Money From Home -Yes You Can!

Another Article Showing Stay-at-Home-Mom's How to Make Money (This One's For Real!)

2008-03-25T12:52:00.003-04:00

Somewhere between settling down and having kids, it happened - your need for an extra income increased by quite a lot. Then you have to weigh the factors on whether or not you're going to work outside the home. For many mothers, the cost of child care for one or more children, the professional wardrobe necessary for most jobs and the ridiculous price of gasoline can make working at home a very appealing thing. Not to mention that if you have little ones, they will probably develop a perpetual case of the sniffles that may or may not require antibiotics, my family doctor affectionately termed it, "Daycare Syndrome".

Paying yet another doctor bill for what I thought was an unnecessary cold my daughter had is when I decided I wanted to be self employed and see my kids all day every single day. If we wanted to go to the zoo on the spur of the moment, we could do it! When summer rolled around and we wanted to go bake at the pool for a day - we could do it! I decided if I were self employed I would have no boss, no schedule and no one to answer to except my clients and I would make sure to work in the evenings and early mornings when my kids were sleeping so no time would be taken away from them. And so started my search for what I could do from home.

I had done some web design in the past and I knew html like the back of my hand. Why I would just do web design for people. Well, it sounded good. I built a website and nobody came. I didn't know a hill of beans about how to market myself online at the time and then I got one client who referred me to others and in the meantime I got very educated and read everything I could get my hands on about Internet Marketing and how to get listed on the search engines. What did Google, Yahoo and other search engines consider important? That was my goal to find out and I did it. Soon I had web design clients then the inevitable happened. Web design wasn't something I truly enjoyed and I started getting a little burned out. I cringed when I saw an order for web design come in and even though the money was good, I wasn't enjoying it - in fact, I was dreading it. Still, I did my best for my clients while I looked for something else I would enjoy doing.

I decided since I had really gotten a handle on internet marketing I would take advantage of this new Google Adsense program where you put their script on your website and when people click you make money. I looked at my web stats and I had a really healthy number of unique visitors every month. I would never need to work again from all these clicks I was going to get! So, I did it and make approximately $1.25 the first month in clicks. Well, that won't even buy a cup of coffee much less replace the income from web design.

Then one of my clients asked me to create some web content. Words on a page for a website and I don't have to design it? Sure! I found that I liked doing research on products and writing compelling web copy to make everything from bad breath to fine jewelry interesting to read by and entice the reader to purchase from the client's site. Then I got asked to create articles and I found something I loved to do, I loved to write and getting paid to create words really rocked.

I learned to create articles, blog entries, keyword articles, e-books, press releases and even horoscopes for people and their websites. I've lost track of how many thousands of pieces of content I've created but I've enjoyed every second of it. I really enjoy research and I feel like I do something that keeps my brain busy learning every single day. Late last year, I wrote a book, "Write All the Way to the Bank" about how I did it and laid out a step-by-step game plan so you can do it too.

Okay let's talk about you. What are you talents? Don't say, "None". Everyone can do at least one thing really well and it's just a matter of propelling yourself forward and doing something that you're both good at and enjoy.

Love to write your thoughts? You can make it as a blogger or writer for the web and there are literally thousands of open opportunities to choose from every single day. I can show you how.

Do you love to organize? Consider starting a personal organization service. There are a huge number of people that would love to have their closets, drawers, cabinets and more organized and just lack the time and knowledge to do it. If you have a special talent for keeping things neat as a pin, sell your knowledge and you can do two main ways. Set up a service online that shows your talents (Use your own closets, kitchens and bathrooms for your first before and after photos) and then promote your online website by writing short articles about what you do and posting them on websites such as http://www.goarticles.com or http://www.ezinearticles.com with links back to your website. People searching for closet organization will find you and use your services.

Ever wanted to own an online retail business? It's very possible and you don't have to buy stock either. Consider the world of drop shipping. In a nutshell, when you drop ship, you have a retail store online and you show products as they are your own. When people buy, you contact your drop shipper, pay for the item and pocket your profit. The drop shipper will ship the item in your company name and your customer is none the wiser.

Need a website and you don't know beans about html? You can get a website that is literally fill in the blank and create a retail-ready website that is ready to with just a few clicks of your mouse and a Yahoo website is very affordable.

Now, need some ideas for finding drop shipping companies? First of all, don't buy a list. Those lists are generally scams and you just paid upwards of $20 for something that is probably outdated anyway. I went through a lot of Google searches to find an actual, legitimate drop shipping supplier and I bumbled onto one of the best!

The drop shipping catalog that I use has a huge number of companies affiliated with it and you can check it out here at Worldwide Brands/One Source. Ever wanted to sell jewelry, dog toys, plus size fashions, designer clothing, handbags, shoes, sporting equipment or even home security items? You can find it all there and more. Be the coolest Mom in the universe and sell children's toys! The price for drop shippers is below retail so you can compete with other retail outlets and your supplier won't be undercutting your pricing either. It's a great way to have an online retail business. Some drop shippers charge a small fee find out if it is per order or per item and choose your drop shipping partner accordingly.

Okay now you need to promote your online store. A company blog about what you're selling, what products make great gifts, ways to use the products with links back to whatever you're writing about is a wonderful way to promote your site for free. Also, informational articles with a link back to your site, such as the importance of using pretend play to stimulate a child's imagination would be a great topic for a website that sold children's toys. Don't write a sales piece, make it informational and you'll have people coming to your site. No one wants to read a commercial; you don't, I don't and neither will your potential customers. You can set it up yourself or have an outside company set it up.

A press release is another great way to promote your company. You can write one yourself or for about $25 you can have one written by a writing company. Create news, think of yourself as Jon Stewart of the Daily Show and make some news about your company. Have a poll on your website and publicize the results, tie in your company to an observance. A good example would be if you have a home safety store to release a press release along the lines of, "XYZ Company Promotes Safety in the Home During National Safety Awareness Month". Need to know where to check out those groovy obscure observances to create press releases of your own? Check out Brownie Locks, she has it all.

