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Advertising on Google or Yahoo – Which is Better?

June 14th, 2008 by Trevor 4 comments »

Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing which is better? The result may surprise you.

Overture is Yahoo’s equivalent AD display and back end management system.
In truth, Overture is now called Yahoo Search Marketing and originally was a search engine in of itself at one time. Some users may still remember it as go.com

Amongst online marketers ad agencies and others, there is this oft repeated question, “which is better ?…”
Google’s Adword or Yahoo’s Overture ad management system.

Well there is no doubt that at the moment, Google’s management system is significantly better despite Yahoo having had just as much time to get their system up and sparkling.

Significantly better… but what does this mean and if i said, significantly better, I would expect a few of you out there to say, significantly better for what and for whom.

Ahh, now we are getting down to the crux of the matter.

Adwords vs Yahoo Search

For straight up analysis and backend reporting, I doubt that i will get flamed ( much…) for repeating what many technical adcopy and ad agencies already know. The Google backend system is tops. In the sincerest form of flattery, it is the de facto standard and everyone and their brother who runs a search engine and is selling traffic is either attempting to emulate, reverse engineer it or using it as their benchmark in terms of the feature set and analytical tools.

So, does this mean its very, very good – this backend management system?

Well that’s an opinion and not easy to answer definitively. Google’s adwords management has benefited from an incredible amount of usage and finetuning. Google’s internal usability testing also appears to be significantly better than that of most other fortune 50 web companies. So the ad management backend has become the system to beat as a benchmark and has stayed that way for quite some time.

Many long time users who are pay per click specialists could give you a quarter dozen very valid ways of improving the Google Adword system, so it’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. However, it is well thought out and quite the formidable 600 pound gorilla in this arena

I digress here, but if your company sells an instant gratification product and you knew for a fact, that you rarely if ever received sales between 3pm and 7:30pm on the third Wednesday of every month, perhaps you might turn off your advertising during that time or at the least tune it down significantly. Why, then is it that Google only recently allowed you to see this, and why is it that you still need to do a highly customized report to even easily see this type of trend.

We think that she doesn't use Google

Ahhh, well, some might say, its because the search engines really did not want you to know this level of detail …

All this “shadow confusion” did, was to give room to 3rd party groups like Atlas to build a better mousetrap, ha ha.

But, does the fact, that the google adword system in general have the upper hand over Yahoo’s overture system mean that Acme’s widgets should use this in preference to Yahoo?

Most Pay per click specialists would wisely tell you as a customer.

Test them both, because experience has shown us that its a different set of customers ( demographically ) who use google vs. yahoo.

I have visited this topic once before in this blog and my results then showed that some decision makers appear to inhabit the Overture spectrum and thus several of my customers who were B2B ( Business to business ) had conversion rates on Yahoo that were more than 250% better than Google.

In contrast, a particular customer who ran limousine services seem to do so well from google that there was no persuading this guy to spend one single penny on Yahoo.

In truth, unbeknown to this customer, I tried just to see what might happen and it flopped. Overture would not convert well for this type of business.

So, the answer to this question, is still not black and white.

So, today, you’re about to say, hey buddy since you haven’t given us any really new information why bother waste our time.

Well, I am here to tell you that from November 2007 thru to June 2008, many of my Overture Results have outgunned, outrun, outmanned, outmaneuvered my google adwords by a factor of 1-300%.

After scratching my head for a while and digging around in my campaigns to find out what had gone ( wrong ) or right, i came to the conclusion that a significant number of advertisers bidding on the overture terms had simply gone away, leaving bidding at an all-time low for many of these terms.

So, where had my bidding buddies gone? Well, over to Google of course – i think, hey well i didnt go over there and really check… but what i know is that they are simply NOT in overture!

Check out the Google vs. Yahoo financials over the last quarter and see if that doesn’t bear out my theory.

Google has done such a fine job of branding that every Tom, Dick & Harry ( Apologies to Tom and Dick and Harry ) thinks that they absolutely have to be on Google.

Well, my boss says we have to be on those google ad thingies to get the first position so that’s why i am gonna do…

Well, it could also be that too many of us are tired of using the rather anemic yahoo ad management interface… and it could also be that if any of you were running ads last year this time, you would know that ads promoting retail products did extremely well while b2b business offers going into the XMas season did quite pathetically for many of us.

It could be all of these reasons, a combination or perhaps none at all, but if you are currently running overture ads and google ads, go and check your own results. Depending on the industry that you are in, you may be in for a pleasant surprise.

As of February 2008, I would certainly review moving a significant portion of my B2B advertising back to Overture simply because it appears as if the sheep have done the opposite.

And for the uninitiated, you never want to get into a bidding war with the sheep. So, the less bidders ( sheep or otherwise ) the better the chance of getting a reasonable or outright low bid for your very valuable keywords.

Btw, sheep always think that they need to be in the number position. Or sometimes its the sheep’s BOSS who thinks so, but in any case, you never want to get into a bidding war with the sheep, it just too rarely ever pays.

So, Overture/Yahoo has finally put a better management system into place and things are hopefully… looking a little better for both Yahoo and their ad customers.

