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clickedtrueDr.Essanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-341936460564826112024-05-24T07:58:00.000-07:002024-05-24T07:58:12.523-07:00<p>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Unlocking the Power of ChatGPT: A Comprehensive Guide</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Introduction</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Understanding ChatGPT</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Why Use ChatGPT?</h3><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubal5woIiQNuIA1DoA9MJ37p__XHZnXf_8RoGPEcYbieQ9obcw1MxdtKFMjBLYExsOaZ4LQGMgjpi1Qwd7WIdg5Cn8NegM6kZpuvjARcFnWbxKo7lXe0BjxB6j3qGrTVrKLA-8rtCQ8kznW7AnxOoLSq-2rWATlY-4sYTu6j7oSw0y47tTlfki3WhK7uU/s1200/what-is-chat-gpt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1200" height="348" 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&quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Basics of ChatGPT</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What is ChatGPT?</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How Does ChatGPT Work?</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ChatGPT's Capabilities</h3><h4 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Natural Language Understanding</h4><h4 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Text Generation</h4><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Getting Started with ChatGPT</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Setting Up ChatGPT</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Choosing the Right Model</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Understanding Inputs and Outputs</h3><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maximizing ChatGPT's Potential</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Customizing ChatGPT</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fine-tuning for Specific Tasks</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Leveraging Plugins and Integrations</h3><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Best Practices for Using ChatGPT</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Providing Clear Input</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Handling Output Responsibly</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ensuring Ethical Use</h3><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Applications of ChatGPT</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Content Creation</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Customer Support</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Personal Assistance</h3><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Challenges and Limitations</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bias and Fairness Concerns</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Understanding Context</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dealing with Misinterpretations</h3><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Future of ChatGPT</h2><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Advancements in AI Technology</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Potential Impact on Society</h3><h3 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1rem 0px 0.5rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ethical Considerations and Regulations</h3><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Conclusion</h2><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In conclusion, ChatGPT represents a remarkable advancement in natural language processing technology, offering a wide range of applications across various industries. By understanding its capabilities, limitations, and best practices, users can unlock its full potential while ensuring responsible and ethical use.</p><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)</h2><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, system-ui, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, Helvetica, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, Arial, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.625em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;">Can ChatGPT understand multiple languages?</span> Yes, ChatGPT can comprehend and generate text in multiple languages, although its proficiency may vary depending on the language.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;">Is ChatGPT capable of learning from user interactions?</span> While ChatGPT does not inherently learn from individual interactions, it can be fine-tuned using specific datasets to improve its performance in particular domains.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;">How accurate is ChatGPT in generating human-like responses?</span> ChatGPT's accuracy in generating human-like responses can vary depending on factors such as the quality of input data, model size, and fine-tuning. However, it has demonstrated impressive capabilities in generating coherent and contextually relevant text.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;">Are there any privacy concerns associated with using ChatGPT?</span> As with any AI technology, there are potential privacy concerns related to the data used to train and fine-tune ChatGPT models. Users must be mindful of the data they input into the system and ensure compliance with relevant privacy regulations.</p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;">What are some potential ethical considerations when using ChatGPT?</span> Ethical considerations when using ChatGPT include ensuring that generated content is not misleading or harmful, avoiding biases in training data, and respecting user privacy and consent.</p></li></ol><img id="image-hover-icon" src="https://statics.imgkits.com/images/image_translator_chrome_icon.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 25px; left: 27.7454px; opacity: 0.7; position: absolute; top: 237.479px; width: 25px;" />Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-49368966465896120992022-12-17T12:17:00.003-08:002022-12-17T12:22:57.298-08:00<p>&nbsp;amazing site to make some money for dr zafalele2020 !!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>https://bit.ly/3jcMFXu</p>Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-69436536269660576022018-02-16T13:42:00.001-08:002018-02-16T13:42:44.584-08:00Jimmy Kimmel on School Shooting in Parkland, Florida<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: start;">We are all reeling after yet another senseless shooting that took place at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people lost their lives and more than a dozen are hospitalized. Donald Trump gave a speech addressing the tragic events saying that no child or teacher should be afraid of their lives while at school. Jimmy agrees with Trump but in order to fix this SOMETHING has to be done. We need real laws that keep assault rifles out of the hands of people who are going to shoot our kids. These Congressmen and lobbyists don’t work for the NRA, they work for us. If you want to help go to www.everytown.org and write to your representatives. If they don’t listen, vote them out.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: start;">Jimmy Kimmel on School Shooting in Parkland, Florida</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: start;" /><a class="yt-uix-sessionlink spf-link " data-sessionlink="itct=CDMQ6TgYACITCIHajoWzq9kCFUPCVQodlyoKZyj4HQ" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vLiQLpsc8" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">https://youtu.be/Z0vLiQLpsc8</a><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0vLiQLpsc8" width="480"></iframe></div>Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-68170894490528381812018-02-16T13:39:00.001-08:002018-02-16T13:39:51.268-08:00Incredibles 2 - Olympics Sneak Peek<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: blue;"><u><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: start;">The Incredibles are back on June 15. 💥 Watch a brand-new sneak peek of Incredibles 2 now!</span></i></u></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YBpdL9hSac4" width="480"></iframe></div>Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-13278459073275382052018-02-16T13:37:00.001-08:002018-02-16T13:37:03.369-08:00Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake - King's Dead<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div id="watch-uploader-info" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="watch-time-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Published on Feb 15, 2018</span></div><div class="" id="watch-description-text" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><div class="" id="eow-description" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; padding: 0px;">Directed by Dave Free (the little homies) &amp; Jack Begert<br />Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By<br />AVAILABLE NOW:&nbsp;<a class="yt-uix-sessionlink " data-sessionlink="itct=CDIQ6TgYACITCOC5sdOwq9kCFYKAVQodR-8KAyj4HUiOvuKogPaJgFc" data-target-new-window="True" data-url="/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fsmarturl.it%2FBlackPantherAlbum" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fsmarturl.it%2FBlackPantherAlbum" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://smarturl.it/BlackPantherAlbum</a><br /><br />Music video by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake performing King's Dead. (C) 2018 Aftermath Records<br /><br /><a class="yt-uix-sessionlink " data-sessionlink="itct=CDIQ6TgYACITCOC5sdOwq9kCFYKAVQodR-8KAyj4HUiOvuKogPaJgFc" data-target-new-window="True" data-url="/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fvevo.ly%2FOA5yJn" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fvevo.ly%2FOA5yJn" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://vevo.ly/OA5yJn</a></div></div><div id="watch-description-extras" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><ul class="watch-extras-section" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="watch-meta-item yt-uix-expander-body" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">Category</h4><ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class=" yt-uix-sessionlink spf-link " data-sessionlink="ei=Pk2HWuCiNIKB1gLH3qsY" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">Music</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="watch-meta-item yt-uix-expander-body" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">License</h4><ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Standard YouTube License</li> <li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: YouTube Noto, Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">https://youtu.be/VwAnsAUYnw4</span></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> </ul></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwAnsAUYnw4" width="480"></iframe></div>Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-4726483358356625712018-02-16T13:31:00.003-08:002018-02-16T13:33:29.696-08:00Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake - King's Dead<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwAnsAUYnw4<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div id="watch-uploader-info" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span class="watch-time-text" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Published on Feb 15, 2018</span></div> <div class="" id="watch-description-text" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="" id="eow-description" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Directed by Dave Free (the little homies) &amp; Jack Begert<br /> Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By<br /> AVAILABLE NOW:&nbsp;<a class="yt-uix-sessionlink " data-sessionlink="itct=CDIQ6TgYACITCOC5sdOwq9kCFYKAVQodR-8KAyj4HUiOvuKogPaJgFc" data-target-new-window="True" data-url="/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fsmarturl.it%2FBlackPantherAlbum" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fsmarturl.it%2FBlackPantherAlbum" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://smarturl.it/BlackPantherAlbum</a><br /> <br /> Music video by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake performing King's Dead. (C) 2018 Aftermath Records<br /> <br /> <a class="yt-uix-sessionlink " data-sessionlink="itct=CDIQ6TgYACITCOC5sdOwq9kCFYKAVQodR-8KAyj4HUiOvuKogPaJgFc" data-target-new-window="True" data-url="/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fvevo.ly%2FOA5yJn" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=VwAnsAUYnw4&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=RiyysSf0kG6E5oMRLopCeWjY6iR8MTUxODkwMjk3NUAxNTE4ODE2NTc1&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fvevo.ly%2FOA5yJn" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://vevo.ly/OA5yJn</a></div> </div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwAnsAUYnw4">Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, James Blake - King's Dead</a><br /> <div id="watch-description-extras" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'YouTube Noto', Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <ul class="watch-extras-section" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="watch-meta-item yt-uix-expander-body" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;"> Category</h4> <ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class=" yt-uix-sessionlink spf-link " data-sessionlink="ei=Pk2HWuCiNIKB1gLH3qsY" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">Music</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="watch-meta-item yt-uix-expander-body" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;"> License</h4> <ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Standard YouTube License</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-45305264028598949372018-02-16T13:25:00.002-08:002018-02-16T13:25:48.116-08:00<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <br /></div> <iframe width="600" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XUqRem0W8L8" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; 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box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; float: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div class="itemFullText" data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Work From Home, Save On Transportation, Reduce Stress, Choose Your Company &amp; Work Schedule.</strong></div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br /></div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Company:</strong>&nbsp;Fortune 500 Vacation Resort Company and&nbsp;Global Presence Solutions&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;<a data-userway-font-size="16" href="https://www.impactmiami.org/index.php" style="background: transparent; 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This company is the world’s most popular cruise line with 25 ships operating 3 to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Europe, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.</div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br /></div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Expectations:</strong></div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> Here is the scope of services and the kinds of tasks one can expect to handle on a daily basis for Direct Sales Program:</div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> Direct Sales Calls:</div> <ul data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Inbound calls for assistance with booking a cruise from client’s customers.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Inbound calls for assistance with cruise specific questions, quotes and more!</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maintain top sales performance by showcasing expert sales techniques and overcoming customer objections.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Possible outbound calls to client-designated internal support departments, client’s customers for status and clarification purposes.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Transferring of inbound calls or outbound calls to other client-designated internal support departments or client account representatives.</li> </ul> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> Casino Calls:</div> <ul data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Inbound calls for assistance with client specific promotions from client’s customers.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Possible outbound calls to client-designated internal support departments, client’s customers for status and clarification purposes.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Transferring of inbound calls or outbound calls to other client-designated internal support departments or client account representatives.</li> </ul> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Certification:</strong></div> <ul data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Timely completion of all self-paced modules with 100%.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Successfully pass all quizzes and exams (Score of 90% or higher on final exam).</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Successfully pass role play scenarios.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pass mock calls – Complete 4 scenarios within 60 minutes with 2 of those scored at 90%.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Select and service a minimum of 6 intervals daily during the live calls.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Provide a completed Notarized Affidavit of Identification and Photo ID.</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Successfully pass drug screening.</li> </ul> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br /></div> <div data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; word-wrap: break-word;"> Work From Home for Fortune 500 Companies, Save On Transportation, Reduce Stress, Choose Your Company &amp; Work Schedule.<br data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Additional Info</b><br data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;" />&nbsp;</div> <ol data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Restricted States: California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Oregon, Wisconsin and New York</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Functions: Inbound Customer Support</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Languages: English</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eligibility: 18+, Pass Background &amp; Certification, Be Teachable &amp; Excellent</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Type: Contract (1099)</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hourly Pay: $9.00 - $20.00 Per hour (Based On Company You Choose &amp; Hourly Performance Bonuses)</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Min Hours Weekly: 15</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Max Hours Weekly: 70</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Online Training: 3 to 6 Weeks</li> <li data-userway-font-size="16" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Equipment: Internet Access, Hardwired Desktop or Laptop for Some Companies, Hardwired Phone Line. Learn More After Your Apply</li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0California, USA36.778261 -119.4179323999999823.886426 -140.07222939999997 49.670096 -98.76363539999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-10067028486294092552015-11-10T21:00:00.002-08:002015-11-10T21:00:32.044-08:00How to Publish Your Article and Avoid Rejection<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It’s a simple enough process. You know how to write and you know what to write about. But, so many opportunities to have your content published online can be lost if you don’t follow a few simple steps.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Even the best writers on the web are not excused from these Golden Rules of Article Marketing and online publishing.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">If you want to know how to get your articles published on line and make some good money doing it, read on.</em></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; 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width: 40px;" target="_blank"><i style="-webkit-filter: grayscale(100%) brightness(120%); background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 30px;"></i></a></div> </div> </div> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> As you can see, publishing high quality articls online, something we do daily, is a straight forward process. But, it’s amazing how often some of these things are overlooked.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You may overlook them, but busy web sites and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/best-article-writing-sites-for-earning-money-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" title="Best paid writing sites online">publishers who are offering good money</a>&nbsp;for your articles probably won’t.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Read the Publishers Guidelines Carefully</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is the number one reason most articles are rejected. The article submission did not follow the clearly stated guidelines of the publisher. Don’t let this happen to you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Here are a few common mistakes…</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Not submitting your articles or content to the appropriate site</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Not submitting the details, references or portfolio’s that were requested</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Doing your research means…</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Use search on the publishers site to findout if your idea has already been done</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Reading the most popular articles on the site and get a feel for the tone</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Knowing how much to charge and how long your article should be</li> </ul> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Only Submit what is Requested</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is vital. Submitting more than what was required is a waste of time for them and you. If the publisher only asks for an introduction, then don’t send them the whole thing. Don’t send them 20 articles if they only asked for one.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Here are a few common examples…</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Sending more words than requested</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Sending a bunch of links with no explanation</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Bogging them down with long winded introductions about yourself</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You’re a word-smith. Remember that. Use an economy of words. Edit everything you do until it’s as clear and succinct as possible. Avoid sending your entire CV.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Just a clear bio and outline of your experience, along with a recent win is usually enough.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Have a Unique Selling Point</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Please don’t start your introduction (or anything for that matter) with, “I’m the gal for the job, and here’s why…” Instead, just get straight down to it and tell them what it is you have provided that is of real value.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And then state in one sentence what that real value is.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Here are a few common errors…</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Being too cute (untimely humour) or self inflating</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Nobody cares if you are happy go lucky. Do you meet deadlines?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">No-one really cares about your passion. What we want to know is, are you any good?</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Don’t tell people your the best. Don’t tell them you have what it takes. Show them. Work on your article titles and your introduction. Make it polished an compelling so that they are likely to read on.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Your publisher reads all day long. What is the one line you can put in your introduction that is going to make him read on?</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Is it the depth of your research?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The unique angle?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The tone?</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is so important. If your publisher is bored, either because your article is verbose, long winded, unfocused, poorly written, all over the shop, filled with commas, untidy, uninteresting…. get the idea? … then they are likely to assume that the reader will feel the same way. Yawn…..</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Know your Subject</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Once you have decided to pitch an article to a prospective publisher, ask yourself this:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Do you really know the subject you are writing on?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Do you know how much the article is likely to be worth?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Does your work reflect the depth and quality that you see on the site?</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Some sites offer light and breezy, others expect deep and meaningful. Some want you to write 4,000 words, others want 600 words. Is it a research site or a chatty mum blog?</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Some article jobs require a lot of research because you are not familiar with the subject. That’s no reason to turn the work down. If you are prepared to do the research you will be increasing your own visibility and authority as a writer.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> So, don’t shy away from a project just because it is a new field. On the other hand, know your limits.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Start with easier work writing about what you love. As your writing ability (and pitching ability) improves, then you can hunt bigger game. But, no matter how big you get.</div> <br /> <div class="awac-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="awac widget text-40" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp8A0h2gJmnbTHMuTd6K3ruErtEZCAbNkIDUWKOtF72R_biyGTlKTzl_e6YQz2FNDOIwz9Jw4BEll7UCoIukCPCDOxruokE6J_S6DmHX7EFSgUwOzn2P__PLJxQXU5xwAif1DA0p8cxvg/s1600/four-rules-for-publishing-215x215.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp8A0h2gJmnbTHMuTd6K3ruErtEZCAbNkIDUWKOtF72R_biyGTlKTzl_e6YQz2FNDOIwz9Jw4BEll7UCoIukCPCDOxruokE6J_S6DmHX7EFSgUwOzn2P__PLJxQXU5xwAif1DA0p8cxvg/s1600/four-rules-for-publishing-215x215.png" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> These four Golden Rules are unbreakable if you want to do well as a freelance writer.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-74086266741446321852015-11-10T20:57:00.003-08:002015-11-10T20:57:56.186-08:00Work from Home Jobs: How to Start Writing Online<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> There is money to be made online as a freelance writer. Every day companies are looking for someone to write for them. Full time, part time or one-off projects.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">If you enjoy writing and you want&nbsp; a job where you can work from home, then read on to find out what your options are and how to get started.</span></em></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> If you want to work from home, online writing is still one of the best options. Starting up your own freelancing business, with or without a website can give you a steady income and allow you to work from home writing about things you love.</div> <div class="symple-box green center " style="background: rgb(235, 246, 224); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(179, 220, 130); box-sizing: border-box; color: #5f9025; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">David’s Tip –&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.tsu.co/SportyDave" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Join Tsu">Join The Tsu Network</a>&nbsp;and make money writing about anything you like!</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Article writers and Content Writing Services are highly sought as part of a companies content marketing strategy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> As content and inbound marketing continue to dominate the marketing landscape, the demand for great freelance writers only increases.</div> <h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4869b7;">Current Pay Scale – an Average</span></h4> <table align="center" border="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; width: 574px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <tr align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-color: #e0e0e0; box-sizing: border-box;" valign="middle"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Experience</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; box-sizing: border-box;" valign="middle"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Rate per 500 words</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; box-sizing: border-box;" valign="middle"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Rate per Word</span></td></tr> <tr align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Generalist</span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Specialist</span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Generalist</span></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Specialist</span></td></tr> <tr align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Inexperienced</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">$50.00</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">$100.00</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">10 cents</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">20 cents</td></tr> <tr align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Some Experience</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">$100.00</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">$200.00</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">20 cents</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">40 cents</td></tr> <tr align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Experienced</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">$150.00</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">$300.00</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">30 cents</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;">60 cents</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small;">(data thanks to the Lizard Queen over at<a href="http://beafreelanceblogger.com/about/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">&nbsp;http://beafreelanceblogger.com/about/</a>)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> There is a High Demand for&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Content Writing</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Quick Statistics<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11.25px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span>&nbsp;– How Article writing is handled by online Business</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">62% of business online are outsourcing</span>&nbsp;their content to freelancers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> What this tells us is that online business’ is looking for you!&nbsp;<img alt="online business as a writer" class="alignright size-full wp-image-999" height="256" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1391769382_polls.png?resize=256%2C256" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: right; width: auto;" width="256" />They want writers and they are looking for them every day.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">86% are looking to use your work</span>&nbsp;in their content marketing campaigns.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> What this tells us is that most of these companies and online businesses are looking for writers to create content in order to drive traffic and leads for their online business.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">97% is the increase in leads&nbsp;</span>through content marketing and article writing or blogging.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> What this tells us is that business’ are getting amazing results – a 97% increase in traffic or leads through the writing efforts of people just like you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> That is, people who are are wanting a job where they can work from home as a freelance writer, creating fantastic content that turns visitors in to customer for online business.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The web is made up of content. Anyone who wants to do well online needs to produce it. You can get paid for satisfying that demand. If you want to dig deeper and set up a writing career online we have included some useful&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/online-business-ideas-how-to-get-started/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" title="online business ideas writing">writing for business ideas</a>&nbsp;for you to think about.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">What Kinds of Work</span>&nbsp;can you Do?</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Social Media Content Editor.</b>&nbsp;If you have experience with social media and enjoy writing for particular audiences, small businesses often hire part-time and freelance writers to assist with social media management.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You need to have a knack with words. You want to be able to say what needs to be said, and say it quick.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em></span></div> <div class="symple-testimonial " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="symple-testimonial-content symple-clearfix" style="background: rgb(245, 245, 245); border-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-style: italic; padding: 15px; position: relative;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">People who do well in Social media are people who can write in a way that grabs you by the balls and gets your attention!</em></div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Writing and communication skills are absolutely necessary in this role, which is responsible for interacting with current and potential customers through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other platforms.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Content Curator.</b>&nbsp;Like reading others’ stories as much as writing your own? Blogs, websites, and organisations hire content curators to research the latest content in their particular subject area, then compile the content into one place for easy reading.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is a growing area of research marketing and can pay good money</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The work includes writing headlines, synopses, and copy. If you’re a subject matter expert who enjoys research, this part-time job would make a great side gig.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Blog Posting</span>. Many Companies are looking for regular writers for their niche markets. If you have a talent in something, perhaps you could write about it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Blog posting, whether for large or small blogs, is a great way to get your feet wet. But be careful. A lot of Webmasters are after good content for next to nothing. Learn how to cost your content.