Your Insurance Coverage - Is It Adequate?

Many folks don't realize how much money they spend on insurance premiums. Car, life, home, contents insurance, and extended warranties can be costly. Insurance is risk assessment and coverage. It deals with the future, so, like all decisions, we need to go to Jesus for guidance. Only He knows the future.

Every time we consider insurance we must answer three questions, which I will look at briefly, using life insurance for a family, Robert, Paula and five-year-old daughter Sarah. Robert works outside the home, Paula works at home managing the household, Robert, and Sarah.

Insurance Questions An Individual Should Answer

1. Is there an exposure to a risk that I should cover?
2. How much coverage do I need?
3. How should I cover the risk?

Risk To Cover

What life insurance risks for Robert, Paula, and Sarah need to be covered? Paula and Sarah depend on Robert's income. And so, if Robert dies, his income stops. Paula would need funds to pay funeral expenses and provide for other needed, future living expenses. That's the exposure or risk that might need covering.

But if Paula died before Robert, the risk is different. Robert would not lose direct income. However, household expenses might rise for daycare and other related expenses to look after Sarah while he works full-time. Robert and Paula might wish to cover this exposure, too.

Coverage Needed

Before moving to the next question-how much coverage they need-Robert and Paula must decide if they accept there are risks to cover.

If they accept, and decide to cover the risk on Robert's death, how much insurance coverage does Robert need on his life? Robert and Paula would like this amount to cover a realistic future standard of living for Paula and Sarah based on today's knowledge. This could be today's value of Robert's future income and Sarah's future education, and other expenses. Computing this amount is not difficult if you work with a knowledgeable independent financial adviser.

Most important, Robert and Paula need to turn to Jesus because He alone knows the future. Besides, they must understand that insurance coverage does not secure the future, or remove risks; rather, it provides income if a specific event happens. Prophet Isaiah reminds us in Isaiah 26:4: Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

Does trusting God mean we should have no insurance coverage? No, it means we should understand that nothing we do will secure the future, so we must seek God's will for our insurance coverage. After all, He might say no!

How To Cover Identified Risks

After deciding their insurance coverage, probably with an independent financial adviser's help, Robert and Paula must look at the third question: how to cover the risk. Think about life insurance coverage in two classes: renting or temporary, and owning or permanent. The insurance industry calls the renting class, term insurance. With term insurance, Robert would pay an amount, called a premium, for a fixed time, after which coverage stops. If he didn't die when the term expired, Robert and Paula would need to answer the same three questions later. Then, their condition might have improved; they might have income that could allow them to lower or even stop life insurance.

Whole Life and Universal Life are examples of the owning or permanent class. Think of this insurance class as term insurance plus. It includes your basic term insurance coverage and something else, such as "savings." Insurance companies like to tell you this is a great idea because you could "borrow" from the "savings!" Don't go there!

If Robert chose this class, he would pay a premium for more than his basic insurance needs. That's why it is important to understand this insurance class as it is more expensive, and greater than your basic insurance needs. Extras above term insurance coverage will cost you, for non-life insurance benefits.

As with all decisions, Robert and Paula should get insurance facts from an independent financial adviser who does not benefit from his advice, and seek God's direction.

Copyright (c) 2011, Michel A. Bell

Michel A. Bell is a Christian, an author, speaker, founder and president of http://managinggodsmoney.com a mission devoted to providing free Christian financial advice. For more on insurance, read pages 263-274 of http://www.managinggodsmoney.com/mgm/books.php#1

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Megabanks Moving to Reduce Borrowers' Negative Equity

Since the housing bubble burst three years ago, banks of all sizes have seen their ledgers bleed red as many of their costumers,' with their houses in tow (or was it the other way around?), went 'underwater." As a result, and in an effort to stem the loss of further capital, banks are quietly contacting borrowers and offering them generous loan modification or refinancing options-in some cases,borrowers reported debt forgiveness or nullification that was as much as 50% off of their original mortgage agreements. Many of these newly relieved borrowers pay on time, too. However, their houses are 'underwater,' meaning what they paid for the house or what they still owe is more than their property is worth.

In the midst of the 2008 financial collapse, megabanks like Chase and Bank of America bought, more fittingly, inherited, billions of dollars of junk mortgages. These mortgages were made available to borrowers with little or no credit at ultra-low interest rates. In an effort to offload this lion's share of bad equity, banks are choosing to unburden the borrower through generous loan modification initiatives.

Debt Forgiveness

If large-scale debt forgiveness appears counter intuitive and unusual for banks, that's because it is. But it makes sense. Having a borrower/consumer trapped under onerous debt is stressful for all parties involved-the bank, the borrower, the borrower's family, and, significantly, the future client.

If you consider consumer confidence a measure of their purchasing power today against what they perceive is their ability to purchase tomorrow, someone stuck with an underwater mortgage doesn't lack spending confidence alone. They potentially are rendered anemic, one-time costumers to their banks and other credit services.

Take this phenomenon a step further: for banks, people are the capital they are likely to generate in their lifetimes. Having a million or so costumers go belly-up because of foreclosure and subsequent bad credit would result in systemic, large-scale bad credit on the side of the bank or lending institution (i.e. the US Government). The more junk mortgage banks can wipe from their ledgers, the better. Or so goes the thinking.

Banks Aren't So Bad

It is significant that banks are accepting a larger role as stewards of the US financial system. Ultimately, though, the debt has to go somewhere. The idea that banks relieve the borrower to empower future consumers has significant pitfalls-namely, what if it doesn't work? If banks are forgiving up to half of a borrower's mortgage debt, doesn't that mean they see the borrower's earning/spending power as halved? Remember-these are people who are frightfully good with numbers.

At the moment, loan modification may be the only tenable option for getting banks and their costumers out from under loads of bad debt. It is still approximate treading water in a country where the unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent. If, by design, it is meant to unburden the consumer, clear banks' ledgers and get back to making money through improved consumer confidence, it may just work because financial institutions-with their armies of highly educated, financially prudent workers-- are, arguably, more fit to tread water in the long-term. Let's hope it pays off.

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Personal Budget - What Your Bank Thinks

Last week I watched a "personal budget" YouTube video of a CIBC executive espousing one of the key benefits and absolute necessity of personal household budgeting. "Tracking your spending will show where you're leaking money". I was clapping like a seal... truer words have not been spoken. Then in her example she cited that your lattes may be costing you a fortune. I eagerly waited for her to continue, but that's where the diatribe seemed to end. I had to laugh. Leave it to the bank to have you focus your attentions on the $5 daily treat that sits in one of your variable expense cost centres.

How bout we focus our attention on the biggest fixed cost centre in our monthly statement: the MORTGAGE!! Here are some cold hard numbers for you. The 5yr mortgage interest CIBC has posted on its website today is 5.39%. The first year of a $400K mortgage will have you paying approximately $53 per day. First year daily interest on

$450K = $62 per day
$500K = $70 per day
$550K = $78 per day
$600K = $87 per day... that works out to over $610 after tax dollars each and every week (and that is based on 7 days a week... even when you're not working) and a whopping $31K per year.

You can punch your mortgage into our total cost of ownership calculator to see your daily interest for yourself.

Don't get me wrong. If you're spending a thousand dollars per year on lattes (roughly $5 per work day) and you're struggling with consumer debt, you should absolutely scale it back and apply some of that money to that debt. That is what managing a personal budget is all about. The same is true for shoes, your car payment, and your entertainment expenses. Developing a household budget is absolutely crucial and it is the only real way to manage your salary effectively. But, that spending management applies to ALL your cost centres, not just the ones you can change with a simple coffee shop by-pass. It applies to your fixed cost centres and especially your mortgage.

If you're spending $31,000 a year on mortgage interest and you add in your principal, property taxes, maintenance fees and everything else it costs for house upkeep and your property value is not growing at the same annual overall rate, why the heck would you sign up for their ridiculous mortgage contract?

