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Mark_Worthen
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# Posted: 5 Jul 2009 16:20
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linhn: I'm also new at internet marketing and have recently written a blog in wordpress to try and drive traffic to my website. Unfortunately I haven't had many people view my blog. How do I get traffic to my blog?
1. Decide what kind of audience you want to target, e.g., people brand new to Internet marketing and home business entrepreneurship.
2. Write blog posts that help those people obtain information they are looking for; solve problems they are facing; recommend tools & resources that help them grow their business.
3. Host your own Wordpress blog, as opposed to using the free version. There's a great guide out there called Wordpress for Internet Marketers by Leanne King.
4. Choose a simple, clean theme for your blog and use plugins and widgets to achieve SEO, proper Google Sitemaps creation, social bookmarking, affiliate sales, and to provide a coherent organization for your blog.
5. Exchange links with other blog owners (you put their link in your blogroll and they put your link in their blogroll). Or, better yet, write blog posts about each other.
6. Write quality content that helps your targeted audience grow their business (yes, I am repeating myself ... on purpose  )
All the Best,
Mark
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paminca
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# Posted: 6 Jul 2009 23:26
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dovechocolatier: There is still yahoo groups and the ning groups that are doing pretty for me.
What is ning groups?
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kyrash
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# Posted: 7 Jul 2009 20:55
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Using sites like the ones below has worked for me greatly
digg
propeller
reddit
ezinearticles along side squidoo
then post and ping (always post and ping)
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diannakelly04
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# Posted: 21 Jul 2009 15:33
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Ning.com is another social networking site that you can use to create groups (like Yahoo). If you Google "Ning groups" you will pull up more information. This is a link to instructions on creating a Ning group: http://www.ehow.com/how_4760535_ning-group.html
Good luck!
Dianna
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newbiz02
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# Posted: 21 Jul 2009 16:33 · Edited by: newbiz02
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Mark_Worthen: 5. Exchange links with other blog owners (you put their link in your blogroll and they put your link in their blogroll). Or, better yet, write blog posts about each other.
I personally like this one. Now its time for me to go write
mean things about them and bash my competition.
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VBN411
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# Posted: 24 Aug 2009 19:51
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Besides utilizing all of the social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Digg, you might also consider building your online presence by creating public profiles. I'd like to recommend the Visa Business Network because they have searchable public profiles. If anything that is one more free link for your website. And at the moment, there is a $100 Facebook Ad credit for new members. Send me a message if you have questions. I'm on the launch team. 
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TyBrown
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# Posted: 24 Aug 2009 23:42
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Article marketing and video marketing are the best.
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georgie
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# Posted: 26 Aug 2009 19:16
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Doing On-Page and Off-Page helps promote a site. These should go together. On-Page deals with the proper use of meta tags, title tags, headings, alt-tags, description and keywords while Off-Page Optimization deals with building links.
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cthen
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# Posted: 27 Aug 2009 19:19
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Youtube is a great source of free traffic for me. I also use credit based safelists to drive traffic to my website or my youtube channel.
Connie
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moneymaker1008
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# Posted: 28 Aug 2009 23:28
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anant: Can you please tell me what is twitter account and how to create it.As i am new to article making Thanks alot
First of all Twitter has nothing to do with articles marketing. It's a social networking site (kind of similar to Facebook and MySpace.) You go to Twitter.com to set up an account. It works pretty well for me in getting my name out there and building up reputation. However, so many people use it incorrectly by spamming and massively adding followers that it makes it ineffective. So you have to be careful and it can be very useful.
-Danielle
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johnjimat
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# Posted: 29 Aug 2009 19:30
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moneymaker1008: However, so many people use it incorrectly by spamming and massively adding followers that it makes it ineffective. So you have to be careful and it can be very useful. -Danielle
yes i would agree with you. There are so many people keep spamming their link on twitter especially user with fake profile picture or user that not use their own picture. Once you see any people start tweeting the same link or tweeting in less then 30 minutes, you may have to unfollow them...
