As this year 2010 is coming to an end a savvy enterpreneur would have taken stock or be taking stock and then be ready or would be ready to take the next year 2011 by the horn. He should have mapped out how to achieve those things he was not able to this year. I want to mention three steps that will enable him achieve his target this new year that will arrive in a matter of days from now. I want to state that these are useful to newbies aswell as webmasters. Its meant to help the newbies have a good headstart in their business journey online and for the webmasters to turbocharge to the next level of desired achievement. These steps are natural or common-sensical but, as the saying goes common sense is not common. Thus the need for writing this post.
Let's set the ball rolling...
1. Have the right mindset.
This is more of your outlook for 2011. You have to set a goal or objective for your online endeavour. Make sure, however, that your goal is a SMART goal: you've heard of this acrony before; haven't you? It means that your goal should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed. Here is an example of a SMART goal "to get 1500 visitor daily to a particular site of yours by the 1st of may 2011. This goal is specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timed ( the time to achive the goal is on or before). This is just an instance, you can choose any of your online changel and set a SMART goal(s) to help you solve the problem it represents.
2. Have a plan.
Map out a plan on how to achive your goal. Ask yourself questions and get answers to them and form a plan of action that you will take based on the answer to the questions you asked. Question like "what do i need to achieve my objective(s)? What organisation or person or association is/are the best to help me? Do i need financing? For what do i need financing? How and when do i get the materials or money that i need? e.t.c. As you seek answer to this questions and more relevant ones you will see a plan crstallise. Then do the very important last thing...
3. Take action.
You have the smart goal and a the apropriate plan in place now go for the kill by taking action. It is the action taker that is the result getter. At some times you will find out that you achive more in a shorter time than you planned. It pays a great deal to act on a SMART goal that is backed by a relevant plan of action. The things to keep a flexible mind so that it will be possible for you to change or modify your plan when necessary. I tell you in order to achieve your set objective/goal you might need to change your plan(s) several times. Be ready and you will succeed. I see you succeeding online this new year if you get more organized and strategic.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
5 ways to use the power of your posts to increase traffic to your site
If you have been following me on this blog you will realise that i have been sharing traffic generation strategies. I have decided to approach traffic generation from another angle, namely using the power of your post.
The IMPORTANT thing is to make sure your posts are useful and optimize for the right niche. Lets set the ball rolling.
1. Ping your site whenever you post new content. In most cases what you are required to do is to just fill your sites title, url and rss feed url and bingo! Your site is announced to search engines and various popular blog/site directories. All you have to do is to fill in the 3 info above into the right field on pinging sites you are using. Pingoat.com and pingomatic.com are good pinging sites that i recomend.
2. Share with your facebook and twitter friends. This will announce your post to your facebook and twitter friends and some of them will definetly check out your site. Thats traffic you know! Try it out today.
3. Use forums.
Now you probably are thinking of rules on forums that prohibit puting links directly in post or thread. The trick here is to write summary of your post and then put link to your site as the source of the main article. If the url is too long you can turn it to tinyurl at tinyurl.com
4. This next one is a popular one but you might not be using it yet or it might be that you are not consistent with its use. Optimised post will position your site for search engine traffic. If you use the right key words with the right density (2%-5%) your content might appear in the search engine results of major search engines. Density means how many times the keyword appears per hundred words, for instance, its 2% if it appear twice in each hundred words 3% if it appears e.t.c
5. Turn your post into pdf format and distribute it to scribd, 4shared with your sites link in the header and footer in the ebook. This is a very powerful technique that can make your site travel far and wide as this is a good example of viral marketing. Give away the ebook for free. You can even give the recipient the right to sell it or use it bonus to their package. As i said earlier, this method will increase the reach of your site.
The IMPORTANT thing is to make sure your posts are useful and optimize for the right niche. Lets set the ball rolling.
1. Ping your site whenever you post new content. In most cases what you are required to do is to just fill your sites title, url and rss feed url and bingo! Your site is announced to search engines and various popular blog/site directories. All you have to do is to fill in the 3 info above into the right field on pinging sites you are using. Pingoat.com and pingomatic.com are good pinging sites that i recomend.
2. Share with your facebook and twitter friends. This will announce your post to your facebook and twitter friends and some of them will definetly check out your site. Thats traffic you know! Try it out today.
3. Use forums.
Now you probably are thinking of rules on forums that prohibit puting links directly in post or thread. The trick here is to write summary of your post and then put link to your site as the source of the main article. If the url is too long you can turn it to tinyurl at tinyurl.com
4. This next one is a popular one but you might not be using it yet or it might be that you are not consistent with its use. Optimised post will position your site for search engine traffic. If you use the right key words with the right density (2%-5%) your content might appear in the search engine results of major search engines. Density means how many times the keyword appears per hundred words, for instance, its 2% if it appear twice in each hundred words 3% if it appears e.t.c
5. Turn your post into pdf format and distribute it to scribd, 4shared with your sites link in the header and footer in the ebook. This is a very powerful technique that can make your site travel far and wide as this is a good example of viral marketing. Give away the ebook for free. You can even give the recipient the right to sell it or use it bonus to their package. As i said earlier, this method will increase the reach of your site.
Friday, December 17, 2010
5 EFFECTIVE FREE TRAFFIC GENERATION TECHNIQUES
Traffic is a very important factor to the success of online businesses and websites, no matter the purpose for the existence of such site and business; wether it is to make money or something else like sharing knowledge and expertise. Getting traffic to such online ventures or portals is usually a feat to most webmasters. I want to reavel 5 effective free ways for generating traffic to your site consistently and i belief they will produce great result for your site as they have been known to do.
1. Video marketing.
I want you to start considering this technique if you have not before. It is a new trend in online parlance which has gained great popularity and acceptance. The thing is that you get your visitors to stay more on your site as information is passed to them passively. With the use of video hosting sites like youtube and its popularity and virality traffic generation is easier than ever.
2. Article marketing.
You have heard about this before-or maybe you have. Well, its all about writing articles related to your niche or site's niche and put link to your site in the author's bio or signature. The rave now is to write SEO articles and position your articles for the search engines. This could be more exposure for your site through your bio link. Then submitt this to article directories out there.
3. Bookmark your contents.
Use the power of social bookmarking sites to get instant flood of traffic to your site. Bookmarking your content and post on social sites like Facebook, stumbleupon, reddit, digg will make the search engines fall love with you. That means more instant traffic to your site.
4. Press release.
You can get your website or a resource on it published through this method. The document (press release material) is made available to the media and consumers of your product or potential clients for your service(s). When you submit your news it is instantly published, archived and distributed to news channels that publish your news again online
5. Link exchange.
You can exchange link with a partner or a competitor. The exchange will lead to visitors finding you through the link on such partner's or competitor's site. There some sites that offer this kind of service for free e.g linkrefferal.com, trafficswarm.com, linkexchange e.t.c.
