Creating Backlinks

using blogs

What is a backlink?

Backlinks are a link to your website from another website. The search engines love these. When they see the link on someone else’s site it sends the spiders over to your site and they index your site getting it placed on a search engine organically instead of you going over and entering it. This way is preferred by the search engines.

Where do I put backlinks?

You can put backlinks in any number of locations. You can use them in signatures in forums, you can pay for them, but today we are talking about putting them in blogs.

You find a blog that is about a similar topic as what you will be linking to. You read the blog and then you make an insightful and meaningful comment to the post. When you are finished with your post you also put a link to the site you want the search engines to go look at. (and the other people reading the blog for that matter)

How do I make a backlink?

To make a backlink it takes a couple steps. (they’re real easy don’t worry)

1. Know your url. If you want your link to send people to the front page, or to a specific article or blog post, make sure you have the specific url for that. For example it might be the difference between www.itsawahmlife.com which is the main page of my personal blog or this: http://itsawahmlife.com/pb-j-chicken-stew.html which is a specific post.

2. Now you need a little html magic. You will need to use this html code to make a link:

3. You will need a keyword for your link. Don’t use a keyword that is in the title of your blog/article/website, because the search engines will already see it in your url. Choose something else that is relevant to where you are sending people. For example, using the above post I might use the key word Peanut Butter and Jelly Chicken Stew.

Let’s use the example from my blog and I’ll show you what it looks like, in code and then the way it appears in code.

Here’s what it will look like in my comment:

Peanut Butter and Jelly Chicken Stew

Backlinks from blogs are great and you need to think about the page rank of the blog before you leave the backlink. You should be backlinking from a blog with a higher page rank. I would choose at least a 4 or 5. It may have to be lower depending on your niche.

Searching out blogs and figuring out what their page rank is could take forever. That’s not even including going and making your comment.

You guessed it. I found you some great software to use to help get this done fast.

Comment Hut

Let’s see what Comment Hut is and what it will do for you.

Comment Hut is NOT a blog spamming software. It does not leave your comments and backlinks.

Comment Hut DOES search out blogs by keyword and then tell you what the page rank is of the blog.

You then go and read the post, and post your comment with your backlink.

It is a huge time saver. You no longer have to spend all your time looking for appropriate blogs which can take forever. You also now know what the page rank is for the blog and you can choose to post a comment or not depending on the page rank.

It’s a great piece of software, and it will save you time and you will see more traffic and you will find yourself on the search engines faster and easier. The other plus, my favorite one, it’s free! Well again, there is a “lite” version for free. You can get all the blogs from wordpress listed in the lite version. If you want more choices from other places you can upgrade and get blogs from just about every other blogging source you can think of. The wordpress blogs will do you for a while though.

Go get yourself some blog backlinks with Comment Hut

By Tim Davis

Does everyone have a blog these days? It seems that way, although we all know that is simply not true. There are still 3 people on a small island that have not yet started their blog. Nevertheless, if you are a blogger, are thinking about blogging or maybe you just read blogs the big pay-off that bloggers desperately seek are more comments and more shares.

Most bloggers, myself included, experiment around with what people like, share and even comment on. It can be a lot like fishing, not that I go fishing…

In fact I like to refer to myself as an indoor pet. Ok, back to the post. If you are looking for more ways to get people to share your blog, here are my top 7

1. Have a compelling headline. I find that “How To” and “Question” headlines work great. I have also found that adding “Here’s how…” or “Read what I mean…” at the end of your headline works great too. Here is a great FREE tool that you can use to get over writer’s block – http://www.internetmarketingcourse.com/freeheadlinegenerator/
2. Write from the heart. Seriously, don’t make crap up. Say it from the heart. You can see what I mean by reading SlimDownDiva.com
   
3. Speak to the needs of your audience. Don’t ramble about irrelevant information. Give your readers real content that they can use to improve their lives, business or bank accounts.
   
4. Add a great photo. Don’t steal photos from the Internet, but always include a great photo. You can buy them very inexpensively at iStockphoto.com or do what I do, add pictures you take with your smart phone. What do you think of the one of me? Don’t ask…it’s a long story
   
5. Add some humor. People want quality content, but they much prefer to be entertained so adding humor always increases the chance your post will be shared, but like Bon Qui Qui says…”don’t go crazy”
   
6. Make your post timely. The news, events and other timely issues will always receive more attention simply because major media outlets are also talking about the issues.
   
