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20 GOOD WAYS TO BOOST YOUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC: PART 2

Just like the Part 1 of this post which had some important basic things needed topromote a new website, below are the other half things which i would like to discuss:

11. Forum Signature

Mostly the online discussion forums hold a high PR value of which you can take full advantage by adding up your link url as your forum signature. Lets suppose you run a “Cars Review Website or blog”, now all you need to look for a popular CAR/Auto vehical related Discussion forum website, and join in as a member.  Once you have done this, now setup your Forum Signature containing your own website URL. This gives you many back links, which can divert good traffic as well as search value.

12. Create Groups

All search engines inlcuding Google, Yahoo or Bing have their own group services (just like Google Buzz) where you can setup a Group of people with similar mind set. (.e.g all Gadget interested people considering you have a Gadget selling/reviewing website).  Now, make a group and share all your related stuff maintaining your own social circle.

13. Buy Links or Traffic

Considering you have little money to invest, this could help a lot in buying some good Link Backs from Quality PR5+ websites which could result in High Google Page Rank of your own website, and also get you good traffic directly from a website. BUT Make sure that you should buy Targetted traffic which is the most important thing. If you have a Cars/Auto related website, than you should get a backlink from a car/auto related website itself, otherwise it wont be of any good use.

14. Link Exchange

Dont have money to invest to buy traffic ? Than probably Link exchange is more viable solution for you. All you need is to contact other webmasters (maybe friend webmasters) or you can contact any webmaster through their website contact form (but keep it mind, only those websites with Link exchange with you which will have Same traffic as of yours). Because big websites will not link exchange with a small traffic website, obviously. So keep this is mind, but link exchanges with small websites can make a small website get big traffic at some point.

15. Traffic Exchange Programs

Do you know that you can get some traffic for free from Traffic Exchange programs, which are completely free. Today there are a lot of websites with huge traffic mainly sourced from Traffic exchange website such as: MGID. Yes join MGID, put their Photo WIDGET on your website. Now when a visitor on your website clicks on their Widget, in return you will get 2 visitors back to your website from theirs. For more details goto: http://usr.mgid.com/demo/

16. PPC Advertising Program

Pay per click advertising can be very very usefull in getting targetted traffic to your website, but on other hand can be very costly for those who have limited advertising budget. However i have seen and heard of success stories from people who did advertised on Facebook through there PPC advertising program, and got quality traffic in return.

17. Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking can get you quick backlinks. Social bookmarking sites like Digg, Twitter, Reddit and Stumble will help you get many quick backlinks. Try this as well.

18. Squidoo and HubPages

These high PR web 2.0 websites can do a lot to increase the traffic of website or blogs. You simply need to go toSquidoo or Hubpages, signup for an account, and write in a 500 words article containing 1 or 2 back links in those articles back to your Main website. This way you can get some traffic as well as search PR.

19. Press Releases Submission / Distribution

Get your website promoted by Press Release distribution networks such as prweb.com (though this is not free) but will get you huge exposure throughout the world even through Print media.

20. Free or Paid Classified

Advertise your website or product through Free classified websites or paid ones. Google this out for more details…

FREELANCERS CAN EARN BIG MONEY DOING JOBS WHILE AT HOME

If you still don’t know, a Freelancer is someone who sells services to employers without a long term commitment. And Freelancer has always been an open profession which does not fall under any restrictions. Lets say, if you are a good Designer who can work good in Photoshop (designing), and looking for someone to hire you for a small/time limited project but for Good amount of money. This kind of jobs are known as freelance, and you in this care are to be called as a Freelancer.

Well i think its enough of an introduction, and now lets come to original point:

Freelancer.com is the one of the Big boss platform which is currently providng Freelance jobs to a lot of people from around the world. If you are a PHP programmer, PSD (photoshop) designer, webmaster, article writer, online publisher, SEO and many more to name. Means, in short, almost any kind of job you are looking for, chances are that you will surely find someone who can Hire you for doing his project (if you can meet his requirements).

