Content is king? No it's traffic

Quality content is useless without quality traffic. Traffic bring in sales and leads and  quality traffic generates revenue for you. I have 3 blogs. Blog 1 has 2000 visitors a day, blog 2 has 50 visitors a day and blog 3 having 200 visitors a day. Which of the blog making me the most money? You might be thinking it is blog 1, but it is not. It is blog 3. You see, income depends on the quality of traffic and of course on the product that you are selling. So talking about traffic, I have listed my top 5 traffic sources. Here they are.

1. SEO and Search Engines
Majority of my traffic comes from Google. I ranked 1 on some sort of targeted  keywords and phrases which brings in 70% of my quality traffic. How did I do that? I build a lot of quality one- way link from related sites. My other blog also got 1000 pages. Do not just create 10-20 pages. It takes time to make a thousand pages but think about your blog as long term business.

2. Article Marketing
Write short articles related to your site and place keyword links on the resource box. That way you get strong backlink plus visitors who may click on the resource box. Now where to submit this articles? One of the best is Ezine Articles. It works for me. Just try it.

3. Pay Per Click Advertising
This might be expensive but it is the quickest way to get quality traffic. Google Adwords, for me, is expensive. If you don't like to use money then just skip this step.

4. Social Media Sites
Nothing new here. Facebook, Twitter, Linkdn etc. bring in traffic. I have make Facebook to its full potential in creating quality traffic. I created a fan page and it brings me huge traffic. Most of the traffics here were temporary but It will bring you leads overnight. Do not also forget the power of YouTube! Create videos and have it watermark with your link.

5. Email Marketing
I actually suck at this and I actually pay someone to do it for me. Collecting emails is such a pain. But I learn a tactic on how to do it. Give free reports with exchange of their email addresses. That way you get repeat visitors. You can bombard them any offers you want. And oh don't be a spammer. That would make them unsubscribe. Write in your email viral messages, detailed information and make it at least once a week. That way you are making some bond with them and they might recommend you to their friends or co-workers.

That's it.  That was my top 5 traffic sources. How about you? Am I missing something important here? Tell me. I am interested to learn =)

Choosing the Good Domain Name

Let us talk about how to choose a good domain name. But as you can see, this blog has no domain name. Maybe you will ask me why am I teaching you how to choose a good domain name when my blog doesn't have one. Okay guys, to tell you the truth I think I have no plan to buy a domain for PC Holics. And here are the reasons.

• I am poor, can't afford buy one.
• I am happy right now with this blog.
• If I buy a domain name, I want hosting too which I can't also afford the monthly bills
• This is a small blog, not a business blog. So I think it is reasonable not to acquire one.

Now that you know,  let us talk about choosing the good domain name for your business website. As long as you start a website, you will have to acquire a domain name specially if its for your business.

So what is a domain name? A domain name is the root part of the address that you type in your browser. Example is www.facebook.com, www.twitter.com etc. And what about the www.facebook.com/home.phpdfffh454545? - Those are now called pages of the address. 

Why Acquire a Domain Name

You need a domain name for the following reasons. It could be one of them.

• You have a business and you have a website.
• You have a niche blog where you earn money from selling ads and or eBooks etc.
• An organization, or any kind of group. Charity group etc.

You may want to consider these also in choosing a good domain name.

• A short name that is easy to spell and that people will remember after they have heard someone mention it on the radio or if they read about it two days ago.
• A name the is built from the nr 1 keyphrase your are targeting with SEO
• A name that does not conflict with trademarks or business names already in use in your target market (or you could lose your domain to a trademark holder)
• A name you want to live with for many years (a lot of your marketing is tied to the domain name)
• A name without hyphens if possible
• A .COM or country specific domain for your business
• A .ORG or country specific domain for your organization

Tips for your Business Website

• Branding is important to your business, so choose a domain name that is short and memorable. If you have long name for your business. Get a domain name with the short version of your business.
• Always acquire a .com or a specific country extension if most of your visitors are coming from a specific country. Example: .com.ph , .co.uk
• Do not use a domain name with hyphens. It would be difficult to remember. Thus, you are losing some potential customers. 
• If you wish to use.net or other extensions like .biz, make also a .com version of them and redirect them to your .net or .biz website. Users are most likely to type .com on the address bar. 

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People String - the social networking site that pays you, unlike Facebook and Twitter

I know you like Facebook and Twitter. But there is one question that I want to ask. Has Facebook and Twitter paid you? Okay, I know you will answer me a big NO! And if you were looking for a social networking site that pays you, then People String is what you've been looking for. 

Yes, indeed. You can make money with People String. If you're having doubt that this is a scam, have a look at this   payment proof that I've Googled.

 

Now you know that it legit. But how will you make money with People String? Here is how.Of course you may want to register first on People String. Here is what is written on their FAQ page.

