Getting good backlinks to your website will help to increase the overall search engine rank of our website. There are lots of well known ways to get backlinks, including article marketing, directory submission and link exchange, but this task focuses on getting backlinks from websites that have a high page rank.
Benefit- If you complete the following steps you8 will have 3 brand new backlinks to your site from high page rank websites.
Step by Step Instructions
1) Get a backlink form eHow.com (PR7). EHow is a popular website that teaches people how to do things. There are lots of categories including business, pets, home & finance, entertaining and more.
- Visit eHow.com and click the "join now" button on the top right
- Fill in the form and click "Register Now"
- Login using your username and password and click "Edit Profile"
- Fill in al many details as you want to but make sure that you put your website URL in the "Web Site" box and also write a sentence or two in the About Me Box"
- When you fill in the "About Me" box include your website URL with your keywords in the anchor text.
- Click the "Save Changes" button and check everything looks ok by clicking the "see my public profile" button.
- If you don't have a Google account create one.
- Login to blogger.com with your Google account
- Click on "Edit Profile"
- There is a space to add out website but his is a no follow link (not counted as a backlink). BUT, if you edit the "About Me" section you can ad your website and anchor text and get a backlink.
- Click on "Save Profile"
- Visit the Statcounter Forum and register
- Login and click on your username, then click on "user panel" and then on "edit your details"
- Enter your website URL in the "Your Home Page" box
- Scroll down and click "Save Changes"
- If you can make a post in the statcounter forum as well this will help to get your profile page indexed more quickly, but you don not have to do this. If you don, make sure that your post is useful and either respond to someone's comment or ask a question related to statcounter.
Traffic Tip #2 - Use Twitter to Get More Traffic
In this task you will Set up a Twitter account if you don't already have one, make two updates (Tweets) -one to announce you have just joined Twitter and another to announce you latest blog post, find 10 people to follow and add your Twitter login details to your EzineArticles account (if you have one).
Step by Step Instructions
1) Join Twitter if you are not already a member.
- Visit Twitter.com, click on the green "join Today" button and complete the details requested on the "join The Conversation" form. Then...
- Click the green "Create My Account" button.
- Login to your Twitter account and click on the "Settings" link in the tip right hand corner of you screen.
- Click on the "Account" tab
- Add your url again ( without the http:// add put a comma at the end of the url into
the "One Line Bio:" which will give you a backlink. Do not tick the Protect my Updates" box you want
your updates to be made public.
- Click Save.
- Click on the "Notices" tab
- Click Save.
- Click on the "Picture" tab
A window will open, locate your "My Pictures" folder and once you have located your
photo just double click on it. Click Save
- Click on the "Design" tab
- Click Save
2) You have now set up your account and are ready to make your first TWEET!
Ideally you should make a Tweet daily and Twitter allows you to do this in under 140 characters
- Click on the Home link at the top of the page.
- In the blank box under "What are you Doing?" type (in under 140 characters0 a general message to announce you have just joined Twitter and click "Update".
To get people to follow you on Twitter you need to find people. You can use the search function under the "Find people" tab as well as joining Tweeter Getter for free and simply add your Twitter username and password into the form and click "Tweet Now".
When you receive email notifications that you have a new follower you can just click on the link in the email and follower's Twitter web page will open, login to your Twitter account using the Login link at the top and click on "Follow" under the photo. Or you can just login through your own Twitter page and click on "Followers" and click on the "Follow" link under on the photo.
4) Add your Twitter Details to Your EzineArticles Profile
If you have an EzineArticles account, login and go to your Profile and fill in your Twitter Username and Password and every time a new article of yours is approved they will automatically Tweet it for you.
5) Tweet A Blog Post
If your are going to post a link to your latest blog post or website you will remember that you are limited to 140 Characters for your whole Post.
Now decide on a Blog post that you would like to Tweet. Click on the "Home" link in you Twitter account and under "What Are You Doing?" type in the title of your blog post and paste the url to the blog post. Don't be surprised when you see a very strange url-that is because Twitter automatically uses a website called tinyurl.com to create a short url. Click on the link and you will see that it goes to your blog.
Traffic Tip #3 - Write a Product Review
Write a review of a product that you personally use (something that you can also promote as an affiliate and earn a commission) from places like ClickBank, PayDot.com or something that you have personally used and feel positive about.
