Tuesday, September 23, 2008

QUIET! Artist At Work-Part 2

Copyright © David Barker
http://www.DavesAffiliateMarketing.com/blog

(Day 2) Tap tap tap tapping..." I thought I would finish this article yesterday...." tap tap tapping....." I paid top money for an affiliate program that assured me that I could write articles in 30 minutes"......tap tap tapping...." I have wasted my $20 on this program because this article is taking me days to finish." tap tap tapping......." At least it will be a masterpiece when it IS finished."

Directories are another option for building backlinks but beware. For most newbies it is better not to pay a directory to be listed. There are a lot of directories that offer both paid and free listings. Obviously they will try to persuade you to use their paid listing service. As a disincentive to use their free listing, a lot will insist on you giving them a reciprocal link back to them.

There is a lot of contradictory opinion amongst internet marketers about the value of reciprocal links. Some say they are of reduced value to your site. Others say they are of no value at all. The consensus though is that they are not as valuable as one way links to your site. You might want to check with your mentor, (if you have one,) or your favourite trusted forum to get expert opinions on this issue and what is right for your website.

Personally I have decided to stay clear of reciprocal links. This is because I have read articles from some gurus who warn that many of those directories have the "NoFollow Attribute." Effectively you will be giving the directory a link to them, (nice for them,) but the link back to you is worthless. To illustrate this point, I had a website and a directory submission service submitted my site to 200 directories. 6 months later I happened to check my backlinks through Yahoo site explorer and the only links to my site were from a handful of directories that I had submitted to myself. I know that the submission service did complete the submissions so the 200 directories they chose must have the "NoFollow." Needless to say I will not be using that service again.

What is the solution to all this? If you try to manually submit to a thousand directories and you are not sure if the submissions will give you the credit your website needs, then what is the solution? Once again go to your trusted mentor. Ask them if they have used a directory submission service? Did it give the backlinks to their site that was promised? You could try the forum you trust and ask the same questions. Make sure you take note of the unbiased answers you get. Be wary of answers from members who are trying to direct you to a submission service via their affiliate link.

The great advantages of an effective submission service are:-

1. They are far more efficient at entering your site to hundreds or thousands. For a reasonable fee they save you a lot of work.

2. The best services will stagger the submissions over time so that the search engines are not alerted to unnatural automated type of submissions. This is good for your ranking.

3. A good service will suggest that you give them more than one descriptive text about your site. They may suggest five different texts. This will avoid the search engines being alerted to mass repetitive submissions with identical text. Again, this is to make the submissions appear natural to the search engines and this is good for your site.

4. Of course there should be no reciprocal links with this kind of service and a good service will only be using directories WITHOUT the "NoFollow."

There is always a solution to any challenge facing the internet marketer. They just have to have a reliable source of information. A mentor is good but many don't have a trusted mentor. This is why forums a so valuable. If you pick a forum with a good reputation that has threads relating to your niche, then you have a great source of information at your finger tips. There will be more on forums for the next post.


-----------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best Internet Affiliate Marketing Programs and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
Internet Affiliate Marketing Programs
and grab your 6 Free Ebooks
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Labels: backlinks, directories

Recommended: Plug-In Profit Site - Complete Money Making Site Setup FREE!

Feature Article: Make the Leap to Home Based Business Success
Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-22171

Before you can have a successful home based business, you must first possess 3 "intangibles." These are things that must come from WITHIN you.

 ===> Intangible 1 <===

First, you must have a strong WHY.

Why MUST you have a successful home business? What is driving you? What is it that you CAN'T have in your life anymore and/or what is it that you absolutely MUST HAVE now?

For me, I couldn't stand working 12+ hours a day anymore and missing the experience of my children growing up. I also absolutely HAD TO HAVE the freedom of being able to control my life and finances through a little box (laptop computer) that I could carry with me anywhere in the world and not be tied to anyone's time pressures or demands but my own. That was my carrot and my stick. I felt a great pain deep in my gut of missing out on my children's lives and the incredible freedom that succeeding in a home based business would provide for me. I found my why. You MUST find yours.

===> Intangible 2 <===

You must BELIEVE that it is possible.

If you don't believe that it's POSSIBLE for you to have a successful home based business or make your living from home, you won't. It's that simple.

For me, figuring out that it was possible was just a matter of realizing that many other people were ALREADY making great money working from home. If they could do it, I could too. It would just be a matter of figuring out what those people were doing and then adapting it to my situation.

There is no shortage of undeniable PROOF that people (millions of them) are making money working from home. Just get online and do some research and you'll find countless testimonials and stories of REAL PEOPLE making real money on the Internet. Or head to your local bookstore and you'll find the same documented evidence of this fact. Truth is, it's getting easier and easier to make money with your own home based business.

I've always said that "affiliate marketing" (a simple way to make money from home) is the job of the future. In the "old" days, you had to go to a potential employer, apply for the position and hope for the best. Now you can simply go to any company you want, fill out their affiliate application and start work immediately. Affiliates are the new working class. In fact, making money with affiliate programs or making your living on the Internet is WAY MORE than possible. It is pretty much (or will be soon enough) unavoidable now. Affiliate marketing is the "job" of the future that's already here TODAY.

===> Intangible 3 <===

You must be willing to MAKE THE LEAP.

Ready, FIRE, then aim... This is the operating philosophy you MUST adopt to succeed with a home based business.

That's backwards for most people who like to aim before they fire. The fact is that home based business success is a moving target... The only thing constant about it is change. You need to stop analyzing the game and simply jump into it. You can't learn from the outside... You have to be IN THE RING to truly understand it.

The lesson here is that you will never really be READY to start a home based business. You simply have to start one. It's like having children... You're never really ready, but when it happens you adapt and grow. This is what I call "Making the Leap."

The good news is that the cost of failure with having your own home based business is very small. In the "brick and mortar" world you need to evaluate things very carefully before you decide to open up a business. It's almost always necessary to invest thousands of dollars to get an offline business off the ground. However, on the Internet you can often start a successful business for less than $100. The Plug-In Profit Site is a great example of this: http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-22171

You simply need to get IN THE GAME... Each moment that you stay "out there," you're wasting valuable time that you could be learning and skills necessary to build a successful home based business. In fact, if you're not in the game yet, you're ALREADY behind the times. Make the leap to creating a successful home based business today!

About the Author:

Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy has helped thousands of people in over 200 countries around the world start and run a successful home business. Discover 3 easy steps to start your own home business and subscribe to The Home Biz Guy's FREE Home Business Secrets Mini-Course at: http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com/main-22171

Success University
"Who else wants to learn EXACTLY how our affiliates earn over $100,000 a month using a simple step-by-step formula? If your answer is "Yes", I'll give you a FREE 14-Day "Test Drive" of our system to PROVE this is the Quickest & Easiest way for you to begin making money online..." [visit site!]

Empowerism
"It's time to put your NetMarketing business on FAST FORWARD with ALL of the tools and training you need to become a SUCCESS on the Internet! All this in a nice, tidy package that's affordable to the masses and pays out a five-figure income! Others have tried it. Empowerism has perfected it..." [visit site!]

Host4Profit
"Sooner or later everyone realizes that they must have their own domain name. However, who you get to host that domain makes all the difference in the world. Most hosts simply provide you with space and that's that. You're on your own when it comes to making your new site profitable. Host4Profit.com has changed all that. We turn a necessity into a profit machine." [visit site!]

Subscribe to our FREE Home Business Tips Newsletter and get hundreds of money making tips and tricks delivered to your inbox. A $147 value, yours FREE when you sign up TODAY! Enter your first name and email address in the form below and click "FREE Signup!"