Just because you built that glorious, cutting-edge, user-friendly website – it doesn’t mean anyone is ever going to find it. Even if you announce it to search engines, it doesn’t mean they are even going to index your site – I’ve seen this happen more than once. And guess what? Those site owners can never make money online.

The secret to traffic appears to be backlinks. Other people can tell you it’s tweets from Twitter, or mentions on Facebook – but what are you really looking at? Those tweets and Facebook posts have what?

Backlinks.

If someone simply said “go out on the web and look for someone named Joe Schmoe who has a website” – well, you just guessed it. Chances are next to none.

Even if you only had a single page which had an offer to buy your product – you’d get tons of traffic if you had backlinks out there so people could actually find your site.

A lot of people will create a wonderful web site or webpage and expect that visitors will come across it. They invest the bulk of their time in building a set of gorgeous web pages and even setting up probably the most amazing sales funnel for their clients, then they will merely sit and wait for the flood of traffic to arrive… And it never does.

What are Backlinks?

Okay, so what are back links? Backlinks are links pointing to your web site and to your internal pages. These are recognized as inbound links or backlinks. These links can originate either from other people’s web site, web directories, article submission sites, feeder web-sites such as Squidoo or Hubpages, forums, blogs and even from internal linking in your very own web site.

Without having to learn all about search engine optimization (SEO), consider that getting your site found easily in the search engines is like a three-legged stool. Having incoming keywords helps that stool stand up. And that is what we are talking about today. (The other two, themeed/optimized pages and popularity, are subjects for later articles.)

Google and other search engines rely on backlinks to tell them the quality of your site and its relative meaning, along with other factors. The more high-quality (relevant) in-coming links, the more they say your site can be trusted and will elevate your rankings. The higher your rankings, the more likely people will click on your site when it comes up in searches.

What your site needs it good quality backlinks in order to 1) get into the search engine rankings at all, and 2) climb your way to the first page (where the majority of clicks occur).

Good quality Backlinks

Good quality backlinks contain the exact search phrase you designed your site to support. Suppose you had a site which sold a new brand of dog collar. So you want incoming links to have the phrase “dog collar” in them. Google would look at all these pages and say to themselves, “Oh, it’s obvious other people think his site is about dog collars,” and then give you better rankings for people looking that search term up in their browsers.

And so you look up all the key search phrases (also known as keywords) which your product has to offer, and then get backlinks into your page which offers that product. Or, at least that’s the simple view of it.

Now we could go into an intense amount of description how to pick out keywords, the competition problems and so on. Again, that’s another article. Let’s just say that you did your homework before you built that page and know the key phrases people use when they look for products like yours. (And don’t worry. If you haven’t done this, it can be done starting now and then just tweak your page a bit – not a total re-design.)

Your objective really should be to rank on page one of Google’s results for every main keyword. The strategy is to keep developing incoming links until you are on page 1 for the top 15 key phrases on your list. Only then would you consider adding additional search phrases to target.

Site Traffic From High Page Rank Web-sites

Initially, inside your link building campaigns commence by acquiring backlinks from high page rank web-sites. High page ranked internet sites get a lot of traffic and they get spidered by the search engines far more regularly. Your traffic will consist of people following those in-coming links directly and also from search engines.

To get backlinks, good quality backlinks, links along with your search phrases in them, you are going to will need a marketing campaign. Round up your keywords and phrases, discover the high page rank web-sites you want to get backlinks from and go to work.

The common approach for backlinks is not to just contact the author of that big-ranking site and ask for a link if you link to them. Search engines can quickly figure this out and discount these. Three common ways to do this are to:1)  add comments on their site with your URL, and perhaps a keyword-linked phrase in the body of your text, 2) Writing articles for article directories which have links in their biography section, 3) Creating feeder pages on sites like Squidoo or Hubpages, which link with your keywords right back to your site.

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Ya gotta love Hype to do Affiliate Marketing

Just got an inflated email today from Andrew Trister – Coffee Shop Millionaire founder.

And the point was to get affiliates excited. He says so in his video’s inside the site. You want affiliate marketers heavily pushing their lists on your behalf.