As an update it appears that after Yahoo and Microsoft fell out of love, Yahoo has made a deal with Google that will give Yahoo another 450 Million annually in advertising Revenue and hands Google 80% of the ad market online.

Update on the update Nov 2009
Don’t you just love Mergers and Acquisitions ?

The deal ( Yahoo/Google ) fell through, probably due to intense lobbying pressure from not only Microsoft but any other US Senator whose own people might feel job insecurity due to the proposed Google/Yahoo deal. That’s the way the real world works and personally, I would prefer as an online marketer to have more choices.

Since the users of both systems will not necessarily migrate from one system to the other, what I wrote above still holds true.

Update on the update on the update Feb 18 2010.

Last week Yahoo sent out a **confidential* message to yahoo ad buyers informing them that yahoo and Microsoft have now got back together again – at least for search. So keep your fingers crossed, keep testing both adwords and yahoo search. Some markets still respond better to one than to the other.
And while we are on this topic. The hottest area for purcashing traffic is now either PPV ( Pay Per View ), Facebook or PlentyOfFish.

These alternatives may be considerably cheaper than either google or yahoo.

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Affiliate marketing explained – Video

October 16th, 2008 by Trevor 1 comment »

Steven from articlemarketing.com explains affiliate marketing using a video.

Some explanation from Steve how to go about looking for a niche product to market as an affiliate.

He explains how to use Ebay, Google and froogle to help narrow the search for a niche product. A Niche product is defined as a narrow sub-category of a larger product that may not have a highly significant number of product vendors but where there is still considerable consumer demand.

This isn’t the only way to go about searching for either Niche Markets or Affiliate products that have high demand and less competitors but having it in a video does make it easier for some people to understand

Don’t forget to look at what you competition is doing.

Look at them through the lenses of competitive analysis programs that show which keywords your competition is getting their traffic on and whether those keyword sets are statistically relevant.

Good luck.

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Niche Marketing Scam or Fortune ?

November 11th, 2008 by Trevor 2 comments »

The Niche market scam

Fast growing amongst the popular terminologies being thrown around by online marketers is the term Niche Market or Niche Marketing in its various forms. It would appear to be dominating their every conversation and for good reason. It is actually where the money is.

So, to the heart of it – what is Niche Marketing ? Is it another of those over-hyped terms or does this fad have some legs?

So let’s see what it isn’t.
- It isn’t something you can buy
- It isn’t something you can make ( well not directly )
- It’s not a new job opening so don’t ask your boss for a transfer
- And as usual, the hordes of people taking a stab at it are nearly all probably going to fail.

Niche Marketing – An example

Here is my own quick definition : Niche Marketing is an examination or sales analysis of a very narrow marketing segment that is being under-served by the competition. Let’s see what this looks like.

Marketing to those that buy
- runners. Niche or not? Not
- Nike runners. Niche or not. Not (What did that surprise you?)
- Nike marathon capable running shoes. Niche or not? Feeling the sun yet ?
- cpu enhanced marathon capable Nike runners. Niche or no Niche? Jackpot !

So, the warmth of the sun is shining on our face, its going to be a great day. We can now see the light, yaddy, yawn… So where do we go from here? We have accurately identified a niche right? And isn’t that what everyone is talking about? Do we stock up now or wait for Christmas?

Not even! You have heard this street english before right? No, I am not keeping this niche area for myself, I wouldn’t do that to you, so don’t think I am holding back. Truth is, our premise of a niche marketplace sounds good but is still yet unproven.

The prior example was just that – an example. An niche marketing example of the narrowing market segment that a niche market might end up in. That wasn’t even close to the process used to find a niche market so please don’t jump on that phrase just consider it dead in the water, lol.
Even if half a dozen sports friends asked me for that product next week, I would neither stock nor drop ship this product for reasons that you will soon know.

Bad Niche market Example ?

So, did I just give you a really bad Niche Market example?

It might be and maybe it wasn’t but we don’t know that yet. When doing this kind of research one has to remind oneself that people use specific key words when searching for a product or service. Only the search engines, search engine tools ( like wordwatcher ) really know what is being searched for. And unfortunately only niche marketing software tools can give one the market intelligence needed in order to make a business decision.

If we know how many people are searching for the product and how many competing websites there are, isn’t this enough information to quantify this as a niche product? Wasn’t this what groups traditionally used to make their decision in the past? Well, it was, but its not enough anymore. There are tools out there now that can make a newbie 10 times more efficient and powerful than the traditional analysis used just 6 months ago.

Perhaps you are experienced and know that this was not the process used to find niches. Perhaps you are still using the tools inside google adwords, or google trends or wordwatcher. They are time tested and have worked wonderfully for the past few years but a newbie using a niche market tool and having little or no knowledge of the existing search tools from Google could blow you and I out of the competitive water in less than 5 minutes.

Competitive Niche tool products go significantly further than just how many potential clients are searching and whether the competition has the keyword on their site. They use algorithms that use several additional variables for ranking competition. They can immediately open affiliate sites like clickbank and others with a related product already found and ready for you to use. They can find articles from Private Label Sources for reprint. And this is less than a 1/10th of their abilities.

At this stage in online marketing, it no longer makes sense to find Niche Market products the old way. There is a list of products on my site. Have a look.

