Sunday, November 30, 2014

No Limit Freelancing

Join programs that pay for sales and leads.  Vendors are always looking for more customers.  They want to do just about anything to help get more clients into their business.  The online world is filled with people looking for stuff and you already know this.

Why is online important?  People are not going to immediately be convinced of product claims and they will want to do their own research.  They can turn to the internet and pull up different types of content.

The content could be in the form of blog posts or videos.  You have the writing skills that can be used to create the content that people want.  One thing to remember is that the internet is always changing. 

How are people going to find your content online?  The first stop can be a search engine.  When you are talking about regular text, you might consider sites like google.  When the topic is video, you should consider youtube.  Searching for information through a search engine or a video site means that you have to know about the rules or guidelines from the site owner.  Learn the basics, but also stay up to date with the latest changes happening in search.

Learn how to use keyword tool software to better understand the types of words that regular people are searching to find information.  With freelancing, you can go the creative route and come up with articles on your own.  The limits are only the ones that you place on yourself.  

You can join programs like clickbank and cj.com.  These places online have partners that are looking for traffic and sales.  Use your writing talents to build up mailing lists and deliver traffic to offers in your niche.


Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Exercise Your Writing Habits

Writing your own articles is really a gift.  You don't have to wait for them to get completed.  You can open up your computer and get to creating whatever you want.

Exercise your writing talents and keep on building your own online wall of content.  It is just like dropping little bits of water into a bucket. Over time, those small drops will continue to accrue and get bigger and bigger.

The writing is like doing your own version of exercise, you are building your writing muscles instead of your physical muscles.  Getting into the habit of writing articles all the time just keeps you sharp and ready.

Another benefit of cranking out articles is that you can take a look at all of your affiliate offers and product offers and pick and choose the ones you want to work on.  You could add lots of articles to one site or you could spread your articles over a number of different niche sites.

All of the articles that you create don't have to be on the front pages of blogs or sites.  Content might be used in another way.  What about writing articles and using them for newsletter and email content.  What about using your articles for pdfs?  

One of the benefits of using your articles off of the blog is that you don't have to worry about getting a blog deleted or losing a blog to domain name expiration.  

Have some fun with your article writing.  Choose some keywords, use your brainstorming and come up with something new.  Look over some of your past articles and come back and refresh them with a new perspective.  


Mobile Content - What do they give you before you get a big dinner?

Get the breadsticks and drinks first!

Don't just consider the person that is working at home online, because now people are getting online and mobile.  Content is useful in lots ways and you have to pay attention to this for the future.

Content could be pulled up on more than just a desktop dell optiplex small form factor computer.  We are living in the mobile age with tablet computers and smart devices that are quickly becoming the way to connect and interact online.  

Reading articles and content online for mobile might require quicker hitting content.  Breaking the content up into smaller bit sized chunks might be the perfect fit the online mobile web browser.

Take longer or bigger articles and break them up into smaller sized information packets.  The super sized article can be broken down and taken into different niche directions.  

Don't forget to pay attention to headlines that can grab some eye views.  Think about the headlines that can get people to stop and click or stop and tap.  

Mobile web users on the go might be pressed for time, but they could themselves with a little bit of time to chew on a small piece of good content.  Checking status updates on social media, or browsing a favorite content website is the perfect place to provide those eye popping headlines that lead to more information.

One thing that you might have noticed about some of the mobile optimized content is the short intro information that serves as the entree to the big dinner information.  You get the snippets of content that draw the reader in and they can click for the full story.



Monday, November 17, 2014

Crawling before you walk

Going freelance with blogging might be one of your options.  The free blogging systems are right in the palm of your hands.  

The benefits of free blogging are many.  You don't have to worry about buying web hosting.  You don't have to worry about setting up the service.  There are lots of people that are still not tech savvy and free blogging makes it easy for online publishing.

