Getting people who matter to see one’s website is a difficult undertaking if he tries to consider the fact that there are rivals everywhere waiting to pin him down. The immensity of the internet as well as the affiliate marketing world has given birth to the fierce competition between affiliate marketers, each of whom has his own great product to offer. With all the websites piling on top of each other, how would one be able to stand out? The seven best ways to drive laser-targeted traffic to one’s own website would help those who are bent on sticking it out with this business wherever it is bound to take them.

The first step in driving traffic to one’s website is by relying on search engines and what they can do for the affiliate marketer concerned. Because they are popular for driving free targeted traffic, they should not be ignored by all means. Having top search engine rankings is vital in building popularity links, and the use of the right keywords is important in attaining this goal. Once a website is on top of the list, it is easily accessible to anyone who wants to see it for himself.

The second way in driving traffic to one’s website is by contacting other web masters for a possible link exchange partnership. Locating websites that are related to one’s own website is the primary task. Once there, he should be able to establish communication by personalizing everything as much as possible. It is then possible to make reciprocal link exchanges between web masters whichever way the affiliate marketer prefers.

The third way is through writing one’s own articles. This is an effective way in promoting a website, because good content that are appreciated by readers will lead them to visit the writer’s very own website out of sheer interest.

The fourth way is through joint venture marketing. This is one of the most effective ways of promoting a product or a service. Having a partner through ad swap or link exchange is beneficial to both parties as it allows them to reach a wide customer base in a short amount of time.

The fifth is through joining affiliate programs. Having affiliates to do the work means allowing them to bring tons of traffic to a website. Skyrocketing sales would be realized as a result, and both the affiliate and the website owner will benefit from the situation.

The sixth is by having a list of subscribers that one can refer to every so often, because they are those which would prove to be valuable assets for the marketer concerned. The use of auto-responders and personalized newsletters is one way of keeping track of them all, and holding on to them by letting them know about new products and services is an essential task that should be done by the affiliate marketer concerned.

The seventh is by knowing one’s market through and through. It is important for traffic to be targeted to those who might have a special interest in the theme or topic of one’s website. This way, a solid customer base is going to be created. Once a potential customer shows an interest in a particular website by paying it a visit, one must not waste time in trying to show him that his effort is worth it.

Traffic generating strategies are important in trying to make one’s affiliate marketing career inch forward. It is always advantageous to plan one’s moves in any business that he might undertake. This is particularly so in affiliate marketing. If one knows how to get people to see what he has to offer, then he is on the right track.

This is the last post of the sitemap submission series. We are already through Google and Yahoo and now it’s Live.com (or MSN). The process is pretty much similar. If you have submitted your site’s sitemap to Google or Yahoo or both, you must have created the file sitemap.xml and it’s still there in the root directory of your site.

Before you do anything else just go to Live.com Webmaster Center and log in using your Live Mail or Hotmail Account and hit the ‘Add a site’ button.

When the page loads completely provide information like your web site’s url and the url or location of the site’s sitemap.xml. Please note here that this is not the regular site-map (generally sitemap.html) you used to have on your site but a specially generated xml file. You can have a sitemap.xml for your web site generated for free here – http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

After you submit your site details, you need to verify or authenticate the web site which is pretty much like Google and Yahoo. Create a HTML file by copy and pasting the code provided in the page that loads on submission in Notepad and name the file as suggested. Here is an example -

That’s it. You are done. Just hit the ‘OK’ button and you will get the confirmation that your site has been aded to Live.com Webmaster Center.

Submitting your sitemap and other site details to Google, Yahoo and Live.com is very important as it helps the search engine robots to index your site properly and hence help you achieve higher positions in the search engine result pages.

“You give ‘Site Seer’ your URL and it will instantly extract and display all of the features of your site that the search engines use to rank you.”

