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Site isn’t getting any traffic, help Will!
0 Comments | Posted by cashschool in Quick Cash School Success Steps System, search engine optimizing
A lot of people have been asking me for help with getting traffic. They’re expressing doubt and hopelessness with the fact that they’re not getting traffic which in turn, makes no money. They’ve done everything, wrote articles, commented on blogs, submitted their sites to social sites, still nothing. I reply to each of these emails with a set of questions I’ve come up with to truly determine if they’ve exasperated their options.
Questions are in order of importance
Have you added engaging, original, and abundant content?
This is key, a lot of the sites I review lacks one or all of these elements. In order to be successful, your site has to dominate these elements. When I say dominate, I mean 100% effort, not just getting by. Make your articles controversial, interesting, or whatever the hell it takes to get people to either comment on your blog or link your article elsewhere. As I tell all marketers, one of my favorite pieces of advise is, any publicity is good publicity. Look what happened with Kayne West a few weeks ago, his controversial actions at the VMA’s have put his face all over the papers and television. For the immediate future, anytime someone interrupts an important speech or event, they’ll be known as pulling a Kayne. While it may seem bad, since Kayne didn’t do any bodily harm or did a utterly horrible action, he can expect to get a lot more dollars due to his increased exposure.
The content has to be 100% original. Plain and simple, if you’ve copied and pasted anything into your article, re-do it. Even if you’ve altered each sentence of a previously copied article, get rid of it. You’ll probably get away with this but what usually happens is a article publisher will first change a few words in every sentence of the article. After a few articles, the publisher feels he/she can get away with only changing words in ever other sentence in the efforts to save time and increase his/her laziness. Eventually, they are changing the article so little that search engines easily recognize the unoriginality of the article and flag their site, killing their traffic.
While not only being engaging and original, the content also has to be abundant. What would happen if I only wrote one article on this site and left it alone? You’d read the one article and never come back. Now, by the same token, what if I had posted 20 articles on this site from 3 months ago til today, and for the next 6 months, no articles will be posted. You’d read the 20 articles and then once you realize I don’t update often, you won’t come back. Like they say, it’s easier to retain a customer than it is to gain a new one. So satisfy your loyal visitors, they will reward you, I promise.
Is your site and content keyword optimized?
A lot of site publishers don’t optimize their site for particular keywords. By that, I mean they don’t use long tail keywords, they don’t stylize their keywords, and they don’t use them enough in their articles. Because most of the established sites have more then likely dominated the short keywords, you need to have your site optimized with long, highly sought after keywords. While I will probably not rank high in the near future for the keyword “money”, I have a much better chance if I included the phrase “make money easily using your computer” numerous times in an article. To further enhance that, I’d stylize that keyword a few times. I’ve heard from some people that you don’t necessarily need to have the exact phrase in your article in order to rank on search engines, but I don’t believe that. While a search engine can tell what your article is about, you’re trying to rank for the specific keyword, so include it word for word in the article.
Another problem I notice when it comes to keyword optimizing is the tendency to focus on too many keywords, essentially jumping all over the place. You should determine your main keyword you want to target as the trunk of your apple tree and find other keywords as the branches of your apple tree. If the other keyword is an orange tree branch, it doesn’t belong there. Sorry for the elementary analogies but I had to simplify it.
So, if my main keyword is “affordable and quality flat screen tv’s” and a branch keyword was “Acme TV’s”, I’d include my main keyword in my Acme TV article. I’d do this by doing something like, Acme TV’s are some of the most affordable and quality flat screen tv’s you can find. Notice how I incorporate my main keyword and branch keyword in the sentence.
Have you been patient?
Patience is the key to gaining traffic and making money on the net. Search engines incorporate the age of your site into it’s formula for ranking your site. Have you ever searched for something using a search engine and the more informative sites are in a lower ranking position? It’s probably because those sites that are ranked at the top have seniority over the other, more informative sites.
As long as you keep updating and marketing your site, when your site ripens, you will be rewarded. If you’ve done this so far, you just have to remain patient and keep doing your due diligence, it’ll pay off.
Have you submitted your articles to various articles submission sites?
In my post on Internet Marketing Articles, I explained about the importance of submitting your articles to various sites in order to gain a highly ranked back link to your site. While the process of submitting original articles is annoying, it does work in the long run.
Have you been socializing?
You have to be constantly reminding people about your site. One of the best ways to accomplish this is by socializing. Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, or other social networks, you can easily and quickly get traffic to your site if your link is noticed. You have to consistently do this as your link can disappear into the millions of pages common in social networks.