Are you a member of any forums online bulletin board communities? Don't just join a forum and start posting links to your website. You'll get blacklisted faster than fast. There are robotic programs that do just that - don't be confused with something like that. Instead, ask questions, post replies where you're interested in doing so, make online acquaintances and get "known" in the online community. You'll get much better feedback and no hassles for linking to your website or products.

Social networking is the biggie now with building traffic to yourself. You can hit up Myspace.com or Facebook.com. Even Hi5.com is getting traffic to people now. Building a Squidoo lens (simply a member page in Squidoo-speak) is another way to get yourself found and show what you know about a topic or product. If you're passionate about what you do, put it on a page with a link to your own website. It's a good way to really reach targeted traffic for your website. Sites such as Digg.com or Del.ico.us.com, Stumbleupon (my personal fav) and others are wonderful ways to share your links with others. You simply click and submit the site, along with a brief review or synopsis and keywords that relate to the website. Done. You can submit to something like 30+ social sites at once through Social Marker.com.

Affiliate programs and Pay-Per-Click like Adsense are great ways to bring in some supplemental income. You need a blog or website with a fair amount of traffic. Blogs are by far the best for this and you need to post things that relate to the content of your blog so you can get indexed with relevance in the search engines. In short, keep the theme you start with. I've always made far more money off promoting affiliate programs on blogs rather than Google Adsense. People have seen those "Ads by Google" on so many sites for so long, I personally think they blot them out of their field of vision now. Blogging to the Bank is a great e-book that will show you exactly how to build a blog and how to choose affiliate programs that will yield good returns.

In the 1990's, the online businesses of creating stationary and gift baskets exploded as home businesses for stay-at-home-Moms. They are still good businesses with a lot of draw as the call for personalized and "made for you" items is still strong. However, competition is fierce and you have to be able to market yourself on the web. Using the online techniques above is a great way to promote yourself if you want to go this route.

Avoid like the plague:
*Websites that offer a pre-made affiliate site for $XX. You won't make a dime because the
search engines prize uniqueness above all. How can you make a dime if your content is just like
everyone else's that paid x-amount of dollars for a website?

*Lists of companies that promise work at home opportunities. These are an old scam that is
still going on to this day. Repeat after me: "Don't pay to work".

*Companies that promise 6-figure incomes for doing nothing. If they don't have a service/product
they are selling, how the heck are they making money? Steer clear.

*Products that promise you overnight wealth. Google Adwords for Free is one of these. It's
a cool concept but will only work for a minimal amount of people.

*Data entry or email collection "jobs". These are 99.9% of the time scams. If you run across
one that is an actual legitimate gig - please forward it to me so I can fill in that hopeful
1% I left open in that estimation above.

And those are just a few ideas. Think about what you'd really like to spend your time doing and make it happen. If you really want to make a living at home, there are a good number of ways and it's just a matter of putting your efforts forth and doing it.

To your success!

Pay Per Pay Closing to New Members - Get in NOW!

2008-02-15T09:54:00.002-05:00

I told you previously about Pay Per Play, now is the time to get in if you've been sitting on the fence.
All you need is a website or blog (c'mon Wordpress and Blogspot are free kids!).

They have the ability to serve up billions of ads and as you know there are more computers than televisions in the world and this makes PPP a very powerful advertising medium. You don't make money by clicks, when someone logs onto your website, a 3-5 second audio ad will play once. Because the ad played - you get $$$. They said from the get go that they would have a limited membership and closing time is here!

Sign up here

Taco Bell, Harley Davidson, HBO and some other major players are already on board - putting the code on a blog or website couldn't be easier - can you say, "Cut n Paste?".

This is a F*R*E*E opportunity that is taking the advertising community by storm.

This will be bigger than radio, television and all other forms of media combined!

Get full details here: Pay Per Play

Affiliate Defined - 13-Year Old Kid Launches Affiliate Marketing Book That's HOT!

2008-02-14T08:59:00.003-05:00

Affiliate Defined is a different kind of marketing ebook. It was written by a 13-year old kid that has the nickname "The Affiliate Kid". His real name is David Wilkinson and he makes more online than most adults make online or off per year.

David has just released a new product called Affiliate Defined. This easy to follow ebook teaches anyone how to make a living online with the power of affiliate marketing and he also points out how to jump start your affiliate marketing campaigns if you've signed up for affiliate marketing programs in the past and they aren't performing, this book will show some tips and tricks this 13-year old uses that work.

This new book is being touted by some of the biggest IM names out there today such as Rob Benwell of Blogging to the Bank fame, Michael Cheney and Jason Moffatt.

Think you can't learn anything from a 13-year old? It's a well established fact that 13-year olds know everything (if you have one of your own - you know this is true). David runs a couple of high traffic blogs such as Techzi.net and few others. He had major press for both newspapers, online zines and radio. And he's 13-years old!

I'm reading this book right now and I have to tell you - about 1/4th of the way in the book, I am already impressed. I have read every major book on email marketing that has come out over the past three years and Affiliate Defined is head and shoulders above the rest with its out of the box thinking and fresh ideas.

If you have read this book - would love to hear your feedback below.

Peace!

Not a Lot of Experience But Want to Make Money From Home?

2008-01-12T18:29:00.000-05:00

Okay so you don't have a college degree, maybe you didn't even graduate high school - did you know there is still a way that you can make good to excellent money online?

I'm not talking about any affiliate program or pay per click program this time - I'm talking about something I know very well - making money writing for the web and no I don't mean posting keyword articles for Adsense ads either (however, I'll be covering how to do that in an upcoming post).

If you can type conversationally, make it interesting and use a spell check - you can find work online. How do I know this to be a fact?
I do it myself and yes there are very nice amounts of money to be made writing online.

Write All The Way To The Bank will show you how to get started writing, where to go to find work and how to grow your own home based business.