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Got experience in Design and Illustration? Try this site: Psdtuts+</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Psdtuts+ are open to submissions on any Photoshop-related topic from photo manipulation to web design to<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />illustration.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Written tutorials must be submitted in HTML format and have an image for each step.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Blog Homepage:</span>&nbsp;http://psd.tutsplus.com</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Information:</span>&nbsp;http://psd.tutsplus.com/about/write-a-tutorial/</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Minimum Pay:</span>&nbsp;$50 for a short tutorial or video</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Highest Pay:</span>&nbsp;“Make an offer” for longer tutorials or videos</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em></span></div> <div class="symple-testimonial " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="symple-testimonial-content symple-clearfix" style="background: rgb(245, 245, 245); border-radius: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-style: italic; padding: 15px; position: relative;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Income for writing a blog post can earn you between 5 cents and 50 cents a word. A beginner whose experience and skill is yet to be proven might start at 10 cents per word. Whoever you are, don’t accept less that 5 cents.</em></div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Editorial Assistant.&nbsp;</b>If you love writing, but also like the administrative side of publishing, a part-time job as an editorial assistant might be a good option. Of course, this is going to require a lot more experience and dedication that simply being a freelancer.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Depending on the publication, you’ll help with page layout, article editing, and editorial calendar management.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">I want to Work from Home</span>. Where do I Find these Online Writing Jobs?</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> There are several good places to begin find the right kind of writing job that will allow you to work from home and earn good money. As long as you can write, you can earn.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="work from home" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1000" height="256" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1391769368_custom-reports.png?resize=256%2C256" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: right; width: auto;" width="256" /></b></div> <h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Freelance Writing.com</h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <a href="http://www.freelancewriting.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Freelance writers">Freelance Writing</a>&nbsp;run a tidy ship and publish a weekly newsletter that gives a summary of freelance writing and editing jobs on a good variety of writing jobs.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Since 1997, FreelanceWriting.com has delivered daily and real-time freelance writing jobs for freelance writers. They source freelance writing jobs from all over the internet.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The pay is good and the bonus is that they deliver the job offers right in to your inbox.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Blogging Pro</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <a href="http://www.bloggingpro.com/jobs/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="writing blogs for money">Blogging Pro</a>&nbsp;Job Board lists a healthy dose of copywriting jobs (you can search postings by category), this board is, as the name suggests, right up a blogger’s alley.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Whether you’re into health and fitness, pets, writing code or what have you, you’ll find a steady stream of employers looking for blog writers versed in these and many other subjects.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Also popular are Green, Eco friendly, Environmental, Finance, Legal and Business writing opportunities.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">&nbsp;Media Bistro</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Content and article marketing">Media Bistro</a>&nbsp; offers a wide range of jobs from industries like TV, PR/marketing, magazine and book publishing and social media–a little something for everyone.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Employers include marquee media names, start-ups with buzz, and specialized firms across industry sectors including social media, online media &amp; apps, PR, sales and advertising, journalism, publishing, design, and TV/radio.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You can also set yourself up in the Freelance Marketplace. The Freelance Marketplace is a forum for talented freelancers to showcase their work and for media managers to find quality talent like you.</div> <h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> FWJ. Freelance Writing Gigs</h4> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <a href="http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="work from home jobs">FWJ&nbsp;</a>has been around for a few years and has typically scraped its list of writing job opportunities from other sites. Craiglist is one of them.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> While anything on Craigslist should be taken with a grain of salt, this site does increase your chances of finding a decent gig.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> FWJ consolidate writing job posts from Craigslist boards all across the country, allowing you to locate writing gigs you might never see if you were only browsing your local board. Definitely worth a look.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">&nbsp;Pro Blogger</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <a href="http://jobs.problogger.net/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Blogging and earning money">Pro Blogger</a>&nbsp;has a reputation for serious freelancers and good paying work. It brings bloggers and those looking to hire writers together.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Tips on How to&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Approach a Prospective Client</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The Founder, Darren Rowse has been doing his thing on Pro Blogger for a good while and the site is well worth investigation. Pro Blogger has helped many young writers get their online writing career under way.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="improve your writing skills" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1001" height="256" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1391769431_checklist.png?resize=256%2C256" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: right; width: auto;" width="256" />If you are going to apply for jobs on these sites, here are some tips from Darren Rowse on how you should approach a Publisher or online business.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">1. Act Quickly</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Jobs are going quickly. 24 hours is a long time in blogging. Take any longer than that to express your interest in a job and you might miss out on it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2. Follow the Instructions</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Many applicants fail to apply in a way that is consistent with the instructions. Failing to show that you can follow steps outlined in a job advertisement isn’t a good first impression to a prospective employer.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">3. Sell Yourself</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Talk about your experience, your knowledge of the topic, your passion for communication, the way you work with others etc. As you write ask yourself whether what you’re adding to your application would make someone more or less likely to hire you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">4. Write Well</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> See your application as an audition in and of itself and put together a well written, well spelt, well structured application that demonstrates your grasp of grammar and the written language and you’ll be a step closer to securing the position.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Different jobs require different levels of experience in different fields but it would usually be an advantage to show your understanding of the medium.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You can do this by showing your own blog (with a link) if you have one and ensuring that when your potential employer goes to look at it that it’s updated, professional and working. Give examples of how you’ve built your blog over time.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">6. Demonstrate a Knowledge of the Topic</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is vital in most cases. People don’t generally employ or contract people to write a blog for them on a topic that they have no knowledge in or passion for.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Show that you have a good grasp of the topic by talking a little about it and how you’d tackle the blog. The examples of your writing can be a great place to do this.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gZpBfWFp6CwA4rdU2jAFuoIT23ud8OA8YO_Kuu7NIOgV3DmN5K1m0RV16zCYmSZ1372gHO6WDeBE65SeZ2cK9iNciXD5JS3yy1o_N42-Ht7u_o44icd7p5fah-PqWx951dfdhl6_EWvY/s1600/freelance-writer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gZpBfWFp6CwA4rdU2jAFuoIT23ud8OA8YO_Kuu7NIOgV3DmN5K1m0RV16zCYmSZ1372gHO6WDeBE65SeZ2cK9iNciXD5JS3yy1o_N42-Ht7u_o44icd7p5fah-PqWx951dfdhl6_EWvY/s1600/freelance-writer.png" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-63882310802812917782015-11-10T20:54:00.002-08:002015-11-10T20:54:32.642-08:00Super Cool or Super Lame? How People Use Facebook<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> OK, first, I need to thank the super cool Australian&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">web hosting and small business guys at Crucial</span>. I’ve hacked up&nbsp;<a href="http://www.crucial.com.au/blog/2014/09/19/7-less-common-reasons-to-use-facebook/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">their infographic</a>&nbsp;on less common uses of Facebook for this Facebook marketing article.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Facebook is one of the more outstanding and controversial marketing and social media platforms to be built since the web began. It attracts all kinds of people from all over the world – for all kinds of reasons.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Web marketers love it and hate it. Mum’s love what it does for them, but hate what it can do to their kids. Dad’s are largely indifferent and families find it a great way to keep in touch.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> But it’s always been a mixed bag in terms of just how useful and productive it is to our lives. Facebook is like the Book of Psalms. It covers every conceivable mood and circumstance in life.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> From insufferable nonsense like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="wasting time on Facebook" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5037" height="148" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Facebook-Whiners.png?resize=605%2C156" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> To amazing and worthwhile stuff&nbsp;like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="How Facebook can be Useful" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5038" height="210" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Facebook-Helpers.png?resize=610%2C223" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Some things that happen on Facebook&nbsp;are Super Cool. But their are plenty of really lame things you can do also.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Which Facebook Uses Below are Super Cool and Which are Super Lame?</span></h2> <hr style="background-color: white; box-sizing: content-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 0px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;" /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">1. Work Place Procrastination</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #1 ~ Using #Facebook to put off doing work. " class="aligncenter wp-image-5029 size-full" data-animation="fade" data-fburl="CURRENT" data-pinurl="CURRENT" data-sharetxt="How People Use Facebook. Super Cool or Super Lame? Share your Answer." data-sstyle="square" height="278" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-1.png?resize=959%2C464" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #1 ~ Using #Facebook to put off doing work. " width="574" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I am using my blog this way right now. I should be doing something else.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And, since I am using Facebook as my lever, I guess I am also using Facebook as an excuse for not doing more important things.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">2.&nbsp;Doing the Business of State</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #2 ~ Using Facebook to enshrine a Nations Laws" class="aligncenter wp-image-5068 size-full" height="281" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-2.png?resize=959%2C469" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #2 ~ Using Facebook to enshrine a Nations Laws" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This should not come as a surprise for the country that believes in Elves, banned beer until 1989 and for whose residents it was illegal to run a marathon in under 3 hours and 30 minutes.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The Constitutional process, while fascinating, was largely a failure since those drafting the document failed to properly include Iceland’s&nbsp;politicians.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">3. A Haunt for all our&nbsp;Grubby Little Secrets</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #2 ~ Using Facebook to uncover your wifes' seedy sideline" class="aligncenter wp-image-5069 size-full" height="281" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-3.png?resize=957%2C469" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #2 ~ Using Facebook to uncover your wifes' seedy sideline" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It amazes me that so many people sit in front of their computer sharing their dirty laundry as though no one was listening.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The irony is that while Facebook may be a revealer of secrets, it hasn’t made the world a more transparent place. Facebook can also mask a thousand sins..</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">4.&nbsp;For those who Never can Say Goodbye</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #4 ~ Using Facebook to Tail an Ex Lover" class="aligncenter wp-image-5107 size-full" height="281" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-41.png?resize=955%2C468" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #4 ~ Using Facebook to Tail an Ex Lover" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Why? Well, see above. Facebook is a place for all our grubby little secrets. On Facebook I can keep an eye on all those women I’ve loved before. The Daily Mail says and why would they lie?) that nearly 90% of jilted lovers are spying on their ex on social media site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It’s voyeurism. It’s also pretty anti-social and depressing.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">5.&nbsp;Nothing like a Social Network to Shield us</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #4 ~ Using a Status Update to Dump Your Lover" class="aligncenter wp-image-5071 size-full" height="282" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-5.png?resize=955%2C469" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #4 ~ Using a Status Update to Dump Your Lover" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Many would call this cowardly. Not me. I call this gutless. If your next boyfriend ever brags that the has done this in a past relationship, leave. I am digging in on the guys here – you know who you are.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It’s not that girls don’t do this, they do. But, I am a guy, and the only other people apart from the girls who are allowed to berate the guys over this kind of thing are, well, other guys.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">6. Because we Were all Wondering</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #6 ~ Using Facebook events to make yourself look busy" class="aligncenter wp-image-5072 size-full" height="281" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-6.png?resize=960%2C470" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #6 ~ Using Facebook events to make yourself look busy" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Nigel no friends. 35% is a fairly large number of people updating their status so everyone else on Facebook will think they are otherwise engaged.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Most people are inclined to take the phone of the hook when they are busy. not the Net Generation. We down tools to tell everyone how busy we (pretend) are.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">7.&nbsp;User Buying Decisions</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Super Cool or Super Lame? #7 ~ Using Facebook to succumb to peer pressure and hip trends" class="aligncenter wp-image-5073 size-full" data-animation="fade" data-fburl="CURRENT" data-pinurl="CURRENT" data-sharetxt="How People Use Facebook ~ To Make Buying Decisions. Super Cool or Super Lame? Share your Answer." data-sstyle="square" data-tweeturl="CURRENT" height="280" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Super-cool-facebook-uses-7.png?resize=958%2C468" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Super Cool or Super Lame? #7 ~ Using Facebook to succumb to peer pressure and hip trends" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Super Cool or Super Lame? Tweet the Image and Share your Thoughts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Finally, something remotely useful. Listening to the reviews and opinions of your peers so you know what’s hip, what’s groovy, what’s now.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Envy runs deep and there is nothing like a bit of social pressure to get you in to that new frock your skinny sister form across the Atlantic is bragging about online.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Well, that’s the list, but let me leave you with a really cool trick you can try on your next Facebook status post.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> If you type your Facebook password in to a status update and hit publish, it converts the message in to an asterisk string.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Watch Facebook Convert Your Password in a Status update" class="aligncenter wp-image-5110 size-full" height="180" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/facebook-status-update.png?resize=504%2C180" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Watch Facebook Convert Your Password in a Status update" width="504" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Try it on our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/malleeblue?ref=hl" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Mallee Blue Media Facebook Page</a>&nbsp;and see for yourself!</div> <br /> <div class="awac-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="awac widget text-40" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wlWgxVjVnKFSliLZh02_4UQdFpq_Mkk-DOwEtPi-Gm_N_oJEIGcF3rQZ-lPMcgloyWHnv995VWNu9TEL4VTY0oHZN2glxdcGpyaVZbnM6HVw_fVJG8BBSly4kiJWLlrNbdUgh8WmQ7xR/s1600/How-People-and-Web-Marketers-Use-Facebook.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wlWgxVjVnKFSliLZh02_4UQdFpq_Mkk-DOwEtPi-Gm_N_oJEIGcF3rQZ-lPMcgloyWHnv995VWNu9TEL4VTY0oHZN2glxdcGpyaVZbnM6HVw_fVJG8BBSly4kiJWLlrNbdUgh8WmQ7xR/s320/How-People-and-Web-Marketers-Use-Facebook.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> <img alt="It all comes from spending too much time on Facebook - #MarilynMunroe #Quotes" class="aligncenter wp-image-5118 size-full" height="287" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/marilyn-munroe-on-facebook.png?resize=1024%2C512" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-73736092362916241732015-11-10T20:51:00.002-08:002015-11-10T20:51:40.724-08:00Hair Salon SEO and Web Marketing Guide<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> In the last few years, Hair Salon and Hairdressing websites have begun to take seriously the huge audience available online. Especially the Google search audience.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Given the excellent return on investment a first page position in Google can give you, many Salons are searching for ways to stay ahead of the competition.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> These brief&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Hair salon&nbsp;SEO and Web Marketing Strategies&nbsp;</span>are&nbsp;designed to give your Hair Salon website a boost in search engines and improve the level of engagement from people who come to your site looking for the purchase your&nbsp;services.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Below I have reviewed&nbsp;some specific web marketing strategies from a professional SEO point of view. These are the kinds of rank boosting strategies you can begin to apply to your search engne optimisation plan&nbsp;today</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">On Page Marketing and SEO for a Hair Salon</span></h2> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Some Initial Planning Questions</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The better you know your Salon customer, the easier it will be to find them online and the easier it will be to speak their language. Here are some key questions. Grab a pencil and some paper and write down your answers.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Who are &nbsp;your Hair Salons Target Audience?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">What are their Interests?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Where are they Located?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">How Can you reach them?</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I live in a community with only 7,000 people. Most are in their mid fifties. If you run a salon in that kind of neighbourhood it is going to mean a different clientèle to those you might service in an inner city street.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It is going to impact&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">where you are likely to find them online</span>&nbsp;and what their interests are too.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> For example, if your audience are a younger couples crowd, then perhaps wedding bells are common. A place to hang out with them online might be around wedding, florist and cake sites, blogs and forums.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> For an older crowd it might be Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram.</div> <blockquote style="background: url(http://www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/themes/epik/images/blockquote.png) no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 5px 5px 20px; padding: 0px 30px 5px 60px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Whatever your target audience, you absolutely must have an optimised Google Local Page and it must be optimised for SEO and updated regularly.</span></em></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">You can find out more about localising a Google Local or Maps page&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/prestashop-store-in-google-local-business/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></em></div> </blockquote> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Web Design for a Hair Salon</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Choosing a Good Web Design is an important part of your marketing and SEO strategy. Google uses your design elements as a ranking factor. If you want to improve search results and boost your position consider the following suggestions.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Use a Content management System Like WordPress</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Use the Genesis Framework</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Ensure it is it well coded and fast</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> WordPress is free and one of the most popular tools for building and maintaining a Google Friendly Website. There are an enormous range of Themes you can choose from.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="485" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/4XbwWJvJ1A19wP" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="695"></iframe></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DavidTrounce/hair-salon-design-for-seo-and-web-marketing" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Hair Salon Design for SEO and Web Marketing">Hair Salon Design for SEO and Web Marketing</a>&nbsp;</span>from&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/DavidTrounce" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">David Trounce</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> We recommend using&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Studio Press Themes</span>&nbsp;which are all Word Press themes built on something called the Genesis framework.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> If you are going to build the site yourself,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=386922&amp;U=876798&amp;M=28169&amp;urllink=" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">here is the link to their site</a>.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Creating&nbsp;Content</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Content are all the things you publish on your site – and off your site. Google favours high quality and original content. So do your prospective clients and customers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Here are some of the things you are going to want to know about:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Content Marketing Plan</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Keywords, Tags and Titles</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Content Hubs and Internal Linking Strategies</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Enriching your&nbsp;Content with with&nbsp;Audio Visual Media</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Your content marketing plan is the who, what and why of your websites marketing strategy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It is going to help you determine what your keywords are and how you are going to speak to your audience. Most of your content creation and web marketing should be&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/how-to-create-google-friendly-content-hubs/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">centred on the concept of Content Hubs</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Content Hubs are a way of organising your material so that your articles, video’s. images, etc are all pointing to your most important pages.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Content Linking Example</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Content Marketing for hair Studio" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5182" height="574" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Content-Hubs-that-improve-marketing-and-web-design..png?resize=600%2C600" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Think about&nbsp;ways to add value to your site also by using video, how to infographics and rich images that show case your services and your expertise.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Create a Youtube Account</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Show Case How-to Video’s</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Upload light hearted “day in the salon” video’s</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Show before and after images on a Pinterest Board</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And include all of these things on your own site and in your own articles and web pages.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">Off Page SEO and Marketing Strategies for a Hair Salon</span></h2> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Forming Partnerships</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Who else in the business world works with your clients?</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Wedding Photographers</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Cake Makers</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Florists</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Car hire</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Beauty Salons</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Fashion and Modelling</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> How can you team up with these businesses to cross promote your services? Maybe you can engage a car hire business to drive your clients around as part of a contest.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Put out some press releases that provide the car hire business with some free advertising in exchange for a free car service offer once a month to a lucky hair salon client who books a group hair treatment.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You could also look at providing an article or other good quality content to one of the above sites to book your external links (which in turn boost your ranking in Google).</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This last idea leads in to the next.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Contributing Content to Others</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Google uses links that point back to your&nbsp;site as an indicator of how valuable your Hair Salon site is. There are a number of sites you can contribute your work to in order to draw attention to your business, boost traffic and increase your position in the Major Search Engines.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Hair Salon SEO Tips and Ideas for Websites" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5184" height="228" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hair-Salon-SEO-Tips-and-Ideas-for-Websites.png?resize=630%2C250" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Use Infographic sites, like&nbsp;<a href="http://visual.ly/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Visual.ly</a>&nbsp;to publish your images</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Upload short how-to or humour video’s to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Youtube</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Use Slideshare, Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest to showcase before and after shots</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Find Forums, Blogs and other sites that either deal with your subject (hair and beauty) or are complimentary to yours (Wedding Planner sites) and offer to contribute an article, image, video, etc that is relevant and of benefit to both you and them.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Developing a Social Media Strategy</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> You have a good number of options here to get the word out and start a following through social media. People love images, short video and how-to content.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> People want to know how to solve hair problems, how to choose styles and what’s hot in the hair and fashion industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Consider How you could use the personality and brand of your Hair Salon to increase traffic and time on site with:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Pinterest</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Instagram</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Facebook</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Time on site and traffic are indicators that tel Google your site is worth ranking on it’s first page. The challenge is for you to decide the angle that is going &nbsp;to appeal to your target audience.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Are they likely to respond to:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Humour (Hair Blunders)</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Celebrity Culture</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Simple at home hair care</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Hair Product reviews</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Think about&nbsp; creative ways you can engage your audience on social media. Find an angle that comes natural to you and is consistent with your brand and reputation.</div> <div class="symple-box gray center " style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: left;"> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> Hair Salon Web Marketing and SEO Best Practise Review</h3> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Know your Customers</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Consider Creating Content Hubs</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Use Keyword Title and Meta Tags</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Create&nbsp;Rich Media</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Form Strategic Partnerships</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Develop a Social Media Strategy</li> </ul> <div class="schema_block schema_review" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 1em;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;" typeof="schema:Review"> <a class="schema_url" href="http://www.malleeblue.com/hair-salon-website-best-practice-seo-and-marketing/" property="schema:url" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank"><div class="schema_name" property="schema:name" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Expert Hair Salon SEO and Web Marketing Strategies</div> </a><div class="schema_description" property="schema:description" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Put your Hair Salon on the first page of Google with these expert SEO tips and web marketing strategies. Use Local SEO strategies to improve your position.</div> <div class="schema_review_name" property="schema:itemReviewed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;" typeof="schema:Thing"> <span property="schema:name" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hair Salon SEO Consultant</span></div> <div property="schema:author" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;" typeof="schema:Person"> Written by:&nbsp;<span property="schema:name" style="box-sizing: border-box;">David Trounce</span></div> <div class="pubdate" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Date Published: 07/16/2015</div> <div class="schema_review_body" property="schema:reviewBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Salon SEO and Marketing Strategies that can improve your Google search results.