Hey there--
Thought you'd enjoy this information about a twenty-something Aussie who in a short period of time went from writing term papers for foreign students at university to a six figure income from his Entrepreneur's Journey blog and related blogging activities.
Quite simply, anyone can duplicate Yaro Starak's success simply by following a few very do-able steps to create and maintain an interest-grabbing blog. Sign up for the freebies at BecomeABlogger Premium right now!
Best yet, Yaro, and his buddy Gideon Shalwick, tell you how to go about it in a terrific series of videos and reports that they are giving away right now.
The catch is, they are closing down their site and the ability to get all this great information for nothing in just a couple days-- July 3, to be exact. So check out BecomeABlogger Premium now while you still have a chance.
See you,
Liz Nichols
lizdnichols AT gmail.com
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Content Management 101
Creating the credibility needed to be considered an authority in your area takes time and effort. Unless you already have a long portfolio of websites, books, articles and seminar appearances in a given niche, you need to look at building a constellation of Web 2.0 sites that point back to your main business hub site, or your main money site.
The latest authorities believe you need three to five blogs, Squidoo lenses and other content-loaded sites on various aspects of your main topic, all pointing back to your main site. There is evidence that it works best to link back to your main business, or a hub site for a product line, rather than to take these Web 2.0 sites directly to your main money site. The best structure may depend on the product, what the competition is like, and other factors, and will always be subject to testing and readjustment as needed.
When I'm working on a new project for myself, or for a client, the very first thing I generally do is keyword analysis. I like to find out who my competition is, how successful they are, and how much traffic is coming in for the site vs. the number of competing web pages. Tools I use make it very easy to analyze the potential money to be made with a given keyword using search engine optimization (SEO) or natural search order, or AdWords Pay Per Click campaigns. I can also quickly get information on the top 10 or more competitors for a given keyword, and how vulnerable they are to being knocked back by a concerted marketing and SEO effort on our part.
I then plan out a series of "pillar" and secondary articles and blog posts to put on new themed blogs, Squidoo lenses and free Ezine directories. I look for opportunities to submit press releases for new sites, products and services. Then I follow up with syndication of the most important content, bookmarking and blog and forum commenting for client properties.
All of this takes time, and, quite frankly, I will soon be hiring Virtual Assistants. Web Designers and Freelance Writers to help me keep up with the demand for these activities.
The site that describes my Content Management business is MyBlogBuilders.com. In this blog I concentrate on using blogs to develop your authority in a niche market, and on the art of blogging itself, as well as covering the latest on my own Content Management business. People who are interested in working on these types of content management projects should contact me here, or through MyBlogBuilders.com.
In addition to writing my own information products for the real estate and other niche markets, I have a number of clients for whom I produce blog and article copy, newsletters and ebooks. I also analyze keywords and advise clients on the best "money" and "traffic" keywords for their markets.
I particularly like to advise people who are just starting out in a niche and need assistance in narrowing the niche to the most profitable sub-niches. The mistake too many people make at first (and I've been guilty of this myself) is to pick too general a niche that provides little hope of optimizing to a top search engine spot, even after years of effort. Unless you are willing to spend massive amounts of money, it is difficult to impossible to rank in very broad or amorphous categories. We charge $197 for keyword analysis and a report of SEO competition and traffic estimates for one niche or "money" website.
If you are interested in an analysis just contact me through the comments, which we moderate and will keep private for you. Leave contact information and we'll get hold of you.
Our other content management services are customized and can vary depending on other work we may be doing for a client. In general, to prepare and maintain three Web 2.0 sites referencing a main "money" or "hub" site, do regular blog posting, create and post a package of articles on Ezine directories, syndicate, bookmark and blog comment in order to establish authority for your key sites costs $497 per month. We will put together a quote for you if you respond to this post, or contact us via www.MyBlogBuilders.com.
The SEO process for content management, while not the fastest way to "make it" online, is one of the surest ways to financial stability as you grow your good reputation in your niche.
Liz Nichols
The latest authorities believe you need three to five blogs, Squidoo lenses and other content-loaded sites on various aspects of your main topic, all pointing back to your main site. There is evidence that it works best to link back to your main business, or a hub site for a product line, rather than to take these Web 2.0 sites directly to your main money site. The best structure may depend on the product, what the competition is like, and other factors, and will always be subject to testing and readjustment as needed.
