Archive for September, 2009

The law of universal gravitation
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The same laws that apply to gravity are the same laws that apply to wealth.

Most people in the world want to be rich, but a lot of people don’t understand how to get there. It not about your IQ level or attending private schools. You have to really understand the Laws of Wealth. Of course, there are laws to wealth, success, relationships and happiness. Understanding these laws will just start your journey towards your goals.

A awesome example to put things into perpective is using gravity. You can not see,touch,smell, or hear gravity but we know that gravity is real. Now, think or gravity as the factors in your life that represents set backs. For example, problems with your finances, family, employment, or self well-being. Understanding the laws of gravity help people to get off of the ground. When we started to understand the laws of gravity we began to learn how to fly. The same thing applies to wealth.

Everybody deserves to live an abundant and carefree life. I want to be able to help you understand and unlock the secrets to living life the way you always wanted to. Not having wisdom or knowledge can really hold you back from your goals. The faster you learn these secrets of life the faster you get to where you want to be in life.

I want to share with you dilgence, the first if many secrets to wealth and success. King Solomon was the richest king that had ever lived on this earth. In Proverbs, he stresses the importance of diligence again and again. Staying focused and applying continuous energy to reach and finish the projects that we have started. A major part of diligence is focusing in on the small things like paying attention to detail. Those are things that go unnoticed but, they make a major difference in your success levels.

Some of the main ingredients to diligence is is continually working and staying focused to the main goal. Also making the best out of the opportunities, resources, and time. This helps you to minimize errors and stay on point when you are working towards your goal. Diligence is staying focused on the prize and not letting the minor problems get in the way of our success. A major part of wealth is diligence. The formula to success is 90% Diligence 10% Talent = Success. Diligence can turn any dream into reality.

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There’s Money in Blogging

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According to the free encyclopedia online, Wikipedia, a blog “…is a type of website usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.”  The word “blog” is a unique combination of two words, “web” and “log”.  This ubiquitous word can also be used as a verb, meaning “to maintain or add content to a blog.”  Some would say that writing would not make one rich—but, maybe, financially comfortable enough just to do only that.Many netizens are now turning to blogging as a potential source of revenue.

Blogs are becoming superstars in their own right as a legitimate publishing medium.  These days, the average rates per month for a minimum of five posts a week begins at $225 a month.For a few hours of work, it’s not bad at all.  As people realize the business potential of maintaining a blog, many are now scrambling to get a piece of the action by carving their own niche in the blooming blogosphere.  With money left over from a payday advance, people with day jobs could invest on a good personal computer and a broadband internet connection and start their own blog or two after regular office hours.

Just by investing on hardware, like a computer, and some free software, one can already create a good blog site.  All a fledgling blogger needs is publishing tools from the internet and tech gadgets and that blogger is all set to quickly post a myriad of information online.  Thus, many people—from regular employees to housewives—see themselves blogging to earn some spending money to pay bills or supplement that loss income and other benefits caused by the financial crisis.  Aside from availing fast loans when a financial emergency strikes, people can expect extra money from the blogs income generating features such as Google Adsense, Text Link Ads, and Ad Brite.

People who blog to earn some income are called probloggers, and they are now recognized as a subculture in the internet.  However, there are also misconceptions to be found in the scene.  Blogging is not just writing anything under the sun.Its primary objective is to have revenues via its readership, credibility, and popularity.The AMAteur blogger should know what to write about and show some know-how on the subject.  Importantly, as with any job or entrepreneurial undertaking, blogging involves a great deal of commitment and diligence on the part of the aspiring problogger.

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I'm afraid time comes to eat me.
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If you’ve dipped so much as a toe into today’s marketing world, you’ve heard about blogs. Actually, if you’ve been on the internet at all lately, you’ve probably seen that blogs are a pretty commonplace occurrence. I bet you probably don’t know how simple it is to get your foot in the door and advertise on an esteemed blogger’s blog.”

What is this thing called a “blog?” What is it for? When did it first enter the human lexicon? How can you make it work for you in today’s competitive marketplace, especially when you have very little money to spend on your marketing?

The term “weblog” was coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger, editor of RobotWisdom.com, one of the oldest blogs out there. The shortened term “blog” came about in 1999, offered up by one Peter Merholz, editor and author of Peterme.com, a very well-established blog about his life, the web in general, and about everything else under the sun.

By July 2006, statistics show that there were 12 million bloggers in the US alone (we’d venture to say there are many times that amount now), and that more than 39% of the US population reads blogs. Again, chances are that now, with the unemployment rate rising and Internet costs getting less expensive, that number is much higher. From the perspective of someone who wants to advertise on blogs, this is a good sign. Statistics also show that by February of 2009 there were 1.5 billion Internet users worldwide.