P.S. I would NOT stock or drop ship a product like that because it has no upsell whatsoever and I would have worked my butt off just to give walmart or Nike or someone like that another customer that will never come back to me.

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Auction Inspector – Niche Software for ebay

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Internet Marketer’s Sunday Afternoon Funnies

November 23rd, 2008 by Trevor No comments »

By the affiliate marketing guy
Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: ‘Free to good home. You want it, you take it.’

For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: ‘Fridge for sale $50.’
The next day someone stole it.

Caution… They Walk Among Us! (And They Vote!)

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn’t want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, ‘Does the sun rise in the north?’
My brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime.
She shook her head and said, ‘Oh, I don’t keep up with that stuff.’

They Walk Among Us! (And They Vote!)

I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open.
I told him, ‘The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.’
He responded, ‘Is that Eastern or Pacific time?’
Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, ‘Uh, Pacific’ .

They Walk Among Us! (And They Vote!)

A funny earn from home video — no not really, its just amusing

And another one …

created by “No internet marketing here at all”

Find out how 4 dollars can turn into 400.

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Do reciprocal links hurt my seo

May 10th, 2009 by Trevor Weir No comments »

by Trevor Weir

The idea that links from other sites to your own, actually aid your site, is a logical one. But can backlinks hurt or harm your ranking?

Most of us seo professionals keenly know what this term means, but for the less geeky it simply means getting links from other sites to your own.

When this whole thing started, this was done by exchanging links between sites, and this was acceptable for a while but the search engines soon began to devalue these reciprocal efforts because too many of the reciprocal links were contrived and not natural.

Link baiting for seo

The word “Spam” is known by some as that cheap meat in a can, but in internet lingo it is also known as the process whereby a few tech savvy individuals attempt to gain unfair advantage by flooding areas of the internet with their own commercial resource.

As an example, some marketers send out unsolicited blog comments to thousands of open blogs in an attempt to gain back links. Some made hundreds of real but content-less webpages/sites with links back to their own – not the phrase “their own” – commercial products – hence the need for objective PageRank and PageTrust. In those early days, the search engines were not looking at these items such as which reciprocal links were owned by the same organization or which chain of anchored links were with the same ISP. In order to stop spammers, this information is considered carefully used by the search engines as it is rather important for determining exactly who the spammers are.

It is said that successful backlinking depends very heavily on the keywords one chooses – traditionally, this has been where most linking efforts have failed.

Why? We can’t specifically tell others to use such and such an anchor text in their link to us. And in direct contradiction to what you might be reading around the net, therein lies a big part of the problem, right?

Also, since as a casual reader, you are not likely to be an expert on long tail keywords, you are going to most logically try to pick the keywords having the most traffic. Is this a mistake? A brand new online entity, even after being indexed by Yahoo or most search engines, typically has no chance at ranking on its chosen keywords for many months if not years.

Ergo, have we looked at a potentially time wasting effort here?

The potential problems don’t stop there. Initially a new html or htm page has a Google Rank of N/A. Then after its indexed, typically 0 where Zero is not good and 10 is the best. Although some may argue this while a new page with N/A or O as its rank can have a freshness quotient that can help it positively, in most search engines, its zero which is evidence of lack of backlinks will assuredly work negatively against it.

Exceptions abound however and if the newly created page is sitting on a very popular web2.0 social network property like squidoo or craigslist, bebo or scribd to name a few then it won’t be penalized as much just because its current pagerank or credibility level appears to be a zero.

And as some will be quick to point out, it is thought that new pages on foundation sites such as those with a PageRank of 5 or above, inherently acquire some of the PageRank or PageTrust of the site that they sit on.

Technical babble – the question really is – What really, does one do ?

Google’s time worn advice, go back to fundamentals, create good and be innovative. They would recommend strongly that we even create “link-bait” that will cause others to want to link to you.And that’s inherently a great idea if you have any idea what this link-bait thing means. Ignoring Google’s advice is always done at your own peril, however I urge you to examine the issues involved in creating link-bait more deeply. Calculate whether you really have 8-9 months that it takes to consistently create new articles almost daily, and to put out such a ferocious amount of intensely likable content in one spot that would cause people to consistently put a link to that page from their own – If the answer is no then you understand why most of us will never ever intentionally create link-bait.

There has to be ways around this. What should one do?

Look around this blog, there are myriad articles on link-bait and seo tools.

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How To Create More Cash From Your Blog

May 12th, 2009 by Trevor Weir No comments »

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What is a Blog? Well, you might be reading this now from either a blog or an article directory, so that might give you a clue. A Blog ( sometimes called a Web Blog ) is an online commentary that is maintained and updated on a regular basis using a content management system that takes the html coding and complexity away from the author.

Canada’s Globe and Mail reported in 2008, that for the first time over 1.5 Billion people had access to the internet. Thanks to the ease with which Bloggers can now attempt to monetize their blogs, you can bet that hundreds of thousands of bloggers are trying to do exactly this. But how really is it done?

It really doesn’t take much anymore to become **published** on the internet. There are over 10 million part time bloggers who can attest to this.

Blogging allows a non-technical person to use an online editor similar to write to their hearts content and have that information along with associated pictures and videos to be stored in database and made available to the world.

