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		<title>Totally Utilizing Mobile Phones for Advertising and Profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is only normal to treat new things like old things you are additional familiar with, and this holds genuine with advertising methods too. You&#8217;ll find actually a lot of ways to revenue from mobiles, as Mobile Monopoly Review and other sources will note. But several of these aren&#8217;t applied, or aren&#8217;t applied as efficiently [...]]]></description>
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<p>It is only normal to treat new things like old things you are additional familiar with, and this holds genuine with advertising methods too. You&#8217;ll find actually a lot of ways to revenue from mobiles, as <a href="http://reviews.bradcallen.com/adam_horwitz/adam-horwitzs-mobile-monopoly/" target='_blank'>Mobile Monopoly Review</a> and other sources will note. But several of these aren&#8217;t applied, or aren&#8217;t applied as efficiently as they could possibly be, due to the fact folks are nevertheless hung up with treating cellular phones like computer systems. Getting conscious in the distinctive benefits the method provides is important to being competitive in the marketplace and having a lengthy phrase financial growth as an alternative to just a brief splurge depending on tricks and quirks.</p>
<p>If you are not looking at SMS advertising just due to the fact they are not bright and shiny, you are not making use of the method for the fullest. They&#8217;re inexpensive to use to reach a huge market with, and they are legally risk-free caused by opt-in prerequisites. They&#8217;re a comfortable technique of expression inside of the cellular mobile phone that consumers haven&#8217;t grown skeptical about, too, but who understands how lengthy that will last? So it&#8217;s critical to obtain in now if you are interested.</p>
<p>It can also be applied extremely quickly with PPC and similar processes caused by embracing miniature payments. The average app, which can be a product in and of itself, is much less than a dollar on several platforms. This has produced mobile phone consumers relaxed about micropayments while PC consumers are nevertheless up in arms above it. Why not take edge of that for your benefit? A penny here plus a penny there swiftly adds up, if you are reaching the vast market mobiles cater to.</p>
<p>A single thing you will not find a laptop imitating will be the locational awareness several mobiles provide being a feature. This makes it possible for you to tailor advertisements for the true physical whereabouts of the individual, creating them promptly appropriate for the market. As opposed to &#8216;Would you like to acquire X and have it shipped to you sooner or later,&#8217; take into account how very much additional potent &#8216;Would you like to acquire X, you&#8217;ll be able to walk twenty feet for your left and get one&#8217; sounds. And this really is all while using understanding that a single of one&#8217;s largest target audiences is teenagers and tweens, who invest each considerable time and money in malls.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll find a lot of other considerations, too. The method does operate being a browser, albeit stripped-down, creating some  internet marketing techniques just as helpful for it. But <a href="http://reviews.bradcallen.com" target='_blank'>internet marketing reviews</a> will not tell you how to use a phone&#8217;s camera capabilities for your benefit, or, yes, even its true mobile phone capabilities. Use every thing at your disposal, and you will be sure to stand above the lazy competition that cannot be bothered to set in as very much effort.</p>
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		<title>Tips For Hiring A Va</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketers need to hire someone to help promote the company on the internet. If at all possible someone may either hire a inexpensive virtual assistant and teach these individuals to help promote the business on the Internet or someone may hire a qualified virtual assistant and spend a bit more. But realize that they are [...]]]></description>
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<p>Marketers need to hire someone to help promote the company on the internet.  If at all possible someone may either hire a inexpensive <a href="http://virtualbuzzassistant.com" target='_blank'>virtual assistant</a> and teach these individuals to help promote the business on the Internet or someone may hire a qualified virtual assistant and spend a bit more. But realize that they are usually trained to get the task carried out for the company with very little stress.</p>
<p>Having said that, it is not going to always succeed the first time you hire a VA.  This is not really because you are outsourcing.  It is because of working with humans.  Many employees on location also do not turn out like you wish, therefore you always keep attempting to better your own hiring method, enhance coaching and let people which do not make the cut leave.</p>
