Archive for January, 2010

Bold Text

This gives slightly more weight to a page than ordinary text, but not as much as an H Tag does.  So whenever possible, enclose the keyword in bold tags occasionally where it appears on the page.

Normal Text

Whenever possible, use the search term several times on the pages of your site (your keyword density should be about 1%).  Ensure that you use the term once or twice in the very early pages of the body text, and then as often as possible throughout.  If you need to, reword small parts and add sentences to ensure that the keyword is well represented in the text for good search engine optimization.

Alt Text <img src=”url” alt=”some alt text”>

Include your keyword in the alt text of all images on your pages.  It is important to remember that some systems use the alt text.

So in summary what you need to do is as follows:

  1. Select the main keywords you wish to use.
  2. Allocate these keywords to a suitable existing page, and if you need to, split pages.
  3. Organize your internal links, and then link text, to suit the target keywords and their pages.
  4. If you can, organize those links from other pages to suit the target keywords and their pages also.
  5. Now organize all the on page elements in order that they suit each page’s target keyword.
  6. Finally, now sit back and watch your site’s page rankings begin to improve.

You can have access to more advanced training on how to build links to your site by subscribing to my newsletter in the form in the upper right corner of this page.

Additional Resources:

Link Structure within Your Website: SEO Basics – Part One

Why Use SEO – Part One

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

MLM Lead Automatic Responder

This is about boosting your MLM business with automatic responders.

If you aren’t familiar with autoresponders, you would probably find yourself amazed with them.  An automatic responder can help your MLM lead business by automatically emailing your prospects and customers with a preset message that will help build a relationship with them.

How will an Autoresponder boost your business?

With an autoresponder you can keep in touch with your MLM leads, send each one of them their own personalized email message, follow up each individual email with repeated emails, varying the content whenever you wish.  These programs will also allow you to keep track of conversations, and send out broadcast email messages whenever you wish to add value to your leads (webinar invites,  training material, tutorials, resources) or offer them new products.

Although there are some people who will buy products after one or two emails, most people require about seven  emails before they will purchase anything.  Autoresponders can really help you there, as they will do all of the emailing for you.  You don’t have to keep sending manual emails or anything like that.  All you need to do is set up the email address, type in your preset message, and then send it as many times as you like.

If you run an MLM or any network marketing business, this tool will prove to be invaluable.

I would recommend 3 major autoresponder services: Aweber, Icontact, and Get Response.

Some Tips To Use Autoresponders The Right Way:

- don’t use autoresponders to spam your prospects, as they will most probably unsubscribe in such a case. 2 to 3 emails per week is a good average.

- be careful with spam filters: words like free, money, special arouse suspicion and the corresponding email will probably end up in the spam folder of your prospect

- always make sure you use confirmed opt-in, this is a proof for you that the person has given you his permission to send him/her emails.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

Most writers or internet marketers who are blogging need to get traffic to their blog. There are a lot of efficient methods to drive traffic to a blog, but some methods can give you great exposure so it is worth thinking outside of the box.

While submitting your articles to sites like EzineArticles.com is still very effective, you can get exponentially more results by doing high-profile content syndication. This is about submitting your articles to the top blogs and websites in your niche.

Below are just a few top-tier websites that accept article contributions:

http://mashable.com/writers/
http://www.site-reference.com
http://www.betternetworker.com

http://www.momsnetwork.com/submit-articles.shtml

http://www.current.com

http://www.wisebread.com/guest-post

http://www.dumblittleman.com/2006/08/submit-article-to-dlm.html

http://www.lifehack.org/about/contribute

Those sites usually have an acceptance procedure so you will need to apply if you want to be a contributor on those websites. But this is worth the effort, as a presence on them will give you so much exposure that you will get massive traffic and be able to network with many people in your niche.

These are only a few examples, but no matter what market you’re in, there are always very popular websites that you could be submitting articles to in order to get traffic to your blog.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

The Instant Money Code Bonus

Click below if you’re looking for:

The Instant Money Code is Steven Johnson & Chad Michaels’ new product, to be released on March 23rd.

