Saturday, April 5, 2008

The easiest ways to build up traffic

One of the easiest ways to build up traffic to your website is by marketing with articles.

To do this you simply write an article that is on the same topic as your website or product. Make sure that it contains useful information that people will want to read. After your article is complete submit it to article directories with a link back to your website in the resource box.

After your article is submitted people who are looking for information on your topic will read it, then visit your websiteand publishers that want content for their newsletter or website will use it then even more people will read it and visit yourwebsite.

Content - Content - Content

Content is what makes the web-go-round so....

If you haven't done this already then it's time to create acontent site. One that is on the same topic as the listthat you are building or planning to build.

Include lots of keyword rich articles so that you get trafficfrom the search engines, then make sure you add an opt inemail form on all of your pages, so that people that enjoyed your articles can sign up for your list.

Keep in mind that you don't have to write all for the contentyourself. You can hire a ghostwriter to write the articlesfor you or you can purchase ready made articles and even readymade websites theses days. Just do an Internet search for "private label content" and you will find endless possibilities.

Making money online

One of the best ways to start marketing and making money online is by becoming an affiliate.
This means that you can get started earning income withouthaving your own product, because you will be selling otherpeoples products for a share of the profits. If you plan onselling digital products such as ebooks or other downloadable things you can get a very good commission of up to 75%, although around 50% is more common. The commissions are usuallylower for physical goods.

There are many good places to find products that you can promote and earn a commission. Such as Clickbank for digital products and Commission Junction for everyday products. These aren't theonly places but they are a great place to get started.

When you have signed up for an affiliate program don't forgetto always use you affiliate link when selling products otherwise the vendor will not know who to pay and this couldcost you a great deal of money.

It's time to start blogging.

If you have never posted to a blog or weblog before the first thing you need to do is decide what the topic of your blog willbe.

If you plan on starting a business type blog, it needs to be a little more informational, but still informal, so that thepeople who read it, actually want to read it and will want tokeep coming back to check for more helpful information.

If it is a personal blog then it needs to be a little more funand entertaining. You can fill with just about anything that interested you. Although it is a good idea not to include to much personal information, because you never know who will bereading.

Write a popular article

A good way to write a popular article is to find a problemthat the people in your target audience have and then providethem with an answer that will help them solve it.

People like to read things that offer solutions to problems and preferably ones that are not too hard. Articles that containeasy to follow steps work very well in just about any situation.For instance; Three Steps to Super Clean Windows or How to Stop a Leaky Faucet in Four Easy Steps.

Keep that in mind when you are deciding what to write in yournext article and you will have an easier time deciding what to write about.

Test Your Adsense Campaign

When you are running an Ad Sense campaign, it is importantto make sure that you are testing all of the different possibilities to make sure that you are getting the highestclick through rate.

For instance you cloud try placing the ads in different placeson your site and using different color combinations. Then runone ad format for a week, then run the second format and compareresults. Better yet, test the formats simultaneously and startgetting side by side results to compare.

Just be sure to allow each test the same amount of time to workto make sure that your results are equal.