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

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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!

Use Picnik Premium 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.

Put me in your Google Plus Circles

Here is my official Google+ profile : Nick Simpson Google+

And here are some great Google+ pages to add too..

AlienServ Web Hosting On Google+

BlogPowr On Google +

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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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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,

Nick Simpson

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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,

Nick Simpson

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We all know that social bookmarking is a powerful marketing tool. The fact is that many of the most popular social bookmarking sites carry a lot of weight in the google search algorithm because they are driven by real people. Most search engines value the popularity of links and the amount of bookmarks in their search results as part of the equation that their scripts cannot find without the help of human interaction. This makes linking to your business web sites a very important part of any marketing campaign. If you are not using social bookmarking as part of your seo and traffic generation process, you are most likely missing out on quite a bit of free traffic.

The new SocialAdr web site offers a whole new way to webmasters to take advantage of social bookmarking and implement it into any marketing campaign. Before you go to this site and start utilizing the powerful free bookmarking tools there, lets talk a little more about what social bookmarking options are out there for webmasters and internet marketers.

Social Bookmarking Tools

There are a quite a few different tools that have been devised to assist internet marketers in their quest to reach a massive amount of people with these social sites. Social bookmarking power is just a simple way of explaining the advantage of these sites and if you utilize the opportunity given to you by taking full advantage of these services, the results really are very powerful. Most of the tools that are on the market to help you get more social bookmarks faster, offer some value but also have some common failings that will not help you in your search engine optimization efforts.

Why They Don’t Work

The main problem with these applications is that they require you to submit from your own computer. This means that all of your submissions will show up from the same IP address. This is a tell tale sign of a spammer and does not really benefit you the way that most believe it does. Some bookmarking applications also do not allow you to spin your content so all of your bookmarks look identical no matter how many times and how many sites they are submitted, another black flag to most search engines.

Real Social Bookmarking Power

Instead of spending a lot of cash on an application that may be outdated soon, you could take advantage of this new totally free online resource that allows you to get more dynamically submitted results from different IP addresses.  By using the power of a huge membership base you can get any site you are trying to focus traffic to bookmarked by different people from all over without spending a dime. This new way of automatically sharing bookmarks can be a great way to get some extra traffic to any site you want and also drive some healthy search engine results.

Here is the resource site I am talking about : SocialAdr

When you start using this powerful social bookmarking web app, you will be able to submit spun content so each time your link is bookmarked you will have a unique title and unique description. This site offers a very cool bookmarking service that is both unique and very beneficial. So give it a look and see for yourself, Social Bookmarking Power can be easier to obtain than you think!

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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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All of the sites offer a free link for you, it only takes couple minutes to get your site setup and registered and the great thing is that many of these sites carry a very strong Google Page Rank. So if you are on a SEO journey to get your blog ranked well and listed high on the Google SERP’s then this is a good place for you to start.  Of course a strong article marketing campaign and social marketing campaign can do wonders for a sites traffic as well. If you are looking for help building an all around marketing campaign for your site you can look under our web site promotion section for more help with this. View SEO and Written For SEO are also some great resources for search engine optimization methodology and help outsourcing the work if you are looking for professional grade web site traffic solutions.

So enough already, here is the list.  Make sure to get your site listed in the appropriate category to receive the best results.  It is highly important that you choose an accurate category to assure that your listing is both effective for search engines and real people who are looking through the directory. This is the only way to really get great search standings and direct traffic from your listings.

Webmaster Business Plan – Blog Directories List

The list of great places to get your blog continues.  Don’t stop now, you already have some great places to get your site listed, but why not take advantage of the whole list here to get even more free back links to your web blog?

Webmaster Business Plan Blog Directory List Section 2

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If you do not have the time and energy to learn the language of seo, there are some great services that offer their assistance to building a huge online presence for your website.  The submit express team is one of those companies and they are offering a wide array of seo related services that many webmasters have found to be a huge help in driving their online business to the next level. This company can help any webmaster realize their true traffic and earning potential by developing and employing a strong online marketing campaign based on solid seo techniques.