There are so many types of writing you can do and you can base them on your experiences or interests. You say you have no experiences that are worth buying? How wrong you are!

Have you....

Been divorced?
Failed a class?
Cheated in a relationship or was the victim of a cheater or even the cheatee?
Enjoyed a hobby from RC vehicles to sky diving to scrap booking to cooking?
Been a frustrated parent or have advice for other parents?
Grew up in a household and learned special knowledge such as mechanical, home repair or sewing?

And those are just a few ideas.
You can write articles, fresh web content, and even blog about what you know and make money doing so.

This book will show you the types of writing that sell the most, where to find the jobs and how to start making a money doing something you love to do - check it out!

http://keywordcontent.net/writeallthewaytothebank.html

Get This Free Report that Blows the Search Engine Myths!

2008-01-09T11:23:00.000-05:00

Confused about how to rank on Google?

There is SO MUCH bogus information out there, often coming from
the "gurus" themselves.

On January 9th, 2008, Jonathan Leger is releasing a new free report
that completely obliterates the following myths about Google (and then
goes on to show you what DOES work):

Myth #1: Google Knows All and Sees All
Myth #2: Google Will Not Rank Duplicate Content
Myth #3: You Must Get Links From Related Subject Sites to Rank
Myth #4: Your Site Must Focus On One Subject To Rank
Myth #5: High PageRank Means Good Rankings
Myth #6: To Maintain Good Rankings, You Must Add New Content

..and..
MYTH #7: THE BIGGEST MYTH: Ranking In Google Is Hard!

The site is in pre-launch now, but if you sign up early you will get
a sample chapter full of proof and details.

And did I mention he'll pay you for referring other people to this
powerful f.ree report? And that he'll pay you for anyone THEY refer
as well (even while it's in pre-launch)? Find out more about that
when you download your sample chapter from:

http://searchenginemythsexposed.com

How to Make Money Online

2007-12-31T10:41:00.000-05:00

Making money online isn't difficult if you go about it the right way - this article tells some creative ways to bring in some bucks as well as how to avoid scams.

There are millions upon millions of people around the world that are seeking to make money online; let's explore some of the most common ways.

Adsense
Have you seen those "Ads by Google" that appear on almost every website you visit? The website owner is probably running an Adsense campaign. Google "reads" the content of the website and then determines the best types of advertisements to display that relate to the website. When those advertisements are clicked by visitors to the website, the website owner makes money. The amount of money made per click is in terms of pennies usually. If you have a high traffic website- it can translate into dollars but don't count on retiring on your Adsense income.

Places like Iotaweb can tell you what the highest paying per click (PPC) keywords are so you can customize your website pages around certain words. Another way is set up websites or blogs around specific keyword phrases that are high paying. "Lemon Law Wisconsin" for example pays $66.12 per click. Meaning there are advertisers willing to pay that much for advertising. Obviously targeting website pages to higher paying keyword phrases is a smart idea.

Clickbank
Another way people make money online is to sign up as an affiliate to sell digital products through Clickbank. once again, you can use specific web pages or blogs as your method of delivering your services. Some of the Clickbank products pay upwards of 75% commissions on products sold.

Your Own Words
Love to speak your mind? Love to learn? You can make it as a writer on the web if you can write in a conversational tone and use a spell check. There are numerous calls for content and everyone knows quite a bit about something. Many stay-at-home-moms have found a niche market that pays writing on different companies' blogs about their experiences as mothers. Families.com is one place you can apply to be a blogger and make money per posting.

Article Directories
These are great places to sell your writing. You can choose any topic you like and post it. There are differences between the two however.

Constant Content will let you post your article and you choose the price and how you want to sell it. Associated Content will buy your article outright. Best for anyone that needs money up front and no waiting.

Ebay
This is another source of income and for many people - it is their sole source of income. You can literally sell almost anything onn Ebay. From dryer lint (yes, it's been done) to diamonds to cars you can sell it.Walk around your house and look at the trinkets you've collected over the years. What's really in your closet? Do you need those pants from 1976? Someone will buy them - vintage clothing has a good market on Ebay.Those are just a few ways you can make money online - if you have a way that works for you - post it as a comment!

You're Crazazay If You Don't Get in On This FREE Affiliate Opp

2007-12-26T19:30:00.000-05:00

Hope your holidays rocked and are still rockin' along!

You know I am always looking for ways to generate passive sources of income. I told you previously about Pay per Play and it's going to be awesome - and here is why - they are capitalizing on the dying of the networks. You will make money from people actually visiting your website page - it's not a pay per click like Adsense - it's PAY PER PLAY - meaning if someone visits your site and views the ad - YOU GET PAID.

Taco Bell, Harley Davidson, HBO and some other major players are already on board - they are in pre-launch right now and putting the code on a blog or website couldn't be easier - can you say, "Cut n Paste?".

This is a F*R*E*E opportunity that is taking the advertising community by storm.

This will be bigger than radio, television and all other forms of media combined!

Get full details here: Pay Per Play

How Much is YOUR Blog Worth?

2007-12-24T13:54:00.000-05:00

Post yours as a comment - I'd love to know!

My blog is worth $4,516.32.
How much is your blog worth?

Making Money Online - Ways to Do It Reviewed

2007-12-20T18:32:00.000-05:00

Have you noticed most of the online money making products look alike?
They almost all seem to be displayed on web pages that are longgggggggg and have testimonials and promises. The pages are long so you can read more and more and believe what you're reading. You can make a million dollars with XYZ program.
And at the bottom the price is always a $300 value and will be priced at $27 - $97 dollars. Ever notice all the prices end in "7".

Did you ever wonder why that is?

Conventional wisdom shows that 33% more people said they'd buy a product priced at $97 dollars rather than $100 - wouldn't you knock off $3 bucks to increase your sales by a third?

I get emails from people that have tried this program or that program - and then write me and tell me what a scam it was. I personally try every affiliate program I talk about. Some work - some don't. Joe Bucks for example has been VERY good to me and it was only a $1.95 investment on my part for a fully branded health products store. I have personally tried the Dietrine and my personal results alone sold many, many bottles of this carb blocker.

