7. Create Social Media Profiles
Social Media is the easiest way for you to market yourself to customers new and old. However, the biggest possible advantage is you are able to monitor what is going on with the competition. Currently the three most used social media networks for business are MySpace, FaceBook and Twitter. Using social media you will be able to publish RSS feeds, build mailing list, leave comments on industry-related post as well as build your own social networks.
8. Create RSS Feeds For Your Business Site and Blog
With the rise in sales of smartphones and mobile devices it is a wise choice to invest in creating an RSS feed. RSS or Real Simple Syndication enables people to see what's going on at your site without visiting the site itself. People outside of the workplace can keep up with what's going on while on the go. RSS Feeds also have been know to take on a viral effect in some cases. You may also want to look into Pod Casting and Video Casting.
9. Add New, Update Old, and Archive All Content
It is very important to keep your information as current and accurate as possible. The easiest way to do this is to add new content, update old content and archive all content. In other words if you have written an article on the iPhone 3G you should edit that article to reflect that there is a newer version of the phone and link to another article you have written about the New iPhone 3GS. As accuracy of information in any industry is crucial, I would suggest updating your archives at least twice a year depending on your industry and how fast advances are made.
10. Get And Check Your Analytics Regularly
Marketing is always an ongoing process simply because what is working today isn't necessarily going to work tomorrow. You will need to check site traffic, conversion rates, customer participation, landing page comparison, and regularly monitor all of your data. This is the only way to find out what is working for your business in terms of advertising. The results of doing this regularly will save you both time and money as you will be able to quickly dump those things that are costing you money verses making you money.
11. Create Inbound Links
Submit articles on your niche to the different article directories found online, like ezinearticles.com, ehow.com, ArticlesBase.com, and buzzle.com to name a few. You should be able to find some backlink monitoring software at seotoolbag.com or iwebtool.com. Creating and monitoring inbound links will help you build outstanding SEO authority.
12. Don't Create Duplicate Content
In other words if you are using cut and paste or some service that provides auto-content...STOP. This will likely create duplicate content somewhere on the net. You must produce unique and informative content, contrary to popular belief that you can use just auto updating content and succeed.
A content web site is a site that is directed to a particular niche. Typically they are a smaller niche and not a vast niche like for instance airplanes. Alternatively a content web site would be about a more modest niche like "How to Repair a Twin Engine Airplane". Typically the content on the site is entirely on that one smaller niche subject. Unless you've been an internet marketer it is very possible you've visited many content websites without even being aware what type of sites they were.
The beauty of content sites is that anybody can easily acquire and profit from them, even though numerous people believe this represents a grueling undertaking this is not the case, as a matter of fact with some user friendly tools and just a little know-how it can be very easily be done. And having said that let's leap right into producing auto-updating content rich websites along with some basic steps you'll need to observe.
Step 1. Before you can move on to Step 2, you’ll need to pick a niche market for your content site. To make it easy on yourself you should start with something you're interested or otherwise very familiar with like a hobby or trade. Please try not to let it be something that you just dream up off the top of your head, and certainly don't let selecting your niche take too much of your time. It's really easy to do; it's not rocket science (Hey that could be your niche!). As a researcher what I did was just pick anything as my "practice run niche" to learn how to set them up and how the different niche markets work. As you begin and you’ve learned how to set up your niche then you can use research to refine it and even move on to selecting a different or related niche.
Step 2. You have your niche now you'll need to do some S.E.O. (Search Engine Optimization) research to build your auto-updating content site around. This can easily be done with most any type of keyword research tool. Do some research and pick one that will fit your skill level and your budget, the more user friendly to you the better. You can find many different keyword & SEO research tools both paid and free with a quick search on MSN, Google or Yahoo.
Step 3. Use a template and build a website; now here's where the fun begins because it is far easier to this than Step 2. Choose a web host that has site building templates to use for your content site. In this way you can choose how you want your website to look without having to know any actual HTML design code and build a site. Once you have a hosting plan and have chosen a template, load it up with your static content (articles, products, pictures ect.) and get ready to add your auto-updating content as the final step in setting up your content site. It can take as little as an hour to have your content rich site up and running, especially if you already have all of your static content ready to add.