<p>Regardless of what way you opt for for a virtual assistant, you must remember it could require hard work by you.  Even when they may be quite qualified, they won&#8217;t necessarily realize the intricacies of your company.  Therefore should you direct these individuals to your online business and tell him or her to promote it, they could perform a lot of work but they may not have a positive notion of just what you need to achieve.</p>
<p>For example, are you attempting to make use of a website for <a href="http://www.buzzoodle.com" target='_blank'>lead generation</a> or for online product sales?  Would you like to get prospects to call you or complete an online form?  Will you want the Virtual Assistant to try and do Search engine optimization or article promotion or social networking advertising?</p>
<p>You need to have a program and you need to create a extended relationship with the individual after a while to ensure they get the hang of your company, your marketing expectations and your required benefits.</p>
<p>Selecting a Internet Marketing Assistant is often the most useful expenditure you decide on in the event that you obtain the perfect person and see them attract the leads you are after. But it could also be quite discouraging for both of you if you tend not to supply very clear information and coaching.</p>
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		<title>Perpetual Traffic Formula Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perpetual Traffic Formula Ryan Deiss has worked his way up to become one of the most respected teachers of internet marketing, and most of his valuable knowledge and insight – probably worth tens of thousands of dollars &#8211;  is available in the Perpetual Traffic Formula. Click here to visit the Perpetual Traffic Formula website. The [...]]]></description>
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<h2>Perpetual Traffic Formula</h2>
<p>Ryan Deiss has worked his way up to become one of the most respected teachers of internet marketing, and most of his valuable knowledge and insight – probably worth tens of thousands of dollars &#8211;  is available in the <strong>Perpetual Traffic Formula</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://touchstone.infusionsoft.com/go/ptf-qa/a11624">Click here</a> to visit the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Perpetual Traffic Formula</span> website.</p>
<p><a href="https://touchstone.infusionsoft.com/go/ptf-qa/a11624"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-556" title="Perpetual Traffic Formula" src="http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Perpetual-Traffic-Formula-251x300.jpg" alt="Perpetual Traffic Formula, Perpetual Traffic Formual Review, Perpetual Traffic Formual Ryan Deiss" width="251" height="300" /></a>The goal of <em>Perpetual Traffic Formula</em> is to teach you about the three main components of search engine optimization (SEO), and show you how to quickly and continuously drive targeted traffic to your websites via search engines – mainly Google.</p>
<p>In this program, you will learn about how to properly optimize your websites to rank for strategic keywords, how to quickly and easily generate high ranking backlinks even from .gov and .edu sites, and how to make sure there is enough activity on your websites to drive it higher in the search engine rankings.</p>
<p>(This last part – activity – was highlighted in Google’s “Caffeine Update” because the powers-that-be at the search engine realized that if a site is constantly being updated and people are leaving comments, it’s probably an “authority” site.)</p>
<p>I highly recommend Perpetual Traffic formula for any internet marketer – beginning, intermediate, or advanced – who wants to grow their revenues and profits.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts?  Have you used any of Ryan Deiss’ products before?  Already purchased a copy of Perpetual Traffic Formula?  Leave your comments below.</p>
<h1>Perpetual Traffic Formula</h1>
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		<title>Mass Article Creator Review &#8211; Article Marketing at its Finest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mass Article Creator Review One of the best ways you can improve your ranking in the search engines and drive targeted traffic to your websites is through article marketing. Unfortunately, article marketing can be very time consuming, especially if you write brand new submissions for each site. After all, not only will you be writing [...]]]></description>
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<h3>Mass Article Creator Review</h3>
<p>One of the best ways you can improve your ranking in the search engines and drive targeted traffic to your websites is through article marketing.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, article marketing can be very time consuming, especially if you write brand new submissions for each site. After all, not only will you be writing and updating your blog, but you&#8217;ll be writing and submitting unique content to each article directory.</p>