I also tried Google Adwords for Free. I personally think Dr. Jon cons people just a little. I have spoken to numerous people that have done this program now and not one has had the results in just a few days or even a few weeks.

They promise it will be raining money on you - in fact ,from what I've gleaned from other people as well as my own experience, it takes weeks upon weeks of laying out money for high position adwords to get enough exposure for your site to start selling ad spaces to pay for your Google advertising. However, if you stick with it - you're bound to make your money back as it IS much cheaper to advertise on a website that has a good traffic draw as opposed to buying adwords and for most companies -and money spent on advertising is a tax write off.
However, here is the rub - one thing that isn't really addressed in his book is that potential advertisers put strong value on the page rank of your website and you need to get your site a decent page rank and that can only be done through a little SEO work on your part which includes keywording your page, creating backlinks through posting articles on forums such as Ezine Articles that can give you a backlink (albeit temporary) with a page rank of 7, and also trading links with sites in the same genre which you can do at places like www.linkmetro.com. for free.

I personally laid out around $800 in Google advertising before I made a dime back on my Google Adwords for Free experiment.

I did everything by the book (Google Ads for Free Book) and I own a keyword article writing company so I'm not really unschooled in the ways of getting good page rank or SEO for organic search results. I also wrote a press release that had over 33,000 looks in one weekend (my savvy way of saving money on Adwords advertising) and my ads averaged around 3000 impressions a day so it wasn't due to lack of people finding my ads or my site.
You can see my site here : http://cats.scojoknows.com
Was it worth it?
At this point the experiment is still ongoing and I'm undecided if it was worth all the effort - but at this time I'm pulling in the direction that there are much easier ways to create passive streams of income.

Adsense is another way many people make money online but it's a lot more than just throwing up a blog and putting your ads on a page. You need to have content and it's even better if you align yourself with some affiliate programs to boot. Then you need to maximize your pay per click.
How?
Check out http://www.iotaweb.com - it has a monthly update of the highest paying keywords. Last time I checked, Wisconsin Lemon Law was paying $67 a click. That's a nice bit of change and if you can create a site that will encourage visitors as well as clicks; you can create a good stream of income. Once again, you need to make sure your blog shows up in the organic search results by doing some SEO 101 on your site using the methods above. If you're gifted with an ability to write even remotely well, you can put a press release and you'll jumpstart your traffic.

Last but not least, did you know there are companies other than Adsense that you can set up on a Pay Per Click basis? Well there are and many of them pay better than Adsense - check out Alternatives to Adsense - you can even sign up as an affiliate and sell the ebook for something like $27 (there's that magic "7" again) and keep 100% of the profits.

Oh yeah one last thing - I finally got my money back from Link Explore. Yay!

Heard About Pay Per Play? Check This Out (Free!)

2007-12-09T17:46:00.001-05:00

I got this from Matt Garrett of TopKeyword Lists (a great place to get your keywords for marketing) - Much like Matt- I have to admit I had to read their sign up page twice too - I kept thinking there was going to be an "enter your credit card or paypal information here" pop up - but no- I was wrong - it's free.

Read this information below :

Hi,

I must admit I've gone back and read the sign up page for this one several times, as it just seems to good to be true, but they've got some major players on board, like HBO, Taco Bell, and Harley Davidson.

it's called PayPerPlay.
it's free to join.
and you get paid for every visitor to your site!!!

yup, I told you it sounded to good to be true, but I'm sure not going to miss out on trying it out...

http://www.payperplayadverts.com

they also credit you for referrals on two levels, so this is going to spread like wildfire!
we're all going to be bombarded with promo emails about this from every side over the next few weeks, mark my words!

If you know anyone with a list of subscribers, or a site that gets ANY traffic, sign up now and send them a quick email telling them about it, you could end up earning a nice residual income from introducing just a few people...

I'm teling you first, but as soon as I've sent this email out to you I'm going to be getting in touch with everyone I know!

http://www.payperplayadverts.com

So what's it actually about?

Well, it's a new advertising system that plays a 5 second audio "advert" when someone visits your website.

It's got some very big players involved simply because big TV networks are losing their "market share" to websites hand over fist!

People are spending more and more time online and less watching TV, as well as watching less adverts on TV, especially as their are all these new bits of technology that allow us all to automatically record out favorite shows and fast forward through the adverts, thank god! :)

So PayPerPlay is seen as the way forward for putting ads bck in front of us all, but this time instead of the big TV networks getting the advertising revenue, any website owner can grab their share...

At last their seems to be a system that is a very REAL alternative to AdSense for a simple quick way of making money from any website, and people don't even need to click on the ads for you to get paid, it's automatic!

cool or what!
;]

go sign up now and get started on sending out some emails:

http://www.payperplayadverts.com

See This? It's EGG!

2007-12-05T18:06:00.000-05:00

UPDATE 12-5-2007 - Still no response - I filed a claim with Paypal to get my monthly fee back. The website is back up but at this point - I'd say buyer beware.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I have recommended Link Explore for the purpose of setting up links to and from my clients' websites (and mine) and I am here to tell you that it rocked. It was easy to use, never failed and worked so great.

It was invented by Sumantra Roy -you may not know the name but you've used his work - he invented the KEI system for judging the importance of keywords and he's no dummy.
But he's apparently not a very good businessman either.

He tried to launch this pay per click thing to compete with Google's Adwords/Adsense - flat 5.cents a click - sounds good right? Well it failed miserably due to bad coding and bad seo tactics on Sumantra's end (that's my own personal conclusion from the huge number of reviews and complaints about it - I read not one positive thing).

Today out of the blue - he took all his sites offline - including Link Explorer - so do NOT buy this software.
Someone that I referred bought their software three days ago got charged $49.95 by Paypal, and keeps getting autoresponder messages that "someone will handle their claim within 24 hours" there is no download page and the contact information for the charge is shown as:

Customer Service URL:		http://www.DogTrainingInstitute.com
Customer Service Email:		orders@dogtraininginstitute.com

That's doesn't have much to do with an SEO company right?

