Free Tools Are Always My Favorites

Just a couple of free tools I wanted to show you - for all my pay-per-click buddies out there. For those who use Matt Levenhagen's Blast method, or have large AdWords accounts there is the Google AdWords Editor. In case you're not familiar with this tool let me tell you it can be a life saver.

First of all it enables you to have all your campaigns backed up on your own computer, which can be a real blessing if Google were to lose your account information (this has happened and would be a real booger if you were needing to reconstruct campaigns).

And secondly, it gives you the opportunity to work offline and upload changes on your AdWords campaigns. Very nice program and easy to figure out (this fact is a real plus for those of us who hate to read instructions).

The second free tool is a really cool keyword tool you can download called Keyword Transformer. This tool builds your keyword list by adding and taking out spaces, adding common misspellings and expanding your list for broad, phrase and exact match. A real time saver. And the paid version will give you common permutations of your keywords among other great little features.

Hope you're able to use these little gems. Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Way Cool Backlink Method

Just wanted to drop by and tell you about a great little backlink method I found. It's called 30 Minute Backlinks. You can follow the link and view a video of just what she did. Truly awesome.

Watch it with a hankie in hand . . . cause you're gonna drool! Like I said, 'Way Cool!'

Until next time . . .
All the best,

Joyce
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Need an Easy Way to Set Up Your PPC Campaigns?

Here's a couple of tools you may find helpful as you set up and do maintenance to your AdWords Advertising campaigns. The first is a tool which manipulates your keywords for endless permutations of your basic phrase. In addition to permutations, it will also format your keywords for broad, phrase and exact match at the touch of a button. This can all be done with the free personal version, however if you have further needs, you can purchase the professional version and the sky's the limit. Click here to download your free copy of Keyword Transformer.

As you're formatting your keywords to start your AdWords campaign, you can also tell Keyword Transformer to format your keywords to go into your Google AdWords Editor. The editor can be filled out offline, your information saved, and then upload. With this nifty tool, you can have one or maybe several different campaigns ready to go offline, and then just touch a button and upload to Google. It's a great time saver, and this tool is also free, and can be downloaded by clicking the highlighted text above.

Hope you enjoy the free tools. Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Would You Rather be a Big Fish or a Little Fish?

A recent survey asked the question, would you rather be a Big Fish in a little pond or a little fish in a Big Pond? The majority of Americans (66%) said they would much rather be a little fish in a Big Pond.

Answers like little fish have more to explore and see – they have more opportunities for adventures and more fish to meet and greet. However, the pond was never defined.

So let's ask the question differently. In the field of Internet Marketing, would you rather be a Big Fish in a little pond or a little fish in a Big Pond. Knowing more about your pond changes everything.

Before you know what you want, you have to know where you are. Lot's of internet marketers are swimming around in circles in a very big pond. Information overload has many chasing their tails.

Pick a plan of action and then stick to it. And then just keep swimming. Sometimes success seems like the insurmountable task. But if you just keep at it, before you know it you're making headway. We can't all become overnight successes.

To learn more about the Internet Marketing 'pond,' drop by the EarnOnYourComputer.com website and swim with a school of fish who are taking over the pond.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Big is Not Always Better

Came across this little tidbit and thought you might be able to increase your profits. It seems 'big is not always better' or so reports Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. AdSense offers two rectangle ad unit sizes - 300×250 pixels and 336×280 pixels and because logic tells us the larger ad would be more bang for the advertiser's buck, it should be the most popular. Right? Not so much.

It seems both ads are great because you can have not only text ads, but video and images. This provides more opportunities for advertisers so more ads for your sites. However, the 300x250 pixel ads are the standard size for banner/image ads so there are more advertisers.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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My Very Favorite Product

For anyone who's been to my website or visited this blog, there is little question as to what my favorite product is. But just in case there is someone dropping by for the first time and in doubt, it's Wealthy Affiliate.

There may be some though, who wonder why I'm so bullish on this product. So, I've put together a Wealthy Affiliate Review site that gives a little more information and will show you how you can get the best and most current information and training available about Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing and Pay-Per-Click.

With that said, I hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Get your Why before your How!

Just a quick post about marketing products - be it on the Internet or anywhere else. You've got to understand your customer's "WHY".

What's your niche? Do you sell golf supplies - clubs, balls, instruction manuals? Why do your customers want these things? You've got to understand their "why" before you can decide "how" to market these things in the way they're looking for them.

You've got to get the "why" before you'll know your "how". You've got to know your customers "why" before you'll know how you should market.

Somehow that seems a little confusing when it's written down, but I think you get my drift. Hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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How to Make Money Online without a Website

This is a very popular question and because of this I thought I might just touch on the possibilities once more. It is very possible to make money online without a website - all it takes is a little time and effort.