7. Ask. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Yet few people ask for comments or shares. Let me show you how that is done…

Would you leave me a comment and please tweet or share this post? Who knows it just might make you famous

Internet marketing is exciting, challenging, and confusing.

It can make or break your Internet business career and yet many people who depend on Internet marketing don’t have a full grasp of the essentials involved in internet marketing.

In fact, many Internet entrepreneurs waste a great deal of time, energy, and momentum because they do not fully understand Internet marketing. Don’t let this lack of understanding undermine your income potential.

In order for you to better understand Internet marketing and its impact on your web based business you must know the answers to these three key questions:

1. What Is Internet Marketing?
2. What Is The Cost Of Internet Marketing?
3. What Is The Benefit of Internet Marketing?

What Is Internet Marketing?

Marketing is actually rather simple. Marketing is communication about an idea, product, service, or organization. Marketing therefore encompasses advertising, promotion and sales as well as the various techniques and forms of communication used to advertise, promote and sell.

Marketing is broader than simple advertising or promotion in that it includes researching the market to learn what consumers want and then setting out to meet their needs with the appropriate product, price, and distribution method. Marketing includes market research, deciding on products and prices, advertising promoting distributing and selling.

Marketing also covers all the activities involved in moving products and services from the source to the end user including making customers aware of products and services, attracting new customers to a product or service, keeping existing customers interested in a product or service, and building and maintaining a customer base for a product or service.

Internet marketing includes these same activities but also pulls in various Internet tools including web sites, email, ezines, banner advertising, blogging, RSS, text links, search engine optimization, affiliates, autoresponders, and other ecommerce applications.

What Is The Cost Of Internet Marketing?

The range of expenses for web based marketing is huge. There are a number of promotional and marketing ventures that can cost you nothing or only pennies a day while other advertising efforts can cost you thousands a day.

It is important to consider your goals — both long-term and short-term — as well as how much each prospective customer is worth to you. This will help you determine a workable budget for your  marketing campaign.

Many Internet promotions are free, you can set up a web site and/or blog for $250 a year, and you can buy text links for $10 a month. You could easily spend $25-50 a day for advertising but there are many cheaper ad options available.

The best program is to start small and cheap and slowly build as you test and learn what is successful for your market and product. There is no perfect advertising solution that works wonders for everyone. Each marketer and each product has a different formula.

What Is The Benefit of Internet Marketing?

Internet marketing offers more benefits than many traditional marketing mediums. The very nature of web sites and blogs is that they continue working to promote and market your product long after your initial marketing effort is over. Similarly many advertising efforts, such as ezines, newsletters, banners, and text links also continue to increase in power over time.

Email marketing can be a tremendous surge in contacts and sales and offers the ability to personalize your message as well as reach a targeted audience so your chance for sales goes up exponentially.

The other tremendous benefit of Internet marketing is that it offers convenience and immediate satisfaction. Your potential customer sees your marketing message when it is convenient for them — and often when they are seeking information about your specific topic.

Then you offer them the ability to act on that interest right then. They can locate your product and buy in the time it would take to watch a commercial on television or turn a page in the newspaper. That is the power of Internet marketing.

Now that you have the answers to these three key questions, you are ready to begin your own web based marketing campaign — and succeed with your Internet venture.

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Take a look around at different websites to see what attracts attention, and some things that don’t.

There is no doubt that there are things that attract people and there are things that totally turn people off.

Below is a list of 13 tips that can help make your website more successful. Most of them are simple but quite effective at making your site more user friendly.

1. Make your site simple – With all of the bells and whistles available, too many people are trying to see how impressive they can make their websites. They may be attractive but unless your goal is to win a contest for best site, impressing people with glitter will not make sales.

2. Make sure your site loads quickly – You do not have long to grab your customer’s attention. Make sure that you at least get a fair shot at grabbing his attention. If your site takes too long to load, you will lose a lot of potential customers without even giving your site a chance.

3. Don’t have too many items on one page – You do not want to confuse your visitors. You want to make sure that they understand the purpose of your site. Too many items on one page can make this difficult for some. Don’t take the chance. Make all of your pages simple.

4. Make sure every page lings to home page – It is much easier for your visitors to navigate if all of your pages link back to the home page. You will not lose as many potential customers if you make your site easier to navigate.

5. Get your own domain name – Free servers are great for some things but trying to gain credibility in a business is not one of them. It is well worth the price to get your own domain.

