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Add Your Blog Feeds to My New RSS Directory
Need backlinks? Add your RSS FEED and get linked instantly!
I just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware of my new feed directory site RSS 6 which I made for you guys to get links FAST for your blogs.
Simply set up a new free account and then login to add your RSS FEEDS.
The site is very unique as it was made from the ground up to be “marketing friendly”! It will link your most recent post on the front page of RSS6 plus it will create a PAGE for your feed with the keyword you choose as the TITLE of your page on Rss6.
The page will also list your other posts on the page for your feed and unlike other directories – the links are actual HTML links toyour pages. No redirects or cgi mumbo jumbo – just pure links so the pages get noticed fast!
Also – unlike most directories – we actually keep an archive of your posts – they are permanent in that they will alway sremain in our index of post URLS from your feeds – however – a big distinction is that the pages do not automatically update to show your newest feeds. (continued – read more of this article…)
Words Equal Money Keyword Research Webinar
I wanted to personally invite you to join me today, May 20, 2010 at 5 PM EDT for a special live “Words Equal Money” event, as I present a webinar on Keyword Research.
In just a few hours I’ll be spending 90 minutes with keyword research expert Jon Shugart of Keyword Rockstar fame whom I will be interviewing live with you there to help me ask the really good questions.
The first 60 minutes I will be interviewing Jon and having a conversation about keyword research, and the next 30 minutes we will be taking YOUR questions live!
If there is anything you would like to know – this is your chance to get the answers!
This is NOT a canned presentation and I will do my best to get the really good stuff out of Jon including the low down on the situation where Google went off on affiliate marketers and went out and shut down thousands of accounts, as well as reveal opportunities about buying cheap PPC clicks, getting free organic search traffic and so much more!
This will be 90 minutes well spent!
There are a limited number of seats for today’s live event – so if you want to join us – please register now!
Reserve your “Words Equal Money” Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/436729608 (continued – read more of this article…)
Blogs are for Making Money, right???
How many blogs do you have???
Are some of them for business purposes?? What about the “personal blogs”… do you have one of those?
At least one I hope! Ideally several… I have several… that’s good – right?
Blogs are for making money – at least – BUSINESS blogs are for making money.
Personal blogs are for sharing stuff and having fun.
Two different things entirely.
I found out pretty soon after starting this blog – Mike Liebner’s Internet Marketing Blog – my first personal/business blog – that having one “personal blog” simply is not enough!
I initially intended for this blog to be for reinforcing my business identity and credibility as being an expert in internet marketing related topics.
I wanted to discuss topics about doing business online and publish internet marketing articles – BUT - I am also into a lot of other things too.
Like most people – I have a lot of interests. Music, photography, computers, technology etc.
But the topics could NOT coexist together in the same place… at least not while having the max impact I desired. My business oriented intentions needed to have the focus.
Do you want to have a “professional identity”? If yes – a business blog is what you need.
Blogs can have many intended purposes – you can post for fun, pleasure, goofing around or BUSINESS. Not funny bidness but MAKE MONEY BUSINESS. (continued – read more of this article…)
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want
According to Zig Ziglar “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want”
According to Mike Liebner – “it’s true!”
I just ran into that quote today and it struck a chord with me.
I can honestly say that a great part of my success, especially my more recent success, is a direct result of helping people get what they want. It’s part of what I do. I enjoy helping other people.
Now, I’ll go easy on the self-serving, make my self feel good talk, but let me just say that I have been very fortunate in my life and that I am very satisfied with the path I have taken to get me where I am now.
While I do sell a product (with more coming!) I do attribute a great deal of my personal success to the fact that I offer training and assistance and make a lot of it freely available without asking for a penny. I’m happy to help others.
My business revolves around helping other people achieve success as web publishers and internet marketers.
I make available training videos and helpful articles and regularly send out newsletter messages to my mailing list and Words Equal Money subscribers with tips and suggestions on how to do some of these internet marketing type things that can bring us what we want. (continued – read more of this article…)
Which is better: Exact Duplicate Content or Similar?
Should you stay away from using PLR articles because Google hates duplicate content???
