Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing by Michael Southon
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing
by Michael Southon
Last week I was doing a search in Google under
'ezine advertising' and was amazed to find one of my
own websites on the first page of results (position #4
out of 271,000).
So then I went to Yahoo and got another shock - there it
was again at position #4 out of 274,000 results.
If you're wondering how I did it, the answer is I'm not
entirely sure.
But my guess is *link popularity*.
What is link popularity?
Some years ago the major search engines realized that
the best way to decide if your website has valuable
content (and is therefore worth a high ranking) is to
see how many other websites link to your site.
Link popularity was pioneered by Google but has now
become a key factor in the algorithms used by most of
the major search engines.
Would you like to know your current link popularity?
Here's a free tool that will check your link
popularity in Alltheweb, AltaVista, AOL, Google,
HotBot and MSN. This tool will also compare your link
popularity with your competitors':
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/
Now that you know your link popularity, you may be
wondering how you can increase it.
Here are some commonly used strategies - some
effective and some not:
==> FFA Sites
Free For All sites are websites that collect your
email address (and send you a lot of junk email) and in
return allow you to post a link on a website.
FFA sites are rather like a conveyor belt - new links
are constantly being added and old links being pushed
off. On Many FFA sites your link will last an hour or
two at the most.
Even if your link stayed on an FFA site long enough to be
indexed by a search engine, it is unlikely it would increase
your link popularity. Search engines regard FFA sites as
spam and they'll either ignore your link or penalize your site.
==> Link Exchange Programs
As with FFA sites, you need to ask yourself the same
question the search engines ask.
Did someone link to your site because you have valuable
content? Or did they link to your site as part of a mutual ploy
to artificially raise each other's link popularity?
The search engines know how to tell the difference and
some of them (Google for example) will actually ban
your site for engaging in 'link farming'.
Another problem with this method is *link relevancy*. If
the sites linking to you have content that is not
related to your content, the search engines will not
give much weight to those links.
==> Reciprocal Links with Individual Webmasters
This will definitely increase your link popularity,
especially if you seek out link partners whose
websites share the same theme as yours.
But this approach is time consuming - first you have to
surf around looking for potential link partners, then you
have to email them, then you have to confirm that
they added your link and so on.
==> Writing Articles
This is the technique I use for increasing link
popularity and it works very well.
Write short articles of 300 - 800 words and then
submit them to the article announcement lists and the
online article banks.
There are thousands of webmasters out there who need
free content for their websites and you'll soon find your articles
appearing on dozens, even hundreds, of different websites.
At the bottom of your article is your Resource Box
containing a link to your website. It might look
something like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Doe is the webmaster of yourdomain.com where he
offers cutting-edge tips on all aspects of web marketing.
To find more advice, tools and resources to help you
succeed in online business, visit: http://www.yourdomain.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most webmasters will make the URL in your Resource Box
an active link. If they don't, you should insist on
it because it's part of the deal - they get free
content for their website and you get a free link.
This technique has two important advantages over
other methods of raising link popularity:
(1) You don't have to clutter up your website with
reciprocal links
(2) You don't have to invest huge amounts of time
searching for link partners and then emailing them to
request a link. If they like your article, they just
add it to their website.
Happy writing!
------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for
over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters
how to use this simple technique to build a successful
online business. Click here to find out more:
http://cb-top.com/cgi-bin/vp/hop.cgi?i=mhsouthon
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, February 3, 2006
link?
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing by Michael Southon
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing
by Michael Southon
Last week I was doing a search in Google under
'ezine advertising' and was amazed to find one of my
own websites on the first page of results (position #4
out of 271,000).
So then I went to Yahoo and got another shock - there it
was again at position #4 out of 274,000 results.
If you're wondering how I did it, the answer is I'm not
entirely sure.
But my guess is *link popularity*.
What is link popularity?
Some years ago the major search engines realized that
the best way to decide if your website has valuable
content (and is therefore worth a high ranking) is to
see how many other websites link to your site.
Link popularity was pioneered by Google but has now
become a key factor in the algorithms used by most of
the major search engines.
Would you like to know your current link popularity?
Here's a free tool that will check your link
popularity in Alltheweb, AltaVista, AOL, Google,
HotBot and MSN. This tool will also compare your link
popularity with your competitors':
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/
Now that you know your link popularity, you may be
wondering how you can increase it.
Here are some commonly used strategies - some
effective and some not:
==> FFA Sites
Free For All sites are websites that collect your
email address (and send you a lot of junk email) and in
return allow you to post a link on a website.
FFA sites are rather like a conveyor belt - new links
are constantly being added and old links being pushed
off. On Many FFA sites your link will last an hour or
two at the most.
Even if your link stayed on an FFA site long enough to be
indexed by a search engine, it is unlikely it would increase
your link popularity. Search engines regard FFA sites as
spam and they'll either ignore your link or penalize your site.
==> Link Exchange Programs
As with FFA sites, you need to ask yourself the same
question the search engines ask.
Did someone link to your site because you have valuable
content? Or did they link to your site as part of a mutual ploy
to artificially raise each other's link popularity?
The search engines know how to tell the difference and
some of them (Google for example) will actually ban
your site for engaging in 'link farming'.
Another problem with this method is *link relevancy*. If
the sites linking to you have content that is not
related to your content, the search engines will not
give much weight to those links.
==> Reciprocal Links with Individual Webmasters
This will definitely increase your link popularity,
especially if you seek out link partners whose
websites share the same theme as yours.
But this approach is time consuming - first you have to
surf around looking for potential link partners, then you
have to email them, then you have to confirm that
they added your link and so on.
==> Writing Articles
This is the technique I use for increasing link
popularity and it works very well.
Write short articles of 300 - 800 words and then
submit them to the article announcement lists and the
online article banks.
There are thousands of webmasters out there who need
free content for their websites and you'll soon find your articles
appearing on dozens, even hundreds, of different websites.
At the bottom of your article is your Resource Box
containing a link to your website. It might look
something like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Doe is the webmaster of yourdomain.com where he
offers cutting-edge tips on all aspects of web marketing.
To find more advice, tools and resources to help you
succeed in online business, visit: http://www.yourdomain.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most webmasters will make the URL in your Resource Box
an active link. If they don't, you should insist on
it because it's part of the deal - they get free
content for their website and you get a free link.
This technique has two important advantages over
other methods of raising link popularity:
(1) You don't have to clutter up your website with
reciprocal links
(2) You don't have to invest huge amounts of time
searching for link partners and then emailing them to
request a link. If they like your article, they just
add it to their website.
Happy writing!
