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PMA: Fill A Need

You want to have more traffic to your website. You know that having more traffic, when directed wisely, can lead you to having more success as an Internet marketer. But you ask yourself: “How do I do this? How can I get people to come to my web site and what can I do to translate this into more dollars in my pocket?” We have been exploring some of the ways to generate traffic to your web site and the role that having a positive mental attitude can assist you in having a greater degree of success in your online endeavors. The answers are out there, the challenge is that those gems of knowledge are sometimes hidden deep within writings of those who are already enjoying a great deal of success. In a nutshell, if you find a need and supply the solution to fulfilling that need (whether it is through the creation of your own product or being an affilliate for a product) will transition a web “browser” into a buyer. The person on the other end will be happy and loyal that you have provided this service to them and you will be rewarded as well.  Let me state that again:

Find a need out there that others desire to have fulfilled, offer a solution, and you will be rewarded.

It isn’t the easiest thing in the world. You have to research (and you thought that once you were done with school you didn’t have to do any thinking again - WRONG!), you have to put time and effort into your endeavor (if you put nothing into your effort to drive Internet traffic, you get exactly that: NOTHING!), look at what others are doing successfully and use those same techniques yourself.

You CAN be successful, but you have to take ACTION to be successful.

Have a GREAT day!

Tags: internet marketing, making money on the internet, success, target audience, wealth

Positive Mental Attitude: Help Set The Tone

When it come to getting traffic to your website, it helps to have a Positive Mental Attitude. You want to attract people to read what you have to say and to purchase what you are offering as a solution for them. I can recall some of the training that I have had in sales when I worked for a major telecommunications company (”Can You Hear Me Now?”). They did not encourage you to be negative. People hear enough negative things out there in the world now, why at fuel to their fire.

Make your website to be a place of excitement that people may have the chance to dream for what they want to do with their own lives. Try to offer something unique that is going to fill a need that they have in their lives. Perhaps they are overweight. You wouldn’t want a sebsite that is full of fat and unattractive people. You would want to have a website that has healthy, fit, and trim people that are living life. You typically don’t go to the Internet to find things that will lower your self-esteem.

Fill a need and offer a solution to people and people will be drawn to your site. Find a way to answer a question that they may have. Offer a way to achieve a goal that they have. It takes work and research because nobody is going to have somebody do everything for them. Is there money to be made out there? YES!! Can YOU do it? YES!! Will it happen in one hour with no effort? No. What you put into your endeavor, you will see return. Put in a half-hearted effort, and you will get a half-hearted result.

Have a GREAT day!!

Tags: financial independence, money, positive mental attitude, web trasffic

PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) and YOU

When it comes to getting your website to a profitable point, there are going to be some low points. You may put in an hour here and an hour there and wonder why people aren’t flocking to your site to hand over their money in droves. After all, you have a fantastic site, it is well thought out, and you just knewthat the minute you opened up your site that there would be people dying to know. You start to second guess yourself, your enthusiam wanes for the website to make you some money. After two weeks, you haven’t made your first million on the Internet, much less your first $1.00.

DON”T GIVE UP!

If you keep doing the same thing over and over, you had better not be expecting different results (I can just hear Dr. Phil’s voice saying just that). There has to be some change that happens. Step back and see what is working for other people. Visit lots of other sites and see what is working for them: Is is flash animation? Is it the layout of their offerings? Are you using a font that you think is cool, but not everybody else is able to view?

Make a list of what you are doing and whether that particular action is leading to more traffic and more dollars in your pocket. Try different things in small amounts. Try to incorporate some of the winning tactics on your website and see if that makes a different.

You have to be patient. After all, the best things didn’t happen overnight. There was probably a lot of trial and error that was put ito completion: You should be no different!

Keep working and know that you do have the ability to Succeed!

Tags: internet marketing, making money on the internet, positive mental attitude, web traffic

Easy Profits From Having A Website?

I can seem like it is easy in hindsight. I love to read all of the advertisements about how you can easily make money on the Internet by having your own website. Of course you need to get a good domain name and one of the best ways that I have found is by doing a free search at godaddy. But there is more to it than just that. Just because you have a good degree doesn’t mean that opportunities are just going to flood your mailbox, your inbox of your email, or calls on your voicemail. You actually have to work at it.  Of course, the harder you work, the more reward that you will realize.