If you are having trouble finding the time and resources to develop your businesses seo strategies, take a look at the submit express site to see how they can assist you.  They also have a great free submission service for anybody who goes to their site. You can submit your site to over 40 search engines for absolutely free just for taking a look at their SEO Services. There is no reason not to see what these guys have to offer you after all they do have a great free service just to show you how fast and easy their services can be. This company has a high standard of business ethics and offers a great service for any webmaster trying to get more traffic to any website.

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Rule 1 – Focus On The Content Network

Your focus should always be on the content network where your ads will be displaying.  You can of course adjust your campaigns to display ads in certain websites that have similar interest to your offers. Once you define a group of sites that have common interest and that would also tend to be interested in the product or service that you are promoting, simply add them to your Google campaign.  If you are letting Google show your ads anywhere, the chances of you getting worthless or invalid clicks are much higher.

Rule 2 – Use Image Ads That Get Attention

The use of image ads is must if you want to get the cheapest clicks from Google ad-sense. You need to make sure that your ads are appealing and more than anything that they draw attention!

Don’t be afraid to use crazy colors, loud graphics or anything to get people to look, after all if your ad is not noticed, it does not make a difference what it says.  So go big and get the attention you need to your advertisement.

Rule 3 – Create Your Images For All Google Ad Sizes

It only makes since that you want an image for every possible size, this will allow your campaign the maximum exposure on the most sites possible.  You do not want to only advertise on sites that offer a standard banner size, this will dramatically cut down on your exposure and on your sales!

You will find that having an ad available in every single possible image size will get you more exposure and give your campaign a better return.  This can be easily accomplished now within the Adsense system, you can create ads on the fly using their free tool made just for this purpose.

Rule 4- Test Both Text and Image Ads

Use the same text for your image ads and your text ads.  This simple test may cost a few bucks, but really fast you will be able to see which one produces more clicks and more importantly which one produces more sales!  In most cases the text ads will get more clicks, but I always wonder if this is just from spam clickers, because it seems that the image ads get more sales.  You will have to test this for yourself, every ad campaign will produce different results and there is no way to tell which one will get your service or product more exposure for the cheapest price until you test it for yourself.

Rule 5 – Add All 9 Images To Every Ad Group In Your Campaign

For a successful Google Adsense system, you need to start a few different campaigns and Test, Test, Test.  So setup a few different campaigns, use different keyword sets and different ads in each one.  Now put all your graphics in each and let them run for a few days or a week. You should be able to spot the winners and remove the loosers pretty quick.  The biggest thing about creating successful campaigns in adsense is taking the time to test and re-test.  I know it sounds tedious and guess what, It Is!   But it also pays pretty well if you take the time to find out where your results are going to be.

-Good Luck Creating Your Own Winning Adsense Campaign!

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Are you looking for an easy high PR back link?

Well, if you want to get more from your seo efforts, you know that you need high quality back links on sites that are relevant to your niche topic. The site I am talking about today is called Twine. I have been using this site for networking and for link development for a while. It seems to be a great place to meet some new people and do some link building too.

Solid links with good anchor text mixed with some simple automated link building services can be a way to boost your sites exposure overnight. Ping.fm which I discussed in a previous article found here “Social Marketing Made Easy“, I discussed how you can automate your updates to over 30 different social networks, but how about these static sites?  I am not going to get into the “how fast is too fast” link building argument.  I am just going to tell you what I have seen from my personal experiences with developing site traffic and favorable search engine listings.  You should be careful how fast you build links, but being consistent with your weekly pace is more important in the long run.

There are not to many sites that have this high of Google page rank that just give away good links and allow you to leave a full description and screenshot of your site.  Digg no longer produces as much “link juice” in Google, but sites like this one and Kontain are starting to take hold and are showing some surprising “sticky” power in the search engines. So now is the time to take advantage of these new linking methods, while they are still valid! Google’s algorithmic change that they call “caffeine” has left a lot of seo experts looking for the next way to get notices and this may be just what you have been looking for.

