Making Money with Articles

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When writing articles, make sure to keep your readers in mind. Studies have shown that most Internet readers tend to scan a page to find the information they are looking for, rather than reading the entire page. This means having good titles, a lot of subtitles, and making use of bullet points to help your readers easily scan your page.

Readers prefer a site like this that is easy to use and will be more willing to come back to your site time and time again. The more that your readers return, the more opportunities you will have to get them to click on each one of your affiliate links. Failing to write your articles in this manner, or to have them written this way, could turn your site visitors away before they even have a chance to see what you have to say or to learn what your affiliate links are all about.

Keeping your articles organized as recommended will keep your visitors returning and enable your site to continue making money for you.

Making Money with Articles: Freelance Writers

If you cannot or do not wish to write your articles yourself, you can search different outsourcing companies to find a freelance writer to help you grow your business and your website. These freelancers will ghost write articles for you which means that you will own all copyrights to the material that is produced to do with what you want.

Freelance writers have a talent for writing, however, they would rather make quick money off of writing for others, rather than taking the time to build a niche website that will need to be heavily marketed and promoted to begin earning revenue. They are usually not marketers, but rather people who have a gift for the written word.

On the other hand, those who are looking to make money from articles are marketers. They are looking to build websites that will give them long term revenue, rather than one quick payment and that is it. This Internet pool or freelance writers will open up a good opportunity for you to receive the quality, original content that you are looking for to

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Cody Moya

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    Starting With Guerilla Marketing

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    This article will give you a few nuggets of information
    related to marketing your business using Guerilla
    tactics.

    As a new business owner, one of the first things on
    your list of priorities will be how to best market
    your product to consumers who will use, enjoy, and
    tell others about it. As with most aspects of any
    business, there are many avenues to take.
    Unfortunately, many business owners take a wrong turn
    in terms of the way they approach potential customers.

    It costs them valuable time, wasted energy,
    unnecessary stress, and often large amounts of cash
    they can’t afford. That’s why it’s absolutely crucial
    to find the best marketing system from the beginning.

    I would like to introduce you to Guerilla Marketing
    101. The benefits are much too numerous to even
    mention in this short communication. One aspect I will
    speak on briefly is the basics of planning your
    initial marketing strategy.

    You have probably heard of this kind of marketing but
    only in the context of being mentioned with big companies.

    You already know how vital that is. So let me quickly
    give you just a few tips right from Guerilla Marketing
    101 itself. When it comes to your business, there are
    some major things you will need to consider when
    planning your marketing campaign.

    • Location is something you’ll definitely need to
    think about if you’ll be running a business outside of
    your home. Parking space, walk-in customers, and ease
    of access to other shopping areas is key. If your
    business is web based from home, is your website
    search engine optimized? Does it rank high enough to
    be found and is your website user friendly? Again, all
    things to contemplate.

    • What will your target market be? What other kinds of
    businesses or individuals will most likely use your
    product?

    • The nature of your product will also play an
    important role in the way you’ll need to market your
    business.

    • How is your product unique from others? How can it
    be best represented as being distinctly different from
    competitors?

    These are only a few points discussed in this very
    unique marketing system. That’s why the best thing
    you, as a business owner, can do for yourself and your
    business is to click here to learn the other exciting
    information that is available in Guerilla Marketing
    101.

    Your competition is not going to wait for you to learn
    these marketing skills first. Don’t sit on this
    information and let them beat you out. You have
    nothing to lose but profits.

    Make sure you really digest this information so you
    have a firm grasp of the concepts!

    To Your Success
    Cody Moya

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    Write a winning sales letter – A 11 stage template

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    Writing a winning Sales letter is one of the ways to sell a product/ebook/software on the Internet. Not everyone feels up to writing such a sales letter. So we either struggle to do so, or hire a copy-writer to do it, or buy copy-writing software. Winning letters are ones which follow a system. The following template is one such system.
    1. Writing the headline: The headline should answer the question: What is the biggest benefit of your product/ebook/software. Think of the biggest benefit. At first many will come to mind. Your task is to think of one that is the biggest. Put this benefit at the end of any one of the following questions:
    * Would you like to …?
    * Who else would like to …?
    * How would you like to …?
    You can think of more such starters for your headline.

