If you are interested in marketing, then you would be more likely to build a strategy to get your name in front of viewers that would not otherwise see it. The first thing that comes to mind to most, is social. This space is still growing and does largely trump many aspects of link building for traffic. Other methods may include variation of viral marketing that would allow you to offer free information in exchange for an email address or even better, true viral content that can be freely distributed by people using social!

There are many powerful digital marketing companies that can really help you put some strong concepts and techniques behind your own approach to digital marketing and if you use your own efforts in combination you can really explode your online presence in a short amount of time. It is important to investigate all marketing, link building and social media options that your business can benefit from to make sure that you are getting the most out of every launch or campaign you are working with too.

Exploring new methods of brand building can open up new doors for you online business, so make sure whatever you do, you do not get stuck in the rut or “comfort zone” of you current promotions. The only way to grow is to change and measure your results along the way!

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How Does WordPress Use RSS Feeds?

If you are using WordPress you are already automatically pinging a site called ping-o-matic which pings many popular services. However, with an up to date ping list you will be able to get even more automatic exposure every time you make a new post. WordPress is smart and will automatically ping when you post, you just need to give it the best rss ping list possible to get the most action out of your effort.

Adding Your WordPress Ping List

If you want to add the ping lists below to your own WordPress blog, it is easy. Simply highlight the ping list that you want from below then login to the admin section of any self hosted WordPress blog.

Next, you will need to click on the link at the bottom left under the “Settings” title where it says “Writing” like in the picture below.

Now all you need to do is scroll down and you will find a section that says “Update Services” as seen in the image below.

Now simply past and save and WordPress will do the rest!

Is This A New RSS Ping List?

I have seen many ping lists and I must admit they all change rather frequently. So the one that I have for all my readers here on Webmaster Business Plan is fresh as of the date of this post. I can not guarantee how long it will be valid, but I will try to update it as soon as possible.

How Much Does It Cost?

We do not charge for our blog and web site rss ping list. We think that sharing with the community is the way to go, so it’s totally free and does not even cost an email address. However, if you do want to join our mailing list and grab the free internet marketing course just click the ling and we will get our 7 day crash course out to you asap as well.

Download The RSS Ping List Right Here!

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Ping List Questions and Comments?

I am wishing each and every one of my readers the best of luck with this ping list and all their marketing efforts. If you have any questions or comments I would love to hear from you, just leave a comment below!

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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The first site I would like to tell everybody about is a blog on wordpress.com called Professional Online Marketing. This web site is dedicated to more business conceptualization and a touch of online business ethics. The site is new, but there is already some solid content here for anybody starting a new online business. Another wordpress site that I let die, but I am bringing back is Free Website Tools 4 U so make sure to give it a look too.

The Free Webmaster Tips site is a blogger blog that I just started adding some more “how to” style webmaster information. This site will offer more behind the scenes information and technical tutorials in the near future.

Another site that I have just launched is a traffic generating program that I call the Link Building Ninja training. This site is totally free and offers nothing but the nuts and bolts that it takes to build a huge amount of website traffic and of course the tools, resources and methodology that I personally use. I have a bunch of free stuff over there for anybody who gets registered including a free domain name, so check it out.

That is all I have for now, so take a look at these new webmaster resources and let me know if there is ever anything I can do to help you or anything that I can cover here on the W.B.P. site that would be beneficial to you. After all this site is all for you, the reader, not me. So comment me up below!

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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There are only a few places that you can capitalize on this market right now. As new standards are being created there will surely be some new places that are offering some sort of new media system to allow marketers and content providers to meet up.  There is one place that allows for direct messaging right now. You can use this do-it-yourself mobile messaging service to market just about anything.  There are a few different ways you can utilize the mobile messaging services to promote.  You can create a contest, broadcast or even create your own text coupons to bring customers back to your store to shop.

The mobile marketing industry is still in its infancy and this is one of those “get in on the ground floor” deals you always hear about. The only difference is that there is no stopping this paradigm shift, we can already see it taking place. Just ask Apple and Google! If you are interested in researching the text messaging business, this Text Message Blog has a lot of great information.  You can read about some industry news and learn more about the methods being used and how this type of advertising really works here.