<p><a href="http://e6754yeftgsbqlohpq-ytsw4m-.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=MASSARTICLETNBB"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-412" title="Mass Article Creator Box" src="http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mass-Article-Creator-Box.jpg" alt="Mass Article Creator Box" width="201" height="240" /></a><a href="http://e6754yeftgsbqlohpq-ytsw4m-.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=MASSARTICLETNBB"><b>Mass Article Creator</b></a> helps you to automate the article writing process, allowing you to essentially re-write articles with just a few clicks of the mouse.</p>
<p>On top of that, the <a href="http://e6754yeftgsbqlohpq-ytsw4m-.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=MASSARTICLETNBB">Mass Article Submitter</a> software allows you to submit your newly re-written articles to ten of the top article submission sites with &#8211; as you guessed it &#8211; just a few more clicks of the mouse.</p>
<p>Here are some additional benefits to using <a href="http://e6754yeftgsbqlohpq-ytsw4m-.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=MASSARTICLETNBB"><i>Mass Article Creator</i></a>:</p>
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<li>In less than <strong>30 seconds, </strong>create up to <strong>1,000</strong> articles from just one article you&#8217;ve already written, giving you <strong>tons of unique content while saving you hours of work.</strong></li>
<li>It has a huge in-built synonym database for ultra quick insertion and replacement processing. This will allow your articles to come out <strong>so high quality</strong> that they&#8217;ll read like you spent hours putting them together!</li>
<li>This truly is <strong>more</strong> than just your typical article spinning software!</li>
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<p>I&#8217;m still new to the software, so I&#8217;m unable to quantify how much it has helped my SEO and traffic.</p>
<p>However, from experience I know how much article marketing can help your site improve SEO and gain traffic, so I&#8217;m sure this product will drastically reduce the amount of time I spend writing and submitting articles, and increase the amount of traffic and SEO benefit I get from the articles.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re trying to build traffic, I highly recommend you give <a href="http://e6754yeftgsbqlohpq-ytsw4m-.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=MASSARTICLETNBB"><u>Mass Article Creator</u></a> a shot. If it doesn&#8217;t work, you can get a refund within 60 days, so there&#8217;s really nothing to lose.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts on article marketing? Have you used <a href="http://e6754yeftgsbqlohpq-ytsw4m-.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=MASSARTICLETNBB">Mass Article Creator</a>? Leave your comments below!</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">Mass Article Creator Review</h1>
<p>Per FTC regulations, please be aware that if you purchase Mass Article Creator after clicking the above links, I will receive a commission. I do own this product, paid for it with my own money, and have used it as I have stated in this article.</p>
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		<title>Write for Readers, Not for Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re an internet marketer, or even just someone who runs a blog for fun, you know how important Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is for getting lots of free and targeted traffic to your website. After all, there’s a reason why people who are great at SEO can essentially charge whatever they’d like in consulting [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you’re an internet marketer, or even just someone who runs a blog for fun, you know how important Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is for getting lots of free and targeted traffic to your website.  After all, there’s a reason why people who are great at SEO can essentially charge whatever they’d like in consulting fees and still be in high demand.</p>
<p>That being said, you have to make sure you keep in mind that when you’re writing your content, you’re not writing for just the search engines.  In fact, writing for the search engines should be the furthest thing from your mind!</p>
<p>While it may seem obvious or even a bit corny, you have to remember that you’re writing for your readers.  Your readers – not spiders or bots – are the reason your blog gets any traffic or makes any sales, so it’s vitally important that these people are at the forefront of your mind whenever you’re writing content for your site.</p>
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<p>If you spend too much time writing for the search engines – cramming in keywords to every sentence, being overly redundant, or not paying attention to the tone or flow with which you write – it doesn’t matter how much traffic you get from the search engines because the traffic you do get will leave your site almost immediately, never to return again.</p>