</div> <div property="schema:reviewRating" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;" typeof="schema:Rating"> <span property="schema:ratingValue" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10</span>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<span property="schema:bestRating" style="box-sizing: border-box;">10</span>&nbsp;stars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiB-0up_4RCvMNpO6mB5IX2MLSHVXH44d_0D64-_bbpYyFe81Ds9bI8mqKfrj0ajArITmgbWJXRjAHfT2LvTKO47aBYbeKAAwsvSiIC0OH7AwU2ihWN2R7sl5R8UfkluTyIs1OoYLcXP0/s1600/Best-Practice-SEO-and-Marketing-for-a-Hair-Salon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiB-0up_4RCvMNpO6mB5IX2MLSHVXH44d_0D64-_bbpYyFe81Ds9bI8mqKfrj0ajArITmgbWJXRjAHfT2LvTKO47aBYbeKAAwsvSiIC0OH7AwU2ihWN2R7sl5R8UfkluTyIs1OoYLcXP0/s320/Best-Practice-SEO-and-Marketing-for-a-Hair-Salon.png" width="320" /></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-7271000218040062712015-11-10T20:48:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:48:46.622-08:008 Expert Tips for Building a Mobile-Friendly Website<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Statistics reveal that mobile internet usage has actually doubled in the past few years. If you’re looking ahead to woo your visitors to a level that they become your loyal clients, then owning a mobile-friendly website is a must.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> With an incredibly high proportion of mobile traffic for your website, you can easily grab the opportunity of moving ahead of your competitors.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">Most Important Aspects of Mobile Web Design</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> So, where do you get started? Reading this post will allow you to gather eight useful tips and tricks on building a website that is fully compatible with multiple mobile devices and platforms.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">1. Choose the right Approach to Mobile Web Development</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> With a range of approaches available for creation of a mobile-friendly website, it is essential to opt for the one that is capable of rendering a unique and scintillating experience to the mobile user.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> There are several ways to approach the development of a mobile-friendly website:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Responsive:</span>&nbsp;Here, the web page URL, images and HTML remain the same, with CSS rendering different rules on the basis of chosen browser’s width</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">RESS/Dynamic Serving/Adaptive:</span>&nbsp;Here, as well the website URL remains the same, with only one difference that the server would send different HTML and CSS on the basis of mobile device that is sending the page request</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Separate Mobile website:</span>&nbsp;While such an approach is used for creating a website that is usually hosted on a sub-domain or a sub-folder, there are situations when a mobile website uses entire different URLs that are parallel with the desktop counterparts.</li> </ul> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">2. Identify the basic need of customers</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> While creating a responsive/mobile-friendly website, your main goal should be to make the customers feel delighted.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Hence, it is recommended to identify what exactly the customers are expecting from your site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Ensure the use of easy navigation because the same can ensure a flawless experience for the mobile visitor of your website.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">3. Get a clear picture of what your competitors are up to</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> While it’s better to stick to your chosen approach for mobile website development, fetching ideas from your competitors is definitely not a bad idea.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Before you jump-start with your mobile site creation process, do look to other websites so as to find unique ideas that will allow you to stay ahead in online competition.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">4. Responsive web design might not always be the right answer</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> While a responsive web design is a brilliant way of creating a mobile-friendly website, it might not always be the right technique of generating a remarkable mobile experience.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="how to create a mobile responsive website" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5218" height="228" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/how-to-create-a-mobile-responsive-website.png?resize=630%2C250" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> There might be a need for using a custom mobile website URL so as to impress mobile users instantly. Such a website will also render you the flexibility of tweaking web elements like texts, call to actions, website main menu and many more.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">5. Don’t forget to incorporate an eye-catchy and working search box</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Since mobile devices come with a smaller screen size, it becomes quite tedious to navigate from one web page to another.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It is here that a simple-to-use search box comes handy. The search box would allow users to retrieve results for their search, saving them from the hassles of spending time on searching the piece of information they want to access.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This would also boost your website’s mobile experience by a huge bound and leap.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">6. Don’t ignore the Visual Indicators</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Unlike the desktop browsers, mobile browsers aren’t equipped with built-in progress indicators like loading symbols.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Hence, it is recommended to provide a default visual feedback as a component of your mobile design.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="expert advice for a responsive website" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5217" height="228" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/expert-advice-for-a-responsive-website.png?resize=630%2C250" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> For instance, each time a user taps on a particular button, you can have the button change its colour and appearance in order to represent the fact that a tap has taken place.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">7. Maintain consistency throughout the web design</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> While you might be definitely required to alter the design layout or adjust the content for your mobile website; do pay special attention to maintain consistency(across multiple devices and platforms) in terms of core functionality.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="mobile web design ideas" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5224" height="812" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/responsive-design-ideas-for-a-website.jpg?resize=724%2C1024" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Courtesy:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.infographicpost.com/author/admin" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">http://www.infographicpost.com/author/admin</a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> All in all, your mobile design shouldn’t look like an alien when compared to the classic website.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">8. Keep the text input to a minimum</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Although technology has advanced when it comes to entering an input on a mobile device; the same is still considered as a nuisance by a major population of smartphone users.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Hence, I suggest you to keep the text input as minimal as possible.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="485" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/MDQZdRDXG8Y9m8" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;" width="695"></iframe></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/telezent/responsive-design-vs-dynamic-serving-vs-separate-mobile-website" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Responsive Design vs Dynamic Serving vs Separate Mobile Website">Responsive Design vs Dynamic Serving vs Separate Mobile Website</a>&nbsp;</span>from&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/telezent" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Telezent Inc</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Final Words</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So, these were few of the hand-picked tips and best practices that can allow you to come up with an absolutely brilliant mobile-friendly website that can impress mobile users on a positive note.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thanks to&nbsp;Samuel Dawson who provided much of the insight in this article. Samuel is a certified professional in Designs2HTML Ltd.</div> <br /> <div class="awac-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="awac widget text-40" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSF1C9vVOjOSBVTBJ8JoFMzMhyphenhyphenvz_h-doUpbUJl5i6qA311-fOZZx2Bt1lCGS1apFvP9FGjpZTYQo_d3kYM0AMMKcxXN3HYP9HzGJEv-X0DQQ6Zwjws7dAJ_WVmaVnqX4wlDTSCeOo8Ifj/s1600/building-a-mobile-friendly-site-tips.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSF1C9vVOjOSBVTBJ8JoFMzMhyphenhyphenvz_h-doUpbUJl5i6qA311-fOZZx2Bt1lCGS1apFvP9FGjpZTYQo_d3kYM0AMMKcxXN3HYP9HzGJEv-X0DQQ6Zwjws7dAJ_WVmaVnqX4wlDTSCeOo8Ifj/s320/building-a-mobile-friendly-site-tips.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> He has working here from the very beginning of the company. Samuel is responsible for converting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.designs2html.com/services/psd-to-html" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">PSD to HTML</a>&nbsp;with efficient frameworks. He has shared his great knowledge of building mobile friendly website.</div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-86730638594995382122015-11-10T20:44:00.001-08:002015-11-10T20:44:31.701-08:00How Web Design Colour Affects Conversion<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The Psychology of colour in marketing has a long history. From MacDonald’s, “Make you feel Hungry”, red and yellow, to Pepsi’s, “All American you-can-trust-us for a good time”, colour and logo design, everybody is making choices everyday based on colour and perception in marketing design.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Web Design is not exception. Studies have shown that not only the site structure but also the colour and combination of patterns and colour affect consumer behaviour.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> As a small business website owner, it pays to know how your web design colours impact your audience.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">Do Colours Affect website Conversions and Sales?</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> How much thought do you put in to your design? You spend time planning the pages, the categories and the keywords. Then comes the difficult task of putting the colour in. How do you decide what is best for your industry or niche?</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Colour does impact conversion, sales, time on page and much more.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="how colours and web design affect website conversion" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5629" height="861" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Web-Design-using-Colour-to-convert.png?resize=600%2C900" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> When choosing the colours for your website logo and design, you need to keep your visitors in mind as well as the type of business you are conducting.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Some colour themes are obvious. Red and Yellow create an appetite. Green is one of the most trustworthy colours and is used by those in the health and environmental fields.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Black represents sophistication and elegance. Use the chart below as a guide to how your colours might be perceived by your website visitors.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">Website Colours Associated With Trust</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Is all your online effort believable? You can write till the cows come home and you can make all the wild claims and tremendous promises in the world, but your colours speak louder than words.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The signifiance of a colour can also change according to certain other associations. For example, yellow is considered the happiest colour in the spectrum. It’s also typical of shonky used car dealers and cheap store sales.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="colours in web design associated with trust" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5404" height="383" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/colours-in-web-design-associated-with-trust.png?resize=1200%2C800" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 8pt;">Thanks to&nbsp;http://www.joehallock.com/edu/COM498/associations.html for this research.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Your online store is&nbsp;communicating something. Not only with language, but with colours, position, style and fonts.&nbsp;We all have cultural as well as natural associations with various colours.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Horizontal lines tend to depict stability while vertical lines tend to evoke masculinity, strength and dynamism.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Red has a temper, is reactive and spontaneous. Got the Picture?&nbsp;For some nice colour combination experiments, try the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.colorcombos.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">ColorCombo</a>&nbsp;site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="improve web sales using colour theory for your website" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5631" height="861" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Web-Design-Colour-sand-conversion-chart.png?resize=600%2C900" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">Tips on Choosing Colours for Your Website</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> For most websites, minimal colour is best. Two or Three Colours is plenty. Remember, you want your calls to action to stand out so:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Only use one colour for buttons and clickable media</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Keep the colour scheme consistent. Headings that are blue today should be blue tomorrow</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Maintain plenty of white space (or, for a darker site, empty space)</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Consider your Target Audience in Terms of:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Gender</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Age</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Interests</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And consider which Colours are most naturally associated with your product or service.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="colour rules for website design" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5415" height="171" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/colour-rules-for-website-design.png?resize=500%2C171" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="500" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> As a general rule, most designer begin with the&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">60 | 30 | 10 rule</span>&nbsp;which is often used by interior designers and those in the fashion industry.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The idea is to choose three colours and use them in that ratio.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The 60% will be the main&nbsp;colour of your landing page, blog or website. It’s going to be the colour that all the other colours dance around</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The 30% needs to be in stark contrast to the main theme colour.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">It’s going to be used&nbsp;for things like buttons and calls to action to contrast with the 60% to create a visually striking effect.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The final 10% is your&nbsp;‘accent colour’, which should complement either your primary or secondary colour.</li> </ul> <br /> <div class="awac-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="awac widget text-40" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig83NOhnrdt2GATqo3T0T64mWYaqKppw6EfljiqtFNY1NKJVBI4UZGtj8G1QBFro47PgoUARwQvegz47kl1FapCvKy_kvwPKLo4YlU8_gSlVsafMgsQkA0qRGaANqF-2J5fD1WMcNJUxiB/s1600/Web-Design-using-Colour-to-convert.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig83NOhnrdt2GATqo3T0T64mWYaqKppw6EfljiqtFNY1NKJVBI4UZGtj8G1QBFro47PgoUARwQvegz47kl1FapCvKy_kvwPKLo4YlU8_gSlVsafMgsQkA0qRGaANqF-2J5fD1WMcNJUxiB/s320/Web-Design-using-Colour-to-convert.png" width="213" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> In conventional design wisdom, it’s safer to make either the 60% or 30% a ‘neutral’ colour (white, grey, beige, black and so on). This gives you the maximum number of options when choosing your other two colours, because neutral elements will generally go with anything.</div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-30961626800473398172015-11-10T20:40:00.001-08:002015-11-10T20:40:48.106-08:00Is Deceptive Web Marketing Ruining Your Brand?<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Deception in marketing is not new. From glossy images of Hamburgers too big for your hand, deceptively labelled product ingredients to false claims and promises. We have all been emotionally manipulated in to a purchasing decision whose promises proved false.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> But there is another kind of deception at work on the web. One that is encouraged by SEO and Web Marketing Gurus but ultimately hated by consumers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> These kinds of deception are ultimately destructive to user trust. They waste user’s time and they can seriously hurt your brand and your credibility.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It’s not that these marketing campaigns are lying: It’s what they are not disclosing up front. And&nbsp;here is the thing:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; text-align: start;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">These Deceptive Web Marketing Tactics are so Unnecessary.</span></em></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> If you want people to love and trust your brand, I strongly urge you to avoid these kinds of unnecessary forms of web marketing deception.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The kind of Deception I have in mind is that deception which does not disclose critical&nbsp;information upfront or which pulls an irritating&nbsp;bait and switch on you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Here are two examples.</span></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">Twitter Email Marketing&nbsp;Failure</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> So, I got this email from Twitter encouraging me to create a Twitter Website Card….</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="twitter advertising deception" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5432" height="481" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/twitter-advertising-deception.png?resize=756%2C633" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="twitter marketing tactics that use deception" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5433" height="337" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/twitter-marketing-tactics-that-use-deception.png?resize=750%2C440" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> In between the two images, Twitter had a blurry image showing you what looks like an online form which you fill out to get your Website Card up and running.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Let’s look at what’s on offer here:</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The Promise of More Traffic</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">A Simple Four Step Plan to attract an Audience</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">The Promise of a Visually Appealing Card or Tweet which will appear… somewhere.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Nice, sounds great, says me. So I click on the link all ready to roll. And I get this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Give me Your Credit Card</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="twitter marketing and deception" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5434" height="78" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/twitter-marketing-and-deception.png?resize=1103%2C150" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> What do you think I did when I was suddenly being asked for a Credit Card? I closed the window.</div> <div class="symple-box gray center " style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: left;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">In case you missed it, here is the narrative.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Twitter:</span>&nbsp;Hi David, you know about Twitter Cards, right? Do you know that a Twitter Website Card can boost your traffic by 43%?</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">David:</span>&nbsp;Hi Twitter, yeah, I have been using Twitter Cards for a while. They<a href="https://dev.twitter.com/cards/overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">are a free way to utilise images</a>&nbsp;in Twitter feeds and improve your brand impact.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Twitter:</span>&nbsp;Why don’t you click on the link and create a website card now?</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> Click…</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Twitter:</span>&nbsp;May I have your credit card please.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">David:</span>&nbsp;I beg your pardon?</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Twitter:</span>&nbsp;Credit Card please.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">David:</span>&nbsp;I think I must have clicked the wrong link, I wanted to create a Website Twitter Card</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Twitter:</span>&nbsp;No, this is the link. Credit card please.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> The sound of my delete key can be heard echoing across the Scottish Highlands.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> OK, I get it now. This is an offer to jump in to Twitter’s advertising network. That’s fair. But that was never mentioned.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I wasn’t invited to advertise on Twitter. I was invited to Create a Website Card. Subtle, but Stupid.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This problem is not just a figment of my grumpy nature. Recent research by&nbsp;<a href="https://moz.com/blog/consumer-survey-reveals-the-efficacy-of-inbound-vs-outbound" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Moz and Fractl</a>&nbsp;show that Email marketing is being met with increasing indifference.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The survey showed that&nbsp;among&nbsp;those things most likely to cause a negative reaction are cause a&nbsp;negative influence on buying decisions were&nbsp;Mobile app ads, display ads, paid search, and email marketing.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="email marketing practices" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5470" height="403" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/email-marketing-practices.png?resize=700%2C491" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> As Kelsey Libert observed,</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> “Interestingly,&nbsp;<span data-wr_replaced="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">email marketing was most likely to negatively impact buying decisions</span>, with about 44% of respondents slightly less likely (22.9%) or significantly less likely (21.4%) to buy something they hear about via email marketing.”</div> <div class="symple-box gray center " style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: left;"> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> Take Away:&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Build Marketing Trust:</span></h3> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> Don’t Surprise Your Audience. Don’t Turn Corners without a Warning. If you plan to charge them, tell them. If you are going to want payment, let them know right up front.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">SumoMe Toying with Brian Deans Integrity and My Heart</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> There I was, quietly enjoying my SumoMe experience on my WordPress site, thinking it might even be worth buying some of their stuff.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Until I received this.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="How Brian Dean gets 2 MILLION visitors a year from only 31 articles SumoMe marketing Deception" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5445" height="539" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/How-Brian-Dean-gets-2-MILLION-visitors-a-year-from-only-31-articles-SumoMe-marketing-Deception.png?resize=731%2C686" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> At first I was excited. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Brian Dean: He is a Big Cookie in the Online Marketing Biscuit Tin</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">How to Kind Good Keywords</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">How to Create Exceptional Content</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Brians’ SEO Checklist and Link Building Swipe File</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And all for Free. No Pitch, no sale. Just Good stuff from a reliable source, and all for free.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Such value, such genuine help.&nbsp;You can imagine my enthusiasm. SumoMe just went up in my estimation.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I was there, ready to give them my soul upon the altar of decent plugins, when in the very next paragraph, I read this…</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Brian Dean SumoMe marketing Deception" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5446" height="287" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Brian-Dean-SumoMe-marketing-Deception.png?resize=772%2C386" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> So, they have sent me, a free user, a great offer, 100% free, No Pitch!</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> No, no pitch, just a catch. The catch being that I have to become a paid pro user to qualify.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Now, SumoMe and a bunch of marketers, and perhaps even Brian Dean might defend the tactic. But here’s the thing…</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; text-align: start;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Whether or not you think this is acceptable, I felt cheated.</span></em></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It doesn’t mater what the intent is.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Marketing Rule Number One:</span>&nbsp;The meaning of your Communication is the Response You Get.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> My response was irritation. Distrust. The feeling that I had just been cheated out of 2 minutes of my valuable time.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Why not address this as a benefit to Pro users and then encourage me to become one? Why offer me something for free that isn’t for free at all. Why deny you’re pitching when your pitching?</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Yeah, I know, I can get the free trial and benefit from the offer. The problem here is not that it’s only for Pro SumoMe users (trial or otherwise). The problem is that you put a totally unexpected hurdle in on the last leg.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Will there be more surprise hurdles down the road? i don’t have time to find out. Trust has been lost.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> They might have started by saying that this is an offer for pro users, but, if you want to take a free trial you can still get the benefits. I might have enjoyed the ride that followed and all the promises that they made.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> They didn’t start that way and irritation followed.</div> <div class="symple-box gray center " style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 15px 20px; text-align: left;"> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> Take Away:&nbsp;The Meaning of Your Communication is the Response You get<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">:</span></h3> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"> Don’t play games with&nbsp;Your Audience. If you’re offering something to a certain sector of your market, say so. Then encourage me to join that sector. If you want your audience to trust you and not delete your email&nbsp;outright in the future, don’t undermine your brand.&nbsp;[tweetthis hidden_hashtags=”#SumoMe”] The Golden Rule in #Marketing: The Meaning of your Communication is the Response you Get.[/tweetthis]</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #265e71;">Why You Should Avoid Deceptive Web Marketing</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> People don’t like feeling that they have been led up the garden path, so don’t do it. Marketing campaigns that use trickery, are not transparent, are desperate, have catches and hidden conditions are flat out bad for business.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Users will not trust you in the future</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Your Audience will write articles like this one</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">It costs you money and has a poor RIO</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">It’s irritating. Why would you want to do that?</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> If you have something of genuine benefit to offer your audience, and they can find you, they will take up your offer and you will reap the reward, along with them.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> If it’s genuinely beneficial, focus on the benefits. Be transparent. Aim to satisfy your audience emotionally and build trust.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I have no doubt that the offers mentioned above can yield tremendous benefits. Twitter is a great source of traffic and Brian Deans treasure chest of link building footnotes are things I would like to have in my top draw.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> But I am a busy man. If you lose my trust the first time you reach out, I don’t have time to overcome the distrust next time you email me.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Most times you only get one crack at making a new and trusted friend out of a site visitor or prospective client.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> On this occasion, the boy has cried wolf and I have left the building.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyRa4LeCRzXhaY4RcBWUN6jykB-intJi-MP_o9b8_F6lFJdBAofzF8aamIuwwkxLXZ_FSqZCB1APoZBGyrtGgwnZ5C76HVZ8lmt6TYZbOeZhkhtR34pHLvkCi4_9gNYOyUZi3aIgi5UPi/s1600/Is-Deceptive-Web-Marketing-Ruining-Your-Brand-.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyRa4LeCRzXhaY4RcBWUN6jykB-intJi-MP_o9b8_F6lFJdBAofzF8aamIuwwkxLXZ_FSqZCB1APoZBGyrtGgwnZ5C76HVZ8lmt6TYZbOeZhkhtR34pHLvkCi4_9gNYOyUZi3aIgi5UPi/s320/Is-Deceptive-Web-Marketing-Ruining-Your-Brand-.png" width="320" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-47515629676697201352015-11-10T20:37:00.001-08:002015-11-10T20:37:48.582-08:003 Ways to Improve Site Ranking almost Overnight<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I am always telling anyone who will listen, that there are now short cuts with&nbsp;search engine optimisation that will&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">increase&nbsp;your search position in Google</span>&nbsp;or improve your organic website&nbsp;traffic.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> So, this post&nbsp;might seem a bit contradictory at first, but hear me out.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Good SEO does take time</span>&nbsp;and the results pay off, when compared to traditional PPC and media advertising by a huge factor of 5x – 10x.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> But, in recent months, we’ve seen several indicators that doing a few tedious, but important things on your website can have dramatic effects, even overnight effects, that increase&nbsp;search ranking.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Before I&nbsp;dive in, it’s important that I explain (broadly) a bit about how a site’s rankings are influenced&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/seo-plans-and-pricing/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">and how we get sites ranked</a>.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #245f71;">Every site has an optimal ranking, and an adjusted ranking.</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> In simple terms,&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">an optimal ranking</span>&nbsp;is where a site&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">should</em>&nbsp;be ranking based on the primary offsite trust factors – mostly based on the quality and authority of its back links.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">adjusted ranking</span>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">where a site actually ranks</em>, after Google adjusts for its on site factors (titles, overall theme, content quality, freshness, page speed, etc.), and user engagement factors (bounce rate, organic search&nbsp;click-through-rates, etc.).</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> In other words, Google hears about your site (It finds links – trust factors – pointing to you) and goes and takes a look. As Google (spiders and bots) crawl toward your site, it evaluates the sign posts (links)&nbsp;along the way.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Let’s say you&nbsp;get a “link score” of 8 out of 10. When Google&nbsp;arrives at your site, its algorithm starts deducting points.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> For example: -2 for stuffing keywords here. -1 for the slow page loading time.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Now, here’s the thing… while it takes time to build up and establish your optimal ranking&nbsp;(links), you can literally influence your adjusted rankings (on site factors) overnight.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And in some cases, we have seen real-time improvements.