I wanted to help so I spent a lot of time doing research today for a replacement for Link Explore that didn't cost an arm and a leg and would let you do multiple sites for free.

And I found it.

That replacement is SEO Elite and it does a ton of stuff that you can promote to your customers as part of your services and use for yourself to drive up your page rank- click here to read about it and decide for yourself.

I bought a copy and was off and running in about 5 minutes.
Super easy to use and I am able to work on as many websites as I want with no "per website" fees.

There you go... hope that helps you break out of the sandbox and get a better page rank for your own websites and...I wish you much success!
:)

Want More Readers to Your Blog AND a Better Page Rank?

2007-12-05T17:23:00.000-05:00

I needed to share with you a service I think you'll find very useful. It's called Link2blogs.com and it's a very simple premise, you put a small unassuming box on your blog that has a small list of links for other blogs in the same genre as your blog, and those people do the same for you. The list changes per a live feed from the site and your blog will appear on numerous other blogs.

I've only been testing it for a short time, but they are sending me actual visitors that are stopping by to read my blogs - very cool.

Here's what the box looks like (and you can make the colors and font anything you like) look off to the right hand side of this page.

If you're interesting in signing up - it's free!
http://www.Links2Blogs.com

Want to Generate Click Money Through Ways Other Than Adsense?

2007-11-25T18:06:00.000-05:00

Since when does one company get to make the rules for everyone else on the planet?

Only on the internet can one person, sitting alone in an office in Palo Alto get to create rules that affect everyone else on the planet.

Of course I'm talking about Google's AdSense program and their simplistic policies. I've been burned by the Google slap more than once and I'm getting tired of having to jump through hoops just to make a profit.

I've recently learned something that put a huge smile on my face and something that I'm sure would make those of you who are sick of Google's big brother attitude as well.

Did you know that AdSense has competition on the internet? Seriously, there are companies out there who have advertising networks that can compete with AdSense. What's better is that these companies are clamoring for our business. They are fighting for position against each other and by doing so, they are creating a completely customer friendly environment.

What I mean to say is this, these AdSense competitors want our business and they are willing to bend over backwards to get it. I'm talking about nice, friendly customer service. Competitive prices. No smart prices. Dedicated, knowledgeable staff that will work with you to make sure your site is properly monetized. Sounds great, right?

The question is though, how do we know which company has the best policies and which company can best service our needs?

I can tell you that I've checked into a number of alternative advertising networks and there are a lot of different programs that offer a lot of different services. It's a good idea to do your research and find the program that was created for your type of site.

To those of you who don't have the time, patience or knowledge to do your own research, http://www.adsalternative.com is a company that has done it for you. They've compiled a list of the best advertising networks and present it in a clear and concise manner.

If you're as tired as I am of being penalized by Adsense and making less profits - I'd recommend checking them out.

Google Adwords For Free - An Experiment

2007-11-24T20:18:00.000-05:00

Okay so I buckled down and bought a copy of Google Adwords for Free. (If you're curious what the hype is about - just click here to get an overview).

So, I am doing my keyword research and putting up a single page just like it says in the book. I'll let you know how it goes and I'm going to follow this book's formula and see if it really pays off.

Also, an update on my $1.95 experiment; its going great.
Joe Bucks has been awesome and I've gotten a nice affiliate check every month. I've been "gettin' my learn on" for doing the Google Adwords for Free thing lately and I haven't been promoting the health site as hard as I have been. However, that doesn't seem to be affecting things in a majorly negative way and I'm still selling 1-2 bottles of Dietrine a day(and it works I am here to tell you myself) and now toe nail fungus clear-er upper (that's a technical term y'all) Zetaclear is also performing well. I had no idea so many people were concerned about their toenails, but it's a good product that gets results because I've already had return buyers.

And that's what's cookin' for now - I will update you on my progress with the Google Adwords for Free and when this experiment is over - I will show you the site I have up and all that good stuff.

Until later....

Is Google In Trouble and Facing Bankruptcy?

2007-11-21T09:40:00.000-05:00

[NEW YORK - Wednesday] - by Devon Melk.
Rumors are now running amok
that the 2nd most powerful website on the entire Worldwide-Web may
file BANKRUPTCY, with the deadline set for this December; being the
date of both discharge and dissolution in a Federal Court of Law.

This would come as a SHOCK to investors and "Googlers" alike who
both profit and benefit from the use of the World's largest and
most powerful search engine which receives far in excess of
100 MILLION unique daily visitors and well over 300 million
individual searches daily - making it perhaps the single most
valuable public data resource as an "information bank" online the
world over.

But is the rumor true or false?

The origin of the rumor occurred when some savvy Internet marketers
began making statements that they had heard "insiders' talk" that
the company (now publicly traded since April 30, 2004, just over 3
years ago) may face financial disaster with the release of a "new
system" that would allow advertisers to get their otherwise
pay-per-click (PPC) advertising completely free.

This, of course, would naturally lead directly (like a domino-
effect) to the collapse of Google's sibling program AdSense; as its
only revenue comes from the direct sales of AdWords "clicks."

The "new system" in question and responsible for the controversy
over getting AdWords pay-per-clicks free is that developed by
Dr Jon Cohen of New York City, New York (now retired) who discovered
a simple, yet effective means, for getting Google PPC ads without
having to suffer the costs involved.

The retired New York doctor and native has a publicly disclosed net
worth now in excess of $70 million [US], having generated well over
$377 million in product sales from sixteen (16) separate online
businesses within just nine (9) years since first venturing online
in 1998 (about the same time as Google was founded).

It is estimated by company insiders and leading financial analysts
that the "good doctor" (as he's called by "all who know him") has
purportedly saved well over $93 million (some estimates suggest
closer to $136 million) in otherwise paid advertising at Google and
the other major players in the PPC targeted-search arena online -
including Yahoo, MSN, AskJeeves, AllTheWeb.com, HotBot, AltaVista,
Lycos and Netscape, just to name a few.