To get this ‘must have’ tool you need to go here and opt in /register first. So, go ahead and do it if you haven’t done it already. There are some great videos to watch once you are registered and have access to the Site Seer page. These videos are parts of the Stompernet Going Natural 3.0 which was launched recently.

I have already tried this tool and it returned (actually emailed) with a real eye-opening report on the SEO status of one of my web sites. Here are some screen shots of the tool and the result.

It’s pretty easy to fill up the fields and submit your site details. And soon the system will send you an email containing the link to the result page. Here’s a few screenshots of the result page.

I must admit that I’m pretty impressed with the tool though it’s not ground breaking but still it’s very handy to have all information about your site in one place. And you will feel good to learn that there’s someone or something to look after the SEO of your site. It also suggests what you should do to promote your site including submitting your site to several resources.

So, without wasting any more time just rush to the Stompernet Going Natural 3.0 or simply go straight to the Site Seer page and get started right now.

Until next time.

Firstly, open up the following sites in 3 different tabs of your browser (Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 supports tab browsing. however it’s not a criteria and you can do it by opening new windows or just do one by one on the same window).

• Google Webmaster Tools
• Yahoo Site Explorer
• Live.com Webmaster Center

Login or sign up if you don’t have an account already. First we will learn to submit the site map to Google.

Google Webmaster Tools

Step #1 – Add your site

Step #2 – Click Verify your site when the next page loads.

Step #3 – You have to choose the verification method to verify your site. You have two options – you can verify by inserting a META tag or by uploading a blank file.

First, let’s see how the META tag works -

Insert the Meta tag in your site’s Home page source code as it is. Don’t change anything, just copy and paste the code between the head tags. Note the Meta tag just below the Meta keywords tag.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=utf-8″ />
<title>Title of your site goes here</title>
<meta name=”description” content=”Give a cool description of your site here.” />
<meta name=”keywords” content=”keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3″ /><meta name=”verify-v1″ content=”9tW7D7+GgFDxvZKbaRFcqFlNOETT0NZ+8ehKmg48BY8=” />

<link href=”style.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”images/favicon.ico”>

</head>

Save, Upload and Verify.

But, I prefer the File Upload method as described below.

Select the “Upload an HTML file” option instead of the earlier “Add a Meta Tag” from the drop down menu.

Create a blank HTML file and name it exactly as suggested by Google. To create a HTML file right click on your desktop or on the white space inside a folder and select New. Then select “Text Document” from the sub menu to create a text document. Rename the text document by replacing New Text Document.txt by the name provided by Google (for example, googleabCDEFgh12345IJKL67890m.html). An alert will pop up asking you whether you really want to rename the file. Hit Yes. And voila, your HTML file is ready to upload to your sever. Upload it to your root directory and first verify if it is really there by clicking the link provided. A blank page is what you are going to see but if you follow the address bar you will notice that url you just clicked a second back. If you have done something wrong the browser will return the “The webpage cannot be found” message.

Once you are satisfied, hit the Verify button.

Congratulations. You have successfully verified your site. Now proceed to upload your sitemap. Hope you have already created one and uploaded it to your server.

Step #4 – Now click the Sitemap menu from the left sidebar. Now click the Add a Sitemap link on the page which just loaded.

Step #5 – Choose your sitemap type as Add General Web Sitemap

Step #6 – You will now be prompted to add your sitemap. Just complete your Sitemap URL by typing sitemap.xml in the blank field. And hit the Add General Web Sitemap button.

Congratulations again. You have just added your sitemap to the Google. You can now expect better indexing of your pages.

Coming up next . . . how to add your sitemap to yahoo and MSN or Live.com.

Stay tuned.

Got the following mail from Jaiku founders
Jyri Engestrom and Petteri Koponen, only this morning -

This should be big news for Jaiku members and non-members alike. You can visit Jaiku at the above address and ask for an invitation code. Here’s the link again -  http://jaiku.com/help/google

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The response to the Thirty Day Challenge was overwhelming. This year the number of consultants has surplussed the total number of 2005 and 2006 put together. And that’s tells you everything about the viral nature of the web. It’s not yet too late to join. You can catch up over the weekend. Here’s the link again – www.thirtydaychallenge.com

Have a ‘challenging’ week end.