Step 4. You may be wondering at this point where you are going to get auto-updating content. This auto-updating content will come from RSS feeds that you will add to your site. To start you can search for RSS feeds by going to MSN, Yahoo, Google, most blog directories and RSS directories once there you should be able to find what you need with no problem. You can even create your own RSS feed widget and even a few article directories will offer you RSS feeds as well. Make certain you use your keywords to find RSS feeds related to your niche. If you are using other people to create the content and using their RSS feed be sure the content is worthy of being placed onto your site. Placing the wrong content on your site will make it worthless to the visitors who are seeking your niche information. The benefit in using someone else's RSS feed is, each time they add new content your site gets new content too without you having to lift a finger (auto-updating in action). However be aware that different RSS feeds update at different intervals in some cases the updates come in hours, others in days, weeks and months. Be sure to find out how often the RSS feed you choose updates; hours and days are the best intervals to keep readers coming back to your site.
Step 5. Knock out two birds with one stone here by putting the word out about your site and starting a mailing list. Write an article about your niche, if you have followed Step 1. as instructed you will be writing about something you already know in and out. Writing about what you know is a lot easier than people think. Try writing like you are talking to an old friend about your niche and tell that friend as many details as possible without getting too long winded (1 or 2 pages should be more than enough). In your article be sure to put a link back to your content site's subscriber page, all good content sites have a subscriber page or list building form on among their pages. After you have finished your article you then submit it to the different article and e-zine directories to get the word out about your site. Be sure to write more than one article, this will establish your know how in your niche and gain trust amongst readers. Another advantage to article writing is that when someone likes your article they will pass it on to friends making it a viral article with links back to your content site.
Step 6. Establishing your subscriber or mailing list, this is the most significant part of internet marketing and the only method to be truly successful. Without a subscriber base you will experience limited earnings if any at all. Everything considered, if you can't convert the reader into a willing buyer, you should then attempt to convert him or her into your subscriber. In this way, you are able to still follow up with your reader with future offers as well as have a chance at converting him or her into your customer, preferably lifetime customer at a later date. Regardless what you select as your niche, do not neglect this essential step in your internet marketing success.
I encourage you to adopt what you have learned from this article, do more research and get started right now!
Should you want to learn more about creating and profiting from auto-updating content sites? http://www.rsscashsecrets.com is giving away a free video tutorial that will walk you step-by-step through creating your own auto-updating content sites.
By Blaine Wallace Stevens Contributing Author for Global Research Team
For the Pros and newbie’s alike there's multiple techniques to apply RSS feeds to your site and profit from them, furthermore in this short article I'll discuss a couple of those ways. Let's not beat around the bush and get right to the meat of the subject so you can get a effective beginning to turning a profit with RSS feeds.
1. One of the best ways to profit with an RSS feed is to create niche content sites. There are a couple of simple stages you have got to stick with, furthermore once you establish your niche content site the majority of your work is done. Simply by using an RSS feed for some of the content your site will automatically update with new content each time the RSS feed is updated. A word of advice here, make sure the RSS feed you choose updates at an interval that is acceptable to you and the goals of your site. When done right it's as "set it and forget it" as you can possibly get. This is the easiest way to go if you would like to make a profit.
2. This one will take a little more effort on your part, but can prove to be very profitable. Try your hand at creating your own unique content and create an RSS feed for it, a good place to make an RSS feed widget is http://www.springwidgets.com. You will be able to promote anything you want inside your content to money. Submit your new RSS feed to RSS directories and look on as your RSS feed spreads like a virus across the internet, this is called Viral Marketing. This will be an impressive means to build revenue thru an RSS feed if you create your content in the proper ways.
