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Stop OVER analysis PARALYSIS & Information Overload
How to Stop OVER analysis PARALYSIS & Information Overload
Stop wasting time! Stop wasting time on the little things and focus your energy on things that make money! This is the key to success!!! Really!
Over analysis paralysis - it happens to the best of us.
It is usually a result of information overload. I know all about it – it happens to me all the time!
The best way to get out of this rut is to take a step back and simplify what you do.
Spend your time on the tasks that bring you the greatest return.
9 times out of 10 a lot of what we spend time ANALYZING does not affect our bottom line. It’s nothing more than “busy work” that wastes time.
So how you get out of the over analysis paralysis mode???
The solution is to focus as much energy as is possible on doing the things that really makes us money.
It sounds so simple – but we all get distracted. Email – web pages – audio – video – all that stuff is vying for our attention.
I’m not suggesting you abandon all of the things you do – BUT _ what I am saying is that you can be more successful and you can do this by simply focusing on things that have been proven to work!
In the case of the Article Underground approach to web publishing the following are things that work!
1) Build Web Sites with lots of pages with great words on them – more is better! Keep sites fresh! Add new pages regularly! Every page you add is another income opportunity! If 10 is good 20 is better! Don’t just put up a few pages and then forget the site. Keep it fresh!
2) Get text links – lots of text links to both the home pages of your sites and the inside article pages that have all those great words on them! Links bring top rankings and traffic! You need fresh links! Today and in the future! Every page has the potential to rank on top and bring you traffic! But unless you get good links coming in and pointing at them they will never rise above the competition! Get some links!
3) Analyze stats to see where traffic comes from – this one is huge! Study your stats! It is my secret weapon and makes all your other work pay off HUGE!
Our goal is to improve the rankings for keywords that already bring us traffic!
This one is HUGE! You have the power to turn 10 visitors into 100 – often simply by getting a few more text focused links pointing at a page that already is ranking high enough to bring traffic. Make it rank higher! It’s easier than you may think!
The key to success is to avoid wasting time… stop analyzing things that have no impact on success.
Forget about all the other little time wasters and tiny trivial things and focus on what works!
For example - checking your rankings for a list of keywords just because you want to know their rankinsg is a waste of time - I say ONLY check rankings of keywords that bring you traffic - other keywords are worthless - stop wasting time on trivial things!
You find out which keywords bring you traffic by analyzing your stats and looking at the referral URLs!
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Profiting BIG from small mini sites
I have some info on building mini-sites I think you’ll find interesting.
There are some great free videos you can check at the brand new site “Mini Site Profits Exposed”.
http://www.articleunderground.com/minisite
All you need to do is register for a free account to watch the videos.
There is absolutely NO purchase required to watch the videos – and they are very well done and will help even complete novices learn how building small product focused mini-sites can bring in big money!
Now let me tell you about this site and the guy who is bringing us the videos. Michael Rasmussen is almost legendary for building successful web sites using the “Butterfly Marketing” strategy of giving away things of tremendous value for free in order to get people to visit his site and look at his other offers.
You may know Michael from his Email Promos Exposed – where he gave away a video course and gained tons of new followers! That is another great example of a Butterfly Marketing type site that has huge income potential!
http://www.articleunderground.com/minisite
If you ever wanted to study a BM site, this is the one to look at!
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Link Text - Breaking Patterns and Keeping Natural
To get a top ranking for a keyword phrase on Google and the other search engines, your web page should have that exact keyword phrase on the page itself PLUS it must have good links pointing at the URL (your web page).
If no links point to that URL - Google will assume it is a page with little or no value.
Taking this a step further - links are BEST when they have GOOD KEYWORDS in the LINK TEXT.
LINK TEXT : the text that is found within the LINK pointing at your web page.
A banner or image link is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but even better is a good text link.
When they see a text link with your keywords in the link text - it helps them to decide how they will rank you when poeple search for that keyword phrase.
Putting the right words on your web pages pages is a step in the right direction, but if Google NEVER sees any of those words in LINK TEXT, either on your site or as linked on other sites, there is very little chance they will rank you on top for any of those keywords.
The solution is to to find out what PHRASES and keywords are on your pages and do your best to get links to your page with the exact words.