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I ran across this tool the other day and just downloaded it to give it a spin and see if it is a usable one.  The big difference that I thought many new internet marketers reading the Webmaster Business Plan blog may find interesting about this product, is that it does not have a monthly fee associated with it’s usage.

Download The Keyword Strategy Studio Here

You buy it once and you own it.  No I am not an affiliate of this product, I simply thought it was worth a look and you can download a full version to test it out, so I will follow up on this post after I have got to use it a little more and let everybody know what I think about it and you are welcome to leave your comments about your experience with the   in the comments section below.

- Nick

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If Google finds you link on a page that has good page rank, but your link is surrounded by dead links, this will not look very appetizing to Google.  You need to understand that the quality of the directory is “as” important if not more important than the PR of it’s pages.   This is why in many cases the most valuable directory listings to get involved with are not free.  The money spent is many times turned over to those who keep the directory up to date and continue site maintenance to assure that each and every link on the directory site is active and accurate.  Just like anything else, you really do get what you pay for when it comes to buying a spot on a top website directory.

If you are ready to get serious and take your website to the next level by spending some money to get a high quality back link to you, here is our own top 5 paid directory listing list.

Top Ten Paid Directories (Domain – Page Rank – Price)

1. Yahoo.com PR 8 – $299
2. Business.com PR 7 $199
3. Best of the Web PR 7 $69-$300
4. JoeAnt.com PR6 $39.99
5. MassiveLinks.com PR4 $39.99 – $79.99

There are other directories out there, but these are the ones that stick out and seem to have the cleanest and most up to date listings on the web.  We don’t think you will find better value anywhere else, but if you do run across a paid directory that you think deserves to be listed here, simply leave a comment or contact me and I will be sure to consider it as an addition to the list of the top 5 paid directories here on Webmaster Business Plan.

Good luck with your site listing and we hope the list of useful resources above can help bring your website traffic to the next level.  Even successful websites can use a boost and these site have proved to be among the top directories out there.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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Don’t worry it is fairly simple to get a big result from blog commenting, you just have to know what you are doing and you can really get some traffic and results in the search engines in no time flat.  So let’s get to it…

So What Is Blog Commenting?

Well, simply put blog commenting is the process of joining the conversation on blogs, instead of using email or popular social networks.  The main feature that makes a web site become a blog, is the ability of visitors to add there own comments, thoughts or questions to the site.  You may have seen a long string of comments at the bottom of a post on a web site before and this is the comments section. Anybody can submit comments on blog post, however in most cases only the best will actually be published live on the site.  Depending on the blog owner, your comments may be automatically posted or they may go to the admin for review first.

Why Do I Want To Comment On Blogs?

Commenting on blogs is a great way to get known as an expert on any topic, to get more exposure to your site and to build your brand.  You can comment on specific blogs to grow you brand and also get free back links pointing to your product site, affiliate program or personal web site.  You will see many Internet marketers using this as a fast and free way to get more back links and get more traffic to the sites of their choosing.  The reason you see so many people suggesting this as a link building technique is simple, it works.  There are very few ways to get so many links put on web sites that have a good PR rating for free.  Most sites charge to have a link added to their blog roll.  However, having a good link in a comment section of a blog can drive some quality direct traffic and also give you valid back link for Google to pick up on as well.

So How do I Find Good Blogs To Comment On?

You can find blogs by using Google’s blog search.  This is probably the simplest way to find blogs that you can comment on.  However, there are a couple more factors that will prove to be important, besides the topic and content theme of the blog you comment on.  One thing that will be very important if you are wanting to get a high quality back link, is the Page Rank of the blog  you will be commenting on.  You can install the Google toolbar on Fire Fox or on Internet Explorer to see what the blogs PR is quickly and easily.  Now finally, you want to check and see if the links in the blog comments are “do-follow” or “no-follow” links.  You can find a few tools that will help you with this or in Fire Fox you can simply right click on the link and choose properties to check it.

There are also a couple of applications out there that seem to work well for this, if you want to know more about them, just contact me and I would be glad to share.

