Thursday, September 30, 2010

Exactly how many ways are there for driving free website traffic to your website?

To get you started here are the top 17... Free website traffic is the only exception to the "is free really free" rule. Here are the 17 sources of free website traffic... 1. Email - Publish a newsletter - Send out your articles - Daily tips - Multi-part ecourse 2. Newsgroup and forum posting- Asking questions - Answering questions - Using your signature 3. Webinars - Interview... continue reading at www.StartBusinessMentor.com

Free web tools including webmaster tools

This is the most comprehensive suite of free tools I've ever found.

http://www.iwebtool.com/tools/

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(the StartBusinessMentor)
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Letterman's Important Message About February for George Bush :-)

Best Regards,
AllanJames - the StartBusinessMentor

Professional Internet Affiliate Marketer and Coach

Start free part-time, earn as you learn.
So, what is affiliate marketing?
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--------------------
Allan R James
Founder, Quantum Worldwide Enterprises
Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone: +64 3960 7555
Skype: contact_allan

Come get to know me, my family and interests a bit ...
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.info

Or at my online business training center ...
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com

My Facebook page ...
http://www.facebook.com/AllanJames.theStartBusinessMentor

Follow me on Twitter ....
http://twitter.com/AllanRJames/

Could this be improved? What do you think? (Win a Prize)

Working, if you can call it that, out of the comfort of your home has HUGE advantages, but also has a disadvantage in that, if you're not careful, you become a bit introspective and can end up believing in your own infallibility.

I was just preparing to use the capture page below in one of my advertising campaigns and thought to myself 'that's a pretty good page you've designed there Allan!'

And then realised, yes, I believe it's a good page - but is that the reality, or is it just my belief.

http://www.12path.com/12SCcssOpPAI/

Is it really so good?

Will it people viewing it be motivated to sign up for my 30 free day trial and the associated Quick Start email course?

Could it be improved and, if so, how?

What do you think about the page? 

How about letting me know and, as my way of saying thanks for the feedback, I'll pick the best one of the answers and give that person a free copy of my well received paid product, the Your Free Traffic Magnets Guide - how to drive 1000's of willing and targeted free website visitors to view your offers.

Just leave me a comment or email me from the Contact Form at http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com


Thanks,
Allan

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Protect your privacy online

With the likes of Facebook, Google, MySpace, Twitter, Bebo, Habbo,
and the wide proliferation of social networking means people are making more
information about themselves accessible to strangers than ever before
and sometimes getting into all sorts of strife because of it.
 -From Telegraph.co.uk

As attitudes to privacy are starting to change, and as identity theft
increases, here is a short list of some ways you can protect your privacy
online:

1) Personalized search engine optimization - strange as it may seem,
people are willing to pay for experts to alter how far up Google's
listings their name appears when they type it in. The method allows
you to keep the bad news private and highlight whatever - true of
false - information you desire. As one firm put it: "If you've ever
Googled yourself and been less than happy with the results, you've
discovered a need for personal SEO."

2) Change your name - stranger yet, Google's chief executive, Eric
Schmidt, has said young people might have to change their names when
starting adult life to escape the shadow of their dodgy past. Many
adults already use aliases for sites like Facebook so only those who
know that know where to find them.

3) Change your security/privacy settings - a lot of Facebook users, to
name just one social networking site, simply don't bother taking
enough interest in this but it offers you some genuine control over
who sees what. Do you really want a prospective boss checking what
you used to do at the weekends?

4) Set strong passwords - this is something online registration has
been encouraging for years now but too many people just put in their
birthdate, pet's name, or the name of the site.  To add to the
problem, there are thousands of hacking guides specifically designed
to get into Facebook which are available via Google. The best advice
remains: use a long, interspersed combination of lower-case letters,
capital letters and numbers.

5) Untag yourself - social networking sites allow other people to
"tag" photos of you but you have the opportunity to remove it, which
is sometimes wise. So pay attention when you are prompted to do such
things.