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5 Ways to Economize at Home During Economic Hard Times

The local newspaper last week reported a substantial increase in sales of sewing machines. The owner of the business attributed this to the current economic downturn and its effects on households struggling to meet mortgage and credit card repayments. She is not the only retailer noticing a change in consumer habits. Kitchen appliance outlets have seen an upsurge of interest in the old-fashioned pressure cooker and butchers are being asked more often for the cheap cuts of meat and large joints. These require longer cooking times but can be bulked up with root vegetables to provide more meals from one cooking session.

Anyone whose parents or grandparents lived through previous global Depressions of the 1930s or 1890s can tell you that wives and mothers hold the key to their family's survival. Here are 5 simple bits of wisdom handed down through the generations.

1. Manage the money you now have.

A 'no-brainer' is to pay off your debts in whatever amounts you can manage but on a regular basis. Along with that, you simply do not buy anything new that you can do without. The new mantra is 'need, not greed.' Form a regular habit of putting aside something 'For a Rainy Day.' It may be only a two dollar coin per day - saved from a canned soft drink you did not buy - but at the end of a month it is enough to pay for a visit to the specialist, if one of the family falls ill.

2. Don't pay for anything you can do or make yourself.

With the obvious exception of electrical or plumbing work that must be carried out by professionals, house maintenance is usually within the capacity of any fit person. Advice is often available from friends, family or neighbours. If you have an Internet connection, use it to find websites offering free How To articles and videos. With your computer and printer you can send lovingly homemade greetings cards for birthdays and Christmas.

3. Grow some of your food and cook it at home.

Until you start growing vegetables, you'll never know how much pleasure comes from eating a tomato or lettuce you planted, nurtured and harvested from your own garden patch. Advice abounds in your local library or online at gardening or nursery sites. Cooking in your own kitchen is a pleasure and it can even help you to maintain your waistline and boost your overall health. The reason is that in enjoying the colours of fresh produce and inhaling their fragrances, your brain receives signals that equate to the satisfaction of eating before you've taken even a bite. Also, the more you handle fresh food in its whole forms - for instance,an orange rather than a jar of marmalade - the more interest you'll take in learning about nutrition.

4. Sew some of your own clothes.

If you don't already own a sewing machine, then this is one time to break my 'don't buy anything new' rule. You will quickly become competent. I did it - and in a time before the brilliant modern versions - so the proverbial Drover's Dog could do it now. You can even teach yourself to draft paper patterns and save even more cash, especially on children's clothes.

5. Entertain friends and family at home.

The house you live in is the biggest investment you are ever likely to make and you've no doubt put a lot of effort, time and money into enhancing it. So why not consider it as what it really is: your own Day Spa, vacation Resort, intimate restaurant, cinema, Botanical gardens or whatever is fitting for the environment you have created or dream of making out of what already exists. Your teenagers may want a nightlife scene that's beyond your capacity to provide and probably beyond your capacity to endure if it could be inserted into your home. If so, what's wrong with letting the kids earn the cash to take them into these nightspots?

Here is an Extra Bonus Point.

If you've read any of the Tips above and thought 'Too Hard. I could never do that' then let me tell you a Secret. Success in all of these areas comes mainly from seat-of-the-pants experience, so don't let yourself be put off by the bucket loads of expert opinion. The experts all got there the same way you will: by trial and error.

Here is a Footnote for those interested in the historical overview.

The invention of the sewing machine is attributed to a London cabinet maker in 1790 but the first patent for a sewing machine was taken out by an American, Elias Lowe, in 1846. By 1850, another American, Isaac Merrit Singer, had completed his design for 'Singer's Perpendicular Action Sewing Machine' and patented it in August 1851. Technically, this was an industrial model, but by 1856 the advent of 'hire purchase' made the invention available to professional dressmakers. As always, this technological advance was to have an impact few people could foresee. When male tailors in Sydney went out on strike for thirteen weeks over the rates for piece-work, the David Jones emporium replaced them all with ( lower-paid ) women operating the new machines.C Dorothy Gauvin

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It's a Record! - Your Art Business Records

My father often told me that being able to make art is a Gift meant to be shared. In order to share it, artists have to put their work out on the open market. Once you do this, and achieve sales, you realise that your vocation has become a business. To run it successfully, you need to keep records.

Of prime importance is the record of the paintings you have produced. First, you need a pictorial record of them. Just as necessary is the record of their specifications. For this, I recommend using a hard-cover Journal with multiple columns. In these, you will enter such information as: Media (e.g. "Oils on Canvas"), Dimensions (unframed), Date Completed,Date Sold,Venue (e.g. 'XYZ Gallery'), Buyer's name and contact details, (*if these are available from the gallery), Framing style**(You can fix a code for this to save space.)

*Few if any galleries will give you this information when you start out. They have to protect their business against the possibility that you might contact a buyer direct, to offer a discounted price on your work. Never do this! Not only will you get yourself black-listed by all the galleries in your town, but contrary to what some young artists believe, it does not work. You see, the majority of buyers enjoy a bit of a 'haggle' over the price, but feel uncomfortable about doing this with the artist. (It is a major obstacle to be overcome by artists who go on to run their own galleries.) **This item helps you to quickly calculate your real before-tax income from a sale. Even when you make a gift of a painting to relatives or friends, or donate one to a charity, or even have to destroy one - record this in the journal.

A great help in finding info quickly, is to organise your output into Categories and enter these on a Contents page at the front of your Journal. You might list by subject matter, date of completion, or by Series, whatever is relevant to how you work. Simply entering them as they happen causes confusion after your body of work reaches into the hundreds.

Of course, both types of record above are ideally suited to being filed on a rewritable CD or DVD. Your investment in a second disk drive will repay you handsomely in the savings on space - fewer filing cabinets in your studio office,and in time - no more searching through piles of trannies or invoices. After all, you would rather be painting. You may like to use a CD or DVD burner to make a record that cannot be changed or lost by accident. But a rewritable record allows you quick access to your images when you need to reformat them for various purposes. And you will need to do that. Please do not underestimate the value of filing all correspondence between you and your galleries, your collectors, and your suppliers. Absolutely vital is to get any contracts and agreements in writing from galleries representing you or from collectors commissioning a work directly. Be sure both parties understand exactly what is being promised before you sign, then file the papers away safely. Attach to them any notes or letters from the other party, and memos of any related phone calls. Friendships in business can last a lifetime, but can quickly founder on misunderstandings. Best not to just assume that you, or the other party, has fully understood. Get it in writing!

You are no doubt aware that the graphic images of your paintings have a monetary value in themselves. They can extend the reach of your work by being produced as Prints or as book Illustrations, greeting cards and calendars and so on. They need to be kept safe from: Fire. Keep a second set of trannies or CDs in a building separate from the studio. Moisture. Keep trannies in a Dry Box (electrically regulated de-humidifier) to prevent the growth of destructive moulds and fungi. I keep my cameras here too. Scratches and bending. Frequent searching of over-stuffed folders to find that one image you need, usually in a hurry, can damage the film. Make sure you use a pair of plastic tweezers not fingers,when removing trannies from their keepers.

Best of all, put everything on disk and store a copy in your bank Safe Deposit box. Then, you will sleep like a baby log, free of worries about your precious records. You may even shift some filing cabinets out of your studio and use the space for a new music system, a goldfish tank, or some other heart's desire. (c) Dorothy Gauvin

Dorothy Gauvin is an internationally acclaimed Australian painter in oils who specialises in an epic theme of Australia's pioneers. See images of her 'Life-Story' portraits, an ABC of homemade tools for painters with arthritis, plus tips and advice for aspiring artists and collectors on her website at http://www.artgallerygauvin.com/

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Where Did Network Marketing Get Its Start

Where did network marketing get its start is an issue that questions the thoughts of many. One can track its start back in the late 1800's. Back then, salesmen had various alias, like peddlers, hawkers, drummers, and canvassers. Many peddlers saw the need to join forces with a few sales associates to increase their sales volumes. Seeing how successful this was, a few decided to break free and build their own sales organization.