<p>Instead, focus on simply writing quality content.  In doing so, you’ll build long term traffic, and will be far more likely to get people to back link to your site, which in turn will help your site to rank higher in the search engines.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts?  Please leave your comments below!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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<p>I&#8217;m sitting here on my 12th floor balcony overlooking the ocean and I&#8217;m starting to feel a little bit antsy.  Not in a bad way (how can it be bad, I&#8217;m at the beach?!?), but it a &#8220;what are some simple ways I can get more traffic and improve my conversions&#8221; sort of way.</p>
<p>What can I say, it&#8217;s difficult for me to turn it off.</p>
<p>Anyway, I thought back to Marshall Wayne&#8217;s <a title="I Got a Piggyback Ride from Obama" href="http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/social-traffic/i-got-a-piggyback-ride-from-obama/">guest post</a>, which got me thinking about one of my favorite quotes of all-time:</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.</strong>&#8221; &#8211; Basil King (not Goethe, as many believe thanks to <em>Almost Famous</em>)</p>
<p>This quote can help you become a better blogger on a couple different fronts.  In continuing with Marshall&#8217;s theme, writing <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">bold and catchy</span></strong> headlines will certainly grab readers and, at the very least, get them to read the first paragraph or two of your article.</p>
<p>Next, being <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>bold and semi-outrageous</strong></span> in your copy will keep people on the page long enough to actually finish your post.  Over the past decade or so, it seems like it has been beaten into our heads that we need to be as politically correct and down the middle as possible so as to not offend anyone.</p>
<p>While that&#8217;s certainly great, it&#8217;s not going to gain you many long term readers.  After all, there are probably thousands of other blogs out there that give a middle of the road perspective, regardless of your niche.  But, if you pick a side and (most importantly) are <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>adamant</strong></span> about the stance you&#8217;ve taken, you&#8217;re going to strike a chord with your readers whether they agree with you or not.</p>
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<p>For a real world example of how this actually works, just take a look at Howard Stern.  His rise to being &#8220;the king of all media&#8221; as well as  amassing a net worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars all started with him being <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>so outrageous</strong></span> on the air that it forced people to either love him or hate him.  Not surprisingly, both sides of the aisle continued to tune it, just to hear what he would say or do next.</p>
<p>You can do that with your blog too.  Now, I&#8217;m not saying you have to be raunchy or vulgar, just <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>be different and convincing</strong></span>.</p>
<p>The final way being <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>bold</strong></span> will help you is in your submission to the social bookmarking and networking sites.  If you post your link and say, &#8220;Review of the Cell Phone Cash Program,&#8221; or, &#8220;here&#8217;s my latest blog post,&#8221; you&#8217;re probably not going to get too many people to click on the link or vote it up on Digg and reddit (as we know, success on social bookmarking sites is all about your headline).</p>
<p>However, if you say something to the effect of, &#8220;How a Cell Phone Created a Millionaire,&#8221; or, &#8220;How to Get Someone Other Than Your Mom to Read Your Articles,&#8221; you&#8217;ll probably get a lot more clicks and (more importantly) votes on the social bookmarking sites, increasing your chances of getting to the home page and gaining even more visitors  increasing your chances to &#8220;go viral.&#8221;</p>
<p>So keep King&#8217;s quote in mind when you&#8217;re writing your posts.  Take every opportunity you can to <strong>be bold and express your own opinion</strong>.  Don&#8217;t be afraid of offending your readers; instead, embrace the chance to push the envelope, and you&#8217;ll be pleasantly surprised with your long-term increase in traffic and conversions.</p>
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		<title>Clickbank Code Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clickbank Code Review Now that I&#8217;ve gotten serious about really trying to make an effort to maximize all of my online income streams, I figured it was about time to venture into affiliate marketing, and more specifically, marketing products from Clickbank. While I had known about Clickbank for some time, I was definitely intimidated by [...]]]></description>
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<h3>Clickbank Code Review</h3>
<p>Now that I&#8217;ve gotten serious about really trying to make an effort to maximize all of my online income streams, I figured it was about time to venture into affiliate marketing, and more specifically, marketing products from Clickbank.</p>
