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simplyg
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#21 · Posted: 12 Jun 2009 21:15
Newbie Shield: While it may often be appropriate for a single page "site" such as a Squidoo lens or a Hub Page, you'll want to mix it up quite a bit by using all types of phrases on a multi-paged website or blog.
Wordpress is my favorite way to do this and it really works. What are your favorite services/blogs/etc?
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#22 · Posted: 14 Jun 2009 17:47
This is some great information to know. Its nice to hear about the successes by using these techniques. So far so good, I am on the right track
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#23 · Posted: 18 Jun 2009 22:00
Read Newbie Shield's post above, now I wake up and have money almost every day, not millions by any means but I took his advice and it made a difference. I also made some changes and made a call to action so to speak. People buy for 2 main reasons, one is to avoid pain, the other is honestly I can't remember tonight as I have been here for about 15 hour. My brain is fried. I think its fear. Lets say you are promoting a dating site for those over 60. This is far fetched but you could say something in your call to action like, do you want to grow old alone? Put the fear in them in a nice way, not like do you want to die alone if you get what I am saying.
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#24 · Posted: 2 Jul 2009 08:18
ya i have read all things and i want to say that you should right the good things about the products and make them sale this will work for you
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#25 · Posted: 2 Jul 2009 08:30
This was a nice discussion. As soon I registered in this forum, I thought of asking the same question. Great coincidence. I got all the information from this discussion. Thanks to all. Now I have to work in this direction.
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#26 · Posted: 2 Jul 2009 08:41
simplyg: Wordpress is my favorite way to do this and it really works. What are your favorite services/blogs/etc?
Hi SimplyG,
I like WordPress as well. I also like EzineArticles and Squidoo. I make use of additional services too. There are a lot of available platforms to use.
The main thing I do is to write quality content on my self-hosted site.
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#27 · Posted: 2 Jul 2009 11:51
Yeah, I'm trying to target long tail keywords as well, the kind that indicate someone is likely to buy.
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simplyg
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#28 · Posted: 6 Jul 2009 01:52
Newbie Shield: The main thing I do is to write quality content on my self-hosted site.
I am finally branching into my own self-hosted site. I actually got my domain name and host this weekend and learned to use an FTP. I'm exhausted!
Anyhoo, my site is wordpress based and I'm planning to use an SEO plug-in to help me get it optimized. I'm really excited to see how it does! So far, I've only used Squidoo, a free wordpress blog, blogger, and Ezine. I figured it was time for something bigger and better (especially with some of the impending Squidoo changes).
How many of your own sites do you have?
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#29 · Posted: 9 Jul 2009 22:17
If you are ranking on the first page on Google, then thats great but do you know if that keyword converts?
It sometimes sucks to work hard to get to number one, but then find out that the keyword you are ranking for is a research word not a money keyword.
I would look at changing your conversion by changing the headline of the page or turning the page into a sales page.
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#30 · Posted: 10 Jul 2009 12:06
When you are building traffic you need to do two things:
1. Think of it as a marathon (not a sprint)
2. Use MULTIPLE sources of advertising
With your squidoo lenses or articles the keywords are VITAL. You need to title your lens or your article (and include the same words throughout) with words that people actually search. And, you need to do this MULTIPLE times.
The best advice I got was to go to Google Adwords and use their keyword tool. Type in your main topic, such as "make money at home" and to a search. What you will get are hundreds of variations on this topic. Look for the keywords with less than 12,000 searches (IMPORTANT) and make a squidoo lens and article wrapped around that key word phrase.
If you do just one lens and one article a day wrapped around these smaller key word phrases you will get insane amounts of traffic within 15-30 days. Your lens and your article will skyrocket to the top because of lack of competition.
The key to making money is to get MORE suspects visiting your site who are hungry to buy what you offer. Right now you just need to get MORE SUSPECTS and the rest will come
Todd
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#31 · Posted: 16 Jul 2009 12:38
If you are not seeing any sales and are just now catching on to what a call to action is then you need to step back and think about things. So you have traffic to your site one goal achieved but before I worry about getting traffic and ranking I put on my "sales" hat and build the best site I can for conversions (remember you are here to sale items not just get traffic to a site). So build multiple landing pages, set up tracking, monitor conversions, tweak landing pages... There are some very good books out there as well, go to Amazon and do a search for "Cashvertising". Read this book, heck read it twice... I did.