Thousands of non-technical people are joining the blogging arena on a hourly basis. The ease of entry and ability to be listened to is encouraging the masses.

What do people blog about? Pretty well everything and anything. So much so that blogging itself is now starting to influence a lot of other non-internet areas too.

For a some time now, there has been a smoky underground rumor claiming that several guys are cleaning up financially using their blogs. 2 online marketers with different blogging styles, Yanik Silver and Ben are rumoured to be in the 7 to 8 figure range in terms of revenue.

The truth is, there are a few people who have become so very successful with their online blogging that it has become their full time job earning money enough to support themselves and even beyond that. But for every 1000 that try, we would estimate that there are 998, whom have less than stellar stories regarding their online earnings.

People like John Chow used the first of these methods below. We are going to list a few of them, but by no means should you think that this is the only formula of success. Some ways in which others are monetizing their blogs involves… Banner Advertising Donations Selling their blogs Primary Sponsors Affiliate programs such as Amazon,Clickbank

Blogging has come a long way and the myriad ways of making money from them grows at an ever exponential pace. If this article has tweaked your curiosity and you are really interested in getting the low down on what was done by those earning 7 and 8 figure earnings annually, click on the link below and discover for yourself which of the top four blogging formulas absolutely raked in the money, did not do well or achieved super stardom.

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Pay Per Click Conundrum – Google the cash hole ?

May 18th, 2009 by Trevor Weir 1 comment »

by Trevor Weir

Some forecasters are saying that Google’s PPC (Pay Per Click Advertising) is dead. This is a strange claim when the latest Neilson online results show Google once again pummeling Yahoo and MSN in search ratings. So why would anyone make a statement like this : PPC on Google is Finished!

Google accountants, who cheer in glee, as Google revenue continues its relentless climb would not even dignify this with a response. And yet Yahoo executives, who know who is eating into their ad share revenue would glumly agree. Google’s Adword advertising model is absolutely roaring along.

Would Google’s popularity hurt the customers? No, its a win win for them with more advertisers, more choices and google pumping more resources into faster servers etc. How would this work at a auto or car auction if the bidding area was suddenly flooded with triple the number of bidders. Bidders who perhaps stopped off on their way to a casino ? Would the cars be cheaper or more expensive?

So now you understand the position of those buying from Google’s keyword bidding system. The more competition is the bigger the profit for Google and the more that the bidders get raked over the coals. And for us poor idiots who are purchasing – is the more expensive the cherished keywords are per click.

You better hope that they beeline for the bus doors immediately afterwards, because if they wander over to join the auction, the prices of all vehicles will go uphigher and higher. And was this good for you or the Auctioneers? You already know the answer to that one.

So a couple hundred heavy pocketed corporate types on their way to the casino, who find themselves coming out of the bathroom and seeing good cars go cheaply might want to wallow in and join the bidding. Well, thats exactly what deep pocketed corporate has done.

If more than a few of those guys don’t head right back for the bus, you and your bidding budders are going to have some cash rich competition who won’t even listen and smell the exhaust or kick the tires a bit. They are simply going to stand there and bid.

This is exactly what happens when many corporate buyers run in and bid up keywords without taking the time to seriously learn the craft.

How about paying 10 dollars per click for the keyword “marketing”? A little too expensive right? ( and broad while you’re at it, lol ) Just 101 clicks later and you have topped the magic thousand dollar mark. I hope you have a real expensive product to sell, ha ha.

Does that sound like fun?

You are not alone. In helping a friend with some PPC on Google, I noticed a curious phenomena. Over 40 brokers pushing up the price bidding on three phrases and just one lone broker in yahoo and nobody at all on msn.

By the end of the week, my Google adwords account had recorded just less than 10,000 impressions on just 4 popular search terms. My Yahoo Search marketing account had barely cleared a thousand.

Nimbly and joyfully the gang of 40 plus real estate agents in Toronto bid the pricing above the 1 dollar mark, while the Yahoo search costs stayed under 10 cents.

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2 seo tips that I bet you really didn’t know

May 19th, 2009 by Trevor Weir No comments »

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The correct tools are make or break in the search for search optimization processes that bring more traffic.

Using the correct tools is very crucial.

A great place to start is with keyword seo tools.. Another good tool sorry not free is Market Samurai, which does a lot more than just keyword research.

Two Great Seo Tips that we are betting that you didn't Know

If you don’t mind a small monthly fee, Nichbot is an excellent choice. The venerable, Word tracker is also very popular, also requiring a subscription payment. You might want to read a few reviews on these different keyword tools .

Another tool that might be worth your time is RSS feed submission software. Blogs already have RSS feeds, but its a pretty good bet that your wonderful html site might not. But this is not a problem as you can easily add an RSS feed to nearly any online site — this is something that few marketers know, which means you will be ahead of the game!

By submitting your RSS feed to different directories, you will be getting more exposure and more links back to your website.

Social bookmarking tools have also been popular for a couple of years now. However, “their effectiveness has declined a lot”, in many SEO expert’s opinions but not in mine and I have the proof.

The above text points specifically about or at Social bookmarking links and not the automated bookmarking tools. Some tools have or leave identifying marks in their work that are a easily read signals to the technical guys that play with the google search algorithms.

There is significantly more to seo tools, so don’t stop with this article.

