Thursday, November 13, 2008

How to Write Relevant Articles Fast

By Sean Mize

One of the questions I received today from one of my subscribers is this: How do I write relevant articles fast? After I wrote the response I began to think, I wonder how many of you could use this information - so here is the response I gave to my subscriber on how to write relevant articles fast:

To write relevant articles fast, one of the real keys is getting complete control (knowledge) of the content itself so that you can write from knowledge, not research. This may be difficult at first, because you may not know your niche inside and out, but with a little research, and practice writing these articles, it will become easy over time. That is one thing I cannot stress enough - article writing gets easier over time, so I highly recommend practice - and that means writing lots of articles!

Once you have the knowledge in your head instead of in your research materials. you are only constrained by the speed at which you can type. For example, I type about 50 WPM, and it takes me almost exactly 8 minutes to write a 400 word article, because I am working with knowledge, not research.

Then to make the article flow easily, write a 100 word introduction - the introduction will tell the reader the problem you are going to solve in the article, why solving this problem is important, then tell them how it is you are going to solve it.

In the next 300 words, write 5 points of 60 words each, each point telling them one step to solving their problem. Obviously you can expand or contract the number of points, and then change the number of words to make the total 400. Once you have written 50- 100 articles, you will be able to follow this formula without much thought - you will be able to naturally write using this formula.

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 9034 articles in print and 14 published ebooks.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Bum Marketing Success Course - 5 Core Steps in Bum Marketing

5 Core Steps To Success in Bum Marketing
Want to enjoy success with bum marketing. Consider this video as a short bum marketing course which highlights 5 core steps for bum marketing success and earning loads of cash!



Hope you enjoyed the video and learned valuable lessons for long term bum marketing success and earning cash. One of the best bum marketing course is from Travis Sago which can be found here - Free Bum Marketing Course.

This bum marketing course is for the absolute beginners to get an idea about what exactly is bum marketing. For advanced tactics and earning more cash you would need to do a lot of experimenting and also learn advanced article marketing and bum marketing course (or many courses).

Monday, November 10, 2008

5 Important Bum Marketing Method Tips for Maximum Traffic, Sales and Success

You probably already know that bum marketing method can be an easy, fast and free way to earn cash online. Bum marketing is really sweet method to earn some dollars online. But you need to do it in a right way.

There is a learning curve when we start out to do anything new. The following tips should shorten the learning curve for you so that you can easily and quickly earn decent cash with the bum marketing method.

Bum Marketing Tip #1:
This tip is very very important. It is - write a lot of articles and write consistently. Remember that bum marketing method is about earning money without spending anything from your own pocket. But you need to put in some time in order to enjoy success with it.

Many people will tell you to write many articles. But they don't tell you another important point. You not only have to write a lot many articles to succeed with this bum marketing method, but you also need to write consistently and for a long time.

You should not stop writing after a few weeks. You should keep writing consistently for many weeks and even months to enjoy tremendous success and income!

Bum Marketing Tip #2:
Submit your article to top article directories. You might have heard people saying that submit your articles to as many article directories as possible. They even provide list of hundreds and thousands of article directories and even provide softwares that mass submit your articles.

But is this really useful? I have found that if you can submit your article to a handful of (7-15) carefully picked and top article directories, its more than enough for me.

I usually submit my article to less than 7 article directories. Instead of submitting the same article to hundreds of directories, I can spend that time in writing another bum article and submitting to the top 7 again!

By top article directories, I mean those from where I usually get a lot of response. You can consider the alexa rank, google pagerank as well as number of authors registered on that site to get a good estimate about the popularity of the site. Later on, after submitting a few articles, you can judge for yourself from where you are getting better results.


Bum Marketing Tip#3:
Pay attention to title. This is a very important bum marketing tip and advice. See you want more and more number of people to click on your articles and read them. For that purpose the title of the article is very very important.

However, having said that, it doesn't mean that the article body is not important. Infact it is equally important otherwise people will just click the back button.

However if you pay attention to the title, and try to keep your article as tightly focused as possible according to the title, you may be able to produce excellent article.

Try out an article title first, then draft your whole article according to the title. Don't forget to insert the keywords you are targeting in the title.

Bum Marketing Tip#4:
Target long tail keywords. If you want to enjoy success with the bum marketing method, you have to get into the habit of targeting those keywords which have less competition. They may have less traffic also but that doesn't matter.

Anyhow you will be writing many many articles, so having just a small amount of regular traffic from each article can accumulate and you can earn handsome income with your bum marketing efforts.

Long tail keywords comprise of phrases with more than 3-4 words. These keywords are usually more targeted and obviously have less competition.

Bum Marketing Tip #5:
Focus on quality. A lot of bum marketers make this mistake of just trying to put some garbage article on the internet. They believe that they need to write as many articles as they can without worrying about quality.

