate extra business you would not have otherwise.

3) Site Optimization – it says it will position your website for top rankings with Google and other leading search engines, but I am still unclear as to how. My guess would be it suggests replacement words in your content to allow the major search engines to clearly see what the page is about. I still think your own site optimization, if you know how to optimize it for the search engines, is the best option. Otherwise, this may be a viable option for people with lesser experience in optimizing.

4) Site Analysis – It analyzes your site’s strengths and potential weaknesses to help you secure crucial search engine success. This is a great tool in my opinion, as it may see something that you do not in your site that may be causing your rankings to be lower than they should be.

5) Keyword Optimization – It helps you find effective keywords for your website. One benefit of using Traffic Blazer for this is it shows you the words and phrases actual search engine users have searched for that are related to your site and will optimize the site for these keywords. This definitely is a great asset.

6) List Checking Report / Ranking Report – it tells you where you are located in the major search engines. This is useful if you quickly want to know where you stand in the search engines for particular search phrases. Trying to find your site ranking in the search engines is tedious by hand, and this will reduce the time it takes to find this information.

7) HTML Verification – checks your site for HTML code problems. This is a great tool; you should always ensure your page’s HTML is up to W3C standards. You can look at http://www.w3.org/ to find out about these standards, and I believe there is also an online checker there provided for free, as an alternative to using it through Traffic Blazer, but will not provide as clear results.

8) Robots.txt / Robots Meta Tag Generator – prevents incomplete or unwanted pages from being crawled and indexed by search engine spiders.

9) Traffic Essentials – you receive a free guide to search engine optimization and the search engine industry. Many other places will charge as much as the cost of Traffic Blazer for similar guides, however, this package is included here. This definitely will increase your awareness of what search engine optimization is and why you definitely need to do it for your website to increase traffic and sales!

Overall I think this looks like a great package, and although many will agree you can do lots of this “Marketing” on your own, Traffic Blazer does allow you to complete the same in a much shorter time. The time savings you get from using this and not having to do it on your own definitely makes paying the cost and purchasing Traffic Blazer something you should look into.

One thing I do not mention is the cost of Traffic Blazer and you may find it at various sources. 

At Domains at Retail, the cost is only $39.95 / year. This is an excellent price if you have limited search engine optimization experience, and do not want to hire the services of a professional who can not even guarantee top placement. 

You can view more information at Domains at Retail: Traffic Blazer site: http://www.domainsatretail.com/trafficblazer.html

Hope I have helped give insight into this product, and if it is the right product for you! 

Good Luck with your Search Engine Optimization strategies and success!

3 Most Popular Ways of Making Money on the Internet

95% of people starting an internet business fail. There is a lot of noise and hype on the internet these days, but not many people realize that all the ideas and techniques you can find are useless if you don’t first understand what your business model is or how you’re going to make money online. It doesn’t matter how remarkable your internet marketing technique is if you don’t understand how to use it.

The 3 most popular business models are:

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular programs out there, and is a good place to start for newbies. Anyone can sign up for an affiliate program for free and promote a product or service. Commissions begin to accrue if someone purchases the product or participates in the program. As affiliate marketers, there are no risks involved, since they are not responsible for creating the product, they handle customer service, and they do not need to know the intricacies of internet transactions, like merchant accounts, autoresponders, reciprocal links, etc. Even without a website, it is possible to become an affiliate.

Affiliate programs may not require a large investment up front. Many are free. That is why almost everyone promotes affiliate programs at some point. The Internet is so overrun with banner ads and ads today due to affiliate programs, and that is no surprise. 

Affiliate marketing is a huge industry with millions of marketers, but only 5% ever make any money and only 1% make really big money. The “Super Affiliates,” as they are referred to, do things very differently, so they make a lot of money.

Writing an eBook or other type of information product, recording an information CD.

This is a great strategy because there are thousands of possibilities for the type of product that you can create. There are so many niche markets that you can write about. There are endless topics that online marketers could cover, including Japanese gardens, how to start your own babysitting business, how to sell your artwork, how to take care of your dog’s ears, and many others that have not yet been covered. If you don’t want to write the information yourself, you can hire a ghostwriter or hire someone to produce the CD for you. 

