American Express Cardholders Get Free Twitter Advertising
Yes, it sounds weird, but it is also true. American Express just made a deal with Twitter to help them launch their own self-serve ad network very similar to Google Adwords. If you have an American Express card, you can get $100 in free Twitter advertising. They are only doing this for the first 10,000 to register so that means you had better go get your free Twitter money fast, because there will be plenty of others looking for free advertising dollars too!
You can cash in by following this link : Twitter Self Serve Advertising
Twitter VS Google?
It seems that even though it took the guys at Twitter years to figure out how to monetize their traffic, they may still have a few tricks up their sleeves. They have been playing with an income strategy, mainly their promoted tweets platform, but now they are ready to take their marketing to the next level and offer completely self serving advertising to those businesses who are interested in an extra social push from the 140 character giant known as Twitter. This may be the first real competition in the digital advertising space that Google has come across since Facebook rolled out their own advertising platform. Only time will tell how popular and how effective this type of marketing will be for the Twitters pocket book and those utilizing the service.
If you grab some free Twitter money, please comment below to let others know that it is still working and don’t forget to tell your friends and colleagues where you heard about it!
To Success,
Nick Simpson
One Last Hurrah For Picnik Photo Editor
Well, the awesomeness of Picnik is not dead, but I must admit that I kind of feel like google has crushed another great only service by goggling them up. The Picnik service, for those who are not familiar with it, was a very fast loading and easy to use online image editing tool that would allow you to re-size, crop and even perform some rather cool effects on pictures right from your web browser. I have been personally using this site ever since Google shipped me a CR 48 laptop last year and fell in love with its simplicity and ease of use on an all web laptop.
Google Swallows Another Cool Web App
For those that have been playing around with the new Google ChromeBooks you already know that they integrated the basic features from Picnik right into the OS. If you open an image from your file manager you will be able to choose the “edit” button at the bottom right to see what I am talking about. Other Google users will see the Picnik image editing features
Picnik Is Refunding All Existing Paying Members Money
Just a little more proof that Google has no need for more money, but a very nice gesture all the same. You will be getting a full refund from Picnik very soon if you are currently a paying customer. Even if you are on the last day of your 1 year subscription they say you will still receive a full refund just to say thanks (or I’m sorry) not really sure which..
The Good News – Free Premium For Everyone
So if you have paid for the premium service on the Picnik photo editing site or not, you are going to be able to to use the premium service for free until the site officially closes on the 19
of April 2012. This means you can start adding all those cool photo masks you wanted for free!
I am definitely sorry to see this site go, but we will still be able to access many of Picnik’s great features right inside of the photos section on Google+ so don’t worry its not gone for ever, just moving over to a new online home.
The integration into the photo sharing on Google+ is just one more of the reasons that I am starting to prefer this social network over the old blue one 
and I am sure that there are many more cool updates to come soon enough.
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Here is my official Google+ profile : Nick Simpson Google+
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Online Marketing Value VS Traditional Marketing
When it comes to marketing on the internet there are many reasons that a person that is very used to marketing with traditional advertising get weary.
After all the practices that have been used in marketing for the past 100 years still produce sales and they can be effective marketing and branding opportunities for most businesses.
So why is everybody so interested in getting their online marketing strategies up to snuff?
The reason is that online marketing is traceable, affordable and results driven in ways that traditional media can never offer.
There are many different angles to any marketing strategy and the fact that the amount of consumers that buy online has shifted in recent years has really changed everything. In fact, there are now over 2 Billion people with smart phones that now have internet access, so the online buying, advertising and marketing opportunities have simply exploded in recent years and if you do not use a online marketing as part of your overall branding and business marketing strategy you are simply missing out on a huge sector of the market that is buying from somebody.
Huge Value Of Online Marketing VS Traditional Marketing
This is something that I have spent a considerable amount of time pondering, when it really comes down to one simple concept. If you are going to purchase advertising in a newspaper, magazine or on television or even a billboard (there is nothing wrong with these marketing strategies), but the longevity of your message is limited until your dollars run out. Much like PPC (pay per click) advertising online, these methods are only effective while you continue to pay. On the other hand, if you invest in a strong SEO campaign, the traffic, sales and effectiveness for this type of marketing can last for years after you stop paying for the marketing services.