What Do Do When Blog Commenting

1. Post On Recent Posts – Being the first or one of the first to comment on a new post can really get you more attention than being the one who posted the 25th comment on a post.
2. Write Something Useful – Nobody cares about the guy who say “great post” or “thanks for sharing”  these are the comments you can buy for penny from India and these are not what get attention in readers eyes or from the site owners.
3. Speak To The Blog Owners and Readers – These are your target market, when it comes to commenting.  So don’t just speak out into thin air, talk to the folks who will be reading your comment.
4. Add Value – This should be the main concern when writing a blog comment.  If you are not adding value to the conversation or giving something of interest that is on topic, do not expect your blog comment to get published by the blog owner.
5. Get Attention! – Yes, just like any good writing, you need to grab the readers attention and if you do this, you blog commenting campaign will prove to be very successful!

What Not To Do When Blog Commenting

1. Drop links – Putting links in the comment itself is simply not proper commenting etiquette, you link should be listed as your web site and will link to the name you leave on the comment.
2. Make Spelling Mistakes – Spelling errors may seem to be a very minor issue to you, but to some people reading your comment this may be the difference between a click through and scrolling on to the next comment.  Your writing should represent you, so it should concise and spelled correctly.
3. Talk Down About Post – If your not going to make a positive comment, don’t waste your time. If you are talking down about the web site, web site owner or the post itself, your post will never get published in the first place, so move on.
4. Spam A Blog – One comment at a time is plenty.  If you put a comment on ten different posts, this not only looks suspicious but is!  So one at a time, if you like the blog and want to put more than one comment, bookmark it and come back later.
5. Long Comments – You may need to write more than one sentence to get your point across, but understand that usually only the first few lines of a comment will show by default, so get the goods out first, if you have to make it a long one.

I hope you enjoyed this article and if you want to get a blog comment on a PR2 webmaster site, comment below or you can go to the homepage of the site and post a comment there. If you follow my rules above, I promise to publish you!

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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Well trust me, you are not alone.  This is one of the most frustrating problems for webmasters and Internet marketers alike.  If you are putting in the work and simply not getting the results, trust me I know exactly how you feel and I have definitely been through this.  However, I do have some helpful hints to get your past this “bump in the road” and back on track with your internet marketing efforts.

I was recently asked a question on a forum that I frequent “I have done my keyword research and have submitted my info to squidoo and ezinearticles, but I am not getting ranked, I feel like I am missing something?”

Well, the conversation on the forum was about different methods of keyword research that different people use.  There are many different methods that people use and some are obviously more effective than others. The problem it turned out was not finding the right keyword to use, but how to market the site and get link exposure with the keyword term that this member was trying to focus on.

If you do not understand what keyword research is, join our mailing list here and you will get a link to some videos that will help out with this.  For those of you who are already doing some keyword research and then trying to focus your link building efforts to get ranked for those keywords, I will give you the same reply I posted in the forum.  If you do not know what keyword research is and do not fully understand link building and anchor text yet, please do not proceed with the steps below!
The methodology I will explain is very quick and dirty seo, but when it comes down to it I have used these exact steps to successfully launch many a profitable site and I know these will work for you too.  All you have to do is apply the steps and keep mixing up your keyword phrase in relevant long tail keyword phrases and You Will Get Results!

Write one new article, get your keyword or a variation of it in the title, body, keyword tags and make a link with the same or variant of your keywords in the post, to the post. Do Not make the keyword spammed throughout, make it natural and make this one of the best posts you ever wrote, this is the gold nugget that you are going to trade for traffic!

Publish this, take your rss feed over to http://feedburner.com, burn it, then get over to http://pingoat.com

Now that you are at http://pingoat.com submit both your website feed and the feedburner feed, with a slight variation in the title, but still Keep Your Keywords In There Too.

Next it is time to do some social bookmarking, get over to:

http://digg.com
http://stumbleupon.com
http://reddit.com
http://mixx.com

and bookmark you new post, do this at different times of the day, not all at once.

Now, write you up a small 300-500 word article and post it on all article directories( http://ezinearticles.com http://goarticles.com http://articledashboard.com ), authority sites( http://squidoo.com http://hubpages.com http://facebook.com http://knol.google.com )and as many blogs that you can(heres the blog submitter I use, it’s free)then time to get your article on some authority blogs, say hello to http://blogger.com http://blog.com http://fortuneboard.com and http://posterous.com

Everywhere you submit you article you need to make sure that you can get at least one link with a variation of your keyword in the article or do not waste your time there.