3. Start an RSS feed directory of your own again this is going to take some greater effort on your part, but it's an additional enormous method to benefit thru RSS feeds. The reason you would like to do this is that, smart webmasters will syndicate their subject matter by means of RSS feeds in hopes of getting their content to all of the relevant places on the Internet. These webmasters are always exploring fresh ways to have their content spread across the internet and RSS feed directories will continue to be the number one source for them for the foreseeable future. To make this type of site truly profitable you will need to monetize the directory by selling advertising space, affiliate products, and most importantly by placing PPC (Pay-Per-Click) ads on your directory.
4. Offer premium RSS feeds. Here's how you do it, first you will need to locate a professional writer online, unless you have that talent yourself. Second, after checking the writer out and viewing his or her work and you are satisfied that this person will be able to help you develop unique content in different niche fields, hire them. Third, have your writer develop content for at least three different niche fields to begin with and once you have created an RSS feed for it charge people to use your RSS feed on their website. You could also charge for your paid content in the form of articles with PLR (Private Label Rights) as well. Webmasters are always looking for articles on their niche subject.
5. Let's expand on #3 a little and make that RSS Directory you started a Podcast and Videocast Directory as well. In addition to the RSS feed directory you could offer webmasters a place to list their podcast and videocast all from one site. This strategy will also increase traffic to your site by making it more valuable to webmasters seeking to list their feeds as well as customers seeking those listed feeds. The new advertising revolution is proving that podcasting and videocasting are technologies on the rise in internet marketing, and that could mean immense revenue for some quick thinking and quick moving webmasters.
These are five simple ways to make a profit with RSS feeds, and the list goes on and on being limited only by your imagination. Use any or all of the strategies above , dream up your own or even copy strategies from the top websites in your niche. As soon as you've selected a strategy, you'll need to come up with an outline to make it materialize and then promote your site in order to attain income thru it. I just hope this is enough to get your creative juices flowing on the different ways you are able to use RSS feeds to create a hands-off cash flow.
RSS feeds are a comparatively young technology and as time marches on, it will develop like everything else in this modern world...by leaps and bounds. Entering into this line of business today, you'll have the potential to make enormous profit. So, don't wait to get started take the information I have given you here, do some more inquiry and get moving today!
Procrastination is the beginning of failure and a long slow journey to nowhere! Michael Murdock CEO, GlobalMarketingResearch.org said that to me just days before I wrote this and you know what...he's right!
To discover more about producing and profiting from RSS feeds this site http://www.rsscashsecrets.com has a free video tutorial that walks you through creating your own RSS content site in a step-by-step format. Look for my next article “Using Viral Methodology to Build Your Subscriber Base List". Until next time...
To Your Success!
Blaine Stevens
About the Author: Blaine is a personal and business training author.
By The Dark Sage Underground Marketing Guru Contributing Author, Global Research Team
Numerous Internet Marketers are creating more revenue from monetized content websites these days than they ever thought possible. Monetized content websites are merely respectable looking websites with specialized articles, reports, news and perhaps other specialized content on them, this means any blog can be a monetized content site. If you know how to use a what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor, and are able publish a short article (much like this one), or you already have a blog that just needs converting then you will be able to build a monetized content site.
Make no mistake about it monetized content sites do take a good amount of work to make and keep them profitable. This is also the fastest way to have a monetized content site up and running without any money out of pocket. After you design your blog all you need to do is get the word out about it by submitting it to the different directories and website indexes.
The method that the Pro's use to establish monetized content sites quickly is to employ RSS feeds, of which you can create your own or use one that someone else has created. Various "Newbie Internet Marketers" and a few veteran marketers as well are in opposition to employing RSS feeds for fresh content on their websites because of the duplication content filters the search engines use. Nevertheless, you can find the tools that you need online so that near matching or duplicate content is no longer an issue of any real concern.
Simply by arranging RSS feeds on your blog, you acquire instant relevant content. Using the internet you'll be able to begin searching for RSS feed niches on hundreds upon hundreds of subjects, and I'm sure you'll be able to find more than a few that are correlating with the niche you have chosen for your monetized content website. Please make certain that you don't just use the first RSS feed you find. There are several things that you must take into consideration when choosing an RSS feed. Here is how the "Pros" begin developing a blog into a monetized content website effectively employing RSS feeds.