Another tip, submit your page to one social site a day on OneWayTextLink.com, this site allows you to mark when you’ve submitted your site for future reference and even lists pages in order of PageRank.
To read more on socializing, read my article Socializing Makes Money.
Do you have more then two sites yet?
Once you’ve created your first page, added abundant content to it, and done substantial marketing for it, you should work on your next site. While creating your next site, devote a few hours out of the week towards adding an article or two to your first site and marketing it. Rinse and repeat over and over. This creates a variety of revenue streams to make you money.
While some internet marketing guru’s say you should have hundreds of sites published, I don’t agree. Not only is it irrational to have hundreds of sites (how are you going to write over a hundred articles a week to update each site?), it also encourages people to recycle articles and perform Black Hat SEO methods.
If you’re site is only a few months old, don’t worry. As long as you’ve done your due diligence, you will soon see an increase in traffic to your site. However, if you’re page is a few years old and hasn’t made you the money you were expecting, it may be time to re-evaluate your methods of driving traffic to your site and making money.
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Investing for Beginners: Research
0 Comments | Posted by cashschool in Quick Cash School Success Steps System, Stock Investing
We’ll continue our Investing for Beginners guideline with conducting research. By now, you should have read up as much as you could about investing and have started up a Wall Street Survivor free fantasy investing account. That way you could, using fantasy money, understand how to place trades and certain ins and outs of the stock market. You’ll now want to begin researching for the stocks you are going to purchase with your own money.
The reason I tell you to begin researching for different stocks from the one on your Wall Street Survivor account is that if you are like most beginners, you’ve either picked out stocks that have plummeted or you’ve picked out stocks that don’t reflect your age group. By age group I mean, certain stocks represent certain age groups. If you’re young and far from retirement, you can afford to take risks because you’ll still have years ahead of you of earning an additional living while letting that stock grow. Remember, as Benjamin Graham believed, the general trend of the stock market is an upward trend. This is a key thing to learn in investing for beginners. Many will not have the ability to wait out the harsh times and will lose a lot of potential earnings selling a stock way too soon. On the other hand, if you are a person close to retirement, you’ll want to purchase stocks that are an almost sure thing, Blue Chip stocks, which can earn you dividends, may go up a few points and rarely crashes.
Investing for Beginners Check List
- Choose stocks
Investing for Beginners: Choose your reasoning
Before you decide which stocks you are going to purchase, you should conjure up a plan that is focused on what you wish to achieve in your stock ventures. Do you want to make a quick buck? Want to achieve financial independence? Have some money for a rainy day? Or do you want to supplement your retirement funds with a stock portfolio? There are numerous reasons you could want to get involved in stock investing, just make sure your reason is truly honest with yourself or else you might find yourself disappointed later on.
Avoid the media when investing
My biggest problem when I first started investing was exactly this. I’d watch all the investing broadcasts and quickly invest in stocks based on their tips. I’d do a little research and just make the purchase. I’ve kept every one of these stocks and none have shown a profit. I keep any stock that’s price declines because it is not money that I don’t consider vital to my well being. In other words, I invested this money with the mind set that I might lose it and if I do that is fine. But I also know that the general trend of the stock market is an upward trend, so there are good chances these stocks may eventually prove profitable.
Additionally, many companies either pay analyst or have an influential effect on the analyst to recommend the stock. If the company is a major sponsor or the parent company of the station the analyst is broadcasting on, why would the analyst ever speak poorly about the company’s stock? Get what I’m saying?
Investing for Beginners: research industries
What are the current trends right now? What are the industries that have proven strong through the test of time? What industries will the future hold?
These are all questions you have to ask yourself when determining your investing strategies. The industry you’re planning to invest in may make or break your stock portfolio. If you paid attention to the recent real estate and banking collapses, you can see why the industry you select can determine your successes. One of the most prevalent industries in the past 20 years has been medical and health care stocks. Medical research and health care will always be needed as long as humans exist, so its a safe bet we won’t see the medical industry collapse, but don’t quote me on that one, you can never tell with this economy.
You should also have a familiar knowledge of the industry to truly understand the ins and outs of it.
Investing for beginners: Choose stocks
When choosing which stocks to invest in, there are a variety of circumstances that surround it. The way I do it has proven beneficial to me so far. Is there another way that would prove more profitable for me? It’s possible, matter fact, it’s probable. But I’m not going to search through hundreds, or thousands, of different methods in hopes of finding that better method. I’ll stick to the one that is based on my beliefs and has a strong foundation.