It’s not that Google hates duplicate content – after all – they index millions of pages that have duplicate content – so if they hate it – why do they bother indexing it at all???
The “duplicate content penalty” myth has gotten out of control! You really need to be more SPECIFIC when you talk about this stuff or tons of people will get scared and take the poor advice on avoiding duplicate content because they think they will get banned or hit in the face with a brick.
Simply not so.
So – does that mean that Google LOVES duplicate content – or do they just hate it but tolerate it???
I wrote a few articles that will give you insight – I suggest you read them because they have all the dirt! I’ll link them at the bottom, but let’s try to get one of those summary type statements in the mix.
I say that you need to look at it like Google and the other search engines do – they want to rank a page on top – so they do their calculations and stuff and make decisions.
Do they do something DRASTIC when they see a page that looks like another page in their index???
NO! They don’t PENALIZE you just for being similar to another page - but they might penalize you for something else!
Yes, Google most likely prefers content that is NOT “EXACT DUPLICATE CONTENT”!
Ahhhh… so that means similar content is better than EXACT, right???
YES! That’s the best way to look at it! (continued – read more of this article…)
Super Affiliate Marketing and Higher Commissions
Do you want to be a super affiliate?
An Article Underground member just sent me an email with a few questions about affiliate programs, high ticket items and Adsense. I thought I’d share the info with you guys as well!
“Can you make more money with higher ticket items/higher payouts? Which affiliate programs are best? Are banners really less effective than text links?”
My thoughts came flowing… this is not a guide or lesson – just some of my thoughts.
It depends on your niche(s) and web site themes, so there are no fixed answers for the best affiliate programs, however the idea is to stay away from LOW payouts and low percentage of sales – a 5 or 10% commission is generally just not worth promoting unless you are easily selling something for $1,000. or more.
How hard is it to get that payout??? Do you have to work hard for it?
In most cases – getting conversions requires work – so larger payouts are generally a safer bet and often require the same amount of work or less.
This all changes if you have HUGE TRAFFIC NUMBERS to work with. But then again – it also depends if the traffic is highky targeted or not.
Sure – you can make money promoting free smiley giveaways with a $1.75 payout per lead – but ONLY if you have HUGE traffic – because it is very unlikely you have a web page or site that is smiley targeted and gets huge traffic.
General – mainstream – untargeted traffic is not bad to have – but your conversion rates will be muc less and you will need to work pretty hard to find something that converts. Not everything will.
Unless you have insane volume and huge traffic numbers, it’s very hard to make money off pennies, dimes or even dollar payouts. That said – if you can get a lot of conversions very easily with an IRRESISTABLE OFFER for little effort or money spent – that’s different. But it’s a rarity.
In all honesty – it’s pretty much a crapshoot. You need to throw stuff out there to see what converts and what sells.
That is why I often have difficulty giving training with specifics. The variables always make things hard to pin down. There are so many variables.
What kind of traffic. What are they visiting for? Are there looking for information on a broad topic or a specific tight keyword phrase???
While it never hurts to have a large amount of untargeted traffic – it is almost always preferable to have some or even a LITTLE traffic that is VERY TARGETED – because you can find something that is more likely to convert. Match a product that is what that visitor needs and you will have higher conversions.
Which affiliate programs/networks??? (continued – read more of this article…)
38 Min Video With Anthony Robbins, John Reese and Frank Kern
Are you a Tony Robbins fan???
I’d like to turn you on to a free inspirational video that I just watched which is posted on Tony’s blog.
I think it may help motivate you to start taking action and get moving towards your dreams and goals!
Any of you guys that have been with me for a while may have noticed that I’m a big Tony Robbins follower. I even include a quote from Anthony Robbins in the signature of my email messages (see bottom of this post).
Oddly enough, last night I watched the Anthony Robbins infomercial on TV (worth watching by the way) and I had written down the phone number so I could buy his newest course. I haven’t done that yet, but it seems funny that Tony keeps popping up everywhere I go. In fact last night a friend asked me about Tony Robbins at dinner, and today I got an email from an affiliate news list I am on and it gave the link to this video. (continued – read more of this article…)
Less Resistance = More Sales with CPA
I have some really valuable information about a new product on CPA Offers called Zero Friction Marketing which I am thrilled to share with you.