HOT TIP: Use the AUKDAT Keyword Density Analyzer Tool to find out what single, 2 word and 3 word phrases appear on your web page. Simply enter a URL and AUKDAT will tell you the words that are on your page (and also show you which words could appear MORE OFTEN! ie if a KEYWORD PHRASE appears more than 2 times it is more likley to bring you traffic).
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Nichebot audio file plus Special Deal (double credits)
Do you have a couple of spare hours to listen to the new audio file on duplicate content?
Jim Morris and I did webinar on May 7th for Nichebot subscribers and Jim was nice enough to allow me to share the MP3 file with Article Underground members and Words Eqaul Money newsletter subscribers. I’m also announcing it here on my blog!
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New Article Underground Training Video
I just released a new training video for Article Underground members and Words Equal Money Newsletter subscribers. The video is called “Real Content is King”.
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Twitter - ing about the web
I finally just discovered and experienced Twitter for myself after reading about it often enough.. but now I’ve used it and I actually have an understanding about what it is.
What is Twitter?
Well, I must admit, it’s not exactly what I thought it was.
Follow or be followed….
Twitter is a place online to let people know what you’re doing! It’s a place to let your followers follow what you’re doing or you can follow others.
Sure, I had a vague idea that you could input short bursts of sentences indicating in 140 characters or less what you were doing. But I didn’t quite undestand the part where people would follow you or you could follow other people. It’s all starting to make sense.
I signed up yesterday
LINK > Here is my twitter page for Mike Liebner
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Good SEO - Breaking the Patterns!
I’d like to discuss how ugly patterns, excessive repetition and blatant footprints can be the ultimate buzz kill when it comes to getting top rankings for your primary targeted keyword phrases on Google.
I’ll explain what some common patterns, repetition and footprints are, and I’ll explain how to remedy the situations so that sinking ships can be brought back up to the surface!
Often, when a web page suddenly declines in rankings it can be because of the links that Google sees pointing at your web page. Often some simple strategies can bring your pages back to the top! Don’t panic or freak out! I’ll help you get your pages back on top!
I am fortunate to communicate with a large number of Article Underground members and Article Marketing News newsletter subscribers on a regular basis, both by email and through the private members forum. I have the unique opportunity to discuss SEO and optimization discoveries as they develop. I also regularly analyze a large number of web sites and see many common situations.
When starting an online business as a “web publisher” it’s easy to get caught up building sites and adding pages and overlooking important details such as applying simple logic or practical strategies.
Because the Article Underground Content and Traffic System focuses on building pages and adding links I can see how some people may take the building process to it’s extreme.
I tell people to stop wasting time over analyzing and focus on getting started building web sites! I instruct newcomers it’s more important to get the ball rolling and then learn from your small victories and successes and build upon them.
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Squidoo and RSS - be sure to look at the code
Squidoo and RSS - All is not as it seems - so be sure to look at the code!
The source code of your squidoo lens pages that is! (go to “Page Source” or “View source” in your browser)
I just realized that the lenses on which I have added RSS Feeds do NOT pass any benefit to the links from the feeds - in fact - it is not even search engine friendly.
What does that mean? Well - all it means is that when you have squidoo show your RSS feeds - the squidoo pages do NOT show any of the words from what it displays - if that’s not bad enough it does not even have the URLs on the page with a “nofollow” - it’s simply code gobblygook and has no seo benefit whatsoever.
That means that Google will NOT see any fresh new words as the RSS feeds change and they will not see the links in the feed items presented.
BUMMER!
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eBay Affiliate Program Has an All New Partner Network
Breaking news as eBay has just taken over it’s affiliate program on April 1st from Commission Junction and has brought it in house.
This is good news for anyone who has been less than happy with cj.com’s poor statistics and archaic ways of setting up links. Hopefully eBay will make it easier to track stats and make sales! This affilaite program has already been a money maker, even with the poor tools from CJ!
If you have been signed up as an eBay affiliate with CJ, simply go to the eBay Partner Network and register - the transition will be fast and smoothe if my experience is an indicator!
Click here to register for eBay
There is also an ebay partner network migration guide at ebay’s blog.
I registered on Thursday April 3 and it went through painlessly. I simply checked my email and verified my data and was instantly set up with an account for several countries and had access to the tools.
