Posts Tagged ‘earn at home’
Wealthy Affiliate Member Says: Never Give In!
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on July 28th, 2009
*Looks round at the dust piling up………………*
Yep I haven’t been around for about a month. I took July off to spend some time with my family, plus I had one or two items that needed some time spent on them away from the internet.
As I come back people are talking about another Google slap. It seems to me that there isn’t much information about the slap that is utterly quantifiable right now. One thing I have heard is that Google doesn’t like affiliate marketers and it is us that are getting slapped hardest.
If any of my readers are concerned about this, I would like to direct you to a guy I have been following for a while and who makes a whole lot of sense, Andrew Hansen. You can read his thoughts on Google slap.
So, one of the reasons I took some time off was because I was totally fed up with affiliate marketing, internet marketing, the whole nine yards.
I felt pulled in all sorts of directions, I felt let down by people I respected, and I felt that perhaps this just wasn’t going to be the career for me. I think many of us feel like that from time to time. Taking a month out has given me time to think about what I want to do and where I have been going wrong.
Many of you will know that I have been internet marketing for about a year now. I am sad to admit that I do not yet earn enough to “fire my boss”. I did seriously think about giving up the whole deal, canceling my Aweber and Hostgator accounts and heading back to what some consider normality. But there is something inside me that knows that this can work, and that it will work for me.
I have gathered so much information in the last year, so much knowledge, that surely it must count for something? It feels like I have all the pieces of the jigsaw but I just need to line them all up right.
Then I realised what was missing. It is fairly embarrassing to admit but what I have lacked is consistancy.
I know I need to keep doing things day after day to make the links and get the recognition I need to succeed. I need to be seen as an expert in my niche, and I need my site to have links, great links.
For your information, I have tried a few link shortcuts and frankly they do not work. I have added my site to link directory after link directory - don’t bother. Unless you have a page on your site that has a load of reciprocal links (who would want that anyway, it would ruin your SEO techniques) then you really shouldn’t waste time with that.
I believe that in order to get good quality links you need to think about what you are putting out there. Get links these ways:
Putting articles on EzineArticles. GoArticles or similar
Making Squidoo lenses, or hubpages, or ehow to’s
Writing good comments on peoples blogs. By which I mean not “great blog interesting info” type comments - add some value people! I get hundreds of comments that are just a waste of time. I mark them as spam.
When you pay good money for links, I think those are the links people make. Generic meaningless comments that just get deleted.
So make it meaningful, add some value, give an opinion, help someone out, that way your comments will be appreciated.
Use forums. Most of them will allow a signature. This is a great way to build a reputation, build relationships. You can easily add value to a discussion in your particular niche. Every time you add value people will not only see that you know what you are talking about, but they will also see your signature with your website on it. It’s another link.
I read somewhere that a new site needs about 1,000 links. That sounds like a huge amount, but if you are consistant (see it comes back to that again!) that amount is possible. Decide how long you want to work on your site before it becomes successful, pulling in many visitors per day. 100 days? So you need to produce ten links a day.
I have a site that is a few months old and it has links, a few. Some internal links too, of course, they are vital. But I am going to work hard on it. I am going to invest some time in it.
Every single day in August I am going to add an article to my site, to EzineArticles, plus to anywhere else I can where I can add value. I am aiming at ten links per day. I will not be checking email every five minutes, hanging out on twitter, chatting on the phone, or any other distraction. My daily goal is ten links which add value. Until I do that everything else can wait. It is my attempt at consistancy.
As always, my friends, I will let you know how I get on.
Best wishes,
Ruth
Wealthy Affiliate Member Advises: Links - the lifeblood of the internet
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on June 27th, 2009
Hi there,
I know a few people signed up to affiliate windows after my previous post. I wonder if you have made a squidoo lens? Is it sitting there doing nothing? Have you made any money yet? Are you getting traffic to your lens?
Putting up a squidoo lens is not enough to make you loads of money. If it was as easy as that, everyone would be doing it.
What you need is links. Links mean Google can see who you are linked to, and you get kudos by association. The more links you have the more possibilities for traffic to your lens.The more traffic to your lens the more likely you are to get sales!
If you have something you are passionate about, and you make a lens on that, it is easier because you probably know a bit about your subject.
That is great because you can add value to your lens, and it will make it more attractive to traffic.
But you do need to let people know you are there.
One great way to do that is to use forums. Most forums allow you to add a signature to your postings. If you put the address of your lens in there, then whenever you post your lens link will be seen and possibly clicked on.
I have a link, just one, on a forum and that link alone gets me 5-15 visitors a week to one of my lenses.
Obviously the best forums to choose are ones that get a lot of traffic themselves. Find one where there are other people passionate about your subject, that ask questions. When you answer the questions you will get publicity for your lens. A busy forum is a great resource!
Another way is to post comments on peoples blogs. Don’t just go to any old blog and write about your subject, find people with similar interests.
If you go to www.icerocket.com you can put in the keywords you need and it will come up with blogs that have postings on those keywords.