If you buy ZFM from my affiliate link – I’d be happy to give you a complimentary bonus zip with 800 articles from the back issue vault at Article Underground. Details at the bottom of this article.
If you’ve been reading my blog for more than a few days you may have been exposed to some of my training materials which discuss “where the money comes from”. I’ll link a few of my tutorials at the bottom in case you missed them.
I myself discovered CPA Offers about 2 and a half years ago and understanding and using CPA has improved my profitability significantly.
Understanding CPA can make the difference between pulling in nickels and dimes for your efforts or grabbing dollars. Lots of them!
I’m not just blowing smoke, as knowing the best way to monetize your traffic is huge! And I am not just telling you this because I want to sell you something.
I truly believe that if you want to make the most possible earnings from your web sites and traffic that you need to monetize your pages with the highest converting offers and get your visitors to take action! They need to convert! It’s essential if you want to make money!
Putting Adsense ads on your pages is ok and will bring you a few bucks here and there. I am not saying that is bad – it’s just not always the best way to pull in cash. And promoting products from Clickbank or Commission Junction is ok, but they often cost a lot and require a purchase for you to earn money.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could give away stuff and still get paid???
>>> Zero Friction Marketing (continued – read more of this article…)
Linking Myths – Free eBook
Free ebook alert! I have an excellent new free ebook on “linking myths” for you from the brilliant mind of internet marketing superstar Neil Shearing. (Not only is he smart, but he’s a friendly lad as well!)
Here is the link to the free ebook on linking.
It’s a gift from Neil and is called “10 LINKING MYTHS: SHATTERED!”
Simply register and he will send you the free ebook!
Look at the myths – this should hook you!
Myth One: Getting Links Is Hard
Myth Two: More Links Are Better
Myth Three: PageRank FTW!
Myth Four: Google Will Ban YOU!
Myth Five: The Google Sandbox Stops New Sites From Ranking
Myth Six: You Need To Beat Google To Rank At The Top
Myth Seven: Bad Links To Your Site Will Get You Banned
Myth Eight: Only On-Topic Links Are Valuable
Myth Nine: Links Out Of Your Site Hurt Your Rankings
Myth Ten: Internal Link Don’t Count (continued – read more of this article…)
How to make money using the Internet!
How to make money using the Internet: create value and get paid!
I ran across an article in a blog that made so much sense that I thought I should share it with you.
The blog post grabbed me right from the start!
“Make money: not by building an internet company, but by using the net as a tool to create value and get paid. Use the internet as a tool, not as an end.”
That is so right on!
The way to attract money is by providing something of value and presenting it to people!
And that applies to all of us building web sites, promoting our own or affiliate products, or employing any of the numerous methods available to us to earn a living by partnering with the world wide web!
Well… enough of me telling you about it…
You should go to the blog and read it yourself! I think you might be glad you did!
The article is by (continued – read more of this article…)
Autoresponders & List Building – invest in your business and it’s future!
List building is critical to the longevity of any business.
By LIST BUILDING I mean getting the email addresses of your customers and/or subscribers and keep in touch with them by sending email messages with an autoresponder.
Whether you have a product and are marketing it OR if you simply have web stes that get a decent amount of web traffic – you MUST get an autoresponder!
I’ve been online doing business from the comfort of my home for over 13 years now and it has only been 3 years since I got an autoresponder and started collecting emails from visitors and customers.
If I had to say the ONE mistake I have made in the course of my online business career, I would say that I regret NOT having gotten an autoresponder sooner.
It would have been a tremendous asset, even if I only captured a small percentage of the visitors to my web sites.
Don’t make the same mistake I did – get yourself an autoresponder and start building a LIST!
The 2 Most Popular Autoresponders are:
Get Response - seems to be getting more popular. (continued – read more of this article…)
Best Internet Marketing Blogs (some of them)
If you are at all serious about making money online as an internet marketer, then you should be prepared to spend some of your time keeping up with what is going on out there in internet marketing land!