At about 25% of the world’s population, that is nothing to shake a stick at. With only 80% of the world’s population being literate, you can figure that almost half of the world’s literate population is online. And more and more of those that “surf the web” are reading blogs. What does that mean for you, oh Person Who Wants to Advertise Their Business? It means that you can use this medium to promote your business.

For a minimal cost you can reach millions of people with your brand and your website. And why does it mean that? For as many bloggers as there are, there are that many blog readers.

Many people choose not to put their every thought and opinion onto a website, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t want to read the thoughts and opinions of the people who do. The cool thing about that is that many bloggers are quite influential. When it comes to reviewing products and companies, they do not hold anything back. So how do you get into their sites to advertise your company? One way is to find blogs that fit your product’s image and go through the rigmarole of emailing them individually.

You’d need to offer them free product, send it to them and wait for them to write about you and link to your website. Or, in an easier and possibly more effective move, you can sign up with a service that makes your ads available to bloggers. Because of today’s economic climate, more and more bloggers are trying to make a profit from their blog.

Whether it’s to offset the cost of their domain name and website, or whether they are trying to put food on the table, more and more quality bloggers are putting advertising on their websites. The service they use can be the same service you use to take advantage of some prime internet real estate and reach an audience who may not be looking for your product otherwise.

Blog readers aren’t stupid, but they are partial to the blogs they read the most. And chances are, if the blog is established and has a decent readership, those readers are going to be interested in the ads posted on their favorite blogger’s website. Should not that ad be yours?

This article has been donated by Samson Harper, an esteemed agent at BloggingAds.com, a website that helps businesses purchase blog advertising and gives bloggers an opportunity to earn money blogging

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The horse responds
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If you are an internet marketer, then using an auto-responder is probably second nature to you. Properly configured, It will help you to better create relationships with potential customers in all ranges of the buying stage.

Auto-responders also have many uses. You can manage contacts with them. For email management, they can be used to schedule future email blasts. Plus, they can help build and store multiple lists and email sequences while taking away all the tedious busy work of doing it manually.

Two different types of auto-responders are available:

Monthly subscription auto responders
This is the type that you don’t have to your own server. It may also be a little easier for a newbie to use. You will have a monthly fee to pay while using this one.

There are also some drawbacks to the subscription based auto-responder. You may be forced to pay more money for having lots of contacts. Other subscribers may share the IP address with the subscription type auto-responders. If your service provider’s IP address gets blocked, your emails get blocked. Subsequently, just buying your own rather than using a service can save you money.

Auto-responders that you install on your own server
There are more positives than negatives with this kind of auto-responder. First, there is absolutely no limit to how many contacts you can have. In addition, an individual IP address can save you from dealing with the headache of getting blocked by email providers because of irresponsible spammers. And, you will have absolute control of your lists with this type, unlike the subscription based.

More options exist with this type including the option to set how many emails blast out per minute. You could still get flagged or blocked by the email providers if you send out too many emails at one time.

Knowing the right type of auto-responder for your individual situation can save you time, money, and even keep your stress lower. Choose carefully and start enjoying the massive rewards one can get from this powerful tool.

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Article Marketing & Duplicate Content Penalty

I use a lot of private label rights content for most of my blogs, without even modifying them.  Because of this I have feared the wrath of Google through a Duplicate Content penalty.

However, it has been a few years now and I still don’t see how I could be penalized if I have phrases that are still listed in the top couple of pages of the Google search results. This of course leads me to think that there really is no Google Duplicate Content Penalty.

BTW: Just for clarity I am talking about content that is NOT stolen. I have had to deal with people stealing my content and now I use MyFreeCopyright.com to document any new content I create so I can prove I am the originator of the content.

This morning as I was sucking back my first coffee, Mmmmmm, I was scanning Bloglines, the RSS reader I use to view blog feeds I like to follow.

It’s such a great time saver.

Anyways, I came across an article about duplicate content, which always interests me, especially this one because it was about the penalty being a myth. Which makes sense to me but I was just never convinced, until this morning.

I could never figure out how I could be penalized for duplicate content and yet still have my copy of any given article rank in the top ten on Google, but I have them, so it didn’t make much sense however that didn’t stop me from still fearing penalty.

If you wonder about the duplicate content penalty or filter then take a few minutes and check out Neil Shearing’s Duplicate Content Penalty Myth video. I enjoyed it, plus it has helped to put my mind at ease about DCP.