I have just recently started testing with some sites on Twine.com but I can already see that this site is going to be one that I will be putting in my marketing arsenal for sure.  So make sure to take a look at this site and start creating your own niche link groups here to see if you can get Google to shine it’s light on your site.  Link building must be done on different sites, but if you are looking to get indexed quick or  just build some new links, this is a good place to start

Twine is a valid PR 6 web site and you can use this site as a social bookmarking site. So it only makes since to make “Twines” or small niche groups to post within. That is exactly what I have done and you can capitalize on my efforts. You can create your own groups or “twines” here too.

So Here It Is

Free Back Links For The Taking, I recently created these new twines, all you have to do is join for free and put your site in the right category to get your PR6 Back Link.

RSS - http://www.twine.com/twine/1320yhzdm-37q/rss
Movies - http://www.twine.com/twine/1322zf104-3j9/movies
Internet Marketing - http://www.twine.com/twine/13298z3cr-1vg/internet-marketing
Travel - http://www.twine.com/twine/138vnnhj0-2fc/travel
Technology News - http://www.twine.com/twine/1395j6hhr-1wh/technology-news
Weight Loss Help - http://www.twine.com/twine/139b4mhg3-1zq/weight-loss-help

I will be adding some new groups shortly.  If you have a topic that you would like me to add here, just let me know and I will do so.  If you have any questions or comments leave them here or you are welcome to contact me on twine as well.

Kontain – This site is cool for few reasons and is becoming one of my favorite places to spend my time when it comes to social networks.  However, this high PR site has got some crazy link juice on Google so it is another great place to get some back links to your site.  I would create an account here and start getting the most out of your links today!

Enjoy adding your links into these awesome groups and feel free to connect with me here too.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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Google Chrome Extensions Are Here!

Now you can add features and tools to your standard installation of Google Chrome on the fly.  Most all of the extensions are very fast to install and intuitive to use.  Once an extension is installed you will see a new button appear to the right side of the omnibar and you can then access the new feature very easily.  This makes for a great shortcut list to all of the extensions on your “web desktop” so to speak.  If you add all your favorite google apps and google services, this may be a look into the future of what the Google Chrome OS may look like.

You can start downloading all the cool extensions for Google Chrome right here:

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/

You will have to update Chrome first by going to “about” and then choosing “update”.

Once you have the latest version of Google Chrome you can open a new page and access extensions at the bottom right of this screen.

There are many very useful and cool extensions already available for Google Chrome and soon enough there will be many more. There are many developers working on updates to the old firefox plugins to port them for Chrome and many new mashups on the way too.

What Can I Do With Chrome Extensions?

Well there is a wide variety of extensions to choose from, everything from password managers, to social networking add ons, to seo plugins.  It really depends on what you use the internet for.  There are many available so you will be sure to find some that suite your needs no matter what you are looking for.

Here is a list of some that I have found useful and think you will too:

Chrome Milk : An easy task manager app that allows you to keep all your to-dos in one place.

Fastest Fox : This is one of the coolest add-ons for Chrome, it allows you to make your browsing experience fast and more efficient, this is a must have for Chrome lovers.

One Number : Access your gmail, google voice, google reader and google wave updates all in one place!

goo.gl URL Shortener : Googles own url shortening service.

Chome SEO : Check page rank, alexa rank and a lot more with the click of a button.

Stumble Upon : Add stumbleupon.com usability to your Chrome Browser.

Picnik : Photo editing on the fly has never been easier than using this great Chrome extension.

Ping.fm : This Chrome Extension makes use of the mobile ping.fm api to allow you to update all your social statuses in small window very easily.

There are many more extensions out there but these are the ones that I have tried out and found to be very useful in my day to day operations online. I will add more to the list as I find more Chrome extensions that I find useful.  If you have any suggestions, you are welcome to comment below and I will add your favorites to the list here too.

Nick Simpson

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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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RSS 3.0

About a week ago, we added a script which allows webmasters to perform a blog ping to many popular RSS aggregation services, including Google!

Well, just like any new web service there were a few bugs to work out and a few services were running so slow that it was slowing the blog ping script down. We have since removed the rss services that were causing errors and timing out. So the blog ping service from RSS 3.0 seems to be fully functional and now is ready to serve you!

If you are looking for a new way to boost the traffic coming to a blog or a website, get your rss feed ready and head on over to RSS 3.0 to ping all the top RSS sites for absolutely free!