6) Don't include dates of birth/address/mother's maiden name - such
things are almost invariably used as security questions for banks and
credit card databases. Therefore giving them up compromises your
security and makes it easier to forge your identity, "clone" your
cards and steal your money.

7) Don't respond to dodgy emails - an obvious one and a bit of an old
trick now but people still fall for it. If you get an unsolicited
email from an African business (a stereotype but often true) wanting
to give you an incredible amount of money for a simple task, delete
it. It's a scam. And you could be opening the door for electronic
intruders.

8) Log out - if you're in a library or some other communal space,
people can get onto the machine you've just vacated and dive into your
profiles if you have not logged out properly. Clearly this is most
important for financial matters.

9) Wi-fi - if you've got wi-fi at home, give it a good password (see
above). Otherwise it allows intruders in with few barriers to
overcome.

10) Don't use Facebook - if you're absolutely terrified that someone
might learn your darkest secrets or that a German fancy dress evening
might backfire later in life. The only certain way to avoid
embarrassment is to avoid social networking sites altogether.

11) Don't type in your passwords by hand! Keyloggers surreptitiously
installed on your computer can monitor every keystroke and send them
off to the thieves. Imagine if it's you bank account they get into!
Use a fully secure Password Manager, this one is excellent:
http://www.12path.com/StartBusinessMentor/FreeRoboForm/ 


Best Regards,
AllanJames - the StartBusinessMentor

Professional Affiliate Marketer and Coach

Start free part-time, earn as you learn.
So, what is affiliate marketing?
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Allan R James
Founder, Quantum Worldwide Enterprises
Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone: +64 3960 7555
Skype: contact_allan

Come get to know me, my family and interests a bit ...
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.info

Or at my online business training center ...
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com

My Facebook page ...
http://www.facebook.com/AllanJames.theStartBusinessMentor

Follow me on Twitter ....
http://twitter.com/AllanRJames/

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Duplicating Capture Pages in 12SC

A small change from what Darryl taught us at the conference tonight - a
little safer if you're new to playing with HTML

1) Go to 'View Pages' area of the Capture Page Creator.

2) Click on 'View' for the Capture page you're interested in. This will
bring that page up in a browser new window, or a new tab.

3) Then go Add Capture page - Select a Domain, name your page and hit
submit.

4) Click on HTML at the bottom of that new page, and clean out all code
that's in there.

5) In your browser (the page that came up when you hit view) go 'View'
then 'Source'(or Page Source in FF) and copy all this code.

6) Paste all this code into the Capture Page Creator Edit page you have
open.

7) Click 'Preview' at the bottom, then hit 'Save Capture Page'. Job
done! :-)

This is a bit safer because there is no way you can damage the source code
in your original page when you're copying the code.

Cheers for now,
Allan

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comScore Gives Twitter Traffic Victory Over MySpace

Although it obviously took a little while for anyone to notice, it looks like August will go down as a very important period in Twitter's history.  comScore has determined that Twitter passed MySpace in terms of unique visitors last month.

In one sense, the changeup wasn't a huge deal: Twitter just saw 96 million visitors versus MySpace's 95 million.  But the switch looks permanent, considering that, on a year-over-year basis, Twitter's visitor count increased 76 percent while MySpace's fell 17 percent.

Amir Efrati also noted, "Twitter is expected to gain visitors from a redesign of Twitter.com launched two weeks ago, which made the site more like Facebook's and could draw in users who access Twitter through third-party applications such as TweetDeck."

Twitter LogoThis should make advertisers and businesspeople who still haven't come to respect Twitter think twice, perhaps devoting a little bit of time and money to the site as a result.

It's also possible a sort of snowball effect in terms of users could occur, since some people are sure to follow their friends in joining Twitter.

Why is that important for affiliate marketers like you and I?

Because, if you're a freedom freak like me who wants to work no more than four hours a day or, worse, you're building your internet business part-time after your work and family commitments, you need to be putting your efforts in places which will have the greatest return to you.

I've a huge group of friends on MySpace, and have made a fair amount of money there, but is it that now my best use of time?