Penny Stocks
Depending on the stock type, I may choose to use certain figures or tools to determine if I’m going to invest in the stock. As a young adult, I like to choose penny stocks. They offer the best chance of gaining substantial profits. Think about it, if I start out with $500 dollars and I purchase a stock that is currently selling at $50 a share, I can only purchase 10 shares of that stock. Now if that stock goes up $2.00 a share, I’ve made 20 bucks. Now if I take that same $500 and buy 500 shares of a stock at $1.00 a share and that stock only goes up by $0.25, I’ve made $125. Not bad at all. Now I know you’re going to say, “yeah right! Penny stocks are up and coming companies which usually fail, leaving stock holders empty handed.” While this can be true, many times it isn’t true. Google started as a penny stock, I even have a gold stock which I purchased at $1.07 a share about a year ago and is currently, as I write this article, hovering around $4.00 a share. I expect this stock to reach $5.00 in the future. What I’ll do when it does is I’ll sell 75% of my shares as profit and leave the remaining 25% in the market hoping the stock will continue to rise in price. That way if it plummets, at least I got out early and if it rises, well then I’m still making a profit. I search the internet for penny stocks and do as much research about the company, their management, their future plans, and their impact on the world before I make my decision to buy it. I then put it on my watch list and to get a true idea if the price is violently fluctuating (volatility). If after a week, I’m happy with my findings, I purchase the stock.
Mid range & Blue Chip stocks
When it comes to investing in a mid range to blue chip stock, I like to look at the P/E Ratio and use Zacks Premium to find the best stocks to buy in today’s few hot industries
and once again do the same research on the company as I do with penny stocks. I don’t like to indulge into all of the statistics, they only confuse me. As I said, I’m in no way, shape, or form, an expert at stock investing, its strictly a hobby of mine. So, instead, I invest in stocks I feel comfortable with and in stocks that I feel the company possesses an attribute, whether it be in management, staff, innovations, etc., that can’t be undermined by another company. This makes the company unique and I can feel comfortable in it’s potential.
Investing for beginners can be a daunting task and it is a lot of trial and error. You won’t become the next Warren Buffet over night, as Warren Buffet did not become the billionaire we know him today as, over night. My first year in investing, I was down almost $3,000, but I stuck with it and put my money in some well researched stocks and today I can honestly say I’m in the green.
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Socializing makes money
0 Comments | Posted by cashschool in Quick Cash School Success Steps System, search engine optimizing
If you are keen to the common trends of internet marketing you are sure to have heard that sites that can be classified as social bookmarking or social sites are not beneficial for making money. The rationale behind this is that if you are searching for specific information or shopping for a product, you are going to go to a search engine, not a social bookmarking site. Those on social bookmarking sites have a more casual browsing approach, they are just looking to occupy time and tend to block out any advertisements and products for sale. I might have even said in the past that the social bookmarking sites are a waste of time but after some thought, I decided they’re important to make me money.
How socializing helps make me money
People will say that having your link on a social bookmarking site will not make you money, don’t listen to them. They’ll say that social bookmarking sites will get you tons of traffic, but just casual, browsing traffic. So what? I’d rather have 20,000 casual browsers at my site then nothing. Why? Because if you’re reading my site, you know I offer intriguing and useful information, not bland b.s looking to just sell you something. If a casual browser comes to my site, the information I offer may intrigue that viewer and get them interested. Guess what? I just turned a casual browser into a specified viewer. Even if they don’t become intrigued at all with my site, with a lot of casual browsers, a portion of them are bound to click some ads offered on my site, which makes me money.
Social site users NEVER click on ads or spend money
I know for a fact that this isn’t true but we will just pretend it is. Lets say one of my loyal viewers links a particular article to a social site. Lets say that site is Digg.com, as you can see at the end of this article, I have a bunch of buttons where you can upload this article, or any article on my site for that matter, to a particular social site. I now have a deep back link to my article from a PR8 (Page Rank 8 ) site! What does that do? That helps strengthen my site’s position with the search engines, which in turn brings more specific, information seeking or product purchasing users!
Socializing DOES make money
I love socializing, in the physical and internet world, socializing gets your name out and helps you show your true side, which is hopefully a good side. I started my Twitter account only a short while ago and because of the information I link on my Twitter account, I get lots of followers who will then click my links and hopefully become loyal viewers of my page. That is my main goal with this site, to create a loyal viewer base who will rely on me for information in their financial success journey. However, it is the loyal visitors who make me money the most because of the trust they have for me and truly enjoy and believe in the information I provide.
So if someone wants to say that Social sites bring in mostly casual viewers, that is fine, and I tend to agree. But, if they want to say that social sites won’t make me money, I have to say they’re terribly mistaken.
