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Today’s idea is about seeking out incoming links for the purposes of SEO. I think many people who are doing affiliate marketing will miss this out solely because the SEO approach doesn’t always appeal to them, and therefore are happier doing PPC advertising.

While I don’t deny that SEO is tedious and often boring, it doesn’t always have to be that way. There are examples of how SEO can be easy, and link building leveraged.

One way is to hire someone full time to do your SEO. This will include link building, article submissions, link exchange programs and the like.

The other way is to get yourself a web-based software program created or a theme created that you distribute for free with your anchor text (the words that you want to rank highly for) in the the program or theme. If this is useful, many people will actually be interested in it, and use it for their own benefit.

The daily routine here is actually in the first method. You need to find good directories to do submissions, and I talk about how it’s less effective now in SEO in my audio training located here. Still, just because it’s less effective doesn’t mean you can’t still use it. I know I do, but because it’s so tedious, I often find it a chore to actually do it myself.

I would like to suggest that SEO is a daily routine and if you want to do it, you need to take some time to optimize your site consistently. Traffic can then stabilize over a longer period of time.

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Routines Part 3

Routines Part 2

Routines Part 1

1. Submit articles to article directories.
2. Conduct link exchange activity with other blogs and websites.
3. Run a teleseminar.
4. Be a contributor on Yahoo/MSN Answers
5. Create a blog and join MyBlogLog.com
6. Create a MySpace.com account and make friends with your target market.
7. Create a viral report with links coming back to your website.
8. Generate a software product that you distribute free but advertise your website in it.
9. Build an article directory for a hot niche market
10. Produce a useful web-based software for public use
11. Ask thought-provoking questions
12. Build viral videos and upload them to Youtube.com
13. Buy links from Text-link-ads.com
14. Submit classified ads to USFreeAds.com
15. Publish content based on the latest news or unique items to tap on long tail traffic
16. Optimize your webpages for meta tags, title tags and H1 tags
17. Run online contests with kick-ass prizes
18. Run article exchange campaigns with HTML links in them
19. Generate your own social networking site
20. Join and participate in the Internet Marketing Singapore forum to get suggestions and ideas
21. Produce an unbelievable product and sell it on Clickbank.com
22. Auction off cheap digital items on eBay
23. Write articles for major sites like About.com
24. Create a regular PDF newsletter
25. Talk to 5 people every day about one piece of content on your site
26. Visit online guest books and leave a comment
27. Visit other blogs and contribute actively on a regular basis
28. Use banner advertising on banner exchange programs like BannersgoMLM.com
29. Seek out joint venture partners to promote your site/event
30. Purchase leads from a co-registration service such as GetSubcribers.com
31. Write an offline book
32. Distribute flyers
33. Sponsor an event with prizes that have your website on it
34. Run a charity event
35. Submit a press release to PRWeb.com
36. Use resell rights promotions
37. Produce a web or blog template using Open Source license
38. Create a community with a community badge/chicklet for identity
39. Look for newsworthy information and syndicate to Digg.com
40. Use your MSN nickname/message
41. Provide a free download on your site with a message on the back of your business card
42. Leave an email signature
43. Have a tell-a-friend form
44. Newspaper advertisments
45. Direct response mail
46. Regular podcasts
47. Run a “live” seminar
48. Create an affiliate program
49. Get invited to events
50. Run a 24-hour answering service
51. Give people the right to syndicate your content
52. Keep your content fresh
53. Create multiple offers
54. Use ping sites for your blog
55. Use article submission services like ArticleAnnouncer.com to create backlinks
56. Give a DVD out for free that requires opt-ins
57. Car decals with your website on it
58. Generate a member-get-member promotion
59. Offer a 50% sale for products on your site
60. Create an online community of friends
61. Invite 10 people to visit your site on a regular basis
62. Print t-shirts with your URL
63. Advertise in trade magazines
64. Advertise in the main newspapers
65. Radio interviews
66. TV interviews
67. TV advertisements
68. Use Google Adwords
69. Use MSN Adcenter
70. Use Yahoo Search Marketing
71. Use Adbrite
72. Getresponse Co-registration service
73. Optimize your website for a specific, targeted key phrase
74. Use IZEA.com to get bloggers to write about your site
75. Run a Web 2.0 community
76. Advertise in the Yellow Pages
77. Directory submissions
78. Affiliate directory submissions
79. Direct email campaigns with list owners
80. Use direct response postcard marketing
81. Build a free software directory
82. Build a free image directory
83. Offer a bonus product during a product launch to JV partners
84. Use well-optimized websites and content
85. Bait providers to visit your website through eLance.com and Scriptlance.com
86. Purchase outdoor advertising space at targeted locations
87. Create an Opt-in mailing list
88. Visit and participate in forums related to your niche.
89. Build more backlinks for popular keywords
90. Narrow your market to a specific niche
91. Build more websites within related niches
92. Attend more seminars to gain connections
93. Use a Feed Reader to subscribe to RSS feeds – comment on targeted posts
94. Have multiple distribution locations for a physical product
95. Create your own products and let affiliates sell them
96. Blog controversially
97. Deliberately start an online war (flaming – not recommended)
98. Look for related websites in #1 position and buy advertising space from them
99. Set up account with Squidoo.com
100. Set up account with Hi5.com
101. Set up account with Multiply.com
102. Set up account with iConnectE.com – A Singaporean social networking site
103. Set up account with Huminity.com
104. Do a giveaway rights promotion
105. Build a presence on 43 things
106. Create an affiliate promotion with Clickbank
107. Run a Cost-Per-Lead program
108. Run a Classified on www.Mocca.com.sg
109. Find a Cause to support and promote the cause
110. Get people involved in your community
111. Use a tell-a-friend script and place this automatically with people have opted-in
112. Run a blog carnival
113. Use games to “tag” people
114. Request people to submit articles that you will display on your blog for free
115. Build a free online widget that people will use
116. Join discussion groups on Google, Yahoo or MySpace groups
117. Advertise on Alexa.com
118. Use Global SMS service
119. Leverage Craigslist.org
120. Do article exchanges with other bloggers
121. Create a physical magazine for sale at newsstands
122. Build an inner circle of elite members with regular meetings
123. Buy expired domains from SnapNames.com, Afternic.com, Sedo.com which already have traffic coming
124. Log on to Facebook and create a community and group, while inviting new friends and recommending them to other friends online
125. Create a HubPages.com account
126. Set up a Ping.SG account and associate all your blog content there
127. Leverage Mass Outsource networks like www.MTurk.com
128. Set up an account at SelfGrowth.com and submit articles
129. Use www.MegaVideoTraffic.com
130. Create videos and post them in Facebook FunWall or SuperWall
131. Test and measure to increase conversions to your opt-in pages