Henry Heinz, a former peddler, was one of the first pioneers to create a sales organization of 400 men to promote tomato ketchup. His first company went bankrupt in 1875, but he along with his brother and cousin, founded another company they called F & J Heinz. In 1888, he bought out his brother and cousin and reorganized the company under the name H. J. Heinz Company. In 1887, Asa Candler, another former peddler, created a sales organization to sell a formula to restaurants he bought off inventor John Pemberton. Asa along with his team and their aggressive marketing, made the formula we all know as Cola, very successful. He made millions from his investment and became a leading philanthropist contributing in a big way to the state of Georgia.

From their enormous success, other companies allowed their salesmen and women to create their own business within the organization. David McConnell started The California Perfume Company which later changed their name to Avon Products, Inc in 1939. At one point, David had 10,000 sales representatives selling over 117 different products. Carl Rehnborg created vitamin supplements out of a plant he found in China called alfalfa. He started the California Vitamin Corporation and in 1939, changed the name to Nutrilite Products Company, Inc. Carl made friends the first to become distributors, letting them know that he would pay them a commission for selling the supplements. Back then, his strategy was called sales marketing recommendations.

Where did network marketing get its start? Using his sales marketing recommendations strategy, Carl Rehnborg significantly influenced the future of sales organizations worldwide. More so that two young talented Nutrilite distributors Rich DeVos and Jay Van Endel, broke free of the company and in 1959, created American Way Corporation or AmWay. AmWay not only followed in the success of Nutrilite, but surpassed it and in 1972, bought a controlling stack in it.

Rich and Jay stardom threw a red flag to the US government. In 1975, the Federal Trade Commission labeled their system as a "pyramid". Hence where the whole pyramid scheme started, but after a lengthy investigation, specialists established that the activities of the company were not an "illegal pyramid". For many peddlers, they wanted to eliminate the idea of a competitor coming along and selling to their loyal customers. They wanted a way to get paid every time their loyal customer bought, which created the compensation plans for MLM companies today. There were other peddlers that pioneer this industry that I did not mention, but collectively, with their creative thinking develop a plan for distributors to get paid using leverage.

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Honest 3rd Party ViSalus Sciences MLM Review

I've been seeing the "Body By Vi" challenge all over the net and figured I'd check it out. This ViSalus Sciences Review will provide you with an "outsiders" analysis of the business opportunity (I'm not involved) to help you to decide if it's a legitimate home based business that you want to build for your future or if it's a scam that you should run from! Be sure to read this entire ViSalus Sciences Review because I'm going to make sure that no stone goes unturned.

Who Is ViSalus Sciences? The company has actually been in business for some time but continue to grow, which is a good sign in this industry which has a lot of "fly by nights". It's based in Michigan and the CEO, Ryan Blair, has a lot of network marketing experience - as do most of the senior officers of the company. I view this as a positive.

The Product ViSalus is in the health and wellness niche. Their ViSalus Vi Shape and Vi Pak are weight-loss and nutrition products while the ViSalus Neuro is an energy drink. Looks like they have their bases covered for those looking to get in shape and have an active lifestyle. I have to admit I've seen pictures of one of the company conventions and there are a lot of "jacked" people so it looks like the products work lol!

The Body By Vi Challenge The current marketing campaign is the "ViSalus Body By Vi Challenge". It's a 90 day regimen to help you get in shape by through exercise and by using the products. Since I'm not a member I cannot vouch for the results you see but I'm sure like any other exercise regimen combined with nutritional supplements, you'll get out of it what you put into it.

The Business Opportunity While researching my ViSalus Review I did not find anything that would indicate that the company or business opportunity is a scam. By all appearances, it's a completely legitimate home based business. Every MLM has people saying it's a scam because they don't put in the work to build their business and never make any money!

The compensation plan is NOT a binary. Everyone who you refer goes on your level 1 so it appears to be linear which is a good thing in my book. There are many ways to earn, through retail commissions, fast start bonuses, team bonuses, and more. Like any MLM, you are rewarded for your efforts and your success with building your own organization. This is where most people struggle. If you don't have a way to generate a consistent flow of leads and sign-ups, you will never build an organization large enough to truly reap the rewards of the compensation plan.

The reality is that you need to be bringing in about 10 people per month, every month, in order to build your ViSalus business to a 10K per month business. Attrition is what requires the constant recruiting and team building.

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Choosing an Alias Credit Card that Works with Amazon

Amazon requires a valid credit card number when you set up your new seller account.

It is important to understand which credit cards will work and which will not work when setting up your Alias seller account. When registering to sell on Amazon Marketplace, sellers must provide Amazon.com with a valid credit card. You must have a U.S. or internationally chargeable credit card with a valid billing address in one of the seller registration countries accepted by Amazon.

Amazon request credit card information primarily for identity and security reasons. By providing a credit card, Amazon will charge the card to settle your account in the event that the amount due exceeds your available balance.

The following credit cards are accepted during registration: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, or JCB. You may also use a debit card as long as it is connected with a major credit card company. Amazon are not able to accept any alternate forms of payment (Gift Certificate, checks, etc.) for outstanding fees.

The credit card you have identified in your Seller Account must be valid in order for you to be paid for your sales. If for any reason it is invalid at the time Amazon tries to disburse funds to you, the payment will be delayed until you update the credit card information in your Seller Account.

Pre-paid temporary debit cards with a Visa, MasterCard or American Express logo are generally the best to use as a stealth credit card. The can be found at convenience stores, malls, or online in the form of virtual credit cards Once Amazon blocks your credit card it can never be used again for opening up an Amazon account.

For more information on what credit cards are the best to use & what Alias information is needed to successfully register a credit card I recommend that you purchase Amazon Alias which will give you the entire process step by step in an easy to understand manner.

Having an Alias credit card is one of the most critical elements of your Alias identity. Once your credit card from your original closed Amazon account has been used it cannot be used again to create another account. It is important to choose your Alias credit card carefully since Amazon strictly monitors credit cards on seller accounts.









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Amazon Account Suspended

Your seller account is in jeopardy of being closed if you have sold on amazon before with another account.

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Making an Alias Bank Account For Your Amazon Seller Account

Making an Alias Bank Account For Your Amazon Seller Account

Amazon requires that every seller to have a valid bank account on file so Amazon can transfer the sellers payments to their bank account on a regular basis.

All funds resulting from the sales of merchandise or services that were paid for through the use of Marketplace Payments by Amazon can only be deposited into a seller's bank account. For sales on Amazon.com, Marketplace Payments can be credited only to checking accounts in the United States (in US Dollars), or to bank accounts in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Austria in the local currency (British Pounds for UK, Euros for France, Germany and Austria).

Once used, a bank account can never be reused on another active seller account otherwise Amazon will detect the old bank account and close the new seller account. Unfortunately, bank accounts are a limited resource so it is critical to make sure to use a new bank account only after you are 100% sure your Alias account is active and out of the review period.
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For more information on what bank accounts are the best to use & what Alias information is needed to successfully register a bank account I recommend that you purchase Amazon Alias which will give you the entire process step by step in an easy to understand manner.

Amazon's most effective way of identifying previously banned sellers is by monitoring what new sellers list on their account. Amazon understands that banned sellers need to get back on Amazon as quickly as possible to begin moving their old merchandise and making money. Amazon uses this to their advantage by blocking new seller accounts that list similar items to previously blocked seller accounts. Even listing a few of your previous items on your new seller account will likely get you immediately blocked by Amazon.

The best way to understand the selling limits Amazon places on new sellers is from Amazon themselves: What is "sales velocity"?

As a means of protecting customer accounts, we limit the number and dollar amount of a seller's transactions during any given month. Sales velocity, also known as "velocity limits" or "selling limits," is applied to all seller accounts and is set at the time they register.