I am glad I came across Neil’s video. I had just purchased a membership to a site that writes unique articles when perhaps I didn’t need to. However I do hire people to write for my other blogs so I will of course use the membership but

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Blogging can be a fantastic way to get more traffic charging full speed to your website.

The good news is that setting up a Blog for your website is surprisingly easy but there are a few caveats and things you need to change to ensure your blog is setup correctly to get maximum exposure in the search engines.

Before we start discussing what you should and should not do with Blogs, let’s take one step back and define what a Blog is.

A Blog can be thought of as a simple, public online diary where you can write entries (posts) into the diary.

Being public, the posts can be viewed by anyone who happens to surf by your site, and hopefully you have lots and lots of people reading every post you make, and contributing to your Blog in the form of adding comments, looking at relevant links you add to your blog, watching audio and video, and hopefully linking to your blog from their website, if they happen to have one.

What is particularly attractive about Blogs, is that the entire process of Blogging is very simple to do, mainly due to the great quality of Blog software available that you can install on your website.

Decent Blogging software provides all the functionality you need, the management of posts by yourself (and others), the categorization of posts (something that is essential) and even the process of telling other blogging websites every time you make a new post automatically.

Automatically telling other sites about your posts is a huge plus since it’s getting known on the Internet, without the need for you to be having to manually “submit” your blog in order for people to find out about it.

Now in my opinion, one of the most important things to ensure is that you don’t just use the Blog as a sales page (I recommend you leave the selling of your products and services to your actual sales page on your website).

Obviously you will want to talk about your products and services, and the benefits visitors will get in using them, but I believe it’s important not to have an all out sales pitch, as that will tend to turn off visitors who may be seeing your message for the first time. I also recommend you talk about non-business stuff, information about you, the person, some of your interests, things you have found of interest or help on the Internet, etc.

When considering finding out more about traffic to your website; it pays to visit professionals to help you achieve the best and most rapid results.

When people read these personal posts, they get to know the real you, and form a relationship with a “real person” and not a nameless website, and this can only assist you in future sales with these people.

A Blog also allows (and in fact encourages) participation by visitors, who can post responses to your entries, and this is often a great way to stimulate interesting conversations. Good Blogging software will allow you to remove spam responses (where visitors or programs “write” messages directing people to their site) as well as to moderate conversations that are in appropriate or off-topic.One of the best reasons to use Blogs is to help you rank highly in the search engines. The search engines love Blogs, provided they are providing relevant and quality content.

To give you an idea of how important search engines see Blogs, Google bought one of the largest Blogging sites out there (blogger.com). Having a focused relevant site with interesting and useful content can only help you in your journey to find true search engine love.

If you have read any of the other articles on this website, you’ve probably gathered that I preach relevant useful content. Blogs are no different than other web traffic techniques, you need to ensure it’s relevant, and ensure your separate your posts into logical categories.

For example if you have a website about software development, you may make posts discussing programming generally, other posts about training for software developers, and more posts about a specific computer language like Java.

It’s vitally important that you don’t lump all posts together for several reasons. Firstly, people coming to your Blog may have a specific interest in some of your posts (training for example) and may find it hard and frustrating to easily find all posts you have written on training if you have not clearly defined categories (and allowed posts to be searched/sorted by these categories).

Likewise the search engines may view your Blog as less relevant if you lump all your posts together than another Blog elsewhere that has posts clearly defined in categories. Search engines very much prefer categorization of information and reward websites that categorize correctly with high search engine rankings.

The most popular open source blogging package is wordpress. Check that out online.

Wordpress is a free blogging package (yes nothing to pay!), and is extremely flexible and easy to use without sacrificing anything in power or flexibility. I use this package and recommend you do as well.

Because of its popularity many Web host’s have it available for installation on their websites for you with “one-click” installs.

Blogging Fame

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If you have a knack for writing and if people loves what you write about but you can’t find a publisher that wants to publish what you write, you have to try out the internet. You have to consider the fact that writing can make you famous. If you think that you aregood enough, then you should try writing blogs. Ever since blogging craze began, there were a lot of people who began opening up their own blog sites and a few of them have become famous. How is fame brought through blogging?

What you write on blogs is very easy to be found by people. This is the internet. With millions of people logging in each day, there is a great chance that someone will come across your blogs. SEO Rankings is needed.

If your personal wish is to become a well known writer then you have to think about blogging and this is actually the cheapest way to go. It is basically the simplest way that you can use in order to become famous with the use of the Internet.