    2. Write the opening line. This is an answer to your headline. Some thing which says: “If you would like to know more about … then this is likely the most crucial information you ever read.” Fill the blanks with the most important benefit of your product.

    3. Mention the name of your product and give the visitor the information about what they are going to find in it.

    4. Imagine the over all benefits of your product; write them down in sentence format. Suggest your visitor also imagine these benefits.

    5. Now list out the specific benefits and / or the features in bullet form. These bullets should help your visitors get a taste of the number of specifics they can get from your product.

    6. Now make your offer. Suggest the price you could have charged for such a quality product. Specify that you are actually charging much less so that many more people can have access to the results of your hard work and because you understand the need for such a product.

    7. Time to offer bonuses. Offer at least one bonus if not more. With each bonus list the benefits that the visitor will get. Also mention the price of each bonus. At the end of the list of bonuses mention the total value of the bonuses.

    8. Time for testimonials. Plug in testimonials of actual people who have used your product and have found it useful, with their names and where they are from.

    9. Write your guarantee/refund policy. This will make them feel in control of the purchase. Set a refund period while you are at it. Usually the service provider that you use to collect payments and deliver your products will specify in their terms and conditions the refund period that they will accept.

    10. Call for action. Paste your purchase button now. So that your visitor can make their purchase.

    11. You are done. Edit this letter using Dreamweaver or any other WYSIWYG editor of your choice and set it up on your website.

    To Your Success
    Cody Moya

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    Put Your Blogging On A Schedule

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    Does the thought of scheduling your blogging seem so… uncreative? Posting to your blog shouldn’t happen only when you feel “moved” to create an award-winning post. Blogging needs to be done regularly to provide good content for your readers and to maximize your profits.

    Set yourself up with a schedule to post on your blogs. Take a realistic look at your business and figure out how blogging can fit in. The object is not to be constantly blogging, forsaking all else, but to bring blogging forward a bit from your low priority pile of things to do. Take a look at your business model and where blogging fits in. If your blogs are currently your only platform for making money, then blogging should be high priority.

    Your blogging schedule is up to you and can certainly be changed when your circumstances change. Perhaps you’re going to temporarily blog daily on your Internet Marketing blog because you’re promoting an affiliate product or you’re just about to launch your new ebook. On a regular week you might consider blogging everyday, but alternating between all your blogs.

    The important things is to think about your blogging ahead of time and create your schedule for the week. Also keep in mind the time of day that is available to you for blogging, especially if you’re a part-time internet marketer. Will mornings from 7:00 am to 7:30 pm work? And how about lunchtime from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm?

    While you’re thinking ahead about your blogging, get a rough plan down on paper about what your blog subjects will be for each of the posts you’re going to post in the week ahead. If you can’t think of something right away, it will be a seed planted in your mind and you’ll come up with a great idea before it’s time to write it.

    Try to find ways to streamline your posting. If your blogs are in a related field, you can sometimes modify your blog post to fit all your blogs. If your blogs are in very different fields you may still want to do the same sort of post to save time. For example, if you want to post a YouTube video, you can look for different videos for your different blogs all at once.

    Scheduling your blogging may not be a creative endeavor, but it can make your blogging more successful nonetheless. A blogging schedule can help you become a consistent blogger who doesn’t lose readers for lack of posts and can also help you maximize your profits.

    To Your Success
    Cody Moya

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    3 Reasons To Buy An Existing Domain Name

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    When the time comes to set up your own internet business one of your first thoughts is to buy a domain name to establish a web site for your new business. You may spend a lot of time dreaming up possible names and testing their availability but there is another option you should consider — buying an existing domain name.

    Obviously you do not want to buy an existing web site for your new business as you wish to create a web site that accurately reflects your business vision, but there are a number of advantages to buying an existing domain name and if you do not yet have your heart set on a new domain name you will likely find an existing domain name available at a price not much greater than you will pay for a fresh name and an existing domain name brings a number of advantages.

