tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:08 +0000By using Google Adsense and affiliate programs, it is possible to build a second income stream.http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)Blogger438125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-6625381972614441213Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +00002009-11-20T01:00:08.327-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Bill Platt I was in the Warrior Forum, and someone asked what kinds of Backlinks are worth pursuing. This is my answer to that query. As an article marketing guy, I bet you can guess my answer. The answer is that you should have links everywhere your potential clients are looking to find you. Very few link directories offer any real value to you. http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/what-kind-of-backlinks-are-best-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-8772954061146800341Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +00002009-11-17T09:15:03.393-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Paul Marshall With all the changes in Google AdWords and the increased competition these days, organic SEO looks more and more attractive to most of us. The key is for your website optimization to out-perform your competition, without over spending with an online marketing consultant (or without taking up too much of your time if you're going the http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/3-key-points-in-online-marketing-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-1510368582149376617Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +00002009-11-16T07:00:05.118-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2007-2009 Hunter Waterhouse With the increasing demand of high quality content on the web, finding original articles and carefully stylized content is a priority for companies to retain credibility. With today's fierce search engine ranking competition, a steady supply of original articles has become a necessity. Websites need to be designed to increase http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/developing-original-articles-human.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-7612885155596352971Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-11-15T04:45:02.717-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Jason OConnor Twitter is a micro-blogging site that asks you a basic question, "What are you doing?" It allows anyone with an account to write up to 140 characters in a text field as a means to update, comment, promote or communicate to others who are "following" you. When people follow you, they see what you've recently contributed when they login. Theyhttp://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/top-ten-ways-to-use-twitter-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-6302008492091125161Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +00002009-11-15T04:30:03.529-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Scott Bywater The internet has become all the rage these days. Don't send a letter, pop it on an email. Don't mail the customer anything, pop it in an email. In fact, let's forget about letters altogether and do everything electronically. I'm as guilty of this as the next person. But recently I received a thank you card and it made me think a littlehttp://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/zig-when-they-zag-and-stand-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-2797579618198266059Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +00002009-11-14T14:30:03.717-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Willie Crawford It goes without saying that if you don't have website traffic, the other components of your web business can't work very effectively. Without eyeballs on your sales letter, you won't make any sales! There are many ways to generate fast free website traffic, but many of them aren't readily available to the average, lesser-known marketer.http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/how-to-generate-free-website-traffic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-2050115324802687140Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +00002009-11-13T09:45:03.268-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Paul Marshall Yes, Santa Claus IS really dead. Sorry for the news. And you might want to keep the kids from looking over your shoulder here for the next few minutes. :-) As an Internet Marketing Coach, I hear all the time from new clients how they've wasted hundreds to thousands on Internet get-rich-quick schemes before coming to me. Desperation and http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/santa-claus-is-dead-but-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-213270541130125566Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +00002009-11-11T22:00:05.564-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Alan Cheng If you can create viral traffic then you've won the battle for traffic generation. Driving traffic is a continuous task, so viral traffic which grows on its own is a dream for all online business owners. But not many online business owners know or even try to implement it. Here are 5 steps to creating viral traffic so that your traffic http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/list-building-5-steps-to-generate-viral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-5326111929748191064Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-11-11T13:00:04.149-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Paul Marshall Starting out it can all be so overwhelming. But it doesn't need to be. We have to get our products or services exactly right. Then we have to figure out how to explain them to others through our website. We understand the reasons people should buy what we are selling. But can we successfully explain that to our website visitors in http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/how-online-marketing-consultants-can.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-6538808742070598436Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-11-10T13:00:04.140-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 John Khu A successful web site or blog is always made meaningful by its domain name. The web address that you choose must suit the theme and tenor of the web site or blog. Make sure that your domain name matches the subject of the web site or blog. Almost all well-known web portals have a domain name that is short, easy to remember and type into the http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/how-to-choose-url-by-conducting-domain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-3561464645280659279Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-11-10T03:00:05.927-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Bill Platt I have been providing advertising services to online businesses since 2000. I have helped many people become successful online through the use of my services. Too often, I only hear from people on the phone after they have lost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to launch their new online business ventures. They call me when theyhttp://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/10000-reasons-why-you-should-do-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-2130053050414322533Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +00002009-11-01T17:00:05.335-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Bill Platt Everyday it seems, people are asking me the optimum numbers of inbound links they need to acquire for their website in order to rank well in Google. My answer is going to seem a little flip, but it is the honest, best answer. Answer: You need more inbound links - of equal or higher quality - than what your competitors have. Albert Einstein http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/how-many-links-does-it-take-to-get-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-6768985763238519618Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +00002009-11-01T07:15:02.624-08:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Bill