Today I was making breakfast, unsure about what I would blog about today. I wished to my idea fairies that there would be a comment on the blog that would spur an idea for a blog post when I got ready to write. Thank you. I opened my inbox and there is a comment. For some reason it hadn't published yet (probably so I could easily put it here!) I hope this person doesn't mind me sharing the comment and I'm going to give a little bit of advice on what could be done differently to help her … [Read more...]
How to Get Much Faster At Building Lenses
November 4, 2009 By 33 Comments
I hear it just about every day now... "How did you do this so fast??". The first answer of course is practice practice practice. After you do 2, 3 or 400 lenses you'll be doing them quite fast too. :) Especially if you are doing lenses that follow the same template. (meaning they have the same or similar modules and outline) The second part of that answer is getting organized. My little organizational system (which YES! I'm going to share with you today) cuts tons of time off creating a … [Read more...]
Do You Wish This Was Easier?
October 15, 2009 By 35 Comments
Got a story for you today. A story from way back in the day when I was buying everything someone in an email told me I needed lol, and how I finally realized how to use something I bought years ago. Almost 2 years ago now an email or something came through that made me think I needed to buy Micro Niche Finder. I don't remember exactly what it was but hell, back then it didn't take much to get me to buy anything. :) I bought it, and I tried to use it, and I remember thinking something along … [Read more...]
How Do I Know If I’m Indexed?
October 12, 2009 By 11 Comments
When it comes to internet marketing jargon indexing is one of the most confusing areas for new internet marketers. We're going to cut through the confusion and get clear on this whole indexing thing today. What is indexing? Indexing is something Google and the other search engines do. They send out their little "spiders" to check for new content and new sites all over the web. When they find something new they will determine if they want to add it to the list of all the sites on the … [Read more...]
Building Links with Article Marketing
October 10, 2009 By 22 Comments
This is a totally different way to use article marketing. You will still be writing articles, but their purpose is different and how you use them is completely different as well. The purpose of these articles is not really to drive traffic, but it is about getting many many links point back to your site. For these articles you want to write quality content, but you want to focus on getting your keywords in the links in your resource box more than anything. The big piece of this puzzle is … [Read more...]
Getting Traffic with Article Marketing at Ezinearticles.com
October 10, 2009 By 43 Comments
Article marketing is a great way to build links back to your lenses. I'm already getting some questions about this so I think now is a great time to look at how you can use article marketing to build links. Like with blog posts and lenses how you use article marketing and the tools you choose to use will depend on your purpose. Purpose: Get Fast Traffic Ezinearticles.com Ezinearticles.com is an article directory. They allow people to post articles to their directory, and in turn other … [Read more...]
The Secret of Building Quality Links
October 8, 2009 By 14 Comments
Building links is the secret to getting your lens/blog to show up in the search engine ranking. However, there is a secret to building these links ~ a secret that makes them super effective or almost useless. Wanna know the secret? Anchor text Yep, anchor text. This is the key ingredient to making your links work for you. So let's get to it. What is anchor text? Anchor text is the word or phrase of a link that you click on. Anchor text also lets the Big G know what the site you are … [Read more...]
How to Create Backlinks so Google Will Find Your Lens
October 7, 2009 By 73 Comments
You now have your lens done (hopefully) and it's time to let the big G know it's out there. Unfortunately this is not a "build it and they will come" kind of adventure. You have to leave a little trail of breadcrumbs for Google to follow to find your lens. This is also called getting your lens "indexed". That simply means google has found your lens, they acknowledge it exists and have included it in the index of sites that are out there on the internet. What this does not mean. When your … [Read more...]
How to Get html From Amazon
October 6, 2009 By 36 Comments
Html is the code you need to create a link to a product. The html code you use for creating links from Amazon is the same as the cody you use to create any other link ~ whether it's a link to a clickbank product or a link from a blog to a lens. The same code is used. How to get code from Amazon: 1. You must be in the associate program in Amazon to be able to get code. (You must be an affiliate) 2. Go to the product page you wish to link to. 3. Along the top of the page you will … [Read more...]
What Do You Do If You’re Not An Amazon Associate?
October 5, 2009 By 5 Comments
I'm hearing from a lot of you that you are not amazon affiliates at this point. I'd like to address a couple things about this. I wasn't accepted to the Amazon Associates Program. If you have applied and were not accepted by Amazon into the associates program don't worry. The reason I'm hearing the most is you don't have a website. That's easily taken care of. You can start a blog on blogger, add some content to the blog and then reapply. A blog definitely counts as a website, just make … [Read more...]
Let’s Get to Know Each Other!
Social media gives me the opportunity to get to know you better, as well as giving me the opportunity to share more of me than just the "internet marketing" side. I share multiple facets of me, and my life on social media, so if you choose to connect with me don't expect it to be 100% internet marketing... because it's not. :)