Bill McRea

Every website owner knows that website traffic is the key to financial success. Whether you sell products or run affiliate ads, traffic to your website is the most important aspect of Making Money On The Internet. But before you can generate the traffic you need, like any business, you need a business plan that states your dreams and goals.

The Dream
This may sound a bit silly or unrealistic, but without “dreams” or goals, how do you expect to reach them? Write down your goals and dreams first, no matter how unreachable they may seem. Taking the steps to try to reach them will certainly put you ahead, so don’t limit yourself. Write down your “dreams” in order of importance that of course is relevant to increasing your website traffic.

For example:
1. I want to make 10 million dollars or more a year from my website alone.
2. I want 100,000+ unique website visitors a day.
3. And so on…

Creating Good Content…and lots of it!
The more website content or web pages you have will increase your websites search engine saturation. The more web pages you have indexed my the major search engines, the more opportunities for your website to be found in search results. Always create content that is relevant to your website’s subject matter. Most traffic comes from Google, and Google loves “organic” pages. They should be readable in the real world, and the best way to do this is to “write like you speak”. I suggest creating the organic content for your website first, then begin “tweaking” it using the next step before you upload the web pages into your server. For information on creating Title and Meta Tags for your website which is equally as important, but this tutorial will focus more on getting your website traffic, and less on the aspects of “on-page search engine optimization”.Do the Research
There are many tools and resources online that can help you with “tweaking” your website’s content, but only the best that I have found will be mentioned. So what do I mean by research? You need to find the keywords that people “actually” search for to find websites with your subject matter or niche. Since Google is where most search traffic comes from, I find their tools are the best. Use Google Suggest and Google Adwords Keyword Tool to find keyword suggestions for your website. Google suggest works by typing words into the search box, and as you type, suggestions come up. Write down any relevant combinations you try show find. This tool also show the number of search results for that keyword or phrase. The less the result pages, the easier it is to rank higher. So I recommend finding several with low search results as well as some highly competitive keywords. The Google Adwords Keyword tool allows you to type in a word and find many search keywords and phrases related to that word. Once these terms are collected, reread over your content and replace and/or change words occasionally with the keywords that fit. Just make sure it is readable because your website visitors should always come first.

Get Indexed
The old way of submitting your website to search engines isn’t very efficient, so submit and forget. The best two ways to get your site indexed is one, submitting a sitemap XML file to Google using Google Webmaster Tools. The second way which includes all major search engines is to join forums related to your website’s niche. You can create a “Profile Signature” from the user control panel that has your website address (URL). If the forum is indexed by search engines, they will follow your website URL in your posts when they update their index. Be sure to contribute to forums and don’t spam. Keep your URL out of posts except for your signature. Besides, contributing will generate website traffic from your signature link from forum users in your post.

Reach Out and Socialize
There are many other ways to get traffic besides search engines (Google being tops). Deciding what to do next may depend on your website’s niche. If you write articles well, add them as part of your content and submit them sites that allow you to submit articles, like Digg. The other options out there are the all to famous social networks like FaceBook and MySpace Although these social networks can generate a lot of traffic, your website’s niche can be a factor. They do not provide targeted traffic, so if your website sells toasters, it’s unlikely you will get visitors that will buy. Yes, they may eat toast, but most of the users still live with their parents…who already own one. “All kidding a side”, if your site sells iPhones for example, then this is your target audience.

So to sum up…because you have a lot of work to do, there are many ways to increase your website traffic. The traffic generating ideas mentioned here do work, they just take time and we all know that nothing great comes easy. So be patient, diligent, experiment and the website traffic will increase. Good luck!

If you are ever going to make money online, you will have to include affiliate marketing plans. It is a proven fact that affiliate marketing is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to earn a living online.

Affiliate marketing essence lies in promoting other people’s products. It is the action of referring your visitors to a merchant’s website. You don’t have to sell a product of your own, you just have to advertise what you consider to be quality products.

But what are the tools that you need in order to have a successful affiliate marketing business?

First of all, it goes without saying that you’ll need a website. This is the place from which your visitors will go to your affiliate partners’ websites. Each purchase that one of your visitors makes is recorded and you get a commission for it. Many persons, when hearing this theory, buy a domain name, build up a website, and they expect money to rush in. It is not all that simple.

In order to have a successful Internet marketing business, you need to research a lot. You need to grasp the basic marketing techniques and concepts, and you have to treat your affiliate marketing business like any other business. Also, depending on how much money you are willing to spend, you can build a business plan. You need to learn search engine optimization techniques, that are absolutely necessary if you want your website to have traffic.

And traffic means everything in the online business. After all, your website is your store, and if potential customers don’t walk in the door of your store, you are not going to earn any money. Traffic can be obtained with the help of efficient search engine optimization techniques and advertising.

It is entirely up to you if you are going to hire personnel for your business. You can hire programmers, search engine optimization specialists, and the list could go on and on. If you don’t want to do this, you will have to learn all those things yourself. Also, you need to respect some basic affiliate marketing principles.

The first of them would be know-how. People need to feel that they entered a specialist’s website. You’ll need to build a website on a specific subject that you feel confident about. The best option is a hobby. This will give you a passionate approach towards the content of your website and your visitors will feel it.

Also, you don’t have to stuff your pages with advertising because your visitors will not stay more than 10 seconds. Your affiliate partners links should feel like a natural complement to the content of your website. This is called pre-selling and it is one of the most efficient affiliate marketing techniques. If you are going to be successful in your online business, you have to include that in your affiliate marketing plans.