First and most obvious I would think would be blogging. Anyone can blog. Just chat about the things you know or learn about your chosen 'Niche' and recommend any quality products you find which might help your readers.

In addition to recommending products, you can also sell ads on your blog, to either Google or others for additional income.

Other ways to generate cash are to write articles. Write about issues in your chosen niche and once again recommend quality products which will solve problems for your readers, specific to your chosen niche.

Follow the links if you would like additional information on either choosing a niche, or learning to blog or if you wish to try your hand at article marketing.

Hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Free Research Tool

Just wanted to add a quick post and tell you about a free research tool available to download at UnderAchieverLife.com. There is a brief video that explains the tool and you will be able to quickly see the value.

Hope your day is going well and you're having great success.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Browser Shortcuts

Though I'm not the most technological kid on the block I do like a shortcut or two. Today's shortcuts come from Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror Blog. Jeff gives us 5 browser shortcuts that you can use everyday. (I love the one about the middle button. That's great for browsing forum posts.)

And last buy not least - tomorrow is Super Tuesday. Get out and vote. It's an honor you shouldn't miss out on.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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The Secret of a Business Plan

I'm a big list maker. I seem to get more done if I have a list. If I know exactly what I'm suppose to be doing, getting or where I'm suppose to be at a given time, I'll generally do it, get it or be there.

But without that list, I'm pretty much like the proverbial duck out of water - rather lost and waddling around looking pathetic.

Business plans are very much like that 'to do' list you make. They give you an idea of where you're suppose to be, or what you should be doing or getting at specific point in your day, week or month.

For an Internet Marketer it's a wonderful way to combat analysis paralysis and information overload. Sometimes I find myself re-learning something I already knew but forgot. A business plan keeps you on track and helps you remember all the stuff you should be implementing.

Check out this business plan for Article Marketing.   As with any business plan you'll want to modify it to meet your needs, but it's a great place to start.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Market Your Affiliate Products with Ads

Lots of time we get our minds fixed on something and then we have trouble letting go of the idea.  I do a lot of  Article Marketing  and sometimes I have more products and keywords to promote than I have time to write articles for.   So they get shoved to the background and often I never get to them.

But I can write several ads in the time it takes to write one article . . . duh, but I sort of forget I can use ads as well as articles.

In case you've never tried them,  USFreeAds  is a great inexpensive way to market affiliate products.   For $9.95 a month, you can place an unlimited number of ads each month, that automatically renew.  (Tip: You can get a  premium acount for less  if you follow this link and my advise.)

And if you haven't checked us out lately, drop by the EarnOnYourComputer website . . . we've had a facelift.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Are Your Landing Pages Relevant?

Are Your Landing Pages Relevant? Relevant to what you ask? Relevant to the keywords you’ve optimized your page for.

If you have lots of traffic but no sales Relevancy could be your problem. Let’s say you have a keyword phrase extolling the virtues of an acne e-book that’s suppose to be the greatest and latest cure for acne. But the landing page you send your customers to keeps talking about scientific research into the causes of acne or how to cover those zits with makeup. No Sale!

Make sure your landing pages deal with the questions your potential customers have. Be the ultimate matchmaker. Your customers have questions and problems – and you have the answer. Make sure they know you have the answer to their dilemma right away.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Have you visited Quantcast?

If you've never visited Quantcast, you're missing out on a lot of very useful information. You can go to Quantcast and enter the URL of a website you may be interested in promoting (as an affiliate marketer) and get a whole wealth of information about not only the site but the demographics of the average visitor.

This information can help you target your advertising and landing pages to your potential customers and relate to their needs. Anything you can do to see through their eyes will put you one step closer to making that sale.

You will still want to do your niche research (here is a link for help with your niche research), but Quantcast can be a valuable tool in your research.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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How to make a Squidoo Lens

Today we're going to look at how to creat a Squidoo Lens. You can make a lens and sell products using your affiliate link without even having a website.

You will still want to do your niche research. (Here is a link for help finding a profitable niche.) And you'll want to find profitable keywords (click here for the best keyword tool at the most economical price).

Check out this free video to explain how to open a Squidoo Lens. This video has some great information.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Learning Social Networking

Web 2.0 and social networking is the process of site promotion via social media channels to attract targeted traffic. It is low-cost, but can be confusing and time consuming.

There are three types of marketers in respect to social networking. First there are those who don’t believe there is any value in social networking and don’t realize a social networking strategy can bring targeted visitors to any site or business. Then there are those who know nothing about social networking and last but not least, there are those who are interested but don’t know how to use it.