A great way to stay on top of things is by following blogs that offer news and information related to our industry of internet marketing. They can be great sources of ideas and help us keep on top of news and developments in internet marketing! I’d like to point out a few of the ones that I enjoy visiting, as well as remind you of a few of my blogs and web sites.
OK, let’s get my blog out of the way! You’re already here!
Mike Liebner’s Internet Marketing Blog
Marketing & Online Business Blogs – NOT ranked or in any order – read down to the bottom please so you don’t miss anything!
Neil Shearing’s Official Blog
>>> http://www.neilshearing.com/
Neil’s blog is really one of the best out there! I like the fact that people actually participate and often threads will get filled with comments and opinions! Worth a visit!
James Schramko – Internet Marketing Speed
>>> http://www.internetmarketingspeed.com/
James is a member of Article Underground and a pretty sharp guy. He is very well rounded as a marketer and offers great ideas, tips, secrets and training at his blog covering free traffic, PPC, social and a ton of areas we can all benefit from learning more about! Definitely worth bookmarking! (continued – read more of this article…)
Arbitrage Conspiracy Features – what the 12 weeks of training offers
Do you judge a product by it’s features?
Or do you base your feelings about a product on other factors like inflated hype, overblown highly saturated promotion or guru endorsements? I suggest you LOOK at the features of Arbitrage Conspiracy – I think a lot of folks are getting rubbed the wrong way by the huge promotion for it and the fact that almost all of the big time gurus seem to be endorsing it (or dissing it), even though they haven’t seen the actual 12 week training product yet.
I suggest you look past the hype and venting of feelings and drill down to what you get when you buy the product. I’ve listed the features below - maybe you haven’t really looked at them… go ahead – it’s ok to look! :’>
Arbitrage Conspiracy – OK, I bought it and am THRILLED I DID!
Should you buy it???
If you read the FEATURES and find it appealing then YES – you should buy it!
But don’t buy it because I said I did, or because someone familiar endorsed it or because of the massive hype… that’s just noise! To make an informed decison you must look at what the product is offering (see features below) and base your decison on whether you think it is a good investment for YOU!
YOU need to decide for yourself! No one else can do that for you!
ME – count me in! I like what I saw (the product features, not the hype). See the features below >>>
But if you ask me, I’d say based on what I saw the 12 weeks of training from Arbitrage Conspiracy looks great for ME!!! >>> Scroll down for the LONG LIST of features – the 12 weeks of training are described in detail below >>> (continued – read more of this article…)
Cheap Traffic is the key to the Arbitrage Conspiracy
What is the Arbitrage Conspiracy??? Is it hype??? Is it filled with lies???
Arbitrage Conspiracy is a product launching today (Dec. 10, 2008) that has really got me and a lot of other people excited.
Yes, I know some people are going NEGATIVE BIG TIME and ragging about the $50,000 to $100,000 per day that Aymen, the Arbitrage Conspiracy guy, claims he is making.
Do I believe he is making that kind of money? Yes, I do.
Why do I believe this? Not because Aymen or Brad Fallon or Mike Filsaime says so, but BECAUSE I am close to a person from whom Aymen learned a lot of what he most likely will be teaching about. I am currently in a training course that teaches this same exact stuff. And it really is a secret kind of system. Secret in the sense that very few people are doing it.
Doing what? Read on!!! I’ll tell you! (continued – read more of this article…)
Friends in High Places – one of the keys to success!
Do you have lots of “Friends in High Places” – OR – “High Friends in Places” as DJ Frazier Smith used to say…
I have a personal story and lessons I would like to share with you, but if you’re eager to see what “special offer” I am talking about, checkout this link: Clickbank Inner Circle
So – the old time saying is true – “you’re only as good as the company you keep”!
I’m fortunate to say I have many influential friends in high places!
But as another saying goes – “you can never have too many friends”!
In fact, in the internet marketing business, having “the right kind of friends” can really put you on the fast track to success!
The most successful people in internet marketing know this… we all know this – but what we may not know is how easy it is to make friends with successful people we’d like to learn from.
The best way to get the ball rolling is by sharing!
