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Article marketing is a very powerful way of generating traffic and reputation for your affiliate marketing business. But you must work at it and do it right to get the great short and long term results that you hope for.

In this article, we will discuss crucial tips for writing your headline that will help increase your readership.

Whether you are writing articles for your affiliate marketing website, blog or to submit to other sites, your article will only attract attention if your headline is worded properly. The first thing that your potential readers and hopefully customers will see is your headline.

Write a great headline and they are hooked, write a dud headline and no-one will read your well thought out, informative copy.

Headline Do's

• Targeting: Your headline must reflect what your article is about. Imagine coming across a great headline, you click on the article and find it is totally off topic. You would be really disappointed. Also the next time you come across an article by the same author, the trust is no longer there and you would probably pass. Make sure that your headline is related to the content of your article.

• Teaser: Structure your headline in a way that tells the reader what they are about to read without giving too much away. Try to arouse their curiosity on the topic, make them want to click on your article to read more. A headline ' SEO can dramatically improve your website's traffic' will not have the same pull as 'Discover 3 crucial SEO changes you can make to increase traffic to your website today' Same meaning, different delivery

• Tone: Hype is a rampant disease on the internet. As with most infective diseases, over-exposure has led to the development of immunity or resistance in the population. So many headlines are so over hyped that they tend to ensure your article will not be read. How often do you take time to read the article with a headline like this? 'How to make $50000 while you sleep, in just 2 weeks'. You want your article's headline to generate excitement but be credible. That way you present yourself as a credible business.

• Keywords: Try to include your keywords in your headline. Don't overdo it. Including your keyword is good for SEO, and tells your reader what your article is about

• Tricks: Tricks will just irritate your readers and may offend them. It may come across as you insulting their intelligence. Your business should be presented as a serious business and resorting to trick to get readers will erode your reputation. There are all sorts of tricks eg keyword stuffing that may work in the short term, but in the long term will seriously hurt your business

In a future article, we will discuss tips on writing the body of your article to increase your click through rate.

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Let me ask you a very important question. Are you maximizing your marketing efforts? The reason that I ask this is that this is the number 1 reason that most internet marketers fail online.

I remember when I first started online life was very rough. I really felt overwhelmed as there were so many different skills that I needed to learn. I learnt the hard way that I needed to track and test everything to see where I was getting the best return.

Let us look at how I use a proven system of marketing to build my business. I send all my traffic to a squeeze page where the main purpose is to capture the name and email address of my subscribers. After this has taken place I send my traffic to a high converting sales page where I make sales immediately. Then I follow up with my subscribers by building a relationship and backend promotions where I make most of my money.

So let us look at in forensic detail how I use article marketing to do this. I write keyword optimized articles and submit them to all the major article directories. I include a link to my squeeze page in my resource box. All the traffic that I get from the article directories will build my subscriber lists as they are sent to a squeeze page to download a free report.

This is a really simple system that works. Now the key to make this very profitable is to track and test everything. When I first started I was not making that much money. However, I tracked and tested everything I did. I found some offers that converted very well. I also consistently tweaked my sales pages to ensure that I get the maximum results from them.

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Google loves links! Ever since Google placed a value on the quality and number of links into your web pages, links have become the currency of the internet. You can buy links, sell links, exchange links, or if you're really lucky have people climbing over themselves to link to your site without any interaction on your part whatsoever.

The way Google looks at it is if you have a link pointing to one of your pages then it is seen as a 'vote of confidence' for that particular page. The more incoming links you have, the more votes. It's a simple as that - or is it?

Well not entirely. Google's claim is to "search more sites more quickly, delivering the most relevant results." To this end they have an algorithm (or algorithms?) which they use to rank web pages in their SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). This algorithm is made up of a multitude of mathematical formulas, each one taken into account when analysing the code and content of a page. The make-up of this algorithm is a strictly guarded secret and remains so to anybody outside of Google HQ (so be wary of any SEO company claiming to be privy to this classified information) and one has to assume that those select few in the know have put their hallowed signature to some sort of confidentiality clause.

A known factor pertaining to this algorithm is that not all links are equal. For instance, ten links from ten quality websites that bare relevance to your own content will far outweigh one hundred links from one hundred low-grade and completely unrelated sites.

Value comes from trusted sources!

Google reward web pages they regard as being trustworthy with Pagerank (PR). In the simplest of terms this is a value between zero and ten that appears in the Google toolbar. Pagerank, in turn, is worked out from a number of factors. These include the age of the site, the length of time the domain has been registered, and - once again - the number of inbound links. You will see sites touting themselves as a PR 5, or a PR 6, etc. in order to sell links or appear attractive for the purposes of reciprocal linking.

But once more this isn't as simple as it sounds. In all actuality the little green bar of Pagerank that appears in the Google toolbar has never been a reliable representation of a page's actual PR. Except for when Google are looking to make an example it only gets updated every three to four months and it is not unusual for a site with a low toolbar PR to rank higher in the SERPs than one whose toolbar PR is higher.

Actual Pagerank is known only by Google and as with everything else that spills forth from deep within the ubersanctum that is Googleplex, Mountain View, California, they're in no hurry to divulge its mysteries to us mere mortals.