If the product lives up to its promises I will be offering you an awesome bonus. So make sure you stay tuned.

Subscribe to my newsletter (use the form in the upper right corner of this page), as I will be emailing you about this special bonus offer.

Terran Belden

Additional Resources:

Whether they’re experienced or brand new to the arena, internet marketers love the affiliate lifestyle. This lifestyle allows you to start breaking free from the boundaries, rules, and regulations of a regular job.

Instead, you are able to promote the affiliate products you choose in the way you choose to promote them. You could be sitting there in your bedroom, in your pajamas at 11 am, unshaven, with no one there to boss around. Sounds inciting, doesn’t it? It is more enjoyable than you can imagine.

Being able to make money from home at your own pace from your laptop is a dream of most people stuck in a 9-5 job. And this dream can be a reality for you; even you can make big money selling other people’s stuff and collect heavy checks.

This article will discuss 4 crucial techniques that will help you quickly expand your online affiliate profits.

1. Learn Who Your Market Is – To make an affiliate program be profitable, you have to have an understanding of the people who are in your market. You don’t want to waste your time trying to sell operatic CDs at a Little League game or catcher’s gloves at the opera. Instead you want to pick the marketing methods that best suit your targeted niche. For instance, if you are promoting “mechanical tools”, you need to have quality content on subjects that people in your market want to know more about. Is your market saturated with beginners? Or maybe someone that has a great deal of knowledge in your product? In order to target the right people to visit your website, your website content needs to relate to the product you decide to sell.

2. Now that you have a winner to work with build a contact list around that product. Remember, you have to have a high quality campaign or all the work will be for nothing. Test your product and its niche market prior to developing your email lists by using an autoresponder e-course and a proper squeeze page. If you build a list around a product that won’t sell you’re wasting your time and energy because you won’t see anything for your work. On the other hand, if you find a product and market that is very profitable, you can work to increase your profit margin by building an email list.

3. Let your list help build itself. Once you get the hang of list building,(you will, it just takes time)it’ll be a lot easier for you to pick that winning niche and you’ll be riding high. But to build really big lists that will take your business to new heights, you must first have created that all-important list of a few hundred original subscribers. It isn’t worth trying to work with list owners if your own list doesn’t measure up.

In order to secure a joint venture with another list owner, you need to have subscribers that match their numbers. All list owners prefer working with someone who is on their level. Begin with promotions like item giveaways and distributing articles. Once you have a solid base of a thousand subscribers or so then you can try other marketers in and see who might take you up on a co-op venture.

4. Patience Is a Paying Virtue – Like any challenge in life, when you succeed you may find yourself in an area that not too many people are familiar with. It can be hard to keep going and it can take a lot of time to reach the top. When, not if, you reach the top of that ladder you will surely be able to reap the rewards of your hard work and patience.

Sometimes you will feel like you are failing and only making mistakes, don’t fret keep going, learn from the mistakes and build. Whatever you do, Don’t Quit! You will be faced with challenges as you go that need to be overcome. It is also important to think before you do anything. Yes, we all make mistakes and learn but it’s always good to be equipped with enough knowledge beforehand so that you find success easier. There is a wide range of free ebooks and courses available online to help you get started with your affiliate marketing career.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

The Instant Money Code Review

The Instant Money Code by Steven Johnson & Chad Michaels has just been announced, launch date is March 23rd.

The Instant Money Code is a combination of powerful modules. The course will be packed with videos, software, scripts, landing pages, squeeze pages and more. And it will cover the biggest hurdles marketers face online such as traffic generation, backlink building, SEO, product creation, list building, and so on.

I want to review the product carefully and see if it really lives up to its promises. If I like it, I will also offer a bonus.

I’ll post a review of the product in the coming weeks so you can make an informed decision.

Subscribe to my newsletter (use the form in the upper right corner of this page), as I will be emailing you as soon as I have enough info to make a good review.

I’ll be back soon…

Terran Belden

Additional Resources:

If you’ve tried to make money on the web only to find you lack the expertise, technical skills and insider knowledge necessary to succeed, then then Copy Paste Systems in just what you’ve been looking for.