In order to actually start blogging you have to create a web site for this. Today, there are quite a lot of websites that hosts blogging for free. FIrst sign up with some of the following sites to begin a blog post.

Blogs are basically known as simple journals. Think of it as writing your day to day activities and experiences and letting people know about it. In any case, everything can be a subject in your blogs. Facts or fiction, it does not really matter. Or a mix is also good.

The great thing about blogging is that you absolutely have complete freedom on whatever you want to write about. However, you have to take care in avoiding offending someone. You can not use hate messages, pornography or racial discrimination. Always avoid comment spam.

After the first post is published you need to relax, sit back an wait for possible readers to find the blog. You don’t actually need to advertise as the people who read it will be the ones that will advertise for you. If you are good enough, then they will leave a comment on what they think about your blogs and they will also recommend it to their family and friends as a good read.

The secret in becoming successful and famous in blogs is the content of what you write. It should be interesting and easy to read. Try to catch the attention of the people with one sentence. Once you catch their attention, they will become interested enough to read the entire blog.

This is the secret to becoming famous in blogging and gain a lot of loyal readers.

Try to update your blogging website on a daily basis.

If you really don’t have something to write about and you have a normal, routine life, try adding a little spice to it. We do not recommend telling lies but truth bending is well known to be popular in most blogging related writing. Ad humourous lines and you can even exagerrate a little.

You have to remember that readers don’t really want to know about your day to day activities. They want excitement. You don’t actually need to tell the readers details about your daily life, but what you need to do is get them to use their imagination.

These are some of the tips that you might want to remember when writing blogs. With these tips, you can be sure that your blogging website will bring you fame.

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An article promotion blog that may bring you great amounts of success is easy to make if you employ it correctly . An article marketing blog is simple to put together but what will make it successful is getting content put on it. Getting content for your blog isn’t really enough, though. You’ve got to get traffic for it. For an article promotion blog content is king but what gives that king his power is the traffic that comes to read it. Get the people to your article promotion blog and get them coming back, whether you use article submission software or not.

Article writing blogs can get their content from many different sources. You can, naturally, write your content but you can have it written for you as well . That is where hiring a ghost writer can turn out to be handy. There are other sources for content, though.

If you choose to write your own content, first ensure that it uses keywords which will help get it picked up on search engines. As far as finding things to scribble about, follow top reports stories related to your personal industry or product. Also consider industry stories sources and use social bookmarking services to find out what the hot subjects are at present and just comment on them. Also consider looking at the most up to date websites relating to your blog and discover what is drawing the most attention and check out what is generating the most traffic on search engines in relation to your field. Follow trends and comment on what you find. Your bum marketing blog will be surfing a breaker of recognition.

Plenty will make use of PLR articles and article submission software in their article promotion blogs. You’ll be able to find cheap articles generally as a group and can make even that stretch by breaking it up into different parts.

Another option that folks use is RSS feeds. This is a simple method to get content to your bum marketing blog as it is immediately updated with content.

One thing that you always need to be doing is making sure that there are some things in the article that is posted which will make it seen by search engines. This is why it is generally best to have some control over what is being posted instead of relying solely on automation. Articles are many times written just for the reader when they should just as much be written for the search engines through article submission software. Confirm that it is keyword-rich so that it will help those looking for info that you have find it.

Another thing that may help generate traffic and help those looking for information find you is to make use of the different article directories. Find those ones the search engines love and use them . Ensure you read all the rules and that you create the perfect article for their standards. This will help give you links to your article promotion blog and will draw in those people that will keep coming back to your blog weekly or even daily.

See also: article submission software

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3 Simple Ways To Increase Your Blog Traffic

They say bikes get in the way of traffic
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At one point in your life as a blogger, you’ll realize that your site could do with a little more traffic than it usually gets.  After all, getting a lot of traffic is important if you want to make money blogging.  The good news here is that you don’t need to be familiar with complex, highly technical SEO methods just to improve your site’s stats.  Instead, all you need is to make a few tweaks to your blogging strategy to achieve some very noticeable results.  Here’s a list of the best methods that will help you give your site’s traffic an extra push:

1.  Get out there and network!

Widen your online social circle!  You won’t get any visitors to your blog if you don’t visit other blogs yourself.  When you do go out and drop by other bloggers’ sites, leave comments on their blog posts and make yourself known to them and their readers.  Don’t just post any comment for the sake of putting up one.   Leave a comment that’s intelligent, well-written, and polite so you’ll make a good impression on the blog owner and his visitors.  Don’t forget to tack your own blog’s URL at the end of your comment, so people have a way of finding you and your site.

