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Week 1 in my change to get making more money. In my last post I talked about where I was at essentially very little passive income and lots of domain names and information sitting on my hard drive.

The first thing I have done is to take one of my domains www.stopsmokeonline.com and develop a squeeze page and blog. I based the website off of the Rapid Action Profits this way I can use paypal and potentially develop an affiliate site. I had already previously bought the script and didn’t feel like paying another $49 to clickbank.

If you go to www.stopsmokeonline.com it goes through the script, then I installed a wordpress blog at www.stopsmokeonline.com/quitsmokingblog/. I had a PLR product on Stop Smoking and this is the product I will be selling.  I also had some PLR articles on Stop Smoking which I have used to post onto the blog.

As of July 11 there is no traffic to the website. I have loaded up the articles on the blog to post every hour for 23 hours, so there will be a total of 23 articles. I set up the blog using typical recommendations such as installing plugins, setting up the permalink structure as /%category%/%postname%/ and pasting my ping list.

The next thing I am going to do next week is take those 23 articles rewrite them and post them to article directories. It will be interesting to see what kind of traffic I will get by just posting to the blog and see what the ping list does.

I will also be doing some social bookmarking to digg, stumbleupon, etc

• @SeanMarler thanks I am trying to fix it. I think I have a bum version of tag warrior. We should chat in the next week. Get updates etc. #
• @TheStoryLady never thought about that. There has to be software that will read pdfs? #
• @NatureMadeLisa Nice find for an article. Love it #

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Ok, this has been a long time coming and will be a lot of work but it is really my fault. When I first got involved in Internet Marketing I couldn’t get enough of it. What a way to make some money.

Then something happened, my ADD brain took over and started signing up to all sorts of lists implementing everything anybody ever told me becoming knowledgeable on absolutely everything related to making money on the internet. And I am proud to say that I make $500 a month doing this…

Kind of pathetic I know, so I have decided to to something about it and hopefully help people in the process.

Every new list that I signed up for  said to do this and that, research this and that and all I have for this are lots of domain names and a back up drive full of information that I am going to use one day.. Ya right!

Anyway, what I have decided to do is start taking some of my domains and information and start making them useful. I am going to journal this on my blog so that I can keep track of what I am doing, what I still need to do and that way we can all learn together and makes some money.

So to start this off I have taken two domains that I have www.stopsmokeonline.com and www.allergysymptomsonline.com and set up two websites. For both of these websites I already have some pre-existing articles and products that are sitting on the back up drive doing nothing.

What I have done is to create two sites using dreamweaver, now here is hint number one, DON”T LEARN DREAMWEAVER. Instead find a hosting company that you can install a Wordpress blog through fantastico.

Anyway, over the next couple of weeks I will outline exactly what I am doing. As of today’s date both websites are indexed in google via “site:” and currently receive no traffic according to Google Anylitics. Feel free to comment and make suggestions. The next post will be exactly what i did to set up the website, install the blog and do keyword research.

• Currently Browsing: http://www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com/challenge/2071 Just learning how to use twitter for the 30DC #

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Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s.  It used to be a way to comment an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one’s opinion on the said page.

What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and everything under the sun.  As it continues to move forward, online advertising has tapped into the blog’s potential.  Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

1.Blogging is simple.  The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging.  No skills are necessary… an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse.  It’s like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entice your reader to also try your product.  If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn’t?) then you can blog and advertise.

2. Blogging is authentic.  In this day and age where advertising saturate our lives, we question the credibility of promoters’ claims.  However, in blogs, real people share their real-life experiences, unscathed by paid advertising.  Reading blogs about first-hand product use is like talking to people about their first-hand experience.  You definitely want to buy a tried and tested product.

3. Blogging is free.  Because blogging is yet to be proven as a mainstream online advertising media, most sites see it as something to augment current marketing tools and thus offer it for free.   Any opportunity for free webtime is definitely a bonus especially to businesses that are starting up.  Needless to say, paid blog pages can generate more income for your seriously growing business.

