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The Best Ways to Monetize your Website

By Randy Roedl on March 20, 2012 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, article directory, article plugin, article themes, Blog Business, Blog Platform, Blog Posting, blogging, Blogs, Conversion, Domains, Free Reports, Google Adsense, Membership sites, Mobil Blogging, New Blogging, SEO, Themes, Traffic, Web Design, Websites, widgets, wordpress, World Internet Summit, Wp Headers, Wp Themes, Youtube Video

The Best Ways to Monetize your Website

Once you have built a website and you have some traffic coming in to your website then you’ll probably be looking at the ways you can make some money with your website. There are plenty of opportunities out there that will allow you to make a great income, but you’ll need to find out what works best for your website. All niches will require different types of monetization and some will be more difficult then others to monetize so make sure you consider that before making your website. If you can’t find many ways to make money off of the traffic you’ll be targeting then you might not want to choose that niche at all and move on to something more profitable.

There is a huge list of different ways to monetize your website and you should try using as many of them as possible. Some of the methods used to make money off of your website can be used on basically any website and topic where some of the methods will need a specific website to use the type of monetization. The more diversified you can make your website the better shot you have at making a long time income. This is due to the fact that sometimes some methods will not earn as much some months and you’ll need other methods bringing in income to cover the losses. Never rely on just one form on monetization on your website or else you’re just asking for trouble. We’ll now take a look at some of the ways you can monetize your website.

Adsense

Adsense is by far the most popular and most widely used platform for webmasters. You simply register an account create an ad in whichever size you need and then add it to your website. Every time someone clicks one of the ads in the box you’ll get paid. Depending on the advertiser will reflect how much you get for your click but generally health and finance are the highest paying topics. Adsense pays out monthly as long as you meet the minimums, but in the beginning don’t worry about this as you probably won’t make enough the first month.

MaxBounty

MaxBounty has both leads and sales offers for website owners, and you simply place a link or banner on your website to make money this way. You find the offer you want to add to your website then get the code for the link or banner and implement it into your website. They pay by Paypal every month which is a great way to get some extra money coming in every month.

Commission Junction

Commission Junction is one of the leading affiliate platforms on the internet where many name brand advertisers offer affiliates a chance to make money. You can sell products for almost any niche you can imagine which means this is a network you should join. Each advertiser has there own rules and commission payouts so make sure you read everything about each affiliate you sign-up for.

There are plenty of other ways to monetize your website out there, but these three will definitely keep you busy. I would recommend only joining these three at a maximum in the beginning because you want to build up your money on only a couple networks. This way you don’t need to wait for the minimum payout on a bunch on networks as it will take longer to do so. Once you reach minimum payout on the above networks then you can try out some other networks the next month to see if they convert.

What-are-e-currencies

By Randy R on November 7, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

What are e-currencies?

E-currencies are those which don’t have any physical form. These are digital currencies that can be used to purchase products and services online. One of the flexibilities of using e-currencies is that – once we pay someone using e-currencies, they will be deposited in the recipient’s account the same instant. Not just that, you can even withdraw the e-currencies that you have in your account directly to your bank account. Some e-currencies like paypal can be withdrawn directly to even credit cards and debit cards.

Some of the famous e-currencies are those of paypal, moneybookers, liberty reserve and alertpay. Among these, paypal is the most widely used e-currency. Almost all the merchants that do business online deal with paypal. Creating an account in these payment processors is free. And for adding funds into these accounts, you’ll be either asked to add your credit card or a bank account. If you add and verify your credit card, then you’ll be able to deposit funds into your account instantly. On the other hand, if you add a bank account, then it would be taking some time before you’ll see any fund in your account.

One thing to remember when you deal with online currencies and online payment processors is that – don’t add your credit card or bank details in sites that are pretty new or haven’t been ever heard. Paypal is the best one at the moment. So, if you are thinking of creating an account in an online payment processor to deal with e-currencies, then paypal is the right bet. They have been online for a long time now. They support even credit card payments. But the advantage of paying this way is that – the merchants won’t be getting your credit card details.