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First off, search engine optimization is a big phrase but do not be intimidated by it. It is a very powerful method that will get your website a lot of traffic if done correctly for little or no cost. I refer to SEO as the method of making your site relevant for a given topic so that search engines place your site high in searches for that topic. It is a lengthy process that takes a lot of hard work and patience but the dividends are worth it, trust me.

- The first thing to do is to be smart with your decision about what exactly your sites topic is. Be as specific as possible, if you have a site about African American cooking do not target just cooking as it is too broad and will bring visitors that arent looking for soul food. Be thorough in your keyword research which can be done with free tools such as Good Keywords (google it) or http://inventory.overture.com. Be sure to target keyword phrases and not a single word that is relevant to your site. Check the very end of this article for a resource that goes over in a full-length ebook how to research keyword phrases to target.

- Place your researched keyword phrases in four places. One, make sure your most relevant and primary keyword phrase is the first to appear in your keyword meta tag. If you are unsure of what a meta tag is make sure to refer to the e-book site at the end of the article. Meta tags are hidden to the visitor but are read by search engines to determine information on your website. Two, place it in the early part of your description meta tag so that search engines pick up on that keyword phrase as well. Three, put it somewhere in the title of your website. Lastly, make sure it appears a few times in your websites content but do not spam that phrase all over the place. I also recommend having anywhere between 5-10 keywords in your keyword meta tag, but the first four are most important.

- Have unique, relevant website content. Make sure your websites content relates to the primary keyword phrase you are targeting and that it is unique, original content. Search engines have cracked down on duplicate content and penalize websites for spewing their dupes all over the web. It takes more work to write up the new content but like the entire process it is worth it and a big piece of the puzzle.

- Build backlinks by submitting your site to link directories and websites at the top of searches for your targeted phrase, especially if they have a high page rank. If sites linking to your site are relevant to each other search engines love it and will reward you for doing so if you get enough.

- Write unique articles and submit them to article directories like ezinearticles and articlesbase. I advise that for every website you launch that a press release to be sent to prweb.com or other pr sites and 5 launch articles dealing with the topic of your website. These articles should pre-sell your website or service but not by describing it, it should provide the similar information or summarize the content of perhaps a recipe database or an e-book. This article is a perfect example, I want to inform the masses of my knowledge but also want readers to expand on that knowledge by picking up my e-book. Make sure you include your sites link in the author bio this will also build up backlinks. After the initial five I advise at least writing one article a day to submit, ideally Id say get around 500 unique articles in directories as soon as possible, but make sure they are relevant and well-written; do not cut corners with SEO.

- Once again be patient and be willing to wait a while to see the results of your work. I have faith that with these small steps and more in-depth procedures and descriptions to be revealed from my e-book that you will have all the knowledge that you need to put it to use and get to the top of Google.

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Is forum posting really a trite time expenditure for bored people? Oh, come on...surely you can see the potential value in forum posting. While there are a number of facets that go into increasing traffic to a blog, links remain one of the most important aspects. This is because every link to your site that exists on the net counts as a vote towards your Google page rank. The more links that you have on the net the higher your ranking will be in the search engines which means more people will discover your blog.

The process is easy: simply join the message boards you are interested in (they are almost all free) and add links to your blog in the messages you post on the board. You can place links in the body of your messages or you can leave them in your message "signature" as well. In time, the search engines will deep scan the web and find those forum links. Yes, they add up and yes, they count for search engine optimization!

It is always best to stick with the forums/message boards that have high page rank as links on such forums will be indexed by Google rather quickly. (Please note: this does not mean you should discard the value of lower ranked message boards as they have their value as well) Of course, you should also stick with message boards that share similarities to your blog so your link does not stand out awkwardly. Plus, if you stick with forums that you enjoy you will have more enthusiasm for posting messages if it relates to content you enjoy.

Creating a link to your blog in a message board post is relatively easy as most blogs provide a link creation function often symbolized in the comment toolbar as the icon of a chain. (Get it? Link and chain?) Basically, you would create a term for the link (say "Comic book blog") and highlight the term. Then, click on the link icon and type in the URL of the box provided. Voila! Now, you have an instant link!

If there was one caveat to put forth it would be not to spam any message boards. This will lead to your messages being deleted and your membership to the board being revoked. But, if you contribute to the message board with quality and interesting posts then your presence will be appreciated and your links will probably remain safe!

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With a lot of article marketers competing for the attention of online users, you need to devise mechanisms that can help you and your articles stand out from the rest. This is the fastest way to make yourself and your website popular in the World Wide Web that can lead to increased page views and improved sales potential.

1. Make your titles truly impacting and effective. As you know, online users choose articles to read base on their titles alone. If your headlines are lousy, you can be sure that your articles will be left unread. Don't let that happen by using attention-grabbing titles that are direct to the point and descriptive of the content of your articles.

2. Provide unique content. Don't just search the web for articles to rewrite. Strive to give your readers information that cannot be found elsewhere. This is one of the most effective ways to brand yourself as a great source of information online.

3. Be consistent. Avoid presenting conflicting ideas on your articles to prevent confusing your readers. Take a firm stand about the issue you write about and stick to it.

4. Check your facts. In distributing information, it is very important that your content is accurate and well-founded to avoid misleading your readers. Back up your claims, especially those which are relatively new, with studies, researches, statistics, and other reputable resources.