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com


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Monday, September 27, 2010

free - create an info product in 2 hrs or less

Whiz kid Jason Fladlien is holding a free
webinar where he'll show you a to z product
creation strategies so you can create an
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Then sell thousands of copies of it... This
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Jason will also show the system of how
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

How Fights Get Started - part 2

Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat to the van, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."

My loving wife of 5 years replied, "Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?"

And that's how the fight started...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Free Website Traffic - 4 Very Effective Methods To Get You Started

Promoting a product or service on the Internet is very often a costly task. Sometimes it's hard to be assured that the advertising you are conducting is going to work well. Therefore, you need to learn and put into practice as many useful free website traffic strategies as you can. Listed below are 4 ways... continue reading at www.StartBusinessMentor.com

Social Learning through Social Media

From one of my affiliate team members. 

Smart, honest guy and well worth paying attention too.

Only problem is he's an Aussie :-)

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Hi Allan James

My latest blog post provides a short video (2 minutes)
that highlights the value of social learning through
social media.  As the video maintains, "Most of what
we learn, we learn through others."

The video gets to the essence of social media -
collaboration and sharing:
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My SquidooRoo Training Program is a social learning
journey.  The focus is on social media marketing but
you are at the center of the journey.

My welcome audio highlights the invisible tool
of social media - YOU!:

Weekly PDF lessons cover three core areas - content
creation, social networking and promotion.  The emphasis
is on sharing and collaboration.

I am offerng a 50% discount to the first 50
participants and, as a subscriber to SMS,
you get access to this discount before anyone
else:

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Thanks for joining me on the learning journey so far.

Cheers - Best wishes from Downunder

Ron P. (ronpass)

Ron Passfield
Brisbane Australia

SquidooRoo is here - take advantage of the 50% discount
while it is still available
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(the StartBusinessMentor)
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(via posterous.com)

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Friday, September 24, 2010

So Cool! - The new YouTube Instant. Try it (and Enjoy)

http://ytinstant.com/#startbusinessmentor


Cheers for now,
Allan 


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(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Making Money On The Web – An All In One Traffic Exchange Solution

Are you using Traffic Exchanges as a method of making money on the web? If so, I want to share a quick story with you... It's more of a confession, but when it comes to traffic exchange advertising, there are a lot of options but very few cool tools to do the job properly. Now there are various... continue reading at www.StartBusinessMentor.com

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Well done Christchurch!

Cool but wonderful spring morning here in beautiful Christchurch with a live TV  show and entertainment in the Square honoring the citizens and how well they pulled together to support each other following the 7.1M earthquake, the aftershocks, the cleanup and reconstruction.

Aftershocks now lower intensity, and a lot! less frequent as you will see from this live map
http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/

90% of the city is up and running again, and all  tourism activities.

The worst is well and truly over.

AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Bad Parrot :-)

There was a family that had a parrot that was always embarrassing them by cussing and other stuff like that.

So one day the boy took the parrot and stuck him in the freezer.

Two hours later the squawking stopped.

The kid checked the freezer and the parrot said, “Okay I’ll stop cussing, but I have one question”.

The boy said, “What”?

The Parrot asks, “What did the turkey do”???


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Stay Away From These Products…

I bet you got burned. It’s partially your fault, too.

There is a disturbing trend going on right now, especially with ClickBank launches. The main model is this:

Traffic Loophole Hook -> Blind offer for $77 -> 3-7 upsells -> Atrocious customer product and customer support.

I have seen a lot of people in the Warrior Forum review thread complaining because they got burned… I don’t want you to get burned.

So let me give you some good rules of thumb for investing in your business with Internet marketing products. .............

Read the rest at this blog:

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To YOUR Success!

AllanJames

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

FREE Tools, Resources and Helpful Websites for Affiliate Marketers

Today I want to just share a list of useful tools and resources for you to use on you're affiliate marketing campaigns. It's quite a scattered list of tools from SEO tools to marketing tools and more.
 

