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Guide to Building Websites That Work
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Caution:
If you are looking for “Get-Rich-Quick,” close this page. You are at the wrong place. Common sense dictates that is impossible. If you intend to build a major online corporation, you need a Webmaster and programmers.
But if you are willing to work to build a genuine small business with long-term value and profits, read on. You have come to the right place, the only place, where the average small business person can indeed build a profitable online business.
We all have different reasons for building businesses online.
It depends on who you are, from raw “newbie” to marketing expert.
It depends on what you want out of business and life…
* Freedom and self-reliance?
* Increased revenues from an existing business.
* Growth and independence?
* Living life with passion.
* Recognition and support?
* Community and belonging.
* The right skills and control?
* Additional family income & time.
No matter your reason, you surely want to succeed. But the bitter truth is that only a few people have or know what it takes. Your Web site either makes the sale, or it doesn’t. Ninety-nine out of a hundred sites still don’t get the order.
We blame that on suspicious, scared Web-consumers.
Wrong.
No matter what you offer on the Web, your site must SELL! Are you selling digital goods like software, video games, or info-products? Do you sell freezers to Eskimos (to store the ice you sold them), or other hard-good widgets?
Got a store with dozens, hundreds, even thousands of items to sell?
Think there’s no way you could sell hamburgers on the Web? Why not use your site to sell visitors on registering for digital discount coupons for your special of the month?! Just print and present one to the restaurant nearest you!
Maybe you’re looking to expand regional sales into global distribution? Or do you want to generate leads for your OEM business? Are you considering adding an online profit-center to take advantage of your existing offline store’s infrastructure (1-800 number, warehouse, inventory, database, etc.)? A no-brainer… if you do it right!
Or… has your own profitable Web site just been a dream until now? Well, everyone’s an expert on something!
So…
Think! Brainstorm a little. Can you offer…
* world-class consulting services on your special area of expertise?
* special travel services, like bike tours through the Andes?
* unique info-products, based on knowledge from your job or hobby?
* Multi-national corporation? Entrepreneur with an idea?
It doesn’t matter. Here’s the bottom line.. you can make our site sell.
Just last week my family(extended) had a get together ,something small. Like most of such occasions everyone wants to know what everyone is up to and we all make jokes about the little things. I am a natural, I usually get everyone’s attention for being outspoken ,sort of a Bilbo in the Baggins family.
During dinner we had hardly eaten a chunk or two when my little niece turned to me and said,†Can you help me make my site sell?
I was taken aback because before now I had no idea she had a website or was trying any making ventures online. The truth is that she had secretly spent all her pocket cash for six months on paying for hosting, and a domain. She had installed a shopping cart, tweaked it in every possible way. But after 8 months she had received just 18 unique visitors and made no sales of her art works even though they cost just 20 dollars.
I decided to help, of course I had no choice.
I took her through a 3 week class. I am going to try to summarize the process in this article, cos I found out that there a lot of out there struggling with building a website and fail miserably talk less of making money from it.
So many people out there even go a step further buying resale rights products, books etc.
These are not wrong in themselves as I have personally written some myself. But if you do not understand the fundamental principles about businesses on online you will fail and loose your hard earned cash too.
But first lets out line the problems my niece was having. She mentioned so many things but here is a summary
1.No traffic
2.No sales
3.Domain Name irrelevance
I am sure lots of persons reading this will identify with these problems.
If you are new to building web based businesses you should read the entire article so avoid these traps.
Everything we build in life should be anchored a good foundation, this also goes for building websites for profit. In our case here’s the foundation. . .
C-T-P-M
Content Traffic Presell Monetize
Step 1 – Understand the difference between “PREselling” and “Selling.”
Content -Traffic – PREsell – Monetize.
What’s it all about? Where’s the magic?
No magic. And it’s all about your “pre-customer,” about the hundreds of millions of people who surf the Net every day…
People use the Web as a searching tool. They search for credible high-value information or solutions, anything that can fulfill a wish that they hold dearly or solve a troublesome problem that they are experiencing.
Success on the Net all begins with a critical mindset shift. This means replacing that well-known offline strategy of “location, location, location” with…
“Information, information, information.”
In the online world, no one just happens to walk past, see your business and enter your Web site. Surfers on the Net are not looking for you or your business. People search for information, for solutions. After all, if they knew you existed, they would not be searching. They would already be customers.
Online, you must generate your own traffic to thrive and be profitable. Therefore, your primary task, well before you make your first sale or recommendation to a customer (often well before that person is even aware that s/he is shopping!), is to provide the information (i.e., content) that people are searching for, in a way that Search Engines like. In other words…
Give them what they want.
A Theme-Based Content Site contains information based upon a main subject. Each page focuses upon a single topic that is related to that theme. The net sum of all the information on all your pages forms the Content of your site.
These specific “topical pages” are called “Keyword-Focused Content Pages.” They rank well with the Search Engines (SEs), attracting lots of targeted Traffic.
The high-value content “warms up” (i.e., PREsells) visitors by OVERdelivering what they came for… information.
Visitors start to like and trust you (based on what you write about on your site). Your content-rich site builds trust and credibility… “PREselling!” The visitor begins to like and respect you… you are a knowledgeable expert.
This credibility creates an open-to-buy or open-to-hire mindset. You are now a mere click away from Monetizing (converting PREsold traffic into dollars)… affiliate links, order pages, contact forms, Google ads, your own store, eBay auctions, or any other way to monetize — they are now just one friendly click away!
This proven, results-generating process…
CONTENT -TRAFFIC -PRESELL – MONETIZE
… works. No matter how you plan to monetize…
* merchant-partner sites that you represent as an affiliate
* an order page on your site where a prospect can buy your own products (hard or digital goods)
* a contact form which visitors can use to follow-up with you for more details about your professional services or Network marketing business opportunity
* your own online store
* a site that sells a related, non-competitive service or product, in return for a referral fee
* your established sales site (become your own best affiliate!)
* an ad from Google’s AdSense program
* any combination of the above or others!
PREsold visitors convert more easily and more frequently into paying customers… which is exactly the result that your online business wants and needs in order to grow. That is the winning advantage of a “Theme-Based Content Site.”
Contrast that to a visitor who arrives at a sales site… no inspiring, relevant, editorial content. Selling merely tries to get the sale. If you do not have a brand (and most of us do not), if you have not built a relationship with your visitor, your chances of selling are near-zero.
Why? Well, which person would YOU respond to? A stranger with a sales pitch or a knowledgeable friend/expert making a recommendation? Become that knowledgeable friend/expert.
Great content encourages your visitor to think about you as a “friend/expert” rather than a stranger. And if you create a truly info-rich site, you’ll actually become a trusted expert, sharing your wealth of information. You basically create your own brand… your “brand of one.”
People “buy” from those they know and like. They resist sales efforts from everyone else.
And that is why 99% of small businesses fail online.
Selling is not your site’s first priority. (In fact, you may decide not to sell anything and become an “infopreneur” instead!) Your #1 priority is to PREsell through the delivery of the information that visitors seek.
You “monetize” (i.e., convert visitors into money) later.
Effective PREselling creates an open-to-buy (or open-to-hire) frame of mind in your visitors and “gets the click” to your income-generating source (whatever your monetization models may be). That is what produces high Conversion Rates (the percentage of visitors who convert into dollars) and generates more income for you.