There are cases where SEO needs some maintenance to keep your rankings up, but many times once you get stuck on the first page of Google this can last for a long time and bring huge amounts of customers and clients to your front door free of charge.
Social Marketing Reaches New Customers Automatically
This is more than just a buzz word in the internet marketing industry; it is a powerful business tool that truly is a force to be reckoned with. Utilizing the power of the social nature of many of the web’s most popular digital destinations does more than get a quality link back to your web site, it allows people to naturally spread the word about your product using word of mouth.
This is huge!
Using sites like FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+ you can put out product release information and allow the masses to further distribute your message via shares, likes and mentions. These little boosts can add up to a huge amount of free “word of mouth” marketing that is hard to produce by other media standards without a huge budget.
Mobile Marketing Has Exploded
So, I will start off with a few figures to let everyone understand how big mobile marketing really is. There are currently over 5 Billion mobile users, over 60% of them own smart phones. This sixty percent has access to the internet 24 hours a day and wherever they are.
Now, with that in mind, this means that mobile ads, localized content and other forms of targeted marketing are viable using mobile advertising where traditional media advertising simply cannot even compare. If you own a local “brick and mortar” store, you can do some localized marketing by putting out sign in front of your business, but what if somebody just searched Google for a dry cleaner near them? These types of searches automatically display relevant local businesses, but if you are not listed correctly, your competitor could be getting this walk by business from you.
Can you imagine getting traffic from somebody who has never visited your store before and is from out of town simply because you got your site listed in local search and your mobile web page showed them how to get there? This really is happening for many businesses already and can happen for you too. Mobile marketing can be easier than you think; simply getting listed on Google places will give you a strong start.
Are There Businesses That It Is More Effective To Market Offline?
Of course, there are always exceptions to the rules, but in most every case, if you are currently running successful offline marketing campaigns; they can be complemented by online efforts. If your business markets directly to farmers in India, you may find a market online, but most likely these “odd” types of “clients” or “niches” are not going to be a perfect target for online marketing. With this in mind, there is still a lot of value in traditional marketing, but this is only true for a very very small percentage of businesses in the world.
If you find yourself still wondering if online marketing is right for your business then the good news is that it is very cheap to find out. Unlike spending a huge amount of cash for a television advertisement or a billboard ad, when you look at online advertising you will find that you can use huge budgets, but this is not necessary. With online marketing you can run inexpensive marketing tests before you allocate large amounts of funds for advertising and in many cases this is great to find powerful marketing niches that have yet to be tapped.
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Here is a great program that can make a lot of money for the person in the right situation. I am going to go ahead and make it very clear to my readers that the owner of this website is a close personal friend of mine and business associate.
However, I will also tell you that he has put together a deal that you are going to want to take part in. So, besides my own personal opinions, I want you to understand that the authority link building opportunity and the commission rate he offers to his affiliates is pretty wild and you will not find any affiliate links on this page.
I just want to let my readers understand what he has to offer, then it will be a complete no-brainer to join and start getting more traffic and profit from your online marketing efforts.
This post will talk about different ways to utilize a powerful affiliate program and if you are already working as an online consultant, web designer or an seo/marketing expert you will be able to use this program to boost your profits while offering a high quality service to your clients and existing customer base.
O.K. So What Is This Secret SEO Marketers Affiliate Program?
The program I am talking about is the Massive Links Affiliate Program.
www.massivelinks.com/affiliates.htm
The Massive Links Web Directory has been up in operation for over 6 years and it is still growing in authority and pulls more traffic today than ever before. It is true that a few years ago, many of the top ranking directories on the web lost PR and took big hits from Google. The Massive Links Directory still stands strong and really offers a solid authority link, in context and categorized. This means that you have a link and anchor text ready to go for SEO and you can create these links on demand!
How Do I Get Traffic From These Links?