 
Free Tools, Resources and Helpful Websites
  1. FreeTraffic System - www.Freetrafficsystem.com
  2. SEO Tools - www.back-links.org (list of 80 tools)
  3. TubeMogul - www.tubemogul.com (video submission site)
  4. OnlyWire - www.onlywire.com (social bookmarking site)
  5. Ping.Fm - www.ping.fm (social bookmarking site)
  6. FriendFeed - www.friendfeed.com (social bookmarking site)
  7. Yahoo Groups - www.Yahoo.com (web promotion)
  8. Yahoo Answers - www.Yahoo.com (web promotion)
  9. Google Groups - www.Google.com (web promotion)
  10. US Free Ads - www.usfreeads.com (web promotion)
  11. Blog Carnivals www.blogcarnival.com (web promotion)
  12. Migraine Forums - www.Google.com (web promotion)
  13. Migraine Discussion Groups - www.Google.com (web promotion)
  14. Article Directories - www.TheMigraineRelief.com (web promotion)
  15. More Article Directories - www.back-links.org (web promotion)
  16. Google Webmaster Tools - www.Google.com (web dev)
  17. Google Analytics - www.Google.com (web tracking)
  18. Google URL submission - www.Google.com (indexing)
  19. Yahoo URL submission - www.Yahoo.com (indexing)
  20. MSN URL submission- www.MSN.com (indexing)
  21. Social Media Sites - www.back-links.org (web promotion)
  22. Google Keyword Tool - www.Google.com (SEO)
  23. Free Keyword Research Tool - www.wordtracker.com (SEO)
AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

FREE log creator - very cool

Just found a way to get a free logo creator. Not a trial, free.

Below is from the page:

Create logos and other graphics that look like a Photoshop guru spent hours laboring over!

The Logo Creator makes it really easy to create graphics for your website, blog, forum or social network group 

 
Through this special invitation, you can download this version of The Logo Creator free!


You do have to give your name and email

http://www.thelogocreator.com/get-the-logo-creator-free.html

Ps, as requested by the owner this offer will be tweeted, and added to facebook, by way of this post.


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

How Fights Get Started - part 1

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.

 She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.'

 I bought her a bathroom scale.

And then the fight started...

:-)

AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Use this historical SEO change to run for a 30% increase in traffic!

There's no sales pitch in this note. I'm writing to make sure you don't miss the new SEO opportunity:

Looks like optimizing your site for Bing now you run for a 30% increase in traffic!

The hottest SEO news of the last week was Yahoo's total switch to Bing's technology in the US and Canada. Now when a user runs a search on Yahoo, they get exactly the same results as on Bing. And if you rank #1 on Bing, you'll be #1 in Yahoo! as well.

What does it change for you, and why many think optimizing for Bing is a must now?

Firstly, Bing and Yahoo are winning a 31.6% market share in the US, with the total search volume adding up to 5.2 billion searches per month. Looks like a huge source to get new users to your website! And you get a double worth for the effort: optimize your site for one search bigwig - and get #1 rank in two.

Secondly, it's good to know how your rankings changed after this historical switch. Whether you've dropped or gone up in Yahoo, you need to know that - to carve the new optimization strategy.

And third, Bing doesn't rank sites in the same manner as Google, so it's best to optimize different pages for Google and for the Yahoo-Bing tandem.


Did your SEO tools adapt to the change? Time to check!

AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com


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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

So you think you're having a crap day


Enjoy!


AllanJames - the StartBusinessMentor

Professional Affiliate Marketer and Coach

Start free part-time, earn as you learn.
So, what is affiliate marketing?
http://www.12path.com/AffiliateMarketingExplain/ed/ (Video)

I hope you're using a Gravatar to brand yourself.

What's a Gravatar? It's a thumbnail image or photo of yourself that will appear on the left side any blog comment you post.

Here's an example:


   Now I would much rather have people reading my comments see my picture to the left rather than the default  gravatar image you see on the right.