The needs of your target group must be your #1 priority, the reason behind every action you take. Your desire to earn income always comes second. Paradoxically, by doing that your income soars.
Once you’ve absorbed C – T – P – M, please realize this is not “theory.” It has been proven thousands of times as the only way for the small business person to succeed online — it is reality. You are now ready to…
Step 2 — Act upon the “PREselling Reality.”
As just mentioned, the reality of PREselling is that it works… if YOU work it! Thousands of ordinary, everyday business people have done exactly that.
The reality is that it is all under your control, far more so than in the risky, offline business world.
What about building traffic, ranking highly at the Search Engines? Do you think that only professionals (called Search Engine Optimizers or “SEOers”) can do that? No, in fact you have the huge advantage.
Search Engines are in the business of delivering relevant and high-quality results.
No need for luck. No need for SEO expertise. Simply follow and trust the C – T – P – M process.
It’s through the Search Engines (SEs) that you will reach your visitors. Most surfers won’t scroll past the first 10-20 listings on a Search Engine’s search results pages. That is where you will be.
And second, the description about your site will have to be interesting and credible. So you will “get the click.”
When a visitor finds you through a Search Engine like Google (or Yahoo! Search or Windows Live), think of how smart s/he feels. After all, s/he found you. You didn’t advertise (actually, once you build traffic, you can sell advertising!). All that remains is for you to OVERdeliver — PREsell!
Once you realize the logic and power of C – T – P – M, then you know that success really is DO-able. It is indeed “yours to be had.” And if you don’t succeed immediately, keep trying until you find the right approach.
You only fail when you quit. Patience and persistence ultimately rule the day. Or, to quote Calvin Coolidge…
Persistence wins. Keep pushing it… the business you build will take on its own momentum. It will fulfill all your objectives, if you put in the BAM (”Brain and Motivation”), the time and persistence that are required to grow anything that is worth achieving.
Bottom line…
You understand C – T – P – M. More importantly, you are ready to invest (and “invest” is the perfect word!) time to build C – T – P before you Monetize. Once you do, converting PREsold visitors into money is the easiest (and most fun!) part of your online business
Step 3 — Monetize! Maximize Conversion Rate and profits.
Monetizing PREsold visitors is easier than falling off the proverbial log. DAY 4 discusses the wide variety of ways you can monetize. We’ll cover this topic at that time.
The key point for now is… You are not your monetization model. Do not think about “being an affiliate” or “selling an e-good.” As a matter of fact, do not decide upon any one monetization method.
First and foremost, you are in the “Content Delivery Business.” Then you monetize.
And… Diversify. Have several strong streams of income. For example…
One of your pages may feature Google AdSense ads and affiliate links. You might choose to add an e-commerce store to sell hard goods. And you sell some e-books via ClickBank, too.
However you monetize, do not push your visitors. Let the content pull them through to your revenue-generating locations rather than stopping them in their track.
This could be a link to a sales page for your product or service, to your merchant-partner’s site or to a click on a Google AdSense ad, for example.
Instead of pushing them, make them want to click. It makes all the difference if your visitors feel that it’s their idea to deliver your “Most Wanted Response” (”MWR”).
Once you have PREsold traffic, monetizing is limited only by your imagination!
So let’s not worry about that now. Instead, let’s talk about the broader concept of profits…
There is an easy business equation to follow in order to maximize profit. It’s the same equation, whether you are working online or off…
INCOME minus EXPENSES equals PROFIT.
It’s not a complicated equation, true! But people tend to forget about it.
If you can increase the amount of money that is coming into your business, and lower the amount of money that is going out of your business, you will have more money staying with your business.
So let’s start shifting that profit equation in your favor (and your bank account’s!) by improving the first part of the equation…
Income
There are two major ways to increase income (i.e., the amount of money you make through your products, services, and/or other monetization efforts). You need to…
1) Expose more visitors to your monetization models…
This means that you need to attract more targeted traffic, people who are specifically interested in your theme and your topics (related to that theme) on your Web site. High-value content is the key factor behind traffic volume and your ability to increase and sustain it. And here’s the good news…
If you get the keywords “right” on your page and if you have great content, you will have substantial, evergrowing traffic! And here’s the best news…
Once you have this traffic on your site, your “Most Wanted Response” (”MWR”) can vary…
* If you are a service seller, the MWR is a click on the “Submit” button on the Contact Form to reach you — close the deal and secure a work contract.
* If you are a product seller (hard or digital goods), the MWR is a click on the “Buy” button on your order page.
* If you are an affiliate, the MWR is a “click-through” to the sites of the merchant-partners that you represent.
* If you are a pure infopreneur (i.e., no “customers”), Google AdSense will play a large part — there are ways to place your Google Ads to maximize clicks (and your income!). And there are other ways to earn income without ever dealing with a customer!
2) Maximize the percentage of visitors who “click” (i.e., your Conversion Rate)
No matter what, your goal is to “get the click.” Convert your visitors into clicks, which in turn convert into money — maximize those clicks!
Conversion Rate is nothing more than the percentage of visitors who click and convert into dollars, one way or another. Great content and proper strategies maximize your Conversion Rate, no matter how you monetize.
Your visitors arrived on your site, loved your content, and either decided your recommendation was credible or were interested in a Google ad or bought your e-book. They clicked!
Content… to traffic… to click… to dollars of income. The higher your Conversion Rate, the higher your income!
Let’s use an affiliate business to illustrate. In this case, the CR would mean the percentage of visitors to your merchant-partner’s site who deliver the response for which the merchant pays, whether that’s a click, a lead or a sale.
The more traffic you receive, the more chances you have to increase your CR. For example, you refer 100 visitors per day to a merchant-partner and 1% buy. You get paid for that one purchase. But if you send 1,000 visitors per day and 3% buy, you get paid for 30 purchases!
Yes, C – T – P – M can increase your merchant-partner’s CR.
Thirty-fold more income. That is the power of traffic and PREselling. And that is what
C – T – P – M delivers.
Now for the second part of the profit equation…
Expenses
Every business has expenses. Maximizing profits does not imply that you must minimize expenses totally. After all, if you spend no money or time on your business… you have no business!
This process saves you countless hours, too. And time is money. Naturally, like every startup, you still invest time upfront to reap your rewards later. Unlike “traditional” online business-building, every hour spent researching is time perfectly spent.
For the first while, traffic and income will be low. That’s normal — you are an entrepreneur building a business, not an employee (”the entrepreneurial mindset”). And then…
The build starts. Like a snowball gaining momentum and size, your business grows and grows… life changes.
Lets move on
* Offline, it’s all about “location, location, location.” You put your business where crowds go. Passerby traffic!
-AND-
* Online, millions search for “information, information, information.” But they do it solo. There is NO such thing as “passerby traffic.”
You are really ready if you understand that the M is the easiest part of C – T – P – M .
And speaking of C…
To succeed online, you must start where your “pre-customers” start…
People search for information, look for solutions. They are not looking for you. Give them what they want by converting your knowledge into high-quality, in-demand CONTENT.