5. Make your articles search-engine friendly. You must be familiar with keyword usage and appropriate keyword density. You must also know how to use Latent Semantic Indexing that can help you figure out other related keywords that you can use to better rank on search engines.

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"SEO Made Easy". Welcome back to the 2nd part of SEO Tips - 3 Steps to SEO Made Easy. Our first 2 steps to improve your SEO rankings for our blog posts or web pages are:

Step #1 - Choose Your Keyword

Step #2 - On-Page Optimization

Let's look at the final important step in SEO Made Easy:

Step #3 - Off-Page Optimization

One of the factors that affect our site's ranking in search engines is having backlinks or inbound links (IBLs) linking back to our sites. This is a highly sought after factor for high SEO ranking, so much so that some people are willing to pay money to get a high ranking. So, how can this be achieved?

1. Placed Links These are links that YOU can place intentionally by yourself. This is the easiest and most used method that I employ these days to increase my number of backlinks to my blog or websites so as to improve your SEO rankings. You can do this by several ways:
   
   i. Submitting to Article Directories - When submitting articles to directories, submit to directories that have at least a page rank of 3, like www.ezinearticles.com. This is a great article directory and when your quality articles are copied to blogs or other article directories, you link could get "viral" very fast and you could gain up to 50 backlinks with just one article.
   
   ii. Posting in Forums & Comments- When you write a post in forums,for your signature, just post your blog or website link and anchor the text. This will create not only a free back link but when people read your forum post and they like what you post, it will attract them to click the link and you "drive" traffic to your blog. There are many forums out there. Register and try out: www.warriorforum.com.
   Another method is to post comments in blogs and include your signature and a backlink back to your website or blog.
   
   iii. Submitting to Social Bookmark Sites - Users can save links to web pages that they want to remember and/or share on the social bookmarking sites which are usually public for people to see and view. We can post our blog post to social bookmark sites like www.digg.com, del.icio.us, www.reddit.com. Of course you can post to many other social bookmark sites. An easy free online tool to do this is at www.OnlyWire.com which you can use to submit to 18 popular social bookmark sites with the click of a button.

2. Link Requests You can find sites that are related to yours and send them an email asking them to link to your site. It does work sometimes, so if you're up to the task, go for it. If you're going to do this, remember to be sincere. This could also be done asking the blogger or website owner to review your site or blog. If the website is high in page rank in Google, this will definitely boost your SEO ranking in search engines like Google.
3. Paid Links You could buy a review from paid review sites like www.reviewme.com. A tip on paid links is to search for sites that rank in the top 10 of your keywords. Find a page that ranks well, but that is not in competition with your site, and send an email to the webmaster, offering cash to add a link to your site from the web page. You can offer $20, $50, $100, or whatever you think is fair.

There you have it. These are not an exhaustive list of SEO techniques for your blog or website but are sufficient for you to get really good results! These are the 3 most used Steps to SEO Success that I always use and are effective to improve your ranking in Google for your keyword search. Try it out and if you have any comments... do post your comments to me below.

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Why should you optimize your website for not so competitive keywords as a rookie webmaster? Most new webmasters start optimizing for very high competitive keywords, because they want to hit the jackpot.

Nevertheless they will not rank at all for any little competitive keyword, because there website is new and it probably it has no trust at all. I have some beginner and advanced webmaster seo tricks, which you can use to gain some traffic when launching your new website, and to start making some money of your website.

When you starting a new website or weblog, no one knows about it. So you can do a lot of work, with link exchange, submit your blog to directories and submit your rss feed to any website. But there are better ways to make a stable traffic source, like optimize your website for not competitive keywords. Most skilled webmasters tells everyone do not start with not competitive keywords, because the traffic they gain is very minimal, and gives no profit on the long run.

I did a lot of testing and my experience is that when you start with competitive keywords, it takes months before first visitors come trough google and will rank your website for some strange keyword phrases.

Because you have no trust rank or enough backlinks, and because nobody knows your website or blog, and they will not link to you page.

When you start with 3 phrase keywords with weird synonyms or something, you can rank easily on these 3 phrase keywords. Because no one wants to rank on them, they just start off with high competitive keywords. Do not forget to use not competitive keywords in your title tags because with this seo trick you can hit the number one spot easily.

So your great new website can rank on number one easily on these keyword phrases and start to gain some traffic. Don't expect much traffic, but a website without traffic in any months is NOT fun to make or update. That's why most people quit there website or blog within 3 months because they are not motivated to go further if no one reads there content.

Now you are on the number one spot (maybe 2,3 or 4) but you gain traffic, and a small amount of people know your website. Maybe some webmasters will start linking your website, and your website will growing with backlinks and trust.

After a few months you still gaining traffic and when your website or blog got enough trust of google, it will climb up the results on very competitive keywords. Then all your old content and articles are going to rank on synonyms of your synonyms :) When you used a synonym of a very highly competitive keyword and it starts ranking on the original keyword you will be a very happy webmaster, with still a lot of motivation.

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Do you think that there is really any factor which affects the value of hosted documents? Then let me tell you that YES! There are factors that affect the rankings of hosted documents.

Before we start talking about those factors you should know that these factors in fact influence any web document on the search engines and thats why they are an integral part of all SEO services.

