Marketing Footnotes

Blogging Tips For Newbies

April 18, 2012 · Blogs · Leave a Comment

As a newbie I’m sure you’re excited about blogging. You may have heard about all the money you could make. Before you go and sell the farm, follow these blogging tips that I have compiled. Whether you’re looking to become a guru in a targeted niche or just looking to make some extra money with affiliate marketing. You have to follow some basic guidelines to be successful. These are a few blogging tips I have learned through trial and error over the years.

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To Succeed Online You Need Targeted Traffic

February 18, 2012 · Marketing · 1 Comment

Internet marketing is not for the faint of heart. You could have the best product known to man. However without targeted traffic you will not make a dime. You can even build the best website money can buy and it still won’t matter. If you don’t know how to send targeted traffic to that site you will not last long in internet marketing.

The first question you might have is what is targeted traffic? Well there are two types of traffic. There is the “tire kicker,” and next there is the “buyer.” The tire kicker is just someone looking for something for free. They need more information before they can even consider buying something. The buyer is the one who already has their wallet open. They just need a good suggestion from you.

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Getting Rid Of Writers Block

December 20, 2011 · Business, Motivation · Leave a Comment

- Do just like Nike says: “Just Do It”. The longer you spend thinking about it the harder it will be. The hardest paragraph to write is the first one.

- Write anytime, anywhere. If you have a smartphone, have a note taking app. If you’re old fashioned, put a notepad next to your bed. You never know when you’re going to get a great idea.
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5 Tips To Create Creative Blog Post Titles

November 14, 2011 · Blogs, Marketing, Search Engines · Leave a Comment

  1. Utilize lists in your blog posts such as “Top 5 ways to…” or “12 ways you can…”
  2. Use keywords in your blog title that attract attention like “Shocking thing I learned today..” or “Amazing things about..”
  3. Use superlatives in your blog title such as “The best..” or “The greatest..” or “The most..”
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Your Money Site Is Hungry, Feed It

October 15, 2011 · Business, Search Engines · Leave a Comment

Lets say you have a sales page or a whole site selling your product. This is your money page. It wants more traffic. Instead of spending all your time trying to get people to visit that one site, how about creating a while bunch of feeder sites promoting your main site?

- Micro niche your product. If you sell digital cameras as an affiliate you can create all sorts of micro sites around this niche. Some off the top of my head are a photograph tutorial site, review site or a desktop wallpaper site.
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Schedule Future Blog Posts

September 14, 2011 · Blogs, Search Engines · Leave a Comment

If you feel like writing one day, write a whole bunch of posts and schedule them for the next few weeks or months. It will appear to your readers that you’re constantly updating your blog. This means they’ ll keep coming back for future posts since you’re maintaining a constant post schedule. The search engines also love steady updates. The easiest way to lose traffic is to stop updating.
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