FREE BLOG PINGER

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Some people may prefer to use MS Paint, Photo Shop or any other graphics application to create their own banner images, but if you are looking to create a quick banner and don’t want to have to learn how to use a graphics editor, there are some online services that will help you do just that.

Below, is  a list of a few of the most popular banner creation websites.  All in the list are free banner creators and can create you a banner with your choosing of text and background images in just a few clicks.  Some of these offer flash banners, some are simple jpeg images and a few offer animated gif images.  So take a look through and find one that will work for you and your website promotional needs.

10 Free Banner Creators

1. http://bannerbreak.com/
2. http://www.banner-generator.net/en/bannergen.php?genaction=2&pid=1&x=94&y=8
3. http://www.bannersketch.com/
4. http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/
5. http://www.bannercreator.us/create-banner.php
6. http://www.bannercreator.nu/banner-maker.html
7. http://mybannermaker.com/
8. http://cooltext.com/
9. http://www.flashvortex.com
10. http://www.abcbanners.com/cgi-bin/b2/b2.pl?action=Browse&CatID=1

Free Banner Examples

Here are a few banners I have made from the sites listed above, just to show you that you can get an attractive looking banner for absolutely free!   If you would like to show some love for Webmaster Business Plan, feel free to use any of the banners below on your own sites, blogs or social network profiles.

<a href=”http://webmasterbusinessplan.com”><img title=”wbp-banner” src=”http://webmasterbusinessplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wbp-banner2.jpg” alt=”wbp-banner” /></a>

<a href=”http://webmasterbusinessplan.com”><img title=”wbp-banner” src=”http://webmasterbusinessplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wbp-banner.png” alt=”wbp-banner” /></a>

<script src=”http://h1.flashvortex.com/display.php?id=3_1260712341_20910_330_0_468_60_9_52″ type=”text/javascript”></script>

There are some great resources listed above, I hope you are able to find a great looking banner creator and get your free banners today.  As always if you are having problems and would like some assistance, simple contact us and we would be glad to help.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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One change that has been implemented already, is Google’s new “Real Time Search” and this can be helpful or it can hurt depending on how you market your website and online business.  Another change coming very soon, is how Google will be rewarding websites with higher rankings in search results if they are fast loading websites.  So listen to my most recent rant about all the changes coming from Google by clicking the play button at the bottom of this very post!

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Let us show you a better way to do this without chasing your tail all day long. However first, we want to make sure we are all on the same page, so let’s get started.

What Is Social Bookmarking?

Social bookmarking is nothing more than putting a link to your favorite websites on a site that is built to share your favorites. Much like you can add a bookmark or favorite to your web browser, you can add a similar listing on these “social bookmarking” sites. This is a great way to share your favorite websites and web destinations with your friends and family and is also a very “White Hat” way for webmasters and internet marketers to get a little google juice and some direct traffic to their websites.

What Makes Social Bookmarking So Powerful?

There are a couple reasons that using social bookmarking as an method of online marketing works.  The first is the fact that your link will be put in front of hundreds of thousands of people on each site you submit it to.  Just the other day I got 800 unique visits from a single submission to stumbleupon.com  I don’t claim to get these results every time I submit a link, but I can guarantee that you will never get free results like this without using them.

Another big reason that internet marketers and webmasters cannot live without using these services is that the top search engines look to these social bookmarking sites as Authority Sites and they check them for what’s new and what’s popular.  In most cases this translates into a boost in your web site’s ranking on the search engines.

So yes, you NEED to be using these sites if you are serious about online business, internet marketing and getting mad crazy traffic to your sites.

How Do I Add My Site To Social Bookmarking Sites?

This really varies from site to site. Most all of the popular social bookmarking sites will require you to create an account to post your website bookmarks, but none of these sites charge for membership so don’t worry, this is free.  Once you have created an account and logged in, most sites have a similar setup to add a link, you choose a title, description and category for your web link.  In some cases you can also choose a set of keywords and an image to associate with your bookmark as well.