For more advanced WordPress users

By Randy Roedl on November 5, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, article directory, article plugin, article themes, Blog Business, Blog Platform, Blog Posting, blogging, Blogs, Conversion, Domains, Free Reports, Google Adsense, Membership sites, Mobil Blogging, New Blogging, SEO, Themes, Traffic, Web Design, Websites, widgets, wordpress, World Internet Summit, Wp Headers, Wp Themes, Youtube Video

For more advanced WordPress users who are looking for plugins to upgrade to, here are some nifty suggestions. Imagine a blog reader finding a useful link on your blog. Then imagine the reader clicking on the link only to find out that the link is broken. To avoid such frustrations, have this broken link checker installed on your blog. It helps you keep on top of things by checking your posts in the background while your WordPress administration page is open. It will then send you a notification on the Dashboard should a problem be found. It also checks outgoing and incoming links and you can time the intervals these checks are carried out.
If you have been blogging for a long time, nothing matters more than knowing that your posts are secure and accessible in the event of a fault. Backup your database on WordPress by using this plugin. It is compatible especially for Windows users.

Hard to deal with your codes on the blog? There are plugins that easily colorizes your codes making it standout and easy to read. The plugins are usually free of server dependency and supports multiple languages such as ; C & C++, C#, Delphi, CSS, JAVA, JS (Java Script) and more. For example, the Hex Hub HTML Color Codes and the Code Markup.
You have a RSS feed on your blog, now add to it! The Feedfooter is a handy plugin that puts an extra footer part on your RSS feed. You could place a greeting, an advertisement link or a personalized note to readers. It supports HTML enabling the embedding of banners right on the RSS feed. With 10 spots, you could place 10 different footers which rotate throughout your blog.
This cool plugin is a must have for your blog. The clicks made on your blog by readers are color coded with the most clicked on part turning red. It helps you easily track the most strategic locations for banners and ads and to know which links and advertisements are working and which are not. Having cool looking aesthetics does not hurt as well.
If you are a regular poster, the TinyMCE plugin is a nice WordPress plugin that allows you to change between a multitude of design choices to your blog post. This plugin is a timesaver with many shortcuts as well as a drag and drop option. In addition, linking, imagine and embedding videos are fast and easy.

This plugin brings your blog to new levels. It shows relevant posts and blogs when reader click on it. With high profile websites such as the CNN using this plugin, your blog could be linked to this international site should their news article be related to your blog post.

Just when you think you have seen it all, there are more plugins out there which can make your blog faster, cleaner and just more user friendly – increasing your traffic – which is the whole point of your blog in the beginning.

Making Your Job Easier with Software

By Randy Roedl on October 16, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, article directory, article plugin, article themes, Blog Business, Blog Platform, Blog Posting, blogging, Blogs, Conversion, Domains, Free Reports, Google Adsense, Membership sites, Mobil Blogging, New Blogging, SEO, Themes, Traffic, Web Design, Websites, widgets, wordpress, World Internet Summit, Wp Headers, Wp Themes, Youtube Video

Making Your Job Easier with Software

Webmasters have the benefit of having a wide range of different software tools that can be used to make your job easier. A lot of being webmaster means doing repetitive work and it can take a heck of a lot of time to complete these tedious repetitive tasks. You could choose to hire people to complete these tasks, but in the long-run you’ll be much better off purchasing software to make your life easier. There are tools for all sorts of different webmaster tasks like article submissions, social bookmarking, blog automaters and much more. If you want to increase your revenue then you need to work smarter, and by buying the software to automate the processes of tasks you’ll be working smart.

Article Submissions

There are plenty of software programs out there that you can buy which will make your article submissions automated. You’ll be able to submit to hundreds or thousands of article directories within roughly an hour rather then weeks. You can find one of these software programs for around $100 and that will usually mean free lifetime updates as well. This type of tool is invaluable as you’ll gain tons of backlinks and traffic from these article submissions.