Before you can do that, you must figure out…
* what they seek
* how often they search for it
* how badly they want it
* what competitors already provide, and how they do it
* what Content you will deliver, and how
Your next goal is to find your best Site Concept.
The rest of your business rides on your choice of Site Concept.
Let’s talk a bit about site concept.
Here is how you will get to your Best Site Concept…
1) Create a list of potential Site Concepts and choose your top 3.
* Everyone Knows Something About Something
* Three Site Concepts? Why Three?
* Do Some Quick Research.
2) Use tools like www.wordtracker.com and google adwords https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal! to research Site Concept(s). Research keywords for each of your top 3 Site Concepts.To arrange and research your keywords even further,I recommend you use http://www.keywordresearchlab.com/
3) Evaluate the following factors for each Site Concept…
* Number of Keywords
* Profitability
* Knowledge
* Passion
* Theme “Sexiness”
* Monetization Potential
What Is a Site Concept?
It is the central theme, the niche, upon which you will base all of your site’s Content (hence the term “Theme-Based Content Site”). Every page that you write will be about a topic that is related to your Site Concept. Each one of those topical pages focuses on a Specific Keyword, which is why I also call these pages “Keyword-Focused Content Pages (”KFCPs”).
Now to finding your Site Concept… your theme… your niche that you CAN master.
There is plenty of room for more than one Web site in any niche. Don’t worry when you find competitors. You have a huge advantage, — remember that 99% of small business sites fail, even the most gorgeous ones that cost $20,000 to build! So…
How to Recognize Your Best Site Concept
A great “Site Concept” must…
* be in demand. A reasonable number of people must be searching for information about your theme. If your theme is too n- (ex., an unknown off-island-off-an-off-island in the Caribbean), there is not enough demand for you to monetize, even if your entire (too tiny) market finds you!
* not be too broad. If your Site Concept is too broad, the competition will be severe. The number of competing Web pages is just too great, especially since broad themes usually have major competitors. For example, it is impossible to “own” the theme of “travel.” Leave those super-broad themes to companies like expedia.com. Even the Site Concept of “Caribbean” is highly competitive. If you have 60 hours per week and are ready to work for a year, you might succeed. But creating a site about one of the islands is your best opportunity…
o You most likely know a lot about one island. And that goes for “islands of knowledge,” not just geographic islands!
o The competition will be less intense. So it will be easier for your well-written content pages to rank highly with the free Search Engines.
o Those who find you will be highly targeted. They will be much more interested in your Content. It is far easier to PREsell those searching for topics (”keywords”) related to n- themes than broad ones.
* excite you. Choose something that you know and love (or that you are willing to find out more about). If you do that, writing lots of information-packed content pages becomes an easy pleasure instead of work. Think “passion” and “knowledge” — if you have it, it will shine in your content.
* deliver high ROI potential. It must offer excellent options for monetizing traffic to your site. This ensures the ROI (Return On Investment) you want. Make every visitor to your site a possible income-generator.
Bottom line on choosing your Site Concept?…
It takes just as much time to build a low-potential business as a high-potential one. So invest the time now, get the Site Concept right, and you will maximize your returns later, earning far more income per hour invested down the road.
The Plan… How to Develop Your Best Site Concept
Most people fail in any business because they don’t plan adequately. If you pick the wrong concept for your site, if you develop the wrong topics for your Web pages… you’ll get the wrong results…
No traffic = No income.
This will not be your fate. So get to work on your Best Site Concept Plan…
Step 1 – Create a list of potential Site Concepts and choose your top 3.
Write down ideas for good “Site Concepts” as they hit you — make your list as long as you can. What do you know and love? What have you learned “on the job?” As you read the daily newspaper, or watch a talk show on TV, or chat with friends/colleagues, or browse a book store, keep your antennae up for new ideas.
Think… you may know so much about something that you overlook it
Everyone Knows Something About Something
What’s under your nose?
Three Site Concepts? Why Three?
What if you only have one idea for a niche? Well, you won’t have anything to compare against. In general, it’s best to develop a “top 3″ and then use www.wordtracker.com or google’s adwords tool! to compare and pick the best.
Developing ideas for your best three Site Concepts is important, so take your time doing this. Remember… the final concept will be your business foundation.
OK, let’s go… Pick the three areas that you love the most and that you think would appeal to others. After all, if no one is interested in your niche, you won’t get much traffic. Without traffic, you might as well not have a Web site. You’d be invisible (just like 99.9% of internet business sites)!
Already Have a Business? Refine It to the Best Site Concept.
If you have an established business, you already know the general theme/concept of your site. Now you need to determine the most profitable way to approach your concept. Just like the jazz example above, you can “spin” any theme in many directions…
* reflect what “solution” your business provides, or…
* target a particular segment of your market, or…
* deliver a specific angle, etc.
It’s all about how you choose to spin it. Jot down some different Site Concepts related to your business.
Choose concepts that are not too broad in nature (ex., “travel” is too competitive). But don’t make your niche too n- (ex., that unknown off-off-island in the Caribbean) — not enough people search for “too-n-” niches.
The Goldilocks “just-right” niche is enough for you to ultimately “master,” but is also wide enough that there is enough DEMAND (i.e., enough people doing searches at the engines) for you to build significant traffic. Choose on the basis of “your gut and brain”…
* If you love the subject matter, others likely do, too. Good themes that are “just right” have an audience that identifies with the subject matter.
* If you know an area, you already have a pretty good idea of what might be “too broad” or “too n-.”
Use Common Sense
What is “too broad?” It’s any idea where the market is too big. For example, “travel” was an extreme example. “Italy” is too broad. Choose “Sicily” instead (if you know it.) And “New York” is too broad. Instead, try “Tribeca”… or go with “New York Pizzas” instead (if you love them!).
“Too n-” is the opposite. There just aren’t enough people interested in Caltanissetta, a city in Sicily. Sicily is “just right.”
“But how do I know whether it’s too n- or too broad if I’m just starting out?”
Good question! Use your common sense and knowledge of each niche, of course. And there is one good technique that helps, too!
So what are the key factors and their guidelines?
#1) Number of Keywords
A Site Concept that delivers more keywords is better. It offers the ability to create more Content. So, everything else being equal, choose the Site Concept with 300 pruned keywords over the one for which only 100 “made your cut.”
#2) Overall Profitability
The more keywords that have higher Demand, lower Supply and higher Profitability (Value Demand/Real Supply ratio), the better. Again, this is not an absolute, just an indication. Use your judgment.
Compare the overall Profitability of one Site Concept to another. How many solidly profitable keywords does each have? (Remember… the Profitability numbers are useful, but use your judgment to make the final decisions.)
#3) Knowledge
Think about each keyword as the topic for a future Web page (that is what it will become). Do you already know what you could write for those words? Obviously, lean towards the Site Concept that you know the best.
#4) Passion
Just as important… which Site Concept excites you the most? Choose a less profitable Site Concept if the thought of building a site about it excites you much more! It will be fun to create interesting Web pages about the subject area and to do the necessary research to stay current. It’s not work if it’s fun.
#5) Theme “Sexiness”
It’s not just your excitement that counts. Some Site Concepts are more apt to excite visitors. Trust your gut feel about which would excite visitors the most . It’s easy to PREsell your way to a strong “Brand Of One” with a fun, exciting theme.