One of the downsides of using a free blog is that people will know that you are using a free blog.  The blogger platform has the blogspot domain.  If you are just getting started and you don't really care, don't worry about it.

You can always make the jump to your own web hosting and domain names.  Learn the basics of posting online and you can upgrade to another blogging platform that comes across with more business credibility.

With a free blog, you are going to have a design that looks like the rest of the blogs.  If you are just focused on presenting your content, don't worry about it.  You can always upgrade to a premium blog design later on down the road.

The key is getting started and adjusting as you pick up more information.  Free blogs are a great tool for learning.  Everybody has to start off somewhere.  You have to crawl before you can walk.  Get the basics of posting under your belt and then start making moves to upgrade your blogging service.


Sunday, November 16, 2014

Building Your Business

Setting up a real business is possible with your writing.  You might think that writing is not important, but you would be completely wrong.

Websites need more content and they are not going to stop moving forward.  Just think about all the sites that get created and they all have content in common.  

Fresh perspectives and viewpoints will get explored.  The article content can be changed to fit target markets.  Just like the old school tv stations when there were only a few channels, everything changes.  Now, you have cable tv channels and satelite tv.  Look at the large numbers of tv outlets available.  This is the perfect view of the need for content. You might have multiple channels that have content needs, but the approach can be different for different audiences.

Writing is communicating ideas.  Your ideas can flow in different formats.  Your writing could be the fuel for other forms of media.  Writing blog posts might lead to creating ebooks.   Ebooks could be turned into consulting courses or videos.  

Don't consider your business ventures small time.  Think about growing a real business.  Getting a business started in the internet age is not that difficult.  The costs for turning your business dreams into a real business don't have to break the bank.  

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Brainstorming Brainstorming

Creating a list of article topics with brainstorming is easy.  All you have to do is start writing down the things that you want to talk about.

How hard is it to start brainstorming and stretching your ideas?  You can get started on it right now.  Just make the time to start doing it.

The key to brainstorming is to let it happen.  It is the big what if?  It is all about making connections.  Take any idea and it will have a connection to something else.

Write your list and keep it in a place where you will not forget it.  Think about opening your own database file to keep it all safe.

Topics can start off really general, but they can quickly go into a much more detailed niche area.  

When you are brainstorming, you might want to stay general, but you are doing your own thing.  Just keep on letting your ideas flow.

Your main topics will lead to new trains of thought.  You can write about anything.  You could create a simple list of the things that you like. You could make a list of the things that you don't like.  The article topics could grow really quickly.

Brainstorming could lead to you creating something completely new.  You are not just tied to regular concepts. You can do whatever you want when it comes to brainstorming.

Don't think about staying inside the box with your thinking.  Go wild and come up with something new.  Take a different view point.

Create pros and cons for your ideas.  Each new piece of information creates more options for new information.

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10 Quick Tips for Marketing

1. Blogger Blogs - Free blogs are another way to reach a wider audience.  Starting with a free blog is a good way to learn.  Pick a name for your blog and start posting your content.  Get a low cost domain name and make your blogger blog look more attractive to regular online readers.

2. Tumblr Blogs - Super fast micro blogging site tumblr is another place to post content.  Think about creating some graphics to use for your tumblr posts.  

3. Article Directories - Create content special for free article directories from your other articles.  Do a quick rewrite for posting on directories.  Website owners are looking for content that they can add.  Directories are a quick solution to the content problem for websites, and newsletter owners. 

4. PDF Articles & Reports - Don't forget to make content available in pdf format for articles and reports.  Save your content in the document format to lock it in for the long term.  Give away content to help build a list or create info products that you can sell.  Do both.

5. Youtube Videos - Video is another marketing channel that can be long term marketing.  Create evergreen content topics.  Videos can have a long reach.  Think about making content that can go viral.  People love to share information and youtube videos can be shared easily on blogs and through social media.

