Setting Up Your Adsense Account
Once you have your blog set up, you’re ready to put up some ads. I recommend you start off with Adsense.
If you click on the ‘My Account’ button, you’ll see ‘My Products’ on the right hand side and underneath are the products that you currently are subscribed to. Scroll down, and you’ll see ‘Try Something New’ and you should see the ‘Adsense’ button. Click on it and just follow the instructions to sign up.
Make sure that you read and understand ALL the policies. There are some very important policies that you need to be aware of, like clicking on your own ads will result in suspension of your account. Also there’s a limit as to how many ad and link units you can put on one page.
Once you’re done signing up, go back to your blogger dashboard, click on ‘Layout’, and then click on ‘Add A Page Element’. There should be 2 of these; one on the right-hand side, and another one way down at the bottom. The one on the right hand side will only generate small ads which you can place anywhere in that right-hand column. The one on the bottom will generate larger ads which you can drag to the very top of your blog, just underneath or you can just leave it at the bottom.
Once you click on “Add A Page Element”, a new screen will pop up. Find the Adsense button and click on it. In this screen you can customize your ad by choosing the size, color and whether you want links or just an ad. I recommend that you use the ‘Blend Template’ for the color because it will be the closest and the best match for your blog. Once you’re done just click save and move it to the spot where you want it to show up on your blog.
Now you want to save it again by clicking on the orange ‘save’ button on top. A message will appear on top telling you that your changes have been saved. There will also be a link to view your blog, click on that and if you’re not happy with the way it looks, simply go back and make the desired changes.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Step #1 in Affiliate Marketing
If affiliate marketing is what you’re interested in, then the first thing you should do is decide what it is that you want to market. My suggestion would be to pick something that you enjoy, that way you won’t get discouraged as quick. Plus, you’ll already know all about the subject which will enable you to fully concentrate on all the rest that you’ll have to learn.
Believe you me, there is a lot to learn and it takes a lot of work to set everything up before you’ll see any money. I read somewhere that 98% of marketers don’t succeed. The majority drop out in the first week, which tells me that once they understand the amount of work that goes into it, they’re not willing to do it.
So go ahead and think about something dear to your heart—it could be anything from fly-fishing to soap-making! Come up with catchy name. Make sure the name has at least one keyword, like ‘Fred’s Fly-Fishing” or “Susie’s Handmade Soaps”. This will help people to find you easier.
Once you have a clear picture in your mind of what it is you want to promote, you should set up a blog with blogger. All you have to do is go to http://blogger.com and set up an account. It’s very easy, click on the blue “TAKE A QUICK TOUR” button and take a quick tour or just click on the red “CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW” and simply follow the instructions.
Now it’s time for you to start blogging. Stick with the topic that you chose, and start building quality content around it. It’s very important that you stick with the topic and not wander off, because the more content you can build around one topic, the easier it will be for the search engines to pick up your blog. This will greatly increase traffic to your site!
Your success will depend on the amount of traffic that you’ll be able to attract to your site. So it’s important that you build your content first, so that when you get visitors, they’ll like what they see and keep coming back for more.
Take a deep breath and relax, make this a fun experiment. Your writing doesn’t have to be perfect, whatever you post, you can edit or delete later if don’t like it.
You can also go to the following sites for some great content: http://articlecity.com, http://goarticles.com>, http://ezinearticles.com , and http://ideamarketers.com . These sites are all free; just make sure you read their guidelines before you publish any of their content on your site.
You can also submit articles to these sites for others to publish. You don’t get paid to do this, but, you are allowed to put your web or blog URL on the article and this will generate an awesome amount of traffic leading back to your site.
There’s tons of free ways to generate traffic to your site which I’ll cover more in later posts.
So once again, make this a fun experience and remember that success is only the elimination of failure.
Believe you me, there is a lot to learn and it takes a lot of work to set everything up before you’ll see any money. I read somewhere that 98% of marketers don’t succeed. The majority drop out in the first week, which tells me that once they understand the amount of work that goes into it, they’re not willing to do it.
So go ahead and think about something dear to your heart—it could be anything from fly-fishing to soap-making! Come up with catchy name. Make sure the name has at least one keyword, like ‘Fred’s Fly-Fishing” or “Susie’s Handmade Soaps”. This will help people to find you easier.