Any questions about specific items please drop me a comment.

Why? Because the logic is simply irrefutable.

Most people would ignore a fantastic book like that, but I’d encourage you to go get it from your nearest bookstore.

I think my answer to the question of “traffic” lies in the Long Tail. A number of people I know are actually tapping into the long tail to get traffic. Massive amounts of traffic, so huge that you will laugh in order to get a hold of yourself.

Long tail keywords (defined as keywords that are more nichified or market specific) far outnumbers “hit” keywords. This means that if you spent X effort getting 1000 searches for a short head keyword, you really could have been spending just X/100 effortÂÂ getting 100 searches for a long tail keyword. Your effort would have been reduced by 10 times.

The amazing thing is that I’ve been optimizing for several keywords, and the jump in the number of page 1 and page 2 rankings I’ve received on Yahoo and Google are definitely encouraging. Utilizing the Long Tail to rank and generate traffic is now a favorite for me for sure.

Everyone wants to get on the Internet. But most people are wary of it. The only sites you can trust are those that presently have an ongoing discussion and have a lot of people. Call it social proof. Call it mass persuasion. Whatever you like. The fact is, people like to see people express their views.

While this may seem frivolous to some of you, you will beg to differ when you watch popular blogs. Most popular blogs are the ones that generate a huge amount of controversy. Perhaps, this approach fosters the new phenomenon of link baiting. However, the psychology behind it is very clear – if you want to really build your popularity, you have to express things that get people’s attention, so sometimes it may mean treading on controversy and dangerous grey areas.

As the Investigative Marketer begins to seek out new angles, the truth of the matter is that social expression is a new psychological desire amongst people. It’s the new Utopia of democracy. Each of the engines that have demonstrated huge spurts of growth include Podcasting, blogging, social bookmarking and all similar elements. Even the once popular foums and bulletin boards have not died. Groups on Yahoo and Google still thrive if specific rules and regulations are established.

The entire culture of people can be formed once a popular concept has been created. It’s like a new breed of nationality. Different factions are created, and expression-wars can be waged on cyberspace. This new trend has taken the world by storm, and is likely to be the next goldmine in marketing.