------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for
over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters
how to use this simple technique to build a successful
online business. Click here to find out more:
http://cb-top.com/cgi-bin/vp/hop.cgi?i=mhsouthon
------------------------------------------------------------
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing
by Michael Southon
Last week I was doing a search in Google under
'ezine advertising' and was amazed to find one of my
own websites on the first page of results (position #4
out of 271,000).
So then I went to Yahoo and got another shock - there it
was again at position #4 out of 274,000 results.
If you're wondering how I did it, the answer is I'm not
entirely sure.
But my guess is *link popularity*.
What is link popularity?
Some years ago the major search engines realized that
the best way to decide if your website has valuable
content (and is therefore worth a high ranking) is to
see how many other websites link to your site.
Link popularity was pioneered by Google but has now
become a key factor in the algorithms used by most of
the major search engines.
Would you like to know your current link popularity?
Here's a free tool that will check your link
popularity in Alltheweb, AltaVista, AOL, Google,
HotBot and MSN. This tool will also compare your link
popularity with your competitors':
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/
Now that you know your link popularity, you may be
wondering how you can increase it.
Here are some commonly used strategies - some
effective and some not:
==> FFA Sites
Free For All sites are websites that collect your
email address (and send you a lot of junk email) and in
return allow you to post a link on a website.
FFA sites are rather like a conveyor belt - new links
are constantly being added and old links being pushed
off. On Many FFA sites your link will last an hour or
two at the most.
Even if your link stayed on an FFA site long enough to be
indexed by a search engine, it is unlikely it would increase
your link popularity. Search engines regard FFA sites as
spam and they'll either ignore your link or penalize your site.
==> Link Exchange Programs
As with FFA sites, you need to ask yourself the same
question the search engines ask.
Did someone link to your site because you have valuable
content? Or did they link to your site as part of a mutual ploy
to artificially raise each other's link popularity?
The search engines know how to tell the difference and
some of them (Google for example) will actually ban
your site for engaging in 'link farming'.
Another problem with this method is *link relevancy*. If
the sites linking to you have content that is not
related to your content, the search engines will not
give much weight to those links.
==> Reciprocal Links with Individual Webmasters
This will definitely increase your link popularity,
especially if you seek out link partners whose
websites share the same theme as yours.
But this approach is time consuming - first you have to
surf around looking for potential link partners, then you
have to email them, then you have to confirm that
they added your link and so on.
==> Writing Articles
This is the technique I use for increasing link
popularity and it works very well.
Write short articles of 300 - 800 words and then
submit them to the article announcement lists and the
online article banks.
There are thousands of webmasters out there who need
free content for their websites and you'll soon find your articles
appearing on dozens, even hundreds, of different websites.
At the bottom of your article is your Resource Box
containing a link to your website. It might look
something like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Doe is the webmaster of yourdomain.com where he
offers cutting-edge tips on all aspects of web marketing.
To find more advice, tools and resources to help you
succeed in online business, visit: http://www.yourdomain.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most webmasters will make the URL in your Resource Box
an active link. If they don't, you should insist on
it because it's part of the deal - they get free
content for their website and you get a free link.
This technique has two important advantages over
other methods of raising link popularity:
(1) You don't have to clutter up your website with
reciprocal links
(2) You don't have to invest huge amounts of time
searching for link partners and then emailing them to
request a link. If they like your article, they just
add it to their website.
Happy writing!
------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for
over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters
how to use this simple technique to build a successful
online business. Click here to find out more:
http://cb-top.com/cgi-bin/vp/hop.cgi?i=mhsouthon
------------------------------------------------------------
link?
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing by Michael Southon
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing
by Michael Southon
Last week I was doing a search in Google under
'ezine advertising' and was amazed to find one of my
own websites on the first page of results (position #4
out of 271,000).
So then I went to Yahoo and got another shock - there it
was again at position #4 out of 274,000 results.
If you're wondering how I did it, the answer is I'm not
entirely sure.
But my guess is *link popularity*.
What is link popularity?
Some years ago the major search engines realized that
the best way to decide if your website has valuable
content (and is therefore worth a high ranking) is to
see how many other websites link to your site.
Link popularity was pioneered by Google but has now
become a key factor in the algorithms used by most of
the major search engines.
Would you like to know your current link popularity?
Here's a free tool that will check your link
popularity in Alltheweb, AltaVista, AOL, Google,
HotBot and MSN. This tool will also compare your link
popularity with your competitors':
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/
Now that you know your link popularity, you may be
wondering how you can increase it.
Here are some commonly used strategies - some
effective and some not:
==> FFA Sites
Free For All sites are websites that collect your
email address (and send you a lot of junk email) and in
return allow you to post a link on a website.
FFA sites are rather like a conveyor belt - new links
are constantly being added and old links being pushed
off. On Many FFA sites your link will last an hour or
two at the most.
Even if your link stayed on an FFA site long enough to be
indexed by a search engine, it is unlikely it would increase
your link popularity. Search engines regard FFA sites as
spam and they'll either ignore your link or penalize your site.
==> Link Exchange Programs
As with FFA sites, you need to ask yourself the same
question the search engines ask.
Did someone link to your site because you have valuable
content? Or did they link to your site as part of a mutual ploy
to artificially raise each other's link popularity?
The search engines know how to tell the difference and
some of them (Google for example) will actually ban
your site for engaging in 'link farming'.
Another problem with this method is *link relevancy*. If
the sites linking to you have content that is not
related to your content, the search engines will not
give much weight to those links.
==> Reciprocal Links with Individual Webmasters
This will definitely increase your link popularity,
especially if you seek out link partners whose
websites share the same theme as yours.
But this approach is time consuming - first you have to
surf around looking for potential link partners, then you
have to email them, then you have to confirm that
they added your link and so on.
==> Writing Articles
This is the technique I use for increasing link
popularity and it works very well.
Write short articles of 300 - 800 words and then
submit them to the article announcement lists and the
online article banks.
There are thousands of webmasters out there who need
free content for their websites and you'll soon find your articles
appearing on dozens, even hundreds, of different websites.
At the bottom of your article is your Resource Box
containing a link to your website. It might look
something like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Doe is the webmaster of yourdomain.com where he
offers cutting-edge tips on all aspects of web marketing.
To find more advice, tools and resources to help you
succeed in online business, visit: http://www.yourdomain.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most webmasters will make the URL in your Resource Box
an active link. If they don't, you should insist on
it because it's part of the deal - they get free
content for their website and you get a free link.
This technique has two important advantages over
other methods of raising link popularity:
(1) You don't have to clutter up your website with
reciprocal links
(2) You don't have to invest huge amounts of time
searching for link partners and then emailing them to
request a link. If they like your article, they just
add it to their website.
Happy writing!