    One of the primary advantages of an existing domain name is that it already has traffic flowing toward it. Obviously the amount of traffic will vary greatly depending on what the current owner has done for promotion but any traffic is more than the zero visitors a fresh name will deliver.

    Another advantage is from search engine optimization. Many domainers will have at least put in a small amount of time optimizing their domain name portfolio for search engines. Others put in a great deal of time and effort targeting key words and making sure the domain name is listed. It takes time for various domain names to work their way into search engine listings and if someone has already done that work for you then you are ready to capitalize on their groundwork as soon as you take over the name.

    A third advantage is that the wild frontier of short, targeted, key word domain names is over. It is not impossible but very difficult to find an unregistered domain name in a short, catchy phrase and even more so if you have a specific key word in mind. However, many of the domainers who registered these domain names did so as an investment rather than a long-term project of their own and so are willing to sell. The only way to acquire many of these great domain names is by purchasing an existing domain name. You will not be able to find one to register fresh.

    Choosing the right domain name for your internet business enterprise can be an exciting and challenging time but if you take the time to learn more about the available domain names you can buy then you just might find the bargain of a lifetime and start off your business with a bang.

    To Your Success
    Cody Moya

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    Innovative Internet Marketing Ideas: What They Can Do For You

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    Are you a business owner or are you about to become one? If so, there is a good chance that you have heard of innovative Internet marketing ideas before. Innovative Internet marketing ideas are ideas that are relatively new. This means that many business owners haven’t necessarily had the opportunity to use these marketing ideas or strategies. If you have yet to examine innovative Internet marketing strategies, you are advised to do so. After a close examination, you will likely see that there are number of different ways that innovative Internet marketing ideas can help you and your business.

    As previously mentioned, innovative Internet marketing ideas are ideas that are relatively new. Although implementing these ideas may be considered a risk, because they are new, they are a great way to get ahead of the competition. Marketing, including Internet marketing, is important to the success of any business, but not all business owners have the time to give marketing the attention that it deserves. That is why a large number of business owners, maybe even your competition, are still relying on old and possibly outdated Internet marketing strategies. Implementing new marketing strategies is the best way to give your business a little push past the competition.

    It is also important to note what the push past the competition may do for you. Whether you run an online business, an Internet business, a business that sells a product, or a business that sells a service, you can benefit from Internet marketing. Internet marketing is using the Internet to get your business and its purpose out the general public, namely your targeted audience. Your targeted audience is the group of individuals that you feel can most benefit from your business and whatever you are offering. By getting your business out into the public eye, with Internet marketing, you will likely find that your customer count and sales increase; thus creating a profitable business.

    What is nice about Internet marketing, even innovative Internet marketing ideas, is that it is relatively easy to keep up-to-date on the latest happenings. For example, if you use the Internet or regularly read business journals or business magazines, you will likely be presented with new, innovative marketing ideas. That is why you are advised to take advantages of these resources, which are often free or available for a relatively affordable price. You can also use the Internet to find new marketing ideas, by performing a standard Internet search. This method of familiarizing yourself with Internet marketing ideas is great, but it can also be time consuming; you often need to weed through the old marketing ideas to find the new ones.

    Your business can also benefit from innovative marketing ideas without you having to do any of work yourself. This can be done by hiring the assistance of a professional Internet marketing specialist. With an Internet marketing specialist, all you have to do is explain your wants, your needs, and pay a reasonable fee. Depending on the Internet marketing specialist that you choose to work with, they should not only be able to research innovative Internet marketing strategies for you, but they can also implement them for you. Therefore, your business can still benefit from innovative Internet marketing ideas, even if you do not have the experience or the time needed to find and implement those ideas yourself.

    Now that you know exactly how innovative Internet marketing ideas can help you and your business, what are you waiting for? To start increase your profits today, you are advised to start researching or seek assistance from a professional.