1. Video marketing.
I want you to start considering this technique if you have not before. It is a new trend in online parlance which has gained great popularity and acceptance. The thing is that you get your visitors to stay more on your site as information is passed to them passively. With the use of video hosting sites like youtube and its popularity and virality traffic generation is easier than ever.
2. Article marketing.
You have heard about this before-or maybe you have. Well, its all about writing articles related to your niche or site's niche and put link to your site in the author's bio or signature. The rave now is to write SEO articles and position your articles for the search engines. This could be more exposure for your site through your bio link. Then submitt this to article directories out there.
3. Bookmark your contents.
Use the power of social bookmarking sites to get instant flood of traffic to your site. Bookmarking your content and post on social sites like Facebook, stumbleupon, reddit, digg will make the search engines fall love with you. That means more instant traffic to your site.
4. Press release.
You can get your website or a resource on it published through this method. The document (press release material) is made available to the media and consumers of your product or potential clients for your service(s). When you submit your news it is instantly published, archived and distributed to news channels that publish your news again online
5. Link exchange.
You can exchange link with a partner or a competitor. The exchange will lead to visitors finding you through the link on such partner's or competitor's site. There some sites that offer this kind of service for free e.g linkrefferal.com, trafficswarm.com, linkexchange e.t.c.
Monday, December 6, 2010
5 TRENDS YOU MUST BE AWARE OF IN ORDER TO GROW YOUR ONLINE BUSINESS
Social media networking is the rave now and it will continue for a long time to come. The social medial sites are at the center of the craze for social networking which has been capitalized on by savvy netpreneure. You too should if you haven't before.
Here are 5 trends that you should know about social media networking.
1. People crave for more meaningful connections and seek them online.
People report feeling more isolated than ever before. This is true despite the advancement in communication technology and tools. More people are more isolated than ever before. The online business person is to capitalise on this by making himself available to have conversation with members of these social media sites who, incidentally, are his clients or prospects. They will also like to have conversation whit those who follow him also.
2. People are everywhere but how do you find them.
The places where you find many prospect for your biz are many. This variety makes it very difficult to get a large community of followers (prospects) in a single place online-before niche specific forums were hubs with large online visitors mostly members, most times of the day. That trend changed with the popularity of social medial networking with most members of such forums 'abandoning them for social networking sites'. This trend led to sparse membership on blogs, forums and other places that they use to frequent. This lead to the need to be skill of lead generation being very important to financial success an enteprenure using social networking for his business. He will need to cherish his customers whether new or old. New and inexperienced enterprenures are his target clients too.
3. Let them (clients/members)know you.
Include your personality.
The basic idea is to be as intresting, funny, motivational and controversy as possible: just be natural and interesting with the touch of your personality.
4. Make use of the interactive tools and applications to your advantage.
Use the applications that are available on these sites to promote your offers and services. Get the edge that leveraging on such applications sites can give to your business. An example of this is the 'fan page' application on Facebook. You may be surprised how eagerly people will join your fan page. The good use of this application might translate to great benefit for your business.
5. Pay per click services.
The membership strength of social sites are usually in the tens or hundreds of million. This is a large exposure for the offer of a netpreneure. The price of getting this services is usually very affordable. You can get 100000 display of your ads for only $0.01.
Here are 5 trends that you should know about social media networking.
1. People crave for more meaningful connections and seek them online.
People report feeling more isolated than ever before. This is true despite the advancement in communication technology and tools. More people are more isolated than ever before. The online business person is to capitalise on this by making himself available to have conversation with members of these social media sites who, incidentally, are his clients or prospects. They will also like to have conversation whit those who follow him also.
2. People are everywhere but how do you find them.
The places where you find many prospect for your biz are many. This variety makes it very difficult to get a large community of followers (prospects) in a single place online-before niche specific forums were hubs with large online visitors mostly members, most times of the day. That trend changed with the popularity of social medial networking with most members of such forums 'abandoning them for social networking sites'. This trend led to sparse membership on blogs, forums and other places that they use to frequent. This lead to the need to be skill of lead generation being very important to financial success an enteprenure using social networking for his business. He will need to cherish his customers whether new or old. New and inexperienced enterprenures are his target clients too.
3. Let them (clients/members)know you.
Include your personality.
The basic idea is to be as intresting, funny, motivational and controversy as possible: just be natural and interesting with the touch of your personality.
4. Make use of the interactive tools and applications to your advantage.
Use the applications that are available on these sites to promote your offers and services. Get the edge that leveraging on such applications sites can give to your business. An example of this is the 'fan page' application on Facebook. You may be surprised how eagerly people will join your fan page. The good use of this application might translate to great benefit for your business.
5. Pay per click services.
The membership strength of social sites are usually in the tens or hundreds of million. This is a large exposure for the offer of a netpreneure. The price of getting this services is usually very affordable. You can get 100000 display of your ads for only $0.01.
Monday, November 8, 2010
GET A DESIRED NO OF VISITORS TO YOUR SITE DAILY. 1000, 10,000 OR 1000,000 WHATEVER THE NO IT’S A MATTER OF YOUR DESIRE.
A lot of webmaster or website owners have challenges of traffic with one or few of the projects they are involve with. They may have invested substantial amount of time, money and energy to no avail in such projects. They have tried some methods that they think will be the solution, but it is as if getting traffic to the site is a nut that is too difficult to crack. So, with this seemingly traffic challenge what are you suppose to do?
Start to evaluate your strategy if it is the right one. There is no two ways to it, it’s either you are using the right strategy or you are wrongly thinking that your traffic generation strategy is the right one for your project. It’s not about your assumption, it is all about being rightly informed; and that could mean testing out alternatives to arrive at the right option for your project.
Here is the list of few things you will need to do to get that desired number of visitors regularly:
1. Do, ‘First Thing First’. I will not assume that because you have been online for some time now that you understand that the very first thing you should do is to make sure people are interested in what you are creating your site on. The truth is that if you start your site on what interest you, and not what there is an audience for, then you have started the project or site to fail in the first place. I am saying, in other words, that there will be need for you to research what your site will be all about before you ever start it. In that way you will make sure your project has enough daily or monthly searches and a healthy level of competition, est.
2. The next thing is that you will need to be patient. Like it is said “all things come to him who waits”. Be patient with the strategy that you are using, if you are convinced that you are using the right one(s). Some traffic strategies require for you to be patient e.g. article marketing. For some strategy like this you will need to wait until they start yielding the desired result. The fact is that once they start bringing traffic then they will continue to do so on autopilot. The chances are that at least one e-zine publisher might pick your article and that might keep directing hoards of traffic your way through your well written byline. Imagine if more of this type of publishers uses your articles? That will be a great turning point in the traffic generated from this source. This is why you need to be patient to continue using that good strategy until it starts to yield the desired result.