6. Make sure your hosting service offers full support – You want your service to have CGI access and offer secure ordering. This is a place that you don’t want to go for cheap. Make sure your service offers the things you need before you choose and save a lot of headaches down the road.

7. Offer as many options for ordering as possible – The more options you provide for ordering, the fewer customers you will lose. You should have a secure order form on your site. Offering the options to order by phone, fax and by regular mail can also increase the number who will order.

8. Make sure you accept credit cards – If you don’t accept credit cards, you are making a huge mistake. The biggest percent of your customers will pay this way if the option is available. Don’t take the chance that they will choose another method if credit cards are not a possibility.

9. Offer free information on your site – You will want to offer some type of free material on your site. Free material such as courses are a very good way to build yourself as an expert in the eyes of your visitor. Free ebooks are another good thing to offer. Make sure these freebies are good solid information that can help your visitors.

10. Get your visitor’s email address – You can accomplish this in quite a few different ways. Giving away the courses or ebooks is one great way. You can publish a newsletter or ezine that your visitors can sign up for on your site.

11. Make sure to build your site with purpose in mind – If you are trying to sell a product on your site, then sell that product. If you are just trying to get addresses and make the sale later, then make that your purpose when building your site.

12. Encourage feedback – Make your visitor feel like his opinion is important. Offer him the chance to provide you with feedback. Don’t be too proud to make changes if you start hearing some of the same things from your visitors.

13. Remember that you are building this site for your customers – This is not a site to fulfill some fantasy of yours. Remember the purpose of your site. Keep your customers wants and needs in your mind as you design it.

Your website is one of those things that will determine if you are a marketing success. Make sure that you make your website user friendly.

Also make sure that you don’t lose sight of the purpose of your site. If your sit e does not come across direct to your visitor, you are going to lose many visitors before you can even make a pitch.

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What is a Domain Name?

Your website has a unique address called an IP address. The domain name–in essence, is the IP address with a naming convention. It is far easier for people to remember a name instead of a bunch of numbers.

Creating A Domain Name

Many people new to the Internet and to the Internet Business, do not realize the importance of a Domain Name, they just think they can put up any creative name and people will come. If you’re lucky, that may be true, but in truth, your creativity should incorporate the following tips:

When creating a domain name, you should keep in mind the following tips:

• 1. If it is possible, go with a “.com” extension. This is the most common, and easier for people to remember. In case no .com is available, opt. for a .net, or .org.

• 2. The name itself — Do not use dashes or numbers in your domain name–it is hard for people to remember, unless it is central to the theme of your site.

• 3. Keep your name as compact as possible — the fewer words in the naming/description of your website will makes it easier for people to remember your site name, and that is definitely what you want.

Protecting Your Domain Name

Once you have your domain name, and your website is flourishing — you must protect your domain.

So how do you protect your domain? At the end of the year, the registrar will send you a notice that your domain name is about to expire. Inadvertently, you may be thinking, that they just want your money, and they can darn well wait til the date it is due to get your money! Well, I wouldn’t do that. There is a very legitimate process called “drop catching”– that can easily destroy all your hard work in one instance.

Drop Catching

Drop catching is a legal process by which people can quickly grab domain names that have expired and use the link to create a website consisting of advertisements — or worse yet, resell them to make a profit off of your hard earned traffic. So, it is wise that you do not wait til the last minute to pay your registration. You do not want to log-in to your site, to find an error, or find out that suddenly you are no longer in business.

The rules of the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), gives domain registrars 45 days after the expiration date to notify the website owner that their domain name is going to be dropped from the registry. After the 45 days, you have a 30 day grace period, then your domain is up for grabs. However ..

Some domain services have created an auction process for expired names, such as GoDaddy.com, that begins the auctioning of domain names in as little of 30 days after the expiration date, to prospective buyers. However, GoDaddy.com does state to the prospective buyer in the auction process, that the original owners still have the option of reclaiming their name.

What’s in a name? If it’s a domain name, it can be your future online. So choose wisely, and protect what you worked, or have been working for — a business online.

So does website color really matter?

Different colors can effect our moods, and having a website with colors that compliment each other would be ideal. I think this is one thing everyone building blogs and websites would agree on.

On the other hand, how many people really take the time to figure it out?

Many experts say there is a Science behind color choice and putting the right combination of colors together can make a difference on the over all effectiveness of the website.

Knowing what colors look good together is not my area of expertise, and I surely don’t understand the psychology on how colors effect us. But, thanks to some handy tools out there, anyone can become the expert. These tools do it for you!

The video below will explain these helpful tools.

