The simple answer is no. It isn’t. As someone who has spent countless hours learning how to be successful in the world of online content, I know first-hand at how easy it is to fall into the trap of believing that the online world is just a mecca of wealth waiting to open its arms [...]
It’s no secret that my favorite site to write for is Suite101.com. It’s through that site that I learned how to write for the web, and it’s also through that site that I have been able to “meet” and network with some of the best writers on the web. One such writer is Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen. [...]
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Last April, I wrote about talking about how, with affiliate marketing, timing is everything. And it is. This week, I was able to cash in on another piece of timely content that earned incredibly for me back in October, and then again this week. One of the ways I find interesting content that will likely [...]
In my popular posts about sites that pay you to write, I gave a nod to Squidoo. At that time, I was fairly new to making “lenses.” Lenses are the pages that you create at Squidoo, instead of articles or blog posts. I created a few lenses, and then I just forgot about them. Until [...]
As I go forward with this site, I am going to start increasing the amount of information I present about niche blogs. Niche blogging is a rapidly growing segment of online income earning, one with which I have been quite successful myself. But having a great niche blog doesn’t mean anything if it isn’t being [...]
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For some people, one of the hardest parts of writing online is promoting their own material. But with millions of other websites writing about the same things, promoting material is essential for success. Social bookmarking is one of the easiest ways to promote your content. It’s free, it’s fast, it increases page views and expands [...]
Do you use images when writing articles and online content? If you answered, “no,” you’re missing out on some search traffic. Using images when you post online content not only enhances the experience for the reader, it provides you, the writer, with another opportunity to add keywords to your content. eHow is a great example [...]
I posted last month about writing for Examiner.com, and I wanted to update my readers with my first month’s earnings, just to demonstrate the power of some of the things I have been writing about since the launch of this site. Since joining Examiner, I have added another category to my writing there. I have [...]
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When thinking about search engine optimization, focusing on a link building campaign is crucial. Before jumping in, let’s take a look at the value of a link. Because each link has a different value, we need to consider what the search engines are looking for.
As I talked about in an earlier post, linking and gaining back links is an important part of search engine optimization. Today, we are going to discuss three types of links. We’re going to look at: Linking Deep Linking Back Linking Linking is simply adding a hypertext link that leads from one site to another [...]
Link building an important step in any search engine optimization plan. Many people take the time to research and build a website, but don’t take the time to promote their website. One of the most common mistakes people make is making a huge list of outgoing links, but they never get links from others to [...]