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moneymaker1008
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# Posted: 30 Aug 2009 01:23
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Yes, I often do unfollow those kind of people. Although I do have to disagree with one thing. For the profile picture I think it's only a big deal if the person is misleading and acting like it is of them when it's not.
In other cases, I think it's okay especially if you want to maintain some level of anonymity. For example, I'm not misleading anyone into thinking my Twitter pic is of me since it's a cartoon image, lol.
-Danielle
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daniel
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# Posted: 7 Sep 2009 01:52
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You might start here by attaching your site to your signature..try email marketing and article writing
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# Posted: 14 Sep 2009 15:46
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For more suggestion and opinions
visit this .
searchengineforums.com/online-marketing/1198926539/
One of I bookmarked and I find it very useful.
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Incentiveman
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# Posted: 15 Sep 2009 21:37
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Try offering free or almost free incentives to customers that sign up for your email list or newsletter list or a free ebook.
There are some incentives that cost as low as .20 cents each but which have a high perceived value to the consumer.
I once posted an ad for a liquid vitamin on backpage.com in which I was giving away a 3 day 2 night hotel stay certificate and the Google search engine picked up most of the ads if I googled 3 day 2 night vacation. However, I did not receive any orders as a result of the ad and the ad invited some marketers to send me spam. So I would be careful with this. The one ad that did generate some response was an ad I posted under focus groups that offered a freebie in exchange for the consumer going to my website and sending me an email as to what products he or she liked best.
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Ylynnea11
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# Posted: 16 Sep 2009 00:31
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I gotta say Im also a newby.. but im actually really starting to get into it. Im also looking for other ways to get more traffic to my site. I like to say.. If you post it, they will come..LOL
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ahgow8882
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# Posted: 17 Sep 2009 23:01
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Hi everyone,
I still find adwords is the best to get targeted customers.
Recently, after doing some saving form part time jobs(off line), I try adwords, again this time put in more effort and research and I am able to Earn about 70% +- from selling Acai Berry products(effective slimming - weight loss)
Hope to maintain this and I also apply all method learn from this forum.
Thanks to all for your advice.
ahgow
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moneymaker1008
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# Posted: 17 Sep 2009 23:31
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ahgow8882: I still find adwords is the best to get targeted customers.
Adwords isn't free.
-Danielle
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cthen
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# Posted: 20 Sep 2009 23:37
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I personally use traffic exchanges a lot. Mostly for the free solo ads that many give you when you sign up. It is best to keep track of which ones provide the best results and then stick with those. After I have used the initial free solos, I move on to others.
You can also purchase solo ads for a small amount as well. Choose the exchanges the have a large list to mail to.
Connie
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gowriter
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# Posted: 24 Sep 2009 11:53
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Yes, you can market for FREE, but you have to keep these things in mind:
(1) The right kind of product to promote
(2) Your audience
I like traffic exchanges and pay per click marketing (PPC). For PPC, I use 7 search because it is much, much cheaper than Google Adwords, Yahoo or MSN. Make sure both your ad copy and your landing page copy convert. if people sign up, then it works.
As for traffic exchanges, have a gmail on hand. You will get solo ads everday clogging you email. Not thousands like a safelist, but dozens. However, you WILL get traffic.
Traffic exchanges work best with biz opportunities and related niches. I don't recommend advertising your mother's flower online flowershop. Use another form of advertising.
7 search has never failed me.
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Jean LA
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2009 20:26
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ahgow8882: I have tried online marketing for 3 years, lost quite $$ still haven't give up making it and earning income online to support my family. Again lost my job 3 months ago and found a new site to work on freelance jobs. How to get clicks free and ways to promote the website for free. Anyone help!
Write articles everyday linking to your site. This can give you unlimited backlinks if you do this everyday. You can see the benefit in the long run.