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#32 · Posted: 23 Jul 2009 20:22
The best keyword research tool I ever invested in was Micro Niche Finder. It literally does all the work for you, even evaluates the "conversionability" if that's a word, of your keyword, by giving you an estmated "Online Commercial Intent" or a number that assesses how likely searchers are to be looking to purchase a product. I never start a campaign without it.
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#33 · Posted: 24 Jul 2009 09:24
If you are getting the traffic then my guess would be that something is wrong with your sales page.
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#34 · Posted: 24 Jul 2009 09:40 · Edited by: Andreabeadle
Hi, I took a look at your lens and I think the issue is probably that people are getting more savvy online and don't like to feel they are being sold.
Pre-selling is key. I would suggest maybe thinking about doing a review of the two products rather than having arrows to the links. To some, it will be an obvious attempt to get someone to buy something and unfortunately many people don't like that.
A review will build some trust and maybe get them to make a choice between the books based on which one they think will suit them best.
There is a collection of some absolutely fab free resources to try out and loads of great free ebooks - the link is the last one in my signature if you want to take a look.
Two that are particuarly good are "making your content pre-sell" (the top link on the left of the block of free ebooks) and make your words sell - next to it.
Actually, all the books are worth a look.... imho and they are free!
I'm actually going through my sites and implementing some of the tips. They make a lot of sense and it is changing the way I write for the net.
Hope this helps!!
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#35 · Posted: 18 Aug 2009 20:34
Try to check on your content. In the end, what counts most is the content. Visitors will stay long or even comes back and forth if you have fresh, interesting content. Remember, content is king.
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#36 · Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:15 · Edited by: mountainmom5
Actually Robin has come a looooong way since May, wouldn't you agree, Robin?!
In fact I think I saw her flying past me the other day, head held high , hair flying... 
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#37 · Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:40
Hi mountainmom5, lol, you made me smile, I opened up this forum today and there was my old post sitting there on top thanks to you. It was a reminder of how far I have actually come and its not just about the money, I am still not rich, lol. Its everything else that has come into my life as a result of this road that I chose to follow. The people I have met and the freindships I have formed on line. I am actually meeting 8 wonderful woman face to face in October that I met and bonded with on a forum. I am a moderator on 2 forums and now write for other's websites as well. Got a new business started consulting in my niche. Goes to show what happens when you choose to follow something that you are passionate about, regardless of the competetion. So watch out, one day you may see my hair flying on the Oprah show!
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#38 · Posted: 21 Aug 2009 16:55
I am so happy for you Robin - you go girl!!!
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#39 · Posted: 2 Sep 2009 04:08
One of the best ways of making sales is, creating curiosity instead of trying to upsell the product. Articles are commonly read by people to gather information. Not for shopping.
Just talk about the product as a third party and don't exceed 500 words. Keep it short and to the point. Talk about the bits of the product but do not tell them everything.
Finally, under your bio box suggest them to get more information if they wish to and put your link.
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#40 · Posted: 28 Sep 2009 20:48 · Edited by: aaramire
To add a little to what has already been said: Your keyword may rank well in Google but is it a "buying" keyword. you want to make sure that what you are attempting to rank for are buying keywords. There are two types of viewers on the internet. Those looking for information and those looking for products to purchase. If you target the buying crowd then that is half your work complete. The other half as was mentioned earlier is the effectiveness of your site design. Does your site have a call to action is it well designed etc etc.
Also please note that if your ezine article is number one in google it doesnt mean anything for your site per say. Log in to your ezine article back office and look at how successfully your articles are at obtaining click thru for your your site. If your click thru rate is low then it doesnt matter that your ezine article is first on google. I average a 13% click thru rate on ezine which is not great but not that bad either.
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