If you like you can use one of the many free page rank checkers to find blogs with high page rank. Google ranks pages from 0 to 10, 10 being the highest. For example, squidoo.com is currently ranked 8 I believe. Not every site has a ranking, but as soon as your site gets ranked you will see a sharp rise in traffic.
Anyway, I digress, back to links and your squidoo lens.
Another way to get links is to use your rss feed. If you look on the left of your lens you will see the symbol used for rss feeds, the orange square. You can click on that, and you will get the code for your own personal rss feed. This can then be submitted to various rss feed directories. Try feedage.com and feedest.com.
Another way to get traffic is to join squidoo groups. First make sure that your lens comes up on Google though, put the full title of the lens in “” and do a search for it. If it comes up then start joining squidoo groups. There are groups for every subject plus there are general groups also. By joining these you can increase your traffic as people will visit you from your group. Be sure to return the favour and rank, lensroll and favourite your new friends lenses.
Another way to increase your web presence is to make more than one lens. You can link the lenses together using the introductory module, and this makes you look like more of an expert in your field.
Don’t limit yourself to squidoo lenses. Try eHowto.com, and hubpages.com.
You could even set yourself up a weebly website which is easy and free. You can start yourself off a blogger blog, again easy and free, and write in it regularly. Add links to your lenses and also add the rss feed of your blog to your lens, that way your lens gets new information on it regularly to help attract traffic.
Here are a couple of video tutorials you may find useful:
Do let me know if you have any questions, I am here to help.
Best wishes,
Ruth
Wealthy Affiliate Member says - Work Smarter David Congreave
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on June 19th, 2009
Hi!
I have been watching some videos by David Congreave, since his launch of Instant Website Creation, because I wanted to show you how knowledgeable this guy really is. I am a bit gutted that I wasn’t into internet marketing when I lived round the corner to him; now I live miles away I don’t see him every week to pick his brains!
You can see that David really knows what he is about. He is also willing to help and if you get stuck on any of his projects then email him, and he will do his best to help.
I have been trying to put a video in here for you but it is not happening today on this blog, so here are some links to his videos instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12g7vxYW71M Read the rest of this entry »
Wealthy Affiliate shows: How To Get Years Ahead!
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on June 6th, 2009
Hello there,
Yes its a double posting today. That is because of something rather special.
The eagle-eyed among you will have spotted my new banner over there. This is something I strongly urge you to take a look at. It was made by my friend, David Congreave. David is a great guy, I knew him before I even got into internet marketing. When I saw it I immediately gave him a call, because I was amazed that he was giving this stuff away. (I sound like one of those g***, I am sorry!)
Anyway, I took advantage of it. The first bit is free - hurrah our favourite word! - but there is a small charge for the more indepth information. You will see if you do click on it, that there are only 100 of the indepth information ebooks being sold. Now, I know that lots and lots of the gurus say that, but then they sell millions of them.
But I know that Dave Congreave is as honest as the day is long - I am not kidding here! - so I asked him directly. And he told me that yes, when the 100 run out, they are gone. There is something that replaces them, but the original 100 are exactly that, 100.
I bought it and I was blown away.
There are things on there that are ridiculously easy to set up. I actually set up one of his projects myself in about four hours. Now, it’s only been up less than a day, so it’s not possible to talk about the success of it yet! But I am very hopeful about it and I will let you know.
One other thing. I cannot tell you much about this because along with the full product is a confidentiality agreement. Yes folks, this is serious stuff. I cannot talk about it, since I signed the confidentiality agreement, which I wouldn’t dream of breaking. This stuff will not be leaked onto the internet for at least five years. So if you do decide to buy the full copy (if there are any left) you are going to be five years ahead of the game.
You know that I like to let you know about free stuff, because we all need a bit of help these days. But do at least consider the paid for product, if you can possibly afford it, because you will not be disappointed.
Ok, now I am going to do some work. I am beginning to feel guilty about those lenses, from my last post!
Best wishes,
Ruth
PS Please message me if you have any questions about what I have talked about today - I will do my best to answer.
Wealthy Affiliate - Invest $1, make $1,000’s
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on June 1st, 2009
Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that the one dollar week at Wealthy Affiliate has begun.
I know many people are feeling the pinch these days, the economy affects everyone. But you can get $1,000’s of tutorials, information, tips, all for just $1.
Yes, click the link - Wealthy Affiliate - and sign up to Wealthy Affiliate for seven days for just one dollar. Download all you can, look at all the benefits, and see if its right for you. There are lots of tutorials in the ShareZone by successful marketers, loads of How To’s, all for you to read at leisure for the whole seven days. The cost is just $1!
You will learn so much, and you will not believe the value. Especially for one dollar!
You may catch me on the forum, my nick is BookwormR
Best wishes,
Ruth
Wealthy Affiliate Member Has To Mention Stompernet Again!
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on May 30th, 2009
Hello!
I have had a couple of days off, we have had great weather here in Scotland. You won’t hear that too often!
While I have been enjoying the sunshine and getting in some driving practise, (my test is 4th June), I have been thinking about this blog and how some people come in and read a few posts, but some are just driving by and maybe only read the top post.