#6) Monetization Potential
Look for a Site Concept that offers the potential for you to build multiple streams of income. C T P is useless if there is no M potential!
You must be able to Monetize your PREsold traffic. And the more ways to do that, the merrier. How many of the following could you (eventually) implement on each Site Concept, and with what kind of financial potential?…
* Represent the products/services of related, non-competing online businesses (i.e., affiliate income).
* Partner with an offline business, sending them customers, on a pay-per-click, per-lead, per-sale, or per-month basis
* Sell your hard good or e-book.
• Earn income by placing advertising on your site, such as Google AdSense, or by selling advertising directly. (Guess what? As your site grows, advertisers will approach you!)
• Sell your services (ex., develop clients for your copywriting or java-programming business).
• Supplement/build your local offline business.
• Attract more bidders for your eBay auctions.
• Build warm leads for your Network Marketing (”MLM”) venture.
• Rent — anything from heavy equipment to extras for movies to your own Cayman Island villa.
• Traffic — send traffic to your own e-commerce business (ex., your Yahoo! store or e-commerce site).
Finalize your Site Concept and get a good Domain name.
Now you do have your Content Blueprint and Monetization plan firmly in hand. All that stands between you and your perfect domain name is a little bit more work.
Refine your Site Concept and register your domain name…
1. Make key decisions.
* What’s the VPP?
* What’s the spin?
* How narrow do you go?
* Other considerations?
2.Work on content for content is King and vital for PREselling and VPP selection.
3. Final evaluation… Loop back, if necessary.
4.Name that domain
Step 1 – Make key decisions.
It’s time to do some final evaluating and thinking. Time to make final adjustments to your Site Concept and domain name by answering the following questions, which go above and beyond the “know and love your niche” basic advice of earlier.
What’s the VPP?
A Valuable PREselling Proposition (”VPP”) answers, in very few words and hopefully with just a touch of character, two critical questions about your Site Concept…
* What specific and high-value information does your site deliver?
* What is your unique positioning for this delivery (i.e., your angle of approach — more on this in a second)?
A good VPP transmits these answers loud and clear. And the single best way to do that is to include your VPP in your domain name!
Do not be “OVERclever” or subtle here. Include your Concept Keyword and add the VPP “marketing angle/theme” to it. Make your VPP/concept crystal-clear to your human visitor. And, of course, the engines rank your site a touch higher when your Concept Keyword is included in your domain name — so feed it to the spiders.
What’s the Spin? (AKA “Positioning”)
Decide upon your angle of approach. How are you positioning the information? I have a teenage friend who writes about her adventures on the cayman islands.If her site is called cayman-island-beaches.com. An older person might write in a more sophisticated tone for a site that he would call high-net-worth-cayman-island.com.
See how the positioning can change a domain name? See how it will attract and hold a completely different subset of people who are interested in The Cayman Islands?
Your domain name must contain your Site Concept keyword, of course. But the days are long gone when caymanislands.com would be available. Of course, if your “keyword.com” is available, grab it. Otherwise, use the “extra words” in your domain name to transmit your Valuable PREselling Proposition.
How Wide or Narrow Do You Go?
The scope of your niche should be as narrow as possible, yet still offer lots of profit potential! Every success story starts small, then builds. And if you’re like most people, you don’t have the time to flesh out a big, broad concept (ex., the entire “Caribbean” — stick with “a particular island”) all at once. If time is a limiting factor, stay especially narrow.
More reasons to go narrow…
* It will be tough to win at the SEs if your concept is too broad.
* Competition is “bigger and badder” in the big pond — better to be a big fish in a small pond.
* You’ll need to create a lot more content and devote much more time.
* You almost surely have more knowledge and passion for the narrow option.
* Same for your visitors — tight, focused niches attract highly targeted customers who are easier to PREsell.
Choose a niche that “PREsells well.” It’s harder to PREsell a broad concept — the narrower the niche, the more targeted the visitor… and the more enthusiastic. But if your topic is too narrow (ex., “Norwegian fashion models from the mid-1700’s”!), the target market may be too small — you may need to broaden the concept somewhat (ex., “Scandinavian fashion models”).
Other Considerations…
1. Don’t mix themes on your site or in your domain name. You’ll dilute your site’s Search Engine effectiveness and cloud the message to your visitors. Everything, from the domain name onwards, must all pull in the same direction. So, cayman-island-beaches.com does not write about Antigua or Barbados.
Search Engines are concentrating more and more on the theme of the overall site. So if you choose to develop a broad concept, with several major sub-themes, it will be harder to win the war for the sub-themes than if you dedicated a single site to a sub-theme. In other words… the nichier, the better.
2. Review your Notepads. Do your Ideas For Content point you in any interesting directions? Any special Monetization ideas? Keep notes and they will help you later.
3. “Flow towards the money.” Your domain name/Site Concept/VPP/content should all flow naturally towards your Monetization options… the products or services you sell or recommend, your local business, etc.
Yes, even flow towards your Google ads (click here for an example). Think the “flow to the money” process through.
4. Remember both types of visitors… Spiders and Humans
* Register a Search-Engine-friendly domain name, one that contains your Site Concept keyword. That’s the easy part.
* To the Site Concept part of the domain name, add a word (or two) that communicates your VPP. If it can catch the “voice” (”attitude”), that’s even better (but hard to do while keeping it short).
Planning to sell a product (hard or digital goods) or service? Let’s clarify the difference between VPP and USP.
A USP (”Unique Selling Proposition”) is your service or product’s most powerful benefit, in combination with a strong, unique aspect of your business. It answers that critical question…
“Why should I buy from (or hire) you?”
Where does your USP belong? Not in your domain name.
Not on your home page. It actually only belongs on one page…
The page that sells your product or service. Never forget…
PREsell first (VPP), then sell (USP).
Here’s a simple exercise to help you develop your USP…
STEP 1) Write down what your business provides.
STEP 2) Outline the key benefit(s) to your client. What pain does it cure, what solution does it provide?
STEP 3) Identify your unique feature/benefit. What makes you stand out? Keep working on this until you can clearly separate yourself from the field. There must be a convincing reason for doing business with you… instead of your competitor.
STEP 4) Summarize all of the above into one tight, powerful, motivating phrase that will persuade your clients to do business with you, to trade their money for the benefits you deliver.
This is a lot harder than it looks. But don’t give up! Your competition is only a click away. So your USP must convince your visitors that YOU are IT, and that your product is THE ONE.
There’s a second tremendous benefit to this exercise… you will learn much about you, your product, and your customer!
Step 2 – Work on content for content is King and vital for PREselling and VPP selection.
Now that you are ready to create valuable, PREselling Content, you need even more research
Writing to PREsell is about bringing your personality and already existing communication skills to the keyboard. It’s about building personality, a unique spin, likeability, content with zip, etc., into your site.
Your “spin” or unique positioning is one of your most important decisions. Everything, including your PREselling voice, follows from it.
