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7  Quick and Easy Tips For Building Backlinks to Your Website Or Blog by Loretta Oliver

It has been said that links are the currency of the internet. While many marketing and traffic building methods come and go, this seems to hold true. Links make the internet go around. So, naturally you want to have as many incoming links to your site or blog as you possibly can. The more relevant they are the better.

There are many kinds of links and link programs out there on the web today. You’ll hear terms like one way links, three way links, do follow links, no follow links, SEO backlinks, .edu links, link wheel, and so on and so forth. It can be overwhelming and confusing to say the least.

Let’s simplify this and just look at 7 ways to build links to your website without ripping your hair out. Don’t worry about the technical details of things, just think of a link as a link and block the rest from your mind for a moment.

* Blog Commenting. This is a fast easy way to get relevant incoming links. Visit blogs that are about the same topic as your site and leave a relevant comment on a recent post. That’s it. You’ll get a link back from the comments section and hopefully you’ve found a great new blog to read regularly.

* Build a Squidoo Lens. This seems to scare some folks, but it’s really easy to do. Building a Squidoo lens is mostly point and click plus drag and drop. There are no special technical skills needed and you can have a lens up in 20 minutes or less linking back to your website or blog.

* Comment on a Squidoo Lens. Maybe you’re not feeling up to taking the time to build a Squidoo lens right now, or you’re in a bit of a hurry. No problem, you can still harness the link power of Squidoo by commenting on an already existing lens about your topic and including a link to your website as the resource. Easy peasy.

* Submit an Article to Directories. That sounds simple right? Write an informative article about your topic and submit it to article directories. Not only will you get an incoming link from the article directory, but also whenever someone republishes your article on their site. Again, super easy and non technical.

* Be a Guest Author. If articles and comments are a great way to get links, then being a guest author at another site or blog is just pure brilliance. Being a guest expert not only gets you a nice in content link to the page of your choice, it establishes you as the go to person on the topic and gets you in front of an entirely new audience.

* Bookmark It. While not my personal favorite method for link building, it is still a backlink. Bookmarking on social media sites like Digg, Delicious, Facebook etc…. I don’t really recommend bookmarking your own stuff, but instead putting a few select social media icons on your site to allow your visitors to choose which content to submit to those places. Don’t worry, they will.

* Help Someone on a Forum. Message board communities are powerful and amazing places online. If you find a forum that is based around your niche or topic, sign up and get active. Helping someone on a forum is like handing out free cookies. People will love you for it. Be honest, be yourself, and don’t forget to link back to your website in your signature and profile while you’re there.

Now go out there and get some links! If you’re looking for a step by step daily action plan for backlink building the easy way check out 5,000 Backlinks from Lynn Terry and Paul Short. The powerful daily action plans in 5,000 Backlinks make it easy for you to get at least 15 or more links back to your sites in an hour or less per day. It’s so easy you can even outsource the work to your kids!

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 Why do people online feel that it is okay to snag (steal) content from other people’s web sites, blogs, newsletters, social media postings, etc? Didn’t your momma ever teach you that stealing is wrong?

When you come across content online (text or images) that is NOT yours…you do NOT have the right to take it and use it on your own sites, blogs or newsletters. If you are not the author or original poster of that information/images, it is not YOURS to do with as you want. Stealing is WRONG and stealing is ILLEGAL and that includes stealing things from others online!!!

I am really getting tired of people who have been caught stealing content online saying that “They didn’t know any better and they didn’t know that they couldn’t use it.” Who are you kidding? Would you go over to your neighbors house (one that you didn’t know) and borrow their lawn mower without asking? Would you go down the street to the local store and walk out with a candy bar without paying for it? Of course not…because it would be considered STEALING!

When you come across something online that you would like to use you need to ASK the original author for permission. The only time you don’t is if you are posting an article for an article data base site onto your site and even then…you have to include the original Author’s resource box with live links with your posting of that article.

The internet is not a Free-For-All…you can not run around online “stealing” material and images that don’t belong to you! Remember…you wouldn’t like it if someone took your material and used it so please don’t do it to others!

Well folks…that is my RANT and TIP for today. Content & Image stealing is NOT a good thing!

