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There is NO Secret!

When it comes to Making Money Online there is no secret!
There is just information and skills you don’t have yet.

So what is the formula for Making Some Cash Online?

#1 - Find a product to sell.
#2 - Research the niche and market around that product.
#3 - Deliver your message to the target audience.
#4 - Manage your growth strategy

Number #3 is where most of us are missing skills and information.

Every “Money Making System” will simply combine a few features from each of the above 4 stages!
However none of these short term tactics will give you a lasting strategy that you can build a long term business on! They were designed to make money for the creator while looking like the secret that you are missing to finally make some money online.

…and there is the attitude you need - Your Business - don’t let it scare you off.
A business simply means you are taking this seriously, its YOUR money making business.
Rather than using somebody else’s half baked scheme to make a quick buck, put the time into something that will last more than six months.

FIRST you need to get a brief understand of the big picture that is Internet Marketing, you can then zoom in and fill in the gaps at your own pace…

SECOND you need to develop your own online business plan, again this takes effort unless you have a step by step guide of questions to answer.

THIRD you will need to spend a month or two doing the market research so that you upload a website that will not only rank for your chosen keywords, it will rank for all the keywords and synonyms for that niche. Using a system of Co-occurrence, LSI and Themed Relevance within a Silo Structured Website it is quite possible to rank number one for any keyword without using any black hat techniques that the search engines will counteract… don’t worry if any of those term went over your head, its not important right now. I am talking about a website that is designed to out perform the competition for all the relevant Keywords within its niche.

FOURTHLY you get your website up and start systematically implementing your business plan step by step.

LASTLY after a few months you can sit back and relax a bit as your website/business starts making more in one day than you can earn in one month. Giving you time to develop a growth strategy.

When you opt-in to my email newsletter, I will send you an ongoing walk-through for a simple 15 page Money Making Website.

Every Secret will be exposed, an exact step-by-step guide to setting up your own money making website.

Regards

JD

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It was a great present to go away for 2 months over the holiday period and come back to find one of my ‘new strategy’ websites was able to make money for nothing - $50 a day…

WOOT!!!

Can you image how good that would feel? I was bouncing off the walls and filled with a new zeal for this ‘make money online’ stuff… Although the biggest change is that I will now be duplicating this ASAP

You lay around in a sunny haze of nothingness and make cash while you sleep, beats working for small coins, waiting for a grants… or waiting for an inheritance. This is cold hard currency you can spend now, and YOU do nothing for it… well 3 days work in my favorite keyword tools and 2 days to get the mini site up, but then its sit back relax for a few weeks.

I now have no doubt that 2008 will be a million dollar year.

If you would like a slice of this new found financial freedom I will soon be telling you exactly how I did it.

Ps. Blog posts will be a lot more regular now that I am back from my sunny break!

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I stumbled upon Couch Tycoon today or I should say CouchTycoon …

The idea behind this venture investment / game-environment website is intriguing.
The idea of making some money sitting on my sofa or getting some tycoons and shareholders interested in my project ideas is promising!

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I threw up a quick blog called Melbourne Flamenco to promote a friend’s dance classes in Melbourne, Australia. Trouble was that it did not come up in a Search Engine Result Page (SERP) when ‘Pages from Australia’ was selected.

This article will tell you how a search engine knows where your website is geographically located and give you a step-by-step guide to force this.

So the question is…

How does Google know where your web site is from?

In the case of Google, it looks at three things to work out if it should include your website in a search limited to a specific region:

• The TLD or Top-Level Domain. For example, if your Top Level Domain is Hosting.com.au then Google will geographically label your web site as being Australian.

• If your site is not regional - like .com or .net - the next thing Google looks at is the IP address of your website. This is determined by your Host or in other words the geographic location of the company that is hosting your website for you.
• Now what if you have a .com and your host is overseas. This means that Google probably has your website labeled as American or just global. This is bad news if you are looking for traffic from Australia or whatever your non-USA country is…. Read on for the fix!