Step by Step Instructions
1) Chose a product, service or membership that you personally use and Love...and go find their affiliate program. If you can't find the affiliate program of your product, email the owner of the product and ask them... they will be happy to help you with this.
2) Locate your referral URL, or your affiliate link.
3) Write your review of the product. Okay...now it's important to know how to write a review that is helpful to people. You are NOT trying to sell the product , you are actually intercepting sale DECISION in progress and giving them what they want - proof & Justification.
So you job is to simply make a "FACT SHEET" for this product and share your experience. Be sure to include the following:
- The product name
- The person associated with the product (author, developer, etc)
- The merchant's official domain name
- The brand/company name
- The version history (especially with software)
- How long have you been using this tool or service?
- Why is This Product a Good Choice... tell them how it helped you.
- Advantages and Disadvantages of the products
Traffic Tip #4 - Create a Keyword List
Put together a list of keyword phrases to use for article marketing, blogging, and building web pages for your websites.
Step by Step Instructions
1) Go here. We will use the free keyword research too from Google
2) Go to the middle of the page and type in your primary keyword where it says: Enter One Keyword or Phrase Per Line: This would be you primary keyword for your site which is something like home business, work at home, earn money etc. In this example I will use the words work at home.
3) Type in the characters for your primary keyword in the box, choose "All Countries and Territories" and click on Get Keyword Ideas. Be patient as it can take a few seconds to give you the results
4)You will get results of 50, 100, 200 words etc. For work at home it delivered 150 results. Select "Exact" from the "March Type" drop down menu on the right hand side. To see how often a keyword is being searched every month on the Google i look at the Approx. Avg, Search Volume which is based on 12 months of people searching for this phrase on Google for your country and language.
5) Scroll down and look for the words text, csv for excel, csv. Click on the text link.
6) Save this list as a word document, or in notepad etc. Call it "work at home keywords deleted". I call it that because as I use a phrase i delete it until all of the words have been used in an article, blog post, web page etc
7) Look at the additional keyword phrases Google gives you. Save this list as well and use them as secondary keywords in the body of your articles, blog posts and web pages. This will help prevent you from spamming your primary keyword over and over in the body of what you write.
8) Start working through your list. Use a different phrase in each article, in each blog post, and for building a web page. Try and only use the keyword phrases in the title, intro and closing of each article to avoid spamming it. Do not worry about keyword density as Google pays no attention to it anymore.
Traffic Tip #5 - Publishing a Blog Post
In this task you will make a post on your blog using a keyword that you have chosen from traffic tip #4, social bookmark your post and "tweet" it.
Step by Step Instructions
1) Take a look at the keyword list that you created in task 4 and see if you can find a keyword phrase that has a few hundred searches per month. Typically a phrase like this will be less competitive and it will be easier to get you blog post ranked in the search engines if you choose a low competition phrase.
2) You can either write an article yourself and include your keywords in the title and 2-3 times throughout the article, or find a good PLR article. If you are using a PLR article it is beneficial to rewrite it by:
- Changing the title (be sure to include your keyword phrase in the title)
- Writing your own introductory paragraph.
- Deleting one of the paragraphs
- Rewriting the final paragraph or add new one
- Rewriting a few of the sentences throughout the article
- Adding your keyword phrase twice throughout the article
4) If you have a WordPress blog, WordPress will automatically ping a ll the relevant services. If you have a blogger blog, go to Autopinger and enter your blog URL to ping all the blog services.
5) Go to Twitter and write a sentence or two about your blog post and include the direct URL (permalink) of your post. You will find that often you get more interest in Twitter if you post a question related to the subject of your blog post e.g. "Does anyone think it is possible to succeed in online business when you have no money?.
6) Social Bookmark your post. If you have an account with OnlyWire or SocialMarker you should also bookmark your post. If you don't have an account, don't worry - we will include this as a task in another weekly challenge.
Traffic Tip #6 - Submit an Article to 5 of the Top Article Directories
Submit one of your existing articles or a new article to at least 5 popular high PR article directories
Step by Step Instructions:
1) Register with the following article directories
- Ezine Articles (PR6). - click on the "Submit Articles" link and complete the registration form.