By Daegan Smith

Every now and again you should decide to remove the curtain and share something that is literally priceless and personal – The realization of a goal achieved.

When I started this home business stuff my FIRST big goal was to earn enough to pay for my younger brother to go to college. Turned out he didn’t need me for that, getting a virtual full ride to MIT, so we decided to embark on a special trip and I recorded videos to share that priceless experience.

There was one person puzzled by why I shared this, he said “I don’t understand the lesson I’m supposed to learn except for the fact you can afford a trip like this and I can’t.” And that’s completely opposite of why I shared these videos.

Let me explain…

First off, sometimes I’m not always trying to teach. These videos are just something I really wanted to share with the group. No, I’m not trying to say “look at how great I am,” it’s actually the opposite message I’m trying to convey. Simply…

If I, just some guy, can commit to and realize these personal dreams so can anyone, but more importantly, and probably something most people missed is…

The importance of celebration. Never EVER forget to do it.

If you’ve been watching the historic moments in the current Olympics you’ve seen Michael Phelps break world record after world record. You’ve also seen Usain Bolt do the same.

After each new milestone they’ve reached, if you’ve watched closely you’ve seen them celebrate. Now the debate on TV is “is this celebration over the top?” My take is absolutely NOT. You break several world records and, in my opinion, you have permission to celebrate till the cows come home.

What people misunderstand is they think this celebration is “showing off”.

It’s not, it’s personal, and it’s simply a physical manifestation of the excitement dreams worked on countless hours while no one is looking once achieved creates. It’s a release of “good” energy.

In fact, one thing I’ve done, is I’ve taken news clipping of these guys celebrating and plastered them on my wall and written on them “Never EVER Forget To Celebrate!”

I want to share in that energy because I know it’ll help me reach my own new heights.

If you’re building a dream, a part of that vision on the other end of the tunnel better be you celebrating your success.

The mistake I see most people make is they don’t celebrate the small stuff. If you’ve never gotten a lead and you get your first one throw your arms up in the air and scream “HURRAHH!!!”

And do this every step of the way and you’ll find yourself having a ton more fun, getting to the next goal quicker and with more excitement than the previous, and you’ll soon find yourself surpassing anything and everything you ever thought possible.

If you’re fresh out of the gates, one thing you’ll also notice is that both Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps had a game plan. This is essential to setting the path to creating your own version of greatness. We all need a success to model and here’s where to get your game plane for creating life changing experiences in your home business.

Daegan Smith is an expert online marketer, trainer, and teacher.

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By Daegan Smith

Sometimes I’ll stay up late at night to watch a show called “Poker After Dark”

where the world top poker players play a week, long winner takes all, tournament.

I like this show because it’s a little like business.

Poker, if you boil it down, is basically a game of calculated risks – so is your business.

Difference is, in poker, luck plays a part so you can’t always win. Where in business, you can always win if you play your cards right.

Well, the reason I’m so entertained by this show is, I like to see who loses and why.

Because it works the same way in business, you just see the effects more exaggerated, and faster at the poker table.

It always comes down to two types:

1. The rogue who doesn’t take calculated risks and is playing on pure luck – for this person, there is no help.

2. The calling station, the person who doesn’t believe that the other player might have the winning hand and is driven by impulse to SEE it.

For the second type, there’s some hope.

See this person loses because they bet every hand to the end – just to SEE. They’re easily duped, their cash stack goes away quickly, and they’re out of the game.

Unfortunately, the home business arena is plagued with “callers” that don’t know what they are – they all want to see.

Here’s what I mean:

(HINT: avoid these types yourself for accelerated success in your business)

Sometimes I’ll check to see what people who, for whatever odd reason, decide to unsubscribe from my valuable tips and strategies say on the way out – guess what?

It always says “show me”.

I know because they’ll leave comments like “If your stuff is so good why don’t you just give it to me and when I make some money I’ll pay you out of my profits.”

That’s a caller’s mentality. And callers always lose. So…

I’m happy to see them go.

These types always lose because they want you to prove it to them first, they want magic, and then they’ll believe.

To all you “callers” out there,

I’m sorry to burst your bubble, that’s not the way THIS world works. Let me ask you something I want you to think deeply about.

Do you know anyone who’s successful that has the M.O. “Let me see if this works and if it does I’ll pay you?”

I don’t.

Successful entrepreneurs simply don’t think like that, but know who does?

Employees – people that want a job. Nothing wrong with wanting a job, all I’m saying is don’t confuse starting a business with a job.

