My Experiment So Far
Well, as I mentioned in my last post I am trying to make the most of the articles which I have already written for the purpose of selling products. Basically, I created two different blogs centered around two different niches that I have been marketing for. And on these two blogs I have been posting my previously written articles daily. My goal with this experiment is to continue to build content for these two niche blogs and seo them in hopes of eventually receiving some organic traffic from google.
How has it gone so far? As expected, I haven't received any organic traffic yet from google and the only traffic that I have received has been from my social bookmarking. Doing this experiment I realize that I have to be patient and expect results only in the long run. One thing that will be doing in order to get some more instant traffic and further seo my blogs is to do a little article marketing. I've already submitted one article for one of my niche blogs but I plan to write at least five articles for each.
On another note, ClickBank has still been inconsistent and dissapointing for me. Something is definitely up whether it be ClickBank itself or our current economic situation. Even so, I keep on telling myself to work even harder no matter what the circumstance.
Anyways, thanks for reading and don't forget to check out my FREE report by clicking here.
Make The Most Of Your Article Marketing Efforts
This post is geared towards those of you who are using article marketing in order to make money through affiliate marketing. However, this concept can be used by anyone who is willing to create content or find good content.
So anyway yesterday I was just thinking about ways to expand my income streams and broaden my efforts of affiliate marketing. And literally out of nowhere I got this great idea. I thought to myself, "Why not use the articles I have already published on EzineArticles.com and create blog around them?". Ok, I realize that this idea is probably being used by many people and has been used by many people to make money online. But for some reason when the idea came about it just sort of clicked with me. I knew that I had to at least try the idea to see if it would work. And so I did.
Today, I created a Blogger blog that is about none other than "Making Money Online". You see, I have written around 50 or so articles about this subject either promoting this blog or products. For this reason I thought it would be a good subject to base my experiment around. My sources of income will be through Clickbank and adsense (hopefully!). Starting today I will post 3 of my articles on the blog every single day. Don't ask why I picked 3, it just seems like a good number to work with. At this point I'm not sure how I will go about driving traffic to this blog. In fact, I'm not even sure if I'm going to actively promote it. It would be cool to see what kinds of results I would see if I just relied on organic traffic.
One concern I had going into this experiment was the fact that a lot of the articles that I will be posting on my blog are similar. These articles have all been written in order to drive traffic to this blog which is based around "Making Money Online" or to generate sales. But after evaluating this concern I realized that someone visiting my blog most likely isn't going to be worried about there being similar articles as long as there is high quality content.
Anyways, I urge you to do as I am and make the most of your article marketing efforts. You've already spent the time to write the content so why not try to make some extra money with them? At the very least please follow my experiment because I plan to update on how things are going regularly in addition to my regular informative posts.
Oh yeah, and don't forget to check out my FREE report on making money online using FREE methods. Click here to grab it while it's still FREE. Thanks for reading!
How To Maximize The Effectiveness Of Keyword Density In Articles
When using article marketing as a means to drive traffic and generate sales it is important to first do your keyword research before writing an article. Finding keyword phrases that are profitable is essential to producing a successful article. It's one thing to just whip up an article but it's another to produce an article that ranks high in the search engines and gets a lot of click throughs. Guess what though? This isn't enough. Sure finding profitable keywords will help your articles tremendously, but there is one more step that needs to be taken if you want to enjoy real success with your articles.
In order to squeeze the most potential out of your articles you will need to place your keywords carefully throughout the article as well as come up with keywords that are similar to preexisting ones. For instance, let's take a look at the ever popular "make money online". This is an incredibly popular and competitive keyword. Instead of just using "make money online" in an article I would use similar phrases such as "earn money online", "make some money online", "make serious cash online", etc. This will not only help your article produce better results but it will also allow you write a keyword rich article without violating the editorial guidelines of Ezine Articles.
Now, go get back to work!