<p>While I had known about Clickbank for some time, I was definitely intimidated by it because, to be quite honest, I didn&#8217;t even really know where to begin.  That&#8217;s why <strong>Clickbank Code</strong> is such a helpful product.</p>
<p>After doing some research, I decided to check out <a title="Clickbank Code" href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB" target="_blank"><i>Clickbank Code</i></a>, a new product from Michael Jones that shows in a step-by-step manner how to quickly get affiliate sites up and running and leverage Clickbank so that you can start making money in a matter of days.</p>
<p><a href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-302" title="Clickbank Code" src="http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/125x125.gif" alt="Clickbank Code, clickbank code review, click bank code, click bank code review" width="125" height="125" /></a>If you haven&#8217;t heard of Michael Jones, you&#8217;d better get used to the name, as he was able to turn himself from a relative newbie into someone making nearly $50,000 per month using the steps he outlines in <a title="Clickbank Code" href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB" target="_blank"><u>Clickbank Code</u></a>.  Considering I&#8217;d be happy at just 10% of that success, I figured I&#8217;d give it a try!</p>
<p>In <a title="Clickbank Code" href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB" target="_blank">Clickbank Code</a>, Michael Jones goes into detail about how to:</p>
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<li>find the hottest and best selling digital products on Clickbank</li>
<li>leverage free search engine traffic to maximize your profits</li>
<li>use social media to drive targeted <strong>BUYERS</strong> to your sites</li>
<li>track your campaigns to maximize the most profitable ones and ditch the duds</li>
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<p><a title="Clickbank Code" href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB" target="_blank">Clickbank Code</a> is different from another <em>learn affiliate marketing</em> program I recently reviewed, <a title="Affiliate Classroom 2.0" href="http://www.aceducates.com/go.php?a=24237&amp;l=1" target="_blank">Affiliate Classroom 2.0</a>, in the sense that it is more of a &#8220;paint by numbers&#8221; sort of program, meaning it gives you a step by step process.  In <a title="Affiliate Classroom 2.0" href="http://www.aceducates.com/go.php?a=24237&amp;l=1" target="_blank">Affiliate Classroom 2.0</a> you&#8217;re given a whole bunch of lessons that allow you to sort of figure out affiliate marketing on your own.</p>
<p>For me personally, I do better with the step by step process because I just want to hit the ground running.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, <a title="Affiliate Classroom 2.0" href="http://www.aceducates.com/go.php?a=24237&amp;l=1" target="_blank">Affiliate Classroom 2.0</a> is a great system and I learned a lot from it, but in terms of learning how to quickly get cash coming in from affiliate marketing (specifically from Clickbank) I thought <a title="Clickbank Code" href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB" target="_blank">Clickbank Code</a> was more along the lines of what I would need to succeed.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re serious about making money from Clickbank, buying the <a title="Clickbank Code" href="http://5282e8nixk2eukiem-swmijzff.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=CLICKBANKCODETNBB" target="_blank">Clickbank Code</a> program (as well as many of the extras) will be an amazing investment for you.</p>
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<p><strong>Note: </strong>In compliance with the new FTC regulations, please be aware that if you purchase this product through my website by clicking on any of the links above, I will be paid a commission by the products creator/seller.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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<p>One of the most important things you need to do when trying to build up traffic to your blog or site is to determine which keywords you&#8217;re going to target.  You&#8217;ll want to pick keywords that are broad enough that they generate a lot of searches, but specific enough so that the traffic you do it is targeted.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this is a pretty fine line to walk.</p>
<p>To give you an example, I worked incredibly hard to get Daily Fuel Economy Tip ranked on the first page of Google for the search term &#8220;fuel economy.&#8221;  I figured if I could get this widely searched keyword I&#8217;d be set and get thousands of free visitors each day on this keyword alone.</p>
<p>Yeah, not so much.</p>
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<p>Turns out I get most of my search engine traffic from long-tail keywords like &#8220;difference between diesel and gasoline,&#8221; or &#8220;reduce fuel consumption.&#8221;  In fact, probably just one percent of my site&#8217;s total traffic comes from the <em>highly coveted</em> keyword &#8220;fuel economy.&#8221;</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re working to get ranked so that you can get highly targeted traffic or buyers with their credit card out and ready to go, make sure you&#8217;re going after keywords that are going to convert.  You don&#8217;t always have to go after the big game keywords because more often than not they&#8217;re not going to be the best terms for converting visitors into long-term readers or buyers.</p>