Before the 30th of October 2007 there was no way to take control of assigning a country to your website other than registering an international domain or choosing a local web hosting company.

Regional domains are often a lot more expensive than a global domain and lets face it everybody defaults to a Dot Com, add to that some amazing web hosting deals from companies that are probably not located in your country and you will understand why I am pretty happy that Google fixed this.

So lets grab your website and optimize it to target a geographic location!

1. Head over to Google Webmaster Tools and log in using your Google Account details.

2. At the Dashboard level, add and verify your web site.
3. Again at the dashboard level click on your site name under the Manage column.
4. At the bottom of the left hand navigation click the tab labeled TOOLS.
5. You should see…
   Set Geographic Target
   Associate a particular geographic location
   with this site if you are targeting users within
   that area.

6. Click that link and then select “Associate a geographic location with this site.”
7. A web form will open up, select your region and save.

Thats it now you are optimized for a local search just have to wait for it to update!

Not too painful hey?

After you hit save you may also have noticed a highlighted box suggesting that you Add your business to Google Maps , this is a free listing and I recommend you go that step further and submit your business / website to Google Maps as well as other Local Online Directories and Local Search Engines.

Check out Yahoo Local, MSN Local, SuperPages, YellowPages, SwitchBoard & CitySearch.

Hope this helps you out!

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The Free and Easy way to build traffic for your Blog or Website.

3 easy steps you can repeat daily to create an ever growing stream of steady qualified traffic.

Free Easy Traffic Builder

This is a Free, Easy Traffic Building System, that works.

Step #1:
Isolate non-competitive keywords related to YOUR niche.

• Start with Keyword Browse to get a feel of your market.
• Use free tools like Overture, Wordtracker and Keyword Discovery to find reasonably popular search requests (Most of these free tools have advanced paid versions if you find them a bit limited).
• Look for a high KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index) when you click Analyze in the trial versions of Keyword Discovery and Wordtracker. This indicates a low number of competitors.
• Look for search returns under 1000 when you type the keyword into Google, surrounded by quotes. “Your Keyphrase“
• Look for search returns under 100 when you type the keyword into Google. Following an allintitle tag. allintitle:Your Keyphrase.
• Select a keyphrase that can be easily written into an article without sounding weird or spammy to a reader.
• Use ~apple -apple to discover what Google has defined as synonymous with your keyword, or ~red ~apple for a keyphrase. Keep subtracting each synonym until you end up with a list of word that you should also use within your article for relevancy. As you can see an apple is a computer, not a fruit ~apple -apple -g4 -mac -windows -computer -g3 -macintosh -imac -quicktime.

Me… I prefer to pay for a tool that does all this work for me!

Step #2:
Write an article using your selected keyphrase.

• Use a free Keyword Density Tool to make sure the keyword density for a single keyword is not greater than 5%
• The Keyword Density for a Key-Phrase, no greater than 2.5%
• Use some basic HTML formatting on your Key-Phrase, for better Search Engine Rankings.
• Write like you speak, not like you think.
• Keep it readable and at all costs avoid it sounding spammy.
• Assume your reader is on the verge of falling asleep.
• Check that the page Title MetaTag = The h1 Header = Your Key-Phrase = The URL page name.
• Check that the Meta Keywords of the page are actually in the article.
• Check that the Meta Description of the page is under 150 characters and attention grabbing for when google displays it.
• Check that the entire URL is under 90 characters long.
• If you are having trouble writing, try talking into recording device and transcribing it.

Step #3:
Publish your article twice.

• Take your article and create a not-so-identical twin
• Use a thesaurus to change some words.
• Switch some of the paragraphs and grammar structure around.
• Edit one down so that its easier and quicker to read.
• Publish one to your own website or blog.
• Publish the second copy to a Free Article Directory website.
• On the Article Directory site, create an Author Bio Box that contains a link to your website or blog.
• Create a link in your Author profile as well.