A month and a half back I received a newsletter email from one of the better known internet marketing gurus. It says something like this -

“ Re: Witness the next potential Billion Dollar Buyout

Hi,

Those reading that do not act TODAY may regret it later.

(NOTE: I am not selling you here. There is nothing to buy but you will want to act fast.)

I want to get right to the point here.

Why will YouTube.com be scared?

How does this affect you?

Read on…

There is a new site that just went in beta. You are one of the first people to know about it.

I just got a REAL personal email from the owner of the site. He asked me and 2 other people to let the site go live to the world in Beta.

The owner of the site was a speaker at my workshop earlier this year. When he spoke
about this site, he was literally mobbed back stage for 2 hours.

Why?

Well, the truth is YouTube.com is a phenomena but it is also filled with so much junk like people reciting Gieco commercials or doing the chicken dance in their basement.

This new site is combining ecommerce with the YouTube concept.

Imagine, if Amazon combined with YouTube with a Google Search Engine…

Why the hell does this matter to you?

Here is why, and why you will run over to this site and get started.

This site has an affiliate program that allows you to embed video on any site you want
just like YouTube. But when the person goes to the site and makes a purchase, you get
paid.

That’s right… You get paid for promoting other peoples videos.

On top of that, there is a 1 year cookie.

But here is where it gets even more important that you get started today.

This is Web 2.0 at it’s best. The videos have the latest technology to that will allow
ratings, relevancy, and scoring.

So that means, videos with more views will be more relevant that others.

So like the California gold rush of 1849, you want to be the first to get going in your wagon.

As you set your videos, and the sites “Tips” to one of the top 100 sites in the world, your
videos will have more views because of first movers advantage as you load content
and place the relevant tags for it.

I am predicting, that this site may be part of a major corporate buy out by Microsoft, Google, or Yahoo in the next 18 months.

You are among the first to get going with this project to help start the content.

I may be thinking a bit big here, but I have been behind the scenes from the day they
made the purchase for the domain name.

Look, you have nothing to lose because you can signup for fre.e and get an upgraded
account at no additional cost for a limited time while it is in beta.

Plus, as I said, there is an affiliate program to allow you to signup new members and get
paid on their efforts for 1 full year.

That is another reason why you want to sign up RIGHT NOW and

1 – Let everyone you can know
2 – Start loading content
3 -Start streaming other people’s content to
earn money.

Oh, the site is by Brad Fallon. One of the leaders in web 2.0 and search marketing and when you see this beta you instantly see the vision.

Thanks,

P.S. – Just waiting a day to join can allow thousands
to get in before you that you could have profited from
so make sure to join now. “

I must admit here that this was the first time that I ever heard of Free IQ or it’s founder Brad Fallon. Remember that at that time StomperNet was yet to reopen it’s doors. It’s only after StomperNet opened it’s doors when I came to know about Brab and his works. He is the coolest guy on the planet. If you don’t believe that go and search Google for the key phrase – coolest guy on the planet.

Now, what is Free IQ ?

Free IQ ( www.freeiq.com ) is a Marketplace for Ideas – that’s what Brad Fallon love to call it and it’s their official slogan.

First it is a marketplace for people who are looking for more information about a special subject. Free IQ provides a search engine where you can search for this information. The search results will display free content as well as paid content. That’s the basic feature of Free IQ, a sort of Google search engine. A big difference is you can profit from it.

Imagine Google + YouTube + Clickbank and the sum is Free IQ (well, almost).