Currently over a hundred category job offers are daily posted on Freelancer.com (checkout the 

url:http://www.freelancer.com/projects/all.php)

Lets talk simple….

• Can you Design some good unique wallpapers ?

• Can you develop/design a custom HTML Template ?

• Can you develop some PHP/MYSQL CMS or Script ?

• Can you modify an ASP Script or customize it as per your employers requirements ?

• Can you write simple, easy and unique articles ?

• Can you do Data Entry work (simple as copy and paste) ?

• Can you design good .gif or .swf  animated flash banners ?

  
  

  Can you search and provide “Graphics/Icons” to someone as per his requirements?

• Can you do SEO (Search Engine Optimization) of someones website/url ?

• Can you do a job of Posting someones Website URL on a dozen Blogs/Public Forums ?

Plus many more scenarios you can find yourself on Freelancer.com (Signup and Login) and start looking for jobs.

If you think, that if any of the above things, you can do, than you are at right place… and right person to become a Freelancer.

Freelancer jobs depends on work required, and time utilization, lets say you can sell your Custom or Unique wallpapers on Employers request for $5/wallpaper to $15/ Wallpaper depending on the budget and quality standard requirements from the employer. I will strongly require you to atleast try and look for some good Jobs at Freelancer.com and make good profits 

REVIEW COMMISSION JUNCTION (CJ) AFFILIATE MARKETING PROGRAM

Commission Junction which is unanimously, and undoubtedly the best, the greatest and most popular affiliate network.

Commission Junction (also known as: CJ) has thousands of advertisers and affiliates worldwide (including offers from Asia, i.e. India, China) added to its database.

  

Some advantages and disadvantages i would like to share:

Advantages

1. The products and services of the advertisers (merchants) are more reliable and well-known (i.e. known software companies and known brand advertisers)
2. Variety of advertising links are available, for the affiliates: various banners, text links, product links, and search boxes. (so you may choose best which msuits your needs)
3. The commission is managed and paid by CJ (Commission Junction) and not through the merchants, thus no payment delays.
4. Payment options: Direct Deposit (selected countries / or on special request) OR via “Checks”.
5. Better tracking reports, providing (optional) link encryption and capability to hide the tracking code in link.
6. Instant Publisher Approvals.

Though there could be possibly more advantages but i have mentioned all, which currently i could remember.

Now some bad things…

Disadvantages

1. The payment threshold for the publishers is $50 for direct deposit and $100 for paper check. (for small publishers this is a dis-advantage)
2. Bad to below average Customer Support. So expect longer response times.
3. Affiliates earned commissions are protected only for six months when the amount itself too small to be paid out.
4. Some offers need to be “approved” by the merchants and handling rejection and asking approval can be painful. (Yes truely painful most of times, when many known Brand advertisers will take a lot of time to approve you manually).

BUT….

Just like any other CPA – Affiliate Ad Network, CJ also does has its strict policies, and those Publishers/Partners who fail to generate a successful and valid sale (also known as ‘lead’) during first five months period, in that case the publishers commission junction account is de-activated (or suspended) and goes into dormant state after passing next 30 days (if no Zero figure remains during this period as well – so 6 months in total).

Following is the email which usually a Publisher will receive in the said case:

Dear ABC,

You are receiving this email because your Commission Junction publisher account has not generated any valid commissions during the last five months. Commission Junction is committed to maintaining a dynamic and productive marketplace. Consequently, per the Publisher Service Agreement, we regularly deactivate accounts that are not actively earning commissions and do not have a sufficient balance amount. Your account has been deemed inactive and is scheduled to begin the dormancy process in the next 30 days. What that means is that beginning 30 days from now, your account will begin accruing a monthly dormant account fee against any balance that currently exists in the account. Once the account has reached a zero balance, the account will be deactivated. This fee only applies to dormant accounts that currently show a balance; if your account currently has a zero balance, no fees will be assessed and your account will be deactivated immediately following the next 30 days of inactivity. Please note that once your account is deactivated, you will not track or earn commissions and your advertiser relationships will expire if you do not reactivate the account within the first 90 days of dormancy.