A Quick Overview Of Bum Marketing
This blog is still fairly new and as a result I haven't really covered many areas of internet marketing and making money online. And unfortunately, I've been a little too specific in my first few posts. What I mean by this is that I've talked about the specific steps in making money online but I didn't really go over the basic method itself. Well, in this post I am going to outline one of the best free methods of making money online so that you can both better understand my previous posts with some context and understand the process of making money online for free in general.
One Of The Best Methods Of Making Money Online For Free Is...
The method of earning money that I am referring to is called Bum Marketing. The term was officially coined by a man named Travis Sago who said that the process "is so easy a bum could do it". Bum Marketing isn't a new and revolutionary form of internet marketing, but it does combine several preexisting techniques in order to create a very effective way of making money online for free. But enough of the pointless chatter, let's get down to business and find out what makes up Bum Marketing!
Bum Marketing - The Journey Of Making Money Online For Free
Just as with many things in life, Bum Marketing can be very difficult if you can't grasp what exactly it is or how to go about doing it. This is why I am going to break down the process of Bum Marketing for you into to very simple and easy to digest steps. Let's begin!
The next step after signing up with ClickBank and choosing a product that you would like to promote is to create a landing page for that product. A landing page is a place that you will be directing targeted visitors to in hopes that they will buy the product which you are promoting. One of the best ways to go about constructing a landing page is to create a short and honest review of the product. It is very important to not blatantly promote your product and say only good things about it. You need to realize that if someone is looking at your landing page then they are mostly likely interested in the product already. And you don't try to sell a product to someone when they are already sold.
So how do you go about creating a landing page? A great way to make a landing page is to use a free web 2.0 platform. And 3 of the best free platforms are Squidoo, Blogger, and HubPages. These websites make it very easy to create your very own webpage centered around the product you are promoting at absolutely no charge. Just click the names of any of the three to get started.
After you have created your landing page you need to drive traffic to it. And remember, Bum Marketing is about making money online for free. You're interested in driving free targeted traffic to your landing page, right? In order to do this you will need to use a free form of advertising called article marketing. Basically, you will sign up for an article directory and then write articles based around the topic of the product you are promoting. And at the end of the article you will link back to your landing page. This will not only drive targeted traffic to your landing page but it will also provide quality backlinks. EzineArticles is probably the most popular article directory so you will want to start with them.
And that's about it...
Remember, this is just the basic outline of the process that goes into Bum Marketing. I could go on and on about the specific aspects that make up Bum Marketing but this brief outline should give you a very good understanding of the method. Good luck making money online for free, and remember to subscribe to this blog is you found this post helpful!
Thanks for reading!
How To Improve Your Article's CTR
How Did I Do It?
Over the course of writing 82 articles I've learned what works and what doesn't when it comes to gaining the reader's attention as well as their click through. Yes, I have had articles published on EzineArticles that have done horribly as far as views and click through's. But I have also had articles published who have produced CTR well over 30%. Just look at the screenshot above to see what I mean. Guess what, though? By looking over my successful articles I now know why they have done so well. And I am willing to share the 3 most succesful techniques when it comes to improving your CTR. Alright, let's get started!
In order to have someone click a link in your article you first have to make sure that people are actually viewing your article. And the best way to do this is to create a compelling title. The first thing that a potential reader sees is your title, so you need to make sure that it grabs their attention and invokes curiosity. The hard part about is that creating a title solely focused on this aspect can potentially hurt your article's SEO. So, how exactly can you a balance between the two? Make your titles longer. Seriously, this is all you need to do. By using a longer title you can not only utilize keyword rich phrases but you can also gain the potential reader's attention. Still not sure what I mean? Don't worry, I've created a sample title that outlines the format you should be using in order gain readers.
"Making Money Online-How You Can Live The Life You've Always Wanted"
So basically you will split your title into two sections. In the first you will use your a keyword phase of your choice and in the second you will try to appeal to the potential reader's emotions.