The "secret" became available to the general masses last April, and
its very release caused such a major sweeping stir among the
community of Internet-marketers, affiliate-marketers, webmasters,
ecommerce company owners and surfers alike that the site quickly
rose to break the top most visited 1,000 websites on the entire
planet briefly; and as can be seen here:

http://tinyurl.com/39lnjn (Alexa data on this!)

When asked if the "secret" would somehow ruin Google, Dr Cohen
revealed almost cryptically that it actually would bring about just
the opposite effect, and "stimulate" even more business volume for
the virtual giant.

Many people were dismayed to find that Google itself is deliberately
allowing the purchase of 100,000's of PPC ads offering the secret
system to the general public -- which indicates to most observers
that either they [Google] haven't caught it, or they simply feel
that it somehow is not a threat to their continued operation.

For anyone's inspection factual and hard evidence supporting this
can be seen by simply looking to the right-hand column when doing a
search for "get google ads free" (specifically in quotation marks)
at Google.com under the "Sponsored Links" section.

Or take this direct and instant SHORTCUT:

http://tinyurl.com/2ctu6j

You can also see nearly 100,000 specific results in the "organic"
fields index located in the center and which occupies the bulk of
the results pages.

One would think that if Google felt threatened by such a release as
this earth-shaking "secret" is, they would hardly allow for either
paid-ads or organic content to make the top searches regarding it.

However, evidence supports to the contrary - and this being the
case now for a full six (6) months.

Mysteriously, within just two (2) hours of its initial release last
April, Google itself actually did in fact 'pause' the parent firm's
attempts at advertising the new system using PPCs on their search
engine - only, however, to release the hold after a Review Team
consisting of some of Google's top executives completed performing
an in-depth investigation and made the determination to ALLOW the
ads to run.

The secret system was recently revised however to include "major
new content" and "more exhaustive instructions," and is now
available at its Home Site:

http://keyconaff.freegoogle.hop.clickbank.net

The most important addition is that of a so-called "string of code"
(tech-talk for some HTML) that can be added to any webpage(s) that
instantly causes the elimination of the page owner's AdWords costs
right away.

Even a "live" woman spokes-representative ("Rachel") has been added
to the site, and who appears to literally walk out onto the webpage
and talk to visitors and explain a bit more how the mysterious new
breakthrough system works.

Since the addition of this new "live" spokes-woman has now appeared
at the site, company Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mr Todd
Coutrin states that "sales for the system have skyrocketed above
2,430% suddenly and with no limit in sight."

Coutrin continues: "With the newest revision now in place, plus all
the additions added, affiliates for the new system can expect to
earn even more than ever before!" (Note: Affiliates make up the
bulk of the firm's sales generation.)

The refund rate for the new revised version of the secret (named
V5.1) has dropped to less than half of what it was before the newer
version's release; meaning it's now even more readily-received and
put to use than ever before (perhaps in large part to the newer
simplicity of application) - now making it the safest and one of
the best resellers for the networks of affiliate marketers who earn
their revenues from the reselling of other electronic publishers'
stock and digital product lines.

When asked, Google company representatives stated matter-of-factly
that the rumors of bankruptcy for the ecommerce giant are simply
not true, and that the rumor millings are in fact simply the result
of "panics" brought on by the usual hysteria associated with
anything large, new or revolutionary - or in this case, all three.

Attempts to contact both Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the former
Stanford University students who founded Google in 1998, to request
comment were unsuccessful.

Again, Google itself seems to be the biggest supporter of the "new
system" as it's allowing more and more advertisers to promote the
new system on its search engine before over 100 million daily
searches and surfers.

Thought for the Day....

2007-11-19T13:17:00.001-05:00

Ain't it the truth?

Tips for Choosing the Most Profitable Niche Market Keywords

2007-11-18T19:10:00.000-05:00

I get a lot of emails from people that see the potential in Adsense money and they aren't sure what keywords to pick. I guarantee you - your niche market is right under your nose.

One thing you don't want to do is choose a topic you find boring. We all know LASIK is a good keyword phrase, but it's going to have a huge amount of competition, so take it up a level and do your research. I found the hottest lasik searches involved cities + the keyword. So, that tells me to concentrate on City Lasik - like "Chicago Lasik" as your keyword phrase - that one is worth around $23 a click and you'll get targeted visitors.

When I help people put together content packages, one thing I tell them is to try to find a topic they both like and are at least somewhat knowledgeable about and a topic can be created from there.

A good example (this is the under your nose part I mentioned) is the general topic of "laptop computers". You can create a site and add content for how to choose a laptop, tips and tricks for using a laptop, how to replace parts on your laptop and here is where research comes in handy.

When you research your keyword phrases you see that the keyword phrase "laptop computer" is worth a mere $12 a click however you find through research that the keyword phrase "Dell laptop computer " is worth $22 per click.
Guess what type of laptop you should talk about the most?
That's a $10 different per click and a move that will help your revenue stream grow at a better rate.

If you love dogs - blog about it. Talk about the trials and tribulations of dog training (another hot keyword phrase), making your own dog food and finding out your dog loves lettuce. Research specific breeds (Bischon for example is one of the highest searched dog breeds) and you'll soon develop a loyal audience. The key is that you know the topic and it's easy to come up with content for your blog and then make it keyword specific to optimize for higher paying keywords.

To Your Success!

Review: Google Payload, Google Snatch...SSDD....

2007-11-16T08:10:00.000-05:00

Google Payload, is another system has been published for beating the Google system of Adwords and letting you make money off the clicks.

I'm not really sold on the last two "big" Google books out. They seem to be glorified copies of "Getting Google Adwords for Free" which is really a good book and I've used the techniques in it myself and I can tell you first hand, they work. Google Snatch and Google Payload both add a small twist to Google Adwords for Free (I had to laugh at the great advice Google Payload actually advising people to "Buy Low and Sell High" - well DUH, do I really need to pay $77 to figure that out?).