Remember that rewards rarely come fast in this area – so be persistent!

Tired of reading stuff that you knew already, ha ha. If you are in expert in this field, i thought so.

Now for what the promised 2 TIPS that YOU DIDN’T KNOW

Google Analytic numbers are wrong.
Google knows they are wrong, in fact several years ago when Google purchased urchin, it was discussed that people turning off cookies could adversely affect the results of non-local analytics like google analytics.

So if google analytics is incorrect, how does one find out what truly the unique visitors are and what their patterns are like? Well, all major http servers like apache and IIS have logs. These logs will be accurate and will have far more accurate information than Google analytics.

Use your logs for analytics and don’t trust external 3rd parties.

How far wrong can third party counters be?
How about, in extreme cases as much as a shocking 3-400%

Ha ha, Ok, I know you didn’t know that !
The sad thing is that alexa and other sources that we use for competitive analysis can also be off significantly though probably not as much as 300%.

How fast is your website?
The amount of traffic that google sends to your site may in the near future be determined in part by the speed with which your website can satisfy user requests. A very slow website, can’t handle tens of thousands of users daily, so even if its optimized properly, has backlinks that number in the tens of thousands why should google send visitors to such a site?

Ha ha, bet, in the past, you hadn’t thought of that one either — but Google has. Ok, thats number 2. Over and out.
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SEO Services Toronto For Regional Targeting

October 30th, 2009 by Trevor Weir 1 comment »

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Using a specialized SEO services Toronto firm makes it more viable for your business to specifically target markets. We all need to push our online businesses and services to become a world wide success, but chunking off regional expectations one at a time can be a faster and cleaner way of getting there. Specialized SEO services in Toronto can help you develop a strong Canadian market.

When you are developing regional target markets online, you need some insider information. Just because your business doesn’t stem from Toronto doesn’t mean that you can’t target a market there. Without the insider information, however, the entire process becomes a vague guessing game. You can’t target a specific market if you know nothing of it.

Search engine optimization is the primary way for non-branded businesses to become well recognized online and the only way to continuously grow in the online market. Community specific deals can be harder to develop because you need to know whether your products or services will fit into the needs of an area. Additionally, you need to have a firm grasp on how much competition there is and how stiff that competition might be.

Fortunately, you do not have to have this direct information. By using SEO services in Toronto you will be able to pull upon their massive resources and end up with a highly targeted campaign that is user friendly and offers a significant advantage to your online efforts.

Using a regional SEO firm helps you develop good business contacts while also helping you develop a strong search engine optimization plan. Being able to contact your firm directly, deal with the regarding regional issues, and then taking it to the next level with national and international SEO plans gives you the ability to drive your online business forward.

As you continue to develop and follow through with your search engine optimization plan, the picture will need some stability. By having a strong and devoted SEO specialist you will have a professional to help guide you through every single step of the way.

Their insight is invaluable and you should never forget the advantages to being able to focus on the advice of a single SEO services Toronto firm. Without conflicting advice or competition for your business you will be receiving advice and direction that has been proven to work.

Trying to get your site off the ground? If you want to increase traffic to your website, you need seo services toronto to help! You can find search engine optimization services toronto that will take your site soaring to new heights! Don't wait another minute to get your site buzzing!

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Seo BruteForce or EVOII or BFSEO

February 1st, 2010 by Trevor No comments »

I just wanted to give you a quick heads-up that a Top Secret “Back Door” to the incredible Brute Force SEO: EVO2 Membership that is making so many people SO much cashola has opened, and if you’re smart you will Jump On This right away:

http://bruteforceseo.com/backdoor.php

The already awesome BFSEO:EVO2 membership just got even MORE powerful- Pete and the guys cooked up an insane deal with the dudes at Unique Article Wizard (the webs TOP Article spin and submission service) to actually integrate certain functions of UAW directly INTO EVO2 that will allow us MORE incredible power to blast our articles to MORE directories, and with better content to boot.

But it gets even BETTER…

They also cooked up a deal with Dr. Noel Swanson, owner of Unique Article Wizard to allow our trial members one full month of the FULL UAW package (normally $67) for just a BUCK.

That’s right- One Month for a buck to the web’s Premier article spinning and submitting service- Pete’s paying the balance on YOUR behalf! I’m telling you right now, UAW doesn’t DO this…EVER. Their service is SO in demand, that they have NO inclination to ever discount or offer freebies like this… It took a LOT of arm-twisting to get them to agree to it at all.

But it all starts here, and it starts Right Now…
http://bruteforceseo.com/backdoor.php

The available slots for this NINTH release of the sensational BFSEO: EVO2 and SEO Fight Club Membership are limited as always- but as an added bonus, Pete’s decided NOT to raise the price (at this time).

That has NEVER happened before with any previous release, so it is something to seriously consider. I guarantee, it will NEVER get “Cheaper” to be a part of this mind-blowing premium SEO traffic automation suite. WORD.

Oh, I almost forgot- the first SEVEN DAYS are totally gratis. That’s correct: you get to test drive EVO2 and all the other goodies for Nada…Zip…Nothing.

