Blogging For Profits

There are many ways to use the free blogging platform WordPress to make money.

From creating simple salespages to review sites to article directories to paid forums to fancy e-stores, there is actually very little you can’t do with WordPress when you have the right tools and step-by-step instructions.

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How To Earn $1000 Online Fast!
 by: Willie Crawford

Almost every day, I get at least one email or phone call from a subscriber or potential client who is in a financial bind. Often they need $1000 or more for rent or car payments within the next few days. They’re looking for me to give them a quick-fix solution, so that they can then focus on building a solid online business.

I “shudder when I hear someone say that they need to do something “now” because I’ve seen so many people in similar situations make very bad decisions. Often when they implemented poorly conceived plans it ended up costing them much more in the long run.

Here are the top suggestions that I offer to Internet marketers who find themselves in the above described situation:

1) Write an ebook and offer resale rights to it. Currently Internet marketers love resale rights to ebooks. If you can put together a complete package that includes a website that’s even better.

Writing an ebook is no harder than writing a high school research paper and then converting it to PDF format. If you are really stuck, you could get a ghost writer to do it for you, but that means you need capital upfront.

Creating a website is no harder than visiting any of hundreds of template sites (which offer many free templates) and choosing a suitable template. Then you edit the template in your favorite html editor.

If you do offer the website with the ebook package then you also need to come up with the copy. The absolute easiest way to do this (for me) is to pretend I’m explaining, to someone sitting across from me, what problem(s) the ebook solves and why they need it. Then you go back and add things such as a guarantee, bonuses, and perhaps testimonials. To get the testimonials, offer free copies of the ebook to online associates in exchange for feedback. If the feedback they give you is negative, then that tells you where you need to fix the ebook.

This won’t give you the best copy in the world but will give you something that can be reworked several times. After you’re out of that bind, if you want to become a really good copywriter, then you get a top copywriting course, such as the one I own (Yanik Silver’s Ultimate At Home Copywriting Course): http://www.ultimateonlinecopymanual.com

After the ebook package is created, you can offer it to your list if you have one. If not, you can offer it prominently on your website. Make the offer irresistible. You can also offer it through online forums, and community-type sites, where they allow you to advertise. In a real pinch, you can offer it through Ebay auctions, but realize that Ebay buyers are generally looking for a bargain.

2) Create, or have created, a piece of software and offer resale rights to it. Practically everything said about marketing the ebook package applies to a software package. You can go to numerous sites such as Elance.com and RentACoder.com and place a description of the software you want created. “Techies” registered at these sites then bid on your job. You review their bids, their references and portfolios, and then choose one to do the job.

There are techniques and intricacies to hiring out work through these sites. I won’t explain them here because there are countless articles on the topic that you can find through the search engines. Read several of these articles, and you should be equipped with the do’s and don’ts of hiring out work through “lance-type” sites.

3) Offer your services. If you’ve been online for any amount of time, and been seriously learning the skills required, then you should have marketable talents. Many online marketers do the tasks that they do best and outsource the rest. If you make it known that you are available to do some of these chores, you should be able find jobs.

One problem that I’ve noticed in this area is that someone will offer to pass along work to another person (as a favor to get them out of a bind), and the person gaining the work will quote outrageous fees. Don’t do that! The person offering the work will just go find someone who charges reasonable fees.

The are numerous Elance-type sites where you can go to list your availability and/or to see what jobs may be listed. You can also post your availability on certain discussion forums and community-type sites.

4) Sell an affiliate product using article marketing. This is one of my favorite selling techniques, and one that I teach often to “serious content marketers” such as members of Content Desk where I sometimes help conduct webinars. It’s at, appropriately enough : http://MassiveCashFromArticles.com

My system, which should be easy for you to adopt, is to first identify a product that’s really needed and wanted by your marketplace. It should already be selling well. Identify the problems that this product solves. Then you write an article about the PROBLEMS. Emphasize why these are really serious problems that your reader really wants to solve. Then you show why the affiliate product that you are marketing is the perfect solution. This is a proven formula!

