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If you're debating which blogging platform to go with for your blog, here's a cool video I stumbled across that covers the positives and negatives of the two most popular platforms - Blogger and Wordpress. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Free Cash Blog Gameplan
Here's a new video for you about the basic steps for setting up your own free money making blog. Enjoy!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
How To Use Free Blogs As A Great Money Making Internet Business Opportunity
Free niche blogs are one of the very best ways to get your start making money online. Here's why:
When you start making some money with your internet business, re-investing those earnings is a good idea - but when you're just getting started, more times than not you have more time than money. Building up a blog on a free platform with good quality content, monetizing it with advertising and using free methods to drive traffic to it is a solid, proven way to earn your first dollars online.
I know, I know: you have to spend money to make money. When you build your business to the point where you can justify spending money, go ahead - building a email list with a service like AWeber is probably one of the first things to do when you do decide to start investing in your business. If you start creating your own
products, you might use a service like E-Junkie to take payment and deliver it to your customers.
But starting out, picking the right market, creating great content and posting it on a free blog, and recommending great products to your readers will make you some money - I know, I've done it :) Good luck to you!
P.S. For a totally free 30 guide to building your own free cash generating mini-blog, check out http://money-making-blogs.com/free-e-course-30-day-blog-launch-blueprint
When you start making some money with your internet business, re-investing those earnings is a good idea - but when you're just getting started, more times than not you have more time than money. Building up a blog on a free platform with good quality content, monetizing it with advertising and using free methods to drive traffic to it is a solid, proven way to earn your first dollars online.
I know, I know: you have to spend money to make money. When you build your business to the point where you can justify spending money, go ahead - building a email list with a service like AWeber is probably one of the first things to do when you do decide to start investing in your business. If you start creating your own
products, you might use a service like E-Junkie to take payment and deliver it to your customers.
But starting out, picking the right market, creating great content and posting it on a free blog, and recommending great products to your readers will make you some money - I know, I've done it :) Good luck to you!
P.S. For a totally free 30 guide to building your own free cash generating mini-blog, check out http://money-making-blogs.com/free-e-course-30-day-blog-launch-blueprint
Monday, April 12, 2010
Niche Market Research Basics For Your Free Blog
Choosing the right market for your blog is, hands down, the most important factor in determining your success.
I've heard of choosing your market or niche as being compared to a fight; if you got to choose your opponent, would you take a martial arts master or a 98 pound weakling? When you're researching and deciding on a niche market for your blog, it's kind of the same idea. You want to find one where you have a chance - not where you're competing against big boys. The good news is that if you know what you're doing, finding a target market isn't that hard.
The first step is narrowing down your target market. Almost everyone starts with too broad of an idea. Let's take the 'Dog Training' idea as an example. Success might be possible in a huge market like this, but you would be making things much harder on yourself that you need to.
Dog training for big dogs would be better. Even better would be dog training for Great Danes.
The next step is to research the 'need' for that market. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use the Google external keyword tool:
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Let's take the dog training for Great Danes example: We go ahead and enter that keyword into the search box, and get about 200 results.
I would want to narrow things down more and see how many people were searching for great dane training on a monthly basis, do more searches for related keywords, etc.
Another tool I frequently use to do keyword research is the Free Keyword Suggestion Tool at Wordtracker:
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
If I can find a 'theme', a niche, based around a series of long-tail keywords that have a good amount of monthly searches, if those keywords don't have a lot of competition, and they're relevant to a market that's willing to spend money, I've found a solid niche.
Make sure to do a regular Google search for these keywords and see what kind of sites come up. Are they relatively new, web 2.0 - property-type of sites? Or are they established, high-powered sites with heaps of content?
Also, take a look at advertiser competition. If people are paying for advertising for a niche, that generally means that it's one that can be monetized. If not, you might want to find a new niche.
So that gives you the basics of niche market research for your blog. This is obviously a general overview - here are two resources I recommend to help you research and choose the right target niche:
Micro Niche Finder - An awesome keyword research software that makes this whole process so much easier. Does almost everything we talked about in this post for you. Will make you your money back pretty darn fast. Highly recommended.
The Mini Money Making Blog Blueprint - The entire system I use to create niche blogs just like these that earn $200, $300, $500 a month and more on autopilot!
I've heard of choosing your market or niche as being compared to a fight; if you got to choose your opponent, would you take a martial arts master or a 98 pound weakling? When you're researching and deciding on a niche market for your blog, it's kind of the same idea. You want to find one where you have a chance - not where you're competing against big boys. The good news is that if you know what you're doing, finding a target market isn't that hard.
