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Atricle Dump - Niche Marketing the Right Way!
Every business owner, including a Virtual Assistant needs to use a newsletter to keep in touch with their current clients and to develop a relationship with potential clients.To develop your mailing list you’ll need a quality autoresponder service like Aweber or perhaps you’ll choose an all inclusive ecommerce system like WAHM Cart. Both of these services give you the ability to manage multiple mailing lists. You can run a main list for your website and add a second list for customers only.Place an opt in for your newsletter on every page of your website and also create a page that gives more information on what a subscriber can expect when they sign up. You could even provide a sample newsletter there. Make signing up attractive.Be sure to send out your main newsletter on a regular schedule so that the client or potential client knows when it will arrive and sees that you are timely and reliable. A VA who sends out a sloppy or irregular newsletter doesn’t inspire much confidence in subscribers. If you do it w
The only way to use this kind of software in a responsible way is to change the templates that come with the package. And to do that right means ...
(a lot of) work.
And that's something that wasn't included in the deal!
These days this strategy has changed into scraping articles from directories. All you have to do is enter a keyword and presto ... an article containing that keyword is placed in your page.
That won't work either and for the same two reasons: fingerprints and copies.
Search engines don't like duplicate content and that's exactly what this software generates.
The latest trick is software that uses a thesaurus to change article content on the fly. Apart
Many businesses of today are often driven to compete striclty on price, quality, and features of their products and services. Companies who prosper over the long term don't simply offer the best deals, the best quality, or the most impressive bells and whistles. If you want to win big in today’s cutting edge world of business, you have to begin by thinking differently and by challenging the status quo. Whether you are a new or an established business owner, these ten powerful strategies will position your company for big success.(1) Adopt the philosophy of “Givers Gain.”In 2003, the members of Business Network International (BNI) passed over 2 million referrals to each other. Founded by CEO Ivan Misner, BNI is a business and professional networking organization that offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, referrals. Misner founded BNI based on the philosophy of “Givers Gain,” which is the belief that in order to get business, it is important to first give business. One of the cr
That's NOT niche marketing, that's Adsense marketing. It's a numbers game and it's dangerous. I'll explain that below.
How did this so called Niche Marketing develop? Solid niche marketing advice already existed for some time. Very often you were advised to follow your passion or expertise and set up a site for that.
Then, RSS feed techniques lead to software programs that scrape content from directories. You have to do absolutely nothing but entering a bunch of keywords and presto ... thousands of new content rich pages are automatically added to your niche site.
And when Joel Comm presented his Adsense Secrets showing how he went from $30 a day to $500 a day - mind you, a good book with solid advice, no doubt about that- suddenly we had three variables that are responsible for the hype:
1. niche marketing,
2. content generating software and
3. high paying Adsense keywords.
Let's have a look at each of these variables in reverse order.
High paying Adsense keywords.
Suddenly someone discovered that there are certain keywords that are of great value. Advertisers paid a lot of money to have their products displayed on pages using these specific keywords. It was said that a keyword like 'mesothelioma' or derivates would pay 50 to 70 dollars a click. I just entered this in Google Adwords, bidding 90$ per click and it returned with an estimated number of clicks per day of 6.2. Now, these figures are just estimates, but if this is true, with a 1% click-thru it means you would have to wait about 16 days to earn my 90 dollars!
Again, just assumptions, I only want to make a point. Adsense is a numbers game. You'll need thousands of visitors AND good click-thru's to make decent money.
To get thousands of visitors you either have to buy traffic (Adwords or other PPC's) or create search engine friendly pages. Now, type in 'mesothelioma' in Google and observe the PageRanks of the resulting pages. PR 5 or higher! Hard job to beat them! That means ... work!
To get great click-thru's you'll have to test where you place your Adsense code. Dang, even more work!
But there's something else, something more important. Read this carefully ...
Do you really believe ...
that advertisers are going to pay that much money only ...
to have their expensive ads displayed on ...
automatically generated content pages?
Huh ... do you ... huh?
OF COURSE THEY WON'T!
There's a fine line you have to follow playing the Adsense game. And generating content automatically, no matter where it comes from, is like walking an elephant over a paper bridge. It kills the system!
Now, let's have a look at ...
Content generating software
I'm sure in the past you have used the search engines to find information about a specific topic only to find that if you click the resulting pages ... you'll see another 'search-engine'-like page.
That was the work of a niche marketer (specific info) scraping search engine result pages (SERP's) with 'page generating software' to quickly generate thousands of pages about the topic.