After you’ve written the article, you can distribute it to article directories and publishers using article submission software. You can also use article submission services which may be a little more expensive (but can also be more convenient). The software that I use, submits to over 700 sites, and comes as part of my membership in Content Desk.

You can also submit your article directly to the publishers of your favorite ezines. Use a personal approach with each one. Explain that you are a longtime subscriber, and why you feel that this article is perfect for their ezine. Explain how their readers would benefit from the article and therefore be further endeared to the ezine. By explaining the “what’s in it for them and their readers” you increase the chances of them using your article dramatically.

5) Run a sale from your site of specially selected product(s). If you have a steady flow of repeat visitors, this can solve your cash flow problem very quickly. What’s critical here is that you make absolutely certain that the product is fresh, in-demand, and properly priced.

After identifying a product that you plan to sell, do a search on Ebay to confirm it’s not being sold dirt-cheap over there. Then do a search on your favorite search engine for the product, and visit a few sites selling the product to see what they’re selling it for. Unless it’s your own product, or brand new, you should be able to find it in the search engines. If you see a lot of sites giving the product away, that a sign that you should seek another product (one that’s not being devalued).

Find, or have created, a good product, place it on its own page on your site (with NOTHING else), and then direct traffic to that page. Then use standard copywriting techniques to sell the product. Prove to them that your price is better than they can find it elsewhere. Prove to them that the product will solve their problems. The easiest way to do this is with testimonials. Ask them for the order, and make it as easy as possible to place the order.

Any of the above five techniques will enable you to generate some quick revenue in a pinch. I’ve used 1, 2 and 4 numerous times with fantastic results, although I wasn’t in a pinch. The reason that I don’t use number 3 is that I don’t like trading time for money, which is what you’re doing when you offer a service. Your earnings are limited by the amount of time that you can offer. I rarely use number 5 but when I have used it, it’s worked well too.

The final thing you have to do after deciding to use any of the above techniques is to DO it. Make a plan and then take massive action. Don’t over-analyze. That’s what stops too many people from extricating themselves from that crisis!

Copyright 2006 Willie Crawford

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Throughout my years as a blogger I’ve slowly realized that there is a significant difference between blog posts that make money and ones that don’t. I’ve also discovered that readers can be easily persuaded to buy something or click on advertisements depending on the article. However, there are certain types of posts that will perform better than others, here are some of them.

Product Reviews

Reviews on products are some of the most profitable articles you can write. This is because the person reading this type of article is usually has some sort of interest in purchasing what you’re talking about. People, especially in our generation, are easily persuaded and willing to spend money by simple recommendation. Reviews, although not sales pages, if positive can really encourage a costumer to take the next step in making a final purchase.

The review should also be accompanied with a call to action towards the end of the post. This, however, is highly debated among bloggers, as some believe that having a call to action can turn a review into a sales page. This meaning that the writer is gearing the page towards selling the product rather than providing an unbiased review to the reader. My opinion on this is that as long as the writer focuses on the review first, that it should be fine to also include a simple sales pitch at the end of the post.

How-To Articles

Being some of the most powerful articles on the Internet, How-to posts provide information to the readers on how to fix certain problems. How-to questions are searched on search engines millions of times each day, related to thousands of different topics. Whether it’s how to cook food or how to buy a flower, there are tons of different niches you can tap into with how-to articles.

What’s even better about these types of articles is that they work well with targeted ad programs such as Google AdWords and Yahoo Publisher. People are likely to click these advertisements because they’re wanting to know more about their question. Having targeted advertising with how-to articles can lead to quite a bit of money going into your pocket.

One other thing about how-tos and reviews is the fact that they’re timeless. These articles can be searched over and over again for years and years. For example: the search words “how to buy a car” is relevant not only in the present, but in the future as well. These timeless articles will allow the potential for these to be profitable for longer periods of time in comparison to posts about trends and news.

Sales Pages

Obviously, sales pages have the best potential to make money because their central purpose is to, well, sell a product. By setting up a sales page post, whether it be on a blog or on a static site, is your best friend when it comes to getting your product sold.