1. Pick your niche, and make it's something you already know quite a bit about. Try a niche on your favorite hobby or maybe your job or favorite sport. Another approach could be if you have a friend or relative that just won't be quiet about there hobby or past time, pump that person for all the information you can get. You could even make that person a partner in your internet business venture. All things considered you need to make your niche something easy for you to talk about as well as write about.
2. Use the internet to find multiple sources of RSS feeds by searching for RSS feed directories, article sites, and blogs. Make certain that you arrange to have the rights to apply the feed, or that the feed is free to use because some webmasters will not allow you to use the RSS feeds they have created. You can also make your own RSS feeds at sites like http://www.springwidgets.com and gain more valuable information on how RSS feeds work and how to apply them. With RSS feeds from springwidgets you can have the RSS feed downloaded right to you desktop, so you don't have to go to the site every time you would like to view the feed.
3. Make it a point that you employ RSS feeds that will put relevant information on your monetized blog or monetized content site. You shouldn't want an RSS feed about "Repairing Cars" if your blog or content site is about "Cooking" this will just drive your visitors to another website. Be sure to check how often the RSS feed will refresh itself (hours, days, weeks, or months) and select a RSS feed with intervals and content that is appropriate for your web site. The shorter the intervals and the more relevant the information the more likely a visitor will return to check out the updated information on a regular basis.
4. Use the internet to find an RSS aggregator and turn the RSS feeds into script or html code so you will be able to place into your blog for instant content. Those scripts and html codes can be used to place your feeds on other sites as well. When building your site you might want to use a template to help you arrange your RSS feeds and banner ads so that they look professional and are properly spaced. It's also best to use a WYSIWYG site builder if at all possible, otherwise you will need to know html or someone that does. Bottom line is keeping it simple this goes for the beginner as well as the seasoned professional (but the pro already knows this).
5. If you build your site around the RSS feed content it then would be wise to add other resources and maybe some affiliate products or your own products to your website to help make it look professional as well as add more value for your guest. If you intend on using only RSS feeds (which I do not recommend, for newbie’s) you must monetize your site in some way with YPN, Google Adsense, and the other PPC networks. You could also use rotating banner ads, a pod cast or a videos on your site as extra content, again keep the content relevant. Also make sure you check the RSS feed for yourself and see if it performs to the standards you have set for you blog.
6. Promoting your blog is the final step; it is also the only perpetual step. If nobody knows you're out there the only visitors you'll have are people who unintentionally stumbled upon your blog while searching for another person’s blog or website, and that's exactly it literally no one else! Among the easiest ways to promote your blog is to use one or more of your blog post as articles and submit them to the different article indexes found online. Another immediate and effortless way to promote your blog is to submit it to the website directories as well, because it is a website! And as far as the search engines are concerned Google will crawl your blog in many cases faster than your website on an equivalent or exact same subject. The more you promote your blog the more potential visitors you will have and the more potential money you will make.
This information intended for the new and intermediate internet marketer and is to be used as a foundation for you to further your education on this subject. There's such a great deal more that you can learn on this subject, as well as some of the other options I mentioned in Step 5, and it's more of a foundation than I started out with.
I won't even begin to try and cover exactly how to do everything in detail here because there are whole books on the subject, as well as stage-by-stage video tutorials you can find online. Since I am not trying to make this article a mini ebook I would suggest you check out this site http://www.rsscashsecrets.com they have a step by step video that at the time I was writing this article was free, and it will demonstrate how to do everything I have mentioned above and than some.
There are also links to other resources, articles, industry news, software and more here on this site. I extremely urge that you employ this article as your foundation, afterward go get the free video tutorial (if it's still there). There are no drawbacks and it genuinely is a complimentary video tutorial. There's no better time to get started...than right now! Why are you still here go out there and get your blog converted or up and running as a monetized content site!
