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“Submit your article directory to the major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, and other high traffic search engines. Don\’t pay anyone to submit your site (unless you\’ve got money to throw away). You can do this yourself for free.” – Donna Knight

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Maybe you’ve heard that an article directory can make a killing in affiliate or Google Adsense income, but there are some more things you need to know when you start yours.

Here are the first basic steps involved in starting your own article directory:

1) Get an article directory script.

2) Buy a good domain name that gives some indication of what your site is about.

3) Buy web hosting for it.

4) Set the script up or get someone else to set it up if you don’t know how to set up scripts.

Obviously an article directory script won’t do you any good if you don’t do anything with it. The number one internet business killer is lack of action. You would be amazed at how many people buy everything they need to start an online business and then do absolutely nothing with it.

Once the site is all set up, your next step is to get traffic to the site. Here are some more things you need to do to draw traffic:

1. An empty directory never did anybody any good. The first thing you need to do to get some traffic to your new directory is put some articles in it. No one wants to submit to an empty directory. There are plenty of article directories out there with free reprint articles. With all the other article directories out there that you can use as a source of articles, there’s no excuse for your directory to be empty.

I don’t recommend buying an article directory script that has articles already in it. You do not want your directory to look like everyone else’s with the same articles.

Consider starting an article directory geared towards a niche. That way you won’t be competing with other article directories for traffic. Everyone knows that niche marketing can be more profitable than catering to an untargeted market, and this applies to article directories, as well.

2. Don’t be the only author on your site. Start your directory out with articles from other authors. Then you can add your own articles to your heart’s content. The exception to the rule would be if this is a site where you’ve specifically stated up front that the purpose is to showcase your own work, but you welcome other authors to submit their work as well.

3. Keep your directory backed up. Web servers are more stable than personal computers, but they’re not perfect. Data corruption and hard drive failures on web servers happen very rarely, but they do happen. Many web hosting companies do backups but some charge you to restore from the backup. When choosing a article directory script, choose one with built-in back-up capabilities or choose a web host that makes backing up your site very easy, such as Cpanel hosting.

4. Submit your own articles to other article sites with a link to your own article directory in the resource box. Keep in mind that if you are submitting ghostwritten or private label articles to your own directory, you cannot submit these articles to other sites unless they are significantly modified–I’m talking 75% or more. Yes, that’s right! You may need to write a few articles of your own. This is not a big deal. If you have private label articles, you can use these to get plenty of ideas to write your own articles.

Submit your article directory to the major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, and other high traffic search engines. Don’t pay anyone to submit your site (unless you’ve got money to throw away). You can do this yourself for free.

5. Syndicate it – Be sure to buy an article directory script with RSS capabilities built in so that web content publishers can link to your site for fresh content for their own websites. One key to continuous traffic is to update your content regularly. Syndication is a great way for your updated content to get re-published over and over again. Search engines love syndicated content.

6. Don’t stop! To keep your site alive you need to either constantly add new articles or constantly promote your site or preferably both.

One mistake I see lots of article directory sites making is that their target market consists of article authors and content seekers. Of course you need authors, but think about it. Are authors really going to click on ads on your site? The people who are most likely to click on ads are people seeking information. Authors come to your site to get visibility for their work, not to buy something. Information seekers are frequently potential buyers doing research before they choose to take out their wallet. Market your directory to information seekers as well as authors and webmasters.

Give visitors to your new site something useful to start with and your traffic will grow from there, along with your profits.

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Donna Knight is a Computer Trainer and Website Promotion Specialist. She has built over 270 websites and helps new site owners promote their site cheaply. For tips that will help you save money and save time when marketing online, visit Internet Marketing Tools and Reviews blog at www.DonnaKnight.com . Copyright (c) 2006 Donna Knight.

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“Using the services you promote through your affiliate links is both a vote of confidence in the services and can provide powerful outlets to promote the product.” – Neil Anuskiewicz

“You can control what you say, how you say it, who you say it to. Those are just a few of the variables you control as a marketer.” – Marlon Sanders

How to use the “magic question” to turn cannots into cans, boost those click through rates, ramp up in spite of any economic woes and find your inner power

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Featured Article by Marlon Sanders

My mom used to have a saying when she was feelin’ a little blue.

She’d say, “I’m just gonna go eat weeds!”

I’m from a state in the U.S. called Oklahoma. And my mom was a farm girl. That’s an old saying steeped in farmer tradition. But I think it has something to do with going out to pasture where the cows are.

Here are some things that may make you feel like eatin’ weeds”

Here are some examples:

* Well, click through rates are down. It’s just too bad.

* I wish I could do a jv with that person. But I sent them an email and they didn’t return it. Darn it.

* I tried runnin’ some ads. But hardly anyone responded. So I’m just gonna go out and eat weeds.

* I wrote a sales letter but it’s not converting well enough.

* I’m sending out emails but no one is responding.

* I’m making blog posts but Google isn’t sending me any love.

If you feel like eatin’ weeds, then I have an insight that will help you.

In life, business and marketing, it’s easy to get bogged down by what happens TO you instead of making what you want HAPPEN.

I’m going to share a magic question that literally changes everything.

“What CAN I do to GET the response I want?”

You’ll notice the word CAN is capitalized. There are many things you do NOT control. So there’s no power in focusing on those things.

What DO you control?

That’s step one. What things CAN you control or change? These are your LEVERS for change.