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And that is what this lengthy article&nbsp;deals with. So, now that I’ve explained why this is the “exception” to the mantra of “SEO results take time”,</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Here’s three ways to boost your traffic and adjusted rankings<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">almost</em>&nbsp;instantly.</span></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #245f71;">1. Axe or de-index all your thin Content</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> So what’s thin content? And how do you de-index thin pages? Thin content is basically just any page of your site that isn’t unique text information.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="content marketing" class="alignright size-full wp-image-713" height="85" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Create-Content-for-your-Site.png?resize=85%2C85" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: right; width: auto;" width="85" />This includes:</span></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Category pages</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Tags pages</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Duplicate pages (eg. PDF versions of existing articles)</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">E-commerce listings with very short descriptions</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Scraped&nbsp;product&nbsp;descriptions from other sites or feeds</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Image galleries with no, or very short, textual descriptions</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is all thin content, and it is&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">absolutely</em>&nbsp;costing you traffic. Remember that even a single instance of thin content indexed will impact the rankings of your entire site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This means that those “tag pages” (that zero people use, ever) could be the reason why your site is only getting 50% of its potential organic referrals.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Yes, you can (and likely will) see your traffic double – possibly more – by removing &amp; de-indexing thin content. It seems counter-intuitive, but we see this happen on a daily basis.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is why you either need to physically remove thin content or de-index it by using a combination of a noindex command (in robots.txt or in your head tag) and in Webmaster Tools.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Google’s mission,&nbsp;<a href="http://neilpatel.com/2014/12/02/improve-google-rankings-without-getting-penalized/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Neil Patel once said</a>, &nbsp;“is to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Not just accessible, but useful.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #245f71;">2. Add contextual links out to authority References</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="authority websites that rank" class="alignright wp-image-680 size-full" height="106" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/blue-home-icon.png?resize=91%2C106" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: right; width: auto;" title="authority websites that rank" width="91" />Within the context of a few of your site’s key articles (and not just at the end), add some in-text links out to authority references. These should be specific, internal URLs on an established website.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Try to avoid Wikipedia, as this is an obvious “source”. You can nofollow these links.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Instead use those links that you would naturally trust as a source for yourself. Don’t just link out because they matter to Google. Link out because they matter to you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Many small business websites object to this, thinking it will take the user off site. That’s a possibility. But it isn’t always bad. If by linking to&nbsp;a valuable resource you have satisfied your user’s query, they might trust your recommendations in the future.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Take care when linking out that you have a reason for it. Google checks the content surrounding a link for relevance.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gobloggingtips.com/outbound-links/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Go Blogging Tips</a>&nbsp;has a good list of do’s and don’t when it comes to linking out from your site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The object of the game is to become a trusted source. Trusted sources become authority sources and as we have seen, Google rewards those signs of trusted.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> It also puts you in authoritative company.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Doing this can often boost that page’s rankings in a matter of days. Sometimes, it will help lift your entire site. And it takes 2 seconds – well worth doing!</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #245f71;">3. Increase your Organic Click Through Rates</span></h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="increase click through rate" class="alignright size-full wp-image-676" height="106" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/green-home-icon.png?resize=91%2C106" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; text-align: right; width: auto;" width="91" />This is huge. Google is increasingly relying on behavioural and engagement metrics from site traffic to determine site relevance.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> While this does include things like bounce rate, time-on-site, and other user experience&nbsp;factors, by far the biggest engagement ranking signal is your click-through-rate (CTR).</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> This is the percentage of people&nbsp;who see your listing and click on it&nbsp;versus&nbsp;those who do not.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The more real, individual people who click on your site in the organic rankings, the more traffic this brings and the higher you’ll rank. Period. And Google reacts to this almost overnight!</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Search Traffic Statistics" class="wp-image-3291 size-large" height="189" src="http://i0.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/All-Traffic-Google-Analytics-2014-10-22-16-00-03.png?resize=1024%2C337" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> We consistently see CTR improvements move a site anywhere from 1 – 20+ positions. It happens like clockwork.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #245f71;">So, How can you increase your Click Through Rate?</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> The number one way to do this&nbsp;(and ironically, totally overlooked by 90% of Webmasters) is to make your Title Tags &amp; Meta Descriptions Compelling.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> These are the content of Google’s Search Engine results and&nbsp;they are all your prospect sees when they search.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Just like adwords, your headline and copy are essential.&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">It’s no different with organic rankings</span>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> And, think about it. Not only will a better click-through rate&nbsp;influence your rankings very quickly… it also instantly&nbsp;increases your traffic, because more people are clicking to your site!</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Again, it isn’t&nbsp;rocket science. But that simple fact is lost on many people, for some reason.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <img alt="Free Headline Analyzer" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5888" height="213" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Write-Better-Headlines-Free-Headline-Analyzer-From-CoSchedule.png?resize=964%2C357" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="574" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> I see sites every week, brilliantly designed, good clean code, original content, fast loading…. and nowhere near the first page. Why?</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Because they are not getting the click-through rates that would boost their traffic and search position.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> To help you start writing better titles and headlines, try this tool:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <a href="http://coschedule.com/headline-analyzer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">http://coschedule.com/headline-analyzer</a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> Now, it’s a double-edged sword. You need clicks in order to boost your ranking, but you need to have a ranking to be seen. Which brings us back to where we started, your off site trust factors.</div> <br /> <div class="awac-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.375px; text-align: start;"> <div class="awac widget text-40" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvk1OqSoXnFl0EvfmQE3aQreYjBbjMwElZ9LDtGJeUVP9jC__fdqvwfNh5upjfDHubWsd1LcycG6OpTdtquDddA0Yk0k0jUHUAiBwiIqWY5fpZYfxiRi8RRzpOm8I-RheeMuEm8cEi2e2/s1600/3-way-to-boost-your-ranking-overnight.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvk1OqSoXnFl0EvfmQE3aQreYjBbjMwElZ9LDtGJeUVP9jC__fdqvwfNh5upjfDHubWsd1LcycG6OpTdtquDddA0Yk0k0jUHUAiBwiIqWY5fpZYfxiRi8RRzpOm8I-RheeMuEm8cEi2e2/s320/3-way-to-boost-your-ranking-overnight.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"> And to begin, you could start boosting those articles with your new, highly compelling titles and headlines in Social Media (like Pinterest and Twitter), Micro new sites (like Rebel Mouse&nbsp;and Hacker News) and other similar sites that are relevant (and patronised by)&nbsp;your industry.</div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com1United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-24041280424300293202015-11-10T20:25:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:25:59.093-08:00Best Article Writing Sites for Earning Money Online<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Are you looking for article writing websites so you can start earning money online? Freelance article writing gives you the opportunity to work from home. Jobs where article writers can be earning money are listed everyday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> We provide article writing services for a living and have learned that just knowing where the writing jobs are online is half the battle won.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Perhaps you have wanted to try publishing some of your own articles online and don’t know where to start.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">If you don’t like the idea of Writing Online for others, why not make money online writing for yourself?</span></div> <div class="symple-box gray center " style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; float: none; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 15px 20px;"> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">To Find out How you can Make Money Writing for Yourself&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/make-money-writing-product-reviews/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" title="make money writing reviews"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Go Here</span></a>.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">To Find out How You could Make Money on Social Media&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tsu.co/SportyDave" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Tsu Social - Make Money online"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Go Here</span></a>.</li> </ul> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">If you want to earn money by writing online for others, here are 10 sites where you can get paid to write your own articles.</span></em></div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="get paid to write" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-931" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-1.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="65" />Wow Women on Writing: $50-100</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contact.php" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Wow Women on Writing</a>&nbsp;does one thing really well: They look after female writers, encourage them and genuinely seek to offer opportunities to budding freelancers.&nbsp;Their audience is diverse and all focused on providing excellent content for women.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Wow Women&nbsp;focus on innovative business, freelancing and training. The articles are generally detailed and designed to help writers improve their skills and showcase their work. You have an option of either asking for a payment by Paypal or, if in the USA, by Check.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Start by reading other Wow Articles. You will want to have an idea of the tone of the site. The site is&nbsp;informative, relaxed and excited about showcasing good writers.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Ensure that you are not just duplicating their content and re-editing an old idea. Be creative.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Wow will pay up to $150.00 for a 3,000 word feature article.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Focus on being useful. How will your post help readers?</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Practical, actionable advice is what readers want with easy to follow steps.</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Wow Women&nbsp;focuses on women, writers and a monthly theme. I am not sure what they offer in terms of a&nbsp;link back to your own content in the articles but they do link back to your site from your Author profile.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Please note that they do not open attachments. Your article or pitch needs to be presented in plain text in the body of the email. Sending a Bio or a link to other published work is a good idea and will improve your chances of getting published.</div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="web business idea" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-942" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-2.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="65" />Strong Whispers: $50 – $150</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://strongwhispers.com/get-paid-to-write-articles/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Write articles and get paid">Strong Whispers</a>&nbsp; offers readers a range of articles about lifestyle, environment and other social issues. The range is wide. Your contribution is not limited.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Articles can range from corporate greed, to education reform or change in world leadership to letting the people govern and make decisions on the way we treat the environment and exploitation of the resources .</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Article earnings are negotiable, but they typically pay&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">$50-$150</span>&nbsp;per published article. They are willing to pay more for the right article and website aims to publish 2-3 guest posts per month.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 1:</span>&nbsp;Send them your best outline for an article you’d would like to write along with your fee expectation.&nbsp;Topics need to be unique and high impact.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They also ask that you send your current blog URL or a URL to published work so they can understand your writing style. They will tell you if the topic is of interest to them and if your sample meets their review criteria.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 2:</span>&nbsp;After you have been invited to write for them, go ahead, write your article and submit it for review. They won’t publish simply mediocre or just okay guest posts.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Each article must be well written, accurate, grammatically correct and original content. You will get to view their guidelines so you can be sure to tick all the boxes.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Step 3:</span>&nbsp;After you submit your article online, it will be reviewed. After review you will receive one of 3 emails:</div> <ol style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Rejected – Poor quality.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Requires minor changes</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Approved.</li> </ol> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> If approved, it will be set to publish either immediately or at a future date. Once set to publish, you will be paid via PayPal.</div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="find a freelancer" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-933" height="65" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-3.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="65" />College Humour: $25 – $150</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/articles/write-for-us" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write comedy articles and video">College Humor</a>&nbsp;Media,&nbsp; is an online entertainment company targeting a core audience of people ages 18-49.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Founded by two high school friends, College Humour Media delivers daily comedic content, including videos, pictures, articles and jokes, created and/or curated by the College Humour staff.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They attract more than 15 million monthly unique visitors online and&nbsp; more than 100 million video views per month with popular sketches such as “Jake and Amir,” “Very Mary Kate” and “Troopers.”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Make a College Humour account.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Go to the article submission page.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Put in your funny article and hit “submit.”</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Wait for the editors to review your article. If they like it, they will send you an email</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They will pay you $25 if they put your article on the Articles page, $50 if they put it on the homepage, and an additional $50 if it gets more than 100,000 views.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="making money online" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-934" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-4.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="65" /></span></h3> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Cracked.com: $100 – $200</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.cracked.com/write-for-cracked/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Write for money at Cracked">Cracked.com&nbsp;</a>is basically a humour site. If you are a funny/smart/creative person, Cracked.com offers a good opportunity to earn some extra cash with article writing.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> No experience necessary. They will pay you if it’s good. You get to talk directly to the editors. Their content includes articles, photoshops, infographics and videos. Take your pick.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Register for the site, click on the writer’s workshop, which leads you to the message board where everyone pitches their articles.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> You pitch an article idea by writing the article idea, along with the five subtopics under the idea, a full column, and the information.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">At the time of writing you get $100 per article.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">If you get up to five published articles, it goes up to $200 per article.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">If your article finishes in the top ten articles of the month (rated on website traffic.) you get a $100 bonus.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">You also get $100 for coming first in the Photoshop competitions of which I think they run two a week.</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> There is a bonus that runs in the design section also from time to time. It includes $500 for designing a winning T-Shirt, and a thread where you post (presumably humorous) infographics and they’ll pay you $100 if it’s featured on the site.</div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="writing online" class="alignleft wp-image-935" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-5.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="write about code" width="65" />Watch Culture: $25 – $500</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://whatculture.com/site-updates/write-whatculture-get-paid.php" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="get paid to write for watch culture">Watch Culture&nbsp;</a>offers its news, opinion and entertainment coverage to millions of users world-wide each month.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> As an online magazine based in the UK it covers the popular zeitgeist. Each day dozens of&nbsp; writers are earning money by publishing articles on Film, Music, Gaming, Sports, Television and much more to their ever expanding five-million a month strong audience.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Several hundred articles are posted every single week from contributors, some of which you will see from time to time on Sky News, Metro Radio, BBC Radio, Dublin FM and in the national newspapers.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div id="r1PostCPBlock" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> What Culture have begun rolling out a system entitling all writers to earn money from every article they contribute.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> In the Beta testing phase some of the contributors have earned as much as&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">£700</span>from one individual article. The system is based on a&nbsp; per views basis, rewarding the very best writers whose content matches what their audience wants to read.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Typically,&nbsp;writers who could come up with original concepts and execute them well have really reaped the big benefits.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> If writing isn’t your thing, they are also planning to set up a larger video presence and are looking for talented filmmakers and YouTubers to produce high quality content for the site.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> So if you think you’ve got what it takes to write interesting articles or create popular videos and make money while doing it, get in touch with them at editor@whatculture.com&nbsp; for more details.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> If you’d prefer to chat on Skype, the address is ‘whatculture’. Or if you live anywhere near Newcastle in the UK, they can arrange a face-to-face meeting.</div> </div> </h1> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.developertutorials.com/writers.php" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write tutorials"><img alt="write web tutorials" class="alignleft wp-image-936" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-6.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; text-align: left; width: auto;" width="65" /></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;">Developer Tutorials: $30 – $50</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.developertutorials.com/writers.php" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write tutorials">Developer Tutorial</a>&nbsp;provides its users with a regular supply of programming and design guides keeping them up-to-date on new and emerging technologies and techniques.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> To help fuel this effort they utilise freelance writers to produce unique, high quality tutorials in the following categories:</div> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; width: 574px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">AJAX</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">Flash</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">JavaScript</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">PHP</td></tr> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">ASP</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">Illustrator</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">Linux</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">Photoshop</td></tr> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">CSS</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">Java</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">MySQL</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box;" width="25%">Python</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They are also looking for articles referencing cool and useful lists that users would both be interested in and benefit from reading.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> An example of this might be, “30 Cool Web Tools to Make Your Development Easier” or “30 Awesome Photoshop Movie Poster Tutorials”.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They pay cash for your tutorials and list based articles so not only are you helping out fellow coders and designers but you are making more of a name for yourself&nbsp; as a freelance writer.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Pay rates depend on factors such as the quality of the tutorial/article and the demand for the topic it covers.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Pay rates for published list articles currently range between $30-$50.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Payment is sent via PayPal immediately after your article is published.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">List based articles must target web developers or designers.</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Tutorials are required to be a minimum of 1000 words and should include illustrations (screenshots etc) if needed to more effectively portray your message.</div> </div> </h1> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="write online and get paid" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-937" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-7.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; text-align: left; width: auto;" width="65" />Ceramics.org: $350 – $950</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> Here is one for the arty crafty writer.&nbsp;<a href="http://ceramics.org/publications-and-resources/the-bulletin/write-for-the-bulletin" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write about craft and get money online">Ceramics.org&nbsp;</a>is part of the American ceramics Society. If you believe you can write articles on all things ceramics and similar mediums they are worth a try.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Ceramics.org are looking for writers that will author feature pieces for their monthly membership magazine, the Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society. They are also looking for writers to provide shorts/posts for the magazine and blog, Ceramic Tech Weekly.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> The articles don’t need to be too technical, as though they were being prepared for a peer-reviewed journal, but they should go beyond the basics.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They expect authors to do the research and will usually request that the the author help in arranging for photos and illustrations.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> They usually require one photo or illustration per 500 words.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> For Bulletin features, they pay by length of story but not by the word, and the pay scale is not linear.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">They pay a little more per word for shorter pieces, ranging from $350 for about 1,000 words to $950 for 5000 words.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">They might also reimburse for some telephone and perhaps miscellaneous expenses, but these have to be agreed to before hand.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Payment is upon publication, but requires you to send them an invoice.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">For CTW blog posts/shorts, they offer $25 per post with a target of two acceptable posts a week. Nearly all blog posts are also used as shorts, and vice versa, but they only compensate once.</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> All freelancers are considered to be contract workers. They have a simple, straightforward standard contract and they require a signed contract in hand before payment is made. That’s not uncommon and suggests the reliability of the people behind the site.</div> </div> </h1> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="write about kids and get paid" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-938" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-8.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; text-align: left; width: auto;" width="65" />Metro Parent: $50 – $75</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.metroparent.com/Metro-Parent/Write-For-Us/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write about parenting">Metro Parent</a>&nbsp;Publishing Group is open to experienced freelance writers to help build the content of their magazine and website. Their general goal is to have a good mix of fun and substantive local stories of interest to local parents.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Here are a few factors to consider before sending your pitch.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Make it local.</span>&nbsp;They are looking for stories and sources that reflect the communities they cover: Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Therefore, southeast Michigan ideas and sources are preferred.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Pitch early.</span>&nbsp;Content for Metro Parent is determined months in advance. Story ideas should be pitched a good two to three months before the month it would run. This is particularly important for seasonally-anchored stories.</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> If your article submission is accepted or you have been assigned a story, you should submit an invoice (within an email is fine) that includes name, address, phone number, Social Security Number, name of story and payment amount.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> The invoice should be submitted within a week of submitting story.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Features 1,000-2,500 words: $150-$350, depending on complexity of topic and number of sources required.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Department columns: $50-75</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Parent Pipeline pieces: $35-50</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Reprints: $35</li> </ul> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> The finished story should be single-spaced with a hard return at each new paragraph. Do not indent for new paragraphs. And include only one space after punctuation marks.</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Include your byline plus preferred tagline</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Font should be Times New Roman, 14-point</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Include a suggested headline and/or dek</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Subheads (i.e., within the body copy) are strongly encouraged for stories 1,000 words or more.</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Metro Parent prefer stories to be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment. For those who don’t have Word, send the story within the body of an email.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Be sure to include the name and phone number of sources at the end of story, in case they have follow-up questions.</div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="online teaching" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-939" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-9.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="65" />Sitepoint: Visit Link for Pricing</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/write-for-us/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write technical articles and get paid">Sitepoint</a>&nbsp;writers are generally web professionals with a passion for development and design. Site Point are specifically looking for content that is technical, instructive, well-written and innovative.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Based in Melbourne, Australia, Site Point works with article writers from all over the world. The editors are web developers and designers at the top of the industry. They claim to pay above-industry rates for quality articles.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Site Point cover the following topics:</div> <ul style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">CSS, JavaScript, PHP</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Ruby, Mobile development, UX</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2.5rem;">Design, HTML</li> </ul> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> You will have to enquire using the link above for rates and process.</div> </h1> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #85a71e;"><img alt="write about design" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-940" height="65" src="http://i2.wp.com/www.malleeblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/drawing-10.png?resize=65%2C65" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" width="65" />Uxbooth: $100</span></h3> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 20px; text-align: start;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 90px;"> <a href="http://www.uxbooth.com/contribute/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="write content">Uxbooth</a>&nbsp;is in to design. I figured that much out. The rest of their site is gibberish. For example, their “About us” page begins with these words,</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“The UX Booth is a publication by and for the user experience community. Our readership consists mostly of beginning-to-intermediate user experience and interaction designers..”</em></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> What that means is anybodies guess. it might be good for the&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">user-experience</em>&nbsp;but it’s nigh useless if you were looking for a&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">reading experience</em>. Never-the-less, they offer you money to join them in the art of gibberish.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">How to get started</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> Uxbooth do not accept fully written drafts outright. Instead, they pair authors with editors in order to collaborate throughout the writing process. It works like this:</div> <ol style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin: 0px 0px 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">You pitch a topic or idea that you’d like to share. Don’t be shy!</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">If accepted, a development editor is assigned to you in order to help you develop your narrative in accordance with their style guide. The two of you discuss and evolve the idea until it’s ready to share.