I said that you have to work hard, but really it should read the smarter that you work, the more rewards you will reap. You have to be open to new ideas because the strategies that you have been using may not be the strategies that work well. Here are some ideas:

* Copy Others - You were probably taught in school that it is wrong to copy. I am not talking about stealing things word-for-word (plagiarism), but notice what the successful Internet marketers are doing out there and incorporated the style that they use into your plan.

* Sometime You Gotta Pay -  Realize that not everything is free. Don’t spend without thinking about what you are paying for. You can pay to get traffic by doing a Pay-Per-Click campaign, and that may be what you have to do to get traffic in the first few months. There are a lot of free ways to get traffic, and it is best to explore those first.

* Be Flexible - If you keep doing the same thing over and over again and you get the same results, there is no chance that if you do it more that your results will change. You’ll just become exhausted sooner. Be willing to take suggestions on how you can improve your products, how you can improve your traffic, how you can become more savvy on you Internet quest for money.

Emulation, valuation, and flexibility.  These will help lead to your success! Have a GREAT day!

Tags: internet marketing, internet opportunity, making money on the internet, money, wealth, web traffic

To Get Traffic, How Often Must I Write?

In regards to gaining traffic on you Internet site and developing a Web presence, you should write, or post to your site/blog as often as possible. If possible, you should write something new each and every day. This serves several purposes:

* If you post everyday and then “ping” your website through free services ling ping-o-matic! it will tell the search engines that there is something new and potentially interesting on your site and will move you up in their rankings. Believe me when you want to be in the first page of Internet search engines like Google because more people will discover your website. You could have the most awesome website in the world, but if nobody knows that it is there, what good is that?

* The more that you write about a subject, the more knowledgable youwill become. You may find yourself visiting other sites (and, of course, leaving comments) and seeing what they are saying.  Who knows? You may get the next great idea for a post on your blog/website.

* You can always get ideas at sites that offer PLR material. Such sites are to be found here. You can use the material, but you must significantly alter it so as not to be plagiarism.

* Ask experts in the field that you have an interest in (you niche) about your topic. You are sure to get a wealth of information to write upon there. If you quote them, be sure that you credit them as well.

Have a GREAT day! And Happy Writing!

Tags: article marketing, articles, web traffic, writing

Article Writing = Traffic

One great way to generate traffic to your website is by article marketing. I get a lot of my traffic from some of the articles that I have written. A great site for that is ezinearticles.com.  You can submit an article of 250-500 (the recommended length) words. The site has to approve the article, but once it is approved and posted, it stays in the system.  It may be years since you wrote an article, but somebody could read your article and visit your website that is listed in the resource box.

There are rules to follow though, and my articles don’t always get approved the first time through.  Sometimes it is approved on the fifth or sixth re-write, but once you get the hang of the format and style that will work, it doesn’t really take that much time. The website has some great tutorials and blogs to help you as you go along.

But, “What Do I Write About?”.

Your niche. You should have picked a niche that you feel passionately about. The more passionate you are about a subject, the easier the words will roll off your fingertips. I have always been a writer at heart, so it comes somewhat naturally.  You’ll find as you research more, you will know more and you will be able to share more. You just write a short, several paragraph article that outlines  few, key points, and make sure that you have your links in the resource box (you ae allowed two). This is not a place for you to preach or hard-sell anybody: the idea is to get people to read your articles, trust what you have to say, and, in turn, honor you with a visit to your website. At your website you can do the selling. Just give the reader the information. 

They will come back to you in the future should their needs change.

Tags: articles, information, money, web trasffic, writing

You Gotta Be “Niche-Picky”

One of the most important things to using the Internet to make money is to be “niche-picky”.  What does that mean?  Well, it is part of marketing in that you have to know who your target market is and make it as specific a market as possible to enjoy success. Perhaps it is best to use an example.

Let’s say that you have a great product/eBook/program that you know everybody would love.  After all, you love it, why wouldn’t anybody else.  For this example let us assume that this is a sure-fire way to lose weight quickly, effectively, and permanently.  (The weight-loss industry has endured for years, and there definitely is room in this field to make a decent amount of money).  So, you think that your target market is overweight people.

Too broad (no pun intended).  There are millions of people out there that are overweight and want to definitely lose the weight quickly.  The problem is that you are too general.  You need to target it your advertising/marketing toward individuals that feel as if you are speaking directly to them.  So, you narrow your field…Overweight Men.