3. Use contents of various format: visual, audio and text on your site and submit to the appropriate platforms online. Turn your text to slides, audio version, and then send them to the websites that host tem like youtube.com, itunes.com est. through this means you are increasing the traffic sources for your website(s) thus the traffic generated to such sites.
4. Continually search for ways to improve your sites visitors and then do not waste time to implement the strategies when you find one that will be good for it.
Start to evaluate your strategy if it is the right one. There is no two ways to it, it’s either you are using the right strategy or you are wrongly thinking that your traffic generation strategy is the right one for your project. It’s not about your assumption, it is all about being rightly informed; and that could mean testing out alternatives to arrive at the right option for your project.
Here is the list of few things you will need to do to get that desired number of visitors regularly:
1. Do, ‘First Thing First’. I will not assume that because you have been online for some time now that you understand that the very first thing you should do is to make sure people are interested in what you are creating your site on. The truth is that if you start your site on what interest you, and not what there is an audience for, then you have started the project or site to fail in the first place. I am saying, in other words, that there will be need for you to research what your site will be all about before you ever start it. In that way you will make sure your project has enough daily or monthly searches and a healthy level of competition, est.
2. The next thing is that you will need to be patient. Like it is said “all things come to him who waits”. Be patient with the strategy that you are using, if you are convinced that you are using the right one(s). Some traffic strategies require for you to be patient e.g. article marketing. For some strategy like this you will need to wait until they start yielding the desired result. The fact is that once they start bringing traffic then they will continue to do so on autopilot. The chances are that at least one e-zine publisher might pick your article and that might keep directing hoards of traffic your way through your well written byline. Imagine if more of this type of publishers uses your articles? That will be a great turning point in the traffic generated from this source. This is why you need to be patient to continue using that good strategy until it starts to yield the desired result.
3. Use contents of various format: visual, audio and text on your site and submit to the appropriate platforms online. Turn your text to slides, audio version, and then send them to the websites that host tem like youtube.com, itunes.com est. through this means you are increasing the traffic sources for your website(s) thus the traffic generated to such sites.
4. Continually search for ways to improve your sites visitors and then do not waste time to implement the strategies when you find one that will be good for it.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Easiest Method is to Make Money Through Blogging
I am committed to bringing you useful educated information even if it seems like ages since i last posted on this blog. please bear with me because i am cooking up a free tutorials which will earn the readers on this bbog money or more money ( if you have been earning before).
But today i will leave you in the hand of an expert from isnare.com. enjoy
the tittle of this article is the one above (Easiest Method is to Make Money Through Blogging)
"There are many ways to make money online and one of the easiest method is to make money through blogging. Most people make money through recommending affiliate products. In this article, I'm going to show you two other rarely known yet lucrative types of business models that you can use to make money through blogging.
The first and most widely used method to convert your blog into a profit generator is to sell advertising to various companies and brands who wish to reach your blog's readers.
But how do I find sponsors for my blog?
I'm glad you ask. Here's how.
If you are blogging with the objective of selling your ad space, there are two essential methods that you can use to recruit sponsors who are willing to advertise on your site.
The first method is the easiest method. You can make money blogging by selling your advertising space through Google's Adsense program. For more details go to: www.building-blog-empire.com the benefit of Adsense program is that it requires relatively little effort on your part to set up the ad and start making money. However, the disadvantage is the earning potential may be lesser. Many bloggers have reported that they make less money through this method.
The second method is to sell advertising directly to companies who are interested in putting banner ads or sponsored links on your blog. This method can be time consuming and it requires your effort to look for these sponsors. But it is often fairly lucrative. If you have a lot of contacts in the industry related to your blog, you can contact these people and strike a deal with them.
The most severe setback with this model is that you frequently have to attract quite a sizable readership before you can catch the attention of corporate advertisers. This can mean you have to do many months of work before you can start making money this way. During this period, using Google Adsense is a side income for you.
The second type of money making blog is one that assists one single brand to improve its image by forming positive associations between the blog and the brand in the mind of blog's readers. Both business models can make a lot of money, especially if you have a devoted mind for marketing.
As blogging develops into a more and more profitable business, many well-known companies are considering how they can be part of this movement. One way that companies are leveraging on the blog movement is by having blogs that represent something like a friendly face for their corporation. Often, a company will engage an reputable blogger to build a blog designed exclusively to appeal to that company's customers and to form positive associations with the brand in consumers' minds. Many bloggers have been approached by companies and are offered quite a large sum of money for this kind of engagement.
How To Get Traffic to Your Blog
No matter what your blog is about, in order for it to be successful, you need to have a steady and stable flow of traffic to your blog so as to profit.
There are just too many issues to consider when it comes to getting traffic, and often people that are able to create traffic to their blogs are known as masters of the internet. For can visit to: www.blogers-guide-to-profit.com the truth is that creating traffic to your blog is simpler than you think. It just takes some creative thinking from you and a few hours a day of unashamed promotion.
The most excellent way to obtain traffic to your blog is by using free promotional methods. The key is to have something on your blog that is worth checking out when visitors get there. There are probably millions of blogs out there and even if you manage to bring traffic to your blog, they are not going to stay at your blog for long unless there is a compelling reason for them to do so. Therefore, before you even begin creating traffic to your blog, you should first think of a free promotion that can entice people to remember your blog and visit your blog again.
The first step you can do to get traffic to your blog is by joining all the forums and social networks related to your niche. If you have a blog that is related to dating advice, make sure that you join all the dating forums you can find on the web. Just go to Google and type "dating forum" and you are likely to find many of them. Check out their Alexa ranking to make sure it is a forum with high traffic. Don't waste your time on forum with little traffic.
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But today i will leave you in the hand of an expert from isnare.com. enjoy
the tittle of this article is the one above (Easiest Method is to Make Money Through Blogging)
"There are many ways to make money online and one of the easiest method is to make money through blogging. Most people make money through recommending affiliate products. In this article, I'm going to show you two other rarely known yet lucrative types of business models that you can use to make money through blogging.
The first and most widely used method to convert your blog into a profit generator is to sell advertising to various companies and brands who wish to reach your blog's readers.
But how do I find sponsors for my blog?
I'm glad you ask. Here's how.
If you are blogging with the objective of selling your ad space, there are two essential methods that you can use to recruit sponsors who are willing to advertise on your site.
The first method is the easiest method. You can make money blogging by selling your advertising space through Google's Adsense program. For more details go to: www.building-blog-empire.com the benefit of Adsense program is that it requires relatively little effort on your part to set up the ad and start making money. However, the disadvantage is the earning potential may be lesser. Many bloggers have reported that they make less money through this method.