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All sellers begin with the same limit. This limit is imposed on a 28-day "rolling cycle," where only transactions within the past 28 days are included in a seller's current velocity. If you reach your selling limit, your account is reviewed by our Seller Evaluation Team.

You do not need to contact Amazon to have your selling limit increased. This happens automatically as part of our proactive review process.

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Social Media Marketing: 8 Powerful Social Media Strategies That Get Results

Social media marketing is the new way of advertising for both large and small companies. It doesn't matter whether you have 50 clients or five million; your business can benefit from the power of advertising via social media. If you want to improve your advertising and increase your sales, here are eight powerful strategies that will bring you the most benefits.

1. Meet Your Customers Where They Are

One of the greatest benefits of marketing through social media is that your customers are already on the social networks. They have Facebook profiles, follow their Twitter streams and regularly watch videos on YouTube. With this power, you don't have to wait for your customers to come to you or the advertising channels you've used in the past. You can instead target them in an environment they already feel comfortable using. This will make it easier for them to navigate your messages and build relationships with your business.

2. Set the Conversation

When you use social media to connect with your audience, you get the chance to set the conversation. Consumers have more power than ever to research their purchases ahead of time and to find out what others have thought of your products. Many people look online for both positive and negative reviews before trying a new company. Through social media, you can decide what aspects of your product people will focus on. Start conversations and ask people about their favorite features. Begin a dialogue to find out what improvements people would like to see made. When you're open about your company, customers will know they can trust your brand.

3. Build Your Reputation

Though you may already know how important it is to build your rankings on search engines so that you get more traffic, you also need to consider your online reputation. A high-ranking on a search engine doesn't mean much if people don't know whether or not to trust you once they find your page. By using social media to connect with your customers, you develop a sense of social proof that will make new customers feel more comfortable doing business with you.

4. Keep up with the Competition and Make Connections

While most advertising solutions will help you to stay on the same level as your competitors, there are few that allow you to so easily monitor what your competitors are doing. When you're actively engaged in social networks, you can easily look at strategies that other companies use in order to figure out what's working and what's not. Social media marketing also gives you the opportunity to start building relationships with other business owners. You'll be able to make new connections that can easily take your business to new heights.

5. Develop and Sustain Relationships

It's a basic tenet of social media, but still essential: use social media channels to build relationships with your customers. This is perhaps the most profound benefit that social media can offer your business and it will bring you dramatic results. The first step here is to develop relationships with your customers and to provide them with a reason to trust your business. Once you've established a baseline for the type of communications your company will send out, be sure to sustain relationships with continued engagement.

6. Provide as Much Value as Possible

Always provide your customers with as much relevant information as possible. Your focus should be on providing them with useful content before you begin pitching any products or services. Post links through Facebook or Twitter to interesting articles or studies that are relevant to your industry. You can also use a URL shortener like bit.ly to pack more into your tweets.

7. Offer the Right Discounts to the Right People

Be sure you're offering the right types of discounts to your customers. Keep in mind that a coupon or sale that will actually get them in the door to your business or have them checking out your purchase page can be a great investment. While it can certainly be valuable to give people a deal for liking your Facebook page or following you on Twitter, in many cases, you should focus more on customers that are already interested in what you have to offer. A paying customer is more valuable than a fan who might not ever check back.

8. Use Social Media to Your Advantage

Focus on the social media channels that are relevant to your customer base and be sure that you're always keeping your audience in mind. The latest networks may seem like a great opportunity, but if your customers aren't using them, you won't find many followers or new clients. Instead, focus on using the social media marketing tools that your customers know and love so that you engage on a deeper level.

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Enrique Barba is the principal of Sway New Media where he provides premium SEO services, Social Media Management and Marketing resources.

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7 Benefits to Marketing YOUR Business Through Video

Are you looking for a more effective way to market your business? You have probably already heard that with the use of video marketing, you can see pretty incredible results. Many people dread the thought of creating the video and then figuring out how to put your video online. Do the benefits of this marketing strategy outweigh the work that goes into it?

The answer is simple, yes! Don't get me wrong, it does require quite a bit of work. First, you have to shoot the video. After shooting the video you will need to do some editing, formatting, and then you have to upload the video to an online platform such as YouTube. (After uploading to YouTube then you need to ensure you have the proper title and description attached). The benefits can be incredible!

1. Greater Connection. By creating videos you allow for greater personal connection with your audience. This is especially important if you have an internet based business. Through video marketing, your potential customers are able to connect with a real person, not just words on a page. Many people will feel as though they have actually met you. This can go a long way to turning a potential customer into a long-term customer.

2. Seeing is Believing. Many people need the personal connection to believe what you are saying. Have you ever heard the saying, "Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see"? With many people, this holds true, especially on the internet. With all of the scammers out there, it is hard to know who is "real". Through video you are putting a face behind your words, which makes you not only more believable but trustworthy as well.

3. YouTube can Increase Traffic. Want more traffic? Do you dream of increasing your traffic to your blog? On YouTube alone, people view 2 BILLION videos every day. If you aren't using video marketing, you could be potentially missing out on a lot of traffic.

4. Video Platforms. The best part is, most video sites are free and simple to use once you spend some time navigating the platform.

5. Using Great Audio. Have you ever noticed how sound can make an impact? Think back to the last time you watched an action flick or horror film you experienced the impact of the audio. Remember when the intense or creepy music began what happened to you? You were on the edge of your seat right? Just waiting to see what happens next! It's the same with your video use incredible audio to match the powerful video you created. It can be far more compelling than the words you put on a page.

6. Videos are Mobile. People can watch the videos on the go. With all of the devices available, such as iPhones, Smartphones, and iPads, it is easier to watch videos wherever you go. If your videos are downloadable it will make it even easier for people to view them and as often as they'd like.

7. Demonstrating your Product. Video gives you and your business the opportunity to demonstrate your product(s) for potential customers. Here's an example: Seeing a picture of a set of knives with a description is not nearly as effective as seeing those same knives in action. That's why infomercials are so successful; people get to see exactly what the product can and will do in just a matter of minutes. It allows the buyer to connect and imagine how the product could be beneficial to them.

8. Increasing Sales. There are many reports online that show how video marketing can increases sales. When someone watches a video, you have his or her full attention. While article marketing is also effective, most people will skim through it. With videos, they are more likely to watch from beginning to end.

Video Marketing is can be very effective in your business. In the coming years video will continue to grow, why not is an early adopter. Just remember, there are many forms of marketing. The more you diversify your marketing strategies, the more effective your efforts and the more people you can reach.

Karriann Graf is a Social Media Manager providing done for you Social Media Solutions for small businesses.

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Good Reasons Why You Must Use Article Marketing For Your Internet Business

What It Can Do For Your Website

You've got a site and you're using it or perhaps wish to apply it as a means that will push your online business. For many, a web site definitely isn't only a marketing device, it could be your business. It doesn't really make a difference for those who have a blog, a commerce shop, whether you market affiliate items, promote Amazon or perhaps own an eBay store. You must have site visitors in order to turn the effort into dollars. Precisely what pushes traffic? Besides advertising, it happens to be a certain amount of articles. Content is king and yes it all begins with that initial article.

Granted, not each and every article you produce will be particularly for the strategy of article marketing, however I look at all that I write as an article that can be used for marketing. Consequently, all my articles are generally tracked back to my article marketing system. All of it begins using a 300 - 400 word article which will wind up on a Squidoo lens, a blog, a fresh report or simply a unique eBook. I've taught myself to create articles and that is certainly what powers my personal business.

Compare It To Paid Ads

That's not to imply that advertising won't have it's place in the scheme of tings. It undoubtedly will, however, advertising will not be generally a choice for everybody. I see that being particularly true with regard to new internet marketers and many off-line businesses.

Yet everyone knows that traffic causes our businesses to do much better. In the past, I would once depend exclusively on advertising, eBay buyers and SEO for my personal business. I quickly became aware of the numerous advantages of content creation or article marketing. I don't care whether you create it on your own or not, it's always an essential component of every advanced traffic generation technique.