------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for
over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters
how to use this simple technique to build a successful
online business. Click here to find out more:
http://cb-top.com/cgi-bin/vp/hop.cgi?i=mhsouthon
------------------------------------------------------------
Link Popularity - Your Key to a Page #1 Listing
by Michael Southon
Last week I was doing a search in Google under
'ezine advertising' and was amazed to find one of my
own websites on the first page of results (position #4
out of 271,000).
So then I went to Yahoo and got another shock - there it
was again at position #4 out of 274,000 results.
If you're wondering how I did it, the answer is I'm not
entirely sure.
But my guess is *link popularity*.
What is link popularity?
Some years ago the major search engines realized that
the best way to decide if your website has valuable
content (and is therefore worth a high ranking) is to
see how many other websites link to your site.
Link popularity was pioneered by Google but has now
become a key factor in the algorithms used by most of
the major search engines.
Would you like to know your current link popularity?
Here's a free tool that will check your link
popularity in Alltheweb, AltaVista, AOL, Google,
HotBot and MSN. This tool will also compare your link
popularity with your competitors':
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/
Now that you know your link popularity, you may be
wondering how you can increase it.
Here are some commonly used strategies - some
effective and some not:
==> FFA Sites
Free For All sites are websites that collect your
email address (and send you a lot of junk email) and in
return allow you to post a link on a website.
FFA sites are rather like a conveyor belt - new links
are constantly being added and old links being pushed
off. On Many FFA sites your link will last an hour or
two at the most.
Even if your link stayed on an FFA site long enough to be
indexed by a search engine, it is unlikely it would increase
your link popularity. Search engines regard FFA sites as
spam and they'll either ignore your link or penalize your site.
==> Link Exchange Programs
As with FFA sites, you need to ask yourself the same
question the search engines ask.
Did someone link to your site because you have valuable
content? Or did they link to your site as part of a mutual ploy
to artificially raise each other's link popularity?
The search engines know how to tell the difference and
some of them (Google for example) will actually ban
your site for engaging in 'link farming'.
Another problem with this method is *link relevancy*. If
the sites linking to you have content that is not
related to your content, the search engines will not
give much weight to those links.
==> Reciprocal Links with Individual Webmasters
This will definitely increase your link popularity,
especially if you seek out link partners whose
websites share the same theme as yours.
But this approach is time consuming - first you have to
surf around looking for potential link partners, then you
have to email them, then you have to confirm that
they added your link and so on.
==> Writing Articles
This is the technique I use for increasing link
popularity and it works very well.
Write short articles of 300 - 800 words and then
submit them to the article announcement lists and the
online article banks.
There are thousands of webmasters out there who need
free content for their websites and you'll soon find your articles
appearing on dozens, even hundreds, of different websites.
At the bottom of your article is your Resource Box
containing a link to your website. It might look
something like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Doe is the webmaster of yourdomain.com where he
offers cutting-edge tips on all aspects of web marketing.
To find more advice, tools and resources to help you
succeed in online business, visit: http://www.yourdomain.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most webmasters will make the URL in your Resource Box
an active link. If they don't, you should insist on
it because it's part of the deal - they get free
content for their website and you get a free link.
This technique has two important advantages over
other methods of raising link popularity:
(1) You don't have to clutter up your website with
reciprocal links
(2) You don't have to invest huge amounts of time
searching for link partners and then emailing them to
request a link. If they like your article, they just
add it to their website.
Happy writing!
------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for
over 3 years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters
how to use this simple technique to build a successful
online business. Click here to find out more:
http://cb-top.com/cgi-bin/vp/hop.cgi?i=mhsouthon
------------------------------------------------------------
Earning from PPC Search Engine Affiliate Programs
Earning from PPC Search Engine Affiliate Programs |
by: Jonathon White |
What are PPC Search Engines? PPC Search Engines are search engines that allow advertisers to list their site within their search results on a pay per click basis. Advertisers bid against other advertisers for the same keywords or phrases. The highest bidder will then have their site ranked #1 in the PPC Search Engine results for a certain keyword followed by the second highest bidder for the same keyword followed by the third highest bidder for the same keyword, etc. When a visitor then does a search in the PPC Search Engine and clicks on an advertisers bided link, the advertisers account will then get deducted for that click. This only happens once per unique visitor. So if that same visitor clicked on the same advertisers bided link twice, then the advertisers account will only get deducted for the first click. Why is it easier to earn from PPC Search Engines than other affiliate programs? PPC Search Engine affiliate programs are a good and easy way to earn some quick cash online. It is a lot easier to earn from PPC Search Engines than most other affiliate programs because you earn from your visitors click-thru’s to an advertisers site and not per action or sale. Where can I find PPC Search Engines that offer affiliate programs? There are only a few good resources on the Internet that lists a large amount of PPC Search Engines. Most of these are either outdated where they have a lot of PPC Search Engines that don’t exist anymore or only mainly gives information about a PPC Search Engines advertising offers. If you were looking to join some PPC Search Engines that offer affiliate programs so that you can earn some quick and easy cash, then a useful resource to use would be http://www.affiliateseeking.com/ppcaff.php. This is because it lists over 375 PPC Search Engines where you can easily compare what each PPC Search Engines affiliate program has to offer and you can even organize the PPC Search Engines results by Date Added, Minimum Payout, Earnings, etc. I have joined a PPC Search Engine. How do I go about advertising it so that I can earn from it? Once you have joined a PPC Search Engine, you can then easily get promotional links/ material from the affiliate section of the PPC Search Engine account where you can then use them to advertise the PPC Search Engine that you have joined. Most PPC Search Engines allow you to advertise them by using search boxes, an xml feed, text links, referral links, banners, a portal page, and more.