There is no faster way to gain success than by sharing ideas and information, learning from and partnering with those that have already achieved success!
But, as you may already know – it’s often exteremely difficult to break through the barriers to get through to the right people and establish friendships and business relationships – or is it???
I can tell you from personal experience it is NOT as hard as you may think to reach out and rub elbows with the movers and shakers of internet marketing! In fact – it’s actually very easy if you know how!
>> Link >> Clickbank Inner Circle
If you’ve been around this Words Equal Money newsletter, or a member of Article Underground for a while, you may already be familiar with my personal “success story” and my recent climb up to “the big leagues”.
On a few occasions, I have told of my background in radio advertising and how I started my first web site in 1995. (continued – read more of this article…)
Learning Affiliate Marketing from the Experts!
Man, it’s been hot the last few days here at the beach.
80+ degrees in October is more than welcome, but it’s hard to work when it’s so nice outside! But I do need to work and write this as I have something I need to share with you right now, so you can get on it as soon as possible! I need to introduce you to an excellent new audio training program from one of the sharpest minds of internet and affiliate marketing.
It’s a value packed product than anybody can afford and everyone serious about making money with affiliate programs should invest in.
If you can’t wait to check it out go ahead and click the link, but please allow me to share some personal information with you and put this product in it’s proper context.
>>> Click for Affiliate Marketing Audio MP3’s
There are few things in life that are more important to me than learning from people I admire and wish to be more like. It goes way back for me – not just a recent thing.
If you’ve been reading my emails for a while or know me from Article Underground, you’ve likely noticed that I am the kind of person that likes to share good ideas and help inspire people.
I’m always in search of inspiration, knowledge and ideas that can help me become a better person and improve my business and personal life. >>> more >>> (continued – read more of this article…)
Get Lots of Web Traffic by Building Web Pages With PLR Articles With Great Words and Getting Links
You can get lots of traffic by building web pages that have great words when you get quality links pointing at them!
Do you want to be a successful web publisher and build web sites that make money?
The secret to success as a web publisher may be simpler than you realize.
Are you looking for a time tested system that will help you learn and understand the secret to building profitable web sites? Are you tired of getting distracted by all the time consuming tasks that seem to be nothing more than a waste of your precious time???
Build pages and get links.
That is the secret SEO system for success as a web publisher and it is my mantra!
It should be your mantra too, because people who build pages and get links regularly are quite often very successful web publishers!
The internet marketing search engine optimization business is really so simple, but so many people insist on making it more complex than it needs to be. I believe anyone can make good money with an online business by simply focusing on building web sites and adding new pages regularly that have lots of great words on them!
It’s simple – you build web sites with real valuable content web pages that have great words on them! Build pages with lots of thematically related keywords – words that are naturally associated with the topics on the pages. When you build web pages like that then you simply make sure you have good text links from other web sites that are pointing at your web pages!
You need text links that have good words in them pointing at the pages on your site!
Build pages and get links. That’s the process. That is the system. It’s that easy!
So if it’s really that easy – why isn’t everyone doing this????
Ahhh… yes – it seems so simple but I know from experience that most people make things far more complicated than is necessary! They dwell on things that have no relation to making money. They get distracted by things and try to learn all about everything, even spending time on things that have no direct impact on success.
People spend too much time analyzing and planning and NOT enough time DOING!
Theres more good stuff >>> (continued – read more of this article…)
K.I.S.S. Keep it simple silly!
Beginners often try to learn TOO MUCH before they get started… Does this sound like you???
I know…. It’s hard to keep things simple. I know… But you really don’t need to know EVERYTHING THERE IS before you get started! You may very well be over complicating things. This may be hindering your progress or even worse – it may prevent you from getting off the ground!
If you are a beginner I suggest reading this article – it’s called The Best Place to Start is at the Beginning
To sum it up – I belive it’s more important to get started, even if you make mistakes or do things badly, than to wait until you can do everything perfectly.
I have a saying I like to throw at people.
“It’s better to do something BADLY than to do NOTHING PERFECTLY.” (continued – read more of this article…)
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!
(continued – read more of this article…)
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!