6. Images - Take pictures and create images that are related to your business.  Tag your images and pictures with your websites and blogs.  There are lots of image and portfolio sharing sites.  Take advantage of your smartphones and digital cameras.

7. Pinterest - Social media is another way to go after traffic.  Creating images and graphics is a good way to go after it.  Pinterest is a photo site that you want to look into.  Check to see if the demographics fit your business.

8. Twitter - Leverage your thoughts with twitter.  Post informational updates.  Follow your market.  Twitter is a great place to link to your blog updates and chime in on your interests.

9. Facebook - Social networking is where the people get together.  Setup your own facebook fan pages and create status updates.  Share content.  Don't forget to look into using facebook for advertising.  

10. Google Ads - Think about using advertising to help get more traffic to your sites.  Learn the basics of pay per click ads.  Create a small budget and give it a try.  Start off small and learn the ropes.

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Go After Cheap Domains

Cheap websites for information marketing can be done.  You have to find the coupon codes and special deals for domains to get make it happen.

Domain companies are always in big competition to bring in new business.  You can go to your favorite search engine and start your low cost domain journey there.

Just type in the name of the domain name registration company with the words coupon code, promotion code or discount code.  You should see lots of results.

Coupon codes for domain names can expire, so you have to take action when you find codes that are currently available.

You can do a lot with a cheap domain for a year.  Setup a blog on it and post your content.  Use the domain for forwarding to your affiliate links.  This gives a clean look to your marketing efforts.  It is better than using that long and ugly affiliate link offered by vendors.

Some of the coupon codes can be for really low prices for a web address.  Picking up domains for 2 dollars is a great way to test your online content ideas.

Use your new web sites for lead generation, affiliate marketing and selling your own services with niche content.  

Searching for domains can be a time consuming effort, but it all depends on your real goals.  Another idea for getting domains is going after some of the expired domains.  These are web addresses that people decide not to renew.  

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Content - Linking, SEO and Sites

Just finished watching a great video that talked about seo.  It was not just focused on the seo for regular websites, it was describing a lot of different tools that are specific group is using to get ahead with marketing.

What is the special group?  There is a large group of people moving from the affiliate marketing side of the business and getting into become product owners.  The idea is to use the leverage of large ecommerce.

You might have heard of the big ecommerce site called amazon.  There are plenty of people that belong to the amazon associates affiliate marketing program.  Becoming an affiliate is easy and that is what is attractive to lots of people.  Most probably wouldn't consider building a business using amazon as a platform.

Amazon FBA ( Fulfillment by Amazon ) is really starting to catch on.  The video focused on some of the different marketing methods that people are using to get ahead with driving traffic to amazon product pages.

Search engine optimization was the key topic at hand and the presentation jumped from topic to topic.  Buying websites, setting up blogs and different types of content were quickly discussed.

The topic of spinning content also popped up.  There are software programs that can take one piece of content and create multiple versions.  You are in the content business, so it helps to know some of the ideas that are floating around.

The topic of linking was also really interesting.  The updates from the search engines is keeping a lot of people on their toes.  Focusing on creating quality content should still be job one.  Some marketers are not interested in created lots of super high quality content.  For some purposes low quality content works.  

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Taxes and Your Business

Stay on top of your yearly taxes.  Running a business is a little bit different and you don't want to fall behind on paying your taxes.

The tax bills can creep up on you.  Owing tax money can put extra pressure on your business.  You want to do your best to keep your business partner the government off your back.

Paying taxes is just a part of doing business and you cannot get lax about it.  The problem can grow if you are not paying your taxes on time.

Use software to help stay up with your payments.  Opening your mailbox to find tax bills is not a fun thing to do.  

Learn about the taxes that you have to pay and become disciplined in getting them paid to avoid penalties and interest.

Getting back on track might mean making some changes to the way that you are normally do things.

Be responsible and work on learning the rules.  Keep your business receipts and backup information that is important to your business.  Getting organized can be a problem for some that are just getting into business.

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