Jonathon White has been doing advertising/ marketing on the Web for over three years. He is the Webmaster of three sites, which are: http://www.affiliateseeking.com - a categorized affiliate programs directory. http://www.simplysearch4it.com - a general web portal where people can play FREE online games, add free articles, search the Web, and much more. http://www.1hostseeking.com - a web hosting directory. The above article can be re-printed as longs as the bio lines stay in place. |
Earning from PPC Search Engine Affiliate Programs
Earning from PPC Search Engine Affiliate Programs |
by: Jonathon White |
What are PPC Search Engines? PPC Search Engines are search engines that allow advertisers to list their site within their search results on a pay per click basis. Advertisers bid against other advertisers for the same keywords or phrases. The highest bidder will then have their site ranked #1 in the PPC Search Engine results for a certain keyword followed by the second highest bidder for the same keyword followed by the third highest bidder for the same keyword, etc. When a visitor then does a search in the PPC Search Engine and clicks on an advertisers bided link, the advertisers account will then get deducted for that click. This only happens once per unique visitor. So if that same visitor clicked on the same advertisers bided link twice, then the advertisers account will only get deducted for the first click. Why is it easier to earn from PPC Search Engines than other affiliate programs? PPC Search Engine affiliate programs are a good and easy way to earn some quick cash online. It is a lot easier to earn from PPC Search Engines than most other affiliate programs because you earn from your visitors click-thru’s to an advertisers site and not per action or sale. Where can I find PPC Search Engines that offer affiliate programs? There are only a few good resources on the Internet that lists a large amount of PPC Search Engines. Most of these are either outdated where they have a lot of PPC Search Engines that don’t exist anymore or only mainly gives information about a PPC Search Engines advertising offers. If you were looking to join some PPC Search Engines that offer affiliate programs so that you can earn some quick and easy cash, then a useful resource to use would be http://www.affiliateseeking.com/ppcaff.php. This is because it lists over 375 PPC Search Engines where you can easily compare what each PPC Search Engines affiliate program has to offer and you can even organize the PPC Search Engines results by Date Added, Minimum Payout, Earnings, etc. I have joined a PPC Search Engine. How do I go about advertising it so that I can earn from it? Once you have joined a PPC Search Engine, you can then easily get promotional links/ material from the affiliate section of the PPC Search Engine account where you can then use them to advertise the PPC Search Engine that you have joined. Most PPC Search Engines allow you to advertise them by using search boxes, an xml feed, text links, referral links, banners, a portal page, and more.
Jonathon White has been doing advertising/ marketing on the Web for over three years. He is the Webmaster of three sites, which are: http://www.affiliateseeking.com - a categorized affiliate programs directory. http://www.simplysearch4it.com - a general web portal where people can play FREE online games, add free articles, search the Web, and much more. http://www.1hostseeking.com - a web hosting directory. The above article can be re-printed as longs as the bio lines stay in place. |
Earning from PPC Search Engine Affiliate Programs
Earning from PPC Search Engine Affiliate Programs |
by: Jonathon White |
What are PPC Search Engines? PPC Search Engines are search engines that allow advertisers to list their site within their search results on a pay per click basis. Advertisers bid against other advertisers for the same keywords or phrases. The highest bidder will then have their site ranked #1 in the PPC Search Engine results for a certain keyword followed by the second highest bidder for the same keyword followed by the third highest bidder for the same keyword, etc. When a visitor then does a search in the PPC Search Engine and clicks on an advertisers bided link, the advertisers account will then get deducted for that click. This only happens once per unique visitor. So if that same visitor clicked on the same advertisers bided link twice, then the advertisers account will only get deducted for the first click. Why is it easier to earn from PPC Search Engines than other affiliate programs? PPC Search Engine affiliate programs are a good and easy way to earn some quick cash online. It is a lot easier to earn from PPC Search Engines than most other affiliate programs because you earn from your visitors click-thru’s to an advertisers site and not per action or sale. Where can I find PPC Search Engines that offer affiliate programs? There are only a few good resources on the Internet that lists a large amount of PPC Search Engines. Most of these are either outdated where they have a lot of PPC Search Engines that don’t exist anymore or only mainly gives information about a PPC Search Engines advertising offers. If you were looking to join some PPC Search Engines that offer affiliate programs so that you can earn some quick and easy cash, then a useful resource to use would be http://www.affiliateseeking.com/ppcaff.php. This is because it lists over 375 PPC Search Engines where you can easily compare what each PPC Search Engines affiliate program has to offer and you can even organize the PPC Search Engines results by Date Added, Minimum Payout, Earnings, etc. I have joined a PPC Search Engine. How do I go about advertising it so that I can earn from it? Once you have joined a PPC Search Engine, you can then easily get promotional links/ material from the affiliate section of the PPC Search Engine account where you can then use them to advertise the PPC Search Engine that you have joined. Most PPC Search Engines allow you to advertise them by using search boxes, an xml feed, text links, referral links, banners, a portal page, and more.
Jonathon White has been doing advertising/ marketing on the Web for over three years. He is the Webmaster of three sites, which are: http://www.affiliateseeking.com - a categorized affiliate programs directory. http://www.simplysearch4it.com - a general web portal where people can play FREE online games, add free articles, search the Web, and much more. http://www.1hostseeking.com - a web hosting directory. The above article can be re-printed as longs as the bio lines stay in place. |
Articles-fast track to salesand profits
Article Writing & Promotion...Your Fast Track To Sales & Profits. | |
by: Thom Reece | |
| Writing articles, and promoting them for publication, is one of the most productive long-term promotional tactics available. Well researched and written articles... which provide valuable, useable information, are highly sought after by newsletter publishers, magazines, ezines, etc. It is a marketing truth that "Content Is King". Good, keyword rich, content is what drives online traffic through search engines and gives the visitor a reason to keep coming back to a website. This is often referred to as "sticky content". As a traffic-generation tool it is unsurpassed. Webmasters and publication editors have an insatiable appetite for tightly written "niched" articles that are relevant to their web sites or publications themes. This need is your opportunity... An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. Each issue they publish must be filled with useful, relevant content that will appeal to their readers or subscribers self-interest. A publication that cannot provide great content will not long survive. "An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. By regularly supplying the media with well written articles, you build a never-ending supply of links and traffic to your own websites. How?... Well, the secret is in the bio. Each article you submit for publication has your own "authors bio" that gives full attribution and links to your site. This is the payment you receive for having supplied the articles... it is a payment which gives you long-term dividends! Not only will your article be presented to many thousands of subscribers initially... but those same articles (with your bio and links) will be archived on the publications websites. Those archived articles become fodder for search engines which not only provide on-going traffic to the publishing site... but to YOU as well. It is truly a Win/Win proposition. NOT A WRITER?... NO PROBLEM... There are countless freelance writers who will "ghost write" articles for you and... giving you the copyrights. I know of many well-known names in the industry who have articles plastered all over the internet...and they have never written a word themselves. I know this because I have written some of their articles. :-) If you need such services try elance or do a Google search for "ghost writing" or "freelance writers". There are many highly educated, english speaking, foreign-based professionals who will write articles for very nominal fees. OK... YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE... NOW WHAT? Having a good article is only the first part of the equatiion... now you need to get the articles distributed to those editors and publications who will welcome your contribution... and publish your work. There are three primary means of promoting your articles:
Here is a breakdown of each... and a list of resources to get you started... ARTICLE DIRECTORIES... Article directories are websites which categorize and archive your articles... and promote them to editors and publishers. Most are free... but some are fee based. They all provide a submission system for you to provide your articles to them. In addition, most have their own internal list of editors and publishers that they announce your new article to. TIP: The simple act of listing your articles in the directory archives will provide you instant incoming links to your website which could increase your site traffic and page ranks. Here is a partial list of article directories. (Please note that companies go out of business occasionally and you may run into a link which no longer works.)