    To Your Success
    Cody Moya

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    Questions To Identify Your Guerilla Niche

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    This step involves a close analysis of your business.
    Much like an investigative reporter, you need to
    determine the who, what, where, when, and why of your
    customer base. Ask yourself the following questions:

    • Would your product or service appeal more to men,
    women, or both genders equally?
    • What age range does your product or service appeal
    to? (Note: if your business sells products or services
    for children, parents are your target demographic).
    • What is the range of income and education level of
    the people who may be interested in your product or
    service?
    • Are they single? Married? With children? Retired?

    • How will your customers use your products or
    services? Is there a potential for repeat business?

    • Does your product or service fall into the category
    of needs (food, clothing, shelter) or wants (luxury
    items)?

    • What makes your product or service unique

    • Is your product an impulse buy (books, shoes,
    gourmet food) or an investment (cars, boats, computer
    hardware or software)?

    • How are transactions for your product or service
    typically carried out — online, mail order, or in
    person? Cash, check, or credit cards? A single
    payment, multiple payments, or monthly recurring fees?

    • How do your potential customers typically become
    alerted to new products or services? Online, through
    public advertisements, from the news media, or some
    other method?

    You may even want to develop a profile of your ideal
    customer (for example, 20-30 year old single
    college-educated females, or 40-50 year old married
    males with middle-class incomes) to help you pinpoint
    your target market.

    To Your Success
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    Do Banner Ads Still Work ?

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    Placing banner ads can be a highly effective way to market your business on the Internet. Banner ads are essentially advertisements which appear on a website, usually in the form of a combination of graphics and text, to encourage Internet users to click through these advertisements to your website. The most common form of banner ads is an advertisement which appears on the top of a website and spans the width of the webpage. These advertisements derived their name from the similarity to a banner but technically banner ads can come in a variety of shapes and sizes. This article will take a look at the effectiveness of banner as well as methods for placing these banner ads.

    Banner ads can be highly effective if used properly. However, placing your banner ad all over the Internet with very little consideration to whether or not the location is likely to be beneficial to your business is not a good idea and can be a tremendous waste of money as well as other resources such as time and effort. Therefore business owners who are considering using banner ads to promote their business should spend some time to learn how to use banner ads effectively and to find ideal location for placing their banner ads.

    The most ideal location for a banner ad is prominently displayed on a website which receives a great deal of website traffic and also complements your products and services well without providing direct competition for your products or services. As an example consider a business owner who specializes in selling athletic shoes specifically for runners. Buying banner ad space on a website which offers advice on training for running events and provides information on upcoming races would be an excellent idea. This website attracts visitors who have an interest in running and are likely to purchase athletic shoes but does not sell running shoes directly. This means the website attracts members of your target audience but does not compete for your business.

    In addition to purchasing banner ad space, some business owners opt to join banner ad exchange groups. This is an alternative in which the business owner does not pay for their banner ad to be placed on another website but in exchange they agree to post one or more advertisements on their own website. This is a very affordable option for placing banner ads but it is not always the best strategy. This is because the business owner often has little input into where their banner ad appears and has limited input into the banner ads which appear on his website in return. In most cases, business owners have the ability to decline to host advertisements which they deem to be offensive but cannot specifically choose the banner ads they must post.

    Finally, when posting banner ads, business owners should be aware of the effectiveness of the ads they place. They may choose to post different designs for their banner ad on different websites but they should monitor the results of their advertising to determine if one style is more effective than another. This information can be very important. If one style is enjoying a great deal of success while the other style is not, the business owner may wish to use the more successful style for all of their banner ads or to redesign the less successful style to make it more appealing to Internet users.

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    Autoresponder Follow Up Tips!

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    When it comes to making a sell using your autoresponder, follow up messages are very important. Most website visitors won’t buy something on the first visit; it normally takes more than 6 or 7 visits before they decide to make a purchase. To keep them interested and eventually make the sale, you’ll need to come up with some innovative yet captivating follow up messages.

    When you start writing your message, you’ll need to come up with compelling headlines. Compelling headlines will draw attention from readers, making them feel excited to read the rest of your message. If you send a message with a shoddy headline, chances are that your readers will just glance over the email and not pay much attention to it at all.