Marketing to Moms – Why You Should be Writing Articles for Work at Home Moms by D. L. Willms

If you sell a product or service for almost any target market, you’ll want to make sure moms know about it. Moms have a lot of buying power, and are responsible for making most purchase decisions for their families.

How Publishing Articles for Moms Helps You

A recent survey of North American moms revealed that more than 70% of moms look online for the information they need. Writing work-at-home-mom (WAHM) articles and distributing them on the Internet is an effective and affordable way to get your information online, where these moms can easily find it.

You don’t need to be a mom to write WAHM articles, but it might help because you’ll know first-hand what kinds of information they want to read about. However, writing WAHM articles can be lucrative for anyone who takes the time to learn about the information moms are looking for, and make it accessible to them.

What Information Do Moms Need to Know?

Think of everything a mom might do in a day. She’s a nurse, a chef, an organizer, an event planner, a teacher, a decorator, business person, and the list goes on and on.

Work-at-home-moms are constantly looking for all kinds of information. They
need a lot of information on hundreds of topics to help them balance their busy
lives.

Whatever it is you know, chances are that somehow that information could help a work-at-home-mom. Here are some ideas to get you started:

How to Start a Home Business
Home Business Ideas
Websites and Blogging Information
Marketing Ideas
Childcare Issues
Marriage
Family relationships
Hobbies
Education
Product reviews
Book reviews
Pets
Health and Fitness
Food and Nutrition
Crafts
Scrapbooking
Entertainment
Holiday Celebrations
Parenting
Money Management Tips

These are just a few that I thought of. What else do you know about that could
help a busy work-at-home-mom?
Give it some thought… you might be surprised!

Denise Willms is a work-at-home-mom and the owner of WAHM-Articles.com, a busy article directory for moms. To learn more about how you can profit by writing WAHM articles, please visit http://www.WAHM-Articles.com and download a copy of the free e-book Get Started!! Making Money by Writing WAHM Articles.

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I am a big fan of Twitter and on most days you can find me on Twitter tweeting out business tips, links to business articles, crafting links and recipes. (some of my favorite things!). Over on Twitter I follow a lot of Etsy sellers who have a home-based craft business and so my post today is directed towards “some” of them.

The past several months I have noticed that a lot of the Etsy sellers will sit on Twitter for several hours a day tweeting out links to their products for sale over on Etsy and they will retweet out links to other Etsy seller’s products too. While this is good it is also bad.

I spent some time talking to two Etsy sellers a few days ago to see what else they do online to promote their Etsy store and both of these gals told me NOTHING. They simply sit on Twitter and tweet several hours a day. Both told me they do get a sale or two every week but customers are just not rolling in like they thought they would.

Well…I am here to tell you that Twitter is only one tool you should be using…there are others and a lot of these other tools will get you better results than spending 5 hours a day sitting on Twitter tweeting out all of your links. Here are some suggestions that I recommend that you should be doing.

1. Start a blog! Blogging about your business, crafts and products is a great way to reach new people and you can get in-depth and more personal on your blog than you can on your Etsy store. Blogging also helps you build up some links that point to your Etsy store and search engines these days crawl blogs pretty quickly and get them indexed. This means new traffic for you and possibly new customers. Blogging is a fabulous way to promote your business.

2. Try Article Marketing! If you can write a decent article (you don’t have to be a professional writer) then try article marketing. You simply write a 250 + word article related to your niche (business) and submit your articles to online article directories. People who are looking for blog, newsletter or website content will use your article which gives you new business exposure to people you might not of come into contact on your own. In addition, article marketing is a great way for you to build up valuable incoming one-way links which helps you climb higher in the search engine results.

3. Try Guest Blogging! If you don’t want to publish & maintain a blog on your own then consider writing up blog posts related to your niche and submit those posts to niche-related blogs for publishing. You would be amazed that thousands of bloggers do indeed accept guest blogger posts! Again…this is a great way to expose your business to new potential customers and it will get you some great incoming links.

There are many free and low-cost ways you can promote your Etsy store online and you should be utilizing as many of them as you can. Twitter is just one tool you should use but in my opinion, it’s not the best tool and the three options above would work better.