It is not hard to do and it is very powerful to have your face or icon show up when you are commenting. If you are using the same image in the various social sites like Twitter, Facebook, et al it becomes easy to brand yourself.

Now if you are bashful and don’t want to use your actual picture you really do need some image to promote your business.

To get a gravatar you only need to register and upload your image at http://en.gravatar.com/.

Sign up and upload your image and then when you comment on blogs it will pull your image based on your email address.

Having a consistent look across the various social media is important to growing your business and the few minutes it takes to create one is well worth the time.


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Brand New Traffic System went live this morning (CAUTION)

 


 

But DO IT FAST- There will only ever be 250 copies available. And only 181 78 are now remaining.   <<< Yeah Right. Check back in a couple of days and it will still be available.

This is a pattern (called blind copy) that I've seen all to often lately. You don't really know what you're getting until after you put your bucks down, and then waded through a raft of upsells.

When you see copy like this I advise caution, and a trip to see what my buddies at the Warrior Forum have said about it in their user reviews. Particularly the opinions of the seasoned veterans there (look for how many posts the person has made)

Now I'm not saying its a crap product, all I'm saying is every time you see copy like this engage your brain before paying and take the time to seek the opinion of others.


Best Regards,
AllanJames - the StartBusinessMentor

Professional Affiliate Marketer and Coach

Start free part-time, earn as you learn.
So, what is affiliate marketing?
http://www.12path.com/AffiliateMarketingExplain/ed/ (Video)


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
http://www.StartBusinessMentor.com

Making money on the web: Free Affiliate Training and Guides


Stop Using Slot Machines In Your Business

The one armed bandit! The slot machine. Why are they so popular in
casinos across the planet? The flashing lights, the promises of
instant millions, the whole 'what if it's my time to win'
factor...I think it's all of these things plus one more, it's low
cost!

I call it 'Slot Machine Marketing' and it is without a shadow of a
doubt, the number one reason people fail online.

Here's my analogy, the slot machine is your latest
and greatest program. You know the one that sells for about 20
bucks a month, promises a forced matrix down line, has some 'big
name' stamp of approval and hey, all your buddies are joining too.

That is the slot machine, this is what you do next. You pay the fee
(for sake of argument it's $20) or you pull the handle. Your eyes
light up because it looks like you are about to win. You have two
cherries show up and that last one is coming to a stop. Oh you just
missed it, two cherries and a gold bar. Maybe you won a few
credits, maybe you made a sale. But where is that promised gold?
Where is the yacht I was told I would get if I paid my 20 bucks and
spun the wheel a few times?

After about a month or so of this, you feel tired. It was not what
was promised to you but oh well, it was only 20 bucks. Who cares,
I'll count it as a loss and wow, look at that. A new slot machine
to play with...Let's take this one for a spin.

And thus creates the vicious cycle that some 'program' owners prey
upon. They know you will keep trying to spin the wheel and fork out
20 bucks, so they start a new slot machine (program) when things
start to sour.

Focus! Focus! Focus!

You are building a business, it will not happen overnight. You need
to stop joining every single program that promises a random payment
or instant downline in your forced matrix. These are not solid
businesses and the chances they will be online in a year are slim
to none.

Find a business you BELIEVE in, find an owner that cares about the
success of his / her affiliates as much as his / her own pocket
book
.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After 5 years, this opportunity, and this owner, has more than
exceeded my expectations.
http://www.12path.com/ResidualIncomeAnd/OnlineTools/
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Hey, if you have the resources, start your own business but
what is so important is that you don't jump ship at the first signs
of bad water!

Building a business takes time and so people
fall victim to jumping ship and trying their luck at another
program. Hoping this time all the cherries will show up in their
slot machine!

Don't give up on the programs you really believe in, remember what
we talked about in the lesson before. It takes a good chunk of time
to brand your name and build your businesses online. A good rule of
thumb is that if you are looking to invest in a program, give it at
least 4 to 6 months before you start to see a return. You need this
time to grow your network, get your splash pages created,and really
get a feel for what you're promoting. Research the owner, get feedback
from other members.