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Google Ad Sense
2 Comments | Posted by cashschool in Money Making Methods, Quick Cash School Success Steps System
Make Me Money with a Google Ad Sense additional revenue stream:
In case you’ve never heard of it before, Google Ad Sense is probably the premiere advertisement generating revenue stream on the internet. Any time you see on a website, such as Quick Cash School, the term “Ads by Google”, that is an Ad Sense advertisement. This is one of my main stream ways of generating revenue, outside of the eBay affiliate program.
You know when you get these websites telling you that you can “Make Thousands at home from Google”? Well, most of the time, they are going to try and sell you an eBook or program of some sort that will teach you how to implement Google Ad Sense into your page.
How does Google Ad Sense work?
It is pretty simple, you’re basically becoming a marketer for various sites. The better you perform, the more they’ll pay you.
Google has something called AdWords, which is a paid system where by people can advertise on their servers. They basically “bid” on various keywords that they’d like to focus their advertisements on; their target market. Depending on the demand of the keyword, it directly reflects the price (rule of supply and demand). Once they pay their dues, they are asked to provide a title and two brief lines about their advertisement. After all that is satisfied, the final product resembles what you see on this page.
How does Google Ad Sense make me money?
It all depends on how much money is bid on the keyword. From that amount, Google sets up a commission that they’re willing to give you for every click your page generates. Pretty cool right? A page viewer just has to click on an advertisement from Google Ad Sense on your page and viola, you get paid. That doesn’t mean however, that you can click on the links yourself or ask people to click on your advertisements, that is a huge no-no that could get you banned.
If you’re interested in signing up just go to the Google Ad Sense site, follow the easy instructions and you’ll be on your way.
Once everything has been approved, you’re ready to set up your first AdSense ads. Follow these simple instructions:
An important factor is not to exceed 3 AdSense units per page. Exceeding that is a violation of terms of service and can get you banned from the program.
What I love about implementing AdSense into an eBay affiliate page is that if a viewer comes to my page and isn’t interested in either the products I offer or bidding on eBay, the advertisement offered on my page may entice the mind of the viewer and get them to click on the ad. The click generates me revenue regardless of whether the viewer purchases anything or not. In the future, we’ll discuss methods of making money from commissions on products other then those offered on eBay, purchased through your site.
You now have added two forms of revenue to your website. However, there are many other ways that we will go over to generate more money without seeming to overly promote it. The key is to subtly entice the viewer into the either purchasing mindset or the seek further information mindset. The reason I chose to teach you about the eBay affiliate program and Google Ad Sense first is because they’re the two best methods I use to make me money.
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eBay Affiliate Program
1 Comment | Posted by cashschool in Quick Cash School Success Steps System
You’ve now got all of the premises I’ve used to make me money with the eBay affiliate program. There is a lot more involved to further monetize your website, supplement your income, and eventually become financially prosperous. Once you’ve spent about 2 months writing articles, trading links, and further promoting your site so you’ve got an understanding of this program, you should begin to brainstorm ideas for your next site while still worrying about your first. All together, you should have about 7-10 web sites in operation. As we advance through the Success Steps System we’ll learn to create additional streams of revenue and enhance your current streams. In this economy, I’d (and you probably) rather have a bunch of small rivers as opposed to one big river. As we’ve realized lately, everything comes to an end and you have a bigger chance of suffering defeat if your big river is gone.
When will my site make me money?
My first site I ever started, selling bluetooth devices, took 2 months to make me $6.53. It’s funny, even though it was such a little amount, I got a sense of reward that all of my efforts finally were coming to fruition. However, once I started to understand what I was doing, I had sites that took only days after I created it to make me money and continue to do so. Talk about how to make quick cash!
Your first site will be your worst
It’s wildly understood that your first eBay affiliate program website will be your worst. One of the most common mistakes first timers do is they either create a site in a highly competitive market or they do not specify their micro niche enough. After you create your second site, which will undoubtedly be better then the first, you will notice the mistakes you made on the first site and continue on. What I always do is to keep a log of everything I did that was successful for promoting the site, hence the reason I’m able to remember everything to give you guys.
Go over your money making checklist:
Your ability to effectively execute what I’ve laid out for you will determine how quick or how slow you make money. I can just about guarantee that if you’ve followed everything I’ve presented to you, you’ll make money.
I remember the first time I made an eBay Affiliate Program site, I thought I had everything figured out. My site was going to make me at least $300 a week because I knew how to write! Dream on Will! Just like it takes a bunch of streams of revenue to make you financially prosperous, it takes a bunch of tactics that I needed to implement to make me money. Thankfully, I figured it out and now I’m consistently making 3-4 figures a week.
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