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">That’s it! Articles are usually published four-to-eight weeks after they’re initially pitched.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal; margin-left: 2.5rem;">They pay $100 per article.</li> </ol> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Related Article:</span>&nbsp;Go deeper and learn how to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.malleeblue.com/work-from-home-jobs-how-to-find-writing-jobs-online/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #309692; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" title="freelance writing business from home">set yourself up as a freelancer</a>online.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px; margin-bottom: 1.563rem; padding: 0px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Know about other great writing gigs? Do mine need updating? Speak up in the comments below.</span></em></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVJkhbhh8ZI7a7PA5lRP0REbOzycVL_kpl3njwB-luJp3objzblPvYhNgJed3aJho4HMO-W3CKckiXgZPzTuCSFlGHBDXdBGxMn6JZx47uduWcnkh_YcH2mqHXelcZga88ecft04uI4ah/s1600/make-money-writing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVJkhbhh8ZI7a7PA5lRP0REbOzycVL_kpl3njwB-luJp3objzblPvYhNgJed3aJho4HMO-W3CKckiXgZPzTuCSFlGHBDXdBGxMn6JZx47uduWcnkh_YcH2mqHXelcZga88ecft04uI4ah/s1600/make-money-writing.png" /></a></div> <div> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></em></div> <div class="awac-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #413f3f; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.375px;"> <div class="awac widget text-40" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </div> </div> </h1> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-63149895538722199552015-11-10T06:33:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:26:37.655-08:004 Myths About Affiliate Marketing You Need To Know<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are lots of myths out there surrounding affiliate<a href="https://www.responsys.com/new-school-marketing?cid=70150000000g950AAA" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003891; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">marketing</a>, and these can frequently cause brands/businesses to pass on these kinds of programs. It’s important you understand some of these myths so you can make the correct decisions for the future growth of your business.</div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Whether you’re the brand manager at a Fortune 100 brand or the marketing director/everything else at a startup, setting up a solid affiliate program can open a revenue avenue without much of the hassle usually associated with setting up new marketing initiatives.</div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Affiliate systems are quick and easy to manage</span></div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> An affiliate marketing program is a lot of work, and in most situations there’s a lot of competition so you’re not going to be bringing in money immediately. Business owners and entrepreneurs suppose that all you need do is setup a site and choose an affiliate to associate with and then just let it run its course. But according to&nbsp;<a href="http://threeladdersmarketing.com/about-us/infographics/affiliate-marketing-statistics-2013" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003891; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Three Ladders Marketing,</a>&nbsp;only 0.6% of affiliate marketers surveyed have been in the game since 2013. That means that affiliate marketing takes time and effort to build and make money.</div> <div id="attachment_2829" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Affiliate marketing myths busted. Source: tips.affiliatevote.com" class="size-full wp-image-2829" src="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/steveolenski/files/2014/07/Affiliate-Marketing-e1404837529161.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br /> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Affiliate marketing myths busted. Source: tips.affiliatevote.com</div> </div> <div article-ad-inbody="inread" class="inread ng-isolate-scope inread-active" id="article-0-inread" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The affiliate marketing business relies on fostering relationships. You foster these relationships by:</div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Bringing the right partners into your program</div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Seeking out better and more efficient partnerships</div> <div style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px 25.4844px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> *Updating your content regularly to keep things new and fresh.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-c6IgDZZcNwpfWRU368C7XoD9Q7xC63-GJmXWVs_dTXtJB4eyUsKGlYBLrXez8Dz8KdMnREBz3EYXxlH4vrbd14DYsTq61Dmg19wkc32YtLigEHdzvI8QUkOeau9h3RC9zwO2zxYo5kQ/s1600/images+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-c6IgDZZcNwpfWRU368C7XoD9Q7xC63-GJmXWVs_dTXtJB4eyUsKGlYBLrXez8Dz8KdMnREBz3EYXxlH4vrbd14DYsTq61Dmg19wkc32YtLigEHdzvI8QUkOeau9h3RC9zwO2zxYo5kQ/s1600/images+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-19109940306819270082015-11-10T06:30:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:27:14.110-08:00How to Brainstorm for Profitable Affiliate Niche Ideas<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Figuring out which niche to target is the stumbling point for a lot of wannabe affiliates. As I mentioned in my post on&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/conduct-niche-research-affiliate-site/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">how to research a niche</a>, I’ve stumbled on some of my niches completely by chance – others I found and targeted.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re reading this article then you likely didn’t stumble upon a niche by chance. Instead, you’re looking to find and target a niche – to find profitable website ideas. But how?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You can find a list of obvious niches anywhere. We all know there’s money in finance and weight loss. Unfortunately, finding a good, lesser known niche is hard work. And finding a niche that is both profitable and achievable? Well, you’re not going to find anyone handing those out. I know – it kind of makes you feel like this…</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Frustrated and Sad" class="aligncenter frame size-full wp-image-19121" height="290" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sad-toddler.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="550" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> So how do you find that elusive, awesome niche for your affiliate business?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> PDF download of this post &gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Brainstorming-for-Affiliate-Niches.pdf" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Brainstorm to Find Profitable Affiliate Niche Ideas</a></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> How to find kickass niche market ideas</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I won’t hand you a good niche on a platter – but I will give you some tips for finding one on your own.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Look at your hobbies</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I can’t do a post on finding a website niche without stating the obvious. If you have a hobby or something that you truly love doing – looking at how you could potentially turn that niche into something profitable for you is the first place to start.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> But not everyone has a profitable hobby. Me? I puzzle (yes, seriously). Despite being an avid puzzler, I know I don’t spend time reading blogs about puzzling, nor am I looking for the latest news on puzzling. When I want a new puzzle, I go to Amazon and buy one. I suspect most other puzzlers are the same. Not to mention the volume of puzzles I’d need to sell at 5% commission on a $10 item to make any decent money.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> My hobby wouldn’t make a great niche website idea – so don’t feel bad if yours doesn’t either. ;-)</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Look at your friends’ hobbies</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Poll your friends, family – poll via your status on Facebook if you need to – and find out what the people you know spend their spare time doing. But don’t tell them why.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> It’s not that I care if they know I’m looking for niche ideas – it’s that telling them I’m looking for a new profitable niche and then asking them the question means they might filter their answers looking to give you an answer that they believe would be profitable.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For instance, let’s say you have a friend who likes to home brew their beer. They might look at your question and think “he can’t make money home brewing beer” and not answer the question. When in reality, you’re not looking to make money from actually doing the hobby yourself – you’re looking to make money from selling people like your friend the supplies. And brewing beer from home can be a pricey hobby.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Getting their answers without predisposing them is important. It’s up to you to research their interests for potential profitability.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Look at all kinds of hobbies</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Doing a search on Google for “expensive hobbies” or “pricey hobbies” or “most popular hobbies” or “unusual hobbies” will give you a ton of potential niche ideas if you’re willing to dig deep into the results. You’re looking for something on those lists you could see yourself really getting into if the profitability is there.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pay attention to supplies to find demand</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A quick search on whatever your favorite (robust) keyword tool is for “supplies” can be pretty revealing. Running that search on&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/semrush" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="SEMRush">SEMRush</a>&nbsp;brings me back over 56,000 results. People looking for supplies are looking for them because they need them to do something. They use them in a niche.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Scouring through those results can help you identify a “something” you could get behind being interested in. And you can sort the results by estimated CPC or traffic volume while doing so.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Accessorize, Accessorize, Accessorize</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> People buy accessories for all kinds of things. When most people hear “accessories” they think things like clothing and phones. But, a search on&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/semrush" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="SEMRush">SEMRush</a>&nbsp;returns 32,000 search terms with the words “accessories” in them for items you may not have even known existed.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> One that caught my eye as I scanned the results was “garage slatwall accessories” – what the hell is a slatwall? Turns out they’re systems for hanging stuff on the walls in garages, offices and other open spaces.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A quick subsequent search shows me that “slatwalls” has a decent traffic volume for such a niche item, the estimated CPCs are pretty dang high and the SERPs for the term are totally doable. To me, this would be worthy of running through the complete niche research test.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> It’s possible a site targeting garage organization might be in order. And I’m betting there’s tons of other organization systems in addition to slatwalls that could help folks get the task done. Keep the domain broad and you can expand into other areas of home organization if the site goes well.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is one idea generated from what I saw in the first page of results for a term that returned 32,000 results. Dig deep and you can find some real gems.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Find a magazine</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are tons of niche magazines out there. If they’re printing a magazine for a niche, then there is a probably a monetizeable audience surrounding said niche.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You can head over to a site like&nbsp;<a class="skimlinks-unlinked" data-skim-creative="500005" data-skimwords-word="Magazines.com" href="https://magazines.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">Magazines.com</a>&nbsp;and browse through the thousands of magazines they offer subscription options for. I certainly had never even heard of “woodturning” before much less knew there was a magazine dedicated to it (along with some search volume, okay CPCs and not much strong search competition).</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Scour the affiliate networks</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This can be time consuming depending on how well organized the network is, but you can often find unique markets while looking through the various merchants that are running affiliate programs for niches you might not even have known existed.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For instance, I had no idea that buying lobsters online was a “thing” until I started seeing a ton of affiliate programs popping up for – would you call them lobster retailers? – a few years back.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pay to access professional market research</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Not every idea for niche research is free. In professionally done market research you can often find much more in depth information than what you sometimes can piece together online via reports like the<a href="http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/2017972/the_20122013_leisure_market_research_handbook" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">The 2012-2013 Leisure Market Research Handbook</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/3142126/state-of-the-industry-hobby-toy-and-game" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">State of the Industry: Hobby, Toy, and Game Stores in the U.S.</a>&nbsp;– whatever the niche, there is likely a market research report centered around it that tells you exactly what consumers are spending money on (and how much of it).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you get serious about entering a niche, it sometimes can be well worth the purchase.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> So you think you’ve decided on a niche</h2> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now what?</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Be sure to run the&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/conduct-niche-research-affiliate-site/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">niche research test</a>&nbsp;to make sure the revenue potential for the niche is there. And I’d also recommend checking out my article on ensuring you have&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/finding-a-niche-in-affiliate-marketing/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">what it takes to be successful in a niche</a>before diving in.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIgrZ5UKuKac8hzGfof_mQz8qC6wZWqYsppkD_driusHqYXgT3W8LYpM9w0NXp1wr3VvyqMQca48nqAEKSPquyIe5REStN-IKKguwSRaMRD5DcaY4r9F_4XHdegzldslvbxIsE9RqGNTp/s1600/affiliate-marketing1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIgrZ5UKuKac8hzGfof_mQz8qC6wZWqYsppkD_driusHqYXgT3W8LYpM9w0NXp1wr3VvyqMQca48nqAEKSPquyIe5REStN-IKKguwSRaMRD5DcaY4r9F_4XHdegzldslvbxIsE9RqGNTp/s320/affiliate-marketing1.gif" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKKTu7BLBy7S2NqfX6VkwuaqOK8zW_XY4SJBkk233LqrrosZkiYF82hhaTEiVeXNngVMj3GvoCR59jOUZ5zXLkhySKKcBgldtA1hs9Yi6XoKMVCOmpP2-eT3ZxkNMgGmvKEukTJ_1-xEa/s1600/images+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKKTu7BLBy7S2NqfX6VkwuaqOK8zW_XY4SJBkk233LqrrosZkiYF82hhaTEiVeXNngVMj3GvoCR59jOUZ5zXLkhySKKcBgldtA1hs9Yi6XoKMVCOmpP2-eT3ZxkNMgGmvKEukTJ_1-xEa/s320/images+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-62097692567263607442015-11-10T06:26:00.001-08:002015-11-10T20:28:05.888-08:00Tips for Successful Affiliate Program Management<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are of thousands of opinions on how to build a successful affiliate program. The easiest way to sum it up is to say the affiliate manager needs to “Get It”.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If they don’t understand affiliate marketing, the program will never see its full potential. It took me a few years to really get it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Honestly, there is no right answer. Every single month I make adjustments to my programs. Affiliate marketing evolves daily and managers that get it, evolve too.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Best Practices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fzPagCnITJNOnRrbx4yvjkrCKF8cLaFdZBPif9PTbqP8-hZ5ElSr02Ce5LSRIY4j71-V-ujdoZRuTq3A-U3Li3Q_RconGVgznOOz0MAdRg0C23gMaDHv9qX8Y8FMx0A5sRasucxFSEf8/s1600/images+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fzPagCnITJNOnRrbx4yvjkrCKF8cLaFdZBPif9PTbqP8-hZ5ElSr02Ce5LSRIY4j71-V-ujdoZRuTq3A-U3Li3Q_RconGVgznOOz0MAdRg0C23gMaDHv9qX8Y8FMx0A5sRasucxFSEf8/s320/images+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Fight club movie scene" class="aligncenter frame size-full wp-image-19173" height="233" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/fight-club1.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="550" />This isn’t fight club. We are allowed to talk to each other about best practices. Any affiliate manager that is not active in the industry is not learning.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Affiliate marketing is about building relationships. When you build relationships outside of your comfort zone, you learn. When you share, they share. Trade secrets don’t need to be discussed but other managers could become great mentors.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here is a list of 10 key factors to successful affiliate program management:</div> <ol style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Find balance between merchant needs and affiliate needs. The best managers will be advocates for both sides, especially if the merchant doesn’t “get it”.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Be transparent and accessible. Add full contact information to program descriptions and emails. No one will stalk you. Be proud of your work.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Respond to applications and questions within 24 hours or less.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Regularly update datafeeds, text links, banners, coupons and deals. Keep it fresh.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fix problems when they come up and be honest about what’s going on. Affiliates have platforms to complain and they will, unless you do the right thing.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Send newsletters monthly or as needed. Treat them like sales people and give them relevant information about how to sell products.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Respect affiliates’ time and opinions. They have busy lives and they are pretty smart.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Reward them for effort as well as performance. Sometimes, they deserve the commission increase more than those that bring in sales naturally.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Conversion is the responsibility of the merchant. Clicks are the responsibility of the affiliate. Push for growth accordingly.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep your programs clean. Existing customers will crossover to the affiliate channel but your goal is to provide as many new customers as possible.</li> </ol> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Content sites rock</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For each program, there are different types of sites that drive traffic based on the product itself, not the name brand, price or discount. You want the majority of your sales coming from these types of affiliates, which include datafeed sites, general content or niche sites.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I wrote about how to nurture these sites in this post,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.internetmarketinggorilla.com/marketing-gorilla/gorillatribune/fantasy-affiliate-program-management/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Fantasy Affiliate Program Management</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If a merchant sells stereo equipment, they need to work with sites that talk about stereos and music. If they sell toys, they need to work with toy review sites. These are the sites where the owners will give extra time and effort into promotions.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> They drive traffic through social media, through datafeed pages and sometimes by placing an ugly old banner in just the right place. Many of these content sites are probably already joined in your program but you can never stop looking for new ones.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cleaning up affiliate programs</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Coupons, paid search and toolbars give me a headache. This is the part where managers have to evolve to survive and show growth in their programs.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Affiliates have learned how to cater to bad customer habits and laziness. I have to act as a policeman every day for every program. It dominates my time but growth and profitability are my key metrics.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Toolbars</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> When I take over an existing program in&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/cjcom" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Commission Junction">Commission Junction</a>&nbsp;or others, I clean house. I make sure the merchant is on board with the strategy and I warn them there are no guarantees but I have never failed.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> From small programs to Fortune 100 programs, the results are all the same. Toolbars, software downloads, browser help objects do not add value to your marketing.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Millions of customers have these downloaded onto their computers to help them find deals when they shop. But they do not give you new customers. Ever.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Merchants will not see one drop in overall sales when they are removed. When the program is cleaned, the channel becomes more profitable and conversions for content sites increase.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Read more on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.internetmarketinggorilla.com/marketing-gorilla/gorillatribune/keeping-affiliate-programs-clean/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">How I Keep Affiliate Programs Clean</a>. I name names and do not hold back.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Coupons</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If your site has a coupon field at checkout, I think you need to work with coupon affiliates. But you can control them tightly. I have a list of 8 coupon sites that are active with sales and I crack the whip on a daily basis.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In many tests over the years, I have seen evidence that the big coupon sites do add value. My estimation is that they take credit for 20% to 40% of existing customers. That’s because customers are trained by every other site to leave the shopping cart and look for coupons.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The argument is the coupon site is closing the sale for you, thus preventing the customer from looking at other brands. Look at the numbers in reverse.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Up to 80% of their traffic could be new customers that find you while browsing the coupon sites for deals. Run the numbers yourself and determine what the acceptable balance of new versus old is for your program.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Paid search</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you are not running direct url paid search for your site, let an affiliate do it for you. Because your competitors will take advantage of the shelf space. I don’t buy the argument that your brand is too precious and your SEO will suffer if someone is bidding on your trademark names. Lock it down.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Control the paid search efforts like I suggested you control coupon sites. I only work with two paid search affiliates in all of my programs. There are thousands of them but I only trust two to buy trademark keywords and invest in the long-tail.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I do allow content affiliates to buy paid search keywords and send the traffic to be filtered through their site first. I have seen good solid conversions from that type of traffic.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This also helps fill the shelf space on those search pages for your trademarks. Keep the competitors away. Invest in&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BrandVerity.com</span>&nbsp;to monitor your keywords, best money spent in affiliate marketing.</div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-13875863010626426842015-11-10T06:23:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:28:57.441-08:00How to Find the Best Affiliate Programs in Your Niche<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In my recent post on how to&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/conduct-niche-research-affiliate-site/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">research a niche</a>&nbsp;one of the topics I glazed over was checking for the presence of multiple affiliate programs. Assuming you’ve found a niche idea that passed the research litmus test (or are already in a niche), it’s time to dig deep to find the best affiliate programs for you to promote within it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Below I’m going to cover…</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to figure out what products your visitors want to buy</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to figure out what products your competitors are marketing</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to find affiliate programs in your niche</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to compare affiliate programs when there are multiple options</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What to do when a merchant you want to promote declines your application</li> </ul> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Figuring Out What Products Your Visitors Want to Buy</h2> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Don’t overlook the obvious</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Assuming you’re actually “into” whatever niche you’re marketing, the things you already use and love within that niche should be your first starting point. Promoting products you actually use is much easier than promoting products you’re not familiar with.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you own a recipe blog, chances are you have a preferred blender, slow cooker, pots and pan set, rice cooker, spatula, etc. for a reason. Start with those products. Not only will they be the easiest to&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-to-create-profitable-yet-honest-product-reviews/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">write extremely detailed reviews</a>&nbsp;for, but people want to use the same products, tools and services people they want to emulate do.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If I’m following your blog because you make amazing cupcakes, then I want to know what mixer, cooling racks, icing tips, etc you’re using the make those amazing cupcakes. You’re the expert. I’m the person trying to emulate your cupcakes. Tell me what will help me do it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A simple and visible “favorite resources” or “tools of the trade” or “favorite products” page will help you do it (much like the&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-tools/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">toolbox page</a>&nbsp;in my main navigation) without being obtrusive or pushing a “hard sell” if you have a fear of doing so.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Use Amazon to find in demand products in your niche</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If only the largest online retailer in the world told you which products were their top sellers in any given category. Oh wait…&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers/zgbs" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">they do</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Amazon Best Sellers list will show you the top 100 selling items in any given category. And you can even drill down from there. Let’s say you’re in the pet niche. You can see a list of their top 100 selling<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Pet-Supplies/zgbs/pet-supplies/ref=zg_bs_nav_0" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">products in pets</a>. Focus on a specific type of pet? Then you can drill down further and see their top 100 selling&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Pet-Supplies-Dog/zgbs/pet-supplies/2975312011/ref=zg_bs_nav_petsupplies_1_petsupplies" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">dog related products</a>.</div> <div align="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (You can click on any image listed in this post to enlarge it.)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.04.07-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="dog supplies best sellers" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19521" height="223" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.04.07-PM-300x223.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Still not specific enough? Then keep drilling to find their top 100 selling&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Pet-Supplies-Dog-Beds-Furniture/zgbs/pet-supplies/2975326011/ref=zg_bs_nav_petsupplies_2_2975312011" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">dog beds and furniture items</a>. What’s that? Still not specific enough? Keep drilling down to their top 100 selling&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Pet-Supplies-Dog-Bed-Pillows/zgbs/pet-supplies/2975329011/ref=zg_bs_nav_petsupplies_3_2975326011" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">dog bed pillows</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.07.11-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="dog bed pillows" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19525" height="217" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.07.11-PM-300x217.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> On top of being able to drill down into their best sellers, they’ll also tell you the most wished for items are in each category (meaning the top items in that category people are adding to their Amazon wish lists). In the primary department categories, they’ll also have a listing of “movers and shakers” (products that are seeing sales increases like&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/pet-supplies/ref=zg_bs_tab_t_bsms" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">this one for pet supplies</a>) allowing you to see which products are getting hot sales wise.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.08.25-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="dog product movers and shakers" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19526" height="212" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.08.25-PM-300x212.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> And unlike expensive market research for what products consumers are buying in any given category, Amazon’s information is updated hourly.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Solve problems or fulfill needs for your visitors</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I mention this anytime I discuss making money with affiliate marketing, but I’m going to say it again. Showing a visitor how to solve a problem or fulfill a need is the easiest way to make an affiliate sale.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let me give you an example. I own a Taurus 738 TCP .380 handgun. Every time I took it to the range, I’d get trigger bite (where the trigger would pinch my finger leaving painful marks). It never happened to my husband but it continually happened to me. So, I went online one night trying to figure out why. It turns out I wasn’t alone.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> But a blogger had done a post on it and mentioned they’d solved the problem by purchasing a certain trigger accessory – with pictures showing them installing it (AKA I believed their story). I had a problem, they showed me how they solved it and I bought the solution.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you solve problems or fulfill needs, you’ll make sales. Period. The only thing you have to do is figure out what problems or needs the people in your niche have. So how do you do that?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> One way is via&nbsp;<a href="http://ubersuggest.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Uber Suggest</a>. By taking your main topic and adding keywords like “how to” or “how do I” or “problem”, you’ll get a lot of potential issues you can help people solve. Looking at the “g” results below showed me a search for “dog problem going up stairs”. A little research showed me it was a common problem with readily available (and buyable) solutions.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Same goes for&nbsp;<a href="https://answers.yahoo.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Yahoo Answers</a>. Those same searches will bring up a lot of questions or problems people are looking to resolve. And you might as well do the same over at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.quora.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Quora</a>&nbsp;while you’re at it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I also mine&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/semrush" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="SEMRush">SEMRush</a>&nbsp;for this same type of data. I’ll try the same thing with a keyword based search (searching a keyword, viewing the organic keywords for that term and filtering it to show only those with “how to”, etc. in it).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-10.25.34-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="garden how to" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19558" height="184" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-10.25.34-PM-300x184.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This works well in some industries and not so well in others. But when it works well, it gives me a new list of tools, products and services to look into promoting. Your results will vary.