Article Marketing to Boost Your Business by Genesis Davies

Article marketing is one of the least understood and much underused methods of free business promotion around. Despite this, quite a few business owners have been using this free method to give their companies a huge boost without spending a penny.

Let’s look at a few ways article marketing can help increase your business.

Online Reputation. Even if your business is a real world one, such as a coffee shop, establishing an online presence is vital. All businesses need a website now and to ensure that yours isn’t just one of millions of unknown websites stuck in the corner, you can use article marketing to break into the public eye.

Expert Status. While this is related to online reputation, YOU are the expert, not your business. When you have promoted yourself as an expert, whether it be in the world of taxes or shoe sales, you can take this fame and turn it toward any business you choose to start up, as well as your existing one.

Traffic. Article marketing will help your sales go up, if you have great website copy that convert. The higher the number of visitors to your website, the better the chances that you will make a sale. Article marketing promotes your business far and wide, when done correctly and you’ll see more traffic as a result, usually quite quickly.

Search Engine Optimization. A benefit of using the more popular article directories and sites where you can submit business articles is that they usually boast a high PageRank. This means that effective use of keywords in article marketing will result in your articles appearing in the top search results, with a link back to your site. In addition, your backlinks will go up each time the article is published, either on the article directory site or on someone’s website.

Education. Informed clients equal clients who know what they are looking for in a service or product. When you’re the one offering what they need, it’s quite likely you’ll be getting a boost in sales. You’ll also build client trust, as you are the provider of free, useful information that they can use. Trust is essential when you are trying to grow a business.

Article marketing is something that every business could and should be using. It’s completely cost free and requires little more than time to accomplish, yet the results are amazing.

What are you waiting for? Start working on your own free marketing strategy today with article marketing! Or, if you aren`t interested in writing your own articles, try hiring a professional freelance writer.

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Writing Effective Blog Posts and Articles for Online Marketing by Roger Moody

If you’re reading this, you found it online and most likely are seeking assistance in growing your online presence or an online business. Any successful online business owner should have and maintain at least one blog.

Blogging has become an integral part of any online business and updating the blog or blogs should become routine. Having a business blog can be one of the best things you can do for your successful online business as it helps attract people to you and gain more prospects for your business.

Blogging and article marketing should be done simultaneously and can significant increase your online marketing efforts.

Blogging also allows you to stay in touch and build a relationship with people already on your team that may be scattered around the country or the globe. If you desire an effective and popular blog you don’t need much.

For example this author, Roger Moody has a successful online home based business from a home office in Indianapolis, Indiana. We may operate a successful online business from Indianapolis but our home based business income is spread nicely across the country. Our business blog (at rogerlmoody dot com) mentions Indianapolis but the information contained on that blog site is applicable to anyone working a online home based business.

The real trick to building an effective blog doesn’t lay in the domain name, or the layout (although obviously you don’t want an ugly blog) but in the content aka the posts themselves.

So how do you write more effective blog posts that will not only captivate your current readers and keep them coming back but help you gain a bigger and bigger audience and at the same time raise your blog in the search engines?

Her are a few simple tips to help you write better content for your blog.

1. Keywords

This can not be said enough. If you want to build a successful home based business, popular and effective blog you can’t do it without the use of keywords. Take some time and do your keyword research because it will pay off big time if you do it right! Another good tip is to use keywords in the categories for your blog as well! Wherever you can fit in a keyword do it!

2. Be Original

Nobody is going to come back an visit a boring blog. Make sure your content is original and exciting. The most effective blogs I’ve found will have a mix of helpful content and personal stories. You want your readers to know and trust you as a business person as well as care about you as an individual.

3. Use Videos and Pictures when applicable

I can not stress enough how much adding videos and pictures will add to your blog. Breaking up your text with pictures will make people want to read more and more and the more personal the pics can be the better. So if you’re talking about your trip to Hawaii with the family don’t just use a stock photo of Hawaii use one of you and your family! Another tip is to make sure and keyword optimize the titles of your pictures before you post them as well!

Those are just a few simple tips that will help your blog become more popular. Make sure you work on your blog at least a couple times a week and follow these tips and you’ll be good to go!

Blogging to grow a successful online home based business from Indiana or anywhere in a home office. Understand that it’s a total lifestyle shift.
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