How exactly to Save and Prevent Commission Junction – CJ Account from Deactivation?

Commission junction not only informs affiliate about the inactive status of his account but also gives useful suggestions to prevent commission junction account from going into dormant state. Below are given those tips which can prevent account deactivation at commission junction.

If you no longer wish to keep this account active, simply disregard this email and your account will be deactivated in 30 days through the normal process described above. If you wish to continue using this account, here’s what you can do to get your account into active status:

1. Generate a commission before your account is deactivated. Deactivation will occur only 30 days after the account balance has reached the zero mark, or 30 days from the notification date.

2. If you are unable to generate a commission within the next 30 days, your account will enter the dormancy state. If this happens, than simply log in back to your account within 180 days from the day of deactivation and follow the prompts for reactivation. This will reactivate your account with no consequences except for loss of tracking records between date of deactivation and reactivation date and the loss of any advertiser relationships between this time will be an additional minus mark.

3. You may call Commission Junction Client Support anytime (in case of problems with reactivation process) and request for your account to be restored. You may call them at 1-800-761-1072. They are available from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm U.S Pacific times, Monday to Friday, excluding company holidays. Client Support can only reactivate accounts once they are dormant; Client Support cannot prevent an account from going dormant. If you do not wish for your account to go dormant, the only way to prevent the status change is to earn a commission within the next 30 days.

If you have any questions at any time, please call them at the number above or email them using the Contact Us link in your CJ Account Manager.

USE YOUTUBE TO LEARN AND EARN MONEY

I am sure, most of you would be using Youtube as major source of entertainment, and must be unaware of its major advantages (yes, i am sure some of you must be un-aware.

Today, youtube has become like a T.V channel, where most of people are wasting there valueable time watching Movies, Drama episodes and junk videos. I consider such activities as complete waste of time, as well as your energy.

Did you ever realized that this same portal could in-fact help you learn some great things, and help you earn money online.

Now Let’s say you wanna become a good Photoshop designer, but you have an excuse that you cannot be a good designer because you do not have a teacher… Well this is no more an excuse, because almost anything you want to learn today, and its their on Youtube.

Example: search for ‘photoshop tutorials’  and you are shown with hundreds of tutorial links on following url:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=photoshop+tutorials&aq=f

Their could be several other things which you might want to learn, such as setting up your own website, web designing, php programming, setting up your own wordpress blog etc etc… (these are one of simplest things)

                                                                   OR

You can learn Playing Guitar to Expert Driving to Tips on Skydiving… my point here is to tell you that, make best use of  this and don’t waste your time on useless stuff (i mean entertainment), because you must have already wasted a lot.You can also search Google for anything you want to learn and that comes to your mind.. and i am sure, that could help a lot in taking yourself into a new direction, and you might build your interest in new ways to make money online 

The choice is yours, that you want to waste your time, or make best use of it by practically learning something using Youtube and Google. That’s all i wanna say for today, and i hope you will make best use of my advice.

SIGNUP AND GET A GOOGLE ADSENSE ACCOUNT AND EARN MONEY

Google adsense today, has been easy popular as things like Television or Newspapers, almost everyone today knows about Google Adsense, and will love to have a account of his own.

For those newbies who do not know about what Google Adsense is, ‘Adsense’ is a Publisher program by google, where Advertisers from around the world come together to advertise their respective products. For example, all big Brands today like Nokia, Samsung, Microsoft, Pepsi Co to a Store owner or a Brand, mostly all of them advertise online by keeping up with the trend. Thus Google Adsense is a great and in fact the best Advertising company that pays good to its publishers. Obviously to earn with Adsense, you will need to have your own website with some unique content on it.