He gave away some “cool” prizes to the top three affiliates. Of course, with my list, I’m nowhere near that. But the value here, and why I’m blogging, is study and learn from these materials.

My warning to you is to get your self scam free before you get into this. You can then go into this with both eyes wide open. And the fact that you’re getting hyped doesn’t bother you so much.

The inspiration for this post was simply that he through out some figures which didn’t add up. The link to the blog which was getting all that response was simply a squeeze page to get affiliates to sign up to his list.

A search on Google did show up a blog on his domain – but it had only four posts and no comments.

But I’m not blaming Andrew for stretching the facts. As you watch his videos (and there’s a ton of them on his Coffee Shop Millionaire site) you’ll see exactly where he’s coming from. That’s the way he’s wired and the Kool-Aid he’s drinking. The nature of the beast, as it were.

I’m a believer in Honest Internet Marketing, however. That’s why I took an 800-page book filled with PLR and re-wrote it from the bottom up into what I called “The Online Sunshine Plan” – to throw some light on the truths behind what marketing is, whether it’s online or not.

Sure, it’s relatively easy money to get a list of buyers and keep putting offers in front of them. And I could diverge here to say that this is exactly what lead-generation companies do. In fact, I found that my name was recently being sold all over again, some 3 years after I got scammed by them. (One reason I got onto an unlisted, throw-away cel.)

Your list is actually a reflection of your community. The people there are real and actual. They have jobs, they have lives to lead, they have families and homes.

And remember that Golden Rule: what you send out is right now coming back to you. It might be delayed, but as you hype, you are going to get hyped. If you rip off, you are going to get ripped off. But – as you deliver incredible value, then you’ll recieve this in return.

One caveat that came up in the videos was that it’s OK to do “aggressive” marketing if your value is way higher than what they pay, well – the ends justify the means.

I say, No. That’s not the way to do it. People can look up what you say on the web now and verify everything. (This is making career politicians a dying breed.) The real scene you have to deal with is your own life. As you give, you’ll get back – in spades.

That’s the difference between me and Andrew Trister.

Now, I still say you should sign up for this product if you get someone promoting it to you (like this link – Click Here). Because I’ve signed up for it and I consider that abour 4 dozen videos which can actually help you improve your life are quite worth it. There’s tons more value than you would pay for otherwise.

Consider if you put all these onto DVD’s how much space it would take. Then how much you would have to pay for the packaging and shipping to get those to you. Just invest the bandwidth and download them to your drive in some way you can then study them. And then do study them.

For the price he’s currently asking, it’s way more valuable than most “make money online” study systems out there. IMHO, anyway.

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In today’s post, we bring you this article by Anthony Trister – who developed the Coffee Shop Millionaire brand.  

In this article, he discusses some online income sources which may or may not be familiar to you: Flipping Websites, Clickbank, and Google Adsense. 

I have a disclaimer about this article right off: none of these by themselves will really replace your day job. These three ideas are simply ways to get started. You’ll still need to know the background information about how these various strategies can actually start generating money for you.

I offer free lessons for An Online Sunshine Plan – where you learn the nuts and bolts of Honest Internet Marketing.  I’ve been where you are now, and worse – believe me. And before you dive in and sink a lot of time or money into “getting rich quick”, you should really test the temperature of that water. Again: free lessons for learning honest Internet marketing.

Additional caveats:

• With Flipping Websites, you really need some background in how websites are designed and what people think is valuable in them. If they are already configured for Adsense, that’s a plus, but you also have to know their PR rank and general traffic. Best is to get them producing money for you so you have statistics to show. Site Build It! has some incredible free tutorials down this line.
• Clickbank is affiliate marketing. All the goods here are digital downloads. And your best bet is to study up on using Clickbank from several sources to most effectively monetize this source.
• Google Adsense is way over-rated for making any income. It’s turned out to be a minor money-maker for just high-traffic blogs. Check out reviews of people who have done this before you sink a lot of time into designing your website around these ads.