4. Blogging builds credibility.  As you get more and more into writing your experiences on a particular product or industry, your readers come to realize that they can depend on your posts for their own information needs.  As such, you become an expert on it; as a consequence, more readers visit your site and more bloggers link to your blogs.  As companies and professional organizations notice the growth of your readership base, they may soon get in touch with you for advertising on your blog page, or make you an affiliate, which pays for every referral generated from your blog site.

5. Blogging builds your market.  Unless you are a Hollywood star, chances are, only your Mom reads your posts.  Mom has a lot of friends, so she lets her friends know how interesting your blog site is.  But you need not depend on Mom to increase your readership base.  Look into the following ways to build your market through blogging:

-By using your e-mail.  Today, blogging is overcoming the e-mail’s popularity in quickly and effectively reaching and expanding a market.  In this age of speed and quick access, logging in and downloading e-mail is simply taking longer than clicking into a blog site.  Let them explore your site by using a short e-mail message as teaser to your blog site.  If your e-mail is on an entirely different subject, use your e-mail signature to give a link to the site.

-By using subscription.  An easy way to get your readers e-mail is to give them an opportunity to subscribe to your blogsite.  Keep some exclusive information for your subscribers to entice readers to subscribe and give their e-mail address.  Just be responsible in using their e-mail address, as the last thing you want is a comment on your blog that you are a spammer.

-By understanding your readers.  Conduct a simple survey for your readers to understand their profile and advertising preferences.  Ask consumers to give you feedback on a post, an ad link, or a trial that you shared.  In this way, it is like interviewing your readers without the commitment and intrusion of a face-to-face interview.

-By joining a blog network –A network of blogs maybe a collection of blog sites that share the same industry, interest, readership base, payment mode, etc.  Consumers find credibility and convenience in clicking one link to several real bloggers about a single subject.  Clearly, more bloggers are better than one.

-By using RSS. RSS is the fastest growing technology on the Internet today.  As such, having RSS feeds to your blog is definitely another means of generating awareness for your readership base.  Having a variety of feeds can add interest to your blog site.

Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool.

First of all I am going to assume that you already know what your going to be selling online. You already have a domain and a topic. With the topic that you choose, I am also going to assume that you already have a product and a website to sell it from. If you don’t feel free to contact me on the contact form and I can walk you through that part step by step.

Step 1 in creating unlimited wealth is to start writing articles about your topic. I have bought tons of e-books on marketing a product online and time and time again article marketing comes out on top as a must do. so, you either have to sit down at your computer and write and article like I am doing rate now or you need to hire someone to do it for you.

Once the article is written you need to submit it to article directories with a link back to your website so you can start developing some traffic. Now don’t do what I have done and look for all sorts of article sites to submit to because you will get side tracked and never get anything done. I am a great example of this.

Over the past couple of months I have been loading up private label rights articles on this website and then re-writing them and submitting the articles either manually to sites or using a variety of semi-automatic or automatic software for submissions, and here is what I have found….

By fart the best way to generate traffic to your website is to submit articles to www.ezinearticles.com and www.goarticles.com. If those are the only two sites you submit too, you will start to get some traffic to your website. The more articles you write the more traffic you will get. Don’t get overwhelmed with all the directories out there just start with those two.

Yesterday, I spent and hour and a half submitting an article to over 500 article directories using a semi-automatic sofware and guess what the top 2 referring directories are to my website. Ya, ezinearticles and goarticles. I don’t get any traffic from the other 498 or so, so pretty much a waste of time. It is all about traffic and then finding a way to convert them to buying customers.

I have also used a automatic software submitter where the only time was loading up the article and then the rest of the day the software submitting for me and again ezinearticles and goarticles are sending me traffic. So, stop what you are doing and write and article then submit it to those two article directories and rinse and repeat every day. Intitially, schedule an hour to write and submit. Over time you should be able to get that down to under half an hour, then once the money is consistent, hire someone to do it for you.

