I found this great article on hosting today:
It’s a question that’s been asked since the first website was uploaded…and every (day, week, year?) the answers are different. Last years “hosting stars” may have been bought out of business, sold their business, or more likely in the hosting world, simply abandoned their business.Is There Really Only ONE Web Host?, Apr 2009
You should read the whole article.
When Article Marketing first started, you had to manually upload your
article to each of the article directories, by hand and in person.
Then came semi-automated article submission software;
it made it a little easier and a little faster to do what you used to do manually.
Next came article submission services that would submit your
content to the article directories for you. Chances are good that you will
recognize some of these services by name. You may have even used them.
What you probably don’t know is that a lot of submissions actually fail…
Especially the automatic submissions.
What I’m about to share with you is “Next Generation” article marketing. And it came out
of beta-testing literally hours ago.
Real websites and live blogs receive your article or post; a completely automated system.
Instead of having to upload your article to 10 or 15 directories and then wait to see if they
even use it, hundreds of webmasters are receiving your content automatically
Here’s where it gets insane. The websites and blogs that received your article today? Every
one of them received a unique article. No filler, no fluff and no two are alike. And it would be
the same if a hundred, 300 or 950 sites and blogs were posting your article today. The system
makes sure that every article you write stays unique…as long as you follow the system.
And right this very minute there are thousands of blogs and sites in the system,
each a potential publisher of your next article or post.
Also this morning, the application test group finished their tasks. A “test-group” have been
using the upgraded system, and the results have been close to shocking. The test group had
members with every varied and different skill-set and experience level imaginable, with one
exception. No members of this group could have any experience as a writer, reporter or editor.
Which makes the final test group results even more insane than earlier.
No writers, no reporters, no bloggers… not even a stray SEO. One couple had a short-lived brush with
MaryKay Cosmetics which they described as “negative.” Yet by following a simple system this group of
“regular people” had already accomplished some amazing feats. And they were slowly becoming aware
that they had done something special
As each day passes. the results from the work done by the test group continue to impress. A “non-insider” group of men and women have been able to achieve 1st and 2nd page rankings in under 30 days by following a simple system.
Now you can have access to the very same system….
This “Next Generation” marketing system is called Article Marketing Automation and there are two versions. The free version, which I used for almost 2 months, worked great. However I did not have access to the tools available in the upgrade version.The free version lets you enter 1, 2 or all of your sites, choose a specific niche for each, and have unique content posted directly to those sites. Or, you can manually approve each article. In the last 90 days I rejected about 40% of the articles submitted for my sites. And I still received over 150 fresh, targeted, unique articles for 4 of my blogs.
Free.
The paid version is just insane. I still get fresh content for my sites, but now I get to send articles into the system and be published on hundreds of sites for every article I write. The system takes care of making sure each and every one of my articles is unique.
No more paying for content. No more paying for “membership” to an article directory or a submission service. (Or both!)
The two guys that thought this one out should win Program of the Year…Hands down.
If you have a blog, a website or several of each my suggestion is to start with the free version. You can sign-up here.
I’m just not sure how long they’ll keep the membership open though; there are already several thousand sites in the system. If you have the budget, and you want to be a part of the first level of users to have your articles distributed automatically and get up to 10x the results, check out the Premium version here.
Either way, by tomorrow afternoon you’ll have fresh content for your sites. All of your sites. And your content can be on hundreds of real websites and blogs instead of sitting in a directory waiting to be published.
Article Marketing Automation is by far the best program I’ve seen this year.
Google Adsense is considered as one of the most powerful money income sources for a webmaster. Google Adsense enables you to monetize your sites easily. If used properly, it can generate a very healthy online income for your blogs and sites.
Earning money with Google Adsense can be done easily and quickly. There are actually 3 steps to remember before you begin writing your ads and having an effective Adsense Campaign.
1. Keyword search. Find some popular subjects, keywords or phrases. Select the ones which you think are most likely to be clicked. This is actually used more as a keyword selector and suggestion tool that some sites are offering to those who are just their Adsense business.
2. Writing articles. You need to write original content with keywords from the topics that you have archived in your search. Take note that search engines are taking pride in the quality of their content. You’ll need to keep up with their quality control.
3. Quality content. Build a quality content site incorporated with Google Adsense ads that targets the subject and keywords of your articles and websites.