Rinse, repeat and you are well on your way to building free, easy traffic.

Free Easy Traffic Builder FAQ

Q. Why submit an article to an article directory?
A. A new website with little content will have less chance of getting a high search engine ranking. Whereas a high authority website like EzineArticles.com will fastrack your article to the top of a Search Engine Results Page (SERP).

Q. Are there any downsides to publishing my articles on another website.
A. 3 things to be aware of:
- Google will only display 1-2 pages from each root domain on a SERP. You may be knocked-off by someone using the same Article Directory and Keyword.
- If your articles are flagged by Google as identical duplicates, the one first published will be given priority. I always publish on my own websites first and wait a week before submitting the heavily altered edition.
- Writing one article was probably time consuming enough, but creating an non-identical copy will get really easy the more you do it!

Q. Isn’t this Bum Marketing?
A. Bum Marketing was a phrase coined to describe a marketing strategy that had been around long before it. Bum Marketing refers to not actually having to have a website and is more about plugging an affiliate link rather than building free, easy traffic to your website.

Q. Can you recommend a cheap way to buy traffic to get my website / blog started!
A. While Google Adwords is the fastest way to get traffic you have buy a good adwords guide in order to get the costs down below 1 cent per click. So how does 0.3 cents per hit sound? Or as a basic package… Would you pay $19.95 for 2500 themed visitors to your website every month?
Check it out here!

Hope this works for you as well as its working for me, if you need any help you can email me on the other side of my opt-in form at the top right of this page!

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Welcome on board!

I will keep your email safe and I promise I wont send you emails everyday trying to get you to part with your cash. We are in this list to make money not spend it.

If I do send you email with an affiliate link in it, you can rest assured…
That it is something I have Bought, Read, Run Through The Mill, Profited From and Value Highly. I don’t promote any old crap, most of the time I will be sending you free tips, Ebooks, tools and links to the best free information.

I am here to help make your online activities profit.

If you need any help getting started please email me, by hitting reply.

I look forward to talking with you soon.

Regards
JD

Just opening the door on this one.
If your not Buying Selling Domain Names…
Come with me as I take a look at whats involved and provide an overview of the best tactics, links and tips.

G’day folks, thought I would take a peek into the world of Buying and Selling Domain Names.
Who knows… Might even snag a Million Dollar Domain Name.

Well, its common knowledge that all the best or generic domain names are gone and I doubt that I am going to hear any stories about - How you found yourself buying a single word dot com just sitting around doing nothing, put it on eBay and made your first million.

We all… Should have got into this racket back in 1985… Having said that, many people are still making a full time income out buying and selling domain names. So lets make a last minute dash for the finish line!

Get Creative

People have been getting creative with Dual-Name Dot Coms for a few years and these often make very memorable names. RedBubble.com is a great example and yet its not a site about red bubbles, it’s a wicked place for artists to make some money online and once I heard it I never forgot it.

Colors and Antonyms (Opposites Pairs: hot/cold) make great first words to combine with a Noun (animal names are memorable).
For Example:

• RedFrog
• FatLemon
• HotCow
• BoldMonkey

The added benefit here is a domain name that can be used for any niche and it will inspire a sexy logo to boot!

Lets just rewind a bit and ask the question…

Why should someone buy a domain rather than just try and find a new one?
#1 reason has to be that search engines like Google, favor an older domain names when it comes to rankings.
#2 - Domain sellers have spent hours scouring for domain names worth buying and selling, they may have even raised the PageRank by hosting traffic worthy content while they waited for a buyer.

So what do we need to do have a crack at this…

The simple answer is go to your favorite domain registrar - In my case this would be godaddy and namecheap because I can use coupons for a cheaper deal - then find a valuable domain. If I’m confident, put it up for auction on eBay.

Now! If you are serious about giving this a shot you are really going to need some expert guidance.
I’d like you to meet Mark Fulton he runs DotSauce.com - Sizzling Hot Domain Name Articles.
Actually Mark runs over 15 awesome websites and DotSauce is in itself a great example of a memorable dual-name dot com that was only registered in April of 2007… Encouraging!