ARTICLE ANNOUNCEMENT LISTS... Announcement Lists are email newsletters, lists, or ezines, which allow you to "announce" your new articles to thousands of editors and publishers instantly. Most of these announcement lists are sent out daily to their subscribers. This means that you can have your article circulating to key editors and publishers within hours of completion. Here are a number of important Article Announcement Lists that will give you a simple and fast mechanism for distribution of your articles...
YOUR INTERNAL, IN-HOUSE, DISTRIBUTION LIST... Over time you will begin to build a list of editors and publishers, who have used your articles in the past, and find them to be relevant. This list is "your private goldmine". Each time you finish an article the first step you want to take is to send it, in a private mailing, to your in-house user list. You might want to consider doing a "mail merge" to this list and personalize your submission to the specific editor by name. Remember, this list could be worth thousand of dollars to you over the coming months and years. Do not treat it lightly. This list is truly a center-of-influence list that you will want to spend time and effort nuturing. Remembering them at holidays and on special occasions, goes a long way to building a profitable relationship. Pick up a phone and call them. Let them know that you appreciate your relationship... and let them know you are available for special writing assignments. (Here is an example of how strong and beneficial this simple act can be... About two years ago I sent a small holiday gift [a screen-saver of tropical Hawaiian images] to a magazine editor who had used a number of my articles in the past. I waited until the package had time to arrive and then I picked up a phone and called her. She was delighted with the thoughtfulness of the gift and then stunned me with the news that one of her regular columnists had been forced to resign... and "would I be interested in replacing him?". So... that simple telephone call resulted in a regular column in a print magazine that serves one of my niche marketplaces. A marvelous result that may not have happened if I had not "nurtured the relationship". Ask them "What Articles Do You Need?"... and listen closely to their answers. By doing so... you will develop a sense of what materials are needed and wanted in your marketplace. Write specifically to those needs and you will develop a strong editorial following that will pay off in huge traffic flow, increased sales and profits, and an enhanced image and reputation. These are pretty hefty benefits for some time spent researching and writing articles! PAID DISTRIBUTION SERVICES... Two recent innovations that have burst on the article marketing scene are: (1)custom distribution software (Article Announcer) and (2) web-based article distribution services (Article Marketer). My experience with these systems are that the web-based service is much more cost efficient, easier to use, and has the built-in advantage of having the most current and up-to-date database of publishers seeking your content. (c) Copyright 2005 Thom Reece All Rights Reserved
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Articles-fast track to salesand profits
Article Writing & Promotion...Your Fast Track To Sales & Profits. | |
by: Thom Reece | |
| Writing articles, and promoting them for publication, is one of the most productive long-term promotional tactics available. Well researched and written articles... which provide valuable, useable information, are highly sought after by newsletter publishers, magazines, ezines, etc. It is a marketing truth that "Content Is King". Good, keyword rich, content is what drives online traffic through search engines and gives the visitor a reason to keep coming back to a website. This is often referred to as "sticky content". As a traffic-generation tool it is unsurpassed. Webmasters and publication editors have an insatiable appetite for tightly written "niched" articles that are relevant to their web sites or publications themes. This need is your opportunity... An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. Each issue they publish must be filled with useful, relevant content that will appeal to their readers or subscribers self-interest. A publication that cannot provide great content will not long survive. "An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. By regularly supplying the media with well written articles, you build a never-ending supply of links and traffic to your own websites. How?... Well, the secret is in the bio. Each article you submit for publication has your own "authors bio" that gives full attribution and links to your site. This is the payment you receive for having supplied the articles... it is a payment which gives you long-term dividends! Not only will your article be presented to many thousands of subscribers initially... but those same articles (with your bio and links) will be archived on the publications websites. Those archived articles become fodder for search engines which not only provide on-going traffic to the publishing site... but to YOU as well. It is truly a Win/Win proposition. NOT A WRITER?... NO PROBLEM... There are countless freelance writers who will "ghost write" articles for you and... giving you the copyrights. I know of many well-known names in the industry who have articles plastered all over the internet...and they have never written a word themselves. I know this because I have written some of their articles. :-) If you need such services try elance or do a Google search for "ghost writing" or "freelance writers". There are many highly educated, english speaking, foreign-based professionals who will write articles for very nominal fees. OK... YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE... NOW WHAT? Having a good article is only the first part of the equatiion... now you need to get the articles distributed to those editors and publications who will welcome your contribution... and publish your work. There are three primary means of promoting your articles:
Here is a breakdown of each... and a list of resources to get you started... ARTICLE DIRECTORIES... Article directories are websites which categorize and archive your articles... and promote them to editors and publishers. Most are free... but some are fee based. They all provide a submission system for you to provide your articles to them. In addition, most have their own internal list of editors and publishers that they announce your new article to. TIP: The simple act of listing your articles in the directory archives will provide you instant incoming links to your website which could increase your site traffic and page ranks. Here is a partial list of article directories. (Please note that companies go out of business occasionally and you may run into a link which no longer works.)
ARTICLE ANNOUNCEMENT LISTS... Announcement Lists are email newsletters, lists, or ezines, which allow you to "announce" your new articles to thousands of editors and publishers instantly. Most of these announcement lists are sent out daily to their subscribers. This means that you can have your article circulating to key editors and publishers within hours of completion. Here are a number of important Article Announcement Lists that will give you a simple and fast mechanism for distribution of your articles...