I view article marketing as providing lots of benefits for a small business and that is the key reason why creating a sound article marketing approach is so crucial.

Increase Google Rank

Articles sent in to article directories are able to get ranked within weeks and may quickly appear on the first page of Google.

Articles published on different people's blogs, directories and almost any site may produce links to your main site.

Articles may help confirm you as being an authority within your niche.

Remember, to get article marketing to work, is if the content provides benefits for your target market. You don't just want to repost somebody else's content and also cannot just write in a careless manner. You should have high quality articles to push top quality traffic in order to be viewed as somebody who is producing value.

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Web Hosting and Internet Domain Names

Why you should get a personal domain name.

When compared to other sources that people turn to for information e.g. radio, television, newspapers and books, the internet is by far the place many people on earth will turn to for answers, this is because the internet is the only place where you can get information on any topic under the sun in no time at all wherever you are. The other reason being that, access to the World wide web is not limited to those people who have access to desktops only but also to thousand of people young and old who own hand held devices like Cellular Phones, ipods etc.

plenty of people who "visit" the World wide web on a daily basis will most likely visit social networking websites, websites that offer free email services or those that offer real-time chat and IP telephony. nevertheless not many people are consciously aware about the fact that when they visit these websites they are patronizing content that exists on a domain name owned by a particular person, many people are not aware that they can have their own website and post articles for others to read.

This article explores the benefits of having a personal website.

1. Affordability
Contrary to what a large number of people may think, the monthly cost associated with having a personal domain name is very affordable and can be as little as $10 per month depending on the web hosting company that you choose. This cost is not prohibitive and most people can afford to pay for it without breaking a sweat.

2. Freedom
most people prefer to sign up with providers that offer "free" websites e.g. This arrangement has obvious disadvantages. FIRST, you have absolutely no control on the "root" domain, SECONDLY, these companies will most likely provide you with a page template on which to construct your pages which might not allow you to customize the page to your liking, THIRDLY, If the domain host where your page is hosted was to stop operating your webpage will be no more no matter the amount of traffic you may have succeeded in sending to your web pages. In contrast if you had your own website you will have absolute control that allows you to create, post, erase and edit content as you wish and the best part of all is that nobody can take away your domain name from you as long you maintain your subscription with your domain hosting company.

3. Personal Branding
Advertising yourself or your business differentiates you from the others. A personal website will help you to achieve this and other businesses and people will take you more seriously. Even better you will get personalized email addresses for your domain.

4. Global Audience
Once you establish your presence on the internet, you straightaway expose yourself to a global audience and when you start attracting traffic to your website you will be amazed at the exponential growth that your website can achieve. A great way to enhance traffic to your website is to add a blog. weblogs provide new and dynamic content as long as they are revised regularly and are a great potential for increased traffic.

This list is by no means all-inclusive and having a personal website is not the end because some bit more effort is required to actually set it up and generate traffic, however the indisputable fact is that you need to take the FIRST step and register a personal domain name in the name of your liking (as long as it is not already taken) and set up a website.

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Domain Registration - How to Register A New Domain Name for Your Website

Domain names are site names that provide rememberable names to stand in for numeric IP addresses. Before getting a web site on line you need to have a domain name. These are the familiar web addresses such as yahoo.com that most browsers use to find a particular web site. Domain names, in fact, are pointers to a particular IP address and we use them because they are easier to remember than a series of numbers. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a system that stores information associated with domain names in a distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. The DNS is what makes it possible to attach hard-to-remember IP addresses (such as 193.456.28.8.) to easy-to-remember domain names (such as "web-hosting-guide.org")

All websites have an IP address in the form 193.456.28.8. The domain name system translates these numbers into names such as google.com. All domain names are registered in a central registry maintained by InterNIC, a subsidiary of ICANN - the organization which certifies domain name registrars. Domain names are filtered through Domain Name Servers (DNS) which link IP addresses with domain names. Each web site usually has a primary and a secondary DNS - duplicates that increase reliability.

The first step in registering a domain name is to choose it. The name can be almost anything you want, but to be most effective it should reflect the nature of your website. If you are selling scented candles, for example, it helps to have a domain name that has some reference to candles - scented-candles.org.uk for example.

The rules for domain names are simple - only letters, numbers or hyphens are allowed. Other than that, a domain name is limited to 70 characters, but you are advised to keep it as short as possible. Domain names can be upper or lower case - case is ignored by DNS but you can use a combination to make the name more recognizable. Since DNS is case-insensitive, yahoo.com can be advertised as YAHOO.COM.

Every domain name ends in a top-level domain (TLD) name, which is always either one of a small list of generic names (three or more characters), or a two characters territory code. There are several extensions available. The most common is .com - it has even entered common vocabulary as a way to express Internet activity - (I own a dot com business). Other extensions include .biz (for commercial sites), .org (for non-commercial organisations), .net (for organisations involved in Internet infrastructure) and .name (for personal names). There are also extensions with more specialized uses such as .museum, .aero, and .coop and are used exclusively by members of certain organizations. In addition to these common extensions, there can also be a country code extension such as .us (United States) or .uk (United Kingdom). The rules for using country extensions vary, so you need to check with your registrar to see if they are available to you.

All domains must be registered with a registrar that has been certified by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). There are hundreds of registrars and their prices vary considerably. Although registrars are closely regulated, they are permitted to offer their services through third parties; so many web hosts offer a domain name registration service even if they are not a registrar. The price of a domain name will usually be higher when dealing with these third-party services.

Domain names are usually registered for a minimum of one year, although you are permitted to buy up to a 10-year registration contract. Usually the longer the registration contract, the lower the price, so if you are sure you will be on the web for a considerable length of time you can benefit from a longer registration period. Most registrars also offer a discount on bulk purchases. If you own a number of domain names you can save money by transferring them all to the same registrar.

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Website 101: Understanding Domain Name Choices

Sure, most Americans do spend a considerable amount of time each day checking out things on the world wide web. And while it might be normal to be refreshing one's Facebook and email on a regular basis, checking out various different gossip websites that make it possible to waste time while finding out what celebrities are up to, and even get a little bit of work accomplished thanks to the various different platforms that make uploading content possible, for the most part, people are clueless about the nuts and bolts of the web. For someone who is not a designer and not a coder, knowing how to actually set up a website, from writing the code or picking the platform to choosing a domain name, is a completely foreign experience. And as more people want content online that represents them or their projects, that starts to matter.

While not everyone can learn to code quickly, the fact is that anyone can pick the proper platform that makes having an online identity possible, leaving only the task of being in charge of choosing the domain name. And with domain names, it's possible to actually stick with Tumblr or something else that makes hosting online content easy, but just purchase that.com so that it bounces visitors to the right page. It's a great way of combining forces and having the proper data, and it's definitely a smart solution for anyone who is interested in design that does not require learning how the world wide web actually works.

After making the decision to actually go with a site that allows for domain names chosen by the person who is putting things together, the next important step is actually going ahead and figuring out which the best possible choice is for a URL in the first place. One thing that people should keep in mind all of the time is that a.com is going to be a smarter choice in terms of all of the other options out there. No one tends to check out a.net first, and it is best to have people's success rate when they go to blindly type a URL into the browser window high, so that they get where one's site actually is. So making that an easier thing to happen is definitely smart, and something that is essential for getting traffic where it needs to be.

Aside from that important piece of logistics, there is also making sure that there are no other sites with a similar URL, because that could compromise the amount of traffic that needs to arrive, which could really end up being a disappointment for anyone who is hoping to get a lot of visitors or to have people in the right place. Likewise, it's helpful to keep titles descriptive without over embellishing so that people who are accessing a URL do not have to remember to type a small novel to get to the right page. This is the reason that people tend to stick towards shorter and more effective titling for their sites when it comes to domain names.