So how does a professional do it!

Step #1:

• Use a Smart Domain Searching tool like bustaname.com or DomainsBot.com to help find an available name.
• FreshDrop.net has a great tool that indexes all the latest $5 ‘Fire Sale’ auctions from GoDaddy’s Domain Name AfterMarket
• DYYO.com has a browse and search features of the last 10 thousand, 4 letter domain names available (2 & 3 letter domains are all sold out).
• And you can search for Expired Domain Names.

Step #2:
As in all things, sticking to a niche is highly recommended!
Check your niche to see how popular it is with Google Trends.

Step #3:
Collect a few available domain names that you are interested in and register in bulk, its cheaper.
Don’t forget to use coupons as well.

Step #4:
Consider adding content via a free blogger or if you decide to pay for hosting, companies like HostGator will give you the ability to host unlimited websites for $10 per month.
You can also purchase Content Generating Software, although I am not a huge fan of this tactic the goal here is to try and raise the PageRank and value of the domain name.

Step #5:
Valuing and pricing your domain names.
If its just a domain name and nothing special keep it under $50 usd.
If you have attempted to predict the future with your domain, hold out until the time is Ripe, Iphone.com was registered in 1995 and was just sold to Apple this year for a whopping $1million+
You might also try a service like PremiumDomain.com to get an idea of what your domain name is worth selling for.

Step #6:
Manage, sort and display your domain portfolio.
Take a look at Mark Fulton’s Domain Portfolio, he uses a great open-source PHP and MySQL based script available HERE.

Step #7:
Now that you have spent your pocket money buying Domain Names, selling them is the next logical step.
Here are a few of Mark’s favorite places for advertising the domain names that he’s is selling

• NamePros
• v7n Network
• dnScoop Marketplace
• DomainState
• WebHostingTalk
• DigitalPoint

Click here for Pros and Cons on each of these.

A huge thanks to Mark Fulton for providing us all with a great website to extend your reading further, make sure you drop by DotSauce.com and subscribe to his RSS Feed, most of the links in this article have either come from DotSauce or my own initial research.
Be sure to read Mark’s article “10 Tips for Investing in Domain Names” and check out what he has to report on the latest trends in Buying Selling Domain Names.

I think you’ll have some fun with this one…

Enjoy! and have a great day.

JD

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There are many reasons why you should be considering this and writing an Ebook is a lot simpler than you think.
This is the first in a series of blog posts covering the topic of Ebook Writing over the next few weeks.

Writing an Ebook can be a very simple task, it can be a simple report or a 100 page resource. Either way your information will have more value in Ebook form than it will as a webpage or blog post.
Contrary to popular belief not everything has been said or already written. Actually, since that unfortunate axiom came into use, the whole universe has changed.
Technology is changing daily, ideas change, and more people are turning to the internet for their information every day.

This is the perfect time to write an Ebook.

Why?

Because you can offer a fresh voice to solve old problems in a new way.
Ebooks are an extremely powerful tool for thinkers with fresh ideas to share with with the millions of people who are trawling through the search engines, trying to figure out how to do a plethora of diverse and different things.

Let’s say you have a brilliant idea, and you also have the knowledge that will enable you to write a quality resource.

Now you may still be sitting there wondering, “Why?”
Why should I go through the trouble of writing when it’s impossible to get anything
published and just as hard to get internet users aware of it.

I will assume you already know that publishing an Ebook is
completely different from publishing a book in print.

Getting a publisher to look at you book is a huge gamble and a long haul. Even ‘Harry Potter’ had trouble.

Self-publishing and is and expensive venture. Most “vanity presses” require print runs of at least 500 copies, this will still cost you thousands of dollars. While some have minimal run starting at 1,000 to 2,000 copies, this is just for the printing and binding. Add in things like distribution, shipping, and promotional costs and you are looking at a major investment and you will be risking your own money.