Free IQ is a service where people with information, education, consulting, advice, and other products and services can sell those products and services to the fellow members or to general public. The product may be a written material, an audio or a video. The sales of those products and services are driven by an army of highly motivated affiliates. It’s a brand new concept in the Internet Marketing world. For example, let’s say you know a lot about fly-fishing tricks and you know there are other people who would pay good money to learn what you know. But, you don’t have the marketing edge to sell an ebook or a video where you teach people a thing or two about fly-fishing.

And this is where Free IQ comes in. We all have something that somebody else want’s to know. Free IQ has provided a platform where you can share your expertise. You can share free content as well as paid content. You can sell your instruction videos, audio files, pdf files and even physical products.

So, what is the process for selling and making money with Free IQ?

First go to www.freeiq.com and register for a free account. As a registered member you will have access to the interactive parts of the site. For example, you can rate and review any of the thousands of free and paid products on the site. Once you have your free basic account, you can always upgrade the account to a “content provider / affiliate account.” It’s a simple form that you fill in to provide more information about yourself and to tell Free IQ where they must send the money you make from the sales of your product. It’s completely free to upgrade your account.

When you have your Free IQ Content Provider account, you’re ready to upload the products that you want to sell or give away for free. If your product is not yet in a format ready for upload, you can mail the product to Free IQ and they will convert it for you. And they won’t charge you a dime for that. You can upload as many new products as you like as often as you like.

So, what are you waiting for? Go and discover everything about Free IQ – it’s undoubtedly a Generation Next concept. Free IQ – Make profit from it.

Back to Directory Submission

Feed Shark

Today’s post is about affiliate marketing. You cannot ignore Affiliate Marketing if you are here to make money online from the internet. But lack of understanding can create confusion over the subject and jeopardize the whole process. Unfortunately there are not many Affiliate Marketing Tutorials around to teach you about the subject and help you master it.

Affillorama is one of those few programs that teaches you everything from creating your own web site, optimizing it for the search engines and monetizing it. It is the best and most complete affiliate program that I have come across. They offer a comprehensive Step-by-Step learning system. Let’s take a look at some of the lessons they cover -

• Finding Profitable Markets – The Right Way to Do Research
• Web Design for Internet Marketers – No prior Knowledge required
• A 90 Day Plan – A Step by Step Road Map for you to succeed.
• Make Money with Adsense – Basics of Google Adsense
• Google Adwords – Jumpstart Your Business
• Having Content Written for Your Site – Getting That Stuff Together
• Search Engine Optimization – Getting That Natural Free Traffic
• Setting up A Forum – Doing It Yourself
• Setting up your own Blog – Take full advantage of Blogging
• Video Interviews – The Web’s Top Marketers
• Affiliate Marketing – Benefit from the massive Affilorama Resources

And many more. I recommend that you visit their site and register for their FREE 6 Part Mini Course which are actually the first 6 lessons of the Affilorama course. Here is the link FREE 6 Part Mini Affiliate Marketing Course.

Wait, better follow this link and collect some incredible offers to spice up your Affiliate Marketing Training – Affiliate Marketing Program Information

I am sure you will going to love it as much as I do. It’s awesome. Check it out yourself.

Until next time,

Ameet Royce

Welcome back. Sorry to keep you waiting for a couple of days. But it’s always better late than never.

And I shall not mke your wait any more longer. So, here are the answers to the questions I asked in my last post -

1. Name one Blog that Google may like most of all.

Blogger.com. Why ? Because it is owned by Google.

2. Name a couple Forums that Google visits frequently.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/ and http://www.searchengineforums.com/

3. Name a community sites that Google may prefer.

Orkut ( Again owned by Google ) and Myspace
4. If you have a short video, where do you post it ?

You Tube, of course. Who owns it ? Google.

5. Name 3 big directories other than Yahoo and Dmoz.

Best of the Web, Business.com, Ezilon.com

6. If you have an article, which are the directories you should consider to post it ?

EzineArticles, GoArticles

7. Can you name some other sites that Google is likely to visit more frequently ?

Search for High Page Rank sites and look out for opportunities to use them for your benefits. Example Technorati.com.