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Top Reasons To Buy Expired Domain Names

There are many beneficial reasons as to why a person would want to buy expired domain names. There are literally hundreds of names that expire every day, and most of the time they are for sale simply because the registered owners failed to renew the name for whatever reason. Some of the reasons domains become expired are as follows.

The first is owners forget to re-register their domains from time to time, and this is when they go up for sale. Another reason could be that the owner just simply does not want the name any longer. Yet another reason why domains have expired and go up for sale is because a domain used to belong to a business, and that business has now gone into liquidation, or closed down. Once a domain has not been re-registered by the current owner, that domain name ends up expired and is considered an expired domain.

People who buy and sell domains for profit are constantly prowling through lists of domains that have expired so they can find those domains that are basically hidden gems that they can buy for cheap, and then resell for a profit. That is why it is no surprise that internet marketers and bloggers are all tapping into this amazing potential to buy domain names for either their own use, or selling them for a profit.

Three of the main reasons why people buy domain names which have expired are as follows. Backlinks are one of the reasons people search for domains that have expired. Some domains have backlinks from various places across the web. Building a website with a domain with lots of backlinks can influence the websites search rankings in a very beneficial way. Probably the main reason people are searching for the domains are to buy them, and sell them for a profit. The last common reason people search for and buy expired domains is so they can build their own websites on them.

Lots of different expired domains have lots of trust from popular search engines already, and a person building a new website can take advantage of this by building a new website on them so they can achieve better search rankings.

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Starting An Online Business - 6 Things That Will Help You Succeed Online

Starting your own online business can be very exciting and rewarding if you take the time to learn the right way to do everything, but if you jump in without the proper 'know-how', it can become a very expensive and frustrating endeavor. Below are six things you should know before you start your own online business, they are:

#1 - Find your niche

Your niche is the area in which you will focus your business, so whether you are in weight loss, health & wellness, making money, etc. Whichever area you choose you should do so because you are genuinely interested in that niche and you have a good working knowledge of it already. The more passion and expertise you have in a certain niche, the more money you can ultimately make.

#2 - Learn the basics of Internet Marketing

The biggest mistake people make when coming online is not learning all of the basics that go into running a successful online business, and just trying to create a product and sell it blindly. Dedicating yourself to learning all of the basics of Internet marketing is one of the most important steps you can take towards building a real, successful online business.

#3 - Don't go spending money too fast

It is very tempting when you start out online to go and spend a small fortune on paid advertising because it seems like it is so easy to get results. Instead of throwing money into paid advertisements, try to learn how online advertising works and then make an informed decision as to which methods you will use.

#4 - Learn one good marketing strategy

There are paid strategies and free strategies, and in my opinion the ones that are free give you the biggest return for your time investment. While paid methods may get you more immediate traffic, free strategies like article marketing will bring you a continuous flow of leads long after you've written each article.

#5 - Get an autoresponder ASAP

An autoresponder is the tool that helps you build an email list, which is absolutely essential to your online business success. Go and check this out on Google immediately and sign up and start building your list now. The sooner you start to build an email list of people interested in your products, the better.

#6 - Focus on improving people's lives

Don't be one of those people who decides they are going to "get rich online" overnight, then go selling the whole idea of 'how to get rich' to other people who want to make money online. The real key to all of the successful online entrepreneurs is that they want to help people improve their lives in whichever niche they choose. So if they are in the weight-loss niche, they'll focus primarily on giving people lots of free and valuable advice, which will ultimately lead to a good reputation and more exposure, which leads to more money in the long-run.

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Online Home Based Business - The Basics Of Starting An Online Business

Starting an online home based business involves more than just getting a "get rich quick" product and trying desperately to sell it to other people online. That isn't a real online business, so if your goal is to create something that will actually give you a return for your investment both long and short-term, and give you the satisfaction of having your own business, then below is a list of four things that will help you get started:

#1 - An email list

No matter what niche you are in, you want to build an email list of people who are interested in your products and/or services. Having your own email list, built from scratch, is going to be the most valuable asset you own, simply because of the flexibility it will give you in the long run to access a large group of people and sell your products.

#2 - A marketing campaign

The richest online entrepreneurs are the ones who have taken the time to master one marketing strategy. The better you can become at marketing, whether it is through paid strategies like PPC or free strategies like article marketing, master one and you'll become a success.

#3 - A plan for your products

Before you get started, develop a list of things you want to develop in your business. Whether you want to start with ebooks and build from there, or you want to start with an ebook and turn your business into a consulting firm, develop a plan and stick to it.

#4 - A long-term plan

The success of your business will depend on your drive and motivation to become successful in the long-term, and you can ensure this success by creating a plan that will allow you to grow slowly and surely as time goes by. It is best to create a 1yr plan, a monthly plan, a weekly plan, and a daily plan to make your goals a reality.

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Online Home Based Business - 5 Tips For Achieving Long-Term Success

Starting your own online home based business is a very exciting, thrilling, and scary endeavor to embark on. Too many people assume that they can start an online business and become a millionaire within a week, and when they don't they just flat-out quit. There is no such thing as starting a business and making millions immediately, but if you are armed with the right tools in your corner you can definitely make it happen in time.

Below I have outlined five tips that can help you understand how to build your online business and how to achieve the level of success that people only dream of attaining:

#1 - Have a plan

The first and most important part of starting your online business is to develop a detailed plan of exactly what you want to accomplish and how you are going to make it happen. When you write out a plan for exactly how to achieve your goals, you will notice that it comes much easier than if you were to just jump in blindly.

#2 - Aim to improve others

The best businesses, especially online, are the ones that provide the most value and the most content for their customers. The main focus of your online business, no matter what your niche, should be to help other people improve their lives in some form or another.

#3 - Only provide quality

Too many people are out there selling, selling, selling, without really providing any real value to the customer. You can easily and quickly standout amongst even the most 'saturated' niches by striving to provide outstanding quality in everything you do.

#4 - Start building your email list

If you don't think you need an email list in your online business, you're wrong. Get an autoresponder immediately and start buildling your list today, as the faster and bigger you make your list the more money you will be able to make over the life of your business.

#5 - Be very patient

It will take time to achieve any noticeable results, no matter what endeavor you're embarking on, so make sure that you approach your business venture with lots of patience and determination.

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Computer Home Based Business - Freelance Blogging Tips

One of the best computer home based business opportunities is freelance blogging. Here are a few tips on how to get started writing blog articles for money.

1. Do not be fooled about the work required to make money blogging. It is easy to get started with, but it takes some time to build up your clientele if you are going to be writing for other Internet marketers.

2. Start your own blog and use it as sample content. This is a good way to become a freelance blogger.

It not only will give you practice and help you hone your skills, but you can also use the articles you write as sample content for your prospective customers to view.

3. Taken online blogging course. Angela Boothe offers some excellent training on how to make money blogging. You can also hang out in discussion forums and read about how other people are making money writing.

4. How to get clients? You could join a membership site such as Real Writing Jobs dot com. You can also join the Warrior Forum and post your availability there.

A good blog writer is always in demand and you can fill up your daily work planner very quickly with existing customers, but that will take a little bit of time to do.

5. Put an emphasis on the quality of your work. This is the last point we want to mention to you. Double check your work to make sure you are using proper grammar and you have no spelling errors.

Starting a computer home based business as a freelance blogger is fun and can be very profitable once you get going.
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Ten Marketing Tips To Increase Valuable Traffic To Your Blog Website

If you're a network marketer, then you probably already found out that online network marketing makes you a lot more money than the old offline strategies. In addition to classical recruitment tactics. One of the most effective ways to build your business is based on your personal website. Allow me to share some tips in order to make your website more profitable.