Compared to affiliates, eBook authors must invest more. Affiliates are able to get something for free, but eBook authors need to learn a lot more than affiliates do. It is necessary for them to spend some money to get the business up and running, but when done correctly, this online business model pays off very well. 

A very, very low production and maintenance cost allows these marketers to make more money. Once a product is produced, it costs nothing to produce thousands of copies. By selling a few copies of very high-margin eBooks, you can cover your start-up costs. You can even recruit hordes of affiliates to take care of the selling.

Adsense

There are tons of testimonials from people making outrageous incomes from AdSense. 

Webmasters can display advertising from Google’s extensive list of advertisers on their sites, and when someone clicks on the ads, Google pays them a commission. 

With Google Adsense, ads are delivered that are highly relevant to the content of a page using technology. By scanning the page’s content, Google’s engine determines its topic, and then it serves relevant ads. You only need to build a website filled with content related to your desired niche or topic, and then register in Google Adsense to get started. Following approval, you paste a code into your page, and the ads appear immediately after uploading the changes.

Google is silent on how it shares revenue per click with its partners, but how much you will earn depends on the topic and the product you are advertising. You will most likely get a lower pay per click with products with profit margins of $10 for the advertiser than with products with profit margins of $100. Additionally, high-converting ads will usually pay you more than less effective ads, since they can afford to pay more per click, with some of that money going to you.

Whatever business model you choose, ensure you understand the basics. Stop buying courses or information that is not applicable to your business. Information overload can stop you from starting.

5 Steps & Tips for creating Websites that Generate Revenue!

We’re going to look at how to create a website and how to make money online with it. With our help, you can choose a domain name, host your website, design your pages with website templates, add content, and earn money with Google AdSense and affiliate programs. But before you can even start you need to decide what niche you want to promote. Look at this first it will give you some ideas.  The ultimate ‘Money Making Topics’ list

STEP 1: CHOOSING A DOMAIN NAME/WEBSITE ADDRESS

The first step in creating a website is choosing a domain name or website address. Choose an address that contains keywords related to your business or website. You can also choose from a number of other domain extensions, including .com, .co.uk, .co.nz, .net, .biz, .tv, etc. The extension will make it easier to remember and also benefit from search engine optimization. There is a new domain extension available, .ws (WorldSite or WebSite). This extension may have more names available than .com. One search domain this is what I use.

Top 5 Tips:

     * Make the address easy to remember.

     * Choose an original domain that reflects what you are about.

     * Include keywords in the domain for what your site or business is about.

     * Decide what domain extension to use (.com .ws etc.) a local or international domain.

     * Buy multiple domains if required. Similar wording for the domain names.

STEP 2: SETTING UP YOUR WEBSITE HOSTING AND EMAIL ACCOUNTS

As soon as you have a domain name, you will need a hosting account. You can find many hosting accounts on the web that are suitable for your website and business. You may find it best to choose a hosting account that is located in your country. There are even hosting deals called ‘reseller accounts’ that let you host unlimited domains and divide and sell web space. I’m using Hostgator with the reseller package.

Top 5 Tips:

     * Search online for an appropriate hosting provider.

     * Choose hosting that is within your country.

     * Check details for MB allowance, email accounts, databases, etc.

     * See if the hosting account has an easy to use control panel.

     * Decide if you want to run a ‘hosting resellers account’.

STEP 3: THE DESIGNING OF YOUR WEBSITE BY YOURSELF WITH WEBSITE TEMPLATES OR USE A PROFESSIONAL DESIGNER!

You can design your website yourself by learning HTML or using web design software if you have the skills. Otherwise, you can hire a web designer to create your website. We recommend buying Macromedia Studio 8 as a professional web design package if you wish to design yourself, although there is a range of freeware and shareware software available. 

By using website templates, you can take shortcuts in your design process. Thousands of free and professional templates are available on the internet for you to choose from. They save hours of time, and money, and make your websites easier and more enjoyable to design. Note: HostGator has a range of webpage makers to install I use WordPress and Drupal.