Most of the more popular social bookmarking sites will allow you to get a plugin for either Firefox for Internet Explorer to make it quicker and easier to add your bookmarks to their site.  These can be nice, but at the same time if you want to get your bookmark spread to many sites, it is not an effective way to do this by any means. If you add one or 2 of these bookmarking toolbars to your browser, that is more than most people want or would really use in the first place.  Don’t worry, there is a better way and we are getting ready to get to that.

Effective Tools For Social Bookmarking

There are a couple of tools out there that can make your social bookmarking efforts more effective and much easier to keep up with.  Some are free to use and some of the best ones are not, we will discuss both and let make an educated decision as to which one is right for you and your online business.  Most people can see the benefit right away from the free tools and personally I decided to start using the payed tools pretty quick because I saw so much value and control that was not offered by the free ones.

Free Social Bookmarking Tools:

1. Social Marker – This website offers a cool and free tool to allow you to send your bookmarks out to many sites all at once.  This site can make a days worth of worth of work achievable in a few minutes!
2. OnlyWire – This is another secret guru type tool most folks don’t tell you about until you have already bought a paid product from them.  Now this is by far the best free one, but it has a huge downfall.  The fact that they force you to put a link back to there site on the site you wan to bookmark really takes away from their appeal, to me at least.
3. Social Marking – another site that attempts to make social bookmarking easier, I am not convinced.  It has a very archaic setup and really does not seem to automate much, besides there sales funnel.  Maybe a good resource for some but after using there free system, I think there plan is to get you to buy there service, so probably not the best out there, but it is free?

Top Paid Social Bookmarking Tools

1. Bookmarking Demon – No, this is not a free tool, but it really is worth its weight in gold.  Am I an affiliate, Yes! And the only reason I am is because this tool is so powerful that I cannot stress how much value it brings to the plate of any internet marketer or webmaster.  If you are looking for a product that will automate, schedule and blast you social bookmarks to all the right places in just a few clicks you will blow you money on this one and come back and thank me for suggesting it. It Really Is This Good Folks!

I hope the information I have shared with you today proves to be a driving force in your online marketing efforts and gives you results like you have never seen before.  I understand that there is a learning curve to everything and I will add some follow up posts to explain the ins and outs of social bookmarking to make sure you get the most out of  your efforts.  As always if you any questions about what I have outlined above feel free to contact me at any time and I would love to help answer any questions you may have.

You can also get more free information by joining our free Webmaster Business Plan Mailing Here.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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If you are not familiar with Google’s newest service called Google Voice you are missing out. This is really one cool service and as always, google offers this for absolutely free. You can of course spend a few pennies if you want to use the international service, but this is expected.

So what is Google Voice?

Google voice is a new service that allows it users to many interesting and new things using your existing phone. You can choose from local numbers to get your own unique and free phone number. Once you have chosen this number, this is your phone number for life! Keep reading and you will understand.

Once you have been assigned a Google voice number, you can use it like an old PBX phone system to “route” calls to any existing phone, land line or cellular phone. So what do you do with this, you may ask. Well, you can do all sorts of awesome stuff. You can send your family calls to all your phones, home, cell and work. You can send you new friend only to one phone so you are not bothered at work. You can send your ex-girlfriend directly to voice mail. You can send you bill collectors to Hell! OK the last one was a little over the top, you can just deny their calls.

This is just the begining, there are so many other features it is beyond ridiculous, it’s Redunkulous!

Here Is A List Of More Google Voice Features

1. Hide Caller Id
2. Many Answering Options
3. If you real number changes, you don’t have to notify anybody, ever!
4. Record any phone call that originated from the Google voice number
5. Import contact from Google to keep all your contact in one location
6. Completely Free SMS Messaging
7. Voice To Text Messages, this is really cool!

So you can see that Google voice has got it going on, if you are not already on the waiting list to get involved, just go towww.Google.com/Voice and get on the list. I have had my Google voice for about a month and I only had to wait a few days to get my invite from Google to new beta, but the wait may be longer now, I am not really sure.

There is so many features offered with Google Voice, I am sure I am missing something, but I will add anything I have forgotten here later.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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If you are not already using the Google Webmaster Tools I highly suggest you start now.  The Google Webmaster Tools service has now released a new feature to allow webmasters like you and me to get a glimpse into the behind the scenes view of the Google search world.