Visitors know great content when they read it. Winning, PREselling content “works” at several levels…
1. It has a “been there… done that” voice and flair.
2. It has specific, “zing knowledge” that comes from real experience.
3. It is supported by a depth of useful information. This is where good reference material plays an important part.
4. It is consistent, from page to page, from e-zine issue to issue, from week to month to year.
5. It is for the customer, absolutely.
Good PREselling is critical to your success. You don’t PREsell after you’ve written the Content. You do it BEFORE you write — you plan it as you finalize what your Content will be. Good PREselling means…
1. write to communicate
2. develop your own “voice” with flair and substance
3. spin your site/biz/SELF into a unique position
4. honestly convince people to trust and like you.
Do You Think You CanNOT Write?
Relax. If you can communicate at all, you can write. We all communicate each day. At work. At home. With our boss, our colleagues. With our spouses, our children. With our friends and our adversaries.
We all communicate and build our “Brand of One” in “the real world,” everyday. And yet, many people turn into turnips when they have to “write.”
Smile There is no good reason to become a “keyboard-turnip.”
I recommend Net Writing Masters Course http://www.six-bucks.net/netwritingmasters.zip.it is the only book in the world that shows you how to communicate with your keyboard, too. Use the guidance and strategies outlined in Net Writing Masters Course to create winning, relevant, info-packed content pages that make your site stand out from the crowd, that open your visitors’ minds to your monetization offerings woven into your site.
Content is the foundation of the C T P M process. Get it right and everything else falls into place!
Getting your VPP voice and positioning “just right” are so important. Net Writing Masters Course virtually guarantees that your site will shine. So take the time to print, read, and dog-ear this short, easy-to-read e-book.
Step 3 – Final evaluation… Loop back, if necessary.
By now, you are confident and excited — you’ve got it right. You have found the “right” blend of specificity and profit potential. You know your positioning and your target market. And you have both your Content Blueprint in hand and a Monetization plan that outlines several ways to monetize those who find and love your content.
What if you don’t?
If you are concerned at this point that your Site Concept is too broad or too narrow, or that it’s “just right” but does not project the expected profit potential, you have several “loop back” options…
i) Loop back and review/improve your monetization plan.
-OR-
ii) Loop back and brainstorm more high-profit keywords. Grow and fine-tune your Content Blueprint.
-OR-
iii) Loop back and develop a whole new Site Concept.
Some people who should do this, do not. Why not?
Tired Because they don’t want to feel that they wasted all the time invested up to now. The thought of doing it all over makes them feel tired, depressed, frustrated. But this is merely a problem that needs solving. And remember this…
* Looping back, even if it’s “all the way” to the beginning would not be a waste. It would be a tremendous saving in future time and energy.
* And “doing it all over” for a new Site Concept, if you do need to go back , is a snap. Now that you’ve done it once, the entire brainstorming process can be done in 2-3 days to one hour depending on your pace.
Recognize that you’re “in it” more for the passion than the money. Is your site just a hobby? Do you just want to build a site about something you love? Are profits secondary? If so, go for it! Your passion can be its own rewards.
As long as you recognize that now, you won’t be disappointed… and might be pleasantly surprised. Passion does go a long way!
But if the M of C T P M is important, loop as far back as necessary until you are sure that your research will indeed “show you the money.”
Step 4 – Ready? Name that domain!
A good domain…
* is short and sharp
* is meaningful — conveys a clear message
* is easy to spell
* is easy to remember
* is unique, descriptive, and “you”
* is solid, classic, not hokey
* contains your VPP for human visitors
* contains your Site Concept keyword for spider visitors
* is attractive to humans (ex., “cayman-island-beaches.com” “cayman island” is there for the engines and “beaches” is there for humans)
* ends in the classy “.com,” “.net” or “.org” (by far, the best regarded by surfers).
When do you use dashes in your domain name?
If both versions of a 3-or-more-word domain are available, use dashes because they make the word breaks more obvious to the eye. Also, the engines usually treat a dash as a space. So it may be more likely to “see” the entire string as separate words.
For example, which is easier to read?…
pricing-on-the-net.com or… pricingonthenet.com
Dashes are less important if your domain name has only two words in it. See how netpricing.com and cyberpricing.com don’t really need the help of a dash?
Use dashes (even if the domain only has two words) if the non-dash version is already being used by someone else. But be sure that you are not violating anyone’s trademark (details on this below).
Note: If your business is 99%+ online, the offline issues of dealing with dashes are not so important (i.e., telling people how to spell it, people forgetting to put the dash after reading your print ad, etc.).
Here’s the bottom line…
Domain names are so cheap that it’s a good idea to take both versions (with and without the dash), just to make sure that a competitor does not take names that could be confused with yours. You can always make one domain point to the main one.
Offline vs. Online, and Branding
If you already have an offline business, it may be important to use your business name as your domain name rather than create a new domain name for it. On the other hand, you could give the site a name that uses your VPP, then use a domain redirector in your hosting to park and redirect your business name to your site. This works particularly well with business cards and other forms of offline, local marketing.
If you want to brand your site, you’ll want to get really creative and come up with a one word domain name. For example, if you wanted to brand a site about credit cards, you might use the name “creditopia.com” or “crediteria.com” (sorry, they’re both taken!). Easy to remember, and have a VPP (”credit utopia” or “credit cafeteria”).
Or you may find a domain name by simply adding a letter or two as a prefix or suffix to your site concept keyword (ex., icallcard.com).
You’ll have to be more creative to come up with a short domain name that’s still available, but a little extra time spent now could pay big dividends later.
Special Words of Advice…
What Separates Successful People From Those Who Fail?
The famous story of Thomas Edison is that he didn’t fail to create a light bulb 1,000 times. He learned 1,000 ways not to make a light bulb.
A failure merely means that one or more mistakes were made. Learn from them. Try again — you will be much smarter the second time around
Some people have character traits that hurt their chances at success. We do our best to help them overcome their barriers. Everyone should work to self-improve, especially those with “failure pre-set” — they are their own worst enemies, almost seeming determined to fail.
The Tortoise
Eliminate any “Get Rich Quick” ideas that the Internet may have put into your head. GRQ does not exist.
You stand at the start of a trend that will grow geometrically over the coming years… C T P M … building income through content.
More and more small business owners are beginning to realize…
No matter which monetization options you choose, you must first have targeted traffic and lots of it. And to attract that traffic, you must first build high-value focused content.
High-value content, content that gets found, is the critical lynchpin for building a viable, profitable, vibrant Web business.
So not only are you ready, you have a huge head start…
You are leading the trend! And what a trend it is! For some inspiring role models, see success in action…
Ultimately, it all comes down to what one of my “hero entrepreneurs” once said. I’ll repeat it here because perseverance is the single most common “must-have” on the road to success…
“How to succeed? Try hard enough.”
— Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)
Why most people fail
Why did most people fail? I think the reason was that the whole process of running an online business is just too complicated for most people. There are lots of ways to screw it up. It pained me to visit some of those sites and notice a dozen glaring mistakes within the first few seconds — blogs that didn’t enable permalinks, cutesy headlines with no keywords in them, bad choice of topics, page titles that still used the WordPress default format, hideously suboptimal ad layouts, hidden or missing contact info, etc. Any one of those mistakes could cripple a site’s results. More than one is a practically a death sentence. Such mistakes cause problems both for human visitors and search engines.
But at the same time, there were teenagers humming along just fine, generating four figures in monthly income after working on their sites for 6-12 months. They didn’t necessarily get everything right, but they were Internet savvy enough to fix the big problems early.