Social Bookmarking

We all know how much of a pain it can be to go from website to website submitting your webpages, but if you want the traffic you got to do the work. Social bookmarking websites bring lots of traffic and some of them even give you a do-follow backlink which will increase your SERP’s. You won’t even need your own accounts with these software programs because they have the power of making and approving the accounts for you. Social bookmarking demon would be your best tool to get and it submits to a lot of different popular bookmarking websites in the matter of minutes.

Directory Submissions

Directory submissions take a long time to complete we all know this, but with an automated directory submission software program you can spend minutes on your submissions. These tools will generally be able to submit to thousands of directories for you and most of the time it’s automated. Some you’ll need to type in codes to activate the submission, but it will still save you hours upon hours of submitting time.

Are time is precious and as a webmaster it always seems like we never have enough time in the day to complete our work. If you want to start working smarter instead of harder then you needs to invest some money in the software that will assist you. There are new programs coming out everyday that can assist your adventure to making money, and like the old saying goes you need to spend money to make money. I believe this holds true online. Of course you can make money without spending money, but if you want to make any serious amounts of money online you need to invest in yourself.

Unique Content vs

By Randy R on October 14, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

Unique Content vs. PLR Content

Bloggers have the decision to make between whether or not they will be using unique content or PLR content on their blogs, now if you don’t know what this means I’ll define it quickly. Unique content is written by either yourself or someone you hire, and when compared to with other articles on the internet it shouldn’t be the same as anything. Now of course a ton of articles will be on the same topic, but if you write it without copying from the internet then it would come up as unique. To check if your articles are unique you should use copyscape.com which only costs $5 for 100 credits. This will give you 100 credits to see if your article is unique which should last you minimum a few months. PLR content or Private Label Right content are articles written by writers who then turn around and sell multiple copies of the same article. Some PLR content is more used then other content, but generally this content isn’t too good. There is a chance the search engine might pick up the content as duplicated and they will then block your site from the search engines. You need to decide if your site is worth the risk of being blocked by the search engines, and if isn’t then don’t use PLR content.

I only use unique content on all of my blogs that I write and from doing so I get all my posts indexed quickly and also bringing in search engine traffic. The search engines absolutely love unique fresh content added to websites and if you consistently add content to your site then you will notice the search engine ranking love start coming in from the likes of Google and Yahoo.

The one problem most webmasters have with unique content is either that it takes too long to write content or it’s too expensive to buy articles that are unique. Now this is mostly true, which comes to the question again of do you think your blog is worth it? If you plan on keeping your blog for a long time and make some revenue from it then you should only post unique content as you want to keep the search engines happy. You also want to post fresh information for your readers because with PLR it gets sent all around the internet and chances are some of your readers will have read the article before. Now if this happens it could mean you have one less visitor coming to your blog now because most people don’t read blogs that use PLR and information that’s everywhere already.

Having unique content is also beneficial for when you decide to sell your blog, because most webmasters won’t even consider buying PLR websites. You may find some new webmasters willing to splash $20 at your PLR content site, but this is hardly worth the effort of even posting PLR content. When you use unique content you will fetch a much higher price when selling your blog, so even if you invest in some content from a writer it generally pays off in the end when you sell your blog. So you can think of buying unique content almost as a low risk investment, simply because you can set-up a site and try promoting something to earn some passive income or you can always turn around and sell the site to get your investment back. This is what I would call a low risk investment when dealing with internet real estate.

Top WordPress Themes

By Randy R on October 11, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

Top WordPress Themes

With thousands of WordPress themes now on the market for free and for money you can bet it’s hard to decide on the top WordPress themes, but I believe I have come up with a great answer to this burning question. Now there are many free WordPress themes that are very nice and I use many of them but they can’t justify being number one on the list.

To be number one the theme needs to have some exclusiveness, but at the same time still be available to the general public. I’ve seen some very incredible WordPress themes that are unique to just one person’s blog but in this case we won’t be choosing from that.