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2009 22:39
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How many of you with an established traffic flow to their websites started promoting their online business passing out flyers in their area? And how successful was it for you? I am just starting and am considering using this approach. :-/
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2009 00:28
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ahgow8882: How to get clicks free and ways to promote the website for free. Anyone help!
You can write lots of article related to your niche and subject. These can be a perfect way to promote your page. You should always consider the related keywords to research before promoting something.
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# Posted: 29 Oct 2009 18:49
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ahgow8882: How to get clicks free and ways to promote the website for free. Anyone help!
Articles ar great backlinks. You can have them submitted to many directories. You can also add more backlinks through bookmarks and social networks.
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# Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:49
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wow - there is enough stuff on here to keep one busy for days.
Great thread - but reading is not doing so here I goes....
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2009 12:06
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Hello,
Boy can I relate! I changed jobs to a more "meaningful" career and just killed my finances.
Try article marketing and Squidoo as mentioned below and setup a blog where you can leave massive links. There are free blog sites including one on Google.
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# Posted: 8 Nov 2009 21:14 · Edited by: gowriter
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Babe, I just looked at the sites in your signature links. I'm going to brute honest here. I assume those are the three you're trying to promote.
The first two haven't got a chance in hell. Ads, Ads, Ads, and Ads. You couldn't be more obvious that you're trying to push this product.
The last one about the freelancer has some hope but once again ads, ads, ads.
Here' what I recommend to fix those...
Google's search engines read content, meaning words. Neither of your first two blogs has enough words or even keywords to be ranked. The Google bots don't read pictures unless the pictures have their own tags.
When it comes to ads, Babe, less is more. It would be better to take your blog and write five or six posts related in some aspect to your product.
Let's take the Acai Berry site, for example, and apply a little strategy. What you've done with the Acai Berry site on Blogger is re-create a salespage that the Acai Berry company has already gone through the trouble of making. You don't need to do that.
It almost looks as if you copied the sales copy from another website. Google might look at that as duplicate content. You won't get a penalty, but when Google has to decide which to rank higher and show results for, Google will pick the one with the higher page rank. That's why Google wants original content. We already have enough of the same regurgitated material across the internet already.
Original content means things in your own words. Your own voice. Yes, you can talk about Acai Berry but approach it from a different angle that no one else has tried. I don't mean coming up with a rambunctiously new concept about Acai Berry.
Just a new angle. Talk about how to make Acai Berry shakes or Acai Berry pie,for example, using the Acai Berry powder you're trying to sell. Be truthful about the product and how it helped you lose weight. Acai Berry products are considered big time scam, whether or not that's true.
Do something different like create a video of you showing how to mix the product from the bag. That way it shows that (a) You use the product (b) You believe in the product you're endorsing (c) You are a real person
You get the idea? I'm trying to throw ideas out there that can make your page stand out.
Second thing you have to do is change the design of your site. I recommend you create a splash page for your Acai Berry site like you did for your Freelance site. Maybe you could get an autoresponder like Aweber and create a mailing list for this Splash page. Your mailing list could have recipes for Acai Berry desserts or something. With this mailing list, you can put int any affiliate products related to Acai Berry.
Don't sell a product every day. May two tips. Promote. Two tips promote. Kind of thing.
Freelance work is more is more like a directory. You might want to go to indeed.com, sign up for the affiliate program and add the job widget onto your site. Look at Deborah Ng's site and Willow Sidhe's blog to see how they did theirs to give you ideas.
Your Make Money Online site: Too many products and too many niches! Google is going crazy on trying to figure out how to rank this site.
Out of those affiliate products, pick your top 5 favorites - just 5 - that you liked, and right five honest objective blog posts. What you liked about them. What you didn't like about them. What worked. What didn't work. Would you still recommend it? Be honest.
Once you've made your content clean, honest and you've added oyur voice to it THEN begin to promote.
You have a blog. Social bookmark your posts. Use the RSS feed and send it into Feedage, etc.
Hope that helps.
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