But always do your homework before you plan to invest your money
and very valuable time in someone's business.

You will save so much money in the long run by planning out your
approach and not jumping from slot machine to slot machine. Focus
your energy on one or two programs and really start to see results!


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)

P.S. 12SC could be the perfect fit for your online business.
Be sure to join today and get involved in the most active
community online, with the company I've been with for 5 years.

=> http://www.12path.com/ResidualIncomeAnd/OnlineTools/

Monday, September 13, 2010

Video: How to Find Edu & Gov Backlinks

This is an email I received recently from Matt Carter , a rather smart Aussie marketer I follow.

Good information if you're looking to get your website ranking higher in the SERPS!

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Hey Allan,

 
I just recorded a video that shows a really
cool backlink trick that I just discovered.
 
The trick shows you how to easily
find high page rank gov & edu backlinks
for free!
 
These sort of backlinks are like dynamite
for exploding your search engine rankings!
 
Check out the video now, here's the link:
 
 
Thanks
 
Matt

List of high ranked, heavy traffic, sites for your article marketing.

Here is a list of heavy traffic (and search engine friendly) web
sites and articles directories that you can submit the articles to.

High Traffic Web 2.0 Websites


http://www.squidoo.com
http://www.hubpages.com
http://www.myspace.com
http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit
http://del.icio.us/post
http://digg.com/submit
http://www.facebook.com/share.php
http://www.blinklist.com/index.php
http://digg.com/submit
http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp
http://www.simpy.com/simpy/LinkAdd.do
http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php
http://reddit.com/submit
https://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx (MSN Live)
http://bluedot.us/Authoring.aspx
http://www.buzzle.com
http://www.zimbo.com
http://www.scribd.com
http://www.weebly.com
http://www.blogspot.com
http://www.propeller.com
http://www.ehow.com
http://www.essortment
http://www.mister-wong.de/index.php (Mr. Wong)
http://www.diigo.com/
http://netvouz.com/

Top 4 Places To Post Articles

http://www.goarticles.com/
http://www.ezinearticles.com
http://www.isnare.com
http://www.free-press-release.com

Other Popular Directories

http://www.articlecity.com
http://www.articlehub.com
http://www.articlesfactory.com/
http://www.findarticles.com/
http://www.searchguild.com/
http://www.articles-hub.com/
http://www.theallineed.com/
http://www.webpronews.com/
http://www.ezineplug.com/
http://www.articlebiz.com/
http://www.articlecity.com/
http://www.articledashboard.com/
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/
http://www.search4rss.com/
http://www.freeblogarticles.com/
http://www.a1-optimization.com/
http://www.allfreelancework.com/
http://www.articleworld.net/
http://www.blogwidow.com/
http://www.digital-women.com/
http://www.webs-best-directory.com/
http://www.sg-web-design.com/
http://www.searcharticles.net/
http://www.article99.com/
http://www.articlealley.com/
http://www.articlebeach.com/
http://www.articledepot.co.uk/
http://www.homebiztools.com
http://www.httparticles.com/
http://www.ideamarketers.com/
http://www.infonexus.org/
http://www.linksnoop.com/
http://www.more4you.ws/
http://www.okarticles.com/
http://www.promotetech.com/
http://www.wowarticles.com/
http://www.excellentguide.com/
http://www.articlerich.com/
http://www.ex-designz.net/
http://www.seositemanager.com/
http://ceramics-directory.com/
http://articles.ultimate-websolutions.com/
http://www.articletrader.com/
http://www.talkinmince.com/
http://www.articlefever.com/
http://www.articlegarden.com/
http://www.smartads.info/
http://www.a1articles.com/
http://www.bharatbhasha.com/
http://www.articlequery.com/


AllanJames
(the StartBusinessMentor)
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Free Website Traffic - 8 Easy methods to bring a flood of targeted free visitors to your offers.