For a full seven days! If you decide it’s not for you? Simple- just go to your PayPal account and cancel. YOU have the control. Just don’t cancel too soon, because when you do, your access comes to a screaming HALT. Immediately. So give it the full seven (7) days to fully evaluate this mind-blowing membership!

But I strongly urge you to Avoid The Crowds- this launches to the public on Tuesday Feb 2nd, 2010 (Soon!), but you have a shot at securing your elite membership Right NOW.

Get Rolling…

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An Update

It’s almost mid Feb., Peter sent out an email yesterday attesting to the phenomenal response and said once again that the doors are closing. Lots of people use this “Doors are closing” line to add impetus to the “Do it now” sense of urgency.

Peter Drew, however does not do fake closings. Since I have been using this product, in the past 9 months, he has closed the doors exactly when he said he would and kept them closed for 3-4 months.

I’ll See You In Fight Club!

Trevor Weir

PS – Once you sign in for your BFSEO trial you will be emailed the secret link to sign up for your UAW $1 membership- but nothing happens at all unless YOU take the next step and seize the prize: http://bruteforceseo.com/backdoor.php

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Is Your Blog A Cash Flow Center Or A Sentimental Money Pit ?

February 4th, 2010 by Trevor Weir No comments »

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What is a Blog? Well, you might be reading this now from either a blog or an article directory, so that might give you a clue. A Blog ( sometimes called a Web Blog ) is an online commentary that is maintained and updated on a regular basis using a content management system that takes the html coding and complexity away from the author.

One of the main appeals of the internet is it’s ability to grant unknown individuals access to a vast potential audience at a global level and with even the most minimal resources expended. Jan 2009, the GlobeAndMail Newspaper reported that for the first time ever, 1 Billion people had been recorded as being online the month prior.

Getting your inner most thoughts out for the entire world to not only read but comment on is now as easy as getting either a free blog on wordpress.com or blogger.com. Both are public but one is owned by wordpress and the other is owned by Google.

It would be difficult to not have heard about blogging. With 10 million part timers and a few well known bloggers like John Chow earning tens of thousands monthly, one would truly have had to bury one’s head in the sand to have not heard about this phenomena.

Thousands of non-technical people are joining the blogging arena on a hourly basis. The ease of entry and ability to be listened to is encouraging the masses.

Like the internet, the growth of Blogging has started to influence many aspects of society. In part because of the many and varied peoples from different walks of life who have taken in the Blog as a part of their lives.

Recently, there has been a smoky underground rumor about a few hardy guys and gals making an absolute fortune fiscally from their blogs. 2 internet marketers with different blogging styles, Yanik Silver and Ben are rumoured to be making 5-7 figures.

In fact, there is quite a small group of people who have become so incredibly successful with their online blogging that it has become their full time job earning money enough to support themselves and even beyond that. But for every 1000 that try, I would guess that there are 998, whom have less than stellar stories regarding their online earnings.

If you examine the blogs of those who are successful, there are a number of common themes being used in these success stories. We are going to list a few of them, but by no means should you think that this is an exhaustive list. Some ways in which others are monetizing their blogs involves… Banner Advertising Donations Selling their blogs Major Sponsorships Affiliate programs such as Amazon,Clickbank

Blogging has increased at a horrendous pace and as these millions of blogs take up more valuable real estate online, it stands to reason that advertisers and others would take notice. If you have found this interesting and you are really interested in getting an exact overview of *the formula* used by those earning six and seven earnings annually, click on the link below and discover for yourself which of the top 4 blog monetization methods absolutely raked in the money, failed the test or achieved super stardom.

Uncover how others made significant thousands of dollars weekly from their blog. Ecommerce, merchant accounts and shopping carts might be the key. Is it possible for you to do the same? Find out how to earn money from your blog

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A Business Plan Is Like A Modern-day Treasure Map

March 14th, 2010 by Candace Walker No comments »

Pirates have treasure maps. Attraction marketers have business or marketing plans. Both serve the same purpose. They make sure you don’t wander around aimlessly, hoping to run into your objective by a happy accident. You can fritter away a lot of money quickly going around in circles, instead of heading directly towards your goal of financial freedom. Make sure you have enough capital to achieve your goal, and include a budget for any plan you create.

It all begins with your desire. A victor’s mindset is a prerequisite for internet attraction marketing success. Napoleon Hill said “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.”

Just as you wouldn’t consider starting an offline business without a business plan, you shouldn’t start an online business without a business plan or a marketing plan. Many years ago, when I first started dreaming about having my own business, I created what was then called a treasure map or a dream board.

I know you are all familiar with pirates and treasure maps. The treasure could, of course, be gold or money, but it could also be the key to a treasure chest or the solution to your problems. It could be the location of the “fountain of youth”, the solution to your health challenges, the way to achieve success in your personal relationships, or the answers to all of your business problems.

In short, the treasure map may lead you to what you want to accomplish in life. It could be the answer to your prayers, and it doesn’t have to be all financial. It doesn’t have to be financial at all. Well, on your personal treasure map, you can list all of the things that are important to you. You generally depict the objects you want to possess. You draw or find images of your dream home, your ideal car, your private jet, and whatever your heart desires. Here’s an example of such a treasure map.