Making Money on People String

How Much Do I Make?

Free members earn 5% of their direct referrals earnings and 2% of all earnings on levels 2 through 6. Entrepreneur members earn 20% of their direct referrals earnings and 6% of all earnings on levels 2 through 6.

When do I get Paid?

Entrepreneur members get paid every 2 weeks and free members get paid once a month. The Minimum payment amount is $25.00. If you do not meet the $25.00 minimum distribution amount, your balance will carry over to your next pay period.

What revenue do I share in?

All revenue from memberships, ads, search and paid placements is distributed to our members.

Am I paid per click?

No, your percentage of the revenues is determined by how many times a month you login not ads you click on.

Should I click on all ads I see?

No, use the web as you normally would. Please don't click on ads unless you have a genuine interest in the product.

What are Pending Earnings?

Earnings that are waiting a specific action to be confirmed such as entering the code you receive in the mail for the survey. Once you complete the action required, the pending amount will move to your earned money.

How do I receive $0.50 per referral?

When someone you refer signs up you will see $0.50 in pending earnings. When they complete the initial mailbox-cashbox survey and confirm their address it becomes earned money. This is an easy and fast way to start earning money

There is so much more with People String. The potential is unlimited. So why not give a try now? It's a social networking site anyways.

CPC Advertising

CPC advertising is a powerful technique used by advertisers to promote their website, services or business. The advertiser will pay a fee base on visitor clicks and not on the number of views as in the case of CPM. CPC ads are displayed the same way as CPM ads. The only difference is on how the advertiser pay for the ad. if you have a website then monetizing it through CPC is better than CPM. 

This is how it works. For example an advertiser would like to promote his SEO service. Then he would bid for the keyword "seo service". When a consumer searches for the keyword and then sees the ad made by the advertiser, chances are he might click it and will be directed to the advertiser's website and probably made a sale.

The most popular and the best of all the CPC ad networks is Google Adsense. What makes it popular and the best CPC ad network is that it has many advertisers and is available internationally. Other top choices are Yahoo! Publisher Network, Bidvertiser, Chitika, Adbrite and Clicksor. 

CPM ads - The oldest type of website monetization

CPM stands for Cost Per Thousand. You will put banners on your website and then the advertiser pays you based on your traffic not on visitor clicks.

I can say that CPM ads are the most effortless type of monetization and the least  feasible type because CPM ads had low rates. You can only make money from them if you have high website traffic. CPM ads pays you as low as $0.05 per thousand impressions which means you need millions of impressions to earn a decent amount of money.

There are CPM ad networks that pay as high as $12 per thousand impressions but the traffic and quality requirement is also high. CPM ad networks also pay for pop up and layer ads. But such ads are irritating to visitors so many webmasters are not willing to put them on their site.

These are example of CPM ad networks that are good. Some pay CPM only and others also pay on CPC.

• Advertising.com
• TribalFusion
• CasaleMedia
• ValueClick
• Adbrite
• Adtoll
• Right Media
• Burst Media

You can also read these articles which shows top paying CPM Ads Networks

• Top Paying CPM Advertising Network
• 12 CPM Alternatives for Adsense

Links - Another Important Item in SEO

I am talking about links. Last post was about keywords which are definitely the most important item in SEO. Now why links are important? Having links is a part of the algorithm of the search engines. Even if you have perfectly chose your keywords without quality and quantity of links, your site will not be discovered and spidered by search engines. 

Two types of Links in SEO - Inbound and Outbound

Outbound links are links coming from your site and leading to other site while inbound links; sometimes called backlinks,  are links coming from external websites leading to your site. Backlinks are important because it is how the search engines measure the popularity of your site especially Google.Of course there are good and bad links.Good links are links coming from authority and legit sites. Bad links are links that came from link farms and other suspicious places. You can acquire backlinks by buying them but consider free methods of acquiring backlinks unless you aimed to rank on top of search engines.

Anchor Text

This is the most important item in backlink. Anchor text are the exact text where the link starts from. Example: Make Money Online. It is the keywords that you click and then it points to another site. 

Bad Practices to be avoided in Building Backlinks

Here are practices you should avoid in building backlinks to your website. Keep in mid that these bad practices will destroy your sites reputation on SEs and will get your site sandbox! 

•  do not purchase too many links - you can get your website sandbox if you purchase a thousand links in a day.
• avoid outbound links to bad sites. It will destroy your reputation on Search Engines because these sites are disliked by the SEs
• do not participate in exchanging links.There are three reasons why you should not do this. First is you are not sure how long will your link appear on other sites. Second, the context the link appears may have been changed by the site owner. It is suspicious if most of the links from your site are from link ecxhanges.
• always balance the ratio of inbound and outbound links.