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Today we have a simple question that will likely draw many different answers from different people.

What prevents you from sitting down and writing?

What’s stopping that great blog post, killer landing page, compelling white paper or even bestselling book from pouring out of your mind and onto virtual paper?

Don’t be shy, step up and have your say.

About the author: Michael Stelzner struggles to write daily posts at his blog Writing White Papers.

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Gettng Links To Your Site
 by: Terry Echols

In my experience this is the single most important factor to increasing your search engine rankings. Links count as a vote for your site, so the more you have the better your site will rank on all the search engines.

I have listed several methods below which will help you get links to your site and increase your search engine rankings. I have also listed the different types of links available for your site. Check out the links forum if you have any additional questions, I am happy to answer them for you.

But before I get to the linking methods you need to know a few very important linking basics.

Anchor text - Very Important!

Anchor text is the text used to link to your site. This is also the keyword/s or phrases you want to be found under in the search engines. If you have a site about Florida Real Estate and that is your target phrase in 60% of your link requests you would want the terms “Florida Real Estate” used when linking to your site.

Mix up your anchor text!

The internet has grown explosively in the ten or so years that it has been in widespread use,and internet marketing has grown along with it. Many factors contribute to making the internet the ideal business medium.

Let’s examine a few.

Low Startup and Overhead Costs. Even as recently as five or six years ago, it could cost one hundred dollars or more to register a domain name, and a similar monthly fee to host a web site. These days, both of those costs are down to around $10 US. An HTML editor can be had for around $50 US, or one can subscribe to a service that provides hostingand an online web site editor for as little as $20 or $30 per month, and includes many other features and services in a “one-stop” package. Unlike a traditional “bricks and mortar” business, an online business requires no expensive leases, no employees, no commuting time or expense, little or no stocking of inventory, and little or no shipping expense.

How To Get At Least 50 Visitors A Day Free!

Every eBusiness owner is constantly looking at ways to get free traffic to their site. After all, if you have no visitors you will never have any sales. So getting visitors to your website is the first major step to get underway in your marketing campaign.

Pay-per-click search engines are one of the most highly recommended ways to get immediate traffic to your site. However, there are times when eBusiness owners ? particularly newbies ? don’t have the cash needed to continuously run pay-per-click traffic campaigns.

I have discovered a little known traffic generating technique that could seriously result in more profits in your pocket with extremely little effort on your part. In fact, you’re not going to believe how easy this really is.

If you’re serious about your Internet business then you must be using a truckload of products and services on a regular basis. The $60,000.00 question is - Do you spend time giving testimonials for the many products and services you use in your day to day life? If not, then you could be missing out on an incredible stream of no cost traffic to your site on a regular basis.

I found a cool beta widget today that will allow you to boast your top referrers to your blog.  It will let you show the people sending you the most traffic and make it easier for people to vote for…



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What’s the difference?

For those who aren’t quite clear what the term “natural” or “organic” search engine-listing means, they describe the “editorial” search results on any particular engine. These results are professed to be non-biased - meaning that the engine will not accept money to influence the rankings of any individual sites. This is quite different than the paid advertising (Pay Per Click) that appears in the “sponsored” or “featured” results, in which higher positions are awarded to the companies willing to pay the most per visitor or click.

Why is organic search important?

Although paying for Pay Per Click listings initially seems the obvious answer, organic search listings are still very important to both searchers and web site advertisers. Knowledgeable searchers, who understand the difference between paid and organic results are more likely to hold the natural results in a higher regard, much like a person reading a newspaper or magazine would be more positively influenced by an article about a particular product or service than by a paid advertisement from the company that sells it. In addition, organic results even the playing field. Companies or individuals with smaller marketing budgets can complete with larger organisations as the natural results are based on relevancy to the search term rather than the amount you are willing or able to pay for each click through to your web site.

Know When Two Sites Are Better Than One?
 by: John Gergye

Back in the good old days it wasn’t nearly so tough to get decent rankings fast. Wasn’t nearly so complicated either. You put up some pages, got some links and built from there. Enjoying improving rankings on your way to the top.

But that was then and this is now. Now there might be times where you WOULD be better off with two sites, (same niche) than just one.

And if I might chance to read you mind you’re thinking, “What? Is this guy crazy? I can’t keep one site going and growing much less two.”

I’m with you. But read on to discover when you might want to break out the second site.

===> Aggressive Article Marketing

Say you’re engaged in an aggressive article marketing campaign. Or you’re chasing as many reciprocal links as you can. Both legit ways to drive potential visitors or customers or subscribers to your site.

Yet how’s that going to mesh with the go slow approach to links Google now favors? Think your zeal might throw be like throwing sugar in the gas tank? And ace you out of the running for top rankings in Google? Maybe.

We all need a little inspiration once in a while, and we all need to be reminded that achieving success is a process, not an event. It doesn’t happen over night. Here are some ideas for improving your chances of internet business success.

Have a plan, preferrably written. We all need to get organized, and have a vision of where we are going. Some people seem always to take the impulsive “fire … aim … ready” approach and do everything without thinking. At the other extreme are those who are subject to “the paralysis of analysis” … they spend all their time thinking, and never get into action. As with most things, moderation is the key. Take some time to think out a plan and write down the sequence, then get to work. The plan can always be revised as you go.

Treat your internet business as a real business. If you’re serious about making money, or achieving personal freedom, you have to think of this as a business, not a game or a hobby. Discipline yourself to work on your business regularly. Set aside an hour a day, or one day a week, or whatever your personal schedule allows, and discipline yourself to abide by that schedule. Setting aside an area of your house to be your “office” is always a good idea, too. Even if it’s only 10 square feet in the corner of your bedroom, that is your “office”.

I got a tip from a friend about a great forum called Authority Blogger.  It was created by Chris Garrett, the guy behind CopyBlogger.com.  I’ve written about him before and linked to his great…



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