This may be new to some of you or old news to others. But, in Google, Yahoo, etc., you can filter results by what is contained in the url of webpages. I know that this doesn’t make much sense right now, but I will do my best to try to explain.
If you go to Google, you can type Read the rest of this entry »
There are soooo many ways to promote affiliate products, and there are soooo many products to promote. So, where do you actually begin? If you are new to the game, or aren’t actually making money with your current attempts, I’m hoping that I can give you a little push.
Let’s start with a Clickbank product. If you do not have a Clickbank account, go ahead and sign-up for your free account here. Next, we are going to choose our weapon. As you can tell from the title, we are going to market our product with article submission. Article submission will help you Read the rest of this entry »
There’s a few points I’d like to make here regarding WP and it’s benefits relating to search engine optimization. From personal experience, I can tell you that these methods will only help you in your affiliate marketing quest.
The #1 problem with trying to get a product visible to surfers is getting traffic. You can buy traffic (expired domain redirects, exchanges, etc.) all day or stumble till you fingers bleed, but chances are, you may not receive converting traffic. Now, you may have some success with PPC programs, but you will need to spend some money! Obviously, we would like to market our products as cheaply as possible.
A day doesn’t go by where I don’t get an email about PPP (Pay Per Play) advertising. Everyone’s blogging about it now and everyone is promoting it in one way or another.
PPP is not a new concept, yet the promotion is overwhelmingly new. Here’s the concept (from sellingppp.com):
“PPP is a way for advertisers (Like Harley Davidson or Taco Bell) to serve a 5 second audio advertisement to website visitors. It is a way for advertisers to target their 5 second audio ad to specific interests, demographics and geographic locations.
Big TV’s ad revenue is dwindling because PPP offers advertisers a more cost effective advertising solution that has been providing positive Return on Investment (ROI) for over 2 years. PPP offers advertisers a way to reach their target audience and is the only form of media whose impressions and ad placements are verified by an independent 3rd party.”
Yuck! I am not looking forward to the surge of “noisy” ads obstructing the peacefulness of reading my favorite blogs or online guides! Listen, I’m all about making money, but imo, this is a little too much! I cannot imagine having a 30 second spot playing on my page. Talk about losing visitors. Am I wrong here?
First of all, StumbleUpon does bring traffic. Is it targeted traffic? No. The debate will always linger about the quality and usefulness of SU traffic. If you are new to internet marketing or just need an extra traffic boost, try it! Hell, it’s free! For those of you unfamiliar with SU, I’m, not going to give you detailed instructions on how to use the service. However, if you need some help, leave a comment and I will respond.
I have found that there are some underlying factors that will affect the usefulness of SU traffic:
Your site’s subject matter
An arcade or funny video site will definitely outperform a Wheelchair Sales site any day as far as conversions are concerned. The comparison is extreme, but use your head when submitting your pages. Otherwise, you are wasting your time.
Keywords, Tags
In order to receive a decent amount of traffic, you will need to research your keywords and titles, otherwise, no one will see your page. Whether you use relevant terms or not is up to you. I use the word “porn” for one of my sites even though it has nothing to do with the subject. But, hey, it works.
Reviews, Reviews, Reviews
If your site has no reviews, it does no good! Make sure that if you are exchanging Stumbles with someone, that they review and tag your page. When you Stumble your own site, do the same.
Your Friends, Your Profile
If you have established PageRank on your StumbleUpon page and are considered to be a PowerStumbler, you will receive traffic to your pages. My suggestion, team up with a PowerStumbler and make more SU friends. Also, ask people to Stumble and review your profile as well as your web pages. Here is a good utility: My Stumble Friends
Deep Links
If your index page is the only page that is Stumbled, your audience will loose interest. Always Stumble deep links within your site. It will help with backlinks also.
This is the short list folks. I am experimenting with timing of Stumbles and cross-bookmarking as well. Here is another useful resource for you: SU Exchange
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