So because of that I wanted to recommend again the unbelieveable offer from Stompernet. If you haven’t heard of Read the rest of this entry »
Wealthy Affiliate Member Wins Again!
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on April 18th, 2009
Hello!
I have made a few more lenses you may want to take a look at. At the moment I am thinking about paypal, so I have made a few lenses along these lines.
http://www.squidoo.com/wii-games-paypal
http://www.squidoo.com/xbox-360-games-paypal
http://www.squidoo.com/ds-games-paypal
http://www.squidoo.com/clothes-with-paypal
http://www.squidoo.com/buy-cds-paypal
They are promoting some companies through an affiliate website. I am not going to tell you which one until I make sure they pay out ok, because I do not want to recommend something that is a dud. I do try and avoid that at all costs.
In my last post I mentioned a product which I completely trust to make money online. It really breaks the whole affiliate marketing down into super simple terms.With a bit of keyword research, this is a gold mine, and while I still wholeheartedly recommend Wealthy Affiliate, this product really goes along with it. It is called One Week Marketing, by PotPieGirl, and it is really excellent. Have a click and see how it looks to you.
This week I am putting opt-in boxes on my lenses, and putting my sadly underused Aweber account to more productive use. It is silly to pay for a tool and not use it to it’s capacity.
I don’t know if you are wanting to build yourself a business online, as I do, but if you do I got a good piece of advice this week. As I have probably mentioned, when you join Wealthy Affiliate you get to contact Kyle and Carson, who are the mentors and founders of Wealthy Affiliate. They are excellent, and give answers within 24 hours, and none of this help desk stuff - no they answer the questions themselves. Personal, pertinent replies.
Anyway I had got somewhat miserable about how I was doing, I explained what I had done and how much I felt I had worked, and Kyle said to me: “If you had bought a franchise you would give it more than two months to start making a good income wouldn’t you?” Of course, I had to agree. I started at Wealthy Affiliate on the 10th February. Now as you know I went to Mothers for a week during that time, and had another week off for something else - I think when the children were ill. So how am I expecting to build a business in six weeks. Sounds silly doesn’t it?
So I need to remember to be patient with myself. I see the amount of visitors to my website slowly rising. I see my visitors to my lenses increasing. I know that soon, I will see more money coming in. I just need to keep building my funnels and eventually the money will start dripping down to me.
I added a quote to my wall this week. It comes from Cesar Milan, otherwise known as The Dog Whisperer. He was talking to a client and she said: “All right, I will try.”
Cesar replied: “Don’t try: Do.”
So, with that in mind, this week I am not just trying to build a business, I am taking action to build it. In other words, I will “Do.”
To join me at Wealthy Affiliate visit http://www.homebusinessforretirees-review.com. We don’t ask for your age, so anyone can actually visit the site!
Best wishes,
Ruth
It is here!
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on March 26th, 2009
Hello,
Just a very quick mini blog - my site is up and running!
http://www.homebusinessforretirees-review.com
Here is a link: www.homebusinessforretirees-review.com
Please feel free to comment on it…..
There are so far three squidoo lenses which point to it and they are:
www.squidoo.com/homebusinessforretirees
www.squidoo.com/homebusinessforretireesfast
www.squidoo.com/homebusinessforretireesquickly
Really tired so going to bed now………….take care y’all!
Best wishes,
Ruth
Wealthy Affiliate Member - feeling frustrated!
Posted by Gale10 in Uncategorized on March 25th, 2009
Hi Guys!
Well I promised a site made in Site Rubix at Wealthy Affiliate. And I have made a website with Site Rubix! But I am frustrated because although I pointed the domain to the free hosting at Wealthy Affiliate it hasn’t connected yet. NameCheap.com, who I use for my domains quite often, says that it can take up to 72 hours! So although I would love to give you the address of my website - sadly there is no point as yet. You can be sure though, that as soon as I get it all sorted there will be an addess for you to go and visit, and let me know what you think.
The difference between a goal
and a dream is the written word.
-Gene Donohue
So this week I am on week five of the eight week action plan. It is focusing on setting goals for ourselves, which many people consider essential. I would agree - since I have goals that are written down it is much easier to focus on what to do to get the results I need. I am not that great at focusing and seeing things through, but I have found I improve when my personal and professional goals are written down for me to see.
This week also we are looking at how to organize a complete campaign, whether we are using free, article marketing methods, or PPC (pay per click) methods. I am somewhat intrigued by pay-per-click methods, but it is better to focus on one or the other, and at the moment I am happy with my quiet progess with article marketing. This eight week period ( or thereabouts) is really for me a learning curve, and I am really not looking for a huge amount of sales during this period. Most people seem to get their first sale during week six, but I think I have to do the whole plan before I can really start making serious profits. I keep in mind this saying:
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in, except to the convictions of honor and good sense.” Winston Churchill - October 27 1941.
I keep that on my wall in front of my desk, along with thank you cards from friends and clients, and photos and drawings from the kids. It keeps me on the straight and narrow!
Anyway, thanks for reading, and if I can do anything to help you regarding marketing or any other matter, just let me know!
Best wishes,
Ruth