Once you have a clear picture in your mind of what it is you want to promote, you should set up a blog with blogger. All you have to do is go to http://blogger.com and set up an account. It’s very easy, click on the blue “TAKE A QUICK TOUR” button and take a quick tour or just click on the red “CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW” and simply follow the instructions.
Now it’s time for you to start blogging. Stick with the topic that you chose, and start building quality content around it. It’s very important that you stick with the topic and not wander off, because the more content you can build around one topic, the easier it will be for the search engines to pick up your blog. This will greatly increase traffic to your site!
Your success will depend on the amount of traffic that you’ll be able to attract to your site. So it’s important that you build your content first, so that when you get visitors, they’ll like what they see and keep coming back for more.
Take a deep breath and relax, make this a fun experiment. Your writing doesn’t have to be perfect, whatever you post, you can edit or delete later if don’t like it.
You can also go to the following sites for some great content: http://articlecity.com, http://goarticles.com>, http://ezinearticles.com , and http://ideamarketers.com . These sites are all free; just make sure you read their guidelines before you publish any of their content on your site.
You can also submit articles to these sites for others to publish. You don’t get paid to do this, but, you are allowed to put your web or blog URL on the article and this will generate an awesome amount of traffic leading back to your site.
There’s tons of free ways to generate traffic to your site which I’ll cover more in later posts.
So once again, make this a fun experience and remember that success is only the elimination of failure.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
MLM vs. Affiliate Marketing
I did some research and I found some similarities and differances between MLM Marketing and Affiliate Marketing. Ok some of the similarities are both methods include the Web2.0 system, which basicly means you have to promote yourself first before you can promote your products.
And both methods have been proven to generate a good, I mean a really good income.
As far as I can tell they both involve selling products...you can sell your own if you want...that's if you have a product. But most people start off by using other people's products.
There's only two differances that I can see so far...and that is in MLM you build a downline for residual income...whereas in Affiliate Marketing you're basically by yourself, and it all depends on how hard you work.
And the real differance is, and this is my favourite: with MLM you pay to get started, but with Affiliate Marketing you don't have to pay a single penny to get started; unless you want to get your own domanin name and website up, which you don't have to do, you can still make money just with blogging.
And both methods have been proven to generate a good, I mean a really good income.
As far as I can tell they both involve selling products...you can sell your own if you want...that's if you have a product. But most people start off by using other people's products.
There's only two differances that I can see so far...and that is in MLM you build a downline for residual income...whereas in Affiliate Marketing you're basically by yourself, and it all depends on how hard you work.
And the real differance is, and this is my favourite: with MLM you pay to get started, but with Affiliate Marketing you don't have to pay a single penny to get started; unless you want to get your own domanin name and website up, which you don't have to do, you can still make money just with blogging.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Is MLM a scam?
Okay, I have looked into this MLM thing and I just really don't know what to think of it. I mean I'm sure there's people making money but how much did they spend into the system before they actually seen some returns. That's what I'd like to know....but noone out there seems to be willing to share this info.
It's like "sign up for my FREE newsletter or FREE mini course and I'll tell you exactly how I made this much money in one month!" So you sign up, thinking you're going somewhere...and all you get is "buy my book or video it has all the answers!"
I just want 1 marketer to come forward and tell me exactly how much money it takes to get going. Then maybe, I'll register with them.
Okay, I understand when joining, you're like opening your own business...only you have no idea how much this business is going to cost you! Try selling your brick and mortar business without telling your buyer how much you're selling it for! I guarentee it will never work!!
So why are these MLM peole trying to do just that?If there's anyone out there who has an answer please contact me by responding to this post, I would love to hear your opinion...whether you're an entrepeneur or someone else who knows what I'm talking about.
Many Thanks!
It's like "sign up for my FREE newsletter or FREE mini course and I'll tell you exactly how I made this much money in one month!" So you sign up, thinking you're going somewhere...and all you get is "buy my book or video it has all the answers!"
I just want 1 marketer to come forward and tell me exactly how much money it takes to get going. Then maybe, I'll register with them.
Okay, I understand when joining, you're like opening your own business...only you have no idea how much this business is going to cost you! Try selling your brick and mortar business without telling your buyer how much you're selling it for! I guarentee it will never work!!
So why are these MLM peole trying to do just that?If there's anyone out there who has an answer please contact me by responding to this post, I would love to hear your opinion...whether you're an entrepeneur or someone else who knows what I'm talking about.
Many Thanks!
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