Search engines don't like that. You see, they are looking for great, valuable and original content. That's what they want to provide to their users so they keep coming back.
And here's another biggie ...
they want SATISFIED ADVERTISERS!
The last thing they'll need is another copy of their own pages. And that's exactly what this software will generate.
Mind you, the software IS good, it does exactly what it promises. I've used one of these packages long time ago and that one certainly DID work.
But this kind of software also leaves fingerprints for the search engines who are getting smarter all the time. Eventually they will discover automatically generated content, ignore these pages of even penalize them. That's why I stopped using such software long, long time ago.
The only way to use this kind of software in a responsible way is to change the templates that come with the package. And to do that right means ...
(a lot of) work.
And that's something that wasn't included in the deal!
These days this strategy has changed into scraping articles from directories. All you have to do is enter a keyword and presto ... an article containing that keyword is placed in your page.
That won't work either and for the same two reasons: fingerprints and copies.
Search engines don't like duplicate content and that's exactly what this software generates.
The latest trick is software that uses a thesaurus to change article content on the fly. Apart
The turbulence that welcomed in the new millennium caused tangible paradigm shifts in corporate America with relation to security, economics and ethics. And while many companies were purging thousands of employees in order to balance their books in an instantly depressed economy, others were being exposed for other, more egregious acts of greed, dishonesty and criminality. This was a dark time for corporate America.But, with all tragedy and chaos comes renewal, and even opportunity. Corporations who are brave, willing and able-minded to lead from the ashes can take up a prized position in the ranks of the trustworthy, and benefit from the spoils, counted in new revenue.Where do you start? If your company is really good at what they do already, then it will be a relatively simple process. If you have a not-so-glowing reputation in your industry (you know who you are), then the journey will take a bit more effort and time – look at it this way, you have even more to gain. I strongly encourage you to work extra hard to clea
1. niche marketing,
2. content generating software and
3. high paying Adsense keywords.
Let's have a look at each of these variables in reverse order.
High paying Adsense keywords.
Suddenly someone discovered that there are certain keywords that are of great value. Advertisers paid a lot of money to have their products displayed on pages using these specific keywords. It was said that a keyword like 'mesothelioma' or derivates would pay 50 to 70 dollars a click. I just entered this in Google Adwords, bidding 90$ per click and it returned with an estimated number of clicks per day of 6.2. Now, these figures are just estimates, but if this is true, with a 1% click-thru it means you would have to wait about 16 days to earn my 90 dollars!
Again, just assumptions, I only want to make a point. Adsense is a numbers game. You'll need thousands of visitors AND good click-thru's to make decent money.
To get thousands of visitors you either have to buy traffic (Adwords or other PPC's) or create search engine friendly pages. Now, type in 'mesothelioma' in Google and observe the PageRanks of the resulting pages. PR 5 or higher! Hard job to beat them! That means ... work!
To get great click-thru's you'll have to test where you place your Adsense code. Dang, even more work!
But there's something else, something more important. Read this carefully ...
Do you really believe ...
that advertisers are going to pay that much money only ...
to have their expensive ads displayed on ...
automatically generated content pages?
Huh ... do you ... huh?
OF COURSE THEY WON'T!
There's a fine line you have to follow playing the Adsense game. And generating content automatically, no matter where it comes from, is like walking an elephant over a paper bridge. It kills the system!
Now, let's have a look at ...
Content generating software
I'm sure in the past you have used the search engines to find information about a specific topic only to find that if you click the resulting pages ... you'll see another 'search-engine'-like page.
That was the work of a niche marketer (specific info) scraping search engine result pages (SERP's) with 'page generating software' to quickly generate thousands of pages about the topic.
Search engines don't like that. You see, they are looking for great, valuable and original content. That's what they want to provide to their users so they keep coming back.
And here's another biggie ...
they want SATISFIED ADVERTISERS!
The last thing they'll need is another copy of their own pages. And that's exactly what this software will generate.
Mind you, the software IS good, it does exactly what it promises. I've used one of these packages long time ago and that one certainly DID work.
But this kind of software also leaves fingerprints for the search engines who are getting smarter all the time. Eventually they will discover automatically generated content, ignore these pages of even penalize them. That's why I stopped using such software long, long time ago.
The only way to use this kind of software in a responsible way is to change the templates that come with the package. And to do that right means ...
(a lot of) work.
And that's something that wasn't included in the deal!
These days this strategy has changed into scraping articles from directories. All you have to do is enter a keyword and presto ... an article containing that keyword is placed in your page.