You may also want to spend some time on popular social sites telling people about the new post, Google loves to see some traffic to a page that it is going to rank. I suggest you use http://ping.fm to multiply your efforts here.

I know this sounds like you are going to be carpet bombing the web with info and Yes that is the idea. If you want to be noticed by Google, give them something to look at!

This can be done all in one day, but I suggest you spread it out over a few days or even a weeks time, because after all you don’t want to scare Google with to many new links all at once.  Now once you have completed these simple steps, just wash, rinse and repeat; you will be guaranteed results.

That is if you have chosen a worthy keyword!

Well I can tell you if you do the things I spoke of above, you will get traffic! There is no question about it, you will be able to see some immediate traffic from direct click through visitors. However, more importantly, if you use good anchor text and keep mixing up the long tail terms, you will be able to sustain some rather healthy traffic from the search engines as well.

You can look at any of the big name products, video series or guru reports; they all will focus in on one of the sections of info above and build a whole product around it, but you know what, you don’t need to spend $300 dollars to take some logical steps toward your success online. When it comes down to it, there are only 2 things that online marketing comes down to, Distribution and Target Market. Everything else is simply smoke and mirrors.

Now, I will say that much like exercising, some people really do need to make a huge investment in a product to remind them that they need to exercise, however I hope you can find you motivation elsewhere

I hope that this quick little synapses helps some internet marketer or webmaster take there website traffic and online business to the next level.  As always feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this or any article of mine and I would be glad to assist in any way that I can.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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I posted this article some time ago on another blog of mine and by popular demand on CPA Marketing info, I decided to republish it here.  I am sure google will hate me for it, but oh well.

There are many cpa networks out there these days and it seems that there is some confusion about how to get started with CPA and how to be a successful promoter of these programs.  I wanted to take a second to speak to this and explain the basic strategy of making money with CPA Systems.

What Is CPA?

Well CPA stands for (cost per action) or in some cases (cash per action), much like the old cpm (click per million) which relates to a dollar amount per click that you would earn if you delivered a click on a link. You may also here these system referred to as PPA or Pay Per Action. The CPA systems work a little different, they do not pay you until a person that you have referred to their site takes some sort of action.  This means that a user signs up, registers, uploads something, or any other action that the paying advertisers may request.

This is a much more effective method for the paying advertisers and is a very effective method for the guys referring too.   If you could imagine sending somebody to a site where they get something for free and then when they get the free item, you get paid, you can see how this would be a easy referral.

Not all of these programs pay on free items, some only pay when somebody joins a payed subscription service or some other paid offer, but there are also many, many free ones too. When looking at programs like these you need to focus on 2 things:

1. How Well Does It Pay

Of course you want to be payed well as an advertiser of these products and services but you also want to make sure that the company you are working with does actually pay out and does not pay outrageous prices, some places that promise such huge payouts, you must question their integrity.

Also when looking at many different advertisers offers, you may want to weigh the earnings you will receive verses the cost of the action that the new customer will have to take.  If you get $1.00 every time a person registers for a $10.00 offer, it may be better to choose to promote one that pays $0.50 per completed offer if the required action is free.  You must understand that many people will try anything for free and the response to your marketing efforts will be much more fruitful with these free offers, even if they pay out less.

2. Does It Fit In With Your Sites Content Topics or Niche

There is no reason to be promoting free manicures on a all mens site,  there is no reason to tell house wives about some new bikini model, and there is no reason for you to tell your website members and associates about a product or service that they are not interested in.

There is a small gray area between promotion and spam.  The main difference to most people is if, what they are being offered is something that they interested in or not so make sure to keep all your offers on topic or at least in the same niche market as your other content and information, that you offer.

Exposure & Influence!

The amount of success comes down to 2 things, exposure and influence.  If you have a great deal of exposure on only a few, then the most that will join are not so many, if you have exposure to masses but nobody looks to you as a leader, same results, none!  My point is this, if you are planning on sending out spam email to thousands of folks and think you are going to make money, you are wrong.

