I was just over at Blogtrepreneur and read a great post about some critical elements in a successful blog.  You can check out the post by clicking here. The main thing that caught my attention in this post was about community atmosphere.  The writer wisely pointed out that when people feel like they belong to something and like they are a part of the community of the blog it is great for everyone.  They will interact more, leave comments, and tell their friends about the blog site as well. Th...

When you are trying to decide what niche to target you will be tempted just to take a broad sweeping aproach to that niche, but don’t do it. It might seem foolish to focus on one small, seemingly insignificant little niche when there are millions to be made in the broader scheme of things right?  Well look at it this way.  How much money does a general doctor make?  You know, the guy who just knows a little bit about everything and then refers you to some other guy when he can’t s...

If you are currently an affiliate marketer and you are NOT using email marketing in your campaigns, then you really need to read this post. An autoresponder can double your sales very easily. The problem that most affiliat marketers have is that they set up a nice landing page, drive a ton of traffic to it, only to see about 1% or 2% conversion rate, and those 99% of targeted consumers may never come back to their site again.  It’s like carrying water in a bucket, but having so many hole...

Making money online is easier than ever and gone are the days when only super affiliates and genius gurus could have the market on making a living from their home offices.  There are a lot of money making schemes out there though.  And I mean a LOT!  Seems like almost every Google ad these days under the “making money” keyword will be some sort of scam that costs you some hard earned cash. You know the old saying, “It takes money to MAKE money.”  Well,...

Wordpress Does the Pinging for You! Wondering if you need to worry about pinging your wordpress blog?  Well now you don’t have to worry about it because it is all automatic.  Of course you can turn that option off but if you want the world to know that you have just made a great post this is perfect. So what is pinging?  Well I love to use metaphors so let me say it like this.  When you “ping” your blog post it is like putting the flag up on your mailbox when you are sendin...

Google Webmaster Tools is a great way to find out all kinds of things about your website or blog and see if there are any errors you need to fix or simply a place where you can let Google know about your sitemap and make sure everything gets indexed properly. Some of you may have had a hard time verifying your Wordpress blog with Google webmaster tools so here I will show you the simple steps to take to get this done. 1.  Login to your webmaster tool account. 2.  Once you have added your websi...

Free Ways to Build Backlinks to Your Blog or Website Yes, you read that correctly: “free”. Though the world of internet marketing may seem complicated, competitive, and anything but free; there are still a few great ways for those with smaller budgets to participate and build online respect. Here are some of our favorite-and free!-ways to gain valuable backlinks to your blog or website. Articles: One of the best free ways to get a valuable backlink to your site or blog is to write an a...

How to Find a Profitable Niche to Promote If you’re considering starting an online business-whether from the ground up or as an affiliate-marketing to a niche population is one of your smartest options. Simply stated, a niche marketer is able to provide the specific product and/or service-and specific terms-that the customer is seeking and cannot locate. Great…so how do you go about finding a profitable niche to promote? Here is a quick step-by-step start up guide for brainstorming profitab...

Are you using the power of articles right now to help power your online business? Article marketing is usually one of the first methods a new affiliate marketer will try.  Why?  Because it’s free!  And that alone is a great reason to use article marketing as a resource to driving traffic to your blog, website or affiliate page. Yes, it’s free, but it’s not always easy to tackle your marketing strategies with articles.  So here are a few tips to help you succeed with article...

Anyone, that’s right, ANYONE can make money on ebay.  And it is easier than ever to do.  Using ebay to make money may seem like a daunting task if you have never tried it before, but here are some methods that people are using to make money on ebay, whether they have a product to sell or not.  So can ebay make you money?  Of course, but let me tell you the “how”. You don’t have to own a single item or even ship or ever see a product to use ebay to make money. 1.  Sel...