That won't work either and for the same two reasons: fingerprints and copies.
Search engines don't like duplicate content and that's exactly what this software generates.
The latest trick is software that uses a thesaurus to change article content on the fly. Apart
When you are doing affiliate marketing, one of the factors that will decide whether you will become successful on the internet or not is your mindset. Mindset is very important because if you do not have the correct mindset, you might not be able to achieve much in your affiliate marketing business. So what are the 2 characters that Super Affiliates have?The 1st character is patience. Affiliate marketing is a real business, so it will take time to grow before you will be able to see real results. You must not be impatient in getting results. You will have to give yourself time to learn all the information that you will need so that you will have a strong foundation. Once you have a good foundation and you take massive actions, you will be able to see results.The 2nd character is determination. You must have the determination to become successful no matter what obstacles or problems that you will be facing. If you are willing to treat every problem as a opportunity for you to learn, you will be motivated to solve the probl
To get thousands of visitors you either have to buy traffic (Adwords or other PPC's) or create search engine friendly pages. Now, type in 'mesothelioma' in Google and observe the PageRanks of the resulting pages. PR 5 or higher! Hard job to beat them! That means ... work!
To get great click-thru's you'll have to test where you place your Adsense code. Dang, even more work!
But there's something else, something more important. Read this carefully ...
Do you really believe ...
that advertisers are going to pay that much money only ...
to have their expensive ads displayed on ...
automatically generated content pages?
Huh ... do you ... huh?
OF COURSE THEY WON'T!
There's a fine line you have to follow playing the Adsense game. And generating content automatically, no matter where it comes from, is like walking an elephant over a paper bridge. It kills the system!
Now, let's have a look at ...
Content generating software
I'm sure in the past you have used the search engines to find information about a specific topic only to find that if you click the resulting pages ... you'll see another 'search-engine'-like page.
That was the work of a niche marketer (specific info) scraping search engine result pages (SERP's) with 'page generating software' to quickly generate thousands of pages about the topic.
Search engines don't like that. You see, they are looking for great, valuable and original content. That's what they want to provide to their users so they keep coming back.
And here's another biggie ...
they want SATISFIED ADVERTISERS!
The last thing they'll need is another copy of their own pages. And that's exactly what this software will generate.
Mind you, the software IS good, it does exactly what it promises. I've used one of these packages long time ago and that one certainly DID work.
But this kind of software also leaves fingerprints for the search engines who are getting smarter all the time. Eventually they will discover automatically generated content, ignore these pages of even penalize them. That's why I stopped using such software long, long time ago.
The only way to use this kind of software in a responsible way is to change the templates that come with the package. And to do that right means ...
(a lot of) work.
And that's something that wasn't included in the deal!
These days this strategy has changed into scraping articles from directories. All you have to do is enter a keyword and presto ... an article containing that keyword is placed in your page.
That won't work either and for the same two reasons: fingerprints and copies.
Search engines don't like duplicate content and that's exactly what this software generates.
The latest trick is software that uses a thesaurus to change article content on the fly. Apart
The following check list is an excellent tool with which to evaluate and monitor your business relationships. This list is based on the Emergence Personalty Theory's Six Universal Principles of Connecting in Business. Please note, in order to benefit from this check list, you must be mentally present and able to picture each line. No internal pictures. No real benefits. Moreover, this hold true even is you can quote back the entire text line by line.In other words, just as parroted sales pitches are the fastest way to kill a sale, attempts to parrot learning is the fastest way to miss the benefit in any kind of learning.The point? Give yourself time for each line to sink in. And try to find a personal story for each and every check point. Only then can you claim to have heard what has been said. Only then will your business relationships become what you and your clients deserve; the best you can be.the First Principle: ARRIVINGAre you in the room? Have you arrived?Are your c
Content generating software
I'm sure in the past you have used the search engines to find information about a specific topic only to find that if you click the resulting pages ... you'll see another 'search-engine'-like page.
That was the work of a niche marketer (specific info) scraping search engine result pages (SERP's) with 'page generating software' to quickly generate thousands of pages about the topic.
Search engines don't like that. You see, they are looking for great, valuable and original content. That's what they want to provide to their users so they keep coming back.
And here's another biggie ...
they want SATISFIED ADVERTISERS!
The last thing they'll need is another copy of their own pages. And that's exactly what this software will generate.
Mind you, the software IS good, it does exactly what it promises. I've used one of these packages long time ago and that one certainly DID work.