The first step is narrowing down your target market. Almost everyone starts with too broad of an idea. Let's take the 'Dog Training' idea as an example. Success might be possible in a huge market like this, but you would be making things much harder on yourself that you need to.
Dog training for big dogs would be better. Even better would be dog training for Great Danes.
The next step is to research the 'need' for that market. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use the Google external keyword tool:
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Let's take the dog training for Great Danes example: We go ahead and enter that keyword into the search box, and get about 200 results.
I would want to narrow things down more and see how many people were searching for great dane training on a monthly basis, do more searches for related keywords, etc.
Another tool I frequently use to do keyword research is the Free Keyword Suggestion Tool at Wordtracker:
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
If I can find a 'theme', a niche, based around a series of long-tail keywords that have a good amount of monthly searches, if those keywords don't have a lot of competition, and they're relevant to a market that's willing to spend money, I've found a solid niche.
Make sure to do a regular Google search for these keywords and see what kind of sites come up. Are they relatively new, web 2.0 - property-type of sites? Or are they established, high-powered sites with heaps of content?
Also, take a look at advertiser competition. If people are paying for advertising for a niche, that generally means that it's one that can be monetized. If not, you might want to find a new niche.
So that gives you the basics of niche market research for your blog. This is obviously a general overview - here are two resources I recommend to help you research and choose the right target niche:
Micro Niche Finder - An awesome keyword research software that makes this whole process so much easier. Does almost everything we talked about in this post for you. Will make you your money back pretty darn fast. Highly recommended.
The Mini Money Making Blog Blueprint - The entire system I use to create niche blogs just like these that earn $200, $300, $500 a month and more on autopilot!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
4 Steps To Building Your Free Cash Generating Blog
Follow these four simple steps to create your own free money making blog:
This could possibly be the most important part of the entire process.
You need to find out what information people are looking for - and will actually pay for. Creating content around what you're passionate about is really important, but so is creating content around what people actually want! I can talk about sitting on the couch, watching football, eating pizza and drinking beer all day (because I like to do all of those things) , but I've yet to find people who'll pay to listen to me talk about that.
2. Create good content - and lots of it
It sounds simple, but the internet is filled with crappy content. Give your readers something interesting and they'll come back, spread the word, and be more likely to take your recommendations, purchase your products, etc.
When you do a search for anything, notice the sites that grab the top spots. They have lots of content! Google likes it! So get to writing :)
3. Drive traffic to your blog
More targeted traffic + good content that converts visitors into buyers = more money for you.
There are literally hundreds of ways to drive traffic to your site. Article marketing, forums, Yahoo Answers, commenting on other blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube ... the list goes on and on.
The point is, you need to be out there promoting your blog!!
4. Convert your visitors into customers
Lastly, if you want to make money, you have to convert your visitors into customers of some kind. You can do this many ways - recommending other people's products and creating your own products are two of the very best ways.
Those are four basic things to focus on when creating a money making blog. Pretty simple ... you just gotta do it!
P.S. For a more detailed plan that will help you earn your first money on the internet in the next 30 days using this free money making blog system, check out http://money-making-blogs.com
1. Market Research
This could possibly be the most important part of the entire process.
You need to find out what information people are looking for - and will actually pay for. Creating content around what you're passionate about is really important, but so is creating content around what people actually want! I can talk about sitting on the couch, watching football, eating pizza and drinking beer all day (because I like to do all of those things) , but I've yet to find people who'll pay to listen to me talk about that.
2. Create good content - and lots of it
It sounds simple, but the internet is filled with crappy content. Give your readers something interesting and they'll come back, spread the word, and be more likely to take your recommendations, purchase your products, etc.
When you do a search for anything, notice the sites that grab the top spots. They have lots of content! Google likes it! So get to writing :)
3. Drive traffic to your blog
More targeted traffic + good content that converts visitors into buyers = more money for you.
There are literally hundreds of ways to drive traffic to your site. Article marketing, forums, Yahoo Answers, commenting on other blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube ... the list goes on and on.
The point is, you need to be out there promoting your blog!!
4. Convert your visitors into customers
Lastly, if you want to make money, you have to convert your visitors into customers of some kind. You can do this many ways - recommending other people's products and creating your own products are two of the very best ways.
Those are four basic things to focus on when creating a money making blog. Pretty simple ... you just gotta do it!
P.S. For a more detailed plan that will help you earn your first money on the internet in the next 30 days using this free money making blog system, check out http://money-making-blogs.com
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