In this post you will be introduced to 8 free website traffic methods that will turn the dribble of visitors arriving at your website and / or viewing your offers and capture pages into a raging torrent. They are the methods I have used, and still use today, to get over 3000 targeted, money in... continue reading at www.StartBusinessMentor.com

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

SugarSync - Online file synchronization and backup - Free 2GB account

There are some very powerful ways you can use a SugarSync account - here are highlights of my top 10:

1) Back up and secure your data (you never know when your computer will crash)
2) Access all of your files on the go (from any browser or mobile phone)
3) Share entire folders and collaborate on projects
4) Send large files you usually (try to) email or FTP
5) Share high res photo galleries with friends and families
6) Stream your entire music collection
7) Take pictures with your iPhone, auto-sync them to your computer
8) Open, edit and save office docs with your Blackberry
9) Work from home, without having to lug around your work computer
10) Restore all your data if your computer crashes or is stolen

Well worth looking into if you have one or more computers and / or need secure offsite backup

You can get a free 2B account HERE

AllanJames
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Monday, September 6, 2010

The Small Tweak That's Boosting Blog Rankings

There's something very small that I've noticed seeming to have a significant effect on the search rankings on a few of my niche sites.

It's not quite at the level of verified and proven yet (more testing to do) but it's happened a couple too many times for it to be a coincidence so I thought it was certainly worth sharing.

It's all to do with...

Blog Post Titles & URLs

(Not just for bloggers, applies to static sites too)

Normally, when I write a title for a blog post, I'll do the typical things:

1. Make sure my keyword is the first word of the title.

2. Make sure the rest of the title is the right size for the title of a search result, and that it is something enticing and highly relevant to the searcher of that keyword.

Next is where it gets interesting...

You might know how in Wordpress when you're writing a post title, there is a field below the title where the URL of the post pops up, based on what you write in the post field.

Here's An Example

So when you make your post title, say:

"Sit Stay Fetch: The Best Dog Training Guide?"

The URL appears as:

http://yourblog.com/sit-stay-fetch-the-best-dog-training-guide

Up until more recent versions of Wordpress, if you had your permalink structure set as:

%postname%

Then that post URL was what you were stuck with by default.

But now, WP has a button next to the post URL field (this is when you're writing your post still) called "edit" where you can actually CHANGE that URL of your post to anything you want.

Stupidly, I didn't bother to use this function for a long time, stuck in my old ways of just letting the post URL be the post title and being content with that.

What we started testing is making what comes after the end of your domain in the post's URL... JUST the keyword you're targeting... nothing else.

So To Perform This:

When your post is titled:

"Sit Stay Fetch: The Best Dog Training Guide?"

You edit your post URL to make it:

http://yourblog.com/sit-stay-fetch

Where Sit Stay fetch is the keyword you're trying to target.

Results?

So far, doing the same thing with two posts but only making the post URL different... the version with JUST the keyword is seeming to perform better... and by far!

And it makes sense:

When Google is trying to determine what your page is about, it's easier for them when there is less keywords in your post's URL, isn't it?

Not only that, but I have a suspicion that we'll find the Click Through rate from searchers of that term to be higher when they see a URL that isn't truncated (when Google cuts off your URL because it's too long) and ONLY contains the keyword they searched for.

So this could actually be a double whammy traffic boost if you implement it thoroughly.

Give it a shot on your blog posts (or page titles on static sites) if you don't already and see if you notice the difference!

Hope you found this helpful.
 

AllanJames
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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Invitation to view A James's Picasa Web Album - Norway Trip Jul to Aug 2010

From my son Arron after our trip together through the Norwegian Sea into the Arctic, by way of the fjords etc of Norway, part of two months I spent wandering through Europe recently.


Best Regards,
AllanJames - the StartBusinessMentor

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Picasa Web Albums <picasawebalbums-noreply@google.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Subject: Invitation to view A James's Picasa Web Album - Norway Trip Jul to Aug 2010
To: allanjames0909@ekit.com


You are invited to view A James's photo album: Norway Trip Jul to Aug 2010
Norway Trip Jul to Aug 2010
Aug 25, 2010
by A James
Aaron, Michelle, Addison and Allan's tour of the Fjords of Norway and the city of Amsterdam.