If you own any website or plan to have own one; then you must keep these factors in mind as it can aid in ensuring top rankings in major search engines especially on MSN, Google or Yahoo.

Now lets come to these factors:

Subject matter of site: The subject matter or the topic of the website plays major role in getting good rank on search engines. Ideally a website should focus on one niche sector. Being a comprehensive database on any topic can make sure that your website will have good chance of getting ranked well.

Sites link popularity in relevant community: Link Building can deliver results only if the incoming links are from relevant community websites. For example if your website deals with SEO services, there no point in having a link from a car washing company. It can in fact be taken as a negative (spam). That is why always make sure that links are garnered mostly from relevant industry specific websites.

Universal link popularity of Site: This factor measures the importance of the links to a unique domain along with other links of important sites. Hence, it is the other important factor that plays great role in getting rank on search engines.

These factors are of great importance in getting good rankings on the search engines.

Other important factors

Structure of Internal link: Search engines and visitors understand the hierarchy and navigation elements by going through the websites internal link structure; making it an important variable influencing websites search engine rank.

Sites epoch: Sites age is another factor that influences a websites rank. Older the website the higher will be its value and trustworthiness.

Although these factors are not the only ones that determine a websites ranking, yet they are very important when we consider the whole SEO approach. Understanding the importance of these factors and working on ways to improve them can definitely ensure that your website ranks very high on the website.

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Right now, I'd like to offer you a condensed, brief crash course on article marketing and writing and quickly demonstrate to you how these little "viral cash generating goldmines" can instantly increase your traffic and sales.

Forget everything you were taught in English class. Writing articles Is "meatball writing". You want to write in your own style and at an 8th grade reader level...

Here are 7 effective tactics for explosive article marketing:

1. Don't try to impress your readers with your sheer intelligence.

2. Don't use big words when you can use much simpler, shorter words that have the same meaning.

3. Don't bore your readers! Add some sizzle and spice.

4. Be unique and show your personality! Don't be afraid to be yourself.

5. Always keep your articles short, sweet, concise... and to the point. Each article should be about 300 to 700 words.

6. When adding articles (as content) to your website, you can make your article as long as you'd like, however when submitting to article directories to promote your affiliate products and or your own sites you want to follow their strict guidelines which usually involve a specific maximum word count and format.

7. Use bulleted points and break up lines of text with transitional effects like this... and this -- or use (parenthesis like this) to make it easier on your reader's eyes.

And always try to keep this vital tips in mind as well when writing...

A well marketing article should consist of short sentences and short paragraphs, bulleted points and sub-headings, each addressing a specific point of topic in your article.

There should be lots of white space within your article body. Most people look at large blocks of text and will go away from your article very quickly. You do not want to lose your reader.

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Search engine positioning is imperative for gaining online visibility, credibility and website traffic. Call it common sense, ego gratification or simply human nature for individuals, businesses, or bloggers alike to aspire to carve their name into the #1 spot in the SERPs (search engine result pages) and firmly establish bragging rights in Google, Yahoo, MSN and countless secondary search engines.

Aside from the traffic and exposure, there is nothing quite like that top 10 feeling, even more so, if you're feeling lucky and play your cards right, you may in fact lay claim to multiple high ranking positions with tremendous daily search volume as a result of these website positioning tactics.

The sad truth about this is, working hard to achieve a competitive term can be short lived as you may celebrate your top 10 victory before going to sleep, only to wake and find your site punted to a less than satisfactory 12 positions into the nether regions of the 2nd page. Just be prepared, if you aren't defending your keep, all is fair in love and war, and as you know, the competition never sleeps.

Being at the top of the food chain has its advantages, whereas in this instance its the top of the organic listings in Google, Yahoo, Altavista, Ask, MSN and the other top tier search engines that is the prize sought by millions of proud online participants. The advantages are obvious, so without digressing into the reasons why it is important to be in the top 10 organic search results, lets take a brief look at the two types of search engine positioning that can either be (a) the greatest sense of elation you have ever felt in your adult life or (b) the reason why you lose sleep at night thinking about all the traffic you missed, from one slip off the rung.

The Two Types of Search Engine Optimization

In essence there are only two types of optimization, intentional optimization (the words and key phrases you aspire to attain) and the unintentional key phrases (otherwise known as long-tail) optimization. The first typically occurs through meticulous keyword research, building backlinks, link hunting (browsing through your competitors links and looking for patterns, similarities, tactics, etc.) as well as employing various website promotion strategies to catapult your site into the top 10.

The other type of optimization comes through semantic relationships of the keywords your pages are optimized for (or your competitors) triggering responses from search queries and giving the one with the most relevance (or backlinks with the keyword in question in the anchor text) the vote of higher search engine positioning.

One example of intentional optimization are when companies strategically purchase or use a URL with the keywords in the name. Although this is slightly off topic, it deserves a sentence or two to at least bring the tactic to light.

For the sake of elaboration, a website with a keyword in the URL typically has precedence over sites that do not have those keywords in the name (title or description). For this reason strategically it makes sense that if you wanted to rank for a term from the start, then you may wish to consider purchasing a domain with the keywords in the title. Owning the URL and not hosting your site there (just pointing at your current domain through domain forwarding) is not as effective as actually hosting your old site there and performing a 301 redirect at a new keyword-rich URL to give the new address a dose of link love and juice from your previous link building efforts. This is only one of many types of intentional optimization utilized for website positioning.