YOUR INTERNAL, IN-HOUSE, DISTRIBUTION LIST... Over time you will begin to build a list of editors and publishers, who have used your articles in the past, and find them to be relevant. This list is "your private goldmine". Each time you finish an article the first step you want to take is to send it, in a private mailing, to your in-house user list. You might want to consider doing a "mail merge" to this list and personalize your submission to the specific editor by name. Remember, this list could be worth thousand of dollars to you over the coming months and years. Do not treat it lightly. This list is truly a center-of-influence list that you will want to spend time and effort nuturing. Remembering them at holidays and on special occasions, goes a long way to building a profitable relationship. Pick up a phone and call them. Let them know that you appreciate your relationship... and let them know you are available for special writing assignments. (Here is an example of how strong and beneficial this simple act can be... About two years ago I sent a small holiday gift [a screen-saver of tropical Hawaiian images] to a magazine editor who had used a number of my articles in the past. I waited until the package had time to arrive and then I picked up a phone and called her. She was delighted with the thoughtfulness of the gift and then stunned me with the news that one of her regular columnists had been forced to resign... and "would I be interested in replacing him?". So... that simple telephone call resulted in a regular column in a print magazine that serves one of my niche marketplaces. A marvelous result that may not have happened if I had not "nurtured the relationship". Ask them "What Articles Do You Need?"... and listen closely to their answers. By doing so... you will develop a sense of what materials are needed and wanted in your marketplace. Write specifically to those needs and you will develop a strong editorial following that will pay off in huge traffic flow, increased sales and profits, and an enhanced image and reputation. These are pretty hefty benefits for some time spent researching and writing articles! PAID DISTRIBUTION SERVICES... Two recent innovations that have burst on the article marketing scene are: (1)custom distribution software (Article Announcer) and (2) web-based article distribution services (Article Marketer). My experience with these systems are that the web-based service is much more cost efficient, easier to use, and has the built-in advantage of having the most current and up-to-date database of publishers seeking your content. (c) Copyright 2005 Thom Reece All Rights Reserved
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Articles-fast track to salesand profits
Article Writing & Promotion...Your Fast Track To Sales & Profits. | |
by: Thom Reece | |
| Writing articles, and promoting them for publication, is one of the most productive long-term promotional tactics available. Well researched and written articles... which provide valuable, useable information, are highly sought after by newsletter publishers, magazines, ezines, etc. It is a marketing truth that "Content Is King". Good, keyword rich, content is what drives online traffic through search engines and gives the visitor a reason to keep coming back to a website. This is often referred to as "sticky content". As a traffic-generation tool it is unsurpassed. Webmasters and publication editors have an insatiable appetite for tightly written "niched" articles that are relevant to their web sites or publications themes. This need is your opportunity... An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. Each issue they publish must be filled with useful, relevant content that will appeal to their readers or subscribers self-interest. A publication that cannot provide great content will not long survive. "An editor of an ezine, newsletter or magazine has a never-ending need for good content. By regularly supplying the media with well written articles, you build a never-ending supply of links and traffic to your own websites. How?... Well, the secret is in the bio. Each article you submit for publication has your own "authors bio" that gives full attribution and links to your site. This is the payment you receive for having supplied the articles... it is a payment which gives you long-term dividends! Not only will your article be presented to many thousands of subscribers initially... but those same articles (with your bio and links) will be archived on the publications websites. Those archived articles become fodder for search engines which not only provide on-going traffic to the publishing site... but to YOU as well. It is truly a Win/Win proposition. NOT A WRITER?... NO PROBLEM... There are countless freelance writers who will "ghost write" articles for you and... giving you the copyrights. I know of many well-known names in the industry who have articles plastered all over the internet...and they have never written a word themselves. I know this because I have written some of their articles. :-) If you need such services try elance or do a Google search for "ghost writing" or "freelance writers". There are many highly educated, english speaking, foreign-based professionals who will write articles for very nominal fees. OK... YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE... NOW WHAT? Having a good article is only the first part of the equatiion... now you need to get the articles distributed to those editors and publications who will welcome your contribution... and publish your work. There are three primary means of promoting your articles:
Here is a breakdown of each... and a list of resources to get you started... ARTICLE DIRECTORIES... Article directories are websites which categorize and archive your articles... and promote them to editors and publishers. Most are free... but some are fee based. They all provide a submission system for you to provide your articles to them. In addition, most have their own internal list of editors and publishers that they announce your new article to. TIP: The simple act of listing your articles in the directory archives will provide you instant incoming links to your website which could increase your site traffic and page ranks. Here is a partial list of article directories. (Please note that companies go out of business occasionally and you may run into a link which no longer works.)
ARTICLE ANNOUNCEMENT LISTS... Announcement Lists are email newsletters, lists, or ezines, which allow you to "announce" your new articles to thousands of editors and publishers instantly. Most of these announcement lists are sent out daily to their subscribers. This means that you can have your article circulating to key editors and publishers within hours of completion. Here are a number of important Article Announcement Lists that will give you a simple and fast mechanism for distribution of your articles...
YOUR INTERNAL, IN-HOUSE, DISTRIBUTION LIST... Over time you will begin to build a list of editors and publishers, who have used your articles in the past, and find them to be relevant. This list is "your private goldmine". Each time you finish an article the first step you want to take is to send it, in a private mailing, to your in-house user list. You might want to consider doing a "mail merge" to this list and personalize your submission to the specific editor by name. Remember, this list could be worth thousand of dollars to you over the coming months and years. Do not treat it lightly. This list is truly a center-of-influence list that you will want to spend time and effort nuturing. Remembering them at holidays and on special occasions, goes a long way to building a profitable relationship. Pick up a phone and call them. Let them know that you appreciate your relationship... and let them know you are available for special writing assignments. (Here is an example of how strong and beneficial this simple act can be... About two years ago I sent a small holiday gift [a screen-saver of tropical Hawaiian images] to a magazine editor who had used a number of my articles in the past. I waited until the package had time to arrive and then I picked up a phone and called her. She was delighted with the thoughtfulness of the gift and then stunned me with the news that one of her regular columnists had been forced to resign... and "would I be interested in replacing him?". So... that simple telephone call resulted in a regular column in a print magazine that serves one of my niche marketplaces. A marvelous result that may not have happened if I had not "nurtured the relationship". Ask them "What Articles Do You Need?"... and listen closely to their answers. By doing so... you will develop a sense of what materials are needed and wanted in your marketplace. Write specifically to those needs and you will develop a strong editorial following that will pay off in huge traffic flow, increased sales and profits, and an enhanced image and reputation. These are pretty hefty benefits for some time spent researching and writing articles! PAID DISTRIBUTION SERVICES... Two recent innovations that have burst on the article marketing scene are: (1)custom distribution software (Article Announcer) and (2) web-based article distribution services (Article Marketer). My experience with these systems are that the web-based service is much more cost efficient, easier to use, and has the built-in advantage of having the most current and up-to-date database of publishers seeking your content. (c) Copyright 2005 Thom Reece All Rights Reserved
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submit articles/tips
Ten Essential Tips For Submitting Articles | |
by: Dwain Berlin | |