When I'm working on a new project for myself, or for a client, the very first thing I generally do is keyword analysis. I like to find out who my competition is, how successful they are, and how much traffic is coming in for the site vs. the number of competing web pages. Tools I use make it very easy to analyze the potential money to be made with a given keyword using search engine optimization (SEO) or natural search order, or AdWords Pay Per Click campaigns. I can also quickly get information on the top 10 or more competitors for a given keyword, and how vulnerable they are to being knocked back by a concerted marketing and SEO effort on our part.
I then plan out a series of "pillar" and secondary articles and blog posts to put on new themed blogs, Squidoo lenses and free Ezine directories. I look for opportunities to submit press releases for new sites, products and services. Then I follow up with syndication of the most important content, bookmarking and blog and forum commenting for client properties.
All of this takes time, and, quite frankly, I will soon be hiring Virtual Assistants. Web Designers and Freelance Writers to help me keep up with the demand for these activities.
The site that describes my Content Management business is MyBlogBuilders.com. In this blog I concentrate on using blogs to develop your authority in a niche market, and on the art of blogging itself, as well as covering the latest on my own Content Management business. People who are interested in working on these types of content management projects should contact me here, or through MyBlogBuilders.com.
In addition to writing my own information products for the real estate and other niche markets, I have a number of clients for whom I produce blog and article copy, newsletters and ebooks. I also analyze keywords and advise clients on the best "money" and "traffic" keywords for their markets.
I particularly like to advise people who are just starting out in a niche and need assistance in narrowing the niche to the most profitable sub-niches. The mistake too many people make at first (and I've been guilty of this myself) is to pick too general a niche that provides little hope of optimizing to a top search engine spot, even after years of effort. Unless you are willing to spend massive amounts of money, it is difficult to impossible to rank in very broad or amorphous categories. We charge $197 for keyword analysis and a report of SEO competition and traffic estimates for one niche or "money" website.
If you are interested in an analysis just contact me through the comments, which we moderate and will keep private for you. Leave contact information and we'll get hold of you.
Our other content management services are customized and can vary depending on other work we may be doing for a client. In general, to prepare and maintain three Web 2.0 sites referencing a main "money" or "hub" site, do regular blog posting, create and post a package of articles on Ezine directories, syndicate, bookmark and blog comment in order to establish authority for your key sites costs $497 per month. We will put together a quote for you if you respond to this post, or contact us via www.MyBlogBuilders.com.
The SEO process for content management, while not the fastest way to "make it" online, is one of the surest ways to financial stability as you grow your good reputation in your niche.
Liz Nichols
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Effective Blogging
I'm currently going through Charles Heflin's 20/20 course on social media. Heflin is widely recognized as the most influential voice in social networking today. He concentrates on the practices that are long lasting and will be effective today, tomorrow, and next year, not just the expedient things that give you better page rank today.
Like Ceballos and Fong in my last post, Heflin is alerting the social networking community that Google is fixing to become the dominant force in social networking and is studying the field carefully. It will be relatively easy for Google to tell when posts that you are linking back to from social media sites are filled with content or just linking farms to tout your own material. If this is all you are doing with social media, then prepare to be slapped very soon!
Heflin says that three elements must be present in every blog post and syndicated article in order to be read and followed consistently. It must be educational, entertaining and enlightening. He feels it is better to concentrate on writing truly amazing content then in posting every day with mediocre fare. Great advice!
20/20 will teach you which social media properties you need to pay attention to most and build up with content, not just links. The 20/20 classroom shows you why, what and how of social networking.
One way to change things up (this is me talking, not necessarily Charles) is to use a content management company to create content for you. When you employ professional writers you are getting the benefit of people who know how to research and write effectively. You're also getting an outside team with email addresses other than your own to backlink the posts that are going on your blogs for you. Soon, that may become a critical distinction in whether or not your backlinks are going to rank.
I'm at the formative stages of building a content management team. Take a look at www.myblogbuilders.com for an idea of what we are doing, and contact me if you are interested in knowing more. We don't have one standard price list at this point, but we are happy to give you a quote for your particular set of content needs.
Liz Nichols
Like Ceballos and Fong in my last post, Heflin is alerting the social networking community that Google is fixing to become the dominant force in social networking and is studying the field carefully. It will be relatively easy for Google to tell when posts that you are linking back to from social media sites are filled with content or just linking farms to tout your own material. If this is all you are doing with social media, then prepare to be slapped very soon!
Heflin says that three elements must be present in every blog post and syndicated article in order to be read and followed consistently. It must be educational, entertaining and enlightening. He feels it is better to concentrate on writing truly amazing content then in posting every day with mediocre fare. Great advice!
20/20 will teach you which social media properties you need to pay attention to most and build up with content, not just links. The 20/20 classroom shows you why, what and how of social networking.