Message from A James:
Wanted to send some photos of our recent family holidays to let you all know we're all alive and well!

We'll try to catchup on what's been happening in recent months asap :)

The photos have google map connectors so you can pinpoint exactly where most of the photos have been taken. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did taking them.

Hugs
Aaron, Michelle and Addison

If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser:
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Using Fantastico has risks

Fantastico is a really easy way to install a WordPress blog and all far too many people recommend it. Especially the courses on using blogs for affiliate marketing.

Now it is very easy to use it but unfortunately there is a risk and it is never addressed.

Over the years I have had a couple blogs hacked and every one of those was installed with Fantastico. There is no doubt in my mind that if you are using Fantastico to install your blogs you have increased the risk of someone hacking your blog.

Now if you use and tweak your blog there is not as big of a risk but for the most part people that use Fantastico do it because of the ease and because they are not comfortable with installing the blog directly.

Now if you use WP Security and follow the steps they have it will eliminate a lot of that risk. This plugin will walk you through the areas that your blog may be vulnerable.

The problem is that some of those steps require technical skills that the person that used Fantastico does not have or was avoiding. Some of those like changing the table tags are quite easy to do while installing the blog directly but require more technical knowledge to fix after the fact.

So if you are going to have a blog make sure that you at least acquire the basic skills like using FTP, changing chmod and an understanding of PhpMyAdmin.

WordPress has made it easier with each release to handle your blog with out these skills. You can add themes and plugins without FTP knowledge but these are basics you should have.

If you really want to be able to do quick installs and not have these risks check out Expert WordPress where Alex and Dmitry have created an automated install system without the risks of Fantastico. I only! use Expert Wordpress these days.


Best Regards,
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Friday, September 3, 2010

Christchurch Quake aftermath 0430 am Saturday

My office after the Quake.

Just as well it wasn't one of the many nights I chose to be at my computer at that time.

That's big laptop on the floor beside my chair base was on top of the shelving unit and would probably have hit me on it's way to the floor. The phone book you see on my computer chair was under it.

Happily, all my family were uninjured.

Life is too good!

Allan

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Combining the magic of RSS and your twitter accounts RSS feed.

A neat 'trick' for more backlinks
Take your twitter account RSS feed and
submit it to RSS aggregaters.

First you need to know where your twitter
accounts feed is.

Log out of your twitter account.
Then go to your Twitter accounts URL
e.g mine is http://twitter.com/AllanRJames

Once you are on this page, you will see a
link that says
RSS feed of Username's Updates

Click on this link, copy the URL from
your browser address bar. There you
go, save this to a text file.

My RSS URL looks like this
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/26863936.rss

Yours will look the same though with a different
account number towards the end.

Whats the advantage of promoting this RSS feed
to the RSS Aggregators?
1. This helps give your Twitter Account URL great
Google Page Rank. 

2. If you ever drop links in your tweets, these
tweets are automatically updated across all
the RSS Aggregators you submit your RSS Feed
to, inluding the links you place in the Tweet.
Sweet! Instant backlinks from all over the planet
from just 1 Tweet :)

AllanJames
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Affiliate Disclosures - do you understand what's required?

There are some updates about affiliate disclosure and
related info from the FTC that are worth knowing about..

They have a new "What People Are Asking" page on
the FTC site that is really helpful in understanding
these "new" guidelines for bloggers and affiliates.

I think this Q&A page clears up a lot of the rumors
about all these revised endorsement guidelines.

For example:

** Is there REALLY a fine for not complying
   to these guidelines?

** How to disclose on Twitter or Facebook?

** Is the FTC out there monitoring blogs?


This page on the ftc site is a must-read for anyone
and everyone in our industry.

Take a moment, read through it....and, if you're like
me... go ahead and exhale.  It's not nearly as scary
as it all sounded when it first came out.

===>>> http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/adv/bus71.shtm

AllanJames
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