The "reviews" I could find for Google Snatch and Google Payload were all affiliate marketing pages with links to click bank so you can buy a copy for yourself. I can't find any real information which leads to me believe there isn't anything new here and the other warning flag is that it claims you don't need any of the following:
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And before we continue, here's what you won't need:

Any prior experience
Any business knowledge (beyond the couple of timeless wealth principles you'll discover in the book)
Expensive software, other books or tools
A massive budget, or even a modest one...

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I'm sorry, I have to disagree with that one. To make money on Google Adwords, you really have to have some understanding of keywords, PPC and business knowledge - otherwise I think it would be like getting in a brand new car and deciding to drive on the freeway even though you've never driven before in your life.

I may stand corrected on this opinion, but I wouldn't waste my money if I were you.

Update on the $1.95 Experiment

2007-11-08T18:31:00.000-05:00

Okay things are back to normal. We've been doing a lot of home repairs and other extraneous stuff that has been tying up my days and nights and between that and keeping track of my home biz stuff (not to mention I have a teenager and a toddler!) - time has been a scarce commodity.

Now I wanted to touch base with you on my $1.95 experiment and it's been going a lot better than I expected. First of all, to catch you up in case you are here for the first time, I like to try out affiliate programs myself before I talk about them and someone wrote me about Joebucks.com.
So I went to their website and found 50+ affiliate programs for natural health and well being that you could promote and make sweet commissions off of and it was 100% free to join.
I found a branded website could be mine for $1.95 so I went for it and decided to choose a product to try. I have 15lbs of baby weight I have been trying to lose and my "baby" is now almost 3 years old. I chose the Dietrine fat and carb blocker and I am here to tell you - it worked like a charm for me.

It's nothing more than white bean extract and you take it about 5 minutes before a meal and then it goes into your small intestine and the white beans have a wonderful enzyme that neutralizes starches and carbs so they aren't absorbed. Then everything passes on through and I am pleased to say I am now 15lbs lighter and I feel great. You'd have to eat copious amounts of white beans to get the same effect and there are no stimulants or anything else - honestly couldn't tell I'd taken anything at all until I saw results after 4 days. One big key is to just eat as you normally eat and don't eat more because you can.

I had several original articles written for each of the products in my store and put up an informational site. It was for not only search engine optimization but also so people could read about the products and be comfortable using them. It worked. I now sell several items per week and Dietrine is by far the big winner.

I'm going to continue to market this and I saw that Joe Bucks just started a new affiliate program that looks pretty cool for the oooogey subject of nail fungus but it's very common too.
I think Zetaclear will be a good product to rep.

Check it out and tell me what you think.

Thought For the Day

2007-10-11T21:52:00.000-04:00

Make Money Writing Google Adsense Ads?

2007-10-07T21:46:00.000-04:00

I've had a number of people write me regarding this type of money making ad that is titled , "Writing Cash - How to Make Money as a Writer Working From Home" it goes on to explain how you can make scads of cash writing ads (that are Adwords Ads and even a screen shot from the Adsense site with their sample ad is used) and the ad implies you will have clients such as Citi Financial, USA Today, Ebay, Sony, Home Depot and T-Mobile (see the site here).

However in the fine print at the very bottom of the website it says "** All trademarks displayed are owned by their respective owners. We are showing them as examples of companies that participate in online partnership marketing. These companies are not directly affiliated with this site, but we will show you how and where where you can partner with them."

You can make money writing Adwords - however you need to have a reason to be writing them. Like signing up with a Clickbank affiliate account (free) and selling products. For example, let's say you want to sell "The Credit Bible" which is an outstanding collection of information for anyone that wants to raise their credit score and clear their credit. You sign up at click bank with an account and then go open a Google Adwords account and write your ads. When people click on your Adwords ads, have them redirected to your Clickbank product page - you make a sale and you get paid.

I have found in my experience that ads that ask a question always seem to get more clicks. This is information that's already available free all over the web - use it and make money for yourself!

In researching this site further, I found this entry [joel-comm-and-eric-holmlund-define-irony] about one of the makers of the aforementioned website.

Now you have the information you need to make an informed decision.

Cool Toy for Raising Your Page Rank (SEO on Steroids)

2007-10-05T22:57:00.000-04:00

If you're not using your webstats to increase your Adsense dollars - you're missing out on a ton of clicks. Here's how to do it.

Every day go to your website statistics and look at the search engine keyword section, it's called "Referring Search Engines" on some webstats and it's called "Keyword Phrase Searches" on others, either way - learn where it is on your webstats.

When I checked my webstats for today, I found I had 82 hits for the keyword phrase "Google Snatch"; I had another 41 hits for the keyword phrase "Google Snatch Scam". I wrote a previous piece about Google Snatch and it was bringing in those people. So now what?

I create an html page about Google Snatch and if I am smart - I'll include an affiliate link and then put a link to my main page or this blog that also has an entry about Google Snatch - ultimately it's about two things - (1) give people good information and (2) make your affiliate links prominent so you can hopefully make a sale.

But building an html page for every single keyword phrase is boring, tedious and if you aren't well versed in html - frustrating. So that's where this cool toy I found comes in.

It's called Smart Page Creator and it's available directly from the inventor. It's so simple a caveman could do it - even a caveman that doesn't know a lot about html.

Just load up 15 to 50 of your favorite keyword phrases and then write a sentence to go with each one - press a button and zingo! Html pages are created. Upload and when anyone else searches those keyword phrases the chances of them getting your created page is good and when they click on the link - it will redirect them to the page of your choosing. I did it for some of the more popular topics on my herbalbiz.com website and it definitely increased hits and let's face it - the more hits you have the better your conversion rates. I know I saw mine go up the first week I tried doing this.