This is not how bum marketing or article marketing works. Readers will not buy your recommended products if you fail to win their trust. You can win their trust and respect by providing them with good quality information that is really helpful to them.

For this you might need to research your article topic thoroughly. Do not shy away from researching and writing well. Also focus on providing some unique information which is not easily found elsewhere.

If you can provide useful as well as unique information then the readers are likely to gain a favorable impression of you and the click-throughs to your site can improve.

The above bum marketing tips are very important if you want to enjoy success with the bum marketing method. You see bum marketing method is not just a way for quick money but also for long term success if you can use it properly by following the above tips.

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Hope you liked the article. These tips are very important for long term bum marketing success.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Find Hot Niches Everyone Else Overlooks

By Don Lawson

Can you believe that the largest stumbling blocks for new affiliate marketers is finding what to sell online. Many try product after product in an attempt to find something they can sell successfully online. Choosing a hot selling product to sell online isn't hard. With the simple tips below, anyone can find a hot selling product of their own to sell online.

Affiliate marketers who make the most money know how and where to look for products that are in high demand. Many beginners make the mistake of searching for an affiliate program with a high payout. This can be a huge mistake! Or, they may choose a product that many Internet shoppers are not looking to buy. Another big mistake! To make money on the Internet, you need a lot of traffic and a hot product.

To start your research, make a list of things that you're interested in. What you're searching for is something that you're passionate about. Or a product or service you've used and know something about. You can't sell something unless you're knowledgeable and believe in it.

First, visit Yahoo or Google. Both have excellent resources to find those hot products that you'll need to be successful. You can search the trends to see how popular a product or service is. You can look back weeks, months and sometimes even years to see how much search volume your chosen product or service has been getting. Google has a section called Hot Trends. Get to know this section well.

I really love using Google Trends. I've probably found more hot niches using Google Trends than any other tool that I've used over the years. Look for the line on the graph to be steady over time or slightly rise. You may notice that some products are seasonal, having up and down lines that occur about the same time each year. There's nothing wrong with this, but you need to be aware that you're looking at a season product.

Once you've narrowed your niche down on Google, then go to Yahoo and continue your research there. The section in Yahoo that I use is called The Buzz. The Buzz tracks search terms and whether or not they are rising or falling. I've discovered more than a few hot niches on The Buzz.

Another excellent place to find hot selling products is ebay. Ebay has a section that will show you the most popular selling products. This can also give you ideas on what to sell on ebay and on the Internet as well. The section you want to look for is called Ebay Pulse. You can also drill down to find which specific products are hot.

Finding a hot selling product is not hard. You just have to know where to look in order to find them. Picking an affiliate product just because it has a high payout is a sure fire way to fail. Pick something you know about and then research it to see if there is a demand for it. This way you'll have the confidence to stay the course until you see the fruits of your labor pay off.

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Social Networking for Lead Generation

By David B. Ascot

Social Networking and Web2.0: these are basically buzz words that you probably seeing around in magazines and newspapers all the time at the moment. A social networking site is basically a site that is aimed at building a community of people who share interest and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Some of the most common social and networking sites that you might of heard of are: Myspace, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

For website owners, there is something to be noted here - wherever there are people, there is an opportunity to generate traffic for their website. The idea here if you want to generate traffic is to build a community of people who may be interested in the products or services you provide and getting them to visit your site in order to learn more. For business lead generation, there are a few obstacles to overcome along the way.

The audience you'll be reaching is largely a youthful one; most social networking users are 30 or under. If you are trying to present your product or service to say, corporate management who fall in the age range of 34-55, it is not as likely that they are to be found on MySpace. This means that depending on your audience, you may or may not get good results using social networking.

These users are also notoriously difficult to sell to. They will be resistant to any hard sell tactics; take a gentle approach and be subtle when introducing them to your business rather than just hitting them with a sales pitch right off the bat. Having the right product is paramount here, as is the ability to mobilise social networking users to visit your site and to learn more about it.

My colleague Nick Schoonen has a blog (rczero.com) which is target towards remote control enthusiasts - remote control planes, cars and so on. He also has a plan to monetize the site; while I won't get into that here, I will mention that he has been very successful at using social networking to drive traffic to his site. The reason that he has been such a success at this is that the audience he is going for is more or less the same one as is to be found on these social networking sites.

Let's imagine for a moment that you own a waste disposal service. You probably aren't going to generate a lot of interest among MySpace users for this subject; in fact, this is something people are generally uninterested in unless they happen to need that service at that particular moment.

When you are making efforts at business lead generation, social networking sites are not as cost effective as many other strategies you could be using. I would suggest trying out other strategies before using social networking to drive traffic to your site.

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