CopyPasteSystems

Paul Ponna has devised a plan combining advanced marketing techniques and basic methodology in obtaining online profits. Novices that want to make money and market on the internet are at a serious disadvantage because they do not have access to technological resources and they are without any specialized abilities, which is why Copy Paste Systems were developed.

I have written this article to facilitate your choice selection and provide an honest review of this system.

Thanks to Paul Ponna, who has years of experience in Internet marketing, people can start to generate income by spending a short amount of time on the computer with this system. There are 4 diverse programs to help you make money that show you everything from how to bid, developing ad copies, and pages that you just copy and paste. Peaked your interest yet? Let’s commence them… I have outlined the 4 programs below:

System 1 is the Traffic Tornado Sales System.

Using the Traffic Tornado sales system, you’ll be using the same campaigns that have brought much profit to people like Paul Ponna. These ads are so superb that you won’t have to change anything; just load them up and watch the clients roll in. These proven money-making ads are a veritable cash cow for the beginning affiliate, and they will significantly increase the earnings of an experienced marketer.

System 2 is known as Weird CPA Sales Hurricane System.

This system highlights CPA offers that are so strange that almost no affiliate marketer even considers them. And that means negligible competition and a good chance of success. Paul can practically guarantee a high return on his Copy Paste Systems because of this increased chance of success.

System 3 is the Media Buy Sales Funnel System.

Members of Copy Paste Systems will find System 3 very beneficial, because it is completely copy, paste. Everything in this section literally is ready for use and simply needs copied and pasted. Since is takes so little effort many affiliate marketers believe this is the core of the entire system. Even the creator, Paul, views system 3 to be the single most beneficial part of Copy Paste Systems.

System 4 – Innovative Google Prospect Targeting Sales Funnel System

This last system in Copy Paste Systems is designed for people who are working hard to make money with Google. System #4 contains a plethora of campaigns which are evergreen in quality. System #4’s campaigns will assist users in creating thousands of dollars even on the first day, and it also includes landing pages which are Google-friendly. System #4 is even packaged with an instructional video, which can help you learn how to set up these campaigns extremely quickly.

As you can see there are many valuable features of Copy Paste Systems. It is up to you to read through them carefully and make an informed decision as to whether it is for you, or not.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

Free Keyword Research Tool From Wordtracker

The free keyword research tool from Wordtracker is probably one of the oldest keyword research tools around.

I have been using this tool quite a bit, even the paid version, and it is powerful.

But to be honest, although I think it is fairly good for keyword research, I find that some of the keywords generated are not very relevant to the search term as the list grows bigger.

I have found much better tools. If you want to use Wordtracker, then definitely go for the free version not the paid one, as there are other paid keyword research tools that are far better.

Here is the link to the Free Keyword Research Tool From Wordtracker.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

There are tens of thousands of people who start in the network marketing industry each month. If you are one of them, it is important for you to really understand what you should look for and what mistakes you should avoid.

When you get started with a network marketing company, there are several steps you must take in order to avoid the four most common mistakes people make in this industry. Let’s review the four main reasons why people fail so you can see what you are up against.

I would say that there are 4 main reasons for network marketing failure.

1. Getting involved in the wrong company:

Most people who want to use the same marketing system that I am using to build my business first tell me about the company they are involved in and ask me if I think they made the right choice. They are completely right, because they know that choosing the wrong company will highly jeopardize their chances of success.

What’s a wrong company? There are different variables here, but the main ones are the products, the management, the compensation plan, how many years the company has been in business and its financial strength.

There are companies who have strong, effective products but whose management is poor and finances are bad. They have a higher chance to go out of business. Some companies have a good financial strength, a good management, but the products are not competitive or effective, or the compensation plan is lousy, and the distributors will then go through a lot of struggles and most probably leave the company within the first one to two years.

Then, if a company is less than 5 years old, statistically the company is still at great risk of going out of business. On the contrary, if the company is over 25 years old and financially strong, the company should stay around but the momentum phase may be so advanced that the opportunity is not as great as it once was.