One way to change things up (this is me talking, not necessarily Charles) is to use a content management company to create content for you. When you employ professional writers you are getting the benefit of people who know how to research and write effectively. You're also getting an outside team with email addresses other than your own to backlink the posts that are going on your blogs for you. Soon, that may become a critical distinction in whether or not your backlinks are going to rank.
I'm at the formative stages of building a content management team. Take a look at www.myblogbuilders.com for an idea of what we are doing, and contact me if you are interested in knowing more. We don't have one standard price list at this point, but we are happy to give you a quote for your particular set of content needs.
Liz Nichols
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Charles Heflin,
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Become a Blogger Premium
If you post to one or more blog daily you need to maximize your time and effort by using the best tools in the right way. That's the purpose of Yaro Starack and Gideon Shalwick's Becomeablogger premium.
Sign up for 10 free videos to help get you started in blogging the right way with:
http://www.becomeablogger.com/go.php?offer=infobizmgr&pid=4&u=http://www.becomeablogger.com
The premium package for $27 per month teaches you how to set up a Wordpress blog, how to put audio and video on your blog, how to configure the antispam tool, Akismet, and much, much more. There's a new training video in your inbox every few days. Gideon's clean, crisp style of demonstrating makes it all very clear in a very concise way so that no one training takes up much of your time and you learn something new almost every time, unless you are already a very experienced blogger.
Joining the premium membership also makes you part of a blogger network for answering questions and meeting like-minded folks. That's always a valuable benefit of a membership.
Becomeablogger premium is well worth the small monthly cost:
http://www.becomeablogger.com/go.php?offer=infobizmgr&pid=4&u=http://www.becomeablogger.com
Liz Nichols
Sign up for 10 free videos to help get you started in blogging the right way with:
http://www.becomeablogger.com/go.php?offer=infobizmgr&pid=4&u=http://www.becomeablogger.com
The premium package for $27 per month teaches you how to set up a Wordpress blog, how to put audio and video on your blog, how to configure the antispam tool, Akismet, and much, much more. There's a new training video in your inbox every few days. Gideon's clean, crisp style of demonstrating makes it all very clear in a very concise way so that no one training takes up much of your time and you learn something new almost every time, unless you are already a very experienced blogger.
Joining the premium membership also makes you part of a blogger network for answering questions and meeting like-minded folks. That's always a valuable benefit of a membership.
Becomeablogger premium is well worth the small monthly cost:
http://www.becomeablogger.com/go.php?offer=infobizmgr&pid=4&u=http://www.becomeablogger.com
Liz Nichols
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Hire Me to Write Your Blogs, Articles, E-Books
I'm working on my ELance entry to hire myself out to do what I'm doing for myself much of my time-- writing.
I like to write. If I had my druthers I'd either be writing or reading most of my day. I enjoy the whole process of researching a topic, identifying the keywords that will make that article or blog entry do well in Google's organic listings, writing the article and watching it get ranked high on the search engines. I can't believe that I get to do this for a living!
Anyway, you can now hire me to write for you. I'm a bargain right now. You can try me out for a package of 5 blog posts or articles, 300-500 words, for only $100, where you provide me with the theme, some keywords and a website or other source to check out to help me get material. If I do the research prior to writing the articles I will charge an added $20/hour. Either way, it's under the cost of most of the competition. I will also edit your writing, if you'd prefer, for $20/hour. I am a fast and accurate writer and editor. Your satisfaction is guaranteed, so you can't lose.
I still have some things to add to my profile and portfolio on ELance, but you can check me out there. You can contact me through ELance or Email if you're interested in talking to me about a possible assignment.
Liz Nichols
I like to write. If I had my druthers I'd either be writing or reading most of my day. I enjoy the whole process of researching a topic, identifying the keywords that will make that article or blog entry do well in Google's organic listings, writing the article and watching it get ranked high on the search engines. I can't believe that I get to do this for a living!
Anyway, you can now hire me to write for you. I'm a bargain right now. You can try me out for a package of 5 blog posts or articles, 300-500 words, for only $100, where you provide me with the theme, some keywords and a website or other source to check out to help me get material. If I do the research prior to writing the articles I will charge an added $20/hour. Either way, it's under the cost of most of the competition. I will also edit your writing, if you'd prefer, for $20/hour. I am a fast and accurate writer and editor. Your satisfaction is guaranteed, so you can't lose.
I still have some things to add to my profile and portfolio on ELance, but you can check me out there. You can contact me through ELance or Email if you're interested in talking to me about a possible assignment.
Liz Nichols
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