Written on 5:50 PM by C3 Computer Consultants
If you know that PPC stand for pay per click, then you probably already know enough to know this is the way of getting your content to your niche audience. What do you FEEL when you hear pay per click? I'm going to say this and I hope you brace yourself for the boom..
Pay per click advertising is the fastest way to MAKE money online in your niche!
If you cringe at the notion that pay per click advertising is expensive and only for those with deep advertising budgets, then please read on. The biggest myths in pay per click advertising is that the costs to be #1 is unattainable by the average Joe and that good old fashioned off-line marketing techniques do not translate well into online success.
Google has set the standard that all other search engines follow in the age of the Web 2.0. The fact that Google charges for ad campaigns as well as pays people for displaying their ads shows that the real power in social sharing. Each year Google makes billions in advertising revenue that is shared with its millions of advertisers in the form of Adsense. Because of this public sharing, Google has the biggest fan base of advertisers in the world.
Notice I said Fan base. Making online pay per click marketing moves solely on price makes you a mere customer of Google, Yahoo, and etc. Customers simply pay for a product or service without receiving any added value. This is an expensive way to market. This transactional relationship ends there.
Clients of Google use other products and services from Google such as Google Analytics to track the performance of the website and blogs. Clients also go to Google for research and advice using Google Trends and the upcoming Google Insights and other programs. By the way, I recommend you sign up for the Google Adplanner beta program. It's free but available by invite only. (Only available to Google Adword, Adsense and Analytics account holders for now.) Google has become a resource that you consult for advice to help properly construct a campaign that is both cost effective and drives the targeted traffic you seek back to your niche website or blog. As a client you would no doubt be using Google Adsense to get paid a commission for other Google advertisements displaying relevant information on your site and driving traffic to those links. So and an avid user of both Google Adwords and Adsense, you feel good a client partnering with google, but you still SPEND more money marketing than you make with Adsense,right?
Here's where the rubber meets the road. The reason Facebook, Myspace, YouTube and others are successful is why you going to make your adwords make money. The fans of these social networking sites flourish because of their friends. Fans share a common interest, and tell others (read free marketing) about that interest. You are certainly not the only person targeting a specific market segment with your product or service. If you can assemble at least 10 similar clients of Google (fans would be better) in your niche market to jointly attack a specific Adword. You joint venture page, blog, article, etc. can bring the group a #1 page ranking for that keyword or phrase and cost everyone in the group less being together. For you the sponsor of this group you can price the shares of your virtual internet marketing real estate so that YOU pay nothing or maybe even make a profit on the joint venture. Consider it giving 10 of your closet football buddies a ride to the game and charging each of them enough gas money you cover the gas needed to drive fast enough to arrive FIRST at the gate plus get you into the game for FREE!
This technique absolutely works, you just need to follow the step by step instructions and you can't go wrong. Get Your Google MSN YSM Ads for FREE
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Written on 5:45 PM by C3 Computer Consultants
I like to express which "old school" success metrics has translated into in this social web world we now live in. When I say you can beat the new Google Adwords pay per click campaign game and come out MAKING money rather than SPENDING money is an adwords revelation! When you want to market the next must have product, can't do without service OR that one-of-a-kind idea that you simply must get into the hands of the world at large, you must make sure you master these concepts.
Dos:
1. Are you using the right keywords? Think like the person searching for your product, service or blog thoughts.
2. Use a Keyword Suggestion Tool. Yahoo Search Marketing has a keyword suggestion tool. Google has one. I highly recommend Free Keyword Search Tool from Wordtracker as well.
3. Use keywords that surfers key in at each stage of the buying process: research, shopping and purchasing. The search terms get more specific as the person gets ready to buy. That's the benefit of long-tailed-keywords. I.e. "Limited edition Red U2 IPod"
4. Pick a mix of broad and specific keywords, but remember to keep them focused. That way you keep from the broad terms depleting your allocation of funds for this campaign while the medium and long-tailed keywords can still make the needed impressions.
This leads me into my specific
DON'Ts:
1. Long list of less than "non-targeted" keywords. The quality rating of your campaign for Yahoo Search Marketing will suffer and equal but higher quality campaigns will get preference even if they bid lower than you!
2. Forget to highlight what are the unique aspects of your product, service or blog. It's not the site that looks, feels, and SELLS just everybody else that gets the new customers! Why buy from you?
3. Focus on keywords that don't even appear in the text of your content.
4. Directing users only to your home page when other pages deeper into your site address specific keywords better. You will better served to direct each Adword or YSM keyword term to the page that has the most content for that keyword term.
5. Not tracking results. You can't tell which Google Adwords or YSM keywords are successful in your campaigns if you do not track the results. Google Analytics is FREE and what I specifically recommend for campaign tracking and absolute Adword success.
