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What’s the best way to be successful? Find a process that’s proven to work and repeat it! This works for just about anything, but it’s especially true in Internet Marketing. To illustrate, I’ll take you through deconstructing a ‘successful’ niche site, successful, that is, if you count selling it for $11,250 after only 5 months! [...]
Writing blog posts sucks. Writing good blog posts sucks harder. Paying money sucks hardest. And, most of hte time, this is all without knowing yuet if the site will be a good one and show a good return. So here’s a method I just started using that makes writing posts easy: Youtube videos. Let’s say [...]
A good domain name can help your online marketing efforts. If you have a ton of cash and plan on launching a national TV and Radio campaign (like Kayak.com), don’t worry about it. Name your domain whatver you want. If you’re building niche sites with the intent to rank on Google, having an exact match [...]
In simplest terms, a niche is a very small segment of a larger market that targets a specific demographic. This demographic could be identified by age, gender, hobby, interests, or needs. The way the product targets that demographic is through attributes such as price, style, color, size, manufacturer, or some other attribute. When searching for [...]
If you’re building a site focused on a specific keyword, do some quick checking t make sure there’s enough volume. I use Google Adwords Keyword Tool (GAKT) External to check keyword volume. I prefer the GAKT legacy version. I occasionally use free WordTracker to double-check GAKT numbers. When I check keyword volume in GAKT, I [...]
I’m going to tell you something most people trying to sell you a money-making guide wouldn’t dare: Making Money Online Takes Work. How many times have you seen that cold, hard fact mentioned in some Get Rich Overnight ebook? Most people trying to sell a make-money plan want you to believe that it’s easy and [...]
So you’d like to make extra money on the Internet…. You’ve probably heard stories of people making hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars a day. Are these stories true? Yes. It is easy? No. It’s not easy, and don’t ever think it is, no matter what somebody tries to tell (or sell) you. Maybe there’s [...]
I’m not going to cover specific methodologies, but if you take a tree-top view, there are three main ways to get backlinks: Manual (Placed) Links Manual links are links you’ve (obviously) manually created on other sites. I say manual, but this also covers the use of automation tools to build those links. Whatever the creation [...]
This is sort of semi-related to affiliate marketing, and when I first learned it, it was one of those lightbulb moments, so I though I’d share. Let me start by posing a question: Is it better to sell something no one else is selling, or to sell something that a whole bunch of other people [...]
There seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to Google using domain age as a factor in their ranking algorithm. Although only Google knows for sure, various experts on the web have done some experiments, and I’ve got some experience myself trying to get new domains ranked versus old domain. From my [...]