Why?

Let’s look at this objectively. First of all, expression generates pages. With more pages on a website, it grows in size and therefore is more easily found on the search engines. Second, expression of views leads to someone building a vested interest in that comment or post. This ends up creating a far more loyal band of users than normal. Third, social expression engines like Digg and Flickr are also opinion sites. People now have the power to express their opinions. Anonymously or in person, this doesn’t really matter. What matters is that these opinions make one feel connected to that opinion that was made. Third, social expression lends itself to a conversation. It’s a new way of looking at interaction online. The web has evolved into a completely new entity, with the capability for multi-media. Your blogs now come alive. Your comments can be replied with via video MP4s. You are no longer restricted by text alone.

What implication does this have?

We all know that marketing requires some kind of target market. So the question is, how do you utilize the power of this concept to generate such a powerful social expression engine, that people will treat it as a part and parcel of their lives? Look at a simple tool like Outlook. Every opportunity Outlook users have in replying emails is like how we used to pass notes in class from one side of the room to the other while the teacher was droning away. Messaging is like conversation.

Now imagine a world where you can express anything you want. Everybody can do this on a site. You can decide collectively as a whole whether or not to make a decision. Usually, it is also a sign of the times. This creates a community. Decisions are made such that everyone is affected. You decide whether someone’s blog comment is valuable or not on Digg. You decide the popularity of a photograph as posted on Flickr. Whatever the case, you have inherent power. Your vote can skew opinions.

A marketer then has to start to recognize the sheer power of social proof on such an engine. Imagine a product being reviewed on a site that receives world wide tagging and sharing. Information becomes available immediately. People can then determine if that product is popular and useful. This is a very powerful concept.

Imagine you had hordes of traffic due to individuals gathering for a specific cause and sense of community. This goes beyond community. It essentially brings the internet business model into a much higher frame than before. This means you need to respect the masses who buy from you. This means you have to create value to affect people. This means you cannot just involve the audience – you may have to polarize them and get them to experience you wholisitically.
The more your social expression engines begin to evolve, the more creative ideas will come up. Watch the Digg and Swarm of Digg.com. The entire site is alive with constant updates and regular connections. It’s a microcosm being affected by the macrocosm. The small universe being created, a virtual reality. The next phase in development of social expression will bring more intimate interaction to the world. In the near future, perhaps you will have encounters with real people, much the same way as in mass multi-player role playing games like Warcraft. You might meet individuals online and speak to them, as though you were there in person. You might create a completely new world and live in it as if it were real.

In marketing, you now begin to see how traffic gets built. The most massive element for the moment is the way in which places like MySpace, sold at $580 million, continues to build social networks, and social bookmarking sites like Del.Icio.Us continue to involve users in their opinions and votes. Eventually, internet marketers will need to look at ways to leverage on these technologies, combine them, then infuse them with the marketing message. Such blended technologies will help internet marketers reach a higher level of sophistication and build much higher levels of contact and interaction online. As a result, the game rules of persuasion and copywriting may change. Individuals will probably need effective face-to-face communication skills as the web evolves into a true interactive engine. The rules of product positioning will change, and therefore affect the way in which the features are expressed – and whether the majority of people like them or not.

Opinion polls will matter more than ever before. You can now even decide the ideal product to create before the individual buys it because you can approach a site with a social engine like this to build understanding first. Imagine how powerful it will be when you can hit the nail on the head and create a product that people instantly know they will buy and love. It’s a really powerful concept.

What to do next?

Build your social engine? Sure… and hope that some media mogul will buy it for $580 million? Well, the truth is that many clones are gaining popularity in the market. Even the large community at Sourceforge is building a system for the purpose of bookmarking called Scuttle. This will be the next phase of evolution for websites! Just like blogs and content management systems are taking over the development of traditional websites, social expression will eventually be commonplace as a website of your choice. It’s like how starting pages 10-12 years ago would never have had music or video on them, but today it would almost seem odd without them.

Look to converging technologies? This is another option. You look at how websites will eventually be built with audio and video, plus a polling function that enables them to express what they feel about what you think or say in your blog. Then, ensure that there is a tagging function. At present tagging is chaotic, running pretty much like in the concepts of Chaos Theory. When some order is generated from the apparent buzz, something phenomenal like Digg happens. Yes, interactivity, profiling and possibly even the convergence of phone and broadband connectivity in the future will generate the real virtual reality world. But as a user of the internet today, your marketing methods must begin to employ the soft side of marketing such as loyalty building, and opportunity for opinion, plus other harder sides such as copywriting and content creation.