This dream board serves home-based entrepreneurs as well. It should include a comprehensive list of exactly what you as a new internet business person, hope to become. You need to put in words or pictures what you want to accomplish, and what you see as the ultimate reward you expect to have. This dream board should encompass all parts of your life, including your hopes for your personal life or your family. No one has ever said at the end of their life, “I wish I had spent more time at the office”. Hopes such as having more time for your family, being able to enjoy your work and adding more joy into your life will strengthen your plan and give you more resolve.

Just think of your business plan as a dream board composed of words rather than pictures. Your dream board might look like this.

For me, creating a dream board is a fun and creative release of energy. I sometimes create video dream boards – putting my hopes, dreams, plans, and aspirations into a photographic slide show. I add my favorite music. My home office rocks as I watch my video treasure maps a couple of times each day, while I work at my computer.

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Creating World Class Blog Templates

March 14th, 2010 by Marc Sylvester No comments »

Blogging is on the rise across the web with a whole host of informative, opinionated, quirky and quite often hilarious blogs cropping up to provide a uniquely individual place for people’s thoughts. In amongst this sea of new content, it’s more important than ever before to use eye catching blog templates to make your blog stand out from the crowd!

The Web 2.0 is revolutionizing the way we create and access content, making possible the kind of democratization that the web’s founders could only imagine. To get your voice heard in the blogosphere, as well as creating killer content, it’s important that you brand your blog to make it accessible while at the same time helping it to stand up and get noticed in an increasingly crowded room.

The first thing to do is decide on the type of blog you’re looking to establish and adapt your layout for the content. For example, news blogs and those boasting political commentary are very often styled around traditional print media simply because those styles have worked for so long and have proved popular with readers.

Magazines and papers have spent a long time honing their styles to the particular demands of their readers’ eyes and attention spans, so if you feel your content needs to convey a certain gravitas, don’t be ashamed to borrow a few ideas from the professionals.

On the other hand, if you’re putting together a particularly personal blog, you’ll want to really make it your own. Think about a snappy tagline, header and footer which will ‘brand’ your page, and don’t be afraid to experiment with a few different templates when you start out; react to feedback and remember that your readers are your masters!

One tip that applies across the board is to avoid any crowded background images. Don’t layer text on a family photograph for instance, or layer red text on a picture of a sunset! Think about what would actually be enjoyable to look it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so don’t be afraid to copy and adapt styles from some of your favourite blogs. Often, other people’s ideas work for a very basic reason: they are simply attractive and effective.

There’s nothing wrong, for example, with using pre-existing blog templates, rather than getting into a mess with tricky HTML. You’ll notice that many blogs have a very similar style; legibility, memorability and the quality of your content should be what really counts. Anything else is superfluous; if you do it right you’ll reap the benefits and if you get it wrong, your blog could bomb!

If you bear the golden rules in mind, and provided you’ve got something interesting to share, you shouldn’t have too many problems in creating a blog that’s both approachable and uniquely yours. Blog templates are flexible and fully customisable, so play around and see what works and what doesn’t. Have fun, experiment and think at all times about the people you’re aiming for and your blog’ll go far!

Get one of the many blog templates that are located online. The blog theme you use can bring in more traffic. Go online now and learn more.

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Web 2.0 Social Networking Sites – All About Facebook

March 14th, 2010 by Alex Johnson No comments »

After dating websites came the social networking websites, such as MySpace and Friendster. These are places where people or groups of people can go to find friends they have lost touch with or just to meet new people who share an interest.

These days the social networking site to join and stay in touch with friends and colleagues is Facebook. What started out as a friendship facility has quickly grown beyond this into something that businesses use in addition to internet marketers.

The great thing about Facebook is that it will be able to provide you with tools that can be used to effectively market your products and services. With over 62 million users, you will see that it will definitely have the potential in increasing your sales. Here, you will see that when you join, you will be able to readily use tools that can really help you advertise your products and services.

By creating a great profile page you can be sure that you will be able to attract a lot of targeted traffic. Always remember that a complete profile is the best way to go with any social site.

Facebook as well as other social networking websites are now just beginning to see their potential. To do this, you might want to join groups related to your profession.

Try adding some applications, such as games and add some videos as well as syndicate your blog website using RSS. What better way can you use to get people interested in what you do to your commercial blog.

You have to remember that in order for an online business to become a success, targeted traffic is the key and there is no better way than by using Facebook. Through these tips, you can be sure that you will get a lot of viewers in your profile page and increase the chances of getting them in your business website or get them to buy your products or services.

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Should You Buy Affiliate Internet Marketing Software?

March 14th, 2010 by Tyson Bradshaw No comments »

Many of us dream of giving up our day jobs and working for ourselves. Being your own boss can provide the accountability level you want as well as the incentive to perform well. Running your own business usually mean lots of hard work but the rewards can be quite tremendous.

When it comes to starting a company, many people get scared. They worry about loosing that security that their job has provided. They also worry about the risk involved in starting your own business. The risk is worth considering being that anywhere from 70-90 % of all small businesses fail in the first year.

Affiliate Marketing is a great way to work for yourself with minimal risk. When you work as an affiliate you usually sell a range of goods or services for profit. You will still have to work very hard to promote your business; however the financial risk to you is extremely low.