Still too broad.  While you may have just cut your audience in half, there is a lot of people in this category.  How old is your target audience?  How active is your audience?  What do they enjoy doing?  What sort of jobs do they have? 

Whew!  That’s a lot to think of.  So you narrow your field again: Overweight men over thirty years of age.  Now you are getting closer, but narrow it even further.

Overweight men over thirty who are largely inactive.

Overweight, inactive, tried-every-diet-under-the sun, need simplicity men.

THAT”S A LOT CLOSER!! You see if you target just overweight people, nobody will read your articles, go to your website, purchase your products, … so forth and so on.  You need to have your product geared to catch an individual’s attention.  Find the individuals, and they will grow your business and will be the most loyal customers because they have felt as if you are speaking to them.  

Go and find your niche!

Tags: advertising, making money on the internet, money, niche marketing, target audience

You Gotta Give to Get

In creating traffic to your website, it is best to be willing to give traffic to other sites.  A fair amount of time is spent each week looking at other sites that have similar themes and ideas that my blogs have.  I read to see what others have to say and I comment on their writing.  The reasons are multiple:

* By commenting on the other sites, the webmasters will often reply or visit your site.  Remember that traffic = $$$.  You can have the ost excellent website in the world, but if nobody knows about it, how will you profit.  It is like having the most exquisite restaurant in the world that nobody has ever visited.  The food may be out of this world, but if you never have any visitors or customers, you won’t be able to stay in business for very long.

* You will see the trends that are developing out there.  If you only  look at trends that interest you and you only, you may be the only one that ever is interested in what you have to say.  Try looking at what is happening out there.  Don’t be cause by surprised if something exciting happens and you fail to notice because you failed to look beyond yourself.

* You have the ability to network with others.  You can share ideas, learn tips and trade “secrets”, even develop future business contacts.  Don’t live in a fortress and let nobody in.

* You can receive criticism.  Sometimes it takes another opinion to show where you lack.  I welcome all criticism because I look at it as a way to grow into a more empathetic writer.  Maybe you should too!

Keep in mind that there are a lot of hungry souls out there that can provide you with some of your greatest ideas for making more money for your life.  Some will use that to get out of the shackles of debt while others may use the money for pleasure.  Remember that money is only a tool, it is not evil unless somebody uses it to be evil. 

Let me know what you think, and here’s to a successful life! (you can even visit my blog to learn about saving money)

Tags: finances, financial independence, internet marketing, wealth, wealth creation

It’s Not Called The Information “Super”Highway For No Reason

That’s because there is a lot of traffic to be had out there.  Some estimates put the estimate that there are 250 million people out there every day.  That’s MILLION.  Many people use it to find information about different topics.  Twenty-five years ago, you would have to go to the library, use the card catalog, search up and down shelve, and, if you were lucky, find the answer to a pressing question.  Thank God times have changed.  Usually the answer (with the help of an Internet-connected computer) can be found in a matter of seconds. People will often be willing to pay for the information, especially if looking for a song, a book, an image.

That’s where you would come in.  Often people use Google to find what they need, but sometimes will just use the phrase with a www. in front and a .com at the end.  For example, if you were looking for sneakers, you could go to Google and put it into the search box, or you might open a browser and type in www.sneakers.com. You will find results both ways.  The key to having high traffic (and high $) is to have a good name.  You can find availability of names at GoDaddy and it might even produce a few tips for names.  Premium names may cost more, but there are plenty of names available for around $10 a year. 

Here are some ideas for creating traffic to your website (once a great name has been chosen and a hosting company selected)

• Create a blog – there are some great free tools available at WordPress. Blogging and posting on a regular basis helps also to have you ranked higher in the Google search engine.  Because so many use Google, it is important to be ranked high.
• PPC, or pay-per-click -  many of the search engines have the service available to advertise (you have seen them, the “ads by Google” or sponsored ads).  It works like this: You have an advertisement and you only pay when that ad is clicked.  The key is to create traffic.
• Let others know about it – This could be as easy as mentioning to your friends that you have a website.  Viral marketing is an exciting way to advertise and create traffic for very little investment.
• Read – there is a plethora of examples to be found on the Web, it just takes some investment of time.  The great thing is that you can do it on your time, you don’t have to go when the library is open. 

The library now is always open!  More traffic ideas to come in a few days!   

Tags: financial freedom, goals, internet marketing, internet opportunity, money