If you already have an Internet business, great website and a quality product. An Ebook is certainly one of the most powerful ways to promote your business while educating people with the information that you already
possess.

For example, let’s say that you’ve spent the last twenty years growing, grafting and pruning apple trees, and now you’re thinking about sharing your knowledge and experience.

You EBook will be the perfect way to reach a large audience of Apple Tree enthusiasts right across the globe.

Not only will you Ebook promote your business, it will help you make a name for yourself and put your company on the map, establishing you as an expert in your field.

Perhaps you have specific goals in terms of the Ebook scene and you may be looking to build a whole business around writing and publishing Ebooks. Essentially you will be looking towards starting an e-business with a website to promote your Ebooks and you may even want to consider producing an Ezine.

With an Ebook you can easily create affiliate programs that will allow others to market your book for you, this can be as simple as signing up to ClickBank.

you don’t have to create your Ebook immediately but you should start thinking about it over the next few months?

There is a real formula for success here and many people offer free Ebooks as way to spread their name, website and affiliate links virally across the internet for years to come. Just create it and send it out, it will work for you.

The first things you will need to do is figure out what your subject matter is, and then narrow that down. Your goal is to be as specific as possible. Research what is already around and try to find a void that your Ebook could fill.

You don’t require a masters degrees to write about your subject. People are looking for advice that is easy to read and easily understood. The most successful Ebooks are often the ones that present the information with a unique voice as if it has been transcribed from a direct conversation. Write like you speak!

After you’ve written your Ebook getting it out there is going to be your next focus. People will hesitate to buy any book from an author they’ve never heard of or that seems to have no reputation.

The answer is a simple one: give it away!

You profits will come by promoting your own business and getting your name out there. You will find many affiliates who will be keen to place their links within your Ebook, and these affiliates will then be motivated to promote the Ebook.

Almost every single famous Ebook author has started out this way, communicating and networking is the key early on.

Including some form of interactivity has also proved to be popular, when people interact with books, they become invested in the world of that book.

So think about it!

Ebooks are an essential marketing tool.

Not only as a valuable resource for other people but they can also serve to promote your business, products, services or affiliate links.

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Yes there is a huge difference.

So which one is best for you and what are the secrets YOU need to know?

The key difference actually lies in the mindset of the blogger.

No matter which approach you take you will need to stick at it to actually make decent money.

Blog To Make Money

If you want to blog to make money your main focus will be on money, achieving this quickly will will be the motivation so you can duplicate the process and build a blog empire.

First you will find niches that could be profitable, then you will then fill your blog with related content from all kinds of sources, drawing traffic from search engines and directing them towards affiliate products.

You then repeat the process with additional posts or new blogs.

Step #1 - Find high-paying affiliate products in a potentially lucrative niche.
Step #2 - Create a blog.
Step #3 - Fill the blogs with content from ‘private label right’ articles, online article directories, original content or outsourcing.
Step #4 - Capture an email list
Step #5 - Optimize your content and blog for search engines
Step #6 - Monetize your blog.
Step #7 - Build and inspire the creation of backlinks.
Step #8 - Market your blog via Web 2.0 sites.
Step #9 - Rinse and Repeat

If you would like the most up-to-date Ebook to teach you all the above tricks, check out Blogging to the Bank 2.0.

This is an excellent resource that will also teach you a simple system to quickly find the best products to focus on and create blogs for… Ingenious really!

Make Money From Your Blog

You will be focussed on building an authority site about a topic you are passionate about.

This is all about creating one blog that you care about, one where you create most of the content.

You will continue to build up your traffic over time and you will interact and communicate with your readers.

What you you are creating here is one healthy long term asset.

This is a more stable approach that does not just rely on Google for your traffic but it should be considered as a long term business.

The best resource for this approach is actually a free Ebook and MP3 called Blog Mastermind… Highly recommended!

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