The second method is to sell advertising directly to companies who are interested in putting banner ads or sponsored links on your blog. This method can be time consuming and it requires your effort to look for these sponsors. But it is often fairly lucrative. If you have a lot of contacts in the industry related to your blog, you can contact these people and strike a deal with them.
The most severe setback with this model is that you frequently have to attract quite a sizable readership before you can catch the attention of corporate advertisers. This can mean you have to do many months of work before you can start making money this way. During this period, using Google Adsense is a side income for you.
The second type of money making blog is one that assists one single brand to improve its image by forming positive associations between the blog and the brand in the mind of blog's readers. Both business models can make a lot of money, especially if you have a devoted mind for marketing.
As blogging develops into a more and more profitable business, many well-known companies are considering how they can be part of this movement. One way that companies are leveraging on the blog movement is by having blogs that represent something like a friendly face for their corporation. Often, a company will engage an reputable blogger to build a blog designed exclusively to appeal to that company's customers and to form positive associations with the brand in consumers' minds. Many bloggers have been approached by companies and are offered quite a large sum of money for this kind of engagement.
How To Get Traffic to Your Blog
No matter what your blog is about, in order for it to be successful, you need to have a steady and stable flow of traffic to your blog so as to profit.
There are just too many issues to consider when it comes to getting traffic, and often people that are able to create traffic to their blogs are known as masters of the internet. For can visit to: www.blogers-guide-to-profit.com the truth is that creating traffic to your blog is simpler than you think. It just takes some creative thinking from you and a few hours a day of unashamed promotion.
The most excellent way to obtain traffic to your blog is by using free promotional methods. The key is to have something on your blog that is worth checking out when visitors get there. There are probably millions of blogs out there and even if you manage to bring traffic to your blog, they are not going to stay at your blog for long unless there is a compelling reason for them to do so. Therefore, before you even begin creating traffic to your blog, you should first think of a free promotion that can entice people to remember your blog and visit your blog again.
The first step you can do to get traffic to your blog is by joining all the forums and social networks related to your niche. If you have a blog that is related to dating advice, make sure that you join all the dating forums you can find on the web. Just go to Google and type "dating forum" and you are likely to find many of them. Check out their Alexa ranking to make sure it is a forum with high traffic. Don't waste your time on forum with little traffic.
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Permanent Link: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=340936&ca=Internet
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Web Page Headers Tips by Neel Alfred
The top most important factor is to index keyword rich pages with Google. Go to Google search box and type site:yourdomain.com and check out what pages are indexed. Check If at all you are missing any important pages being indexed, make sure that particular page has good text links which are suppose to be indexed. Most importantly, a good idea is to have a text based sitemap which shows all the lists of your webpages. And also make sure you have an XML sitemap.
Templates are a quick and easy way to get multi page web sites done in a flash. For one thing, if you're designing a site for yourself, or anyone for that matter, you want each page to have a uniform look unless there are going to be certain pages that due to certain content, have to be designed differently. But these are going to be the exception to the rule. For the most part, you can design a template and use it for every page of your site with no problem.
The Meta Description again should be unique, as each page is unique. The description is often displayed in the Search Engine results, so don't forget to include a keyword and a call to action, encouraging people to click on the link to your website.
Headers are supposed to attract attention. Therefore, make sure they do that. Use bright colors like red, yellow, orange etc. that are aggressive and attention grabbing and stimulate reaction in visitors. These colors appear to stand out from the regular scroll of the web pages.
Should you care about the Meta keywords tag? I believe you should. Your search engine optimization strategy should be as comprehensive as possible. You should use every legitimate technique available to you, including utilization of the standard Meta tags.Regardless of where you stand on the keywords Meta tag issue, it is clear that the careful creation of a keyword list is an important first step towards optimization of your Web page. We now turn to the process of selecting your keywords.
On page SEO techniques can be quite time consuming. So keep this in mind when planning your site. If you are asking, why on page SEO techniques are time consuming, it is because every page of the website needs to be optimized in order for the on page SEO technique to be successful.The first step is to go through a page and decide which keywords or key word phrases will go best on that particular page. Once that is decided, it's time to look over each aspect of the site and input the key words and keyword phrases that were decided on for the page.
Wordpress custom page template is not very well known, yet powerful Wordpress feature. It allows you to integrate any web page into your site with no problems. You can basically make any Wordpress page look exactly as you want. You can use any.html file as a template. Simply design your desired squeeze page and use it as a template for your blog page.Some Wordpress themes even provide these simple page templates. They have an additional page template for this purpose. This page template has no sidebars, headers, anything. You can design your landing page as you wish, simply by adding a new Wordpress page.
Use standard fonts such as Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman. If you're using fonts your viewers don't have on their computers, their browesrs will substitute those fonts and your web pages will look different on their computers than you intended them to look.
The second reason is equally important. The Search Engines read your pages from the top left down -- since this is the way the code usually appears in your html documents. The Search Engines look for h1 tags near the top in order to determine what the page is about. Then they look for keywords -- especially in the top portion of the page in order to reinforce their conclusions about the subject matter of the specific page.
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Templates are a quick and easy way to get multi page web sites done in a flash. For one thing, if you're designing a site for yourself, or anyone for that matter, you want each page to have a uniform look unless there are going to be certain pages that due to certain content, have to be designed differently. But these are going to be the exception to the rule. For the most part, you can design a template and use it for every page of your site with no problem.
The Meta Description again should be unique, as each page is unique. The description is often displayed in the Search Engine results, so don't forget to include a keyword and a call to action, encouraging people to click on the link to your website.
Headers are supposed to attract attention. Therefore, make sure they do that. Use bright colors like red, yellow, orange etc. that are aggressive and attention grabbing and stimulate reaction in visitors. These colors appear to stand out from the regular scroll of the web pages.
Should you care about the Meta keywords tag? I believe you should. Your search engine optimization strategy should be as comprehensive as possible. You should use every legitimate technique available to you, including utilization of the standard Meta tags.Regardless of where you stand on the keywords Meta tag issue, it is clear that the careful creation of a keyword list is an important first step towards optimization of your Web page. We now turn to the process of selecting your keywords.
On page SEO techniques can be quite time consuming. So keep this in mind when planning your site. If you are asking, why on page SEO techniques are time consuming, it is because every page of the website needs to be optimized in order for the on page SEO technique to be successful.The first step is to go through a page and decide which keywords or key word phrases will go best on that particular page. Once that is decided, it's time to look over each aspect of the site and input the key words and keyword phrases that were decided on for the page.
Wordpress custom page template is not very well known, yet powerful Wordpress feature. It allows you to integrate any web page into your site with no problems. You can basically make any Wordpress page look exactly as you want. You can use any.html file as a template. Simply design your desired squeeze page and use it as a template for your blog page.Some Wordpress themes even provide these simple page templates. They have an additional page template for this purpose. This page template has no sidebars, headers, anything. You can design your landing page as you wish, simply by adding a new Wordpress page.