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Recommend solid products that you know other people love</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Not everyone has the time or money to try every product they would like to recommend to their readers. On the Sugarrae blog, I wouldn’t recommend anything I hadn’t tried myself. But, if you’re in a niche where there are hundreds or thousands of products you can use, it’s not really feasible to try each and every product – and you want people to have options. This is where intel regarding top rated products comes in handy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Most online stores that have rating systems allow you to sort their products based on those ratings. Amazon being the most obvious. But tons of big players in niche areas do as well. Going back to the dog example, Petco, which is a large pet product retailer in the United States, has a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.petco.com/N_22_10219/Top-Rated-Dog-Supplies.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">top rated dog products</a>&nbsp;list.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.23.05-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="petco top rated" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19534" height="176" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.23.05-PM-300x176.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Maybe your dog doesn’t like to play fetch, but as we all know, plenty of dogs do. Near the top of their best sellers list is the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.petco.com/product/8801/Chuckit-Tennis-Ball-Launcher.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Chuckit Tennis Ball Launcher</a>. With 100% of the reviews saying they’d recommend it, it seems like it is probably a decent product. But for all I know, Petco could moderate their reviews. But a quick search on Amazon confirms the product value, having a five star rating from 267 reviews.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.24.16-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="chuckit at amazon" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19536" height="158" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-9.24.16-PM-300x158.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I’ve never touched this product, or used it, but I have found some data and feedback that would make me feel comfortable recommending it. This allows me to find products with value that may not have necessarily done enough volume to end up on the top 100 selling items list in a department of the world’s largest online retailer (Amazon).</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Figuring Out What Your Competitors Are Marketing</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> While there’s a ton of smart research you can do to figure out what products will sell in your niche (via methods like the ones listed above), watching what you’re competitors are marketing can also be very telling. Unfortunately, for this to be fully accurate, your competitors have to be actively marketing with intention driven by results vs. merely throwing things against the wall.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> But, when looking at a competitor (be they another blogger or a larger retailer), there are a few things you can stalk to get some intel.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pay attention to what is shown above the fold</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> When marketers say “above the fold” they are referring to what is visible on your screen without having to scroll. Typically, revenue driving products or pages that “attention to revenue” retailers (or bloggers) want you to access are listed above the fold. If the competitor is another blogger, also check to see if they have a “reviews” section.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Follow the paid keywords</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If a blogger or affiliate competitor is running PPC, pay attention to which landing pages they’re spending the most money to get people to land on – and check out what it is they’re promoting on said page. With<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/semrush" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="SEMRush">SEMRush</a>, you can do this via the Ads keywords report.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Research sites with decent keyword overlap of your site</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> One cool thing that SEMRush does is that it will show you sites that are similar to yours. By similar, they mean that they’ve determined there is a fair amount of overlap in the keywords you and the sites listed there are ranking for.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-10.22.54-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="organic competitors" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19556" height="118" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-10.22.54-PM-300x118.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sometimes checking out the sites listed there can present you with new site expansion topics, products, services, affiliate programs, etc.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Competitor income reports</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> So, there’s this thing where some bloggers post an income report each month telling you exactly what they made from their blog and via what affiliate programs and revenue drivers. The most notable I know of that does this is&nbsp;<a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/my-income-reports/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat Flynn</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Most explain the reasoning behind doing so is to keep themselves accountable and to motivate others. These reports can have a lot of great intel if you’re in a niche where your competitors publish them.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Just head over to Google and do a search for “[topic] blog income report” without the quotes. For instance “recipe blog income report” pulls up income reports from over ten different blogs in the top 20 results with almost all of them being recently published. Not every niche has people that do it, but it’s certainly worth a look to see if any bloggers in yours does.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> How to Find Affiliate Programs in Your Niche</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You’ve likely already found a few decent affiliate programs while researching products to promote and what your competition is marketing. But, there are many more ways to find a great affiliate program to work with.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Brands use networks</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re looking to affiliate for a big brand, be aware that they are almost always with a network. I say almost always despite never having seen a large brand NOT use a network for their affiliate program, but it could happen. And brands are almost always with an “A List” network (I covered what those are<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-to-find-affiliate-programs/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In short, if you’re looking for an affiliate program of a big brand, you’ll likely find it at one of the networks below (if the brand has an affiliate program).</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/cjcom" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Commission Junction</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/linkshare" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Linkshare</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/shareasale" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Shareasale</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.pepperjamnetwork.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">eBay Enterprise</a>&nbsp;(formerly Pepperjam Network)</li> </ul> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Digital Products</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re looking for things like eBooks or digital downloads (including software), some of the larger e-Product networks include (but are certainly not limited to):</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.clickbank.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Clickbank</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.e-junkie.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">e-Junkie</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.avangate.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Avangate</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.whitepapersource.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">White Paper Source</a></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I gave some information about selling digital products in the&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-to-find-affiliate-programs/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">same post</a>&nbsp;as I did the “A-List” networks.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Indie programs</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The “Indie” stands for independent. These are retailers that aren’t with a network and run their own program using an affiliate program software hosted on their own servers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The easiest way to find these programs is to do a search in google for “[your topic] affiliate” and “[your topic] associate” (which is what some companies refer to affiliates as). Once again, you can find more about the pros and cons of an indie program&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-to-find-affiliate-programs/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Checking the site footers of products you’d like to promote</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Whether they’re with a network or running an indie program, a lot of sites will link to their affiliate program in their footer (less often they may also be linked to in the header). So if there is a specific merchant you want to work with or product you want to promote, look for an affiliate program or associates program link on their website.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Searching the networks for affiliate programs</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The networks have a ton of affiliate programs you can search through to find cool items and merchants to promote. In my opinion, CJ wins the award for being the easiest to navigate when you have no idea what you’re looking for.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/linkshare" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Linkshare">Linkshare</a>&nbsp;is unequivocally the worst in my opinion. To be honest, I avoid using&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/linkshare" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Linkshare">Linkshare</a>&nbsp;because of that and typically only utilize them if forced (because they have a merchant I specifically want to affiliate for).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Because CJ is the largest affiliate network, I’ll use that in my example research below. Once you’ve signed up for an affiliate account, login and go to the Advertisers tab. There you’ll find over 3,000 merchants listed uselessly in alphabetical order. But never fear, at the top right you’ll find options to sort the list by EPC or network earnings.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.09.51-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="cj advertisers tab" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19581" height="89" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.09.51-PM-300x89.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Near the top left of that screen, you’ll see two search boxes. One says “Advertiser(s)” and the other says “Keyword(s)”. If you know the name of the merchant you’re looking for, you can type it into the “Advertiser(s)” box and click search. If you see no results, then that merchant doesn’t have a program with CJ.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re not exactly sure what you’re looking for, then you can do a keyword based search – and add in additional filters to ensure you get programs that are actually applicable to you. The additional filters you can use with a keyword search include:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mobile certified advertisers only (more on that&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.cj.com/12122012/cj-pulse-mobile-certified-advertisers" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>)</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New advertisers only – limits your search to show only those advertisers that have joined the network within the last 30 days.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Content advertisers only – Honestly, I’m not sure what this option is and wasn’t able to find any documentation – within CJ or outside of it – that explained it.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Status – this allows you to filter our programs based on their status within the network. This helps you exclude merchants such as those with (for the time being) inactive programs.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Category – This will limit the search results to programs within a specific category. Additionally, if you check off a specific category but don’t enter an advertiser name or keyword and click search, it will show you a full list of programs in that category in alphabetical order.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Serviceable area – this allows you to filter out companies that may not offer products or services to your core country market. For example, by checking off United States in this section, you limit the results to merchants who sell to or provide service to US customers.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Language – allows you to specify programs with product offerings in the language you need (for those of us in the US, that would be English).</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Below is a search I ran for the keyword “fishing” and then sorted by network earnings, high to low. Following that is a screenshot of a search I did in the recreation and leisure category, limited specifically to outdoors without specifying an advertiser or keyword so that I could see all advertisers in that subcategory.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.35.47-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="fishing programs" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19585" height="115" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.35.47-PM-300x115.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.38.47-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="outdoors category" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19587" height="193" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.38.47-PM-300x193.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Once you find an advertiser (or several) that you’d like to work with, just click the join program button under the advertiser’s name.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.42.09-PM.png" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="join program" class="aligncenter frame size-medium wp-image-19589" height="72" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Screen-Shot-2013-11-20-at-11.42.09-PM-300x72.png" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Using the above methods you’ll no doubt be able to find a lot of merchants, products and services that are applicable to your niche. And sometimes by a lot, you find a LOT – many selling the same products or services. So how do you choose which programs to promote?</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Comparing Affiliate Programs When There are Multiple Options</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Not all affiliate programs are created equal. So how do you choose between similar programs? If you answered “choose the one with the highest commission per sale” then you’d be wrong.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A lot more goes into determining which affiliate program will be the most profitable for you to promote. Some relative comparison factors include:</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Product &amp; merchant quality</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This should go without saying, but you want to ensure the products you recommend are good products and that the merchant selling them has a decent reputation. Every product or merchant will have it’s haters. But you want to ensure that most of their customer base doesn’t fall into that category. This is where personal experience with the product or merchant can come in handy.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The merchant website</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A few merchants will tell you what their average conversion rate is (for all visitors, not affiliate specific). But even if they’re not sharing that data, their website can tell you a thing or two about how well they may or may not convert.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I usually hit the site and look for a few key features. Do I see what I’m looking for easily? Is the site easy to navigate? Is the buying process enjoyable? Would I feel comfortable buying from them?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I also take a look at shipping fees. More than once I’ve seen a merchant offering significantly lower “prices” that get considerably jacked when you head to through the checkout process with higher than average and expected shipping and handling fees. I know I personally see that as a type of bait and switch and it immediately makes me uncomfortable with the merchant as a consumer.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> By saying the above items are relative, I mean that they’re all open to interpretation. However, there are also a lot of “hard factors” you can compare programs against. Some of those hard factors include:</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Commissions</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is how much the merchant plans to pay you per whatever action it is they’re paying for (usually a sale). Sometimes these numbers are fixed. Other times these numbers are a % of the sale you generate.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Some programs also have something known as “recurring commissions”. Most common with subscription like services (like&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/Raven" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Raven Tools">Raven Tools</a>&nbsp;for example), recurring commissions pay you a commission each month for as long as the person you referred with an affiliate link pays for the service.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> These aren’t super common, but they are nice if whatever you’re going to be selling is the type of product or service people will continue to use for a long time.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Even rarer are lifetime commissions, which is where a merchant pays you on any sale from a customer you initially generated for life, whether or not they use your affiliate link on future purchases.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> So why did I say that you can’t base your decision solely off commissions? If merchant A pays $10 per sale and merchant B pays $20 per sale, why wouldn’t that be an obvious decision? Because conversion rates make all the difference in regards to your bottom line.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let’s say merchant A converts at 4% and merchant B converts at 1%. If you send 100 visitors to merchant A, then in theory 4 of those clicks would convert to sales, paying you $40 in commissions. If you send 100 visitors to merchant B, then in theory 1 of those clicks would convert into sales, paying you $20 in commissions. What appears at first look to be “higher commissions” doesn’t always turn out to be true.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> But let’s say you have no idea what the conversion rate is for the program. That’s where EPC can come in handy.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> EPC</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In most affiliate programs, a merchant will show you an EPC for the program. EPC stands for earnings per click. The EPC is how much the an affiliate earns on average per click on traffic they send to the merchant. The formula is simple. Commissions received divided by the number of clicks sent equals the EPC.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let’s use the scenario for merchant B above. You send 100 visitors, 1 of them turn into a sale and you’re paid $20 in commission by the merchant.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> $20 (commission) / 100 (clicks sent) = $0.20 EPC</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> With merchant A you’d come up with the following EPC:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> $40 (commission) / 100 (clicks sent) = $0.40 EPC</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Because the EPC shown for the program based on the number of commissions all affiliates using the program are paid divided by the number of clicks all affiliates using the program sent, it’s an extremely handy number to have – especially when comparing programs. It’s what every affiliate in the program earns per click sent to the merchant, on average.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Average order value (AOV)</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Some merchants will promote this, others wont. The average order value is the average amount someone spends in their store when making a purchase. If merchant C has an average order value of $80 dollars and merchant D has an average order value of $120, that means you’ll make more money with merchant D if all other things are equal.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Available creatives</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I’ll also check out the creatives being offered by the merchant prior to making a decision. Are their creatives well designed and something I’d want to see on my website? Are the sizes I’d need available? How up to date are they? Do I see special creatives for specific holidays (this usually implies the program is very actively managed)?</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Deep linking</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I also want to ensure that deep linking is available. If a program doesn’t allow deep linking, then that means you can only send visitors through an affiliate link to the specific pages they’ve designated (like the homepage or a very high level category page).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In my experience, the inability to deep link hinders my ability to make sales as an affiliate. Could you imagine recommending a specific blender and then only being able to send the user to the Amazon homepage with your affiliate link to buy it? I want to send them to the actual sales page for the blender.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Deep linking allows me to send affiliated traffic to any internal pages on the site I decide to send it to.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cookie duration</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The cookie is what is placed on the users computer when they click on your affiliate link to let them merchant know that person was referred by you. Cookie duration is usually 30, 60 or 90 days in length.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let’s say an affiliate advertisement here on Sugarrae is for a program with a 30 day cookie duration. If you click on that affiliate link, then the merchant will pay me a commission if you convert for them within the next 30 days.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let’s say you click on my link and then bookmark it. You come back 28 days later via your bookmark and purchase something. I would be paid commission on that sale. If you came back 31 days later via your bookmark and purchase something, I would receive zero commission on that sale.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Typically I won’t work with a company that offers less than a 30 day cookie duration. 60 days seems to be a popular number offered by merchants with 90 days not being unheard of, but also not being the most common option. There’s also a few merchants who offer lifetime cookies – but I haven’t come across one in years LOL.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Network earnings</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Some networks offer this information, some don’t. This is not to be confused with EPC. Network earnings are how much in commissions are being earned from a program, regardless of its EPC. You can have a low EPC and still have a high network earning tally.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If a merchant has a $4 EPC but is super niche, it may be a low earner within the network overall whereas merchant with a $0.40 EPC but who carries a popular, mainstream product might drive more overall commission despite making less money per click because more people are looking for – and buying – their product.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Comparing all the data</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now, the above is obviously a lot of information to digest. Especially if you’re comparing multiple programs against each other vs. doing a one to one comparison. Putting this information in a spreadsheet you can filter based on different factors sometimes makes for an easier comparison.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Download a free&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Affiliate-Merchant-Comparison.xls" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Affiliate Merchant Comparison</a>&nbsp;spreadsheet template.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> What to Do When Your Application Gets Declined</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> So you’ve decided which programs you want to promote and apply to them. And then it happens. You get declined by a merchant you really wanted to work with. It happens. It’s common. And you shouldn’t take it personally.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Merchants have a ton of weird reasons they turn down publishers (affiliates) and it’s definitely not code for “we think your site sucks”. Ok, sometimes it is, but in most cases it has more to do with your traffic levels, standing in the network, etc.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> But if you’re really serious about working with the merchant, you do have a few options.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Talk with the affiliate manager</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Most programs have the contact information of their affiliate manager visible to all. Send the affiliate manager an email and state your case. Explain you were denied from the program and why you want to promote their products.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DO be polite. This is not the time to get all indignant that you were denied. If you can’t represent your own brand in a good light, then why the hell would they want you promoting theirs?</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DON’T make insane sales promises. Don’t tell a merchant you’ll flood them with sales – especially if you’re not 100% sure you will.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DO explain to the affiliate manager that you plan to work hard and ethically to promote their program.</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DO explain why you believe your site is a good fit for their program, even if it might not meet all of their typical acceptance requirements.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If the affiliate manager replies and the answer is still no, follow up to thank them for taking the time to reply and ask them (if they didn’t already tell you) what qualifications you need to have so you can re-apply to the program in the future once you meet them.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The master affiliate network workaround</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I call companies like&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/viglink" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Viglink">Viglink</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/skimlinks" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Skimlinks">Skimlinks</a>&nbsp;master affiliate networks. Basically, they’re a middle man between you and affiliate programs. They have a huge network of sub affiliates and acceptance into almost every network affiliate program there is.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You can promote those merchants as a sub affiliate of theirs, earning a commission, but they get a cut of those commissions. I explained in depth how these networks work&nbsp;<a href="http://themogulmom.com/2011/10/affiliate-marketing-made-simple/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The short story is that if you were denied for being “too small a fish” by the affiliate program directly, you can still promote their products and earn commissions through a master affiliate network.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You’ll make a little less promoting the program than if you did it directly, but it can be a great workaround to use while you work on meeting the minimum requirements for being accepted into the merchant program directly.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Have Anything to Add?</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The above should give you a good blueprint to begin working through to find the top affiliate programs for your niche. If you have any tips to add or share, be sure to drop them in the comments below.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UITT6S6tkdvnlGLp3hwNDzqAdE8Ls0FHnBa8b32TImJE1GXC8TP11WbFoSYkR9Z89wTiTqv7dP8O7ERWkw-uznaUrfIUkRg0NtVl4bqRXMi9vq46K5gfp5yFWXBHF0eFY1NjR9d2NQSa/s1600/affiliate-marketing+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UITT6S6tkdvnlGLp3hwNDzqAdE8Ls0FHnBa8b32TImJE1GXC8TP11WbFoSYkR9Z89wTiTqv7dP8O7ERWkw-uznaUrfIUkRg0NtVl4bqRXMi9vq46K5gfp5yFWXBHF0eFY1NjR9d2NQSa/s320/affiliate-marketing+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-5567566613500104032015-11-10T06:19:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:33:06.176-08:00How I Create a Strategy for a New Blog or Affiliate Site – Part 1 (Identifying the Demographic)<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In prior posts we’ve discussed how to come up with a&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/brainstorm-affiliate-niche-ideas/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">niche idea</a>, how to&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/conduct-niche-research-affiliate-site/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">research a niche</a>&nbsp;before entering it and how to find the&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/find-best-affiliate-programs-niche/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">best affiliate programs</a>&nbsp;within a niche to promote. Now it’s time to build and promote that site, right?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Wrong. Now it’s time to create a strategy for how you plan to build and market that affiliate site or blog.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I’ve been building affiliate sites and branded blogs for a long time now. And at times, I’ve gone into one without a strategy. But over the years, I’ve learned that it’s better to strategize vs. leaping first and “figuring it out” later. Nowadays when I plan out affiliate sites or new blogs, I do so with as much precision as possible.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Identifying your target demographic</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Before I can figure out what to market and how to market it, I have to know who I am marketing to. Sometimes the “who” is obvious. If you’re running a work at home mom blog, then your target demographic is obviously going to be women with children who want to earn money while working from home.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> But, even if you have the “general” down, there’s still some specifics you might be missing out on (what’s their average household income, level of education, etc). As well as the “social demographics” for that topic.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> However – let’s say your topic demographic isn’t as obviously defined. For example – let’s say your new niche is gardening. That’s a pretty broad potential demographic. So how do you research to find out who your readers are / may be?</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> IDENTIFYING THE COMPETITION</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In order to try and define your demographic, you need to identify who is already reaching it. To start this process, I’d head over to Google and run some searches – starting with broad terms and drilling down as necessary.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Using the gardening blog example above, I’d run a search for “gardening”. I’m looking for root domains focusing on the topic and not sites with subsections targeting it. As an example –&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">organicgardening.com</span>is a root domain focusing only on the specific topic of gardening.&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">bhg.com/gardening</span>&nbsp;is a site that focuses on multiple topics, with gardening being one of them. For this purpose, I’m only interested in the root domains (like&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">organicgardening.com</span>) targeting the topic.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let’s say my blog won’t simply be a gardening blog, but instead will focus on container gardening. After taking note of the domains in the top 10 for “gardening”, I’d run a search for “container gardening”. But, that search brings me up a lot of sub sections of broad domains. So, I’d then narrow my search to be “container gardening blog” which would provide me with a few more root domains to add to my list.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Once I have anywhere from 10-20 domains, I’d begin the process of determining their demographics.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> ORGANIZING YOUR RESEARCH</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Before you begin the next part of this research, you’ll want to create a spreadsheet with the following headings:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Site name</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Domain</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Percentage male</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Percentage female</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Primary age group</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Primary education level</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kids (yes or no)</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Primary income level</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Primary race</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter Follower count</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Active on Twitter?