    You can also grab attention from your readers by sending them personalized messages with their names and other details. There are several autoresponders that personalize messages through the insertion of codes. When you send a message out, the code is replaced with the personal information of the subscriber. When receiving the email, the reader will see his or her personal information instead of the code.

    The first message that you send out is normally an introduction message. This message should be geared towards giving readers what to expect from your messages. You can also mention information about your company and your products as well. Your introduction message is very important, as it sets the pace for the messages that follow.

    When you send out your second message, you should inform readers about your products and services. Make sure that you explain what your products do and how your readers can benefit from using them. Then, in the messages that follow, you should put added emphasis on your services and products. You should be trying to convince readers that they simply must have your products and that your products are a cut above the rest.

    To ensure that you get a sale, you should include comparisons between what you offer and what competitors offer. This way, you’ll show potential customers that you are indeed the best, with the best features and the best prices. Once you have a few satisfied customers, you’ll start to build up your credibility. If a customer is satisfied, he will let you and others know. Once a customer has praised your products, you can add it to a testimonial and send it out in a future follow up message.

    When you end a message, make sure that you leave a teaser for the next message. This way, your customers will look forward to receiving your next message. You should also carefully weave in messages regarding your contact and order information as well, so readers can place an order without any problems. If you put some time and thought into your follow up messages – you’ll start racking up customers and sales in no time at all.

    To Your Success
    Cody Moya

    P.S. I recommend www.followupmate.com autoresponder

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    Guide to Outsourcing

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    Those who are considering outsourcing portions of work for the first time may be feeling overwhelmed and hesitant about the concept of relying on someone outside the company to complete work related tasks. The discomfort with deciding whether or not to outsource work stems largely from ignorance about the process of outsourcing. This article will serve as a guide to those who are considering outsourcing for the first time and will provide information on how to select qualified candidates, establish project requirements and enforce a deadline for project completion.

    Select Qualified Candidates Carefully

    One way to greatly simplify the process of outsourcing is to give special consideration to selecting a qualified candidate to complete the outsourced tasks. This is important because outsourcing the project to an individual who is qualified to complete the tasks and motivated to do a good job will make the outsourcing endeavor more likely to be successful.

    To find the right candidate for the job, place advertisements outlining the project requirements and preferences and carefully review each application which is submitted. Immediately disregard applicants who are not qualified for the position. Then review the applications of qualified candidates carefully and select a small group of the most promising candidates. Next interview each of these candidates and verify their references and passed work experiences to learn more about these candidates and their abilities and work ethics.

    After interviewing these candidates it is time to make a decision regarding hiring one of the final candidates. Do not be discouraged if none of the final candidates seemed right for the job because you are under no obligation to hire any of them. You can continue your search for a qualified candidate by placing your job advertisement again and soliciting new responses.

    Establish Definite Requirements

    When outsourcing a project or tasks, it is important to clearly define the project requirements. This is critical because it is important for the contractor to fully understand the tasks which are being outsourced to ensure he is fulfilling all of the requirements and completing the task in a satisfactory manner.

    Failure to establish definite project requirements and goals can lead to a great deal of problems when outsourcing a project. The contractor may feel as though he has completed the project as it was outlined but the employer may disagree. When this happens there can be harmful delays until the issues can be resolved amicably. In the case that this is not possible it might be necessary to employ the assistance of a mediator to evaluate the contract documents and the work produced to determine if the contract terms were met.

    Establish a Firm Deadline

    Another important element of outsourcing is establishing a firm deadline for the project. This is important to avoid misunderstandings and to prevent late submissions of work. Setting milestone goals is also important because it gives the employer the ability to evaluate the progress of the contractor during different stages of the project and to ensure it is proceeding according to schedule.

    Ideally the deadline should be established before the candidate is chosen. This is important because this enables the employer to verify that the contractor is available for the duration of the project. Schedule should be discussed early in the process of selecting a candidate to avoid selecting an ideal candidate only to find out he is unavailable when his services are required.

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