The examples I cited above are according my likings and preferences. You can always find equally good alternatives. However some of them, like Blogger.com and MySpace, are absolutely brilliant when it comes to promote your site, the innovative way.

So, go ahead, create accounts wherever required and start posting.

Coming back soon.

Ameet Royce

Submitatonce.com submits your url manuallyÂ

Well, in both the cases you have to invite Google to your web site. And invitations should be frequent.

Wait, don’t even think for a while that I am suggesting you to submit your site to Google repeatedly. It’s an absolute “No No”.

What I am trying to say is leaving your web site links in different places ( read web sites ) in the world wide web such that Google can follow it and land up in your site. I am not talking about sending emails and asking other sites to link back to you. I am talking about how you can achieve this yourself.

So, how you can post links to web sites that Google frequently visits ? And which are the web sites anyway ?

Here’s a quiz for you to answer -

1. Name one Blog that Google may like most of all.

2. Name a couple Forums that Google visits frequently.

3. Name a community sites that Google may prefer.

4. If you have a short video, where do you post it ?

5. Name 3 big directories other than Yahoo and Dmoz.

6. If you have an article, which are the directories you should consider to post it ?

7. Can you name some other sites that Google is likely to visit more frequently ?

I encourage you to find the answers yourself. I know you can do it.

But if you don’t, come back tomorrow and check it out.

Till then,

Ameet Royce

Do you optimize your web site yourself ? Or someone does it for you ?

What ever the case may be, make sure that you have inserted some nice images in your web pages. Your visitors are going to love it and when I say visitors I definitely GoogleBot as well.

But the famous Google Robot ( or spider, as you may call it) cannot view the images on your site, it can only read the text. This is a great opportunity. Take full advantage of it. How ? Let’s take this example – have a look at the image below

Today I want to share with you a nice little tool which allows you to find out your exact position in the Google Search Engine Ranking Pages or SERP.

The program is sleek, fast and accurate. It is only about 10 kb in weight.

Check this out – Google Rank Checker. Webmasters and site owners, you may just find this one very handy.

You can download it right now. It’s free.

Have a nice week ahead.

Coming back soon.

Aroy Cee

Do you have a website of your own ? Hope you have got it optimized for the search engines already. If not you can start right now. The tips i am giving here is very contemporary and surely will help you rank high with the search engines.

Here are a dozen of killer SEO techniques (I love to call them as Extreme SEO Techniques)that I strongly recommend you to
follow when it comes to optimizing your web site.

1. Select 8 most appropriate keywords for your site,
2. Write the title tag using those keywords.
3. Write a short meta description based on those keywords as well.
4. Make sure the head area of your web page is not too deep.
5. The body of the web document should start with a H1 tag.
6. H2, H3 tags should follow shortly.
7. Do not forget to use the ‘Alt’ attribute for the images.
8. Before using the images on your site rename them using your
keywords like keyword1.jpg or keyword2.gif etc.
9. If your site is layer based use your keywords to name the div id.
10. And use them to name every table and form you use inside your
web page.
11. Do not name web pages as about.html. Rather make it like
about-dog-training.html or about-email-services.html.
12. Name the directories based on your keywords. For example, if you
have a directory called ‘company’ and if your site is about web
designing, then rename the directory as ‘web-design-company’.

Notice that the techniques I used here are on-page seo techniques. To learn everything about off-page and off-page SEO terchniques download this seo e-book for free.

Good Luck.

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This is my first post on submitatonce.com Blog. The blog is here because I felt the necessity of a blog for submitatonce.com. I will post here regularly on different aspects of search engine optimization techniques and how you can benefit by submitting to directories, social bookmarking sites and e-zines.

You may already have noticed that submitatonce.com now submits your URL to different Social Bookmarking sites. I am planning to add Article Submitting services in the near future.

So lets hope for the best.

You are welcome to post your comments and help me to serve you better.