2. Keep It Short
If you want a reader to click the link at the end of your article then you need to keep it short. Many people are looking for a quick fix for their problems and aren't interested in reading a long drawn out articles. This is why you need to make your articles 250-350 words in length. This is just the right length to ensure that you will grab the readers attention as well as leave them craving more. I'm sure that their are many writers out there who are successful with longer articles but through my experience I have learned that shorter articles have provided the best results.
3. To Be Continued
This last technique is probably the most important so pay attention. And actually there are two aspects to this technique. The basic idea of this technique is that you give the reader what they want in such a way that they will want more. Now, I realize that this concept is rather confusing but first let me further explain what I mean by this.
Once you have gained a reader you need to make sure that you keep their interest. So, in order to do this you need to get the reader thinking. The best way to do this is by asking a question. For instance, "What would you buy with all of the extra cash earned through internet marketing?". You see, I've made the reader realize that by being an internet marketer they will be able to earn an extra source of income. And I've left it up to them to decide how they would use this money. The reason why this works is because I am causing the reader to experience several key emotions at the same time. I've given them hope of making money and excitement through allowing them to dictate how they would use the extra cash. And because of these two things I have also made them curious for more information, which means that they will continue to read the article.
The next part to this technique is to lead the reader to believe that your link is the solution to their problem. What I mean by this is that after asking the reader a question you will need to give them a portion of the information they desire but also leave them wanting more. This is something that is rather difficult to master because you will need to find a balance that works for you.
Thank you for reading! Please leave a comment if you have any questions or feedback.
An Unlikely Way Of Earning Commisons
Since I've already introduced myself and what I plan to accomplish with this blog, it is now time to give you some valuable information. In this post I am going to tell you about how I've been making a pretty steady flow of passive income over the past two weeks.
As you can see I have already earned a little over $200 for this pay period alone. Now, I realize that there are many ways of manipulating ClickBank screen shots. But please understand that this screen shot is 100% real. The reason why the specific earnings for each sale are blocked off is because I am a bit paranoid about my privacy when it comes to making money online. So how can you trust me? You can trust me because in this post I will NOT try to sell you anything and I am going to tell you exactly how I was able to earn these commissions.The funny thing about this method of earning money is that it was meant to be entirely experimental. I really wasn't expecting to see any money out of it to be honest. You see, I am still very new to internet marketing as a whole and as a result I am still constantly experimenting with new methods.
What method did I use? The method of earning money which I used to earn these commissions was by writing 1 single article which directly linked to an affiliate sales page. This article was relatively short and was published to one of the most popular article directories. But I didn't stop there. The main thing that I wanted to test out through this article submission was to see if getting it into the most viewed section would help me get sales.
In order to do this I searched for profitable keywords by using the Google Adwords Keyword Tool and then implemented these keywords throughout my article so that the keyword density would be optimized. Basically, I was trying to optimize my article for the search engines.
After doing my keyword research I submitted my article to several social bookmarking sites. And finally, I did whatever else I could to get my article viewed by others so that I could increase the view count. It really doesn't matter how you do it because in the end all you need are a lot of views. You won't have to worry about targeted traffic at this point.
These are the only things that I did. Remember, it doesn't matter how you go about getting other people to view your article as long as it is being viewed. So be creative!
Well, the answer to this question was kind of spoiled by my screen shot up above but I guess I'll answer it again. Yes, it has earned me quite a lot of money. To put things into perspective for you, I have 16 total ClickBank sales and 9 of them have been earned from this article. And while I do enjoy the money being earned from this method, it is a very bitter-sweet occurence. Why? Because I have probably only put 2 hours total into writing and promoting this article while I am working my ass off using article/bum marketing techniques for 2 other products and have yet to see any sales from them.
Looking back on this recent experiment I know realize why it has been so profitable for me. Having your article as one of the most viewed articles will give you tons of free advertising and exposure. Seriously, once you get it to the top you really don't have to do anything else. This just seems to be the most logical explanation for me.
Anyways, hope you found this post useful! And don't forget to try this method out! What have you got to lose?