We’re not talking about strangers here.  For the strangers that visit your site, your content will have to do all the talking for you.  But for the people in your daily life, the ones you want to click on your referral button, the ones you want to read and comment on your blog; these are the ones you want to be able to enlighten about the Google Adsense program.

First, excitement breeds excitement.  Get excited about your new venture and others will too.  Learn everything you can about the Google Adsense program, not only will this increase your earnings, but you’ll be better equipped to explain the mechanics of the program to others.

Show them the money.  There’s nothing like a little proof to make a believer out of someone.  You don’t have to wait until you’re making thousands per month, although that’s a healthy goal.  But even a small deposit in your piggy bank is enough to intrigue most people.  Can’t you just count those referrals now?

Do I Need to be Computer Savvy to Use Google Adsense?

You don’t have to be a techno-geek to use Google Adsense.  In fact, you don’t need any more technical knowledge than you do to surf the web.  Google Adsense is very user-friendly with a comprehensive support site to answer any question you might have.

You are first walked through the sign-up process where you are prompted for any and all information needed.  You will then have a couple of days while you are waiting for your account to be approved.  This would be a good time to familiarize yourself with the program policies, which of course you read before you signed up.  But look again.  Make sure the site you are registering doesn’t have any of the no-nos listed.  For instance, some profanity is allowed, but nothing excessive.  What is excessive?  That could be a gray area, but if you’re in doubt, don’t register that site.  There’s plenty of sites with little or no profanity.

Look at the support site while you are waiting on Google Adsense and see what other’s are saying and doing.  Most of all, have fun.  Your Google Adsense dollars are just waiting to be counted.

Does Google Adsense Offer Direct Deposit?

Google adsense offers various payment options for publishers.

Electronic Funds Transfer (ETF) is offered in 16 countries whereby your payments are deposited directly into your bank account in your local currency.  Check Google Adsense support to see which countries participate in this option.  You will need to sign up for  this option after your application is approved by signing into your account. You then click the edit link adjacent to the payment header.  After you fill out the bank information, Google Adsense will make a small test deposit into your account.  This is for security purposes to assure the account is really your own.

Watch your account for the test deposit to post, usually within just a few days.  After you have received the deposit from Google, log back in to your account and in the Payment Details section, click Verify Account.  You then will need to enter the amount of the test deposit.  If you do not complete this step, your payments will be on hold.  Once you enter the test deposit amount correctly, your bank will be approved and selected as your form of payment.

When you accumulate $50.00 in earnings, Google Adsense will send you a Personal Identification Number (PIN) to the payment address you supplied when you signed up. This is just another security precaution that Google Adsense has in place to protect their publishers but it is important.

Once you’ve been mailed a PIN number, your account payments will be on hold until the PIN is entered in your account.  You can still have access to your account and earn money; you just won’t be paid until the PIN is entered.  If it hasn’t been entered within 1 year, your account will be disabled.

To enter your PIN after you receive it in the mail, log into your Google Adsense account.  Click on the My Account tab, then click on edit.  Update the appropriate field and click submit changes.  It would also be a good time to check your contact information and make sure it is correct.  You’re now well on your way to receiving your first Google Adsense check.

Google Adsense is a fun and easy way to make extra money. It’s important to follow the rules though as Google is serious about the integrity of this program.  Not following the rules could result in your Google Adsense account being terminated. Here are a few Don’ts for using the program:

DON’T

Never, ever, ever click on your own ads.  Google Adsense makes it very clear this won’t be tolerated.

Don’t ask your friends and family to click on your ads.  Rather, earn money by referring them to the Google Adsense program.

Don’t participate in the Google Adsense program strictly for the money. This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It will take time and hard work to make a profit.

Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything the first day.  Although the Google Adsense program is extremely user-friendly, it may take a little time to integrate all the facets of the program.  Be patient and above all, have fun!

Hopefully, these helpful tips will ease you into using the program and help you avoid mistakes that could possibly cost you a lot of time or money.