Well, I trust this article has given you some insight and enough of a starting foundation on how to create or convert your blogs into monetized content sites.
By The Dark Sage Underground Marketing Guru Contributing Author, Global Research Team
Numerous Internet Marketers are creating more revenue from monetized content websites these days than they ever thought possible. Monetized content websites are merely respectable looking websites with specialized articles, reports, news and perhaps other specialized content on them, this means any blog can be a monetized content site. If you know how to use a what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor, and are able publish a short article (much like this one), or you already have a blog that just needs converting then you will be able to build a monetized content site. Make no mistake about it monetized content sites do take a good amount of work to make and keep them profitable. This is also the fastest way to have a monetized content site up and running without any money out of pocket. After you design your blog all you need to do is get the word out about it by submitting it to the different directories and website indexes. The method that the Pro's use to establish monetized content sites quickly is to employ RSS feeds, of which you can create your own or use one that someone else has created. Various "Newbie Internet Marketers" and a few veteran marketers as well are in opposition to employing RSS feeds for fresh content on their websites because of the duplication content filters the search engines use. Nevertheless, you can find the tools that you need online so that near matching or duplicate content is no longer an issue of any real concern. Simply by arranging RSS feeds on your blog, you acquire instant relevant content. Using the internet you'll be able to begin searching for RSS feed niches on hundreds upon hundreds of subjects, and I'm sure you'll be able to find more than a few that are correlating with the niche you have chosen for your monetized content website. Please make certain that you don't just use the first RSS feed you find. There are several things that you must take into consideration when choosing an RSS feed. Here is how the "Pros" begin developing a blog into a monetized content website effectively employing RSS feeds. 1. Pick your niche, and make it's something you already know quite a bit about. Try a niche on your favorite hobby or maybe your job or favorite sport. Another approach could be if you have a friend or relative that just won't be quiet about there hobby or past time, pump that person for all the information you can get. You could even make that person a partner in your internet business venture. All things considered you need to make your niche something easy for you to talk about as well as write about. 2. Use the internet to find multiple sources of RSS feeds by searching for RSS feed directories, article sites, and blogs. Make certain that you arrange to have the rights to apply the feed, or that the feed is free to use because some webmasters will not allow you to use the RSS feeds they have created. You can also make your own RSS feeds at sites like http://www.springwidgets.com and gain more valuable information on how RSS feeds work and how to apply them. With RSS feeds from springwidgets you can have the RSS feed downloaded right to you desktop, so you don't have to go to the site every time you would like to view the feed. 3. Make it a point that you employ RSS feeds that will put relevant information on your monetized blog or monetized content site. You shouldn't want an RSS feed about "Repairing Cars" if your blog or content site is about "Cooking" this will just drive your visitors to another website. Be sure to check how often the RSS feed will refresh itself (hours, days, weeks, or months) and select a RSS feed with intervals and content that is appropriate for your web site. The shorter the intervals and the more relevant the information the more likely a visitor will return to check out the updated information on a regular basis. 4. Use the internet to find an RSS aggregator and turn the RSS feeds into script or html code so you will be able to place into your blog for instant content. Those scripts and html codes can be used to place your feeds on other sites as well. When building your site you might want to use a template to help you arrange your RSS feeds and banner ads so that they look professional and are properly spaced. It's also best to use a WYSIWYG site builder if at all possible, otherwise you will need to know html or someone that does. Bottom line is keeping it simple this goes for the beginner as well as the seasoned professional (but the pro already knows this). 