Ignore this – and face the consequences?
I truly think that social expression engines will be the mother lode of traffic and ecommerce. Read about them, and consider them very carefully. The future, as it seems, is right around the corner!

To check out social bookmarking, click here.

To check out one of the hottest social networks today, click here.

As we all know,
finding new leads
is one of the most unenviable tasks ever.  Sometimes, you just simply run
dry.  However, the reason behind this is simple — you don’t have the right
strategy for launching a lead generation campaign.  If you had the right
strategies, it would become apparent to you that it is necessary to (1) spend
money, (2) track what you have done . 

As we all say in Internet
marketing, if you don’t measure what you do then you can’t improve. 

Having said that, what are some
of the ways in which you can reach out to people who are interested in your
market?  Newbury park?  People who have never encountered your product
or service before, but might be interested in what you’re doing? 

The answer is simple.  Find
out different problems that have the same solution! 

If your solution is a product
like a home study course that teaches you how to manage of stress, then you will
be looking at people who are not just over the stressed, you’ll also be looking
for people who are managers looking to be promoted, children studying for
examinations, parents who need techniques to help them state level headed,
people running a business, housewives who are also work in home moms and the
like.  The fact is, there are many problems that have the same solution. 

Here’s another example.  If
you are selling a public speaking course like what I’m doing, you’d be looking
at entrepreneurs who need to convince other people more, would be speakers at a
presentation, trainers who have some years of experience in speaking, students
who need to make presentations in school and the list goes on .  Whatever
the case, whatever the niche, there will be many different potential problems
that you could solve. 

Once you’ve identified the
problems, then you can use your marketing mechanisms to reach out to people. 
These are lead generation devices such as advertisements in newspapers and trade
magazines, article marketing, writing a book, creating an online community,
doing joint ventures, or even radio commercials.  The list goes on, but you
need to test their return on your investment.  If you don’t measure how
many new leads you generate , you will not know how much you have spent
productively.  Just remember that for every dollar that you spend, you
ought to be deriving five to ten times that amount in revenue at the bare
minimum. 

Sometimes, I spend up to $600.00
to acquire a new customer.  However, this customer brings me back $3,500.00
in revenue.  The returns are quite phenomenal.  Likewise, just because
you spend $0.10 to acquire a customer doesn’t mean this customer is going to
spend. So, I’m going to urge you to learn how to spend effectively. 
Measure your spending, against the return on investment, and you’ll find
yourself entering into a very profitable enterprise.  

Step #1 – Set up a website. For hosting, click here. Set it up using Fantastico for a Wordpress Blog. To learn about Wordpress, buy the EasyWordpress System

Step #2 – Go to Clickbank.com and register.

Step #3 – Select 2-3 products you like and BUY.

Step #4 – Do a review of the products

Step #5 – Post the review on your blog.

Step #6 – Make a strong recommendation for people to buy through your link. Add a bonus offer or freebie that will seal the deal.

Step #7 – Pick a traffic strategy at the forums to drive traffic to your website on a consistent basis.

Also read this Traffic Post on the blog.

If you know me to make a recommendation, I think you really ought to go check this out. However, if you want to do these teleseminars and really make them lucrative, please:-

1. Make sure you have a good voice;

2. Get some training in public speaking;

3. Understand how to create training curriculum;

4. Get LOTS of practice while you are learning it.

I won’t lie to you – the training is going to jumpstart your system for a teleseminar business. Yes, I am starting a full-blown teleseminar business. However, my purpose is far beyond just making money. My purpose is a little more complex than that. If you are interested to learn about teleseminars, I could show you, but I can tell you that almostÂÂ everything that I’ve learnt about teleseminars I’ve learnt from Alex.

=> www.explodingteleseminars.com

If you don’t attend this teleseminar, you’ll be missing out on one of the biggest opportunities of all – particuarly if you have a fairly good speaking voice and can deliver good content over the telephone!

And if you ever get into teleseminars, drop me a note! I need to identify good interviewers and good interviewees.

Is this a sign of the times?

=)

Well, it’s all about traffic and generating a huge amount of traffic is no longer a problem I think I’ll deal with this in another Gold Club webconference. If you are interested in generating traffic of this magnitude, drop me a comment inside and I’ll consider running a session if there are people interested in this.

Tell your friends about this!