Hi all, Its been a while since my last post as I am now back at my daily job and time has been tight. Being off work for so long has made me appreciate time itself, especially now where my free time has just been slashed to a couple of hours a day. However, this has made me more determined to accelerate my efforts in order to return back to the free and easy lifestyle.

I have spent a lot of my time doing research on many aspects of marketing and it really does surprise me on the various ways in which you can ‘strike it rich’. If all sources are right then we would all be millionaires within the week…but as we know..all is not gospel by many many marketers.

I have started to categorize marketers into 4 bands in which I think I can understand each level,

1. Already successful (Guru’s) – Not always the best to follow as there seems to be a lack of personalization from many them. I try to find their latest offerings and follow suit, these guys know what sells and they always appear to be high end products. I guess that the small bucks appeal to the small marketer have all but dissappeared but they are still wise to follow.

2. Reputable Marketers – These are the people who I believe can help me succeed to the next level. They have new products on a regular basis and at reasonable cost. They use the latest techniques to invite subscribers, A help desk which they personally answer and have a down to earth approach which is refreshing to find.

3. Newbies - This includes many marketers who are trying to make the grade and appear to be succeeding in their ventures. More concerned about proving their worth rather than making a quick buck. I watch these people with great interest as they work their way up and finding out what they have done to reach their current level.

4. The wannabies - Offer anything they think will rake in the cash without doing the research or desires of the customer they are trying to reach. I watch these closely so I learn how not to make the same mistakes as I believe they are making.

I have also changed a lot of my email settings to segragate each into their own folder enabling me to work to my system. Right or wrong I think I stand the best chance if I do it all this way.

Everyone has their own way of researching but I hope this gives another option which could be implemented to your way of thinking. Let me have your comments as I would like to know your thoughts.

I found this excellent post here and thought it needs to be shared.

Few would disagree that SEO is one of the most important aspects of having a top ranking website or blog. SEO should be used as an integral part of your overall ranking strategy, and is vitally important coupled with keyword research, on page SEO, back-linking, sitemaps and article submission creating an allround search engine dominating force. This article explores 5 essential tips for SEO domination that can be started right now.

1. Keywords are important – but the right keywords relevant to your site and on page SEO are vitally important. To optimise your webpage for your keywords involves placing your keywords in your Title tag (the thin blue line at the top of your page), within your H1 and H2 tags on your webpage and strategically placed within the first paragraph of your main text. Although some Internet Marketers do not consider this as important it is worth completing this step in your overall strategy. Search engines crawling the internet now have a better chance of finding your site and indexing your site for the keywords you chose.

2. Submiting articles to high ranking article sites is a sure way to receive traffic and increase your overall ranking with the search engines. The most popular article site is ezinearticles.com who follow strict guidelines for submission of your articles but in return you can receive free traffic and back links with very little effort. Outsourcing article writing is a very smart way to maximise the number of articles you can submit for a relatively small investment saving you time and the effort of writing articles yourself.

3. Back linking has become a very important aspect of traffic generation and search engine ranking. By receiving high PR (Page Rank) backlinks from as many sources as possible (naturally) search engines value your webpage as more important over time. Finding high ranking websites to submit links to can be difficult but well worth the effort – several tools exist to help find these and many products have been created to submit and find high PR relevant websites. These links add credibility to your site and have proven themselves to be highly effective in SEO domination.

4. Sitemap submission is also important allowing search engines to see your website. Submitting your site to the major search engines gives your site an extra boost when the robots crawl the net looking for new sites. Submitting your sitemap is relatively easy and some platforms such as wordpress have plugins which do this automatically for you. Do not forget this step in your overall strategy.

5. Keyword research is vital to your success and what can be the most exciting stage of SEO domination is finding the right keywords with minimal competition but targeted and relevant traffic. What keywords do your customers use to search for your product and are they buying when finding the information they need? Your goal is to find targetted keywords relevant to your site, and how your customers are searching when using those keywords – the good news is there are products available to help with this research and many forums also teach these skills.

The tips outlined above when used together will help increase your online presence and ensure the major search engines “find” your site in the maze that we call the Internet. Some of these tips alone can create massive amounts of traffic but ideally combining them all should become standard practise when lauching any new or existing site.

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Here are ten things everyone should know about when creating web sites to help your conversion rates with your internet marketin. If you don’t do these simple things you are throwing away money. 

1. Formulate a plan
Before you build a Web site, consider the following:
• What is the purpose of the web site? Are you selling a product, advocating policy, educating readers or posting volunteer opportunities?
• Who is your audience?
• How do you plan to promote your site?
• What payment system do you plan to use?
• Who will design your site and for what cost?
• How often will you need your site updated?