You can control what you say, how you say it, who you say it to. Those are just a few of the variables you control as a marketer.

Then the second thing is to focus on what you CAN do to GET the response you want.

People aren’t reading your emails? OK. What CAN you say or do to GET them to read your emails?

The difference is active vs. passive.

When you’re passive, things happen TO you. When you’re active, you focus on what actions you can TAKE to make what you want happen.

You’re the one doing the acting vs. being the one acted upon by forces you can’t control.

People aren’t joining your email list? What CAN you control? What are your levers?

You control who you get to your Squeeze page. You control the message on the page when they get there. You control the graphics.

The main thing is the message. What message WOULD get attention and compel people to join your list?

That question is the starting point of taking control.

Anthony Robbins has a great CD called “The Power of Questions” or something along those lines. It’s simply about solving problems by asking better questions.

The questions you ask yourself determine your focus.

There’s no question that in the U.S. things are in a downturn. You can sink into a passive “things-are-happening-to-me” mindset and feel you have no control.

Or you can control the things you can:

1. Get more people to your web site or Squeeze page.

You control your marketing. Run some ezine ads. Do pay per click. Buy banner ads. Ramp up promotions to your affiliates.

2. Split test your marketing message

The greatest point of leverage you have in your business is your marketing message.

3. Be more compelling

You’re competing for attention. So turn it up a notch or two.

What DO you control? This next week I want you to think about that. Instead of looking at things you can’t control like the economy, focus on the things you CAN control.

That little shift changes everything.

You can either go out and eat weeds like my momma used to talk about.

Or you can ask yourself the “magic question”: What DO I control and what CAN I do to get the response I want?

Marlon Sanders

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Marlon Sanders is the author of “The Amazing Formula That Sells Products Like Crazy.” If you’d like to get on his mailing list and receive tips, articles and information about online marketing, visit:
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“You need to involve you membership in the learning process by adding tools and services such as software, ebooks, resources, and give-aways.” – Sean Mize

“Smart business owners are not concern about saving because it’ll not make them richer.” – Patric Chan

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Featured Article by Patric Chan

I pay close attention to any techniques that can lower my cost on advertisements, especially
pay-per-click (PPC) traffic like Google Adwords.

For instance, I’ll do what I can to lower my PPC cost from 0.05 cents to 0.03 cents per click.

When I was showing a technique to lower the bid price in Google Adwords in a workshop I’ve
conducted last time, I can see that one of the attendees sitting wasn’t impressed at all.

So I asked him why.

He immediately responded, “I don’t see how saving 2 cents can make me richer.”

“It’s just not worth doing that Patric, I would rather spend my time testing other traffic methods.”

I paused for a few second and smiled. As a matter of fact, I do agree with him for SEEING THAT ANGLE – saving the measly 2 cents is pointless.

That’s provided if you just spend $10 to advertise. But if you’re someone spending $500 a day, you’re looking at some major savings.

**BUT**… that’s still NOT the point. That’s the obvious reason but not what I’m looking for.

You see, it’s not about saving.

It’s about growing your business tremendously.

If you’re paying 0.05 cents per click, it means that with a budget of $30 a day, you can get 600 visitors. Simple math.

And assuming that your product sells for $10 and you’re getting 3% conversion.

So basically, you’ll make $180 ($10 x 3% x 600 visitors) from $30 advertisement spent.

$180 revenue.

Now, let’s say you’re able to lower your PPC cost to only 0.03 cents – it means you’re now driving 1,000 visitors with the same amount of $30 advertisement budget.

Your ‘new’ income will be:

1,000 visitors x 3% x $10 = $300.

Basically, if you’re just able to just lower your PPC cost by 0.02 cents, you’ve increased your business by 40% profit!

Smart business owners are not concern about saving because it’ll not make them richer.

Saving the $12 ($30 budget – $0.03 x 600 visitors) is not profitable – at all.
You’re making $120 EXTRA, not saving $12. What smart business owners see is getting MORE traffic for the SAME amount of advertisement spent. Again, all simple mathematics to get the numbers right and you’ll break the bank.

Now, if you’re paying 0.10 cent per click and you have a way to reduce it to 0.01 cent instead,
it means you’ve now automatically grow your business 10 times fold. Congrats.

From $10,000 a year to $100,000. And all it takes is a small ‘adjustment’ like this, no rocket science.

In the Inside Underground Marketing Lab workshop,I’ve proved a method how I get a $0.30 per c1ickkeyword to only $0.03 cents in just 30 minutes.

And that’s just one business model I’ve shared.

Then there’s another business model I’ve shown to build your mailing 1ist by using joint venture partners and it allows you to build instant credibility.

On Day 2 of the workshop, I’ve spend HOURSrevealing instant m0ney making tactics andlong-term business growth strategies.

One of them include an ‘unflavored’ tactic totake over your competitors in Clickbank.com withoutthem knowing what you’re doing. It’s kinda trickybut highly effective.

The ONLY PROBLEM IS THIS – You got to hurry.

You see, if EVERYONE knows how to get 0.03 centsper click, it just a matter of time before your competitors start using and making it tough for you- you’ll be competing for the same pie.

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“You see the beauty of the internet is this, you don’t have to just market
internet marketing products. That market makes up like 0.01% of the internet
and yes its very fierce, but thats the whole key about being in a niche.” – Anonymous