Use standard fonts such as Arial, Verdana, and Times New Roman. If you're using fonts your viewers don't have on their computers, their browesrs will substitute those fonts and your web pages will look different on their computers than you intended them to look.
The second reason is equally important. The Search Engines read your pages from the top left down -- since this is the way the code usually appears in your html documents. The Search Engines look for h1 tags near the top in order to determine what the page is about. Then they look for keywords -- especially in the top portion of the page in order to reinforce their conclusions about the subject matter of the specific page.
Read about high search engine ranking. Also read about seo services and article submission service
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Monday, March 1, 2010
How to improve the Search Engine Optimization (SEO)of your blog.
This post might be the shortest i have ever done.Please bear with me.
But it is not about the volume but the weight of the content so fasten your seat belt and enjoy this post that i have tagged "a short but weighty" post i have ever made on this blog.
IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR BLOGS S.E.O. RANKING arrange your blog into categories of keywords that are relevant to the niche of your site or blog. Use categories, blog roll or whatever and this will help to increase your site's S.E.O. ranking.
Research your niche for keywords and then organize your blog or site under each of the main keywords you might choose the first 10 very relevant keywords for this purpose of grouping your blog into category and other less important keywords will come under each of them.
Thats all for now i will write more on this in the future.
I said it was going to be short didnt i?
But it is not about the volume but the weight of the content so fasten your seat belt and enjoy this post that i have tagged "a short but weighty" post i have ever made on this blog.
IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR BLOGS S.E.O. RANKING arrange your blog into categories of keywords that are relevant to the niche of your site or blog. Use categories, blog roll or whatever and this will help to increase your site's S.E.O. ranking.
Research your niche for keywords and then organize your blog or site under each of the main keywords you might choose the first 10 very relevant keywords for this purpose of grouping your blog into category and other less important keywords will come under each of them.
Thats all for now i will write more on this in the future.
I said it was going to be short didnt i?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
here is "Back to basics on How to Increase Website Traffic"
you will never get tired of traffic on your site and blog. You want more and more of it. that is why i want to present to you this great article from one of the authors in articlecity.com let us read on
"In common terms Website Traffic is the number of visitors coming to a website from all sources over a given period of time. This is one of the basic parameters for judging the success of a website.
"If we do a simple mathematics - more visitors would mean more conversions, however this may or may not hold true if sufficient attention is not given to basics, which we simply tend to ignore.
"Parts that need to be kept in mind
•" Focused Content: Your content has to be focused. The content should be tailored for different set of visitors – to the point that you even think about how your company profile will be presented to respective segments. The quality of writing has to be top-notch business grade.
"• Title & Description tags: When a visitor searches for keywords on a Search Engine, results are essentially a fight of the title and description. This is where you leave the first impression. The user will be more inclined towards a compelling title as he would perceive your website to better than others.
"• Offer Original & Quality information on your website: This is the best way to attract traffic to your website. Offer original & unique information which visitors cannot find anywhere else. This will also help in branding your business image as Industry experts & will also get you good quality one-way links.
"• Give Freebies: Who doesn’t like freebies? Offer your visitors free e-books, free Cd’s, free whitepapers, free consultation, free webinars etc. People love these and will keep coming back for more. This will not only increase new and repeat traffic but also help in link building.
"• Social Media: Use Social Media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin to share information with your targeted audience. Share your writings & researches, participate in discussions, and help others by solving their problems. This will propel people to visit your website more often and look for desired information.
"• Advertisements: There are many free/ paid ways to advertise your business online. Classified Ads is free and is one of the ways to place business related ads which help in driving traffic. You can also benefit from Paid methods like Google Adwords programs which are more targeted and help in bringing visitors based on demographics, location and preferences. However you need to decide on a budget for these and then plan accordingly.
"• Update website regularly: Keep updating your site by adding new, relevant and helpful content to your site. Search engines also give preference to sites with new and relevant content.
"• Blog: Using unique and effective writing strategies is one of the best ways to boost website traffic. Create a blog that supports your website and make sure that your blog navigation flow your visitors to your website with ease. Also include your product/services links within your blog posts so that the visitors who read your blog can easily navigate to your website.
"We at AftertheNet (http://www.afterthenet.com) keep supplementing our clients with the most basic to the most advanced techniques for any goal they decide to reach with their website. Our step wise approach gives them the complete visibility of their website, which often they are deprived of in absence of a trustworthy resource."
About The Author
Neil is a member of the Knowledge Centre Team at AfterTheNet (http://www.afterthenet.com).
Our expertise helps clients' Marketing Teams to align to their business goals and targets. We are led by diversely experienced Business Executives giving you that cut above the rest advantage.
"In common terms Website Traffic is the number of visitors coming to a website from all sources over a given period of time. This is one of the basic parameters for judging the success of a website.
"If we do a simple mathematics - more visitors would mean more conversions, however this may or may not hold true if sufficient attention is not given to basics, which we simply tend to ignore.
"Parts that need to be kept in mind
•" Focused Content: Your content has to be focused. The content should be tailored for different set of visitors – to the point that you even think about how your company profile will be presented to respective segments. The quality of writing has to be top-notch business grade.
"• Title & Description tags: When a visitor searches for keywords on a Search Engine, results are essentially a fight of the title and description. This is where you leave the first impression. The user will be more inclined towards a compelling title as he would perceive your website to better than others.
"• Offer Original & Quality information on your website: This is the best way to attract traffic to your website. Offer original & unique information which visitors cannot find anywhere else. This will also help in branding your business image as Industry experts & will also get you good quality one-way links.
"• Give Freebies: Who doesn’t like freebies? Offer your visitors free e-books, free Cd’s, free whitepapers, free consultation, free webinars etc. People love these and will keep coming back for more. This will not only increase new and repeat traffic but also help in link building.
"• Social Media: Use Social Media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin to share information with your targeted audience. Share your writings & researches, participate in discussions, and help others by solving their problems. This will propel people to visit your website more often and look for desired information.
"• Advertisements: There are many free/ paid ways to advertise your business online. Classified Ads is free and is one of the ways to place business related ads which help in driving traffic. You can also benefit from Paid methods like Google Adwords programs which are more targeted and help in bringing visitors based on demographics, location and preferences. However you need to decide on a budget for these and then plan accordingly.
"• Update website regularly: Keep updating your site by adding new, relevant and helpful content to your site. Search engines also give preference to sites with new and relevant content.
"• Blog: Using unique and effective writing strategies is one of the best ways to boost website traffic. Create a blog that supports your website and make sure that your blog navigation flow your visitors to your website with ease. Also include your product/services links within your blog posts so that the visitors who read your blog can easily navigate to your website.