</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter sharing</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook Fan count</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Active on Facebook?</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google+ Circle count</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Active on Google+?</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google+ sharing</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instagram Follower count</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Active on Instagram?</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Linkedin Follower count</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Active on LinkedIn?</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pinterest Follower count</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Active on Pinterest</li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pinterest sharing</li> </ul> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> PULLING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The demographic information we’ll be pulling from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.quantcast.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Quantcast</a>. The social information you’ll be pulling the old fashioned way – by visiting their websites.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Head on over to Quantcast and put in the domain you want to research. When I did this for the example above, the first domain I searched –&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">organicgardening.com</span>&nbsp;had hidden their demographic data. Fair enough. I’ll still research their social aspects, but I’m out of luck on the demographics. (Note, you can use&nbsp;<a href="http://www.alexa.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Alexa</a>&nbsp;to get some general demographic information for free, but it’s not as detailed as Quantcast.)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Or am I? Keep in mind that a lot of sites – especially those that offer advertising opportunities, also offer up their reader demographics on site to entice advertisers. While&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">organicgardening.com</span>&nbsp;has hidden their quantcast data, they’ve made some of their demographic information available in their media kit<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.organicgardening.com/2014-mediakit-reader-profile</span>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Bonus tip – a lot of offline magazines that don’t rank well but still can tell you a lot about your target audience offer up this information as well. You can search your topic on a site like&nbsp;<a class="skimlinks-unlinked" data-skim-creative="500005" data-skimwords-word="Magazines.com" href="https://magazines.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">Magazines.com</a>&nbsp;to find offline publications to research.)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I move onto the next site in my research list which is&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">urbanorganicgardener.com</span>. Their Quantcast data is available, so I go ahead and grab the numbers and add them to my research spreadsheet. I repeat this process on every domain using Quantcast.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then it’s time to check out their social activity.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> PULLING SOCIAL DATA</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Based on the demographics of your niche, you can use the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/a-primer-on-social-media-demographics-2013-9" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">general demographic information</a>&nbsp;for the<a href="https://blog.bufferapp.com/social-media-in-2013-user-demographics-for-twitter-facebook-pinterest-and-instagram" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">different social networks</a>&nbsp;to make some educated decisions about where your social media time may be best spent. But I like to be thorough, so I like to research the social activities of my competition as well.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> First up, I’ll head to their websites and find and click on their social icons. If they don’t promote a specific social account on their site (say Google+), I’ll enter “none” in that field.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If they are promoting a social account, then I’ll add the number of followers that social account has in their field – also noting whether or not they appear “active” on that social network (if their last post was yesterday, I would answer “yes” – if their last post was three weeks ago, I’d answer “no” in that section).</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> TWITTER SHARING</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I’ll run a search for the root domain of the site I’m researching on Twitter. The goal here is to see if articles from the site are actually being shared on Twitter. If multiple tweets referencing the site have been done in the last two weeks, then I’ll answer “yes” in this section. If not, I’ll enter “no”.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> GOOGLE+ SHARING</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I’ll repeat the same search on Google+, with the same qualifications (and thus answers) as I did for Twitter.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> PINTEREST SOURCE URL</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pinterest allows you to search their site to see how many pins have come from a specific website. For instance –&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.pinterest.com/source/urbanorganicgardener.com</span>/ – allows me to see if this website is popular on Pinterest (AKA, is anyone pinning their stuff) and exactly what TYPE of content from this website has done well on Pinterest.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If multiple sites in my research have low pin counts, then that signals to me that Pinterest is likely not a “hot” social source I need to focus on. If multiple sites have high pin counts, then it’s a good bet that my target audience is active on Pinterest.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Putting it all together</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Doing the above, you should start to see some trends. You’ll have a general idea of the demographic statistics of your primary competition (which in theory, will be your demographics as well).</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> VISUALIZING THE DATA</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re more of a visual person (or are researching a large amount of sites), you may find it revealing to create charts overviewing the data. If you’re awesome with excel, you can do so right within excel. I however am not awesome with Excel. If you’re not either, you may want to check into&nbsp;<a href="https://www.datacracker.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Datacracker</a>&nbsp;which allows you to upload an excel spreadsheet which it automatically will turn it into graphs for you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You can upload the spreadsheet suggested above as a .csv and see the data visualized in moments without needing to know anything about creating charts. Neat tool (and it has a free version you can try).</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> WHY DO I CARE?</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Knowing who your marketing to will help you shape everything from your brand design (logo, site design, etc.) to your content and marketing strategy. The last thing you want to do is launch a pastel themed site with a flower in the logo to find out that your target demographic is 70% male.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If your target demographic has a low level of income, then you may find success with basing a portion of your content strategy around how to DIY or do things on a budget. If your target demographic is super active on Pinterest, then you may want to create “Pinterest optimized” graphics for your posts. Conjointly, if your target demographic has a low education level (or is young in age) you may not want to use words like conjointly when creating your content. ;-)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Knowing your social demographic helps you focus your social efforts also helps you know where to spend your social time and effort in regards to getting the most ROI.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I started a new site recently and found that Twitter wasn’t super effective for promoting that niche, despite it being the most successful social promotion vehicle for me in other niches. Pinterest drives little if any traffic to Sugarrae, but accounts for almost 50% of the traffic to the site I mentioned above that didn’t “work” for Twitter.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> It can also help you better target “when” you’re marketing on social. For Sugarrae, marketing on weekdays during the workday is best. In our industry, it’s part of our job to be on social media throughout the day. If your target demographic is teenagers, then they’re in school during the weekdays – and more active on social media during the evening and weekends. If your demographic is most active on Facebook, then you may want your like box to be more prominent than your other social buttons.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Part 2 – Creating Your Initial Sitemap &amp; Wireframe</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now that you know who your target demographic is, it’s time to start shaping your site – which I’ll cover in Part 2 –&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/create-strategy-new-blog-affiliate-site-part-2-creating-sitemap-wireframe/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Creating Your Sitemap &amp; Wireframe</a>&nbsp;– (now live).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> As always, if you have anything to add or tips to share, drop them in the comments below. :)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_L2GguvPbx1l9ivN0nEWolC2Nl_nMmCiNdtAVtfRLFtcy2awGZTlwc98L6azSEhzXW2Tl75zifUg1Hddq99RJUXuT1dQQgUWxd6cHLxeoKNaySTjKkH1E_51i7uG2V1svSEC9tChfGayB/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_L2GguvPbx1l9ivN0nEWolC2Nl_nMmCiNdtAVtfRLFtcy2awGZTlwc98L6azSEhzXW2Tl75zifUg1Hddq99RJUXuT1dQQgUWxd6cHLxeoKNaySTjKkH1E_51i7uG2V1svSEC9tChfGayB/s320/images.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-76511351999856168482015-11-10T06:12:00.002-08:002015-11-10T20:33:50.448-08:00Affiliate Datafeeds and Duplicate Content in a Panda World<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For those who aren’t familiar, Panda is a Google search filter that (in part) penalizes sites that have a large amount of thin or duplicated content. Panda has been a harsh filter for those using datafeeds in general – be they a merchant or an affiliate. As affiliates, we (and every other competing affiliate) obtain our datafeeds from the merchant. Using the datafeed as-is often leads to a site having content duplicated across other websites.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Adding to that difficulty is that datafeeds often contain small amounts of content (which we describe as thin). The feed usually contains a few pieces of statistical information about each item, an image or two, and, if you’re lucky, a short description of the product. This low amount of content leads to pages being created that, even if they were unique in the text provided, are thin in nature.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Prior to Panda, if you created a site using a datafeed, and the datafeed resulted in duplicated or thin pages, Google simply made a decision as to which of the pages was the “original.” Google usually determined the “original” source of the content by inbound link strength. Google then displayed that result for the query, omitting what it believed to be the duplicates. Having your pages deemed the duplicate meant you’d have a hard time getting that duplicate content to rank unless Google thought you were the strongest version of that content. However, the effect of your page being considered a duplicate of another page was limited to that specific page and potentially even specific search terms that page contained.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pre-Panda, we attempted to improve and expand upon affiliate datafeeds when we used them so as to not appear as a duplicate so that Google didn’t omit our page on certain search queries. But, in the post-Panda era, we’re not trying to avoid omission. We’re trying to avoid site-wide penalties that can affect all of our pages abilities to rank across all keywords. The more duplicate and thin content your site contains, the more at-risk you are to be hit by Panda.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Warning: Using affiliate datafeeds can be dangerous to your SEO, especially if you don’t know what you’re doing.</em></div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Information for merchants</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The first rule of affiliate datafeeds that merchants need to follow is simple. Never,&nbsp;<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ever</strong>&nbsp;give your affiliates an exact copy of the datafeed you use on your site. While Google does their best to figure out who is the original owner of duplicate content when they find it, a lot of it comes down to site age and strength.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> What that means is that the older and stronger (in regard to quality links) a site is, the better the chance it has of winning out as the “original” source of the content. Top affiliates have been at this game a long time and, as a result, many have aged, strong sites. If you give them an exact copy of your feed, you could end up knocking your site out of the search results.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Does that mean you shouldn’t offer a datafeed to your affiliates?&nbsp;<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Absolutely not.</em>&nbsp;Datafeeds can be a valuable tool for affiliates, and one you should be offering. The key is to provide affiliates with a datafeed without potentially harming your rankings. That means creating a separate, rewritten datafeed for your affiliates to use with rewritten product descriptions.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You don’t need to create a separate feed for each affiliate. You simply need two versions of your feed. One for you (the merchant) and one for all of your affiliates to use. How to avoid duplicate content on my affiliate site when using your datafeed is&nbsp;<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">my</em>&nbsp;problem.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pro tip: If you’re selling your products through Amazon, then Amazon is an affiliate in this regard.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> And while I have the attention of a few merchants, here are some additional tips on creating&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/5-things-that-make-my-affiliate-life-easier/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">happy, profitable affiliates</a>.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Information for affiliates</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> While I can’t give you&nbsp;<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">every</em>&nbsp;tip I’ve learned over the years about using datafeeds (competitive edge and all), I can share a few pieces of advice.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Accept that the feed needs to be edited and added to</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> An affiliate datafeed acts as a solid foundation for content for your individual product pages. But it can’t be the only content you’re including on the product listing pages. You’re going to need to create additional fields in the datafeed and fill it with content that adds value to the product listing.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> That unique content can be additional information about the product or uses of the product, additional information that describes the product or anything else you can dream up. I will often hire a programmer on&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Odesk.com</span>&nbsp;to scrape generic product information (such as the size of an item, etc.). I refer to this as “back of the box content” in that the content isn’t proprietary in nature. I’ve paid teens to rewrite product descriptions to be original in wording and more robust than those included in the base feed.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Switch things up</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Don’t display things in the same order that they appear in the feed. If there are eight different fields describing the product, switch up the order in which they appear from the feed. You should also download the images in the feed to your server and give them new naming conventions. It helps separate you from every other affiliate site out there using the same feed. I’ll also assign original SKU codes to each item to prevent the SKUs from giving off an affiliate footprint.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I also run all of the affiliate links through redirects in a blocked folder. I do so for two reasons. The first is to avoid an affiliate footprint. The second is to track the traffic running through them internally.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re confused as to how to implement the above, I’d highly recommend you check out&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wpallimport.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">WP All Import</a>. It’s a brilliant datafeed to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">WooCommerce</a>&nbsp;plugin that allows you to implement most of the above without having to create any custom code.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Release product listings with caution</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I typically disallow my product listings when I first launch a site. Instead, I limit the content I allow Google to index to my core site pages, the site’s blog and the base product category pages. In WooCommerce, this means I allow Google to access the core /shop/ folder, as well as the /product-category/ folders while blocking their access to the individual product listing pages.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Doing so allows me time to build an audience, a brand, a social presence, product reviews and links prior to unleashing the entire site. It limits the potential for Google to see my site as primarily containing duplicate content while still allowing users to see individual product listings. Instead of releasing all of the product pages at once, I’ll release the product listing pages slowly as the pages build up an individual value and the overall site builds up strength.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Add value</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In a post-Panda world, you need to add some significant additional value to the feed and product listings if you want to develop the kind of site Google wants to rank.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> That additional value might be giving visitors the ability to leave reviews (which WooCommerce has built in), to compare prices between different merchants or upload photos of the product in use. You might find it worth the effort to create a custom (and kickass) product search function or tutorials for the product. Your added value will be the secret to your success (or lack of). Differentiation on a true scale, coupled with the technical differentiation listed above, will put you a long way ahead of competitors too lazy to put in the extra effort.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnatSRCNuvB_w056a-Gm2CSmZyZUo4xL0gA_ejX8-N8iHnnNsPyVMSK6j8DwOv75IW_FkgShoS44wHJh1EeEjiRodpUvGskAsRFEuwkvtyMCkwjz6f5rObC-H0N-f8s0bcqA21RQfN_Ms/s1600/Affiliate-Marketing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnatSRCNuvB_w056a-Gm2CSmZyZUo4xL0gA_ejX8-N8iHnnNsPyVMSK6j8DwOv75IW_FkgShoS44wHJh1EeEjiRodpUvGskAsRFEuwkvtyMCkwjz6f5rObC-H0N-f8s0bcqA21RQfN_Ms/s320/Affiliate-Marketing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-52690133418197173482015-11-10T06:10:00.001-08:002015-11-10T20:32:28.910-08:00How I Create a Strategy for a New Blog or Affiliate Site – Part 2 (Creating Your Sitemap & Wireframe)<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> In part one of this series –&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/create-strategy-new-affiliate-blog-website/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">identifying the demographic</a>&nbsp;– you got a good handle on who will be reading your blog based on your niche and where you social efforts should have the most impact (#protip – you can begin working on building a social following long before you launch your new site – in other words, start now).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The topic of this post is about creating your sitemap and wireframe, but it’s also about beginning to formulate (and organize) your overall marketing and content strategy for the site or blog as well.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> What’s a Sitemap?</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A site map (in how I’m referring to it here) is simply organizing what “sections” and core features you forsee your new site containing. We’re not concerned with specific post content right now. We’re more concerned with “topics” and core pages.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> How you do this is up to you. I learned to do it long before we had nifty mind mapping software, so for years I did it using what I consider an “old school method” so to speak (and for the most part, still do).</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> BRAINSTORMING YOUR SITEMAP</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For me, brainstorming for a sitemap is one part “your ideas for the site”, one part “stalking the competition” and one part keyword research.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You already have some general ideas for content you plan to feature on the site because otherwise you wouldn’t be entering the niche in the first place. I’ve written about how to perform general&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/reviews/semrush-review/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">keyword research</a>&nbsp;before. Now you need to stalk the competition.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I lightly touched on stalking the competition when I wrote about&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/conduct-niche-research-affiliate-site/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">researching a niche</a>&nbsp;(in the “show me the angle” section). You want to see what core sections they have and what core sections you believe they’re missing that you have the ability to effectively do on your own site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Remember – we’re not going into specific posts at this time. You’re looking for core topics you want (or need) to cover. We’ll get to the part where we strategize specific content (versus topics) and deeper into stalking the competition in a later post.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> CREATING YOUR SITEMAP</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nothing complicated here. You open Word and begin listing off the core pages and topics you plan to cover on the site – much like you’d outline a table of contents in a book.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> What main topics do you plan to cover? What primary pages will you be creating for the site? What core pages on the site are the most important in regards to driving visitors to them?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If I were doing this for the Sugarrae site, it would look a lot like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Home<br /> &gt; About<br /> &gt; Blog<br /> &gt; Administrative (posts about the blog itself or the business)<br /> &gt; Affiliate Marketing (posts that cover making money with affiliate marketing)<br /> &gt; Blogging (posts that cover blog building, promoting and content development)<br /> &gt;&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/genesis" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Genesis">Genesis</a>&nbsp;Tutorials (how to do specific things with the&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/genesis" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Genesis">Genesis</a>&nbsp;theme)<br /> &gt; Thesis Tutorials (how to do specific things with the&nbsp;<a class="pretty-link-keyword" href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/Thesis" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Thesis Theme">Thesis theme</a>)<br /> &gt; Entrepreneurship (tips and editorial style posts about running a business)<br /> &gt; Interviews (interviews with industry experts)<br /> &gt; Online Marketing (marketing posts that don’t fit into the subsections below)<br /> &gt; SEO (how to and editorial style posts)<br /> &gt; Link Development (how to and editorial style posts)<br /> &gt; Social Media (how to and editorial style posts)<br /> &gt; Rants in Bitchland (rants relating to any topic I cover on the site)<br /> &gt; Reviews (reviews of products and services that I find useful)<br /> &gt; Podcasts (listing of all Sugarrae produced podcasts)<br /> &gt; Speaking (how to get me to speak at your event and a listing of my speaking gigs)<br /> &gt; Press (where I’ve been featured and the Sugarrae press kit)<br /> &gt; Consulting (this will link to PushFire)<br /> &gt; Toolbox (a place to list all the tools I think will be helpful to my audience)<br /> &gt; Products (a listing of eBooks, guides or what have you I create for sale)<br /> &gt; Forums (a paid membership section for advice and more in depth information)<br /> &gt; Contact<br /> &gt; Disclaimer<br /> &gt; Disclosure<br /> &gt; Privacy<br /> &gt; Advertise</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Each indent signifies that it’s a subsection of the page one level above it. So, in the above example, SEO would be a subsection of online marketing, which is a subsection of the main blog.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The rough idea of why that section will exist is also listed next to it for pages that might not be obvious (we all know what an “advertise” page will contain, but a section on interviews can vary in regards to what it might contain depending on the niche and your intent with it).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You should create a rough sitemap before you ever even think about installing WordPress (or whatever content management system you plan to use), because frankly if you have no idea what you’re going to put on a site, you have no business building one. :)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> And if you plan to hire a designer to design your site, they will thank you for doing this – immensely. For the sites I have designed professionally, I usually build out the above sitemap as a hierarchy chart in powerpoint and then print it as a .pdf and send it to the designer. Doing so for the Sugarrae sitemap above would result in the below:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="the sugarrae sitemap" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-20245" height="676" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-sugarrae-sitemap.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="550" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This can also be helpful to do for your own reference even if you don’t have a designer, so you can view your sitemap at a glance, in addition to “in detail” in your Word document.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> SITEMAPS SHOULD PLAN FOR GROWTH</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Keep in mind that a sitemap is not merely “what pages and sections you’ll launch with” – you need to brainstorm for potential future sections if you already know you may eventually add them as well.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For instance, in the Sugarrae sitemap above, you’ll notice there’s a section for “products”, “podcasts” and “forums” – none of which are currently on the site. However, I know they are something I might add at some point, so they’re included in the sitemap.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> This way, the sitemap accounts for known “potential future growth ideas” I’m aware I might like to add to the site in the future – so I can incorporate that potential growth into my strategies for site structure and design from the beginning.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> UNDERSTAND SITEMAPS HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A sitemap isn’t written in stone, nor do I expect it to be. Creating the sitemap merely gives me a solid direction to follow when creating the site. I could find out that a section “doesn’t work” for whatever reason and decide to axe it a six months in. I could also end up creating a section a year into the site that I didn’t originally plan for. Be organized, but flexible.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> What is a wireframe?</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A wireframe (in the sense that I’m using it here) is essentially taking your sitemap and putting it into “bare bones” form for a site layout – integrating it with other elements that aren’t part of the sitemap (like AdSense, and email subscription form or social buttons).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> A lot of people will pick a site design first and then try and try to get their sitemap and “site priorities” to “fit” into it. IMHO, that’s a mistake. You should create what you need in your site design and then find a theme that replicates that as closely as possible (if you’re not doing a custom design).</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> CREATING YOUR WIREFRAME</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I typically do this in one of two ways (and sometimes both). You can either do this with pen and paper or you can do this by installing a bare bones base theme on WordPress and adding what you need where as far as site navigation and layout on a live site (if you’re not a “boss” with WordPress, I’d go the pen and paper route).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Whatever way you choose, you’ll want to make sure you do one for all your core layout types (for WordPress users, this is typically the home page, internal page, category archive page and post page).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> For instance, if I wireframed the Sugarrae home page, it would look like this (I made it a table to save you from my chicken scratch):</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <table style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: baseline;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td align="center" colspan="8" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Logo and Header</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> About</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Blog</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Speaking</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Consulting</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Toolbox</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Products</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Forums</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Contact</div> </td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo with text</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PushFire CTA</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Email Sub</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Latest Posts</td><td colspan="3" rowspan="4" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Latest Reviews</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As seen in</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stroke walk</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blog categories</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Social icons</td><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Footer info: Press | Disclaimer | Disclosure | Privacy | Advertise</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If I wireframed the individual Sugarrae post page, it would look like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <table style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: baseline;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td align="center" colspan="8" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Logo and Header</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> About</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Blog</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Speaking</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Consulting</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Toolbox</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Products</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Forums</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Contact</div> </td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Post title and meta</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Advertisements</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Social sharing icons</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Email sub</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Post content</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Social icons</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Social sharing icons</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Search box</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Author bio box</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Categories</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Affiliate ad</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recent posts</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Related posts</td><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stroke walk</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="3" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Social icons</td><td colspan="5" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Footer info: Press | Disclaimer | Disclosure | Privacy | Advertise</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Let’s say I want a secondary nav menu to appear with the blog categories if someone is in the blog section (main blog lander, category or an individual post), then it would look like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <table style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: baseline;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td align="center" colspan="8" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Logo and Header</td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> About</div> </td><td bgcolor="#db4e0f" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Blog</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Speaking</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Consulting</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Toolbox</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Products</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Forums</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Contact</div> </td></tr> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="8" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 574px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Admin</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Affiliate Marketing</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Blogging</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Entrepreneur<br /> ship</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Interviews</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Online Marketing</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Podcasts</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rants</div> </td><td style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.75; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Reviews</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Post title and metaAdvertisementsSocial sharing iconsEmail subPost contentSocial iconsRecommendedSocial sharing iconsSearch boxAuthor bio boxCategoriesAffiliate adRecent postsRelated postsStroke walkSocial iconsFooter info: Press | Disclaimer | Disclosure | Privacy | Advertise</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If I’m hiring a designer, this gives him a clear indication of what I want where. If I’m choosing a premade<a href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/genesis/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Genesis theme</a>, then I know I need one that has styling for a two column layout, styling for an email subscription box, styling for an author bio and I’m going to need one with widget areas under the post content (or be comfortable enough with code to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.carriedils.com/after-entry-widget/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">add them myself</a>).