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Wow - I am back!
I must admit I am miffed as to why I was not able to post anything new in this blog. Regardless, I am now back in action and the blog is working properly! More great SEO and BLOGGING info will be coming your way in the days ahead! Thanks!
Social Bookmarking Wish List! I need your tips!
Social Bookmarking Wish List - I need your tips, comments and suggestions!
Hi everyone! I need your help!
I am in the process of developing a collaborative software application to help AU members and Article Marketing Newsletter subscribers to easily help each other out with bookmarks and links at the best web 2.0 sites. It will include a rewards system!
The application will be available for free to both Article Underground members and Article Marketing Newsletter subscribers.
As you may already know, Article Underground members have had a collaborative bookmarking section in the private AU members forum, and have been helping each othr with links and bookmarks. But we want to take it a step further and really make it easy for everyone to get as active as possible!
The idea is to reward those that help others the most. That way everyone has an incentive to make an effort to bookmark and link each other!
What I need your help with is ideas on how to make this work the best it can! I also want your suggestions on the best places we need to help automate the linking/bookmarking process.
What sites should we include? What features would you like?
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What SEO’S Don’t Want You To Know About Sitemaps!
What SEO’S Don’t Want You To Know About Sitemaps! Guest article by Shannon - visit his SEO Blog
Ever read or seen where SEOS suggest that a sitemap is a must for every website?
Ever wondered how they really help? The problem is that they don’t, having a sitemap is just another well spread SEO myth that keeps newb seos going around in circles and never gaining ground.
Im not saying a sitemap is totally useless, but the thought behind having one to improve ranking and the search engines ability to find your website urls is just plain balony.
Search engine rankings are obtained naturally by creating content that people want and need to link to. The sitemap is useless to the engines if you have something worth linking to. No other explanation is necessary other then that but for those hard nosed html and xml sitemap lovers I have more to say on the subject!
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The Article Underground CPA Action Plan Blueprint
The Article Underground CPA Action Plan Blueprint My simple to follow action plan to score big on promoting CPA offers.
As you may already know I just moved to Laguna Beach. I have created a special moving sale offer for a 1 year prepaid membership.
Special Offer >>> Article Underground Moving Sale Deal
OK, let’s get down to business and get into this action plan. It can make you a lot of money! The secret is using CPA offers such as freebies and trials to get your prospects to take action! It’s easy - I will show you how!
Are you earning pennies from people clicking ads on your pages? That’s not enough to get you rich!
If you are ONLY relying on Adsense ™ PPC earnings to make your fortune in web publishing, then you are potentially leaving a lot of money on the table that could be yours! With minimal effort you could be earning a lot more money! Sure, PPC ads may be the EASIEST way to earn money - such as by blindly putting that Adsense ™ contextual ad code on all your web pages - however it is NOT necessarily the best way to earn money from the targeted traffic coming to your web pages.
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Build Pages - Get Links
If you are familiar with me or Article Underground you should know that my primary sumary of what it takes to make it big in Internet Marketing and Web Publishing is the Mike Liebner mantra “Build Pages - Get Links!”.
I jokingly say Mike Liebner MANTRA because in the private Article Underground members only forum, that saying has become a running joke of sorts! In fact one member created his own avatar that had a superhero looking guy with Build Pages - Get Links on his pumped up chest! Very funny!
But it is TRUE - BUILDING WEB PAGES with great keywords on them and GETTING GOOD LINKS with excellent keywords in them can help a web publisher push their pages to the top of Google! It’s the way it works boiled down to the core!
It’s so simple, yet so many people get stumped along the way to building successful web sites that attract people and make money! They over analyze every nuance and detail and get so distracted they DO NOT spend enough time building pages and getting good links! And then they wonder why they are not MAKING LOTS OF MONEY!
It’s funny, but this morning as I was listening to the radio I heard fitness guru Jillian Michaels (from Biggest Loser fame) repeat her MANTRA which was “Eat Less - Move More!”
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Blog Linking 101
I have a mini course on blog linking plus a complimentary blog you can practice linking in! Details below! Blog Linking 101!
Are you getting links that point to ALL of your URL’s?