"We at AftertheNet (http://www.afterthenet.com) keep supplementing our clients with the most basic to the most advanced techniques for any goal they decide to reach with their website. Our step wise approach gives them the complete visibility of their website, which often they are deprived of in absence of a trustworthy resource."
About The Author
Neil is a member of the Knowledge Centre Team at AfterTheNet (http://www.afterthenet.com).
Our expertise helps clients' Marketing Teams to align to their business goals and targets. We are led by diversely experienced Business Executives giving you that cut above the rest advantage.
Back Links 101 - Make Them Work for You
i cicited article city and found an article with the topic above and i believe you, my esteemed reader will find it useful its all about back link so i will now leave you in the hand of Michele dale
Essentially, back links are inbound links to a web page or site. This means that another website contains a hyperlink directed towards your site. In terms of SEO, the more back links you have pointing toward your website the better, particularly if the back links are coming from a site which deals with the same field as your chosen speciality.
As the number one goal of a website is to achieve traffic, i.e. people actually looking at the site, it follows that you must make the website visible. Generally speaking, to make your website visible, people must be able to find it when they search for keywords directly related to your product, niche, service or whatever else your website represents. Individuals tend to be seeking such information via the big search engines, whose operators have rather complicated algorithms to help them decide whether a certain website is applicable to the searcher's request, or not.
Although they will not divulge exactly how they go about composing these algorithms, the search engine operators do assure us that relevancy, as viewed by others, is most important. If they see that you have a back link or a number of back links from other websites that have some relevancy to yours, this is a plus. In addition, if the site linking to you has a fairly high "page rank", this helps as well. Page rank is Google's proprietary method of allocating a number (zero being lowest and moving up to ten) indicating how important a site is within its particular niche of operations.
There are a number of ways to achieve back links for your site.
ARTICLE MARKETING.
As Bill Gates once said, "content is king". Article marketing is known as one of the most solid Internet marketing methods. By writing highly relevant and informative articles and submitting them to high profile article directories you do several things, not the least important of which is to help establish you or your site as an expert in your niche. Within your article, published in the article directory, is a resource box which contains your details - who you are and what you do, and a link back to your site, the all important Back Link.
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING.
There are many hundreds of social bookmarking sites, and their primary motive is basically to provide a way of informing people about the existence of content related to any niche or interest in a very manageable format. You can sign up and initiate a process of notifying social bookmarking sites about fresh content, including back links in many cases. You should note at this stage that some webmasters apply a "no follow" tag which can void the effect of a back link, as the tag instructs the search engine spider not to give you points, or what's called "link love".
SOCIAL MEDIA - TWITTER.
Whilst Twitter and other similar sites are becoming increasingly more powerful in marketing terms, you should know that to include links within your "tweets" or in your URL profile box is not a powerful back linking strategy, as these are all allocated the dreaded no follow tag. However, you may find that it is possible to link within a bio box and get some link love this way. Also, if you syndicate, your Twitter feeds are updated via the RSS aggregators, earning you back links.
BLOG COMMENTING.
First of all, you will have to locate blogs or forums that are relevant to your area of expertise. This is fairly simple to accomplish as a straightforward and pertinent search will locate hosts. Once you find these blogs you can sign up and create a profile. Often you will be allowed to create what is called a "signature", and within that signature you incorporate your links. Note, you should check to see if there are any no follow tags, as these will appear occasionally.
Enter into the spirit of the place by interacting with other members and making entries and posting comments that are relevant, useful and educational. As well as a back link being displayed each time you post a comment, you'll also create a potentially profitable bond with other members - and this has the potential to lead to all kinds of new possiblities.
Back link building remains one of the most important SEO strategies to adopt.
About The Author
Michelle Dale is The Managing Director of Virtual Miss Friday, an Experienced Executive Virtual Assistant who collaborates with businesses and individuals with the sole aim of accomplishing their professional goals. Want to learn more about these comprehensive online business building success strategies? Contact VMF Today at=> http://www.virtualmissfriday.com
The author invites you to visit:
http://www.virtualmissfriday.com
Essentially, back links are inbound links to a web page or site. This means that another website contains a hyperlink directed towards your site. In terms of SEO, the more back links you have pointing toward your website the better, particularly if the back links are coming from a site which deals with the same field as your chosen speciality.
As the number one goal of a website is to achieve traffic, i.e. people actually looking at the site, it follows that you must make the website visible. Generally speaking, to make your website visible, people must be able to find it when they search for keywords directly related to your product, niche, service or whatever else your website represents. Individuals tend to be seeking such information via the big search engines, whose operators have rather complicated algorithms to help them decide whether a certain website is applicable to the searcher's request, or not.
Although they will not divulge exactly how they go about composing these algorithms, the search engine operators do assure us that relevancy, as viewed by others, is most important. If they see that you have a back link or a number of back links from other websites that have some relevancy to yours, this is a plus. In addition, if the site linking to you has a fairly high "page rank", this helps as well. Page rank is Google's proprietary method of allocating a number (zero being lowest and moving up to ten) indicating how important a site is within its particular niche of operations.
There are a number of ways to achieve back links for your site.
ARTICLE MARKETING.
As Bill Gates once said, "content is king". Article marketing is known as one of the most solid Internet marketing methods. By writing highly relevant and informative articles and submitting them to high profile article directories you do several things, not the least important of which is to help establish you or your site as an expert in your niche. Within your article, published in the article directory, is a resource box which contains your details - who you are and what you do, and a link back to your site, the all important Back Link.
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING.
There are many hundreds of social bookmarking sites, and their primary motive is basically to provide a way of informing people about the existence of content related to any niche or interest in a very manageable format. You can sign up and initiate a process of notifying social bookmarking sites about fresh content, including back links in many cases. You should note at this stage that some webmasters apply a "no follow" tag which can void the effect of a back link, as the tag instructs the search engine spider not to give you points, or what's called "link love".
SOCIAL MEDIA - TWITTER.
Whilst Twitter and other similar sites are becoming increasingly more powerful in marketing terms, you should know that to include links within your "tweets" or in your URL profile box is not a powerful back linking strategy, as these are all allocated the dreaded no follow tag. However, you may find that it is possible to link within a bio box and get some link love this way. Also, if you syndicate, your Twitter feeds are updated via the RSS aggregators, earning you back links.
BLOG COMMENTING.
First of all, you will have to locate blogs or forums that are relevant to your area of expertise. This is fairly simple to accomplish as a straightforward and pertinent search will locate hosts. Once you find these blogs you can sign up and create a profile. Often you will be allowed to create what is called a "signature", and within that signature you incorporate your links. Note, you should check to see if there are any no follow tags, as these will appear occasionally.