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Knowing what I want on the site and how I want it laid out prevents me from wasting time with a design that isn’t going to “work” in the end. It also will help me create a content strategy of what content I need to launch the site and what content I need to create post launch on a continual basis. It also ensures that I’ve already laid things out with my later expansion plans already in place.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> DEFINING YOUR URL STRUCTURE</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Once I have the above done, I’m now ready to define how my URL structure will look. If the main page is going to be the blog (a listing of recent posts), then it might look something like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="blog url structure" class="aligncenter frame size-full wp-image-20399" height="346" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/blog-url-structure.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="550" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If the homepage of the site is going to be a page, with the main blog page as a subsection (like I have it here on Sugarrae), then it might look something like this:</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="page url structure" class="aligncenter frame size-full wp-image-20400" height="365" src="https://sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/page-url-structure.png" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="550" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Tip: Wondering how I got the /category/ out of the URLs on my category pages? The Yoast WordPress SEO&nbsp;<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">plugin</a>&nbsp;has a box you can check off to remove them.)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> I like logical URL structures. I like the URL flow to mimic the content flow. I’m not a fan of having all the posts off the root (example:&nbsp;<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">blog.com/post-name</span>). I prefer it to follow the same my posts do within the WordPress backend for multiple reasons. This post is in the affiliate marketing category. I prefer that my URL structure reflects that.</div> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.875rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Part 3 – Defining Your Brand</h2> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now that you&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/create-strategy-new-affiliate-blog-website/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">know your demographic</a>&nbsp;and have a sitemap and wireframe laid out, you’re in a much better position to begin planning and shaping the brand and voice that will power your site – which I’ll cover in part 3 – Defining Your Brand (which I’ll hopefully get around to posting at some point).</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 31.5px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> As always, if you have anything to add or tips to share, drop them in the comments below. :)</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YFfNID0PPyr_B50StR82wzSBtN6MDkpkdpFdDKsRmxrIb_sofZzIQbQzzaxSGyiCun33mcRNyeYV8XfMehh27-0RrFHNHgHr24SFqaD3afTJqRRPrEXreQ61BaR0XyPdscvK4sxU95vF/s1600/affiliate-marketing1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YFfNID0PPyr_B50StR82wzSBtN6MDkpkdpFdDKsRmxrIb_sofZzIQbQzzaxSGyiCun33mcRNyeYV8XfMehh27-0RrFHNHgHr24SFqaD3afTJqRRPrEXreQ61BaR0XyPdscvK4sxU95vF/s320/affiliate-marketing1.gif" width="320" /></a></div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-16036165908898479072015-11-10T06:04:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:31:31.462-08:00Affiliate Marketing<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1828IJH2FpDezHit8JjVO8cwrEmIW-zWWkBhR9L9mWqVu_jASSpPQB0fDB9RDQc8I1NwwG85OGPURkCfO1rXtxIdDv26e-1KLuYZbOGWjJ8T4qgCpCbwMj_cpY-KVIpQx_66C7BFdnRI/s1600/Success-In-Affiliate-Marketing-Program.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1828IJH2FpDezHit8JjVO8cwrEmIW-zWWkBhR9L9mWqVu_jASSpPQB0fDB9RDQc8I1NwwG85OGPURkCfO1rXtxIdDv26e-1KLuYZbOGWjJ8T4qgCpCbwMj_cpY-KVIpQx_66C7BFdnRI/s320/Success-In-Affiliate-Marketing-Program.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <h1 class="archive-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.35rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Affiliate Marketing</h1> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Below you’ll find the posts at Sugarrae from the affiliate marketing category. I highly recommend you read each of them if you’re serious about making an income as an affiliate marketer.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Beginner Affiliates</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re brand new to the affiliate game, I’d recommend reading the primer posts below that I wrote for the Sugarrae Blog and then get to work on your first site while returning to read the rest of the free articles on my<a href="https://sugarrae.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">affiliate marketing blog</a>&nbsp;as you work. Be warned though that my writing style is known for being very “tell it like it is.” ;-)</div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-affiliate-marketing-works/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">How Affiliate Marketing Works</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/avoiding-affiliate-marketing-scams/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Avoiding Affiliate Marketing Scams</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-to-find-affiliate-programs/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">How to find Affiliate Marketing Programs</a></li> <li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.625; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-tools/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Affiliate marketing tools I use</a></li> </ul> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> THE Newbie Affiliate Marketing Guide</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://sugarrae.com/getit/Traffic_And_Trust/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;"><img align="left" class="alignleft" src="https://www.sugarrae.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/trafficandtrust.png" style="border: none; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5rem 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a>If you're still not sure where to start after reading some of the articles here, check out Traffic and Trust – an e-Book written by a friend of mine that gives you both a realistic and achievable blueprint to affiliate marketing success (you can read my&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/the-newbie-guide-to-affiliate-marketing/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">Traffic and Trust review</a>&nbsp;here.)</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> You may want me to tell you that you can get rich quick or get rich lazy, but I'll leave that to the snake oil salesman.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> The truth is that affiliate marketing is VERY doable and can BECOME a source of passive income – but you'll have to actually WORK to achieve success with it, at least in the beginning.</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2e373f; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> Seasoned Affiliates</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re a more seasoned affiliate, your first stop should be the&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-to-survive-the-affiliate-evolution/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">affiliate evolution post</a>&nbsp;(as well as tons of other great articles on affiliate marketing and&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/online-marketing/seo/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">SEO</a>) followed by watching the video interview I did about affiliate marketing in today’s world at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pubcon.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">PubCon</a>&nbsp;a few years back:</div> <div class="center" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jhZN1mrfH40?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="640"></iframe></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 1.625rem; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you have suggestions for posts you'd like to see me do or information you’d love to see provided, please feel free to&nbsp;<a href="https://sugarrae.com/contact/" style="border: 0px; color: #c22d5b; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;">contact me</a>&nbsp;and let me know.</div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-44527551862939298122015-11-10T05:58:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:30:46.147-08:00Smart Affiliate Marketing Strategies<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Affiliate marketing</strong>&nbsp;is the process of earning a commission by promoting other people’s (or company’s) products.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> You find a product you like, promote it to others, and earn a piece of the profit for each sale that you make.</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2c2a; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;">You’re happy because you earned a commission…</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;">The company is happy because they have a new sale from a customer that they might not have normally been able to reach…</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;">And the customer is happy because they learned about a product from you that will hopefully fulfill a need or desire.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> The beauty of affiliate marketing is that you don’t have to invest the time and effort to create a product to sell. You can begin selling something as an affiliate as soon as you have a platform to sell it on.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> Affiliate marketing is something I’ve been doing ever since I started my first business online on my&nbsp;<a href="http://www.greenexamacademy.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LEED Exam</a>&nbsp;website – promoting a third party company’s practice exam software along with my own published eBooks and audio guides.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> I also do affiliate marketing here on the Smart Passive Income blog, sharing many of the tools and services that I use to run my online businesses, and if you or anyone else purchases through my affiliate links I earn a commission. If you’ve purchased from my links before, thank you so much! I greatly appreciate your support!</div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2c2a; font-family: proxima-nova-alt-condensed, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin: 2em 0px 0.25em; text-align: start; text-transform: uppercase;"> THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT RULES I HAVE FOR AFFILIATE MARKETING</h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> Before I share the strategies that I’ve used to generate over $20,000 in affiliate commissions per month, there are extremely important rules I use when promoting products that are not my own. You don’t have to use these rules in order to become an affiliate or be successful at it, but it’s what has helped me grow my affiliate income tremendously over the last couple of years:</div> <ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2c2a; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">I only recommend products as an affiliate that I’m extremely very familiar with</strong>&nbsp;– preferably products that I’ve used before and have helped me achieve something. If I’m not confident in the product and I don’t feel it will positively help people, I will not promote it.</li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;">I never directly tell anyone to buy a product.&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">I always&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">recommend</em>products based on my experience and in the context of what I’ve done or what I’m doing.</strong></li> </ol> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> Honest affiliate marketing has always worked best for me, so I encourage you to do the same.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; text-align: start;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here are my best articles and podcast episodes about affiliate marketing:</strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2d2c2a; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.25px; margin-bottom: 14.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/3-types-of-affiliate-marketing-explained-and-the-one-i-profit-from/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3 Types of Affiliate Marketing Explained, and the One I Profit From</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/8-principles-for-effective-affiliate-marketing-on-a-blog/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">8 Principles for Effective Affiliate Marketing on a Blog</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/multiple-strategies-i-use-for-affiliate-marketing-where-to-put-affilaite-links/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Multiple Strategies I Use for Affiliate Marketing – Where to Put Affiliate Links</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/spi-003-affiliate-and-niche-site-strategies-revealed-with-glen-allsop/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Affiliate and Niche Site Strategies Revealed with Glen Allsop (Podcast Session #003)</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/spi-010-crushing-it-with-amazon-affiliate-sales-with-chris-guthrie-of-makemoneyontheinternet-com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Crushing it with Amazon Affiliate Sales with Chris Guthrie (Podcast Session #010)</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/affiliate-link-conversion/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">An Insider Look: My Affiliate Links and Exactly Where They Convert</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/successful-affiliate-marketing-tips/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #bf0d0f; font-weight: bold; outline-offset: -2px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; text-decoration: none;">Pat’s Top 30 Tips for Successful Affiliate Marketing</a></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.80555em;"><a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/affiliate-marketing-the-smart-way/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Affiliate Marketing the Smart Way (My 2012 Blog World Expo Presentation)</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/affiliate-marketing-the-smart-way/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8f0a0b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwpdOtPWVNaKm7vQkXLwX2qjhznqv5Wxe5j_wBH2p424GEx7D3HDnZo2aIE5fdBKoO-0Jmzu5KXUrKYUrZO_Miykbm6cl6U5NkIF1F-EzSJg2bV1hn1BLBMScbLay57Rppfpi8m4dSCRm/s1600/images.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwpdOtPWVNaKm7vQkXLwX2qjhznqv5Wxe5j_wBH2p424GEx7D3HDnZo2aIE5fdBKoO-0Jmzu5KXUrKYUrZO_Miykbm6cl6U5NkIF1F-EzSJg2bV1hn1BLBMScbLay57Rppfpi8m4dSCRm/s320/images.png" width="320" /></a></div> </li> </ul> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-70970832453753989722015-11-10T05:52:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:30:20.215-08:00Using Affiliate Marketing to Grow Your Business<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /> <header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGSaAul2-wD-WhM2YbH85OecMR8EXrRuxxKi-dTM0-hlaQJBuyyCUSgkyRyXrGesc92vFMhm5oTquX7OBEU453eNvwvWi1rbyr8XZLliR3Z1Vsn1rhSW2O-bos5yB7xJ64AauU84zZlCu/s1600/affiliate-marketing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGSaAul2-wD-WhM2YbH85OecMR8EXrRuxxKi-dTM0-hlaQJBuyyCUSgkyRyXrGesc92vFMhm5oTquX7OBEU453eNvwvWi1rbyr8XZLliR3Z1Vsn1rhSW2O-bos5yB7xJ64AauU84zZlCu/s320/affiliate-marketing.png" width="320" /></a></div> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #181818; font-size: 2.1em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> </h1> </header><br /> <div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> As an entrepreneur or a marketer, the risk for you to use affiliate marketing is extremely low and the reward is high. You only need to pay affiliates when a customer converts, not when they drive people to your website.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> In the webinar, KISSmetrics Founder Neil Patel and Dan McGaw discuss how to increase your revenue with affiliate marketing. Besides KISSmetrics, Neil also co-founded Crazy Egg and has spoken at over 100 marketing conferences. He has tons of experience with affiliate marketing, both from being an affiliate and driving the revenue of other companies, as well as through an affiliate program trying to recruit affiliates.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> Among all of the companies Neil has created, he has had to deal with affiliates, whether that was running affiliate programs or driving affiliate traffic or potential revenue to other companies. For example, at KISSmetrics, Optimizely is often recommended.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> <b>Foundation of Affiliate Marketing</b><br /> Affiliate marketing can be thought of as outsourced marketing, in which you’re hiring affiliates who are paid to bring you customers. If they drive visitors to your website, you don’t have to pay them. You only pay them if they convert visitors into customers. While you are trying to generate traffic as a marketer, the main goal is to increase the number of customers. If you generate a million visitors a month, but the visitors don’t equate to more leads or revenue, it’s almost useless. This is why the affiliate marketing space is so popular, especially in the web hosting industry, where most of their business is from affiliates.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://blog.kissmetrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/affiliate-markets-your-company.png" style="color: #008cdd; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.15s linear; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="affiliate markets your company" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-24242" src="https://blog.kissmetrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/affiliate-markets-your-company.png" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; max-width: 518px;" /></a></div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> How affiliate marketing works:</div> <ol style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Affiliate is assigned a tracking URL</i>:<br />This is to track which affiliates are driving your traffic.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Affiliate markets your company</i>:<br />Affiliates can promote your company through several different ways: paid traffic (like AdWords), a YouTube video of the product and link to it with the affiliate ID, email blast, blog post, reviewing products, etc. The possibilities are endless. When you sign up affiliates, you should also limit how they can promote it.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Customers or leads are acquired:</i><br />This is when the visitor purchases the product or signs up.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Affiliate receives a commission:</i><br />When the affiliate drives you a customer or lead, you pay them out.</li> </ol> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> Something to know is that affiliate marketing and referral programs are different. Referral programs are great for people who are already customers. For example, if KISSmetrics had a referral program, and a current customer tells his or her friend about KISSmetrics, the customer can receive some sort of reward through the referral program. With affiliates, they don’t even need to be customers. Anyone can be an affiliate. You can recruit them in any fashion:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.affiliate.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #008cdd; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.15s linear; word-wrap: break-word;">affiliate.com</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.linkshare.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #008cdd; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.15s linear; word-wrap: break-word;">LinkShare</a>, blog posts, etc.</div> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> <b>Advantages of Affiliate Marketing</b><br /> There are a number of advantages to use affiliate marketing, especially for startups:</div> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Pay only for results.</i></li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Can be more cost effective:</i><br />Neil says he hasn’t seen any other marketing form more effective than this.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Affiliates may be better at creating copy and reaching segments:</i><br />Why would someone sign up to be an affiliate and spend time and money if they think they won’t be able to drive you customers?</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>You know your cost per acquisition:</i><br />This will help you determine if you’re actually losing or making money.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>You almost never lose money:</i><br />Sometimes affiliates are a bit shady and unethical, and you’d want to drive them out as soon as possible.</li> </ul> <div style="line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"> <b>Drawbacks of Affiliate Marketing</b><br /> There are also drawbacks:</div> <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>You don’t control the message:</i><br />You want to be careful of this, because you don’t want them to lie or poorly represent your brand. They’re just looking to make money, so they aren’t seeing if they are driving good or bad leads.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Lead quality may not be as good:</i><br />Chances are, the quality of the people are going to be as good as the ones going directly to your website.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If mismanaged your traffic may come from an unreputable source. This could make your brand look bad.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Dr.Essanoreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.71289100000001-36.4186355 99.05273399999999 90.0 69.52148399999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799695542616203101.post-78835703236211081722015-11-10T05:49:00.000-08:002015-11-10T20:29:26.822-08:0017 Articles to Read Before You Start Affiliate Marketing<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJfx_wzPjZzzi_PzoyUEewJamXF5Bem9GCo2FOjeeGauIwvwa7FQY4qFy3o5vxlFFFvZ53aA2a5U2udi7XySzW6KTNFr5npaX7VjZUgoEj7Qxb7BoNGo0q-EzHz788xlOqZaKHH9LH3Lw/s1600/affiliate-marketing-programs-focus-cpa-715x402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJfx_wzPjZzzi_PzoyUEewJamXF5Bem9GCo2FOjeeGauIwvwa7FQY4qFy3o5vxlFFFvZ53aA2a5U2udi7XySzW6KTNFr5npaX7VjZUgoEj7Qxb7BoNGo0q-EzHz788xlOqZaKHH9LH3Lw/s320/affiliate-marketing-programs-focus-cpa-715x402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> </h1> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div class="dd_post_share" style="margin-bottom: 6px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> We’ll be covering some of the&nbsp;<a href="http://monetizepros.com/blog/category/tutorials/affiliate-marketing/" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;">nuances of affiliate marketing quite a bit on MonetizePros</a>, sharing some ideas for better monetizing an existing traffic base with these strategies. But before we dive in to some of the specifics of this approach, we thought we’d share some of the best articles and blog posts out there on the topic to lay a foundation for the monetization tutorials. If you’re brand new to affiliate marketing, you may wish to read our primer: What Is Affiliate Marketing?</div> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> Working your way through all of the articles below will take you quite a while, but you’ll end up with a complete understanding of the mechanics, opportunity, and challenges associated with monetizing a site via affiliate marketing.&nbsp;(By the way, if you’re enjoying this article,&nbsp;you may want to&nbsp;<a href="http://monetizepros.com/newsletter/" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;">subscribe to our free newsletter</a>; we’ll send monetization tips straight to your inbox each day.)<span id="more-3658"></span></div> </div> </h1> <h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 10px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> Affiliate Marketing Basics</h3> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> If you’re just starting out in affiliate marketing, it will probably be helpful to understand exactly how the whole process works: who does what and when money is made (these are also good explanations for the more experienced affiliate marketers):</div> <ol style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.affilorama.com/introduction/how-does-affiliate-marketing-work" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>How Does Affiliate Marketing Work?</strong></a>&nbsp;Affiliorama has one of the best answers to this complex and common questions, explaining just how the affiliate marketing ecosystem runs.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/how-affiliate-marketing-works/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>How Affiliate Marketing Works – A Step By Step Visual</strong></a>.&nbsp;Rae Hoffman has a great visual explanation for how the affiliate marketing process works, from the initial signup to the paycheck delivery.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://blog.skimlinks.com/2013/10/22/a-short-history-of-affiliate-marketing/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>A (Short) History of Affiliate Marketing</strong></a>.&nbsp;This feature from Skimlinks highlights the history of affiliate marketing, starting back before the days of the internet.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.affilorama.com/blog/affiliate-marketing-lingo" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Affiliate Marketing 101: Learning the Lingo</strong></a>.&nbsp;This article on Affiliorama gives a good rundown of the jargon you’ll come across in the affiliate industry.</li> </ol> </div> </h1> <h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 10px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> Getting Started</h3> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> Every successful affiliate marketer started at some point with little more than an idea and a domain name. Getting off the ground with that initial property and making that first conversion is a big deal, and a big challenge. Here’s some reading to help in that regard:</div> <ol start="5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.seanogle.com/entrepreneurship/online-asset" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>How to Build Your First Online Asset in 48 Hours</strong></a>.&nbsp;Sean Ogle shares a detailed, 11-step guide for getting off the ground and putting up that first affiliate website.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/niche-selection-tips/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>What to Do When “All of the Good Ideas are Already Taken”</strong></a>.&nbsp;Pat Flynn has some great insights into a common frustration and challenge of affiliate marketers. (Be sure to read the comments here as well; there are some great insights there as well.)</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><strong><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/finding-a-niche-in-affiliate-marketing/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title="">Finding a (Good) Niche In Affiliate Marketing</a></strong>. Rae Hoffman shares an answer to a common question: how do you go about finding a good niche for an affiliate marketing site?</li> </ol> </div> </h1> <h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 10px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> Affiliate Marketing Scams</h3> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> To some, affiliate marketing has a clearly negative connotation as a sleazy way to make money online.</div> <ol start="8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/the-big-ugly-affiliate-marketing-scam/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>The big, ugly affiliate marketing scam</strong></a>.&nbsp;The title of this one says it all. Be sure to also check out&nbsp;<a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/affiliate-marketing-not-bad/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title="">Sorry, affiliate marketing actually isn’t a (big, ugly) scam</a>&nbsp;for a counterpoint to some of the issues raised here.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://michaelhyatt.com/affiliate-marketing-with-integrity.html" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Affiliate Marketing with Integrity (A Conversation with Pat Flynn)</strong></a>. This one is actually a video (about eight minutes long) that provides some interesting insights into how Pat Flynn became a successful affiliate marketer.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://sugarrae.com/affiliate-marketing/avoiding-affiliate-marketing-scams/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Avoiding Affiliate Marketing Scams</strong></a>.&nbsp;Rae also has some great insights on how to avoid getting scammed when starting off in affiliate marketing, as well as her suggested reading list.</li> </ol> </div> </h1> <h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 10px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> Insights From Affiliate Marketers</h3> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> The affiliate marketing industry is somewhat unique in the transparency of many of its members. There’s a general willingness to share experiences, including both successes and failures. Below are some of the most in-depth and useful interviews and tutorials put together by affiliate marketers who put in the hard work to build up a profitable affiliate operation (in some cases, more than once):</div> <ol start="11" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.extramoneyanswer.com/introduction-to-the-extra-money-answer" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Extra Money Answer</strong></a>.&nbsp;Shawn Collins has authored a fantastic multi-part series detailing his affiliate marketing success story.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/my-income-reports/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Pat Flynn Income Reports</strong></a>.&nbsp;Pat Flynn is a successful affiliate marketer who also happens to be one of the most transparent. Each month (sometimes a bit delayed) he published a detailed accounting of his business, explaining what factors were responsible for his wins and losses.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.charlesngo.com/the-rise-of-ngo-chapter-1/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>The Rise of Ngo</strong></a>. This multi-part series from Charles Ngo is one of the most honest, in-depth accounting of an affiliate marketer’s successes and failures. Getting through all eight parts will take you a while, but is worth the time.</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.tylercruz.com/an-interview-with-super-affiliate-richard-bonner/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>An Interview with Super Affiliate Richard Bonner</strong></a>. Tyler Cruz and Richard Bonner offer up some candid thoughts on the volatility of the industry, a love / hate relationship with Facebook, and what a day in the life of a successful affiliate marketer looks like.</li> </ol> </div> </h1> <h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 10px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> &nbsp;Other Affiliate Marketing Reading</h3> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> Below are a few additional articles that don’t fall into any of the previous categories but can be valuable reads for aspiring affiliate marketers:</div> <ol start="15" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.imgrind.com/25-affiliate-marketing-questions-answered/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>25 Affiliate Marketing Questions Answered</strong></a>. This piece gives honest answers to common questions, from&nbsp;“can I get rich with affiliate marketing” to “why do affiliates typically fail” to “how can I knock competing affiliates out of my traffic source.”</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://mthink.com/affiliate/" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Largest Affiliate Networks</strong></a>.&nbsp;It’s difficult to come up with a list of the “best” affiliate networks out there since each site will be so unique in what types of offers and solutions work. But this list at least highlights some of the biggest players in the space. (Note however that the Google Affiliates program is no longer operational.)</li> <li style="list-style-type: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 25px 38px; padding: 0px;"><a class="ext-link" data-wpel-target="_blank" href="http://www.affilorama.com/web-2/affiliate-marketing-on-facebook" rel="external nofollow" style="color: #ed702b; text-decoration: none;" title=""><strong>Affiliate Marketing on Facebook</strong></a>.&nbsp;Affiliorama has some good insights on using Facebook in affiliate marketing campaigns, including a step-by-step guide for setting up ads.</li> </ol> </div> </h1> <h3 style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 10px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> Bottom Line</h3> <h1 class="entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, arial, serif; font-size: 48px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> <div class="entry-content" style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"> Affiliate marketing remains a huge industry in 2014, and remains a viable career opportunity for those who are able to crack the code. 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