Seriously Do Not Give Up and Quit Your Blogging

Blogging is a very time-consuming activity; most of us, bloggers, will definitely and emphatically agree with that. However, creating a business out of our blogs is something most of us are willing to put in long hours for (at the beginning anyway). And blogging is much harder than it use to be in the good old days. It's harder to get noticed and everyone seems to be distracted by sites like Facebook and Twitter. You have been told that every business needed a blog, … [Read more...]

Ads Placement on Smaller Niche Sites Increase Response to Ads

Did you look into this study? It is interesting - the study is conducted by contextual targeting firm CONTEXTWEB through more than 1,000 ad campaigns across 18,000 publisher sites during the second half of 2010, they found that ads placed on long-tail sites - those with an overall reach smaller than 1.5% of the internet population, actually had a significant lift in clickthrough rate compared with ads on larger web properties. Overall, long-tail sites lifted click rates … [Read more...]

Does Google Use Data from Social Sites in Ranking?

Over the past year, both Google and Bing have added many social search features. There's also been talk about using "social signals" to help rank regular search results. But are either of the major search engines actually using those social signals to rank regular search results? In December 2010, Google confirmed that the playing field had changed a little. Here's what that means for you and your content. In May, 2010, Google's Matt Cutts announced that Google was … [Read more...]

Are We in the “Bubble of Fake BS” Time?

From TV shows, to video games, to internet marketing, to Facebook. I believe that as a world of nations, we are seeing a global turn around in thinking, from people buying whatever we see, even if it's toxic to people looking into living a more healthy life style. If people did not watch the reality shows or don't buy the unethical newest internet marketing magic button products, those "fake BS" would go away. Everyone of us have to take the responsibility for our … [Read more...]

How the Mind Reacts to Marketing in Holiday Season

To the buying brain, the barrage of holiday messaging can come across as so much noise - overwhelmed by the clutter of competing messages and displays, the brain tunes out all but the most clear and relevant ideas. Among the colorful noise, how to ensure that your efforts make the mark? Based on Neurofocus, below these 10 best practices tips will make your shoppers' buying brains happy and let them get engaged in this holiday seasons. 1. Resist the temptation to … [Read more...]

How to Fix Your Landing Page to Skyrocket Conversions

We all know that, we all know we need them, and we all have specific ideas about how to capture them - ethical bribes, free eBooks, special reports, pop-up forms, videos and Internet radio shows etc, no matter which methods you are using, the main objective is about - capture visitor's attention and get them to your sites and subscribe to your email list. For online business, email subscribers are the lifeblood. Why are marketers all obsessed with conversions? Why … [Read more...]

Few Tips on Article Marketing

How is your article marketing going? Having luck with it or Not? Are you put it into part of your overall marketing strategy? Is article marketing work for you? Have you set a clear intention for it? Is it an extension of your expertise? Does it lead fluidly to your web site? etc. If you find article marketing doesn't work for you, you shall watch below this video, in it, Marnie Pehrson, creator of IdeaMarketers share a few reasons of why your article marketing might … [Read more...]