When you add links on high ranking sites that use contextual anchor text and they are categorized in relevant sections not only does Google notice, but it loves this. When you paid links are added, they are placed in a way that will not only get you some good old link juice, but in many cases you will see some direct traffic as well. This is not a miracle link, but it will be a great addition to any marketing efforts you are already using and adding a couple authority links like this can work wonders in search result ranking if you are having trouble moving up in Google.
How Do I Make Money From This Directory?
There are many ways to promote such a program. You can use your own creatives or the images provided inside the affiliate program. You can even use email to market this high quality and totally white hat link building services to your mailing list. The fact is that it does no matter how you want to promote these paid web directory links, but you will get a big 25% commission on any and all sales that you send.
365 day cookies, mean you get your referral fee even if the visitor you send waits up to 1 year to buy. You can even help other affiliates get started and make another 20% commission on top of their own commissions. There are so many different ways to make money with this simple and effective service that it only makes since to get involved and see how you can make this powerful service put money in your account.
Add This Service To Your Existing SEO Offerings And Make More Profit?
SEO companies and online marketing firms can really make some serious cash with this directory if they package it right. If you put together directory listing packages for your client and bill them for the paid listings you can see how you can easily get paid twice every time you render service for a client.
You can get started here: www.MassiveLinks.com/affiliates.htm
Please feel free to comment below with any questions or stories about your experience with seo marketing, seo packages, or the Massive Links affiliate program in general. I look forward to hearing from you all very soon.
As always to your success,
Read MoreContent Farms And Google
We have all heard about the backlash that Google was receiving from the blogosphere we call the internet. There were more crap content sites out ranking the best resources on the web and this has all come to an end with Google’s most recent algorithm update. Many people are referring to this update as the “Google Farming Update” because of its heavy impact on these content farms. The problem for many people is really deciding which type of article, content or even web site will provide valid information for their search queries. Google has taken it upon themselves to throw down one of the largest Google slaps of all time to knock down these low quality hubs for useless information.
How Does The Farming Update Affect Me?
If everything goes as planned this update will really help those who have been taking the time to create high quality content on their sites. However, if you have been heavily relying on external sources for traffic and your rankings you may want to take a second look at your marketing campaign. There are some web sites that have been major areas for so called seo experts and link builders to leverage for links that have lost some major link juice in this transition. Google claims that about 11% of all searches will be altered by these changes. This means that more than one out of every ten searches will now render altered search results from the Google farming update which is an astonishing number if you consider the millions of searches ran each and every day on Google.
If you have been building links on web sites that have been removed from results or otherwise blocked by Google’s antenna you may notice some loss in position on your own web sites SERP rankings. This can of course bounce up and down and during these big changes most sites will fluctuate. However, now may a crucial time to get more high quality back links coming in to your web site.
Make Google Happy With Unique, Fresh Quality Content
You can avoid having problems by continuing to create new and engaging content. If you can try to write for the reader and not the search engine, you may find more favor in Google’s results now than ever before. If you can share something of value people will talk about it and these “natural” links are going to be much more valuable now that the juicy site links are becoming more and more limited. To see a full list of the top sites that lost the most from this update check out this article: Content Farms Hit Hard
Learn More About The Google Farming Update
There is more information about this on the official Google blog on Blogspot and there are all sorts of seo sites throwing in their own 2 cents on the topic. I have read quite a few and if you want more insight into what really is going on here, I really appreciated the concepts and research that went into this post on Jennifer (The Pot Pie Girls) web site. Here article My Theory On Google Algo Change is a great read. Here is another article that has some useful food for thought on the subject called Is Google Punishing Internet Marketers, both bring up some interesting ideas on how to roll with the punches on this one.
If you have a serious online business, you owe it to yourself to learn more about this change and how it may be impacting your traffic, sales and conversions. It will be easy for some to rise above, but if you have been relying on low quality links, you may need to learn some new methods or have your seo team take steps to raise your site and link quality over the months to come. Please feel free to leave any comments on this change below and let the community know if you have seen any negative effects on your own projects when the farmer update went live.
Wishing Everyone Good Luck Keeping Up,
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