To make money with these systems, joining social groups or working on social sites is a great way to get to know enough people that you may have some influence over to send you offers to.  However, a more effective way to get well known is to start your blog or website and start talking about the topics that you have promotions for.  Blog often, blog well, people will get to know you as a leader in what ever industry you choose and will follow you and your suggestions.  This is a proper manner of referral marketing, now throw in some article marketing and it’s on!

You need to understand that in most cases you must know people or have people tha “feel” like they know you to make this a effective money maker, but if you can get people to “feel” like they know you by writing a lot online, this can really increase ones level of influence.  If you offer great information  in a email subscription list, the people in it would most likely all choose to check out any free offer you can send them, so why not start getting paid for doing just that?

O.K.  I Understand What CPA Networks Are, Now What?

Now that you  know a little about what CPA Networks are and how to find the offers that will not only produce the most for you, but will also be of interest to your followers, subscribers, members, or site surfers; lets talk about where you can get setup to take advantage of these programs.

There are many companies that offer this type of advertising, I do not list these in any specific order, but these are just a few to get you started, note that most of these companies do require phone verification to start working with them.

Top CPA Programs (Big Earners List)

1. FluxAds.com – Has Free Offers of Brand Name Products
2. NeverBlueAds.com – Many Free Offers and Top Selling Products
3. XY7.com
4. http://maxbounty.com
5. http://azoogleads.com – Has Free CPA Offers
6. http://hydranetwork.com
7. http://clixgalore.com
8. http://revresponse.com – Has Free CPA Offers

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How Many Back Links Does Your Website Have?

If you are like most people you probably have 5-20 back links built up by posting to forums or maybe a blog here and there.  However to really get ranked in google for a search term that you want to be ranked for, one that really pulls in the traffic, most sites are boasting over a thousand back links. It is a commonly accepted fact that the amount of back links to your website, including the correct anchor text is one of the most definitive techniques to achieve the first page of google, for that term.

So How Do I Build Up More Back Links?

Building back links is not a quick process and actually google likes to see a constant stream of new ones pointing to your site, this assures the search engine that not only is the link text accurate, but more and more people agree that this site is worth seeing.  So for many webmasters it seems like a constant uphill battle to keep bringing in new back links.   Some actually resort to black hat methods like paying for back links or even using sneaky software to spam forums or blog comment sections.  We here at Webmaster Business Plan do not suggest you use either method above.

The correct way to build back links is to either contact many webmasters and ask to trade links, get active on forums and add your link to your signature or even join many social networks that allow you to post your web address.

The problem with all these methods is that they are very time consuming and in some cases produce very little results.

What Is A Better Way To Build Back Links?

I know that there are many more methods than discussed above to build back links to your website.  But, simply put all of these methods are just as slow and very repetitive to complete if this is being done by one person and not a team of seo experts.   What I propose is that you use a “system” to do the work for you, instead of you manually working day in and day out just to “keep up” with the competition.

Here is the system that I have used myself to drive more than one site to the #1 spot on google and it is absolutely free to use!  I don’t know what to say besides, it is free, it works and it is worth its weight in gold!

Free Back Link Building System

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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This is the 3rd free wordpress theme we have released and we think its one of the best. The hd tv zoo wordpress theme is a great way put a little pizzaz on your new tv website or blog!

This theme I actually created for another website of mine called HD TV Zoo and I thought that maybe somebody here would like to use this them for anohter hd tv or plazma tv site.  It is as many of my favorite sites a blue background with zebra stripped print.

We have added some nice clipart at thet top that really make this theme have a simple clean look. Only having one sidebar on the left, this is sure to be a winner for anybody looking to add some finesse to their tv based blog.   As always it’s completely free, so enjoy!

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This is another free wordpress theme that Nick Simpson has created for the members of Webmaster Business Plan!  This wordpress theme is setup a littlediffferent than most, you will notice that there are no side bars. This means that all information shared on this blog is setup to use pages not posts.  This makes a great setup for search engine optimization and for sales pages!  If you are looking to setup a site that is ready to be used as a email capture site or a sales website, then this pretty blue wordpress theme may be for you.

The Business Blog theme boasts hover menus at the top and a great look and feel that is sure to please.  It is free to use, please leave our links at the bottom of the template though.

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