Another example of intentional optimization is through the use of deep links to give your internal pages more ranking potential from using the key phrases that comprise those internal pages as the anchor text (the text used in the link) for link building when you are developing backlinks from related or authority websites. This of course is nothing new, and when applicable you can control what is in the link instead of click here, depending on the website, if it's a directory, a press release or article. The ideal method of course is writing an article and using the author's resource box to add your leading keyword as a hyperlink to you site or in the instance that it's a blog post, you ultimately get to control the hyper link, the page it points to and the text used to link. For this reason, blogs are the hands down best choice for building links using a platform like word press which by default works wonderfully for optimization purposes if employed correctly.

In any case, this revolves around intentional optimization. The icing on the cake comes later when you realize that if you optimize enough terms that are less competitive, your site begins to move up the tail (the rungs of associated keyword combinations) so to speak and starts to rank for terms with higher relevance and traffic over time as the process gestates.

As a result, it is not uncommon to begin toppling associated key phrases, based on the strength of your content and optimization method. In laymans terms, if you are targeting a category for search engine positioning, the logical thing to do is use "exact match phrases" in the description and body copy when applicable. This creates an association with your site when those same queries are searched for online, much like a signal flare calling in the search and rescue team.

The glue between on page optimization and off page optimization is the volume and quality of the backlinks your pages receive from other websites. Controlling how your website is linked to can mean the difference between you ranking for "click here to visit" or "your main keywords", so if the links pointing at your pages happen to have those same "exact match phrases" your pages are geared toward, then guess who is going to rank higher (at least in some search engines, mainly Google based on personal experience) which is great, for intentional search engine positioning.

Another by-product is, since you know that this process is the underlying basis of ranking higher in search engines (at least for the time being, until other methods are in place to determine relevance). Then choosing the right words for link building are far more important than just making an assumption and using any old text for link development.

As an example, according to word tracker (a keyword research tool), the term search engine optimization for example has a daily search volume of 14,329 per day (which is an extremely high search volume). However if you add one word to it like search engine optimization company or search engine optimization services for example the daily search volume is 323 a day and 292 a day respectively, quite a decrease from the root phrase.

In addition to that, the competition for those terms is also proportionately less than the root phrase. So say for example that you wanted to get a piece of the action and optimize that keyword for your website, the last place you would want to start is at the top of the food chain. Its almost like a newborn hatchling trying to take on the king of the jungle, at very best its amusing and typically results in a frustrating exercise in optimization.

However, on the other hand, if you start at the bottom of the chain and work your way up, chances are you will amass numerous top 10 positions, grow your traffic organically within the realm of that keyword and unintentionally optimize several keyword combinations as a result of covering the pivotal terms (through exact match, anchor text link building) which would later be used in unison during long-tail or more specific queries from prospects performing searches.

So, ideally one should always try to start small and work your way up the chain but also try not to overuse the secondary lesser terms too much otherwise you may only be able to rank for them specifically in that exact order. One remedy is (a) use the root phrase in the descriptions and on page (b) build links with the secondary terms to cover your bases. This becomes apparent later if you try to optimize the less popular terms first and then attempt to go for the main meat and potatoes which is in my opinion more difficult.

By keeping your descriptions and titles lofty with the supreme goal in mind, when you do hit the appropriate digital density to topple the equation in your favor, your pages are already-ready-already as you grow your site into those proverbial key phrases / shoes.

So, remember, dont think like a hatchling, trying to take on a lion at this point is futile, grow your keyword list and strategically acquire rankings (one key phrase at a time) and eventually you will attain the top ranking keywords in your niche.

In the meantime, aside from discouraging others trying to figure out just how you climbed that ladder, your job is to stay ahead of the pack and keep abreast of the next emerging high search volume keywords that can rank all the way to the bank. Catch the wave in time, and you can ride it all the way to the shore and have just enough time to capitalize on it before it spirals down the chain.

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Article marketing is considered the best way to generate search engine traffic to your website. And excelling in this method is relatively easy for as long as you know the following tips:

1. Produce original content. Strive to give your readers unique, fresh articles by not copying other writers' work. Communicate your ideas and your knowledge using your own words to avoid content duplication. When you provide your potential clients with unique content that cannot be found elsewhere, you will be instantly regarded as a great source of information and building your readership will come easy.

2. Your articles must be well-written. They must be free from run-on sentences, complicated paragraphs, and incoherent ideas which are all confusing to online users. Instead, your ideas must flow well and must be presented in a logical manner.

3. Your content must be relevant and useful to your target market. The information you present on your articles must be geared towards addressing your potential readers' need. They must either solve their pressing issues or improve their knowledge about their areas of interest.

4. Your titles must be attention-grabbing. This is the element you would like to focus on if you would like to improve your clickthrough rate. Make your headlines enticing by making them direct to the point, keyword-rich, and truly compelling.

5. Your topics should be related to your products and services. If you are offering signature bags, articles about shoes and mobile phones will not help you drive targeted traffic to your website. Make sure that your topics are relevant to your offerings so you can easily pitch in your products on your resource box.