- GoArticles (PR6) - on 'Submit Articles" then click on the "New Member" button and complete the form.
- The Free Library (PR6) - click on the red "Submit Articles Free" link in the top right hand corner and complete the form.
- Article Alley (PR5) - click the red button marked "Submit Articles" and complete the registration form.
- Article Dashboard (PR5) - click on the "Sign up for a free account or learn more" link at the top of the right hand column.
- Article City (PR5) - no registration is required. Just scroll down to the Site Menu at the bottom of the left hand column and click on "Submit An Article". There is no option to edit your article after you have submitted it so be sure to check it carefully before submitting.
- Internet Marketing News Watch (PR5) - no registration is required. Scroll down to the bottom of the left hand column and click on "Submit New Content".
- ArticleBase (PR5) - click on the blue "Submit Articles" button and register as a new author.
- Article Factory (PR4) - click on the "Register" tab on the top horizontal bar and complete the registration form.
- SearchWarp (PR4) - click on the "Sign Up" text link in the top right hand corner of your screen and complete the New Author Registration Form.
- Easy Articles (PR4) - click on the "join" link and complete the registration form.
Join 3 high traffic forums that you are not currently a member of . Register with the forums, add your profile information and signature and make 2 posts in each
Step by Step Instructions
1) Register with at least 3 forums from the list below. All of these have over 10,000 members
- Digital Point Forum (PR6, 259,000+members
- Warrior Forum (PR4, 116,000+members
- WAHM Forum (PR4, 76,000+members
- Affiliate Marketing Forum (PR4, 32,00+members
- Associate Programs (PR4, 18,000+member
- Internet Marketing Forums (PR3, 15,000+members
- Talk Home Business (PR3 10,000+members
Traffic Tip #8 - Submit your Blog to 5 Top Blog Directories
Submit your blog link to 5 top blog directories.
Step by Step Instructions
1) Go through the list below and submit your blog to each directory.
Classified ads are a great way to get more exposure for your website. Classified advertising is free, so it is an ideal method for you to use if your are just starting out and your budget is tight. Some online classified ad sites have an upgrade option, which will provide you with more benefits, but it is not necessary to upgrade to be successful with this type of advertising.
1) Find some suitable classified ad sites to post your ad on. Here are some classified ad sites:
Traffic Tip #10- Leave Comments on 5 Different Blogs
Visit at least 5 blogs and leave a comment.
Step by Step Instructions:
1) Find a list of "do follow" blogs by doing a search in Google. "Do Follow" means that when you leave a link to your website in your comment it will not have the "notfollow" attribute. This means that Google and other search engines will see this as a valid backlink to your website. You can type into Google any of these search terms to get a list.
"do follow" blogs
do follow blogs
blogs that follow
2)Once you have found a good list pick out on blog (We recommend that you aim towards picking blogs that have something to do with the particular niche your involved in).
3) Read a couple of entries and pick out one that interests you where you can respond with a comment that has some real "meat" to it. What i mean by "meat" is some substance. Making a comment on a blog that says "Great idea! Thanks for sharing:" is NOT a good comment and will often not get approved which means you have wasted your time. Give the blog post your commenting on some real feedback on what you think or additional information that might help readers understand what the blog post is trying to tell its readers.
"do follow" blogs
do follow blogs
blogs that follow
2)Once you have found a good list pick out on blog (We recommend that you aim towards picking blogs that have something to do with the particular niche your involved in).
3) Read a couple of entries and pick out one that interests you where you can respond with a comment that has some real "meat" to it. What i mean by "meat" is some substance. Making a comment on a blog that says "Great idea! Thanks for sharing:" is NOT a good comment and will often not get approved which means you have wasted your time. Give the blog post your commenting on some real feedback on what you think or additional information that might help readers understand what the blog post is trying to tell its readers.
Traffic Tip #11- Get 2 New Backlinks on HIgh PR Websites
Getting good backlinks to your websites will help to increase the overall search engine rank of your website. There are lots of well known ways to get backlinks, including article marketing, directory submission and link exchange, but this task focuses on getting backlinks from websites that have a high page rank.