| Submitting well planned articles on-line will increase traffic and can even launch your career when handled right. They'll drive traffic from all over the net and show an excellent return on your time invested. Write Your Article Like You're Writing to a Friend Even though it may be seen by thousands, each copy gets read by one person at a time. Your readers are more open if you're speaking directly to them instead of down at them. Replace big words with simple words. I've heard that writing at an eighth grade level will increase comprehension. Write a Killer Headline An amazing article can end up going nowhere because the headline sucked a lemon and nobody read it. Any marketer who knows their stuff will tell you the headline is 80% - 90% of the reason you're even considered. Write a great article of course, but spend lots of time on your headline. Pick a Topic You Know Well Assuming you've done your research and found a niche you like that's profitable, you can become an expert in that field because you'll stay with it. If the research is a chore it's easy to lose interest. Educate But Don't Sell Articles are thought of as nuggets of information that educate. If your article breaks that unwritten rule and is actually an advertisement in disguise, it'll never see the light of another monitor. A well written article is a subtle but powerful way to motivate someone. Advertising builds barriers, where news is accepted with an open mind. Write Quality not Quantity There's no room for fluff in a good article. When reading the posting guidelines, check the restrictions for article length. Stay within the word count or you'll get trashed. It's usually 500 - 600 words. Save your full length version for sites that'll accept it. Include a Resource Box With Your "Call to Action" Link Either at the bottom or the top of your article you'll want to include your name, describe what you do, a sign-up email if you're building a newsletter, your website link, a short call to action, whatever's appropriate. Submit Articles Consistently Writing and submitting articles consistently will assure growing returns. Some sites will accept your work others won't, so don't get discouraged. Make a schedule, stick to your deadlines and "Just do it" Read The Posting Guidelines at Each Site When posting your article follow the guidelines. Don't forget, behind every website and ezine a real person decides the fate of your article. You're asking for exposure to their data base, so take your time and be nice. Don't Forget The Spell Check There's nothing worse for a busy web master than wading through spelling errors. Do a spell check, print it off and read it out loud to catch grammatical errors. Use a Tracking System With proper tracking you'll see what worked and what didn't. It'll show where to spend more time and drop what's not working. Monitored tracking will increase your return on investment, both for time and money. Organize your submissions with the Brain-Floss article directory and Article Optimizer© software. C/O Dwain Berlin Free promotional tools for on-line entrepreneurs *** Attn. Ezine editors / Site owners *** Feel free to reprint this article in it's entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. Dwain Berlin - All Rights Reserved
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submit articles/tips
Ten Essential Tips For Submitting Articles | |
by: Dwain Berlin | |
| Submitting well planned articles on-line will increase traffic and can even launch your career when handled right. They'll drive traffic from all over the net and show an excellent return on your time invested. Write Your Article Like You're Writing to a Friend Even though it may be seen by thousands, each copy gets read by one person at a time. Your readers are more open if you're speaking directly to them instead of down at them. Replace big words with simple words. I've heard that writing at an eighth grade level will increase comprehension. Write a Killer Headline An amazing article can end up going nowhere because the headline sucked a lemon and nobody read it. Any marketer who knows their stuff will tell you the headline is 80% - 90% of the reason you're even considered. Write a great article of course, but spend lots of time on your headline. Pick a Topic You Know Well Assuming you've done your research and found a niche you like that's profitable, you can become an expert in that field because you'll stay with it. If the research is a chore it's easy to lose interest. Educate But Don't Sell Articles are thought of as nuggets of information that educate. If your article breaks that unwritten rule and is actually an advertisement in disguise, it'll never see the light of another monitor. A well written article is a subtle but powerful way to motivate someone. Advertising builds barriers, where news is accepted with an open mind. Write Quality not Quantity There's no room for fluff in a good article. When reading the posting guidelines, check the restrictions for article length. Stay within the word count or you'll get trashed. It's usually 500 - 600 words. Save your full length version for sites that'll accept it. Include a Resource Box With Your "Call to Action" Link Either at the bottom or the top of your article you'll want to include your name, describe what you do, a sign-up email if you're building a newsletter, your website link, a short call to action, whatever's appropriate. Submit Articles Consistently Writing and submitting articles consistently will assure growing returns. Some sites will accept your work others won't, so don't get discouraged. Make a schedule, stick to your deadlines and "Just do it" Read The Posting Guidelines at Each Site When posting your article follow the guidelines. Don't forget, behind every website and ezine a real person decides the fate of your article. You're asking for exposure to their data base, so take your time and be nice. Don't Forget The Spell Check There's nothing worse for a busy web master than wading through spelling errors. Do a spell check, print it off and read it out loud to catch grammatical errors. Use a Tracking System With proper tracking you'll see what worked and what didn't. It'll show where to spend more time and drop what's not working. Monitored tracking will increase your return on investment, both for time and money. Organize your submissions with the Brain-Floss article directory and Article Optimizer© software. C/O Dwain Berlin Free promotional tools for on-line entrepreneurs *** Attn. Ezine editors / Site owners *** Feel free to reprint this article in it's entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. Dwain Berlin - All Rights Reserved
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submit articles/tips
Ten Essential Tips For Submitting Articles | |
by: Dwain Berlin | |
| Submitting well planned articles on-line will increase traffic and can even launch your career when handled right. They'll drive traffic from all over the net and show an excellent return on your time invested. Write Your Article Like You're Writing to a Friend Even though it may be seen by thousands, each copy gets read by one person at a time. Your readers are more open if you're speaking directly to them instead of down at them. Replace big words with simple words. I've heard that writing at an eighth grade level will increase comprehension. Write a Killer Headline An amazing article can end up going nowhere because the headline sucked a lemon and nobody read it. Any marketer who knows their stuff will tell you the headline is 80% - 90% of the reason you're even considered. Write a great article of course, but spend lots of time on your headline. Pick a Topic You Know Well Assuming you've done your research and found a niche you like that's profitable, you can become an expert in that field because you'll stay with it. If the research is a chore it's easy to lose interest. Educate But Don't Sell Articles are thought of as nuggets of information that educate. If your article breaks that unwritten rule and is actually an advertisement in disguise, it'll never see the light of another monitor. A well written article is a subtle but powerful way to motivate someone. Advertising builds barriers, where news is accepted with an open mind. Write Quality not Quantity There's no room for fluff in a good article. When reading the posting guidelines, check the restrictions for article length. Stay within the word count or you'll get trashed. It's usually 500 - 600 words. Save your full length version for sites that'll accept it. Include a Resource Box With Your "Call to Action" Link Either at the bottom or the top of your article you'll want to include your name, describe what you do, a sign-up email if you're building a newsletter, your website link, a short call to action, whatever's appropriate. Submit Articles Consistently Writing and submitting articles consistently will assure growing returns. Some sites will accept your work others won't, so don't get discouraged. Make a schedule, stick to your deadlines and "Just do it" Read The Posting Guidelines at Each Site When posting your article follow the guidelines. Don't forget, behind every website and ezine a real person decides the fate of your article. You're asking for exposure to their data base, so take your time and be nice. Don't Forget The Spell Check There's nothing worse for a busy web master than wading through spelling errors. Do a spell check, print it off and read it out loud to catch grammatical errors. Use a Tracking System With proper tracking you'll see what worked and what didn't. It'll show where to spend more time and drop what's not working. Monitored tracking will increase your return on investment, both for time and money. Organize your submissions with the Brain-Floss article directory and Article Optimizer© software. C/O Dwain Berlin Free promotional tools for on-line entrepreneurs *** Attn. Ezine editors / Site owners *** Feel free to reprint this article in it's entirety in your ezine or on your site so long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content and include my resource box as listed above. Dwain Berlin - All Rights Reserved