<p>Instead, focus on specific or action keywords.  For example, which keyword do you think is going to provide better conversions: &#8220;cell phone cash&#8221; or something like &#8220;review of cell phone cash,&#8221; or &#8220;buy cell phone cash program?&#8221;  Based on previous experience, it almost a foregone conclusion that the long-tail, action specific keywords will convert better.</p>
<p>Just targeting &#8220;cell phone review&#8221; will bring information seekers, whereas making a slight change and targeting &#8220;buy cell phone cash&#8221; will bring in targeted, ready to act buyers.</p>
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		<title>Free SEO Tools Worth Checking Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us who run our businesses online &#8211; or just run websites in our spare time &#8211; we&#8217;re all well aware of how important Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is to getting lots of traffic to our sites and, in turn, growing our bottom lines.  To that end, we spend countless hours trying to make sure that our [...]]]></description>
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<p>For those of us who run our businesses online &#8211; or just run websites in our spare time &#8211; we&#8217;re all well aware of how important Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is to getting lots of traffic to our sites and, in turn, growing our bottom lines. </p>
<p>To that end, we spend countless hours trying to make sure that our sites are in tip-top shape in order to capture massive amounts of traffic from the likes of Google, Yahoo and MSN.</p>
<p>I came across an article published in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/ebusiness/searchoptimization/searchengineoptimizationcolumnistjonrognerud/article177012.html">Entrepreneur.com</a> that may help cut down on some of the time that we have to spend working on our site&#8217;s SEO.  The article outlines ten free SEO tools that might be able to help you ascend to the front page of Google much faster than your current trial and error method.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to go over all ten tools, but there were two tools in particular that I think are worth noting:</p>
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<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.webconfs.com/keyword-density-checker.php">Keyword Density Checker</a>: This tool is great not only for helping you make sure that you&#8217;re hitting the right keyword density (which should be give or take 3% of any given article) but it&#8217;s also a useful tool to help you fine tune your article for contextual based advertising like Google Adsense.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1">What Are People Searching For</a>:  For the most part, niche sites tend to do a lot better with targeted traffic and revenue when compared to very broad topics.  A great way to start narrowing down these broad topics is to use this free tool from Google to see what other search terms come up for your given topic.</li>
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<p>Anyway, I highly recommend that you check out the article from Entrepreneur.com and begin to implement many of the listed SEO tools.</p>
<p>I know it&#8217;s a pain to do all of the initial grunt work to get your site ranked on the first or second page for any given term, but once you get your site there, you should see a substantial jump in traffic and revenue.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I checked my search engine rankings in Google, Yahoo! and MSN and was pleasantly surprised. My rankings really haven&#8217;t changed much in Google and Yahoo!, my business blog still isn&#8217;t coming up in the major keyword searches. The New Business Blog is still coming up mostly only if you add &#8220;Brian Carr&#8221; to [...]]]></description>
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<p>This morning I checked my search engine rankings in Google, Yahoo! and MSN and was pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>My rankings really haven&#8217;t changed much in Google and Yahoo!, my business blog still isn&#8217;t coming up in the major keyword searches. The New Business Blog is still coming up mostly only if you add &#8220;Brian Carr&#8221; to the keyword (ex. &#8220;business blog brian carr&#8221;).</p>
<p>But, when I went to MSN, I typed in &#8220;new business blog&#8221; and The New Business Blog came up number three in the search! </p>
<p>Then, I tried &#8220;starting a business blog&#8221; and The New Business Blog came up on the bottom of the first page.</p>
<p>Now that may not seem like a lot, but I think that means that the things I have done regarding search engine optimization have started to pay off!</p>
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