2. Having the wrong upline:

Even when distributors find a good company, it is nearly impossible for them to build a successful network marketing business without an upline offering weekly training and support. Without training and support, new distributors are left on their own and there is a 95% chance that they will fail.

3. Not having any system:

Most people I talk to are very excited about getting started. They don’t always realize that they will not make it on their own, though. And in this industry, even very determined individuals will usually fail within their first year if they don’t have a system that will save them money and effort and help them leverage time.

4. Not developing persistence and being committed:

Most people who want to start a network marketing business are actually looking for some kind of get-rich-quick scheme, and want to take the easy road. It’s hard to find people with the determination and persistence necessary to build any business. And lack of persistence is the number one reason for failure in MLM. Quitters don’t succeed. And without a strong commitment, even the best company, upline, or system will not be able to help you.

If you are persistent and ready to do what it takes, if you can find a good company, with a strong marketing system and a personal mentor, you will dramatically increase your chances of success in the network marketing industry.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

Setting S.M.A.R.T. Business Goals

In my former company a big emphasis was put on setting business goals. Every executive and manager had to set goals on different levels such as department, team and individual level, and this was done following the S.M.A.R.T. method (more on this later).

When I started in the network marketing business I was very surprised to see that many people had no idea about goal setting and how to do it the right way. Most people do not really spend time setting and writing business goals. Most of the time people just say “my goal is to make money online”.

When you are working from home and especially when you are starting an internet business, whether on your own or as a distributor of a MLM or any network marketing company, it is critical to set goals properly. Why?

Because first, if you don’t set precise business goals you’re never going to achieve anything. And then, if you set your objectives the wrong way this will prevent you from designing a good plan to achieve those goals and without a good plan it is very difficult to be successful. This is true for any business.

Here is the method I was using with success in the corporate world and that I would recommend for any network marketing business: setting S.M.A.R.T. goals.

  • S. = Specific

Making money can definitely NOT be a goal, because it is not specific. A specific goal would be to buy a house in a particular area, to pay for your kid’s education, to travel to Europe, to provide for retirement, these are just some examples.

  • M. = Measurable

It must be possible to measure a goal, ie it should always be quantifiable. You might want to make $1,000, make 100 sales, generate 25 leads, sign up 50 people in your business, and so on.

  • A. = Attainable

Your goals have to be realistic so that you can achieve them. Being a newbie in the network marketing industry and setting a goal to make $10,000 your first month is definitely NOT realistic hence not attainable. A

nother example: generating 100 leads per day might not be achievable if you know that the top producer in your business generates 50.

  • R. = Relevant

The goals you set must be directly related to your business and must make sense.

It may be more difficult to find simple examples here, but let’s say that you are setting goals for a network marketing business with a particular company, and you set a goal of developing your own product; well this might be a great idea but is not relevant to your business.

  • T. = Time-bound

You will always achieve a goal within a time frame so never forget this element. Make $1,000 per week, generate 5 leads per day the first month, sign up 3 people per week, reach a six-figure income within a year, buy a house 2 years from now, and so on.



Once your goals are “S.M.A.R.T. proof”, you can safely move to the next step, which is build a solid business plan.

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

This is probably the most obvious, but certainly one of the most overlooked aspects of search engine optimization.  This helps to make sure that search engine spiders can actually find (crawl) all of your site’s pages.  If they can not find them, then they won’t get spidered, and this means that they won’t get indexed.

In this SEO basics tutorial I give you some link structure tips you should apply to your website.

First, it is important that you make sure that all pages on your site link to at least one other page.  Pages which do not link out are known as “dangling links”.  It is important that you structure the internal links so that targeted keywords are reinforced.  So make sure that you organize your links so that your topic’s sub topic pages are linked to it (ensuring that you use the right link text that is specific to the page being linked to) and vice versa.

Link Text
(<a href=”url”>some link text</a>)
This is one of the 2 most important elements to ensure good rankings for a site.  It can either be on pages within the site, or on other sites’ pages.

It is vital that you include the target page’s main keyword in the link text.  Also, whenever possible, do not use identical text for every link that links to a page.  But you can include the target page’s main keyword in the link text instead.