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Increase sales on site with audio
How To Increase Your Sales With Audio |
by: Terry Telford |
| Audio increases your sales. Point blank. Period. Recent studies claim that audio can increase your sales up to 300%. Independent studies by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional, have shown sales increases of 163% on one website and 79% on another. Both tests were run over a 3 week period. Regardless of your expectations for adding audio to your website, it won’t hurt your response rate for whatever you are selling or giving away. In most cases it will increase it. One possible reason for the increase in visitor response is the human factor. We’re social animals and like to interact with each other on a personal basis. Audio on your website is similar to picking up the telephone and talking to the person “live.” There’s something about hearing another human’s voice that instils a certain level of trust, even if it is a very small amount. It brings us that one little step closer to each other. The next question in your mind should be, “How do I get audio on my website?” You’ve got several choices; the majority are covered in The Definitive Audio Report. You can download the report for free from http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/theaudioreport.htm Very briefly, audio comes in two flavours. You’ve got the vanilla download or streaming strawberry. The download version is very simple to configure. You upload your MP3 file onto your website and point a URL at it, like http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/mp3files/webintro.mp3 When you click on the link, it automatically opens the audio player on your computer and you hear the recording. The alternative to downloadable audio, is streaming. Streaming is useful if you want your visitors to listen to your audio without the ability or need to download it. Setting up streaming audio is a bit more complex than the download version, but offers your audio a more secure environment since visitors can’t download it. To set up streaming audio, you need an MP3 file and software that can hide the actual location of your file. The software also needs to create Flash buttons for you so your visitors can push a button to listen to the audio. The simplest software I’ve used to stream audio is Sonic Memo, from Jay Jennings. It takes all of 5 minutes to set up the software and then you can create unlimited streams on your website in 30 seconds flat. You can get more information about Sonic Memo from the info sheet at http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/sonic.htm Whether you choose the download or streaming option to add audio to your website, the bottom line is the same. You add a touch of humanity to an otherwise cold computer screen and you increase your response rates. It’s worth a listen.
About The Author To download The Definitive Audio Report – free, visit http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/theaudioreport.htm. The report and this article were created by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional. |
Increase sales on site with audio
How To Increase Your Sales With Audio |
by: Terry Telford |
| Audio increases your sales. Point blank. Period. Recent studies claim that audio can increase your sales up to 300%. Independent studies by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional, have shown sales increases of 163% on one website and 79% on another. Both tests were run over a 3 week period. Regardless of your expectations for adding audio to your website, it won’t hurt your response rate for whatever you are selling or giving away. In most cases it will increase it. One possible reason for the increase in visitor response is the human factor. We’re social animals and like to interact with each other on a personal basis. Audio on your website is similar to picking up the telephone and talking to the person “live.” There’s something about hearing another human’s voice that instils a certain level of trust, even if it is a very small amount. It brings us that one little step closer to each other. The next question in your mind should be, “How do I get audio on my website?” You’ve got several choices; the majority are covered in The Definitive Audio Report. You can download the report for free from http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/theaudioreport.htm Very briefly, audio comes in two flavours. You’ve got the vanilla download or streaming strawberry. The download version is very simple to configure. You upload your MP3 file onto your website and point a URL at it, like http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/mp3files/webintro.mp3 When you click on the link, it automatically opens the audio player on your computer and you hear the recording. The alternative to downloadable audio, is streaming. Streaming is useful if you want your visitors to listen to your audio without the ability or need to download it. Setting up streaming audio is a bit more complex than the download version, but offers your audio a more secure environment since visitors can’t download it. To set up streaming audio, you need an MP3 file and software that can hide the actual location of your file. The software also needs to create Flash buttons for you so your visitors can push a button to listen to the audio. The simplest software I’ve used to stream audio is Sonic Memo, from Jay Jennings. It takes all of 5 minutes to set up the software and then you can create unlimited streams on your website in 30 seconds flat. You can get more information about Sonic Memo from the info sheet at http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/sonic.htm Whether you choose the download or streaming option to add audio to your website, the bottom line is the same. You add a touch of humanity to an otherwise cold computer screen and you increase your response rates. It’s worth a listen.
About The Author To download The Definitive Audio Report – free, visit http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/theaudioreport.htm. The report and this article were created by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional. |
Increase sales on site with audio
How To Increase Your Sales With Audio |
by: Terry Telford |
| Audio increases your sales. Point blank. Period. Recent studies claim that audio can increase your sales up to 300%. Independent studies by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional, have shown sales increases of 163% on one website and 79% on another. Both tests were run over a 3 week period. Regardless of your expectations for adding audio to your website, it won’t hurt your response rate for whatever you are selling or giving away. In most cases it will increase it. One possible reason for the increase in visitor response is the human factor. We’re social animals and like to interact with each other on a personal basis. Audio on your website is similar to picking up the telephone and talking to the person “live.” There’s something about hearing another human’s voice that instils a certain level of trust, even if it is a very small amount. It brings us that one little step closer to each other. The next question in your mind should be, “How do I get audio on my website?” You’ve got several choices; the majority are covered in The Definitive Audio Report. You can download the report for free from http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/theaudioreport.htm Very briefly, audio comes in two flavours. You’ve got the vanilla download or streaming strawberry. The download version is very simple to configure. You upload your MP3 file onto your website and point a URL at it, like http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/mp3files/webintro.mp3 When you click on the link, it automatically opens the audio player on your computer and you hear the recording. The alternative to downloadable audio, is streaming. Streaming is useful if you want your visitors to listen to your audio without the ability or need to download it. Setting up streaming audio is a bit more complex than the download version, but offers your audio a more secure environment since visitors can’t download it. To set up streaming audio, you need an MP3 file and software that can hide the actual location of your file. The software also needs to create Flash buttons for you so your visitors can push a button to listen to the audio. The simplest software I’ve used to stream audio is Sonic Memo, from Jay Jennings. It takes all of 5 minutes to set up the software and then you can create unlimited streams on your website in 30 seconds flat. You can get more information about Sonic Memo from the info sheet at http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/sonic.htm Whether you choose the download or streaming option to add audio to your website, the bottom line is the same. You add a touch of humanity to an otherwise cold computer screen and you increase your response rates. It’s worth a listen.
About The Author To download The Definitive Audio Report – free, visit http://www.thebusinessprofessional.com/theaudioreport.htm. The report and this article were created by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional. |
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