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Need a little extra cash in these tough economic times? If so, then you may have just found a gold mine, because this article will show you ways to make money online – sitting in your own home, and with virtually no expense to you!

Make Money Flipping Websites

Ever heard of flipping houses? Flipping websites is basically the same process, only WAY cheaper and faster!

Here’s how to get started:

1. Buy An Existing Web Property- Sites like Flippa.com, forums.digitalpoint.com, Sitepoint.com, and many other online website auctioneers have plenty of them.
2. Fix Er Up- Do a little research on the website’s niche, and then figure the best way to make the site better. It varies based on site, but sometimes just fixing up the theme or adding pictures (royalty free images at iStockphoto.com for cheap) can drastically help. (Editor’s note: Again, check out Site Build It! for free tutorials in this area.)

   Another thing you could do is add an interactive forum. You can create one using web forum software like Vbulletin.com. Or you could build a subscriber list by adding an email optin form, which you can create with free services like Mailchimp.com. The more subscribers or active members in the forum, the more you’ll be able to sell your site for later!

3. Flip It- Now go back to an auction site and sell the site for more than you bought it for. Expect to buy basic, but decent looking sites for $20-$50, and sell them for $100-$300!

How to Make Clickbank Cash

Clickbank.com is basically the number 1 place for ebooks and digital download products. For potential buyers Clickbank is a great way to find good, usable information on pretty much any topic you can imagine–from dating advice, to health advice, and a ton more.

For affiliates like yourself, Clickbank is a great way to make cash. Here is how it all works:

1. Sign Up and Do Some Product Research – To start, you will need an account. That’s easy to get, just sign up at Clickbank.com. Then you should start researching a “niche”. Focus on something specific. For example, instead of just “golf” try finding a product on “stopping golf slices”.

2. More Research, Get Links – Once you’ve done some initial market research and found a few, specific products, narrow it down to your top 1 or 2. Review the sales page, and check out the Gravity of the product (Gravity basically indicates what is selling right now). Usually, the higher the Gravity, the better the chance you have to make a sale.

Try out the product yourself if you can, and always ask for review copies. Talk to the vendor himself. If the vendor isn’t professional and responsive, then that may indicate its not a very good product to promote.

You want to make sure people who buy from them (through you) are satisfied. After you know your winner, get the affiliate link by following Clickbank’s easy to use instructions located in the “Clickbank Marketplace”.

3. Promote!- Finally, you just need to promote your new affiliate product. One of the best ways is writing articles about your niche topic, and then posting your affiliate link in the resource box.

But if you want more exposure, create an email list, and promote it to the list of interested, targeted subscribers. You can also join forums in the niche, and have a signature link to your website. Don’t be spammy and constantly try to sell in forums. Rather, just be yourself and try to be as helpful as possible.

Make Serious Dollars with Google Adsense

Not interested in selling? Don’t worry, there are ways to make money without selling a thing. One is Google Adsense. Ever see those ads on the side of Google or in the side panel of a website? That’s Adsense.

Basically, you just have to direct visitors to your site, who in turn click on those ads displayed within its pages, and you get money! Here’s the skinny on Adsense:

1. Set up a niche website with Adsense – Choose a niche, get a domain, then sign up at Adsense.com. Get a free blog from WordPress.org.
2. Be Informative- Fill the blog with interesting content by writing articles, posting youtube and other videos, interview experts in your niche. The more interesting your articles and videos, the better.
3. Promote- Get traffic back to your site with social bookmarking, social media, ping directories, article and RSS feeds, etc. The more you promote, the more traffic you get, which means more money, how sweet is that?!
4. Get Paid- Finally, add Adsense to your blog! You can really do this at any time, its not hard and there are even plugins if you use WordPress to manage the ads. Make sure you place your ads in highly visible positions on your site. The higher your click-through-rate (CTR) the more you stand to make!

Extra: As mentioned above, you can even sell your site if it starts making you money with Adsense.

So now you have an idea of what you can do to make money online. Feel like you’ve got a good chance? I hope so, because creating wealth online is very straightforward, just choose one of the methods above and get to work!

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