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| marketing game. One of the toughest things | | | | only gives you the best Google keywords, but |
| when you get started is feeling bombarded with | | | | also your competing pages and marketability as |
| all types of information out there and not knowing | | | | well as a slew of other information about |
| which ones are actually effective for your internet | | | | competing sites like page rank, their incoming links, |
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| - how to build a website | | | | dime for referring this, but every serious internet |
| - changing hosts | | | | marketer needs this tool. |
| - installing WordPress | | | | Ok, once you have the right keywords, and |
| - Twitter, Squidoo, Hubpages, Dilicious, Digg, | | | | we've fast forwarded after you site has been |
| Propeller, Reddit, and many, many more... | | | | built, here are your tips for increasing your page |
| - social bookmarking | | | | rank: |
| - SEO | | | | |
| - keyword research | | | | 1. Make sure that all of your pages or posts are |
| - monetizing my websites | | | | keyword optimized. For example: one of the sites |
| - monetizing my Tweets | | | | I help to manage is When I submit a post, let's |
| - made new contacts in this business | | | | say for a souffle, I will title it Easy Vegetarian |
| - created informational ebooks | | | | Souffle Recipe, not something cute like Yummy |
| - created informational videos, | | | | Souffle because my site is SEO'd for the phrase |
| - etc., etc., etc. | | | | 'easy vegetarian recipes' |
| This list goes on and on. Bear in mind that the list | | | | 2. Then in the body of my post, I would refer to |
| above contains items that I knew absolutely | | | | that exact phrase again a couple of times like: My |
| nothing about until December of 2008. And yet | | | | kids really love this easy vegetarian souffle...I also |
| the most powerful information that I have been | | | | make sure to bold that because bold words, as |
| able to learn is the SEO (search engine | | | | well as underlined and italicized words are |
| optimization) and the social bookmarking aspects | | | | weighted with Google. |
| of creating a business online. | | | | 3. Don't over do it though. If you 'stuff' your |
| You see, no matter how amazing your blog or | | | | pages and posts with you keyword too many |
| ebook is, you will make ZERO dollars if you | | | | times, it will come off as spammy and hurt you in |
| cannot drive traffic to your sites. | | | | the process. |
| The biggest mistake I made at the very beginning | | | | 4. Once your article is written, this next step is |
| was not learning keyword research first and | | | | crucial and missed by almost every internet |
| foremost. I first used the Google keywords tool, | | | | marketers new and seasoned: socially bookmark |
| but at such an early stage and without much help, | | | | your sites. |
| I wasn't able to truly understand the full capacity | | | | 5. The best FREE service is Social Marker for this. |
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| you start there in building your internet business. | | | | this will move you up! I've gone up as much as |
| One of the most common mistakes starting out | | | | 100 Google spots in a day. I average about 15-30 |
| is choosing a cute domain name or topic that | | | | spots daily. |
| seems like it would be sensational but without any | | | | Doing this will accomplish a couple of really cool |
| keyword research. This happens all the time. The | | | | and important things for you. |
| first 5 websites I built were like that. And as I | | | | First: it will help shoot you to the first page of |
| watched the $0.25 and $1.50 trickle in to my | | | | your keyword/niche. |
| account everyday, it got rather frustrating that I | | | | Second: it will also bring much needed traffic to |
| couldn't break the mold. The most I ever got in | | | | your site while you steadily increase your page |
| one day without keyword optimization was about | | | | rank. |
| $11. That stinks. | | | | I know hold #1-10 spots on many of my |
| So the first step of this is finding the right | | | | keywords that I follow these steps with. And |
| keywords, but also seeing how much competition | | | | since the goal is traffic because traffic equal sales, |
| you have. I know this article is about boosting | | | | then take advantage of these free steps today. |
| your Google page rank, but without this as a | | | | |