Archive for January, 2011

Can You Make Money Online Without a Website?

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Some people reckon making money online without a website can’t be done. But I can tell you that while you can make a lot of money with a website, you can also make a lot without one. 

The truth is that there are a lot of websites around today that allow you to publish content free of charge. This means that if you are just beginning to get going with online money making, you don’t have to find the cash to pay for a domain name or ongoing hosting fees. These may not cost too much but for some people they would be enough to put them off starting in the first place.

So that leads us back to the sites that let you start publishing for free. Two of the best are Hubpages and Squidoo. They both let you create free web pages on most subjects, although they are very different from each other. Squidoo has far more options when it comes to building those pages, and the lenses (web pages) can get hugely long and involved. Hubpages hubs (their term for web pages) don’t tend to be as long as lenses; they read more like individual articles than anything else. But you can still earn money by joining the Amazon affiliates program and inserting your links there. It’s also possible to earn money from Google Adsense, so it’s not just a one trick pony.

But the point is that there are opportunities everywhere to earn money online without having the hassle of setting up a website. The trick is to use sites like Squidoo that allow you a great deal of breathing room when it comes to adding links. This is by far the best way to use these sites – by adding affiliate links that can earn you a lot of money.

You still have to get traffic to your pages. But you will find it gets much easier to do so because there will be an existing community on the site already. Quite often you can publish a lens or a hub and get visits very soon afterwards. You should still work at increasing those visits by becoming more visible on the sites, being a part of the community and publishing more pages. And of course you also need to link to your pages and promote them in other ways too.

But the point is, this tip concerns starting out without a website. Sure, you can grab one or more for yourself later on when you have some money coming in. But to begin with it’s perfectly easy to start with a site that is already popular, such as the two I’ve mentioned on this page. It gives you a framework to use instead of starting with a blank canvas. It also provides a way to gain your confidence and get your first few sales while you are still finding your feet.

Once you’ve done that you can pick up speed with your own site.

The Most Important SEO Mistakes to Watch Out For

Friday, January 28th, 2011

So you’ve been trying to optimize your site and get it ranked in the search engines? We will be looking at some of the SEO mistakes that less experienced marketers often make. So, don’t wast your time and read this The Blueprint Project Bonus post to find how to do in the right way.

A simple mistake that can be easily avoided when you’re doing SEO for your site is, lowering the use of images and increasing the content. Remember that images are there for your visitors, which is fine, but they have little SEO value.

Your main focus should be on giving both your readers and the search engines lots of good content, which is the best way to help your ranking. Having images in the right places is great, as long as they aren’t the dominant element on your site. Images won’t help you with the search engines, and having too many of them will also make your site slower for visitors, something else you don’t want. However, if you really can’t do without images and really want to have them on your site, don’t forget to include your main keywords in the ALT tag of your images. By doing this, you have another place for the search engines to read your keywords, as they can’t read the images themselves. Still, if you have many images you should remove some and instead have more quality content with your targeted keywords. When the search engines go through a site, it’s written content that impresses them most, so you should act accordingly. Frequently it happens that you think you are doing the right thing with SEO, but in reality what you are doing is incorrect. This usually happens when you don’t understand or follow the guidelines set by the search engines. There are specific rules that need to adhered to before you can get high rankings, not paying attention to them can be harmful to you. Most of the dishonest SEO tactics go opposite these norms, which is not the proper way. Aim to work within the rules of the search engines and get a relationship with them instead of going against their rules, because you are obviously not going to win against them. There is absolutely nothing wrong in cooking up new SEO strategies but that shouldn’t come at the risk of your website and its reputation. And for that you must to read this The Blueprint Project Bonus blog post.

Another common SEO mistake is having content on your site that isn’t search engine friendly. Remember to embed your target keywords in your content and keep it fresh and original. Search engines will rank you higher if your content is relatively new. So try keeping it fresh.

In summary, the above SEO mistakes are quite common and they can really slow down the progress of your online business. If you want to be a successful SEO expert, then avoid them and keep an eye out for more.

Resources: Blogging Syndicate

Interested in Building a bigger List?

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Interested in Building a bigger List?

And make a few bucks along the way?

Plus have a chance to win some really great prizes?
Like a mail out to a 50,000 list?
Here’s your chance and to have some FUN  too…

I was invited to be a JV in this great  Giveaway event the 2nd Annual Bargain-Basement Giveaway with a TON of ebooks and software.

The event was so popular last year, it is being repeated this year again by popular demand!

http://starrsgiveaways.com/bargain-giveaway/go/111/jv

It is expected to get me 3000 plus members for my list in just a few days.
Who knows, maybe even a lot more.

The event will have thousands of visitors in just a few days. So the  exposure will be great.

They are even giving their own brand new Giveaway Book out to help you bring others into the event.

The promoters, Daylynne Starr and Chris Jenkins asked me if I knew anyone that would want to participate
in this venture…

Since I know YOU also have a site that could work with this, and you would like to add to your lists too,
you were one of the first people  I thought of.

I think you will really like what they are doing here and I know you will jump on board like I did ASAP.

To get the “by Invite Only” private JV details, just go here.

http://starrsgiveaways.com/bargain-giveaway/go/111/jv

There is only a few days to get involved,  so do hurry.

Thanks,

Aplemar

P.S.
They made it so easy. It’s all dynamic.
You set the text and logo’s yourself it is automatically and instantly added to the sales pages and members area..

CPanel Hosting and its Uses

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The most favourite hosting software is cPanel which is used by majority of providers. Beginners, medium and advance users all go for this hosting platform. This article explains why cPanel is the most popular web hosting software.
 
cPanel hosting is user friendly and yet a very powerful. Beginners who have little or no knowledge about web hosting should use cPanel because of its easy to use interactive interface. A basic idea about cPanel is essential for beginners so that they would know how this hosting software works. Knowledge about cPanel can be gained from online video tutorials or the cPanel Getting Started Wizard which provides a step by step web hosting tutorial.
 
It has a wide variety of features such as managing domain names and email accounts, which includes adding and removing them, MySQL databases, FTP accounts and many other things. Famous web applications such as Joomla and Durpal can be installed automatically using the script auto installer. The interactive interface makes it extremely easy for the user to navigate. CPanel also allows users to perform task simultaneously, this speeds up work and saves a lot of time as well..
 
CPanel hosting is very affordable, so there is no need to spend a fortune on expensive web hosting soft wares because it includes all the necessary features which a user needs in order to have his or her website up and running. CPanel is also available for free, you do not have to pay for it. But be careful, because you may not get the complete features if you go for the free version.Certain support features may not be included in the free version. This is only available if the user makes a direct software purchase online, from their website..
 
Here are the reasons why cPanel is the most preferred hosting software, it has an interactive interface, it is cheap and it is very easy to use. Multiple tasks can be performed at the same time which results in faster work..
 
Due to the reasons mentioned above, we can now see why cPanel hosting is the most favourite choice of providers .