Are you just linking to your home page URL, or are you getting good quality links pointing at your deep inside pages???
Blog Linking 101 suggests that you spread the love and link to ALL of your important pages - not just one or a few of them!
You’ll enjoy more top rankings and lots of extra traffic if you do!
The secret to getting traffic to your deep inside pages is having great quality backlinks pointing at them with keywords that are on the pages!
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Mastering the Basics Before Going Advanced
You need to master the basics before going advanced
The internet offers so much opportunity and has made it easier than ever for people of all types and skill levels to earn a substantial income and achieve success. Opportunity abounds regardless of where you live, or what car you drive or any of a number of possible factors that some may consider roadblocks. You don’t need to join a country club or pass an entrance exam or need a degree from college. You do not need to be a rocket scientist to build web sites and earn a living as a web publisher. In fact it is one of the easiest ways to earn a living and almost anyone who is dedicated can become successful!
On the internet you are what you deliver - not what someone sees in your DNA, or how big your bank account is or what you look like. It doesn’t matter what your religion is or what color your skin is or if you wear pants or dresses or pajamas while you work.
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2008 - Our Best Year Ever!
I just wanted to wish all of you HAPPY NEW YEARS!
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Can you feel the “online surge”??? It’s starting!
Hi, it’s Mike Liebner from Article Underground and I have a few items to share with you.
1) Discussion of the big surge in online activity for the holidays and beyond
2) Podcast transcript now available to print and run!
3) New set AU articles coming on the 16th with a special bonus gift for current AU members.
It’s getting close to Christmas and New Years and that means that sales, clicks, transactions and online activity in general will start going through the roof very soon.
It also means that many people and businesses will be in a state of chaos and will be distracted with many folks disappearing to go gift shopping, decorating, fooling around, or go away on vacation for the holidays.
That means that the next few days and possibly into next week will be the quiet time before the “online storm”.
From past experience I usually see a huge spike occur right around the 26th of December (day after Christmas) and it continues through all of January. It’s a wonderful thing for those of us that make our living online!
January has always been my best month for making money online (for over 12 years now) and the one I earn the most in. December and April are usually the next most profitable. So don’t worry if December is passing you by, because January is a monster and after a brief slowdown in February it will stay busy until April when it will once again peak and explode! After that - May starts the slowdown until Summer hits when many online businesses have the least activity (not all - some seasonal businesses have other peak months).
Now is the time to work hard and plan for the surge in activity that is coming at us!
Are you ready for the storm?
Do you have web pages up and indexed by Google that have the words that people will be searching for???
For those of us selling infoproducts, eBooks and affiliate products online, there will be a huge amount of newbies with computers who will be looking for information and more importantly to buy things!
Why not be the one to hook the newbies up with what they will be searching for??? They have a lot of money in their pockets from Christmas!
Create keyword rich web pages that have information about the products and services that you know the new computer owners (and cell phone owners and high tech gadget owners) will be seeking out.
Make sure your keyword loaded article web pages have relevant links to affiliate products so that you get a commission when they buy!
And they will buy!
It may as well be YOU that gets the commission, or click money!
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New 90 Minute Podcast with Michael Campbell
Free 90 Minute Podcast featuring myself Mike Liebner and Michael Campbell.
Here is the link to the just released 90 minute podcast I did with Michael Campbell of Internet Marketing Secrets.
The MP3 is 90 minutes long and is loaded with tons of valuable information! We discuss PLR articles, linking and search engine optimization.
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10,000 PLR Articles Special Deal on Article Underground 1 Year Membership
Loads of content to help you get more traffic!
Do you need more keyword optimized articles to help reel in that huge holiday and 1st quarter traffic???
We have a few options to help you take advantage of the busy months of December and January by adding more great content to your web sites!
We still have a few of the 1 year deluxe bonus packages left for $699., which include 4,800 bonus articles from the period Feb. 2006 through Aug. 2006.
As of this time there are still 22 available. Once the 22 are sold, the 1 year deal will NOT include those 4,800 articles! (It’s still a good deal as you get 12 months of Article Underground for only $699. - but hey - why not get your hands on those 4,800 articles! You can build massive sites quickly and with great content perfect for the holidays and the new year!)
You can find the 1 Year Special Deal with the big bonus at:
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