5. If you build your site around the RSS feed content it then would be wise to add other resources and maybe some affiliate products or your own products to your website to help make it look professional as well as add more value for your guest. If you intend on using only RSS feeds (which I do not recommend, for newbie’s) you must monetize your site in some way with YPN, Google Adsense, and the other PPC networks. You could also use rotating banner ads, a pod cast or a videos on your site as extra content, again keep the content relevant. Also make sure you check the RSS feed for yourself and see if it performs to the standards you have set for you blog. 6. Promoting your blog is the final step; it is also the only perpetual step. If nobody knows you're out there the only visitors you'll have are people who unintentionally stumbled upon your blog while searching for another person’s blog or website, and that's exactly it literally no one else! Among the easiest ways to promote your blog is to use one or more of your blog post as articles and submit them to the different article indexes found online. Another immediate and effortless way to promote your blog is to submit it to the website directories as well, because it is a website! And as far as the search engines are concerned Google will crawl your blog in many cases faster than your website on an equivalent or exact same subject. The more you promote your blog the more potential visitors you will have and the more potential money you will make. This information intended for the new and intermediate internet marketer and is to be used as a foundation for you to further your education on this subject. There's such a great deal more that you can learn on this subject, as well as some of the other options I mentioned in Step 5, and it's more of a foundation than I started out with. I won't even begin to try and cover exactly how to do everything in detail here because there are whole books on the subject, as well as stage-by-stage video tutorials you can find online. Since I am not trying to make this article a mini ebook I would suggest you check out this site http://www.rsscashsecrets.com they have a step by step video that at the time I was writing this article was free, and it will demonstrate how to do everything I have mentioned above and than some. There are also links to other resources, articles, industry news, software and more here on this site. I extremely urge that you employ this article as your foundation, afterward go get the free video tutorial (if it's still there). There are no drawbacks and it genuinely is a complimentary video tutorial. There's no better time to get started...than right now! Why are you still here go out there and get your blog converted or up and running as a monetized content site! Well, I trust this article has given you some insight and enough of a starting foundation on how to create or convert your blogs into monetized content sites.
To Your Success The Dark Sage Resource: http://www.rsscashsecrets.com http://www.springwidgets.com
Generate Laser Targeted Content For Your Potential Customers!
By The Dark Sage 25th May 2008
1. Create a FAQ page on your site of guest as well as customer questions and the answers you have provided them. Believe it or not FAQ pages are actually targeted content more often than not, because other people have the same exact questions, they just never ask.
2. Surveying your online guest as well as current customers should prove to be an priceless tool. I would suggest doing this anytime you see a drop in readership or income. Ask them what information they need and the type of articles or reports they would like to see released on your web site or published in your ebooks, e-zines and blogs.
3. Take part in chat rooms associated to your targeted audience. Keep an eye on what questions people are asking and ask other people what information they're interested in attaining. You won't believe how much information you can gain from this simple research technique.
4. Take part in bulletin boards related to your targeted audience or even start your own. People always leave questions for information they are seeking, which represents a very strong indicator as to what subject matter you should write about.
5. Analyze what information is being broadcast on television news, talk shows and naturally the internet. The information being discussed in these forums are typically hot current information topics and should not be overlooked as a source of content for your website.
6. Use free web content from one of the many sites now offering free targeted content, that includes articles, RSS feeds and video. This is a very easy way to keep your content fresh without a lot of hard work. It will also help keep your guest as well as your customers coming back to your site.
7. On a regular basis check your web site guest book and if you don't have one add one to your site now! The reason for doing this is that some people will occasionally ask questions or leave comments that will assist you during creation of more targeted readership content.
8. Use the different religious along with national holidays and special events to come up with more beneficial subject matter for your readers. You could relate your content to the different sports seasons, pedigree pet shows, computer expos or anything else your readers have shown an interest in.
9. Checkout internet bookstore's as well as neighborhood brick and mortar bookstore's best sellers list for subjects related to your niche. They happen to be a very good resource for obtaining valuable subject matter as well as ideas to write your own articles, newsletters and blogs.
10. Never relate your article, e-zine or blog to a current fad that's going on in your specific industry, because fads don't last and they are usually a rip-off in some way or another. Try and keep your topics unique to the industry, maybe you have noticed something that nobody else is talking about or found a fresh niche. The topic must be interesting to your target audience or you will be wasting your time.
Reprinted with permission from the author Michael C Murdock,
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