Step by Step Instructions:
1) Get a Backlink from gooruze.com (PR5)
- Register with gooruze.com
- Login and click on the "Getting Started" button and then click on the "update profile" link
- Add a short paragraph about yourself. You may want to say where you come from, what you do for a living and of course, tell people that you have a website. You can include one or more links to your website and /or blog. To do this just type your keywords, select them and then click the little icon that looks like a globe with a link.
- Register with help.com - to do this just enter your email address (no password) and your login info will be emailed to you.
- Click the link in the email to activate your account.
- Click the profile link and type in a few sentences about yourself, including a link or tow to your website and/ or blog . You will need to use HTML her e.g. the HTML for my own website would be: <a href="http://income-tools.blogspot.com">Home Business Ideas</a>
- Save your profile and make sure that your links are working
- OPTIONAL - you can also add friends and make posts to get more exposure.
Submit your Ezine (Newsletter) to the following 2 Ezine Directories:
Step by Step Instructions
1) Submit to BestEzines.com BestEzines is owned by EzneArticles so there are 2 ways to submit your Ezine to this directory.
If you have an EzineArticle account, simply login and under Author's Tools click on "BestEzines.com Submission" and complete the short form. The ezine subscription information is your getresponse email address for your Newsletter for example my Newsletter subsctiption address is: cyns-home-biz@getresponse.com
If you don't have an EzineArticles account go directory to BestEzines.com then click on "Submit an Ezine" and complete the form.
2) Submit to NewList.com
Traffic Tip #13 - Setup a Social Marker Account $ Bookmark a Blog Post
This task is specially on how to set up a FREE account at SocialMarker.com which is a free social bookmarking tool that will help you bookmark your blog posts with many different social bookmarking sites at the same time.
Step by Step Instructions:
1) Go to socialmarker.com
2) If you have never used any of these social sits within Social Marker before this will take longer as you will need to register the first time before the bookmark will show. Once you have gone through registering yourself the first time, the time to submit one blog post to all of these sites is cut down considerably.
3) On the main screen toward the bottom right hand side you will have the option to determine which sites you want to submit too after making a blog post. Choose carefully as there are couple of sites that are specifically niche related such as : Health Ranker that and it makes no sense to submit a blog post about affiliate marketing to these sites.
4) Choose one of your recent blog posts bookmark. Fill in necessary details on your blog post:
Bookmark details
Title
Link (URL)
Text
Tags (separated by commas)
Make sure you are using the correct keywords from your blog posts as this is very important for SEO and visitors to the individual sites that might want to see your content.
5) Hit the Submit Button
6) Once you have gone through this the first time, I would suggest putting a Social Marker Button on your blog that will make it easier to submit your individual blog posts. Directions for WordPress and non WordPress users are on the front page left hand side
If you have an EzineArticle account, simply login and under Author's Tools click on "BestEzines.com Submission" and complete the short form. The ezine subscription information is your getresponse email address for your Newsletter for example my Newsletter subsctiption address is: cyns-home-biz@getresponse.com
If you don't have an EzineArticles account go directory to BestEzines.com then click on "Submit an Ezine" and complete the form.
2) Submit to NewList.com
Traffic Tip #13 - Setup a Social Marker Account $ Bookmark a Blog Post
This task is specially on how to set up a FREE account at SocialMarker.com which is a free social bookmarking tool that will help you bookmark your blog posts with many different social bookmarking sites at the same time.
Step by Step Instructions:
1) Go to socialmarker.com
2) If you have never used any of these social sits within Social Marker before this will take longer as you will need to register the first time before the bookmark will show. Once you have gone through registering yourself the first time, the time to submit one blog post to all of these sites is cut down considerably.
3) On the main screen toward the bottom right hand side you will have the option to determine which sites you want to submit too after making a blog post. Choose carefully as there are couple of sites that are specifically niche related such as : Health Ranker that and it makes no sense to submit a blog post about affiliate marketing to these sites.
4) Choose one of your recent blog posts bookmark. Fill in necessary details on your blog post:
Bookmark details
Title
Link (URL)
Text
Tags (separated by commas)
Make sure you are using the correct keywords from your blog posts as this is very important for SEO and visitors to the individual sites that might want to see your content.
5) Hit the Submit Button
6) Once you have gone through this the first time, I would suggest putting a Social Marker Button on your blog that will make it easier to submit your individual blog posts. Directions for WordPress and non WordPress users are on the front page left hand side
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