They’re different animals living on different planets.

If you NEED money, which is something I hear a lot from “callers” on the way out.

The immediate solution is simple. Get a job.

Far less risk, you’re gonna get paid for your hours, and there’s always demand. Problem solved.

If you want to be successful in your home business, but you’re waiting for someone to go out and earn your first commission check for you so you can “see” the proof, you’re going to live a long frustrating life.

Look…

If I could place an ad and tell the vendor I’ll pay you if “it” works don’t you think I’d do it?

If I could get trained by someone who’s got experience and is in a place where I wanna go and didn’t have to pay unless “it” worked, don’t you think I would?

Did you catch the word by the way? “It”

When you take the “calling station” stance you’re playing passively. You’re letting the world call the shots for you. Nothing is ever your responsibility and that a world is for mediocre individuals – not you or I.

Entrepreneurs would do it the other way if it was possible, but in this world, you can’t be successful as a “calling station”, successful people get it.

They realize that it isn’t going to change for them, and so…

They adapt. They take the steps to grow. They take on the responsibility and make calculated risks because they see two things:

They see the opportunity in it.

They see that it’s the path to wealth and happiness.

And play along…

You can’t have it both ways. You can be a free loader and get by, that’s fine – you’re not a bad person for it.

Or…

You can step up and play the way winners play and reap the rewards.

“Calling Stations” and free loaders want magic – they want some force to come into their life and change it while they sit back and watch.

They’ll never say that to you straight up, but they know that’s what they’re really “hoping” for.

Then they wait to “SEE” when the magic is going to happen.

By doing that, they never give magic a chance to come into play.

Magic is there and available to them, but…

You don’t grow a large organization in your business by waiting to see what happens. You believe it’s going to happen. You go make it happen. Then you inspire others with your passion and drive.

That’s where magic lives.

You see the opportunity. You take it at all costs. And in that, magic comes into your life.

Play the game to win or play to “see” the winner beat you and “call” – it’s up to you.

Daegan Smith is an expert online marketer, trainer, and teacher.

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by: Janice Jenkins
I often get this question from business owners, especially from those who are just starting: how do I sell my business? In particular, how can a business owner acquire the techniques to be better at selling what they have?

Many business owners, although they are very good at what they do, they often fall short in the selling category. In fact, many would rank selling as their weakest point in the many entrepreneurial skills they have. They might be great with coming up with ideas such as having brochure printing for their ads; and accomplishing the daily tasks involved in running a business. But all will agree that the marketing part is one of the most difficult things to do.

But for all those business owners feeling this way (whether you have a small food stall or a reputable brochure printing company), do not worry. There are millions of you out there. Take heart because even though marketing is truly difficult, it is not impossible. Selling your business to your target clients is very challenging indeed; but when you are able to harness the technique, you can very well sell anything even to the littlest thing available in your product line.

As selling and marketing is an art, there are many ways that can help you accomplish it and get the results you want. But you have to start at the very beginning when selling – concentrate on your image. This means having the reputation that you can be proud of. Your target clients need to have a positive impression of you and your business before you can even sell anything to them.

Many experts in fact highly recommend this one. If you want to be better at selling then, you need to focus your energies on providing your target clients with a good reputation. No amount of selling and marketing can help your business without a credible reputation in your niche. There is really no substitute to having a good name in the industry without any taint of disgrace and jaded customers.

However, having and keeping a good reputation entails hard work. It is not like you just have to sleep on it and tomorrow you will have one for your business. And it also does not mean that when you have a good reputation you can just sit back and relax. You need to really work on it.

So how do you gain credibility? There are 4 C’s you need to be aware of:

Competence

You need to know everything there is to know about your business. You need to be an expert in what you do. This is competence at the very core. By becoming an expert, you are most likely to gain clients as they would be looking for your solutions every time for their problems.

Confidence

As you know very well what your business can do, you will have confidence to market your product or services because you believe in them. The more confident you are, the more likely that your customers will think the same way you do.

Commitment

As a business owner, you got to have commitment as you are the first sales agent of your products and services. Who else would sell your business for you? Selling and marketing is a necessity to having a business. So it would be wise for you to be committed and stay that way to your business.

Character

If you want to stay in business for a very long time, you need to inculcate virtues that your customers would be looking for – honesty, integrity and a sense of fairness in all your transactions.

When you have all these C’s, it would be much easier for you to stand by your products and services which in turn, make it less stressful for you to sell and market your business.

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