Enter into the spirit of the place by interacting with other members and making entries and posting comments that are relevant, useful and educational. As well as a back link being displayed each time you post a comment, you'll also create a potentially profitable bond with other members - and this has the potential to lead to all kinds of new possiblities.
Back link building remains one of the most important SEO strategies to adopt.
About The Author
Michelle Dale is The Managing Director of Virtual Miss Friday, an Experienced Executive Virtual Assistant who collaborates with businesses and individuals with the sole aim of accomplishing their professional goals. Want to learn more about these comprehensive online business building success strategies? Contact VMF Today at=> http://www.virtualmissfriday.com
The author invites you to visit:
http://www.virtualmissfriday.com
Saturday, February 6, 2010
BUSINESS MODELS THAT YOU CAN DO IN 2010
How was 2009online? fine i believe? Well, whatever was the outcome of all your efforts last year (2009) i believe that it is gone now. The only thing now is to focus on the NOW.
There are many causes of failure or dissapointment online but one major cause of failure is wrong choice of business model. Maybe the business you engaged yourself with was the problem. it is because of the fact that wrong choice could be your undoing that i have decided to list some business models that i believe you can venture into this year and not be dissapopinted because the are durable and profitable.
I want to advice against some businesses because they could be a great waste of time as the may just be scams.
1. Paid to read email
2. H.Y.I.P. (HIGH YIELD INVESTMENT PROGRAMS) most of them are scams you might loose your money in this type of program
3. online surveys. you should not pay for this if you ever attempt them.
4. e.t.c.
Now...to the models of choice. Remeber that they have been proven to always produce result.
1. affiliate marketing.
2. information product creation and sales
3. football bettting
4. adsense.
5. forex trading
6. e-cover design and website design
7. freelance writing.
8. e.t.c
The list could go on and on but what one should consider is the suitability of any or combination of these models to you. You can doe a search on the search engines for other models and once you decide on one that you want to do focus and be business-minded in your approach and i believe you will be raking in profit from such venture(s).
There are many causes of failure or dissapointment online but one major cause of failure is wrong choice of business model. Maybe the business you engaged yourself with was the problem. it is because of the fact that wrong choice could be your undoing that i have decided to list some business models that i believe you can venture into this year and not be dissapopinted because the are durable and profitable.
I want to advice against some businesses because they could be a great waste of time as the may just be scams.
1. Paid to read email
2. H.Y.I.P. (HIGH YIELD INVESTMENT PROGRAMS) most of them are scams you might loose your money in this type of program
3. online surveys. you should not pay for this if you ever attempt them.
4. e.t.c.
Now...to the models of choice. Remeber that they have been proven to always produce result.
1. affiliate marketing.
2. information product creation and sales
3. football bettting
4. adsense.
5. forex trading
6. e-cover design and website design
7. freelance writing.
8. e.t.c
The list could go on and on but what one should consider is the suitability of any or combination of these models to you. You can doe a search on the search engines for other models and once you decide on one that you want to do focus and be business-minded in your approach and i believe you will be raking in profit from such venture(s).
Thursday, January 14, 2010
3 Excellent Tips to Grow Your Article Writing Results
I know that following those who know the way is the way to getting to the top in life and that a mentor is important on you path to success. Bob Hmilton is a respecter expert on writing excelent articles. so today i will be featuring his article on the topic above please coment on this article after reading through it.
''Early on in your article writing you likely discovered the importance of creating a comfortable, relaxing environment for your writing efforts. It is likely you also found your limits as an article writer. Likely you experienced writer's block after writing for hours and hours without a break. Or possibly writer's block hit you after working many days in a row without a break. But now all of that is under control and your writing is going smoothly. You've had the practice to write articles that are gaining notice. But no matter how hard you push yourself you've likely also hit a wall and cannot create even one more article in a day. That's where this article comes in. Read on for 3 excellent tips to grow your writing results even more.
Tip #1) Weigh your options carefully before picking your topic. Spend the time required to select a topic you know well. Investing a few minutes upfront to hone in on something you thoroughly understand can save a great deal of time associated with research and fact finding for topics you don't know as well. You will find your article writing results for both quality and quantity excel using this strategy. Just remember; your ultimate goal as an article writer is to attract the attention of your desired readers. Make sure you are dead-on with the topics that most interest your targeted audience as well.
Tip #2) Write multiple articles on a single topic. If you've followed tip #1 you know your selected topic well. So now it is time to leverage that knowledge even more. Develop your article topics as a series of articles that step through your chosen topic rather than just focusing on a single aspect. Article creation done in this way is much easier. Basically rather than writing only 300-500 words on your topic your series of articles runs for 2000-3000 words or even more that are broken into a group of articles. Not only is it faster and easier to write using this technique, but if you've selected a topic of interest to your readers, they will appreciate the more thorough coverage of the topic.
Tip #3) Manage the length of your articles carefully. Don't allow yourself to create articles that run on and on into the many hundreds of words. Cap your articles at 300-500 words and then use any additional words to start a new article. You'll find 300-500 words will quickly become comfortable for you. In fact you'll soon find yourself at the conclusion of your writing for that topic as you approach your article conclusion.
Put these tips to work in your efforts as an article writer. You will soon find the number of articles you've written beginning to increase. You will also find the overall quality of your article writing improves.
To your success as an article writer!''
Do you want to learn more about how to use articles to generate targeted traffic to your website? I have just completed a brand new free guide. Download it free here: ArticlePower.net
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bob_Hamilton
''Early on in your article writing you likely discovered the importance of creating a comfortable, relaxing environment for your writing efforts. It is likely you also found your limits as an article writer. Likely you experienced writer's block after writing for hours and hours without a break. Or possibly writer's block hit you after working many days in a row without a break. But now all of that is under control and your writing is going smoothly. You've had the practice to write articles that are gaining notice. But no matter how hard you push yourself you've likely also hit a wall and cannot create even one more article in a day. That's where this article comes in. Read on for 3 excellent tips to grow your writing results even more.
Tip #1) Weigh your options carefully before picking your topic. Spend the time required to select a topic you know well. Investing a few minutes upfront to hone in on something you thoroughly understand can save a great deal of time associated with research and fact finding for topics you don't know as well. You will find your article writing results for both quality and quantity excel using this strategy. Just remember; your ultimate goal as an article writer is to attract the attention of your desired readers. Make sure you are dead-on with the topics that most interest your targeted audience as well.
Tip #2) Write multiple articles on a single topic. If you've followed tip #1 you know your selected topic well. So now it is time to leverage that knowledge even more. Develop your article topics as a series of articles that step through your chosen topic rather than just focusing on a single aspect. Article creation done in this way is much easier. Basically rather than writing only 300-500 words on your topic your series of articles runs for 2000-3000 words or even more that are broken into a group of articles. Not only is it faster and easier to write using this technique, but if you've selected a topic of interest to your readers, they will appreciate the more thorough coverage of the topic.