Another tactic to consider is that of linking to other blogs.  A word of caution, however:  linking to other blogs doesn’t always guarantee getting a link back, but you can at least count on a fair number of blogs who will return the favor.  Just be sure to pick blogs that are at least related to the niche you’re already specializing in.  If you’re going to link to a blog that isn’t in the same niche as yours, at least make it a site that you genuinely enjoy!

Forums are also an excellent way to promote your blog.  Register in a forum that deals with the very niche you’re specializing in, and become an active, valuable participant in discussions.  Since you’re building your reputation here, make sure that your posts are helpful, informative, and friendly, and do your best to steer clear of arguments.

2.  Fan out your work to article directories:

Article directories are a great way to spread your work, cement your credibility through your articles, and get backlinks from other sites.  Places like eZine Articles and Buzzle are a great place to send your articles to, since they have a lot of users and your articles – which should come with a link to your blog — are sure to find an audience there.  Take note, however, that these services exact some very strict rules: there’s always a minimum word count for submissions, and some topics are just taboo.

3.   Write better posts

The best thing you can actually do to attract more traffic to your site is to create better, high-quality posts for your readers.  Remember, the reason why your visitors are in your blog is because they think that you might have something interesting to offer to them, or that you might be able to share something about your niche that other bloggers can’t.  If they like what they see in your blog, they’re going to come back again and again – without your having to resort to other gimmicks.

While there’s no real formula on how to attract more traffic and make money online with a blog, what you can do to give your blog an advantage is to fill it with quality posts that will demonstrate your expertise in your chosen niche.  As long as you make each visit worth their time, they’re going to come back and spread the word about your blog, bringing you the traffic your site deserves.

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Four Ways To Understand Article Marketing

Lake Louise I am coming!
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Article marketing is probably one of the easier understood ways to actually get ranking on the search engines.  And more importantly, its totally above board when done right and you dont have to worry about getting blacklisted.It is often avoided because of the additional perceived “work” involved.  So anyone looking for the easy scam way to get ranking, and who does not want to build it right avoids it at all costs.Done right, the time you sink now into getting it right will pay off handsomely for years to come.

A good first rule is to only write about topics you are very familiar with.It is just simpler.  Most of the time people create sites or businesses around stuff they know (occasionally no).This makes it far easier, as you are writing about what you know a lot about.  Of course you can easily do research too - just go to an article directory, pick your niche topic and start reading.  You would be AMAzed at how fast you can pick up basic information - often enough to craft an article.Also, make sure you write in a less formal manner that is easily understood.  There is no point in using fancy words - afterall the primary focus is the backlinks in the article.  This is not a doctoral thesis - you want to create an article in 15-20 minutes and move on to modifications and other stuff.

A second rule is to make sure you write your article in such a way that its easy to rewrite it some.  Why?? You used to be able to mass distribute the same thing across the net and get a bonus for the numbers - those days are gone.  Now days, the search engines are smart enough to see that they are duplicate copies - a few is ok, but having 1000’s you will actually get penalized for.  This is where rewriting comes in.  There are software tools out there that can help you - BUT do not let them do it for you.  Often the result is a bunch of garbage text that makes no sense.  The search engines are onto this too (they have semantics) and you will get penalized, plus it just makes your site linked look bad that such an idiot that cannot even write would link to you (readers would not know it was you who wrote it).  One of the best tools I have ever used for rewriting exists at My Article Network.You can easily rewrite articles up to 1000%++ (each sentence has 10 alternates + other stuff) and distribute them on up to 10,000 blogs.

A third rule is to not use too many links.  Most article directories limit you anyway but outside of that you can post on blogs and elsewhere with as many links as you want.Use common sense here again, the search engines are much smarter than that now.If one link is good, 70 links are not better.  In general, dont use more than 1 link per 200 words or so.  In addition, you want to be consistent with your keyword links to get benefit.Do not try to get ranking with 20 keywords at once by switching them around all the time.You will need some form of repetition to get any measurable boost at all.Concentrate only on a few keywords in the beginning and move your rank up on those.  Once you are on page 1 or 2, then try others.

A last rule to remember is that repetition not only keeps it going, it makes it work.For the first month, you should plan on 1 article every 2 days to get it started.  Even after you get higher ranking, you still need to pump in some linked articles at least once a week to keep it fresh.  The search engines look at the date of the posts that have the link - over time they decay the value of those links if they see nothing new coming in.  Get accounts at all the major article networks like Ezine - they are very highly ranked in Google and others, so make sure you distribute to them as well.

Done properly, article marketing can be a central hub to other stuff you do to boost your overall site ranking and visibility.

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