Create a free blog website with the ability to add meta-tags. Keep your website well-organized. Your website is useless if visitors don't understand the purpose of it.
Hand out business cards or leaflets with the URL of your website on. Make sure that your leaflets aren't easy to throw away. Print them preferably on light cardboard; some people collect cards like this.
Buy an easy to recognize domain name. In some cases it can have the description or even the name of your business in it.
Use the link of your website as signature on forums, social networks, emails, etc. Comment on other peoples blogs with the link to your website as signature. Make sure that your comments have enough value, otherwise they will end up in the spam folder. Never send spam messages to people with the link to your website in it. As a matter a fact, never send spam messages at all.
Write articles about popular subjects. Search engines play an important role here. Your potential visitors are people who are looking for valuable information on a particular subject. Think about what kind of information your potential visitor is looking for. They are not just surfing for fun so if they can't find the information they were looking for, they will leave your site very soon. The title of your articles should attract people and encourage them to read the body of the article. Therefore the best titles are the ones that make people questioning the subject, use for instance "how to" or a title in question-form. The words you are using in your article should resemble the content as much as possible.
Always use understandable language. You don't want to attract Einstein, but ordinary people who are looking for a simple answer to their questions.
Submit your articles to article directory sites. The more articles that include your website link you have online, the more traffic you will create.
Make links to your other websites if you have more than one website.
Count the number of visitors on your site. If you don't keep the score, you won't know whether your website is doing good or not.
If you want to pay for traffic, then maybe adsites like Google AdWords could be something for you. You can choose the region where you want to advertise and even the amount of money you want to spend on it. Never advertise on the usual free ad sites.
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Can Blogging Make Money?

Many people ask if writing blogs can make money, and if so, how. Those who wish to learn how to make money by blogging, here is the way to go ahead. To begin writing blogs, you do not need a lot of money to invest. All you need is a minimum starting cost or a small registration fee. There are many free blogging sites too, which you can try as beginners too.

Once you have a good readership backing you, whom you can count on, you can monetize your blog. You will have people adding on your column even when you do not update the space. With every click, and visit, you are adding on your earnings. The better the traffic, the better worthy is your blog!

Though there are a number of free sites, these have a number of hidden terms and conditions. Thus you may not be able to be who you are, and write what you wish to. There are many who have been terminated without a believable reason. Thus a blog with your own domain name is always more attractive and more rewarding.

Create a domain name that will also include a hint of your blog. Setting up a website for your blog is easy, and the money it requires is less compared to the returns, as well as compared to the freedom you get in turn. There is no one to set terms and conditions, and your blog is your own, and your own view and opinion.

Blogging is easy and simple. But if you wish to have maximum followers, you need to choose a topic that is interesting to most, and a topic or subject that wins curiosity from others, inviting others to keep updating and participating. The topic that you choose should be of your interest and passion too, as only then can you bring in sincerity to the subject.

Restrict your blogs to 300 to 400 words, which is not a daunting task to read, as well gives enough word count to express yourself. Writing longer can be boring and people tend to lose interest to. One-liner blogs are also equally a waste. You can improve your traffic to your blog by adding links to your blogs in your social networking sites where you can easily drag along more people that you actually know. Thus the more the participants, the better is your blog.

When you generate traffic to your blogs and there are more conversations and interactions happening, it is the time that you step ahead to monetize your space. You wilt hi sway earn money from every visitor. There are many advertisers who wish to display their products to reach out to more people. Thus offering space for advertisers, helps you earn with each visitor. You can also earn a decent commission if the posted product is purchased.

If you have a good traffic and a number of participants and visitor, you can actually sell your creation for a good profit, and start away all new, and begin with a new blog, and go on. There are sites that pay for your blogs on the topics they give and pay per blog or review. If you are someone who loves to write, you can blog and make money too!
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Tips to Make Money With Blogging

Internet has offered great ways to make money and this is one of the reasons why people tend to look for options online. With the introductions of blogs on internet world, people can use them as medium for earning money. There are a lot of benefits of having your own blogs and not all of us are aware of the benefits. All you need is to spend a small amount of money and create a genuine and impressive readership for people. You will notice that after sometime, you will be able to make money with blogging. You will be able to get a decent income once you come to know how to monetize your blog.

You can set up your own blog in number of ways such as using the platforms including WordPress, Blogger and various other sites which are able to host your site. You can also have a blog on your own name which is one of the most effective ways to earn money through blogging. In order to make money, you need to have complete control on your blogs and this is one of the reasons why it is suggested to get paid blogs and with free blogs you will get bound with their terms and conditions. You can spend a small amount of money by paying for domain name and set up a web server through which the site will be hosted.

Once you have chosen the server and the domain name, the next step is to choose an impressive layout and themes for your blog so that it can impress people from various parts of the world. In order to choose the best-suited one, all you have to do is make a search on various search engines and you will see that there are a lot of them. You can select which goes well with your content and the topic of your blog. It is highly recommended that after everything is ready that you must start writing the blog posts so that people can come to know about what you have for them.

If you want that people must take interest in your subject, you should write these posts several times a week and keep updating the sites if you want to get more people on the site. This is one of the greatest ways to make money if you are selling products and services through your sites. You can use it as a marketing medium. In that case, you can write about the products and give their honest reviews and feedback. At the end of the blog, you can leave the links of the websites.

The readers will be able to read the content and click on the link to visit the site. This is the best way to get visitors and potential buyers for the products and business. You can also share the links of your blogs on various social networking sites. This will increase the number of people who will come to know about the business and products you are selling.

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Blogging And Ad Posting To Make Money Online

One reason why online money making has become so popular is that internet facilities are relatively cheaper than they used to be. As of most recent dates, more than a 100 million web sites have been created and are being used by thousands all over the globe. It can be considered as a huge mounting Everest of knowledge and information and no one can ever reach its peak. This makes it the perfect platform for the exchange of ideas and business concepts.

Online money making is considered to be the easiest ways of making money, but that does not mean you don't need to do any hard work. Here also in order to gain you have to put in some real hard work and research. The most popular jobs perhaps are advertised in eBay and Amazon. You buy and sell products in these websites. All you need is a registration fee and you are in it. You can buy stuff and then sell them, or sell your own stuff on the web site.

Another good option of online money making is blogging. Blogging is sort of an online personal diary. Nowadays everyone writes their own blog and some even earn from it. There are a number of web servers that host blog spots for potential bloggers. But if you want to make money out of blogging you must have your own domain name and this might cost you a little. But this is far less than what you will reap once you have your own server to set up your own blog.

The first thing to think while creating a blog is what to write about? There are a lot of subjects you can blog about- food, life, music- anything you feel a passion for. If you put your heart out in each post, the number of eyes reading your posts will increase. It is important to establish your blog as a successful, popular one as this is the center of the game. The subject should be interesting, common and comprehensible. People should be seduced to read your blogs without fail every day you post something new.

When you have thus establishes yourself, then starts the actual money making. You can sell ad space in your blog, as you have many visitors and so it is a perfect place to post ads. You will get paid by the number of clicks these ads get from your readers. You might also be approached by many web sites and companies who want you to showcase their product in your blog as a sort of advertisement and they pay you for doing so.

Blogging can be an interesting fun to do job. Just as long as you keep your readers happy, you will have steady revenue in hand. You also have the option of selling your successful blog to another potential blogger or a company. Blogging is a good way of making money the easy way through the internet. Online money making does not limit itself to just blogging though. The choices are scattered all over the web.

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Blogging As a Money Making Medium

Until recently, blogs were used simply to voice one's opinion on various subjects and discuss common matters of interest. But today these blogs are capable of spinning a little income on the side. A look in to the various means and ways to generate money from a blog:

Set up Your Blog as an Advertising Medium for Related Products and Services

If the traffic to your blog is high, that means there is something meaningful and interesting in the content contained in it. Make use of this popularity by giving some space in your page to AdSense or BlogAds. Best thing is, you get to choose the ads that you want to see displayed on your page. They could be related to the content given in your blog. For example if the blog discusses fat loss information, then ads featuring fat loss equipment and aids would certainly interest readers and at least some of them are bound to click on them. You get a commission on the basis of the number of hits on these ads. Some advertisers even pay for the mere placement of their ads on your blog.