Sales pages don’t build themselves. They require quite a bit of testing to determine what words will trigger a person’s mind and get them to purchase the product. There needs to be a build up to your final pitch of the product. This may include testimonials, product information, and of course, reasons why someone should purchase your product. It’s a lot of work, so it may be in your best interest to get a professional to write the sales page for you.

Trending Topics

Paying attention to trending topics can prove to be really profitable for your blog. When something is popular for a given amount of time people are naturally going to search them. This is where you can take advantage, by giving all of those searchers what they want. By using the power of targeted advertising and programs such as Amazon Associates, creating a blog post related to a hot topic can generate tons of money.

So how do you know what’s hot and what’s not? There are two sources of information you can use, both allowing you to make fast money, including Google’s Hot Trend Page and Twitter trends. Both of these services are updated hourly, giving you access to some of the most popular searches and conversations on the Internet.

Brad has been blogging for over 4 years on his personal blog. He has experience with search engine research, content development and online business. Starting at the young age of 14, he made over $4000 in his first two years, a huge accomplishment for someone so young. Now he continues his success, but also shares some of his knowledge with other bloggers.

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There are many opportunities to make money online blogging and once you get started there will be no holding you back. To make money online blogging it could really be looked at as a numbers game. What I mean by this is that it doesn’t really matter if you only earn a few dollars from each blog, they are very cheap to set up and the earnings can soon mount up before you realise it. It is not uncommon for people to own and run hundreds of blogs and even if each one only averages a couple of dollars per day you can see at a glance how quickly it all adds up.

It really is very easy to make money online blogging with many different ways to monetise your blog to make the money start flowing in. It is advisable to concentrate on one method at a time and once you have set that up and earning you will be in a position to start building an income using the next method.

As always, the best information that I can give you with regard to earn money online blogging is just get on with it. Don’t just think about it because if that is all you do you will never get started. Get your first blog up and running and and monetise it in whatever way you want. Once momentum kicks in there really will be no stopping you and you will make money online blogging in your sleep.

Samantha Milner is a mother, Internet Marketer and the joint owner of her own internet marketing business called DSM Publishing. Samantha went full time as an internet marketer in 2005 and loves sharing her success and experience with others.

You can read all about Samantha Milner’s methods via her make money blog http://www.myeasyonlinepay.com that shows you how to easy it is to make money online blogging.

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Are you trying to get targeted website traffic but are not sure how? Then you should know the best ways are to use so that you can get the maximum amount of targeted traffic as possible.

To help you get started getting all of the targeted traffic you need here are the best ways to get traffic for any online business.

1. Article marketing – This is a very effective method to use because you can target specific keywords to target the traffic that you want. The more articles you write using different keywords the more targeted your traffic will become.

You want to spend some time doing keyword research to help you best target the traffic that you need. Then write articles and submit them online using those specific keywords.

This is a method that you will have to continually keep writing articles for and targeting keywords because only new articles will keep you in the good search engine rankings for specific keywords so you can receive targeted traffic from them on a regular basis.

2. Forum marketing – Get involved in forums that are related to your business. Set up a signature file that leads back to your site. You can use keywords in your signature file to help you target the traffic that you want.

You can also submit articles to forums that will help you target any traffic that you want to.

3. PPC or pay per click – This is a good way to target traffic, but it can be expensive. With this method you will be bidding against other business owners for specific targeted keywords.

Learn how to use this method before attempting it so you don’t end up going broke trying to get the targeted traffic that you need.

4. Blogging – Having your own blog is a great way to target traffic because you can use articles and keywords in different places. Search engines love blogs but only if you add fresh content that is targeting the specific keywords you are using.

Now that you know what the best ways are to use for getting targeted website traffic you just need to get started using as many methods as you can. The more ways that you use the more targeted traffic you will get visiting your business website on a regular basis.

About The Author

Suzanne Morrison is the owner of the Higher Search Engine Ranking website – a site that teaches you how to optimize your website content. Sign up for her free SEO course to learn more. http://www.3StepsToSearchEngineSuccess.com

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