Tip #3) Manage the length of your articles carefully. Don't allow yourself to create articles that run on and on into the many hundreds of words. Cap your articles at 300-500 words and then use any additional words to start a new article. You'll find 300-500 words will quickly become comfortable for you. In fact you'll soon find yourself at the conclusion of your writing for that topic as you approach your article conclusion.
Put these tips to work in your efforts as an article writer. You will soon find the number of articles you've written beginning to increase. You will also find the overall quality of your article writing improves.
To your success as an article writer!''
Do you want to learn more about how to use articles to generate targeted traffic to your website? I have just completed a brand new free guide. Download it free here: ArticlePower.net
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bob_Hamilton
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
some things about twitter that you need to khow
1. Set up your profile
The first thing you need to do is to set up that profile. See that bar on top of your twitter page? Click Settings and start filling up your profile. The notable areas in here are URL, bio, picture and design. Put up a link to your site or blog in here along with a brief description. Upload a picture to differentiate yourself from the others and then tweak your Twitter design. Like any other social networking site, it is important to completely express what you are or what you stand for in your profile.
2. Follow people with similar interests
Now that you have a profile, start following people. You can find these people in Twitter directories. I use Twellow and JustTweetIt. These sites can introduce you to Twitter users that have the same interest as yours. Follow these people and observe their tweets. You may also try following who these people follow but read up their descriptions and visit their blogs to make sure you’re still on the right niche. Being on the right niche will make it easy for you to build a community with a similar interest.
3. Get into the conversation
So now that you are following people, you will now see some tweets on your board. Read up on what the people your following are up to and reply if it interests you. For example, a person narrates how he is going to conduct a meeting. You may then reply with ideas. When someone asks a question, don’t hesitate to answer if you know it. Don’t be afraid to interact.
4. Don’t spam
Spam is the cause of many unfollows on Twitter. There is a character limit for a reason. Do not send repeated messages to people. Do not constantly direct message (DM) them with links.
5. Update daily
Alright so you’re blending in the community. Now update daily if possible. I know some Twitter users who unfollow because of inactivity. Reply to people and update people with what’s going on with your life. Soon you’ll be recognized and you’ll get some follows.
6. Find the latest buzz and contribute
Now it’s your time to contribute. Find a topic that will interest your niche and tweet it. Since you have established relationships with your followers (through replies), you will get more attention. It’s a nice strategy to always append “please retweet” at the end of your tweet. There will be some people who will be so interested that they will retweet. There are others who will reply to you about the link you tweeted. But you are not a “nobody” anymore. You are not just talking to yourself. People are now responding to your tweets.
7. Help other people out
The famous saying “Do unto others what you want others to do unto you” holds here. Before you can receive retweets, you must help others first by retweeting their messages. Help the people in your niche. One day you’ll be surprised on how eager they are to help you back.
8. Create relationships
Now it’s time to create constant connections. Soon you will find that some users are more active than others. You will get to talk with the same group of people at the same time every night. But don’t get bored. Interact with these people and create relationships. Ask how they are doing and try to touch on their interests.
9. Integrate Twitter with other social networks
Have a blog? Then post to Twitter when you have a post that will interest your niche. Have a Facebook profile? Then ask people to add you. Twitter is really a vital part of web 2.0. It can serve as the core. It can let you build relationships that can branch out to other social networks.
10. Establish relationships even outside Twitter
Have a lot of friends on Twitter? Then take it to another level. Ask for their messenger and talk to these people on a more intimate level. Call them through Skype or even arrange a meet-up. Twitter can create real relationships.
Congratulations! You are now an official member of the Twitter community. You talk, act, think and breathe like us. Perhaps you find yourself spending every five minutes updating Twitter on what you are doing. But I guess I’ll save Twitter addiction for next time.
The first thing you need to do is to set up that profile. See that bar on top of your twitter page? Click Settings and start filling up your profile. The notable areas in here are URL, bio, picture and design. Put up a link to your site or blog in here along with a brief description. Upload a picture to differentiate yourself from the others and then tweak your Twitter design. Like any other social networking site, it is important to completely express what you are or what you stand for in your profile.
2. Follow people with similar interests
Now that you have a profile, start following people. You can find these people in Twitter directories. I use Twellow and JustTweetIt. These sites can introduce you to Twitter users that have the same interest as yours. Follow these people and observe their tweets. You may also try following who these people follow but read up their descriptions and visit their blogs to make sure you’re still on the right niche. Being on the right niche will make it easy for you to build a community with a similar interest.
3. Get into the conversation
So now that you are following people, you will now see some tweets on your board. Read up on what the people your following are up to and reply if it interests you. For example, a person narrates how he is going to conduct a meeting. You may then reply with ideas. When someone asks a question, don’t hesitate to answer if you know it. Don’t be afraid to interact.
4. Don’t spam
Spam is the cause of many unfollows on Twitter. There is a character limit for a reason. Do not send repeated messages to people. Do not constantly direct message (DM) them with links.
5. Update daily
Alright so you’re blending in the community. Now update daily if possible. I know some Twitter users who unfollow because of inactivity. Reply to people and update people with what’s going on with your life. Soon you’ll be recognized and you’ll get some follows.
6. Find the latest buzz and contribute
Now it’s your time to contribute. Find a topic that will interest your niche and tweet it. Since you have established relationships with your followers (through replies), you will get more attention. It’s a nice strategy to always append “please retweet” at the end of your tweet. There will be some people who will be so interested that they will retweet. There are others who will reply to you about the link you tweeted. But you are not a “nobody” anymore. You are not just talking to yourself. People are now responding to your tweets.
7. Help other people out
The famous saying “Do unto others what you want others to do unto you” holds here. Before you can receive retweets, you must help others first by retweeting their messages. Help the people in your niche. One day you’ll be surprised on how eager they are to help you back.
8. Create relationships
Now it’s time to create constant connections. Soon you will find that some users are more active than others. You will get to talk with the same group of people at the same time every night. But don’t get bored. Interact with these people and create relationships. Ask how they are doing and try to touch on their interests.
9. Integrate Twitter with other social networks
Have a blog? Then post to Twitter when you have a post that will interest your niche. Have a Facebook profile? Then ask people to add you. Twitter is really a vital part of web 2.0. It can serve as the core. It can let you build relationships that can branch out to other social networks.
10. Establish relationships even outside Twitter
Have a lot of friends on Twitter? Then take it to another level. Ask for their messenger and talk to these people on a more intimate level. Call them through Skype or even arrange a meet-up. Twitter can create real relationships.
Congratulations! You are now an official member of the Twitter community. You talk, act, think and breathe like us. Perhaps you find yourself spending every five minutes updating Twitter on what you are doing. But I guess I’ll save Twitter addiction for next time.
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