Ray La Foy
http://www.articlesbase.com/affiliate-programs-articles/research-is-crucial-for-affiliate-marketing-success-119084.html

What are you goals for the new year?

Here’s the thing…

If your 2009 business plan has anything to do with information marketing, then you’ll be very interested to hear about this…

There is a product under-development called “Future of Information Marketing: Pros, Cons and Predictions”. This is being coordinated by Rob Toth and it’s actually a terrific format.

I was just recently interviewed for the series! How cool it that.

First of all, the concept is that as we enter the new year, it makes sense to properly address where the opportunities lie in the new year.

And since information marketing (ie: selling ebooks, seminars, webinars, coaching, physical books, DVDs, etc) has been such a massive industry, the top success stories and leaders of the industry are coming together to chime in with their answers to the 3 very key questions that Rob selected.

The 3 questions that each top info-marketer is providing their answers to are:

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“As a proven and respected leader in this industry…

(1) What is YOUR vision and prediction for where the Future of Information Marketing is headed?

(2) What is your #1 success tip for anyone considering information marketing or already involved?

(3) And what is the biggest challenge or pitfall that you feel holds individuals back from success in Information Marketing?”
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* The above is actually a very powerful format. *

Instead of a standard 45-90 minute teleseminar that would cover a lot of ground all about information marketing from each top expert … Rob decided to simply narrow it down to 3 of the most hard-hitting and key points that everyone from novices right up to other experts would be interested in hearing answers
about.

These calls are literally 3-questions and only about 15 minutes each. Yet they pack a serious punch (and you can tell why based on the above questions).

The “Future of Information Marketing” interviews are just gearing up with several recordings already in place and 50+ more being added.

The final product will have other related modules and the entire course WILL retail for $197.

BUT…

(And this part is REALLY unique and REALLY neat so I HOPE you’re actually READING)…

Instead of paying for the $197 course once it’s all wrapped up and released, you can register to “watch from the sidelines” and gain access to each expert-interview for absolutely no charge.

Rob’s hoping (and requesting) you’ll provide feedback and possibly testimonials as comment replies to the audios (the audios are posted on a blog you’ll be given access to) and he’s looking for input of who else you’d like to have interviewed as part of the series.

But, in trade, you gain full, 100% fr*ee access to the entire course. In fact, you’ll also be part of the ONLY
group who will receive a Resale Rights License to the entire course once it’s released. NOTE: This license will not be sold to the general public so you’ll literally be part of the only group to own a license that will give you permission to sell the entire package from your site.

Again, you’re paying NOTHING for any of this.

In the mix, you’ll also hear my own interview as I was recently one of the featured guests for the series.

Anyways, it’s well worth checking out.

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For all of you out there that have tried making some serious money through online marketing but yet failed miserably every time, listen up. A new training tool is out there promising to get you over that failure and put you back on track to earning some big profits. And from the looks of some of the PayPal account screens, there is lots of money to be had. The Secret Affiliate Code is a system designed to teaching you how to play with the big boys of affiliate marketing and start earning the same amounts they do, without shelling a fortune into it beforehand.

As with any business, you must invest in your success. But what is great about The Secret Affiliate Code is that it will show you how to get the best ad space, search engine positioning, and serious click through traffic for practically nothing. Proving that knowledge of the system is more powerful than having the ability to pay large up-front costs, Craig Beckta’s system teaches you how to jump in and get started within minutes. You don’t even have to know what you are doing, just follow his step-by-step instructions that will lead you to the pot of gold.

The system is 100% download-able upon payment, which is good because you won’t be sitting around for two weeks waiting for your package to arrive, missing out on thousands of dollars in profits. The 151-pager ebook is supplemented with a 10-DVD set showing you the all the secrets. But even if you don’t have time to go through all of the details right now, The Cracked Code Quick Start Guide will take you where you need to go immediately. And as an added bonus, right now he is including four additional down loadable interviews with successful marketers who are just like you. Incorporate their stories into your business plan for an added boost. After all, wouldn’t you listen to a proven millionaire who started at the very same spot you did a few years ago?

This money making system is the real deal, and with an 8-week money back guarantee you have nothing to lose…except your daily commute to the office.

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I wanted to follow up on my post about the cost of search engine optimization, and why people charge so much for these services. I’ve come to the conclusion that the real expense is spending time developing an online business without a “real” plan to succeed. An Idea or a simple business plan is just simply not enough, and the real reason most people fail. I recently read a blog post that talks about what internet marketers really sell is HOPE. This bothered me because I do not see this industry or this process as being so intangible. Hope is important for sure, but action created results. You cannot just sit around and hope you are successful.

And so it is with real Search Engine Optimization. I helped a company that was struggling to launch a new product (a tangible item). We created a website using the keywords in the domain name. We created content that reflected the keywords that were our target. The site was deployed with the correct title tags, h1 tags and all the proper onsite optimization. Next I did a series of 6 press releases on Prweb using the main keyword phrase and a few variations in the embedded hyperlinks to their site. I tossed in some social bookmarks, and build a few link exchanges to round out my search engine optimization efforts.

Within 2 months the site was already in the top 10 at Google for the keyword phrase “Instant Hot Water” and more recently it has been in the #1 or #2 spot. This company is now getting hundreds of leads a week compared to 10 a month for this product. Their sales have gone through the roof and they are making a ton of money.

So the moral of the story is search engine optimization may seem to be expensive, but for a few thousand dollars this company has increased their sales by over a million. The value is not what you pay for the service; it’s what you get as a result.

If you have small expectations then don’t spend your money on search engine optimization, but if you are serious about building a real business the investment into a certified SEO expert is really quite small.

bill mcrea