I had always avoided doing that before because Google wants to "read" an actual html page which it does - this isn't just a simple redirect. The redirect for your pages is actually hidden in a flash movie - so the page DOES exist and it still redirects to the page of your choosing.

You can see it in action here:

A very popular product I sell on a regular basis is Provillus. It's an over the counter hair regrowth formula that is very popular with women. A common keyword phrase I see about 10 times a month is "hormone free hair growing"
Obviously by women who have thinning hair that want to know if they use Provillus will they sprout a goatee or full Grizzly Adams-type beard?

So using Smart Page Creator, I made the following page :

hormone-free-hair-growing.html

and uploaded it on my site. Click the link below to see how it works.

http://www.naturallygoodhealthforyou.com/hormone-free-hair-growing.html

And you arrived at a sales page for Provillus. See how seamless that was?

Smart Page Creator doesn't have an affiliate program or anything (wish he did ) I wrote him but didn't hear back from him. Most of my smart pages were indexed by Google within 24 hours and all were indexed within 48 hours - and I saw a rise in traffic very quickly as well.

I think this product works great and if you're looking at a way to generate more traffic and funnel targeted traffic to your website, store or blog - this is a great way to do it.

Update On GoogleSnatch

2007-10-05T07:43:00.001-04:00

I found this on Technorati this morning regarding how Google Snatch works..or rather ...doesn't.

I thought in my previous post (Google-snatch-how-does-it-work) that it was probably re-hashed drabble from other, similar releases and turns out someone else spent $97 to find out - THAN YOU to whomever did this so hopefully other people won't get taken and spend money they don't have to on Google Snatch...

Here's the review:

Google Snatch? Honestly.... Please dont waste your...

by honestandy07 · 11 hours ago

So another new release titled Google Snatch but you know what its the same old stuff again!! Please take my advice and dont waste your money.

Its has an eye catching title of "free per click" which sounds like it will teach you all about how to get free clicks on adwords or another PPC network right? WRONG! Google Snatch doesn't teach you anything about PPC instead it drivels on for pages and pages about how to optimise your page properly to get top organic places on google, but Google Snatch misses out vital information on how to do this properly as well! Google Snatch teaches you steps which if followed will take at least 6 MONTHS to see any profit from and thats if you can fill in the blanks it leaves. My honest opinion on Google Snatch is leave well alone its basically just re-hashed info on how to optimise your pages and follow google guidelines to not get burnt, all info which you can find on the net for free. If you still want to see what im talking about and go against my good judgement heres the link to the sales page give it a read but keep what i said in mind. http://tinyurl.com/2nz7pmNow Im not gonna leave you high and dry if you have your mind set on learning How to be wildly profitable using PPC like adwords save your money from google snatch and instead cast your eye over Google Money Pro 2 the most indeph step by step guide to earning crazy amounts of money with Pay per click. This has become known as the bible to most marketers and this is the latest version updated for 2007. Its by far the best around it has eveything you need to get started now and earning now, videos, ebooks and pod casts, u simply cant go wrong its amazing this is what I call an investment and its cheaper than google snatch!! You will understand when u read the page which details the new 2007 version. at least read it before you waste your money on google snatch. Google Money Pro 2 http://tinyurl.com/yo987g

Google Money Pro 2 is pretty cool - and I gotta admit I learned A LOT from it. But if you read the information at Google's Adsense site and the blog you can get almost all the tips on how to make money - besides a few that would be considered "black hat" (which does not mean illegal) but are done anyway.

Have to Talk About The Carb Blocker that Blocks 1100 Calories Per Meal

2007-10-03T19:42:00.000-04:00

You know when I got in on that natural health products website, I had no idea the carb blocker would be such a draw.

It's really interesting, made from non-GMO (meaning no genetically altered ingredients) white bean extract, this product called Dietrine, actually blocks up to 1100 calories per meal by simply neutralizing carbs and starches found in potatoes, pasta, cakes , breads and ice cream. You can take two a day about 5 minutes before a meal with a tall glass of water and let this stuff do its thing. It will neutralize the carbs and starches so they pass right on through your body and aren't absorbed to become weight gain.

I'm already into nutrition and natural remedies as a hobby and when I was researching the website, I read a lot about the magnificent capabilities of white bean extract for neutralizing carbs and starches. This is outstanding because no harsh chemicals have to be used and as a natural substance, it is easily broken down by your body, the clinical testing information is here if you want to read it for yourself.

Best of all, I ordered a bottle of Dietrine myself to test drive. I have been taking it as directed about 5 minutes or so before a meal with a large glass of water and I've seen 4lbs just fall off in one week and I feel great. I'm about 15lbs overweight so I don't have a lot to lose but I was at a plateau where my diet and exercise just were maintaining my weight and I wasn't losing anymore. There are no stimulants in Dietrine so you don't feel jittery, as a matter fact, besides not really feeling hungry - I feel no different whatsoever - except a little lighter weightwise!

If you don't want or need Dietrine - consider being an affiliate - it has a tremendous draw as an affordable, over the counter, natural weight control method.
Check Out Dietrine for Yourself!

Google Snatch - How Does it Work?

2007-10-03T18:57:00.000-04:00

I got this email from Cody Montoya about Google Snatch, it was just released and already there are Ad Words ads when I search on Google - which is really amusing because the entire concept of the program is to get free clicks from Google without paying for Adwords. You can read the entire sales spiel here at Googlesnatch.com and see if you can get an inkling for how this product might supposedly work.

So I read the sales page and it's a long scroll-down affair and it really doesn't tell what the product does which leads me to believe that it's probably not really new earth-shattering information in the first place. There's already a book out where some NY doctor supposedly made 300 million on Google using the free click system - Get Google Ads For FREE!

I think it's going to be a good seller - at least for a short while - but my gut feeling is that it doesn't offer anything new and that makes it not worth the $97 it costs. I haven't been able to locate anyone that has actually used the method so I STILL don't know exactly how it works.

I think it's recycled info- Am I wrong? Know something about Googlesnatch I don't?
Email me and tell me about it!