Top 5 Tips:

     * Create the website yourself or hire a designer.

     * Choose suitable design software.

     * Surf the internet to get ideas and learn from other websites.

     * Use free or professional website templates.

     * Search for free scripts and tools.

STEP 4: ADD SITE CONTENT AND PROFIT WITH GOOGLE ADSENSE!

With Google AdSense, you can earn money online and add content to your website. Google makes it simple to display relevant Google ads on your website. Your visitors will be interested in the ads since they match your keywords and content, and you will profit from their clicks. As an added bonus, you can refer others to the program. The first time they make $100US, your account will be credited with $100US as well. As an additional bonus, you can receive $1 for every Firefox download and installation.

Top 5 Tips:

     * Use text ad units for best results.

     * Blend link colors to match your site.

     * Place the google ads amongst content.

     * Have links for referral signups.

     * Place ads on all your pages and websites.

STEP 5: MAKING MONEY WITH AFFILIATE PROGRAMS!

You can make money online with affiliate programs. You simply link to products and services on your website. Once customers click on your links, you can receive commissions.

Top 5 Tips:

     * Signup for a selected few good programs.

     * Create your own affiliate program for your products.

     * Signup with Google Adsense to create profit fast & easy.

     * Create multiple streams of income on different sites.

     * Use your mailing lists to advertise your affiliate programs. 

Stay tuned for the next part where we’ll look at the promotion of the website you’ve created.

Building Blocks For A Successful Blog – Get It Right Now!

It is important to know three things if you want to build a successful blog. The idea that building a successful blog is the easiest task out there isn’t true. It takes more than just setting up a blog to chat about your life to be a successful blogger. To have the foundation for a successful blog, you need to focus on these three building blocks. To make your blog successful, you need more than just these three building blocks. Read on to learn how to make your blog successful.

The Look

For a blog to succeed, it must have an appropriate look from the start. When you start your blog, you can start it with an appropriate style. Many blogging software programs will provide you with guidance on how to set up your blog’s style. You will see that there will be different templates available to you if you are using a blogging program that caters to beginners. There will be something for everyone if you are using a blogging program that caters mostly to beginners. 

Choose a color scheme for the layout by going through the templates. Experiment with the layouts to see which looks best on your computer screen. You can always go back and change the template later if you wish to change the look of your blog. You can even hire a professional to do the job for you if you wish if you are creating your own blog without using a pre-created template. You should make it look as professional as possible. Your readers are more likely to take your posts seriously if your blog looks professional.

The Content

Second, you will need to create interesting content for your blog if you want to make it successful. Although you can choose to create posts that have no direction or purpose, you will see an increase in traffic when you write interesting commentary or short articles filled with information. Even though you may find your day to day activities interesting, most readers won’t enjoy them unless you make them humorous.

In addition, it is important to note that the more content on your site, the more successful it will become. The more posts you make, the more likely one of them will attract the attention of someone searching for the same topic. It is basically a numbers game at this point.

The Ads

The third building block is advertising. Bloggers can make a steady income using advertising on their blogs. The trick is to have a good mixture of ads and content, however. Your blog will not attract readers if it has too many ads, which will distract them and make them avoid your site. Keeping in mind that you should not have more than two or three ads per blog page is a good rule to remember. 

It is important not to overwhelm your readers with ads. You should only present them so that the readers can explore them further if they wish. Avoid flashing ads and other bold ads that will annoy your readers. It is also important to choose the right advertising program. If you want to get started in the advertising arena quickly, try Google Adsense, an easy-to-use program.

The Dedication

In order to get positive results from your blog, you have to be dedicated to it. You have to be willing to put in the time and effort. Even if you have the other three components, you will not be getting optimum results unless you take the time to update your posts each day. The dedication you put into your blog can hide the fact that you are a beginner and help you create an attractive and functional blog. No matter how little experience you have, dedication can overcome that. You can have a great blog as long as you devote some time to it.

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