Promote Your Own Business through Your Blog

It's an accepted thing that blogs are a platform to express one's thoughts and feelings. But you can place your content in such a way is that it reveals certain specific skills and abilities that you possess. Suppose you are a doctor and you write about a particular medical condition, there's no harm in mentioning the special course of treatment that you follow in curing the disease. This is sure to capture the attention of readers who would somehow try to find you or recommend you to others who need such treatments. Thus there is a definite increase in your patient flow which is actually an indirect advantage from your blog. You can also promote such services like copy writing, editing, seo services etc that you do through your own writing skills demonstrated on the blog.

Bringing in Affiliate Programs

You could enter into a deal with major sites like Amazon.com whereby you allow the setting up of affiliate links to their site. Suppose you mention a particular book in your blog as a casual phrase. This book could have an affiliate link which when licked on would go directly to the Amazon site where more information is delivered. If the reader actually purchases the book, then you are certainly in for a fair share of commission.

Inform Your Existing Clientele of Updates and Additional Services

For those who consistently read your blog page, all the updates and added services to your business would be of great interest. Let them know the range of products that you have or services you are capable of. Thus those who were using you for a specific purpose may latch you in for related tasks as well. Again there is an increase in returns coming in through blogging though indirectly.

You need to spent some valuable time on blogging in order to take advantage of its money making potential to the hilt and always look out for more opportunities to 'grow' your blog.
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Importance of Long Tail Keywords in SEO

Long tail keywords work far better outside advertising by means of fan pages, occasion pages, groups and far more. Bear in thoughts that everything on Facebook is search engine indexed, and you are able to better understand the significance and advantage of long tail keywords in content. Long tail keywords get more visitors within the lengthy run because you can rank a lot more easily for them. Long tail keywords are employed when the web site desires to refine search terms towards the internet page, as well as once the searcher is trying to find some thing instead specific. Like typical search phrases, long tail keywords are utilized to define what's on the internet page and what the publisher desires to become discovered beneath in search engines and on search engine outcomes pages.

Long tail keywords appearing to have potential should be copied for potential use inside your marketing. And don't underestimate the effect of putting real hours and work into performing your keyword research; your good results depends on this truth. Long tail keywords are so much less complicated to rank for, and it creates a lot better conversions which is the whole point anyway. Several individuals get to caught up with just trying to get visitors anyway they can, but when there not using your service than there's no point. Long tail keywords are extremely specific in nature along with the folks who are making use of to search them know what they want. So long tail keywords really are a more definite method to get to out for your target marketplace and get search engine traffic that converts.

Search volume will likely be a lot greater for that a lot more basic terms than the long-tail terms, but more than time the searches for your long tail variations will add up, and you will begin seeing that within your Analytics. Talking of variations, you're limiting yourself in case you only concentrate on one or two words terms since there's no keyword variety there. Search positioning will even enhance dramatically since competitors for these keyword-phrases is a lot reduce than with single-keywords. Reduce competition also implies decrease PPC expenses.

Analyze your search phrases nicely so customers can search your web site simply with Google. Long tail keywords are fantastic for search engine optimization (Search engine optimization). Research is much more essential than you may think. Without sufficient study, you can end up with irrelevant phrases or ones that have been utilized by a lot of on the internet companies in your niche. Analysis efforts really should not show to become so arduous, when your marketplace section is picked, and should you make use of the keyword study capability. For this particular scenario, we are able to use "weight loss" because the example to explain precisely how performing the keyword research will function for you personally.

Google decided that, to be able to keep its popularity as the very best Search Engine in the entire vast planet, they've to place a cease to this abuse. Within the immediate long run, if you wish to rank for lengthy tails, you will need to be sure your blog is about people search phrases that you might be ranking for. Google is now in a position to index longer keyword phrases far more accurately. It seems that Google guessed the most effective pages for long keyword phrases until lately according to other signals and key phrases around the indexed pages. Google is actually putting greater weight now around the quantity of like words or phrases integrated in duplicate focusing on specific keywords and phrases. Attempt to come across a method to use purposely misspelled keywords and phrases and synonyms throughout on your web site within a way that does not harm your picture but that rather permits you to make use of the text to offer your copy the greatest marketplace get to.

Realistically when folks go into Google they will search for a whole bunch of various issues, everybody is various. You only get a couple of searches for these terms but you can find a huge number of various combinations of things folks may search for.

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Bing or Google? Both Search Engines Have Great Features!

Some think of Google as the master in the search engine market; however, Microsoft's Bing may prove to be a real challenger. Globally, Google may dominate search rankings, but 34 percent of its searches come from overseas, while Bing is used more in the United States.

It has been estimated that the average user of Bing is over 35 and has a higher income than the Google user. More people use Bing in the United States than Google; both Bing and Google are used overseas. Rankpay advices clients to use both search engines for marketing, especially in the beginning stages when they are trying to analyze where the most valuable traffic is coming from.

Bing has search tools such as an Explorer Pane for fine-tuning searches and Quick Previews for taking a quick look at a site before actually visiting it. Bing also has Sentiment Extraction that helps make product reviews more understandable. Google delivers solid search results and cool tools such as Street Views.

User reviews of Bing and Google have stated that Bing is more graphical and better when searching for video and images. With Bing you can point to any search result without clicking; a pop-up balloon displays the first few paragraphs of text without leaving the results list.

Both Google and Bing offer an Image Search page that allows you to find photos from the Web of anything. With Bing, the results page scrolls on and on to keep you from having to click next over and over. Google seems to be better when it comes to many searches such as movie show times. You get a complete table of nearby movies, reviews, links to the Internet Movie database and trailers to the movies. Google's maps and driving directions are great, offering features like Street View and the option to drag the colored routine line to alternative roads in order to avoid traffic jams or take shortcuts.

Bing may win the contest when it comes to traffic searches because you get a color-coded map of traffic speeds that are current. It is also great with company name searches. Since Bing is still fairly new; however, it lacks some of Google's additional services like book searches and Google News.

To summarize all the comparisons, it may be a good idea for each individual to use both Bing and Google and see which is better based on what kind of searches a person performs more often. They are both great search engines and can both be utilized to make web surfing easy and fun!

Fred Meek is a professional Austin Search Engine Marketing consultant in Austin Texas. For more information go to BLOG SEO.

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Make Your Website Search Engine Friendly

The SEO specialists can advise you to make your website prominent but if you cannot afford the expert then the following tips can help you to make your friendly:
1. The should be aware of the stuff that you are offering on your website. Well obviously if will know about your websites only then they will refer your to the viewers.

2. Be specific about your website. Do not publish stuff about every topic. Choose a theme topic for your and try your best that the content you publish on your is according to that theme. This tip improves the visibility of your in the internet world.

3. Another thing that should be kept in mind is to avoid the use of java script, logo design as most of the avoid detecting and referring the websites which contain the java script content. Though some are making plans to increase the detection of such websites but still, it is recommended to avoid the java script.

4. Do not create the hidden texts in your websites. The reason behind this is most of the ignore the websites that contain the hidden content because they think that it may be harmful for the users. So even if your does not contain the harmful stuff but some of its content is hidden, the visibility of your will be affected badly.

5. Add the links to your website. This will increase the chances of your visibility. The consider those websites friendly, which have some links in the internet world. You can build links by yourself or you can hire experts for the task of link building.

6. Improve you title tags. The title tags are the first thing seen by. If your title tags will be user friendly your will be friendly. So be very careful before choosing the title tags for your website. If you think that you are not capable of doing so, then ask help from any professional.

7. Cross linking is another method used to make a friendly to the search engines. Cross linking is actually done between the pages of the same website. This method also increases the chances of visibility of your website. The number of cross links is directly proportional to the chances of visibility of your website.

8. Last but not the least; choose the content for your website really carefully. It should be user friendly and free of adult and bold content. This will make your website friendly for the users.

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