Now you can actually enter any web page or domain name and have the Google Bot manually download and Display what it sees!  This is amazing if you are into search engine optimization, because now you there will be no question of what is getting indexed on your page.  You can be assured of what scripts are or are not search engine friendly because you can actually SEE what is being pulled from each page on your web site.

Of course this will be more important to people running many scripts or have many layers on their sites, if you are using a simple html page, you can pretty much see how google will see your site by loading it in a normal web browser.   However, I thought that this would come in handy for anybody that wants to know what google is really taking away from your website and trying to boost their own web site traffic and search engine standings.

As Always 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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Article directories play an integral part an many webmasters business plan, including a way to get free content for any web site and a way to generate free and organic back links. So if you are an article marketer and are looking to submit your article to many directories or if you are looking for some fresh content to add to your website, here is a great list to get you started.

Article marketing has proven to be one of the most effective internet marketing strategies through the years and is as effective today as it was in it inception.  Webmasters can really get a massive amount of traffic from there article marketing efforts, especially when you have the right sites to list your articles on.  The fact that article marketing has a very viral nature will help webmasters and internet marketers build many back links from the submission of a single article, so the more you submit you can only imagine the impact this will have.

Don’t forget to submit your articles to our new sister site that is literally blowing up! Submit Free Articles

We have rooted through many a Google search to put together this list and hope that you can find some useful information here. Most of these directories are great and have a lot to offer, but many pros like to get there information out on the most effective networks that have Page Rank so we have sorted the list for you, so you can get straight to the meat.

Enjoy!

The 250 Top Article Directory List

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Making Money Writing Articles and Posts

This is very easy for some and very hard for others.  We suggest that you think about how long it would take you to write a 200-300 word article and then decide if getting paid a penny a word would be worth your time.  Well of course this would depend on how fast you can type and how well  you know the topic you are writing about so take this into consideration.  For some people getting into this type of work it is very interesting and fun to learn about new topics, but when it comes down to the dollar per hour, doing research can be a major time waster.

We all know how important web site content is, so it is no suprise to many that people will pay for a skilled writer.  You do not have to be an expert on the subject to get paid, but having good spelling and grammer skills are a must!  Nobody is going to pay for articles that they have to in turn spell check and correct.

So with that in mind, use any web app like your gmail account to spell check or simply use a word processor like Microsoft Word to help out, if spelling is a problem for you.

Some of these sites will pay you to write reviews of their sites on your own blog, so if you don’t already have a website, make sure to go over to AlienServ and get some Cheap Cpanel Hosting, easy blog setup and fast servers!

The rest of these sites offer some sort of profit share, rather from Google Adsense, Amazon or eBays affiliate programs.

To get enough work to make this worth your while, you will want to get registered at as many sites as you can that will pay you to write for them.  So we have taken the liberty of putting together a short list of paid writing sites for you to start working with below.

List Of Paid Writing Sites

The Big Boys Are – www.Triond.com www.Squidoo.com and www.Hubpages.com so do start here!

Webmaster Talk Forum – Find paying jobs writing content and articles

Digital Point Web Forum – Find paying jobs writing content and articles

http://getAFreelancer.com
http://blogsvertise.com/
http://loudlaunch.com/
http://bloggerwave.com/
http://payu2blog.com/
http://smorty.com/
http://www.reviewme.com/
http://inblogads.com/
http://creamaid.com
http://www.buzzbyblog.com/
http://www.blogsvertise.com/
http://payperpost.com/
http://bloggingads.com/
http://www.blogburst.com/
http://www.scoopt.com/words/
http://favoritethingz.com/
http://www.mypicklist.com/
http://www.trendhunter.com
http://www.sponsoredreview.com/
http://contextual.v7n.com/
http://www.linkworth.com/
http://www.blogtoprofit.com/
http://www.linkylovearmy.com/
http://www.buyablogger.com/
http://www.lifetips.com
http://www.Constant-content.com
http://www.associatedcontent.com
http://www.mynumo.com/
http://www.netscape.com/
http://www.shvoong.com
http://www.citizenbay.com
http://www.filmaka.com
http://www.newsvine.com
http://www.helium.com

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