The positioning of your ads should be done with care. You need to position your ads where surfers are most likely to click on them. Some of those who are just starting at Adsense may think they are doing pretty well already, however there are more tactics and styles to generate even more clicks to increase your earnings.
By using these techniques to your advantage, you can be get three times more click-thrus than others.
Finally, Google Adsense has some excellent tracking that allow you to track your results across a number of sites, on a site by site basis, page by page, and many other variations. You should be aware of this capability because it is a powerful tool that will help you find out which ads are performing best. In this way, you can fine tune your Google Adsense ads.
To really start making money with Google Adsense, do not ignore your site and your Adsense statistics once you have accomplished your initial goals. Take the time, even an hour, making adjustments to your ads and watch your Adsense income grow even more.
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There are a great deal of marketing options available on the Internet these days. One of the more recent methods which has become very popular is video marketing.
YouTube can also be a useful marketing tool for your company if you know how to take advantage of its features. It may seem impossible to get noticed out of such a huge number of videos. Although there is no substitute for quality content, there are a number of ways to make your presence known.
The first thing that you should do is set up your own dedicated YouTube channel, which is a portal that can only be updated and used by you. This helps you to better organise your work. Any serious online video marketer using YouTube should have their own portal. Your personal YouTube portal can also make it easier for people to subscribe to your updates and new content which will help you to keep in contact with them.
Your channel can be customized quite a bit, which will help you present a more personal appearance. It’s not complicated and it can make a big impact.
YouTube also offers a number of different account types. These can help you specialize in a specific niche which in turn will allow you to effectively target your audience. YouTube comes with four different account types in addition to the standard. If you stick with the standard one for now, you can always change it later.
Online video marketing also has rules and guidelines of its own. Videos made for Internet advertising should be highly personalized and offer as much information as possible. They should be entertaining as well to keep the viewer’s interest. Ideally, a marketing video for the Internet should be around five minutes in length. YouTube also has a file size limit of one-hundred megabytes.
Once you have created and uploaded your content, make sure that it is placed in the right category. This will help you to focus more specifically on potential customers. This is often overlooked; don’t forget about it. Having the right tags on your videos is essential for getting as many viewers as possible.
From your portfolio of videos, you can also create playlists. Base your playlists on a specific niche. This will help you to stay organised. It can also help with up-selling.
It is also a great idea to comment on other people’s videos since that will provide viewers with a link back to your YouTube channel. Finally, make sure that you link to your YouTube portal from your website.
…your company.
That’s the actual title of a post at smashLAB that I couldn’t help but stop to read…if that title didn’t grab you, step away from the computer, you’ve been online too long.
Eric Karjaluoto takes us all to school with a post from the heart, and a solid observation of what’s really going on “out there.”
Part motivational, part gut-check and all wit, Karjaluoto makes a case for not cutting back too far during the current economic nightmare; that now is the time to strike. One of his many ideas that has stayed with me is the reality that right now Marketing dollars go farther…and can be heard more clearly. In good times supply and demand dictate higher advertising costs, higher promotional costs-everyone wants to be heard. When its quiet, and its very, very quiet right now, a company with an aggressive marketing plan will be heard, and will stand out.
I discovered Eric’s post on the ideasonideas blog yesterday, about a month after it was written. Too late to use any of it to try and sway a friend/client that his drastic cut-backs would not only leave him talent-poor and stagnant, but cause him to miss an incredible opportunity for growth. His boards decision to cut-back staff by almost 50% this week puts a lot of talented and once-loyal employees on the street looking for work next week. What irks me most is that the majority of cuts were “preventative.” In other words, the ship wasn’t sinking…but it could.
Although my lifestyle is not what it was 2 years ago, its been almost 11 years since I’ve had to fill out a job application or go on an interview. For those reasons alone I am grateful. Helping my small-business clients and independent business owners gain a bigger Internet presence and a stronger base in their chosen niches is icing on the cake.
It’s not often that I need outside influences to motivate me. But as I write this post I am very eager to put some other thoughts from Eric into action.
Summertime in the desert is quiet time. Economic fear, and reactions based on those fears, are making it quieter than usual.
A perfect opportunity for me, and you, to get LOUD… and to present our skills to a few businesses that may just be able to use them.
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