But this kind of software also leaves fingerprints for the search engines who are getting smarter all the time. Eventually they will discover automatically generated content, ignore these pages of even penalize them. That's why I stopped using such software long, long time ago.
The only way to use this kind of software in a responsible way is to change the templates that come with the package. And to do that right means ...
(a lot of) work.
And that's something that wasn't included in the deal!
These days this strategy has changed into scraping articles from directories. All you have to do is enter a keyword and presto ... an article containing that keyword is placed in your page.
That won't work either and for the same two reasons: fingerprints and copies.
Search engines don't like duplicate content and that's exactly what this software generates.
The latest trick is software that uses a thesaurus to change article content on the fly. Apart
The trends for writing a good CV change all the time. Should you write a CV with all your work history? Do you bullet point this or that? Just what sort of information should you put in a CV?Plenty of websites will tell you what the current trends for writing a CV are. But you want your CV to look good and leave a fine impression with potential employers, so here are five tips to help you write a better CV than everyone else.Keep it shortWhen a job opening comes up, potential employers are flooded with applications. Many CVs don't even get read and are tossed without a thought. CVs that are too long to read are amongst the first to be passed up, so keep your CV short and concise.Structure it properly and make sure your CV is easy and fast to read. Choose to put things that are memorable on your resume, such as accomplishments or experience that makes you stand out. Be wise with your words and use text that's catchy but stay with relevant terms appropriate for the position you're applying for.Work Back
The only way to use this kind of software in a responsible way is to change the templates that come with the package. And to do that right means ...
(a lot of) work.
And that's something that wasn't included in the deal!
These days this strategy has changed into scraping articles from directories. All you have to do is enter a keyword and presto ... an article containing that keyword is placed in your page.
That won't work either and for the same two reasons: fingerprints and copies.
Search engines don't like duplicate content and that's exactly what this software generates.
The latest trick is software that uses a thesaurus to change article content on the fly. Apart from copyright issues, I've seen results of that and they were just hilarious.
If you want to use reprint articles for keyword rich content, you have to at least add some unique content to the page. You could write a review or your own opinion telling what you think is good and bad about the article that you posted below.
Dang, work again!
Publishing a reprint article every now and then won't hurt you, but it does when you do nothing else. And the article content better fit well into your pages and even into your site. If it's way of topic, you won't get far.
Here's a great tip: find unique Public Domain Software! Go here: http://www.anownsite.com/products/public-domain/
Now, let's go down to the core of the business ...
Niche Marketing
Let's define a niche first:
A niche is just a tiny, (highly) specialized marketplace.
A marketplace means that there's demand and supply. Basically there are two ways to enter a niche:
1. follow your passion (supply) or
2. follow the money (demand).
If you follow your passion it will be easy to develop content: you're the expert and you do what you love. But you still have to find out if the passion you're following is profitable!
And if you follow the money, you're already on the right track, but you will have a difficult time to develop content. Recently I found one on Ebay. But I didn't do a thing with it. Know why? Cause I don't know squat about millinery! (THERE you have it! a niche market!)
In order to follow the money, you have to develop some ... passion for the niche otherwise you can't fill your site properly.
So, either way you have to do something extra. Now, let's redefine a niche. Let's define a ... profitable niche!
A profitable niche is a highly specialized marketplace with few competitors, high demand and money to pay for that demand.
That's what you have to find out.
"Gheesssss Case, you really make it sound like ... eh ... work!"
Not necessarily.
If you have no idea how to do that, read my article about niche markets. http://www.anownsite.com/articles/niche-markets.shtml
It's just to give you an idea. Right now I'm working on a special guide on how to find profitable niches, so stay tuned.
If you don't want to do all the work to find profitable niches, just have a look at the 50 hot niches that were selected by niche expert James. B. Allen. http://www.anownsite.com/products/niches/index.html
Or, if you act quickly, you can join what looks like a very, very promising and brand new niche site where everything already is done for you called Niche Site Special. http://www.anownsite.com/cgi-bin/u.cgi?nss
Now, if you really have found your niche and you've found profitable affiliate programs that you can gently pre-sell, then and only then you can consider adding Adsense to your pages. Provided that you deliver unique, high value content! You CAN add some reprint articles, but most of your content should be yours.
And you'd better use a search engine optimized website for that! (Right now I'm developing such a system, so again, stay tuned.)
Bottom line: you still have to do some work or buy the results of such work!
THAT is the right way to perform niche marketing!
Have fun!
Case Stevens
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