6. Be direct to the point. As you are serving audience with little time to spare, it pays to make your articles concise, short and direct to the point.

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The majority of todays experts agree that web pages have to be search engine friendly to improve your search engine rankings. You must start with a well designed page with relevant web copy. This is crucial. Doing this properly will help the search engines easily index your web pages and rank them high.

In addition to internal page factors such as frequency and positioning of relevant keyword phrases, the leading search engines are now recommending that you place more importance on off the page factors, particularly links from other domains.

If you are bent on working with Google then you need to understand that Google ranks individual urls based on which other urls link to them, which urls link to those and so on.

You must carefully choose the terms you want to use to include as the most productive search terms for your site. Consider carefully terms that associate with the correct targeted visitors for your site. Place these terms in the search engines and find out what pages rank near the top for them. These pages should be on your list if you want to link to them.

Once you've completed this step now find which pages are linked to these sites and put them on your list as well. If you are able to get links from any of these sites then you will be able to dramatically improve your ranking on Google and other search engines.

In summary here are the key steps to always follow:

• Improve your Link Popularity
• Carefully consider your Metatags and Keywords/Phrases
• Write a persuasive Home Page
• Use Clickthroughs and Affiliate Programs for better ranking
• Submit a Site Map

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Your articles will consist of three main parts: The introduction, the content, and the conclusion. If you follow the Power Writing Model and develop your details from the questions you initially created, you will have no trouble at all knocking out 700+ words of good article content.

Introduction - Here you want to explain the problem or issue you are addressing. Maybe you are setting the scene for a time when you encountered the same problem. Whatever the main focus of the article, whether it be to help them save time, solve a problem, or teach a new skill, share your insights here. The best way to grab someones attention is to show how you have been in the same position theyre in.

Content Your readers are looking for information worth their time. The information you present should be of high quality. Follow the Power Writing Model and use sub-headlines to provide a great piece of content and address your readers issues. People pay for information in order to solve their problems. Provide them with a great piece of information and they will beg for more. Then, when it comes time for your resource box, they will be motivated to follow your link.

When it is all said and done, the reader is only after good content. In order to provide great content you will have to demonstrate your knowledge in your field. Write a valuable article which is actually designed to help your reader and not just get them to your site. If you can accomplish this, your articles will become highly successful. People will begin to develop trust in you and what you have to say if you honestly attempt to help them. A great relationship with your customers will follow due to your efforts in earning their confidence.

End Prior to reaching the point of concluding or wrapping-up your article, you have been building your readers thirst for more knowledge. Now you are going to leave them hanging in a To-Be-Continued frame of mind. The main idea here is to leave them wanting more. Thats the only reason they will even follow your link in the first place, Right? A good technique to accomplish this is to help them learn a particular skill to aid in part of a larger problem. Then, when you are developing your resource box, include a reference to maybe a free e-book, or a product which handles the entire problem.

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Use Header Tags

Header tags are used to specify headings within an article on a web page. For example, using H1, H2, and H3 header tags make it simple for readers to quickly skim your web pages for content that they want to read, rather than having to trudge through all of your content. In fact, most people will not read through all of your content if it isn't simple to read. Online surfers have little patience and will leave a website that doesn't quickly give them useful information in an easy-to-read format.

Bold and Italicize Keywords

Bolding keywords will make them stand out to readers so that they know right away what your web pages are focusing on. This is another way to keep people on your website for an extended period of time, helping them become more familiar with your business and website.

Use Title Tags

A page's title tags tell people who are scouring search results on Google, Yahoo!, and Live (formerly MSN) what your web page is all about. You should use a different title for every web page, and the title should always be written specifically for that web page. If possible, include the title of the article on the web page in the title tag. The title should be the primary keyword that the web page is focusing on, as well.

Write a Unique Description for Every Web Page

Since every web page is unique, they should each have their own unique description. Try to use your keyword one or two times in the description. Overstuffing the description with keywords will not likely improve your search rank.

Use Unique Keywords for Every Web Page

Each page should also have its own set of keywords. The primary keyword that a web page is focused on should be the first keyword in the list of keywords. This improves the keyword's prominence, which is a very important factor in search engine optimization.

Only Use 100% New, Unique Content

Content that is copied from another website is counted as duplicate content by search engines and will not be likely to improve your website's search rank. Write your own unique content or hire an SEO firm to write optimized content for your website.

Make Your Website User-Friendly

The first two SEO tips in this article discussed how using header tags and bolding/italicizing keywords helped maintain your readers' attention. These tips also improve your search engine rank because search engines look for these optimization techniques because they want to deliver quality websites to their searchers.

There are many SEO tips that can improve your search engine rank, but your website is not likely to see the first page of a search engine for search terms that your visitors are actually using without the help of a Houston search engine optimization firm. You may show up for second-rate search terms and what are called "long-tail keywords," but the competitive keywords that targets markets actually use are often targeted by big-budget retailers and service companies.

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A lot of people have successfully grown their ebusiness by just using article marketing. This powerful marketing tool allows you to offer online users what they are exactly looking for whenever they go online - information.

Here are the 5 amazing methods to impact your article marketing:

1. Solve a problem. Identify the issues that are affecting your target market and present solutions through your content. If you are writing for people who are combating unwanted weight gain, you can write about different exercises to tone their bodies, effective diet pills, and tried-and-tested diet programs.