I have looked through the top WordPress themes on the internet that cost anywhere between $20-$200 and I have come up with the top WordPress themes.

It was a fairly difficult decision to come up with a winner for the top WordPress themes but after viewing themes for a long time I decided on choosing the Revolution WordPress themes.

There are currently eight Revolution WordPress themes for sale and each one of them are very well designed and thought out. Each one of theme are designed for a specific niche blog and I feel that the designs were kept simple enough to use and didn’t go overboard on the options.

The two themes I like the most from the Revolution series is the news theme and the sports theme which are somewhat similar but both very nice magazine style blog themes. Magazine style WordPress themes have been very popular and I have seen them on lots of blogs recently, but most of the free magazine themes aren’t very well designed.

Now I don’t have much coding knowledge so this is why spending a few bucks on a well designed WordPress theme is worth it. With a revolution WordPress theme you will stand out and look like one of the top dogs of blogging.

Now this exposure is excellent when starting out a blog and this is why I give the Revolution WordPress themes the number one WordPress theme.

Blog users have turned themselves into graphic- savvy people

By Randy R on March 9, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, Blog Business, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

Blog users have turned themselves into graphic- savvy people. Some famous and popular blogs are very distinctive not only their contents and posts but also their designs. Even if you are not an influential blogger, you still prefer to create a blog that portrays your personality. Themes featured in websites are not merely there to decorate sites. They are created to show individuality and personalization. Kubrick theme has become WordPress staple in terms of site theme. However, there are several reasons why custom themes are chosen over Kubrick theme.
The theme chosen is crucial to portray the type of blog you want show to public. Photography blogs adapt more photo- related layout designs than bland and boring theme to show more attitudes. Beauty blogs will of course feature cosmetic-related headers and pastel- coloured layout designs. That is why Kubrick theme is slowly fading from blogging scene. Kubrick theme has simply failed to bring the X- factor in blogs no matter how well the posts are written. People feast their eyes first before reading the contents.
Another reason to the rising popularity of custom theme over Kubrick theme is practicality. Custom theme can be changed many times according to your liking whereas for Kubrick theme, you can only re-adapt it. If it is total makeover that people want, Kubrick theme loses out big time because no matter how you re-adapt the theme, it still retains the Kubrick look. That is a turn- off to many users which explains the declining popularity of Kubrick theme.
For beginners, Kubrick theme is used to start a blog. However, after they are well- versed in site application they might want to change themes for fresher look. People do get bored easily with the same theme. In this case, people will get bored of Kubrick theme if the theme is used for a long time.
Custom theme is created to make blogosphere merrier with bright hues and pictures. If everyone is using Kubrick theme for WordPress sites, reading blog is going to be so boring since you will be looking at the same layout over and over again. Therefore, custom themes are the best solution to re-create websites with a dash of personalization and attitude.
Creating new themes out of sheer enjoyment seems to be popular for people who have basic HTML, CSS and Photoshop skills. More people are utilizing their talents to customize their own sites. Sometimes it is not about reputation, people do enjoy being creative. Using only Kubrick theme in websites only makes your creativity stagnant.
People also download many themes at the same time to keep in case they want to test which theme suit their blogs the best. Unlike Kubrick theme, custom themes can be studied and reproduce to create new and better designs. Even if you are IT illiterate, there are always free design websites that give a variety of designs to be chosen. To take your WordPress website to a higher level, you can either choose to hire professionals to design theme of your choice or download limited version of designs form paid websites.
In conclusion, we live in a world where illustration and graphics matter. Kubrick theme used to be the trendiest thing until we discover custom themes.

Blogging myths and secrets revealed

By on December 13, 2010 in Randy Roedl

We have been talking about blogging for a long time. It still amuses me to see people going into this, seven or eight years after the fact. Although I’ve been blogging since 2004 and the others as early as 2001, there are some who are going into it only now. The emergence of more blogs could only mean that the market isn’t saturated yet. However, unless the new blogs carry with them a success …

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