2. Know your audience
Understanding your primary and secondary audience is important for any project you undertake. For example, an older audience may appreciate a Web site that has a larger font size. Studies show that children are more apt to click on a banner ad than an adult; find out who you are serving and tailor the page to meet their needs.

3. Design for multiple platforms, browsers and screen resolutions
Besides knowing the demographics of your users, knowing what type of computer they use is helpful as well. While the differences between the newer versions of Internet Explorer on the Mac and Windows platforms are few, older versions display Web pages very differently. For example, a resolution of 640×480 means that your monitor, whether 15″, 17″ or bigger, will display 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels long. The bigger the monitor (and often the better the video card), the larger resolution you can use. You should never force users scroll horizontally to view content, so designing your Web site for a screen resolution of 800×600 is a safe practice. Most new computers default to 1024×768 on a 17″ monitor; however, if you have an audience that is not especially high-tech, they may be viewing your page on a smaller monitor with a lower resolution.Older versions of browsers for testing purposes can be downloaded at: http://browsers.evolt.org/

4. Provide consistency in navigation
Users who cannot find items on your page will leave your site. Provide a consistent navigation structure with a link to your home page to allow predictability and ease of use. Also, do not be too clever in your site design. Unless you know your audience prefers abstract images and metaphors, keep it simple; use common names such as “about”, “contact”, and “help”. Also, when posting links for other sites make sure that they open in a new window, you don’t want to lose your visitor. The Web Developers Virtual Library has a good article on navigation, it is older but most of the information holds true: http://www.wdvl.com/Location/Navigation/101/
A site map is another important feature for a couple of reasons. One reason is the user will be able to find everything they need quickly and two the search engines spiders will find all your pages quicker which means it is one more way that you could get indexed quicker.

5. Write quality code
I know that coding is sometimes scary for a lot of beginners but, not all hypertext markup language (HTML) is created equally. What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) Web design tools such as Microsoft Front Page and Macromedia Dreamweaver produce different HTML code that may create unexpected results in some of the different browsers. Use an external HTML validator to verify your code so you know that your visitors will see your site the way you intended: http://validator.w3.org/

6. Create accessible web sites
Allow all users, including those with disabilities, access to your site by following consistent guidelines; ensuring that your documents have alt tags for images and scalable fonts is a good start towards making your pages more useable for everyone.

7. Effective use of fonts, images and colors
Graphics, colors and logos are all important to personalizing your page. However, misuse can drive away visitors. For example, a font you interpret as “fun” (e.g. Comic Sans) may be viewed as immature by a visitor. Basic human psychology is something you should consider when designing your site. Think of your targeted visitor, their wants and what will trigger the emotional response you want from them. Below are some quick tips to follow regarding these issues:
• Use a sans-serif font such as Verdana or Arial for displaying text, as these fonts are easier to read on a monitor. Serif fonts, such as Times New Roman and Georgia fonts look best on printed material
• Avoid use of italics; blocks of italicized text are difficult to read on a monitor
• Optimize any graphics; large images may take a long time to download for a visitor using a dial-up modem -use a thumbnail image instead
• Animated images are not cute. Pixilated, moving graphics were popular in 1996, but have lost much of their appeal on today’s Web sites for the common user
• Keep the font and style consistent by using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
• Create a color palette and use it consistently; depending on the mood of your page. Refer to the Wheel of Color for basics and recommendations: 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb263947.aspx

8. Writing and copy, just a couple of things to remember 
• Most important speak the language of your visitor
• Omit needless words; don’t ramble on too much (although a long sales letter does convert better than a short one)
• Define acronyms, if this is a first time visitor they may not know what you are talking about. Define the acronym the first time you use it, then you can use the acronym elsewhere on the site
• Check your spelling, one of the most common mistakes and yet the one that is easiest to fix

9. Promote your site
Ensure each page contains relevant keywords, a brief, accurate description in the head of your HTML document, is titled appropriately, and sponsoring or related organizations provide links to your site. The more links to your Web site from other pages results in a higher ranking on some search engines. I am not an SEO expert but do have some resources I will share with you at another time.

10. Verify and credit sources of information
Give credit where credit is due; plagiarizing copy, design or images without prior permission is unethical. Be sure to acknowledge and verify credibility of all sources. While it is not technically impossible to steal code, or articles off the Web, it does not lend credibility to your own organization.

Iv’e just been having a poke around under the bonnet of my blog engine and was disturbed to find that all comments were being held for moderation prior to posting, this meant I was unaware of any comments being left as they were being held in the dashboard area. So my sincerest apologies to those who have left comments and not had them displayed, all’s well now, also many thanks for posting..I will be in touch.

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