What bothered me most about this was that people were too often failing because of the technology. Many of them had great ideas and very good content. It was a shame to read some of their articles and think to myself, This is great stuff… too bad no one will ever see it.
The cruel and unfair part of online business is that if you aren’t very Internet savvy, you’ll make mistakes on the technical side that you’re totally oblivious to. You may get the content side right, but the technology will bite you and cripple your results.
But it’s still a pretty unfair situation. There are people who can write great content who really deserve to be getting a lot of readers, but because they don’t understand permalinks, RSS feeds, pinging, or other technologies, they’re doomed before they start.
Once I saw this happening, I basically decided I’d better shut up about encouraging people to run an online business. People kept asking me for new articles on the subject, but I didn’t think it was a good idea. I was concerned I’d be doing more harm than good.
A new solution
Recently I came across a vastly superior solution to this problem — a way for people to build a successful online business that doesn’t require them to become technology gurus.
What I recommend is a service called Site Build It! – it’s an all-in-one solution for creating and building an online business. You pay an annual fee for the service, and they provide you with all the tools you need to build an income-generating web site. They host the site for you, they help you register your domain name, and they provide integrated tools like point-and-click page generators, built-in blogging, form builders, RSS feeds, and lots more. Many of these details will be handled for you, so you don’t have to worry about them.
You still create your own content, and you use their tools (or your own familiar tools) to create a site based on your unique ideas. You focus on the content side. They help you with the technical implementation side.
I don’t recommend this solution for everyone. If you’ve already built a successful website that generates thousands of dollars a month for you, you won’t need this. I don’t need it myself. But if you’re one of those people that have been held back by the technical complexity, then this is definitely something you should look at. This is the kind of solution I’d recommend in a heartbeat for my non-programmer friends who want to get something going online but quickly become lost in a sea of jargon.
There’s a lot to explain about this service and why I think it’s a great idea for most people interested in building a successful online business. So I wrote a whole separate article about that here
Site Build It is a suite of tools for building a website. Site Build It! (Site Build It!) the only all-in-one site-building, site-hosting, and site-marketing product that makes it easy to build a professional, popular, and profitable business.
they follow all the techniques i have listed here and even add more to ensure success.
I have not used the product personally, but if what they claim is true, which should be cos they have a huge customer base and they seem very happy ,then i recommend you get Site Build It and be on yoru way to success.
Before you do i recommend you check out these links
Site Build It Product page.
http://buildit.sitesell.com/moneyorganization.html
I’m probably turning into a bit of a salesperson for Site Build It! because I really believe this is a great deal for a lot of people. Not only will building your own online business give you a quantum leap in your own personal development, but it can also provide income to fuel your ongoing growth.
I wish you all the very best.
Online Dating: First Date Security
You’ve been using an online dating service and you’ve found someone you would really like to meet. Before you get started, there is one big note of caution.
Online dating sites DO NOT do background checks on their customers. Please don’t assume that because a person has a profile on a dating site that the site has “pre-qualified†them and validated their background.
Here are some best practices for you to follow before setting up your first meeting.
Make contact by phone.
Although you’ve developed a comfort level with this person by exchanging plenty of emails and instant messages, it’s important to have a few phone conversations with the person before meeting. Hearing their voice adds a new dimension to a relationship. It will give you an idea on the cadence they speak in, as well as if there are any awkward pauses when they respond to your questions. If they have a voice that grates on your nerves, this may also be a sign that this person isn’t a good match for you.
Use your cell phone number, not your home number.
Your safety is better protected on your cell phone. People are able to pull up your name, address, and directions to your house just by knowing your phone number. To illustrate my point, go to http://Google.com and enter in your home phone number. You’ll notice it will pull up your name, your address, and a link to Google Maps to show how to get to your house. If you’re uncomfortable with this information being posted on Google, click on the search result and there is a link to unsubscribe your information.
Do not have them pick you up at your house or your place of work.
Meet in a public place and keep it low key. Meet at Starbucks or a local diner for a cup of coffee.
Lunch is great.
Lunch works well because it comes with a time limit. People need to get back to the office, so you have a built in excuse to leave if things aren’t going as planned.
Avoid meeting for cocktails.
Alcohol does different things to different people, not always for the better. People’s personalities tend to change with each cocktail they drink. Someone who’s shy may turn into the life of the party, but you’re hoping to see the person as they really are.
Bring your cell phone, and make sure it’s charged.
Tell a friend or family member your plans.
Give them the name of the person you’re meeting, their cell phone number, and the place you’ll be meeting. Tell them your whereabouts in case things go really wrong.
Have your friend give you a call to check on you.
My suggestion is to have your friend call at a point when the date should have ended. For example, if you’re meeting for lunch at noon, and you expect the lunch to last one hour, have your friend give you a call at 1:30 to make sure you’re safe.
Don’t invite them back to your house. If the date goes well, you will be making plans for another day shortly after that.
I’m not trying to paint a picture of doom and gloom. In fact, almost all of the singles you meet will be normal well-adjusted individuals. These are just some guidelines to follow to protect yourself against some of the crazy people that may be lurking out there. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
Phipe Automatic Dialer For Skype
Phipe automatic dialer for Skype is one such utility, which every telecalling / call center businesses should implement to facilitate their processes. The software application is highly customizable and integrates an organizations CRM with Skype. However, in case an organization does not use a CRM, plain-text CSV files can also serve the purpose. Phipe automates the calling process by retrieving a list a contact numbers based on the criteria/ parameters set by the user. Once the list is generated the calls can be scheduled accordingly. Phipe is an easy to use utility. The user specifies selection criteria to Phipe; it then sends requests to select the related records. Once the user gets the sorted list; the call is initiated and directed to Skype through Phipe. Skype then sends back the response to Phipe.
While disconnecting the call, the user sends the request to Phipe, which initiates the disconnecting process. Skype then sends back the response to Phipe, the disposition field is then updated and the next number is dialed.
All those involved in the process of making calls to a large list of contacts through Skype need http://www.phipe.com/“>automatic desktop dialer software that makes the entire process a lot faster and simpler. Their search surely ends with Phipe.
Buy A New Telephone System Or Upgrade The Old One 5 Major Questions You Have To Ask
Is there a feature your current system lacks that you feel you must have?
Has maintenance been a nightmare and an ever increasing cost?
Are parts increasingly hard to find?
Is the voice mail going out?
Are you getting dropped calls?
Are you running out of capacity?
Are you moving?
Do the phones look so old that they do not properly represent the professionalism and the desired image of your company?
Are you faced with buying additional station cards, line cards, PRI cards, etc, and not sure it is worth it?
Do you do so many Moves, Adds, and Changes that you know your phone system service guy on a first name basis?
Do you want to implement VoIP?
Are you trying to connect offices together?
Do you want to implement remote users with phone access off the switch?
Has lightning struck? (No joke, this can cause major damage without surge suppression/protection)
Are your phones, phone cords, buttons, etc wearing out or looking worn?
Are you making your own labels?
Is the product no longer supported by the manufacturer or local vendors?
Has the manufacturer gone out of business?
Has the trained installer in your area folded up shop, and were they the only ones available to support it?
Do you have to look on eBay or Google to find replacement parts?