2. Bank on your titles. The first step to succeed in article marketing is to get people to notice your articles so they will be opened and read. You can easily do this by using titles that are intriguing, striking, attention-grabbing, and direct to the point. It would also greatly help if you can communicate the readers' benefits on your headlines to further compel online users to check on your content.

3. Empathize. Let your readers know that you understand where they are coming from and that you have sound solutions to their problems. This can help you easily establish rapport and trust among your potential clients.

4. Make your articles search engine-friendly. Increase the chances of your articles being found online by sprinkling relevant keywords on your content and on your titles. Observe proper keyword density to avoid being tagged as keyword abuser.

5. Know your target market. To make your articles highly targeted and focused to the needs of your readers, you need to get to know the people to whom you are writing for before writing your content. Identify their gender, their hobbies, occupation, social status, educational background, etc. The more you know about your audience, the better you will become in creating content that they will find useful and relevant to their lives.

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In this article SEO 101 - Search Engine Optimization for the Complete Moron you will learn how to get Top Placement Google, Yahoo, MSN and all other Search Engines in a Matter of days. By following the 4 steps detailed in this article SEO 101 - Search Engine Optimization for the Complete Moron you will be able to generate Laser Targeted traffic to any web page you choose without spending any money or purchasing additional Products. You don't even need to have your own Domain or Web Site to use the Methods detailed in SEO 101 - Search Engine Optimization for the Complete Moron.

Step 1 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Get a Free E-Mail Account.
You will need to have an E-Mail Account. I recommend you get a free account. Two that I use are Yahoo and Gmail.

Step 2 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Get a Free Blog
You will need a Blog. A Blog is a very easy web page to setup and Search engines love Blogs. You can get a free Blog at blogger.com, Wordpress or Myspace.

Step 3 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Find a Key Word Phrase with Moderate Popularity.

First find a List of Keyword Phrases with Overture or Similar Tool. I Like Overture because it is Free

Next Type Each Keyword Phrase into Google and See How Many Pages of Results Google Finds for each Phrase. Pick a Phrase with about 1,000 Pages. You can go as low as 200 or as high as 10,000 but optimally 1,000 pages works best

Step 4 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Find a Product to Promote That Matches Your Keyword
Now that you have keywords you need products to promote. Go to clickbank and type your keywords into the Clickbank Search engine to find products to Promote. Of course if you don't have a Clickbank Account you will need to join. Yes it is free to join

Step 5 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Promote Your Product For Free with USFreeAds
Write a Brief 1 Paragraph Ad about Your Click Bank Product and promote it on USFreeads. You can use USFreeAds for free but for $9.99 a Month you get unlimited ads and fantastic features like HTML in your Ads. Be sure and use your Keyword Phrase from step 3 in your Ad Title and once or twice within the body of your ad. After you create your Ad create a Blog Entry with the contents of your Ad.

Step 6 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Write an Article
Write an Article with between 250 to 500 words and submit it to Multiple Article Directories. For a list of article directories see my resource box at the end of this Article SEO 101 - Search Engine Optimization for the Complete Moron. Be sure and use the Keyword Phrase in the title as well as the body of your Article. After you create your Article create a Blog Entry with the contents of your Article.

Step 7 SEO 101 For Complete Morons Kick it Up a Notch
If you want to kick it up a notch or more for any given Keyword you can do any or all of the Following things

1- Create a Squidoo Lens with Your Keyword Phrase

2- Write an additional Blog Entry with Your Keyword Phrase

3- Create a Hubpage

4-Work the Forums

5-Use additional free Classified ad sites

Step 8 SEO 101 for Complete Morons Ping Your Blog
By Pinging your Blog you are letting the Major Search engines Know that your Blog has changed. Pingoat is great free services that will Ping Most of the Major Search Engines.

Step 9 SEO 101 for the Complete Moran Earn $2,000 Monthly within 100 days
Each Day for 100 days find a Product and Keyword Phrase. Apply Steps 1 to 7 for the Product and Keyword Phrase. If you follow these Guidelines each Key Word Phrase will earn you on Average of $20 a Day. If you do only 1 keyword phrase a Day at the end of 100 Days you could be earning $2,000 a Month.

Remember you can use more then one keyword phrase per product. So if you find Book on Organic Dog food recipes and it has 5 Keyword Phrases that meet the rules you can create 5 Articles and 5 Ads for this Product

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Having been involved in real estate investing for little while now, I've become very familiar with various marketing strategies. And along the way, I also found out which methods generated leads, and which ones didn't.

One thing to note is that everyone will experience different results with their respective marketing campaign. Two different people in the same market could be doing the same exact thing and get very different results.

And two different individuals, in two different markets can get similar results. That's just the nature of the beast.

But there is a secret to this; there is no secret! You have to test each strategy in your particular market to find out which one works for you. And when I say test, I mean test.

For example, don't send out 5,000 letters to a mailing list that you've never tried. That defies all common sense. In that example, I would send out 200 letters and see what the results are before diving in headfirst.

I recommend that you apply this methodology across all the strategies below until you find the one that works the best for you.