Getting a Google Adsense account now, requires a legitimate website with some quality and unique content, be it Music, Furniture, Health or a website on any Legal topic. (yes weapons, drug and adult related illegal content is not allowed).Now, if you own a website and you are thinking about this easy way of earning through google adsense than, first thing you will ask is “How to Signup for a Google Adsense Account ?”

To signup for a google adsense account, simply goto: https://www.google.com/adsense and fill up the required fields in the sign up form.

1.   Click on ‘Sign up now’ button.

2.   Fill in all the required information, and all information should be authentic otherwise, it will be you at your own risk.

3.   Once the information is submitted, scroll down and click ‘Submit Information’ button.

4.   On very next page, you’ll find two options. If you already have a google account, select the first option,otherwise if you don’t have an account, then choose second option, amd it will open an account registration box below.

5.   Here you will have a couple of options, whether using an existing google account for adsense or create a new a new one. You can decide according to your choice. Enter an email address and password. Then type the given letters in the box and click ‘continue’.

6. Now you are done, and next thing is to wait for 2-3 business days to get your website approved, once this is reviewed by the google adsense support team. Sometimes this procedure could take upto weeks, pending in review, so better know that.

Once you get your Adsense account up and running, simply login to it, and setup your new Tags (Ad-Code) and paste on your virgin website.

Now just bring legitimate traffic, and you should be earning good in a while.

SETUP YOUR OWN WEBHOSTING BUSINESS AND MAKE MONEY ONLINE

A lot of people today are making money online by ‘Reselling’ web hosting services, since it is one of the most profitable online businesses since over a decade.  For new bies “Reselling” here means, to Purchase/Rent a Dedicated Server, and sell Shared Hosting Accounts to webmasters.

Today over a million of websites are Live and pinging, and every website requires a Web Hosting. Example: Just like food is basic requirement of a ‘human’ to survive, similarly, web hosting/server is the requirement for a website. Thus there is huge revenue opportunity in this over a decade old business. However, an important factor is “Experience” in this business and “Investment”, those having both are surely  to spin a lot of money.

To summarize few basic steps to start this business are:

1. Sign Up for Web Hosting Reseller Account

First off you need to sign up for a web hosting reseller account (e.g. http://www.hostgator.com/resellers.shtml) or any other reliable web host or data center which offers Reseller plans. Three popular web hosts which offer reselling services include GoDaddy, Site5 and Blue Host (Google it). Choose the best bandwidth and web space plans, which you think should be enough to start off for a few customers. Tip: Prefer managed Reseller plans (bit costly) but more reliable since you do not have to worry about backups and custom requirements.

2. Setting up your own Website: for Web Hosting   Service!

Time to build and setup your own website, (obviously this itself will require a Web Hosting Plan)  There are quite a lot of FREE web 2.0 Hosting Website templates, ( just search Google ) or you can get many free athttp://www.warchain.com

http://www.warchain.com/2010/06/08/smooth-web-themeforest-hosting-template.html

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3. Prepare Hosting Packages and Price Offers!

This is the part where you need to think very cleverly, study the Hosting market, check if your competitor Hosting Service Provider companies are providing plans, and at what cost. Try to offer as cheap as possible, to fetch a good start and attract maximum clients.  So, setup few hosting plans with specified category requirements.

4. Advertise/Publicize your Hosting Business through all possible available options.

Advertising your Business (your New Web Hosting Website)  is the hard part here. You will need to think of all possible ways to gain publicity and attention of the webmasters. Either you can offer, Extra cheap packages, some unique featured Hosting plans, Extra Bandwidth Plans, Extra Web Space Plans or offshore hosting plans to attract clients from maximum possible genres. Utilize social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Banner Advertising. Market your website in every possible way.

5. Maintaining the Standards.

At the end: Price, Quality of Service and 24×7 Support are the factors which matter here.  Which ever company takes care of these key factors, will take advantage in the long run.