And many, many moreSo how do you choose the correct route for your company?1. How much is it costing me to keep the telephone system I have right now?2. If I am moving, how much will the move cost me?3. Do I need features that I dont have right now? Is not having them costing me?Automated Attendant
Unified Messaging
Enhanced Voice Mail
Desktop Faxing Applications
Call Accounting
ACD groups
Call Reporting
Call Recording
Voice over IP
Networking Systems together
Remote Locations
Softphones
Call logging
Bluetooth or wireless Headsets
Wireless phones
Wi-Fi phones
Skills Based Routing
Computer Telephony Integration
Screen Pops
Advertising on hold
Web interface to do your own moves, adds, and changes
.and on and on.To pick an example: If the current system did not allow you the ability to make your own moves, adds, and changes on your own, and you had to pay a $125 service call every time you made one, that could be a major expense. Some organizations have high turnover rates or play what is commonly called musical cubes in the office. (Move spaces after someone leaves) If the organization had the need for three (3) such calls a month, they could easily spend $375 (3 x $125) each month on MAC (Moves, Adds, Changes) charges. If the new system allowed you to conduct your own MACs without the service call cost, you literally could save $375 a month, and perform the changes at YOUR convenience. That is only one feature. Chances are there are several available cost effective features that can and will improve an organizations productivity, and that will justify the cost of a new system based on current quantifiable cost savings alone. Your task will be to identify the time saving or cost cutting features and assign them a dollar value.This is a tricky one. Your current system may very well have the abilities through software and hardware upgrades to accomplish what you want done, but will it be cost effective? Call accounting software made today has so many more features and costs so much less than it did just five years ago, that it would be silly to install an old call accounting package on an older system. Does the system have the ability to do VoIP? Maybe, but at what cost? Did I have to add a special card, upgrade the CPU, and then buy special routers, bring in my data guru, etc to hook it all up and make it work? Or will the new system have the capability built in, plug and play, ready to go? Is the old call logging software cost effective anymore? For some of these options, DEPENDING on the application, it is a question of technology advancements and cost effectiveness. Would you buy a five year old computer for your office today? Are you still running any five year old computers in your office at all? Why or why not? The same answers you give to that question may very well answer your question on whether you should buy certain old applications for older phone systems. This will apply to some features and not others. In many cases it will make no sense to retrofit your Volkswagen to be a Motor Home, or your Oldsmobile to be a Ferrari. In some cases, it will make perfect financial sense. Price carefully and evaluate feature, functionality, and ongoing manufacturer support. Your answer will present itself with adequate research.This is the fifth question that cannot be overlooked no matter how hard you try. It is one thing to say I NEED that to run my business, and it is quite another to say I WANT that. We dont always buy only what we need. We also buy what we want. We buy what is convenient, and what is cool. We sometimes need to buy what we can afford. Depending on who is making that final decision, the financial case for new or old system equipment one way or the other may actually have less impact than you might think. It may simply come down to this: What does the boss want? And why?
The balance between needs, wants, and final decision making criteria is a delicate one, but one that must be found in order to make the best overall decision for the organization.1. How much is it costing me to keep the telephone system I have right now?
2. If I am moving, how much will it cost me?
3. Do I need features that I dont have right now? Is not having them costing me?
4. How much will the upgrade cost to the old system, and are the features available I want and need?
5. What do I Want? What does the Boss want? What do we Need?
As always, consult with your local telecommunications professional to consider your many options.
Free International Calls – the Latest Telephony Offer
The telecommunications landscape is changing quickly. First it was domestic long distance rates being cut by the major telephone companies like AT&T, and MCI. Then the cellular companies came out with free nights and weekends and nationwide long distance, included in your monthly plan. Now internet telephone companies like Vonage and Skype are trying to encourage you to try their service by offering free international calls.
You have to ask yourself. How do they make money, if everyone is making calls for free?
I found out that it’s not so complicated, and the telephone companies know just what there doing. First, when pricing a telephone plan, carriers look at what there average is for termination charges. Termination charges are what telephone companies pay to other telephone companies when a subscriber places a call outside of their network. Telephone companies for example, offer a plan for $49.95 monthly including 500 minutes of cellular service. They would then look at what the average number of call minutes their customer’s make in which they incur a termination charge. If their average customer uses say 50 minutes of calls and then multiply by the average termination fee of say 5 cents, and know there termination cost would be $2.50 per customer. Then there’s advertising, administration, hardware, etc. to get there total cost. That is why you see cellular carriers promote free incoming calls and free calls to other subscribers to there service, no termination cost.
We did some comparisons on what’s available today for free:
Most Cellular Providers: Will require a 1-2 year commitment to get a plan that includes their free nights and weekends and nationwide long distance. And vary greatly on charges for International calls.
Skype currently offers free domestic calls in the U.S. from your PC to telephones until the end of 2006. We found charges $.02 up to $1.25 per minute for international calls. From time to time they have offered free international calls to certain countries as an inducement to try there service. One limitation is you have to call from your PC using an internet connection.
Vonage once you sign up for a monthly plan, offers free calls to the U.S. and Canada. And also charges $.02 to $1.25 per minute for international calls. Vonage will send you a telephone adapter that you will need to use with your internet connection and telephone.
Free International Call is offering free international calls without signing up for their service or having a plan. You place a call to a U.S. number in Iowa (712) area code, it answers and prompts you to enter the country code and number and places you call. Because so many people have cellular and home plans that include domestic long distance, most people are literally able to place international calls to over 50 countries without being charged if you call from a phone that incurs long distance charges you will incur the U.S. long distance rate for a call to Iowa and we found that most but not all rural residential and cellular areas are covered in each country.
3 Skype Phone White: Easy Calling With Excellent Voice Quality
With the advent of the internet, the world has come closer and telecommunication over the internet has made conversations unlimited. Well, an example to this is the new Skype phone from ‘3’. With the Skype phone, users can enjoy calling to their near and dear ones at minimal rates across the globe. Considering this fact, this phone is quite popular among professionals, businessmen as well as residential users. With its feature of cost effectiveness and excellent voice quality, it gives a stiff competition to competitors in the 3G VoIP phone market.
The Skype phone from 3 network is a software based phone that enables the users to make free PC to PC calls. Therefore, users enjoy calling anywhere across globe at cheaper rates, as it exempts other surcharges. Unlike other mobile phones, the Skype phone charges each calls on the per-minute basis.The white coloured candy-bar styled Skype phone gives a feel of elegance in its looks. It is easy to carry and hold as it measures 100x 44×13.6mm and weighs 68 grams. The good sized phone slips easily in the users pocket or purse. The compact handset offers premium high-profile features such as an advanced camera, MP3 player, sound recorder, high-end connectivity as well as provides access to the internet.
The large TFT display screen of 2 inches provides a flamboyant viewing experience. The screen of the phone provides a perfect display on a high resolution of 176×220 pixels. The 2 Megapixel camera offers a host of capturing applications to enhance the proficient imaging features. On the Skype phone, users can play songs on the music player and even store the music on varied music file formats.The phone assures seamless connectivity as it is enriched with a GSM voice network for handling international or long distance Skype calls. Thereby, this GSM phone offers excellent voice signal quality and allows the users to share or transfer voice, video and data communication at a fast pace.