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Written on 5:41 PM by C3 Computer Consultants
Guess where the hottest new place to get your next domain name – Yahoo! The world’s second biggest search engine is competing for your web hosting. The big players like Godaddy, Network Solutions, Sedo, and etc., have so much competition for business, we wanted to feature Yahoo web hosting’s domain name service.
So how much does Yahoo! Domains cost? Either $9.95/mo or $34.95 per month, depending on whether or not you’re a new customer. If new, here is the pricing:
1-year term: $9.95
2-year term: $19.90
3-year term: $29.85
5-year term: $49.75
After term expires: $34.95/year thereafter.
The term you buy to start your relationship with Yahoo domain hosting is how long you have that price locked in. The plan is to raise the prices in the long run, but they still want to compete for new domain registrations. Current Yahoo web hosting customers hosting their domains with Yahoo! Small Business have already received this rate increase. But if you’re new and considering a domain name host, here’s a mini-FAQ:
1) What are the forms of payment accepted?
VISA, MC, AMEX, DISC and Paypal
2) When will I be billed?
You will be billed for the full term, 1-5 years, when you sign up for your Yahoo! Domains service.
3) What happens after my term expires?
After your term expires, your subscription will be renewed automatically for another year. This annual billing cycle will continue automatically as long as you maintain your account with us. (at the higher price though)
4) What does Yahoo! Domains include?
• Domain locking
• Domain forwarding
• Starter web page
• Complete DNS control
• 24-hour toll-free support
5) Already have a domain?
Can I use the term pricing to transfer my domain name?Yes.
Under the umbrella of Yahoo! Small Business, they received a PC Magazine Editor’s Choice award for their line of services. There still isn’t a valid reason for you to pay the year 1999 domain prices. The hook to Yahoo web hosting is that they brandish the $9.95/mo price tag but the fine print will tell you that it’s tied to a multiyear term. After your term is up with Yahoo web hosting, the pricing reverts to $34.95/year, ouch!
All of this started on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 and shows no signs of changing in the near future. Yahoo web hosting for domain names is probably only really good if you fall into one of these 3 categories:
-I like all of my services neatly bundled together, so I’m willing to pay the extra for convenience.
-I’m a FAN of Yahoo! Small Business and like keeping my eggs in their basket.
-It’s only $25 more per year per domain difference, what’s the big deal?
If that is not you, you should really consider hosting with one of the top 3 domain hosts: Godaddy.com, NetworkSolutions.com, or Sedo.com. The best domain for this plan is domain name yahoo!
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Written on 5:31 PM by C3 Computer Consultants
Welcome to my inaugural post to Google Adword Success. Here we discuss multiple Google Adword tactics, approaches, ebooks, free adwords tools (a must have), and reviews of Adword management programs available on and off-line. We will keep you posted nearly every day about what's happening in the world of Google so you too can benefit from the nearly $100 Billion dollar market cap stock that is GOOG.
To start I have something that must be stated up front. Success is not an event, it's a process! The techniques mentioned here are going to give you ideas and tools to be successful at making a consistent passive income online. How much you desire to make depends on how SMARD you want to work.
smard - def. (Eng.) = smart + hard.
There are a million ways to make a million dollars online. You may as well be doing something you enjoy, talking about your favorite subjects, or reviewing your favorite products to get you there. By way of introduction, I have been creating websites and selling online since 1998. What got me started was my hobby Japanese anime. As a member of a local Anime Club in Hollywood, FL, we wanted to subtitle a TV series named Shoujo Kakumei Utena. Long story short, I created the web page, set up the ecommerce, and duplicated the masters on VHS through my first web page: http://www.noanime.com/ . Back then there was one big way to get traffic to an anime website, and that was via the Anime Web Turnpike (a directory of everything anime). What doe this have to with Google Adwords Success? stay tuned...
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Written on 3:04 PM by C3 Computer Consultants
Adwords Miracle in comparison is a little on the long side (it has 104 pages) and the focus on the topic is specific and to the point. You get more content targeted to one main subject which actually good. All the basics are however skipped and it jumps right to the meat of the subject. If you're brand new to Adwords, this may not be the place to start.
This review is just to inform my friends and fans (read subscribers) about what can be expected with this eBook system. Adwords Miracle, which sells for $97, has a sales letter that made a lot of promises to make it sound like this was the miracle anyone would need. However, Google is a constantly changing animal that must be adapted to so you don't get "slapped" or see you sites begin to really under-perform. So the book which has been around since 2006 has apparently seen it last revision in February of this 2008.
The main topics are : copy writing techniques, which affiliate programs to promote, skimming (getting traffic from highly competitive markets), and even how to promote older products and programs.
This makes for a winning combination of content when considering it for your eBook arsenal. Final thoughts: Recommended
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