Many who have started their affiliate marketing businesses wonder about affiliate Software. They wonder if it is worth purchasing and what it can do for their particular business. The answer to theses questions lies entirely in the individual affiliate and the type of business that they have. However, there are some general things to try and consider before you shell out large sums on affiliate software.

Before buying any software program, you need to apply some perspective. Software will not take a floundering company and get it into fortune 500. It is simply a tool to help you in various aspects of running a home based business. You will still have to do all of the hard work. The software will only help.

Once you have some perspective, then you need to list your companies needs. How are you at keeping accounts? Could you do better with software? Many people do purchase software to manage accounts for them. Especially when their businesses start to take off. Chances are you can do just as good of a job on your own but software will make it go much faster. You must keep in mind however, that software does take time to learn. However, once you have mastered it accounting software can help you keep track of your incoming money and outgoing at a much faster rate than if you were to do it yourself.

If you have a home based internet affiliate marketing business that is entirely internet based, you may want to consider website building software. Again, you may be able to do just as good of a job on your own. However, if you can’t this software can help. It will offer suggestions on how to make your pages more attractive and how to attract more internet traffic to your site. This can all translate into more sales or Ad revenue for you.

You should never purchase any software without previewing it first. This way you can tell if this particular style of software is what you need. Most places will give you a free trail, if not find someone who will. You could also find free software that you can download from the internet. It takes little time to put this onto your computer. It is certainly worth at least trying the free software. It doesn’t cost anything and could save you money if it does what you need it to do. If it doesn’t then you can always have it removed and purchase what you need.

If you have a knack for sales or marketing then perhaps you should consider the world of home based affiliate marketing programs. You can put your creativity, skills and expertise to work for you rather than someone who doesn’t appreciate them. When your business starts to pick up, you may want to consider the purchase of some affiliate software. It can help you manage your accounts and increase your website traffic. You could find it for free online or get a free trail from a software company. What ever you decide, remember keep some perspective of what it can do. Software is only a tool it won’t work miracles.

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Social Media Marketing For Sales Automation Software!

March 14th, 2010 by Lew Jones No comments »

Have you previously read the words “thought leadership?” It’s a priceless strategy to consider if you are establishing or offering a internet business. It is the concept of dispensing learning, management and specialist knowledge – in summary, offering value to your customers and the market over the options that come with the products or services.

Imagine that : you would not launch your organization within a vacuum. At some position, you’d certain information about a sector, an segment, as well as a procedure that resulted in the services or services you offer. Plus the more time you’re in company, the greater data you’ve found out.

That info can make you a thought leader. Further , it makes you much more interesting and highly relevant to your target market and prospects.

Look at the methods for you to display the wealth of data you need to your future sector. It is a “soft” way of promoting, but ultimately it’s exceedingly productive. After you give high quality advice, you’re revealing value. Consumers will probably come back to a source that contains value, then when they gather understanding of the market place you serve and of the situations your current systems may fix, your company will be the area where they move.

Simply because your answers includes value, consider the methods for you to allow it to become open to other companies:

* Web publication copy. You can easlily publish resources in brief, digestible and perhaps even enjoyable tidbits via a company blog site. Yet take into consideration a handful standard regulations for efficacious writing. 1) Your blog will never matter unless somebody’s looking through it. Until you’ve got a solid following, think of growing into a guest blogger or columnist for a blog or a newsletter with a strong following on the market market you serve. Your sites can show value- yield internet search engine traction – and you can generally repost the actual aticles to your business site (by way of attribution, obviously,) as well as 1 way links towards the initial published article. You might want to contribute to a few guides and in doing this, you will develop a whole new field of probable followers as well as future clients who will be prepared to participate.

* Become a member of a great organization. And get highly interested. There are bound to always be several relationships in your own niche of expertise. Choose the strongest 1-2 and acquire remarkably needed. Hunt for chatting opportunity or authority roles you may fill. You will turn out to be visible and you will hear natural opportunities to share value and also networking.

* Conduct a no cost class or a webcast. There are numerous questions you could share that may expand normal involvement in your industry and products. You may provide a class with true value-such as 15 techniques for using sales channel software – and then just as one preference, present attendees an opportunity to find out more about your treatments following the tutorial event. Qualified prospects that enroll will probably be extremely stimulated, since they’re there from authentic interest.

* Issue a ezine on a powerful educational topic in your community of preference. By way of example, a doctor published the background of Botox, Restylane, Juvederm and Thermage in laser clinics to raise visibility for his personal plastic surgery clinic, and by extension, this individual grew to become his communities natural source and first option for medical spa information as competently.

* Remember the power of internet marketing. You ought to come up with fan pages, Twitter sites and LinkedIn pages for the enterprise which develop into sources of education and learning. Just about every column, blog site, article or webinar is a really useful resource it is possible to share further simply by posting back-links to the unique material via all of the social media marketing sites.

Virtually each and every businessperson has facts of great interest to a prospective marketplace as well as the services they sell. The more unique the product or advertise, the greater the amount of education involved, and the more valuable the thought leadership you can potentially share. Think about the business benefits that information could be providing for you. While marketing plays a valuable role in commercial enterprise, providing education and legitimately valuable information may prove to be an even more invaluable tool. In the current small business sector, thought leadership is usually a essential key.

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