Thursday, August 21, 2008
9 Reasons Why Your Articles Aren't Making You Money
Article marketing should be the holy grail of web site traffic.
The benefits you can get are incredible. Articles can help you
* establish yourself as an expert,
* bring you an increase in sales and subscriptions,
* build trust in your product or services from proven techniques readers can try before they get to your site,
* help you get better search engine results, (not only through linking) and,
* send you traffic from sites that republish your work,
not to mention a myriad of other benefits.
Some people say the growth in new authors has made it harder to find new content. Other people say abuse of private label article rights/ghost writing has made it harder for publishers to find unique content. And of course, article marketing, done incorrectly, can have you competing against yourself to rank in the search engines (though I can think of worse problems.)
All of those things are factors, but they're minor compared to other factors that have been around since the early days of article marketing online. Article Marketing can still bring you huge traffic and lots of prospects. If it's not working, here are some possibilities as to why not.
1. You aren't writing with a unique style/slant/story.
2. You're focused only on being in web directories, and not in article banks or ezine lists that help publicize your reprint rights
3. You aren't writing at least one article a week
4. You're trying to do all the submission yourself instead of using distribution services
5. The quality of your articles hasn't caught the attention of the big publishers yet.
6. Your grammar/spelling/punctuation was notoriously bad once and you started getting passed over by publishers who normally run your articles in their publications
7. Your articles are too similar to other writers
8. You aren't following publisher guidelines (This is a big one! They vary and you really do need to have multiple formats so you can please them all.)
9. Your writing is more about search engine copy or making a sale, than it is about giving away a little free, useful information away
Make these mistakes - some of them only once - and you may be dooming yourself to obscurity as an article marketer.
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Operating in the Right Niche Can Boost Your Internet Income
Everyone loves making money online. That is probably why you are even reading this. The truth is that that is probably why i write/consult and own blogs. However while everyone tries to make money online not everyone succeeds. The reason to this phenomena is varied and diverse. Why can one make money easily while another cannot earn a steady internet income online?
You might be quick to say that the reason is lack of proper information. Or maybe they are not doing it right? My concern is not how not to do it or why people fail but on the right way to make money online. it is possible to achieve. Yes you can possible make money online, from the comfort of your homes. You can earn from a four digit income to a seven digit income. it really all depends on you.
All this being said i would like to mention about the importance of niche marketing. If you are new in online business be aware that there are a number of make money online methods that can earn you steady internet income. You however should not attempt to learn and master all at once. Pick an online business genre. Learn the ropes and master the needed techniques. Make sure you gather as much useful info as possible. Do not do what the average internet business persons does but learn the secrets used by the masters. Concentrate on a online generating method and soon you will be a master in the field. Always try to incorporate new methods and techniques. The right niche would depend on your skills, interest and comparative advantage. Do not be afraid of new things or creative inventions.
Most importantly the internet income arena ia ever changing and dynamic. Do not use the same methods forever. watch and monitor as new techniques are developed and be among the pack leaders and not behind as laggers.
Ailen Ebojele also known as Leno, (CEO Leno Productions) is a seasoned Internet Marketer/SEO expert and consultant. As an experienced freelance write and content builder he has researched and written on a number of internet business ideas and opportunities. He is also a blogger with about 2 years experience offering free tips on a number of internet business topics. Latest blogs include http://www.lenotalksmoney.blogspot.com
How To Sell MLM Products Without Being Exiled From Your Friends And Family
One of the greatest "secrets" (although it's not really a secret) of being taken seriously in any profession is to simply write a book.
And so if you are in MLM and sell health products, for example, and want your friends and family to take you seriously (instead of running away from you), tell them you are an author of a book about nutrition, first. Then try to sell them a product or whatever.
Why?
Because people have an automatic respect for published authors. That's just the way people are. You're like that, I'm like that, everybody is like that.
And when we read books on a subject, we automatically assume the author is an expert on the subject of his or her book. Even on subjects that have nothing to do with your expertise.
I know it is strange, but for whatever reason, we are conditioned from a very early age to think anyone who writes a book is an expert.
And that's what's so great about being published if you are selling something most people tend to shy away from hearing about. Because that title of "author" positions you as an expert.
Only question is how do you write a book? Isn't it this hard, complex thing?
The answer to this is "No!" In fact, if you are really scared to write a book, you can simply arrange and record interviews with experts on a subject. Create written transcripts from your recorded interviews and then turn the written transcripts of that interview into a book.
Or, you can go to the library, take a bunch of notes, string them together in logical order and you have your book. Personally, I like the idea of interviewing experts on a subject to get great content for a book.
Your book doesn't have to be long or even published by a major publisher. You can do it yourself. Just put a neat cover on it and have it done up at your local printer and there you have a book.
You are no longer "that guy who is always trying to peddle me MLM."
Instead, you're an author. You have a book. You are an expert on something and now all the sudden people want to hear what you have to say and when you sell them a product, they almost feel honored to do business with you.
It changes the entire complexion of your business and the way people react to you.
Bottom line:
This is definitely one of the best kept secrets of MLM. And anyone can do it.
Copyright 2006 Michael Senoff
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Online Jobs For Stay At Home Moms
All over the Internet Moms are looking for Stay At Home Jobs. Mostly because they would like to spend more time with their children, but some want to make extra money. Some want to replace their current income. An of course all want to make as much as possible. Who wouldn't?
Well the Internet is a perfect place for home based mom's jobs, because there are plenty to be had. In going through the review process I found thousands of moms opportunities, but once I got through evaluating them, I ended up with about 10 - 20 real opportunities.
It is easy to monitor the demand for these companies, because you can easily see it by what phrases are being searched for on Google. They are phrases like jobs for stay at home moms, work at home jobs for moms,
jobs for moms at home, best jobs for stay at home moms, work from home jobs for moms and online jobs for stay at home moms. This is just a few, but one can tell there is great demand.
The reason for this is there are many Scams out there that one has to be careful of. The other thing I found is there are a lot of programs, whereby you can spend a lot of time and receive very little from it so I wanted to focus on programs with a descent earning potential.
Of course you still have to work that's why they call them work at home jobs. I should not have to say that, but you would be surprised at how many people think you can just sign up and the money will come rolling in. To be fair some of the ads out there make it sound that way. They do that on purpose to lure the before mentioned group into their web. It is important to realize you will have to do some work and you need the right discipline to work at home. No everybody can do it, because they won't do the work part. In many cases it' takes much less effort then their day job did, but again you have to have the right mentality for it.
Here is a list a few of program types I found for work at home
Type At Home
Data Entry
Telephone Answering
Online Dollar Stores
Online Jewelry Stores
Online Paid Surveys
Mystery Shopping
Focus Groups
Medical Transcription
Rebate Processing
I found more than that, but you can see there is plenty to choose from. In addition you will need the following items:
Computer
Access to the Internet
Business Cards
Printer
Word Processor
Spell Check
Some Free Time
Minimal amount of money to join the program
Patience
Separate email account preferable
My suggestion to you is to find a site like mine, but not necessarily mine whereby you feel comfortable and purchase one of the programs through them. It does not cost you anything extra and you get the benefit of any research and elimination that has been done. Believe me there is plenty of elimination to be done and it takes a lot of time.
Give your self a chance by picking the right program that fits your skill set and then allow yourself the time to be successful.
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Michael Comeau has been owner of many successful businesses over the years including his current online business which can be viewed at http://www.workfromhome4dollars.com/ArticlesMomsJobs4.php . You may also find more articles by Michael Comeau at http://www.workfromhome4dollars.com .