Those who don’t see the value are doomed to marketing mediocrity or worse total obscurity on the internet, fairing little better than those who have been living under a rock and know nothing about it. They both have much worse marketing problems than just not knowing or understanding.

The rest of us fall into the interested but don’t know enough about it group. We know participating in social networking can drive traffic to your site directly from social media websites. We also know, participating can provide links from the social networking sites which as we all know, are so very important to raise your page rank and help you garner visitors via the search engines. After that, it all seems to be just an insurmountable heap of indecipherable information.

To rectify this problem, over the next few weeks I’ll be posting some ideas and suggestions to help us get up and running in this area. We’ll take things one step at a time; we'll learn as we participate.

The first is the Netscape 9.0 browser. The main reason to use the browser is for its integration with the Netscape.com social news portal. You can submit and vote for sites, whether they have widgets installed of not. Just surf the net as usual, and when you run across a site of interest, simply vote for that site.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Who are you marketing to?

Whether you’re doing business at the local mall or online, you’ve got to know your market. And if you’re doing business on the internet, over the last seven years the average internet user has changed.

According to eMarketer, the internet market that use to be mostly men is now mostly women – and likely to stay that way. In 2007, women equal about 51.7% of the internet population, and those numbers are expected to reach 51.9% by 2011.

Among other information reported, the eMarketers’ Women Online report analyzes the impact that new Internet video content and advertising are having—or not having—on female Internet users, who make up that very large US Internet population.

Amid all the excitement online video is causing, marketers must keep one fact in mind: Of the estimated 97 million females online in the US, only 66% of them actually watch videos online, compared with 78% of males who do. This and other statistics may change the way you want to market to your potential clients.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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No more sitemaps? You don’t say . . .

For those of us with websites, the competing search engines at SES (Search Engine Strategies) made the following announcement yesterday:

“Today, Ask.com, Google, Microsoft Live Search and Yahoo! together are announcing support of “autodiscovery” of Sitemaps. The new open-format autodiscovery allows webmasters to specify the location of their Sitemaps within their robots.txt file, eliminating the need to submit sitemaps to each search engine separately.”

Find the full report at Ask.com’s official blog.

As far as I’m concerned the jury is still out as to whether sitemaps are worth the effort made by web owners. Personally I’ve found I have more pages indexed without a sitemap – autodiscovery or manually submitted. With my 60 page site I can count on having all my pages indexed unless I have a sitemap. With a sitemap my total pages indexed usually drops to 20 or so. And I’m not alone.

Many website owners I’ve talked to find they have the same results. To be fair, there are those who believe sitemaps are just wonderful. (The cat's meow.) My opinion is you need to test for yourself. Try your site with and without sitemaps and see which works best for you.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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What is Web 2.0?

Just what exactly is Web 2.0? What is it, what does it do, and what does it mean? Is there a precise definition that webmasters can get their little SEO boggled minds around? Well there probably is . . . . but I’m one of these people who likes to cut to the chase and get to the heart of the matter.

In business terms, Web 2.0 is the wave of the future. There are thousands and thousands of web surfers who depend exclusively on Web 2.0 for their web search choices. But the short answer is, Web 2.0 is just a giant game of tag. He who gets the most tags, wins the traffic prize.

The problem is, how to learn the rules, systems and players. It could be a full time job. And to overlook this market is to leave a lot of money on the table for somebody else.

If you try to Google Web 2.0 you get a lot of confusing and long rambling articles leaving you knowing just about as much as you did when you started. Enter Mike Worthington – this young man has taken the topic and made it his own. For a cut to the chase e-book on how to master Web 2.0, check out Web 2.0 Traffic System.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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Co-Citation - and SEO

Okay, apparently getting backlinks to your website is not the "be all, end all" it use to be. For some time the prevailing thought was to get the search engines attention - to show them your worth - you had to get massive amounts of backlinks. However, it seems backlinks won't get you where you want to be . . . there's more to it.

Enter - Co-Citation. I won't pretend to understand completely, but Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Blog seems to have a handle on it and has a marvelous explanation of the whole thing.

As you've probably noticed, there are groups of marketers who all market similar products or maybe I should say complementary products. They'll each refer customers to each other and will all benefit from the association. And this is a natural thing and search engines recognize this. If you are a quality site - a site which provides value to the web and those searching the web, you will have people in your business or in businesses complementary to your business linking to you.

This is what Google and the other search engines are looking for. Natural linking. For a great (read better than mine) explanation of Co-Citation, check out Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Blog.

Of course getting great backlinks is not all there is to SEO, it is a piece of the puzzle and the info on Co-Citations is great information to have.

Until next time . . .

All the best,
Joyce
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