Platt You know, if there are listings in Google's search results that are hurting your business, you might think that there is nothing you can do about that. But let me assure you that given the will and the desire, there is plenty you can do about those search engine results that may be hurting your business. So many people look at Search Engine http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/11/how-is-your-reputation-holding-up-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-5371100413855149258Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-10-31T02:30:04.127-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Scott Bywater Years ago, when I was in my teens I flicked through a book by Stephen Covey that you have probably heard of. It's called "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." That was a long time ago and I must go and revisit that book. However there is one idea I learnt that I believe applies to virtually every business. The best way to learn http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/10/teach-to-learn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-1342506626034282333Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:15:00 +00002009-10-30T22:15:03.058-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Willie Crawford Here's the formula that I use to quickly write informative articles that get results. For many of the articles that I write my goal is to get visitors to a website where they take some action related to the topic of the article. Often the action that they take is to buy some product that I recommend. Here is the formula that I use to http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/10/my-super-effective-article-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-526595466204420905Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:45:00 +00002009-10-30T21:45:02.766-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Alan Cheng With a high converting squeeze page, an online business will make more use of the traffic they drive to their website. With more email leads an online business can promote to, there are more chances of buyers for your products and services. Generating traffic is hard work so you want to capture as many of the visitors' emails as you can when http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/10/list-building-9-steps-to-creating-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-3785321519106863352Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:30:00 +00002009-10-26T23:30:04.028-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 John Khu Of late, it is getting increasingly harder to choose and buy a top-level domain name. It is also very difficult to find a top-level domain name that relates directly to the theme and subject of your web site. People who are looking forward to buy a top-level domain name work hard to find a suitable name often with tremendous difficulty. If you http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/10/buying-top-level-domain-name-some-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-4379438487694799223Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:24:00 +00002009-10-09T10:24:12.430-07:00The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 - Press Release The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. Obama has as http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/10/nobel-peace-prize-2009-press-release.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-2384801155078162393Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:15:00 +00002009-09-30T22:15:03.659-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario Online marketing has been a vast and rapidly growing outlet over the past decade. Obviously, there are many approaches to online marketing, but very few that come close to the effectiveness of article marketing. Article Marketing has provided a large portion of the visitors for some of the web's most successful businesses and it has http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/article-marketing-building-links-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-1977801217909145852Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:45:00 +00002009-09-28T20:45:03.380-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Judy Murdoch I have to admit I've been slow to jump on board with the whole social marketing trend. After so many years spent in marketing and frequently hearing about the "next big thing", I've come to the decision that all these technologies are simply communication tools for building trusting relationships with prospective customers. No one tool is http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/social-marketing-not-nearly-as-awful-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-1831772560056364689Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-09-28T06:30:03.805-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario Article marketing incorporates writing carefully and concisely for a target audience on the Internet. While all writing begins with good grammar, accurate spelling and compelling content, there are several differences between print writing and online writing in both structure and purpose. Online articles tend to be shorter than printed http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/article-marketing-writing-for-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-4784702659335415440Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:30:00 +00002009-09-24T03:30:03.118-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Bill Platt "Creating Resistance in Your Copy" is an idea that is alien to most online marketers. After all, online marketers want to believe that everyone should buy their products and services, because the more people buying what is being sold, the more money the marketer will inevitably earn. Alien Marketing Concept This concept is so alien that mosthttp://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/importance-of-creating-resistance-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-8088323080612139924Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +00002009-09-23T19:00:04.203-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Willie Crawford If you are an affiliate marketer, one secret to making more sales is finding out about product launches early. This is true even if you are new to affiliate marketing and have a very tiny list. The reason that this is true is that when you find out about a product launch early, you can position yourself to take advantage of organic http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/why-you-must-find-out-about-product.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-4327418454738142359Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:30:00 +00002009-09-22T07:30:03.939-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2009 Enzo F. Cesario A savvy and free way to increase your business sales is through blog marketing. No matter what business you're in, you can increase your business with a focused blog marketing campaign. You may shy away from blog marketing because you feel that you might not be a good writer, or simply don't like to write. This is understandable. But the http://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/increase-your-sales-with-blog-marketing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17338393.post-2659073049384027804Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:15:00 +00002009-09-20T05:15:03.748-07:00 Article Presented by: Copyright © 2006-2009 Bill Platt As webmasters, we are all chasing customers. We are looking for human visitors to come to our websites and to buy what we are selling. To serve our needs for targeted traffic --- potential customers --- the search companies have begun to offer us a share of their significant traffic through many paid advertising methods. The most commonhttp://m0smith.freeshell.org/blog-si/2009/09/comparison-of-paid-search-advertising.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew O. Smith)0