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Oct 04

Original post by Empire Formula

Here are a few of the most simple and handiest free things you can do to keep the flow of quality traffic to your blog going robust:

1. Post frequently. The more often you post, the more frequently your blog will get crawled by the search engines and you’ll be rewarded with a higher page rank and more free traffic. One word of advice though, as with vitamins, don’t fall into thinking that if you are good 15 must be better. If you post too many times in a day, the search websites will think that your not building your site in a ‘natural’ way and they’ll penalise you for it.

A effective rule of thumb is to post one post every single day for twenty-one days, I don’t know why, but that 21 seems to be the magic number. After the first twenty-one days you can slow down to one or two posts a week if you’d like, or you can keep going with one a day, it’s up to you.

3. Learn a little about search engine optimization and begin using those systems on your blog. This can make your site stand out to the search sites.

4. Visit other blogs and leave a comment with a link back to your blog. This won’t just show people that you are an expert in your field, but they also will be interested in checking out your blog and more about what you’ve got to say, presuming of course that you leave judicious, engaging comments.

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Jun 30

There are several good reasons to advertise your online business with Google AdWords. Number one, it’s run by Google, which means there is absolutely no question of not getting quality traffic. Secondly, this is traffic you can get almost immediately, rather than having to spend weeks or months improving your site’s search engine rank. Number three, you don’t need a high budget to start, which means you can get started with your campaign with a couple of hundred dollars. Due to the big increase in internet users and advertisers in recent years, AdWords has become a little more complicated and challenging in some ways. It is necessary to have a basic grasp of the fundamentals to avoid making some common mistakes.

When you’re creating new AdWords campaigns and ad groups, don’t make the mistake of using a bunch of broad keywords that aren’t relevant. When you first start out, you may be tempted to choose keywords that may have some vague relation to your campaign. Targeting the right keywords is the key to success with AdWords. Figure out who your target market is. think like someone in this group and ask yourself what they’d be searching for. Brainstorm keywords with your partner or you can also use tools such as the Google Keyword tool and the Wordtracker tool to know what keywords you can start with. You can proceed to the next phases of your campaign once your keywords have been chosen. If you write a good ad bid properly you will be able to find visitors for anything from a magnifying glass to housewares.

Don’t send people to a home page if you want to stay away from the other mistake many people make, and instead you’ll want to send them to your landing page. This doesn’t work, however, when your visitor reaches your home page, there’s likely so much info on it that they won’t know where to go and they’ll go elsewhere.

This is why it’s essential to create a good landing page that is optimized for your ad.

People often also make the mistake of entering the content network without first changing their bidding. The content network is reserved for experts. If you do go in there, your bidding must remain under control. Recently Google made changes to the AdWords platform, giving advertisers the ability to have different bids set for the content network, compared to the search network. Don’t make the mistake, then, of having a different bid amount set for the content network, as you’ll end up overspending. When there are lower prices on your chosen keywords, your CTR will stay at the same level, even after your bidding as gone down. If your ads represent a magnifying mirror, design your landing page to match that ads message. All in all, Google AdWords takes some time before you actually see results, which is why it’s important to keep in mind the above mistakes and avoid making them. This program can be a good investment, as it can lead to quality traffic, but if you throw money into it carelessly you can also take a loss. Take the time to research your niches and keywords and keep track of all your campaigns so you don’t keep funding any that are not performing well.

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