Title Tag <title>some title words</title>
This is probably the second most important element in order to get good rankings for a site.  It is important that you make sure the page’s keyword is contained within this tag.  So try to place the keyword first in your title while ensuring that the title reads well.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with you placing the main keyword up front on its own and then follow it with a period such as “Page Rank. Google Page Rank and how do I make the most of it?”  As you can see, the target keyword here is of course “Page Rank”.

What you should obviously do is make sure that each page’s title tag is different from the title tags on your site’s other pages.

Description Tag <meta name=”description” content=”a nice description”>
You will find that some search engines, such as Google, do not always display the description. To increase the probability that your description shows up, use an SEO plugin, for Wordpress All in One SEO Pack works very well. Then, write a description that is appealing and incorporates the page’s keyword into it.

Keywords Tag <meta=”keywords” content=”some keywords”>
It is important to remember that the keywords tag is never actually treated by search engines as keywords.  They will be treated as text on a page.  Although this tag is not effective as it used to be, there is no reason to leave it out.

Instead, make sure that you put your most relevant keywords, one or two is best, and never more than 5 because that will make you appear as a spammer.

H Tag <Hn>some heading words</Hn>
The “n” in this tag represents a number from 1 to 6.  The biggest heading is represented by 1.  You will find that H tags are given more weight than ordinary text in a page, and so the bigger the H size, the more weight it will have.

So it is important that you include your target search term in the H tags at least once on the page.  Also place your first H Tag as near to the top of the site page as possible.

Read Part Two of this tutorial:

Additional Resources:

Why Use SEO – Part One

Why Use SEO – Part Two

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark

Network Marketing System: A Quick Review

Once you have embraced the concept of attraction marketing, you will want to find the right marketing system for your network marketing business.

There are a lot of different systems on the market, so you need to know how to make a choice and what are the criteria you should look for. The purpose of the present post is to focus on doing a short review of 3 of the most well-known  attraction marketing systems, and help you in the process of making an informed decision.

  • Renegade Network Marketer by Ann Sieg

This network marketing system is about avoiding the common mistakes that network marketers make and that causes them to fail. It is about un-learning all the outdated methods such as cold calling or pitching your product or company to family and friends, and instead learning cutting-edge techniques and strategies top marketers are using to build their network marketing businesses. It is about positioning yourself in order to attract prospects to you.

The system offers a training program with a step-by-step blueprint that shows you how to setup a marketing pipeline that feeds you and your organization with a constant flow of qualified prospects.

The foundation of the system is a 143 page in-depth, how-to manual that details the exact formula Ann Sieg used to build her downline in her primary business and profit from multiple streams of income.

  • 7 Figure Networker by Jonathan Budd

The system is based on the idea that there are 3 reasons why people achieve success: Technology, Systems, and Training ; and there are 3 steps that every top marketer are following to build their business: Lead Generation, Personal Branding, and a Self-funded proposal.

The core of the 7 Figure Networker system is marketing and lead generation, and the system enables you to build your own list of prospects, brand yourself, make money from multiple income streams, and establish interpersonal relationships within a community of networkers and MLM business owners.

7 Figure Networker is a built-in system you can plug into, and you will learn how to market online through video tutorials, as well as weekly trainings and masterminds.

  • MLM Lead System Pro by Norbert Orlewicz and Brian Fanale

This is a fully branded, customizable, lead generation and attraction network marketing system that combines attraction marketing, affiliate marketing, cashflow programs and traditional MLM.

MLM Lead System Pro will allow you to target the right prospects, to customize your landing pages to make them unique and stand out in the market place, to brand you as the leader, build your list, and include sales funnels to create multiple sources of income.

It is also a built-in system you can plug into, with a focus on education: you will learn how to market online through video tutorials and recorded webinars as well as weekly webinars from industry top earners and marketing experts.



All 3 systems are bringing a lot of value to the MLM and network marketing industry and enable network marketers to get massive results. They are similarly priced and all three give you the possibility of test driving them at a low cost or with a money back guarantee, so make sure you do, and give me your feedback!

Post to Twitter

  • Share/Bookmark