Best ways to earn money on the Internet
I have several blogs across the web, two of which I have been using with PayPerPost for about six months! PayPerPost is a bit controversial among bloggers and webmasters. If you are offended at all in this type of ’sponsored posting’, please disregard this post (along with any others that I write related to PayPerPost.)
The ‘consumer generated marketing’ system has become more and more popular in the past six months with PayPerPost being among the leaders of the pack. I have blogs registered with both Blogsvertise and PayPerPost. For those of you are unfamiliar with sponsored posting on blogs, it is basically a system in which you are provided with opportunities from advertisers (such as, Vonage, HP, WireFly, and many smaller companies and individuals) in which they offer you as a blogger a set price for a ’so-many-word’ review posted on your blog about them.
In my opinion, these are terrific ways for people that want to make quick and easy money with their blogs. If you have yet to start a blog you can start one on a free service like Blogger or WordPress or get your own domain like this one. Unfortunately, the blog does have to be at least 90 days old to be approved by PayPerPost, so if you are brand new to blogging you may want to try Blogsvertise first.
There are several of these companies on the net today. Obviously PayPerPost and Blogsvertise are two of them, but there is also another one called ReviewMe that seems to be quite popular. I have not yet taken on ReviewMe. They seem to have fairly high standards for their members. I applied with a blog that gets 5000-10000 hits per month with a Google PageRank of 3, and I did not get approved with that blog. All the companies have a fairly similar setup. However, PayPerPost has the easiest and most profitable setup that I have tested. They have a list of open opportunities that you can opt to accept or reject. The list varies from 30 opportunities to upwards of 150 at any given time. Blogsvertise, however, emails you when there is an opportunity that is available for you. You can take up to 3 PPP posts per day/per blog (you can register multiple blogs), and you can take one per day on Blogsvertise. I have personally made about 2,000 dollars with PayPerPost and I know people that are on a path to making much more than that in a much shorter period of time.
So, if you register one blog with PPP, you can expect to make 300-600 per month! Again, I think that this is a terrific way to make some extra money with your blog. Even my Mom and Grandmother are both members of PayPerPost as of recent. If you do not have a very large stream of traffic to your blog and AdSense just isn’t making you very much, you should definitely try these services. The payments are deposited directly into your PayPal account each day!
Business VoIP Solutions: Enhance Your Business Activities
Almost all the business and corporate houses earn profits by the way they manage and communicate with people. For instance, if the corporate houses are using the phone as the main means of communication then a lot can be gained by switching over form the conventional PSTN systems to the VoIP business solutions. This switch over would surely help the business entities to cut down their communication costs to a substantial amount. As compared to the conventional PSTN services the innovative IP solutions are ;not totally concentrated towards a specific call for the whole duration of call.
In fact, the solution of Internet telephony efficiently utilises a package of switching method for sending the calls. This innovative technology permits the corporate houses to bring down the cost of calling, as these unique VoIP services are not highly regulated as the the PSTN calls. What is more, it also enhances the call productivity without any hassles. The business VoIP solutions even efficiently delivers flexibility in calls, which assures the development of the facilitating organisations, regardless of their geographical locations.
As a matter of fact the large corporate houses and the business entities operating from various locations would find it easy to interact by using these cost-effective solutions. Although, in most of these innovative VoIP solutions, the calls are sent over a broadband speed internet connection instead of the concentric wires which are used in conventional telephony systems. As such, it can be stated that the unique and innovative services of the Internet telephony are ideal for managing the rising costs of communication, mostly for businesses which require to communicate across the national boundaries. What is more, the business users can even enjoy extra benefits of international and long distance calls at very cheap rates.
As a matter of fact the VoIP business solutions assures communication with good voice quality as high speed broadband connection without any hassles. Moreover, the high speed broadband connections permit the ultimate users to experience the transmission of voice, data and video over a single line and that also at very cheap rates. However, apart from the broadband network, the corporate houses passing in for the change, would obviously require certain specific software and hardware to access all the lucrative advantages of this technology. The equipments of hardware which are be required can be ATA, gateways, VoIP phone, router and obviously switches.
As such by exploiting these high-class equipments for the purpose of calling, the corporate houses can comfortably reduce their monthly phone rentals without any hassles. Moreover, extra benefits such as call conferencing, call forwarding and 3-way calling would greatly facilitate the users in their communication purposes.
5 Easy Steps to Going Wireless With VoIP
You’ve seen the ads, and now you too, want to go wireless with a VoIP service. You have done your homework and are convinced that not only will VoIP save you money, but also the added features are just what you need for your small business as well as your residence. Here are some tips to help you set up your VoIP service.
1. Choose your Service Provider
First, you will need to decide what type of VoIP service you will require. VoIP comes in plans for Residential Users, Small Business Offices; Medium sized businesses, Business-to-Business service providers and International VoIP. The best way to begin is by choosing your needs, and then compare different plans. A good idea is to make a list of all of your requirements in a VoIP plan. This will help you determine which plan is right for you. Some service providers will meet the needs of a small business under their residential plans, while others will have services designed specifically for the small home business. Residential service providers typically include a phone adapter for use with the VoIP service. The Phone adapter allows you to use your house phones with VoIP.
A Small business Service provider may also include an adapter box that will connect from your phone to your Internet connection. Some of the benefits included with small business service providers include integrating E-Mail, fax, and your unlimited local and long distance calling.
For larger businesses, you can choose a provider that will allow a larger network of users. This includes multi-line systems.
Business-to-Business services include Call Centers, Video training, and web enabled conferencing applications.
2. Purchase Needed VoIP Equipment
Many service providers will provide you with various equipment that you need such as phone adapters and software. If you need any additional items, you can contact your provider and see if they have them available. You must have high speed Internet before you can use VoIP. There are a limited amount of providers that will run on dial up, but don’t trust it. You need a High Speed Internet connection to run all of your applications and to provide high quality audio and video capabilities.
3. Choose Your Phone Number
With VoIP you have the option of selecting your phone number. In some cases, you can keep your current phone number. You will have to check with your VoIP provider and see what their options are. However, many service providers do provide the option of selecting your own area code. Some companies even have the choice of selecting area codes worldwide. This is a wonderful option for those who would like to choose an area code located where their family and friends are. For your unlimited calling plan, you can call your friends and family any time. But for those who are not on VoIP, they will thank you for giving them the option of calling you on local rates.
4. Pick Your Features
You will be amazed at how many features come with your VoIP service. This includes Voicemail, Caller ID, Three way calling, Call Block and a host of others. You will need to check with your service provider to review all of the features available with your plan. One of the benefits of using VoIP is that you can set up your phone features through the Internet, as well as monitor them.
For small businesses that have mobile employees, this is a fantastic option. By using VoIP, they can answer their business calls, wherever they are, as well as answer voicemails through their personal E-mail accounts or though various web based applications.
5. Enjoy the Flexibility of VoIP
Last but not least, once you have your VoIP services ready to go, enjoy the unlimited freedom that you will experience. Whether in your residence, small business, or for business to business calls, VoIP will allow you greater choices, enhanced services, and discount rates. Your call quality will be top of the line, and you will enjoy being able to talk for unlimited minutes worldwide. When you compare service plans and providers, be sure to choose the one that best fits your needs.