So, in my opinion, the following are the top 5 real estate marketing strategies (in order of effectiveness and quality of leads):

1. Apparel/Human Advertising
2. Direct Mail
3. Cold Calling
4. Bandit Signs
5. Newspaper/Yellow Page Ads

Apparel/Human Advertising

This is my favorite way to generate leads. Why? Simple. Because leads come to me, instead of me chasing them. Let me first explain what "apparel/human advertising" is. I define it as "wearing your business," meaning that you display and promote your services on your apparel and clothing.

I simply put on a shirt that markets my services whenever I go out -- to the mall, grocery store, post office, doctor's office, etc. -- and people come up to me to talk about real estate and their specific situation. It will surprise you how many people will approach you.

And the quality of leads is also high. You know why? Because people instantly and clearly know that you are a real estate investor and will only approach you if they are serious.

For example, I wore my "Private Lender" t-shirt the last time I visited my doctor. Once he read my shirt, he couldn't stop talking about real estate and how he has been looking for places to invest his money. Bingo, now he has the answer, and I secured another private lender to my stable.

And guess what? He has other friends who are doctors, dentists, and lawyers who have money to invest. Now you can see why I like this strategy so much.

• Most inexpensive method
• Instant, direct way of telling people what you do; face to face contact
• Only works if you wear the apparel
• Only works where you are

Direct Mail

There are several ways to employ a direct mail campaign. I've attended several seminars run by real estate "gurus," and each guru will swear by their own program. So, being the pragmatist that I am, I tried a majority of them.

I've ran marketing campaigns using postcards, handwritten letters, professional letters, and even USPS priority mail. Out of all the campaigns, handwritten letters generated the most leads.

On a good campaign, I received 25% response, which is astronomical. Don't expect this high of a response rate every time. My average response rate hovers around 10%.

• Direct mail isn't cheap. It is the most expensive strategy.
• You must choose your mailing list wisely and get it from a credible source
• Depending on the list, you will receive letters that could not be delivered
• Most homeowners will respond only after multiple mailings (experts say 7 contacts is the magic number).

Cold Calling

How many people can truly say that cold calling strangers is something that excites them? Probably not many, because most people inherently avoid unfamiliar territory. It's time to get past that fear and get out of that mindset, because cold calling is by far one of the most effective strategies out there, especially if you are going after the preforeclosure market.

First, you need to get a list of individuals to call. If you are marketing to preforeclosures, there are several services that will provide phone numbers of homeowners facing foreclosure. Second, you need to practice your call script. Know what you want to say and how to respond to objections. And practice this over and over until it is second nature--and then practice once more. You get the point.

Being able to respond intelligently to the homeowner's concerns will build credibility and rapport. Those are the two most important things to construct during a cold call. Remember, you are a stranger who they know nothing about.

Thirdly, be able to prescreen each caller efficiently and effectively. Gain a true understanding of their situation, and obtain enough information to analyze the property to see if it fits your criteria. And finally, if the property meets your criteria, be able to close, whether it means getting an appointment to view the property or actually agree to sales terms.

• Very effective -- when you get in contact with homeowner
• Targeted to only those you want to market to
• Easy way to build rapport with homeowner due to personal contact
• Calling strangers asking to buy their house is not on the top of most people's list
• Can be time consuming and can only market to people you actually talk to

Bandit Signs

If you're not familiar, bandit signs are those PVC signs you might see plastered around town, reading "I Buy Houses, Any Condition, Any Price." They are usually attached to wooden posts near busy intersections.

Before you go putting these signs up, check with your city's rules and regulations because bandit signs are illegal in many cities. You can be fined heavily if caught.

The effectiveness of bandit signs is up for debate. A few years ago, I would have said that bandit signs worked great. But now they are everywhere and commonplace, people might be numb to them. Nevertheless, if you are the only sign posted, people will notice.

And if you pepper your farm area heavily, you will generate leads from bandit signs. Bandit signs are relatively inexpensive, roughly $2/sign, and you can hire people to post them. But you might have to have to put the signs up every 2-4 weeks, depending on how fast the "sign police" in your market do their clean sweep of the area.

• Inexpensive strategy
• Can reach a broad audience if you want
• Not targeted; "shotgun" approach
• May be illegal in your city
• Frowned-upon by some individuals as "eyesores"

Newspaper/Phone Book Ads

Like all service providers, placing an advertisement in the newspaper or phone book is always an option. But let me stop you here. This type of marketing has been by far the least effective method for me. It is expensive, sometimes prohibitively costly depending on your market, and is not targeted.

Sure, it can reach a broad audience, but is not worth the cost of the ad for me. And like all other ads, you will be clumped together with all other companies that provide similar services. So it's hard for you to stand out, relative to the other marketing strategies already covered.

Like I said, I've had very bad results from placing these type of ads. So bad, that for one of my phone book ads, I only received 2 calls over the course of a year. And one of them asked me if I buy mobile homes! That might be an opportunity for some investors, but that doesn't float my boat.

• Can reach a broad audience
• Very costly
• Not targeted
• Doesn't generate quality leads (for real estate investor purposes)

Now that I've covered the top 5 marketing strategies, I hope that you have a better understanding of what you want to employ in your business. But remember to test more than one strategy in your market to see what gets you the best results. This is the only way that you will find what works in your market. Go out there and make it happen!

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