<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Online Millionaire University</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com</link>
	<description>Just one Extraordinary Membership Site</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:18:54 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>*Hot New Video: Finding Top Notch Selling Products</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/selling-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/selling-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		


// 
]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fselling-products%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fselling-products%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p><script src="http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.biz/toPack/toPack/flowplayer-3.1.4.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
<p><a id="player_noauto" style="display: block; width: 620px; height: 385px;" href="http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.biz/new2103239sdj2j3uu34i3nne9jd20394328830002jdijie2eiweddm9938843hhdnkcn33/aff2.mp4"></a><br />
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
   flowplayer("player_noauto", "http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.biz/toPack/toPack/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf", { 
    clip:  { 
        autoPlay: false, 
        autoBuffering: true 
    } 
});
// ]]&gt;</script></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/selling-products/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.biz/new2103239sdj2j3uu34i3nne9jd20394328830002jdijie2eiweddm9938843hhdnkcn33/aff2.mp4" length="21916113" type="video/mp4" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Make Money with Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/make-money-with-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/make-money-with-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
If you have 1000 followers and a 4 month old twitter account, then you really can start to think about making money with twitter now.
How to make money with Twitter
Make money with twitter is super easy, all you need to do is to sign up with an advertising program which pays you to tweet in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fmake-money-with-twitter%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fmake-money-with-twitter%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>If you have 1000 followers and a 4 month old twitter account, then you really can start to think about making money with twitter now.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>How to make money with Twitter</strong></span></p>
<p>Make money with twitter is super easy, all you need to do is to sign up with an advertising program which pays you to tweet in twitter, you will get paid by the advertiser every time you tweet the advertising tweet with 100 words or little bit more in twitter for him, or you can also let the advertiser writes the entire message for you and just tweet that message for him.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Process</strong></span></p>
<p>You will receive an email notice whenever there is someone who wishes to pay you to tweet for him, and if you agreed to tweet for that advertiser, you will get paid based on the price per tweet which you have set by yourself (The more famous you are in twitter, the higher you should set for your price per tweet.).</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Make more money by referring Twitterer and Advertiser to join the program </strong></span></p>
<p>You can also make more money by referring other twitterer to join in this program, you will earn a certain percentage of his income every time he makes a tweet for the advertiser. If you refer an advertiser to join the program, then you will earn a certain percentage of his advertising spending with the program. The more twitterer and advertiser you refer, the more money you will make.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What is Cool about the System</span></strong></p>
<p>The program is using a system that will read your previous tweet in twitter and finds the kind of advertisement which is similar to your field of interest for you. It can even put you into the group based on the language you are usually using in your tweet, for example, a Japanese twitterer will only receive the advertising offers which are related to his Japanese speaking followers only.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Oh wait, there is another way of making money with Twitter</span></strong></p>
<p>Another way of making money online with twitter is selling the ad space of your twitter profile to the advertisers and get paid by them. This is just like selling ad space in your blog to the advertisers except that it is a lot more easy because you don&#8217;t need to write anything but just need to put ads on your own twitter profile page and then start earning from those ads. If you have lots of followers in twitter, you will be able to set a better price for your ad space, the price will be different for a twitterer with 10,000 followers and the one with only 1,000 followers, therefore, work hard to get more followers is the key to make money with this kind of business.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">How are you going to get more followers from Twitter</span></strong></p>
<p>One of the ways to get followers from twitter is through writing article or blogging, if you get lots of readers to read your blog or articles, then you can start to turn your readers from you blog into your followers in twitter, the more famous you are in blogging, the more followers you will get in twitter. Oh and don&#8217;t forget to put one of those cool widgets from twitter in your blog so your readers will know how to follow you in twitter.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>How much are you Worth</strong></span></p>
<p>Finally, don&#8217;t set you price per tweet too high if you don&#8217;t have that many followers from twitter, 50 cents per tweet is a good start unless you can get a very high click through rate for your advertising tweet.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/make-money-with-twitter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Affiliate Marketing Tips: 4 Proven Tips To Become A High-Earning Affiliate Markete</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/affiliate-marketing-tips-4-proven-tips-to-become-a-high-earning-affiliate-markete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/affiliate-marketing-tips-4-proven-tips-to-become-a-high-earning-affiliate-markete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		




 
If you are just starting to dip your toes in the waters of affiliate marketing, you may need to learn a number of tricks and secrets before you plunge in. You need to incorporate the proper tools and techniques to maximize your potential income.
The most common form of compensation in affiliate marketing is the pay-per-sale [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Faffiliate-marketing-tips-4-proven-tips-to-become-a-high-earning-affiliate-markete%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Faffiliate-marketing-tips-4-proven-tips-to-become-a-high-earning-affiliate-markete%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<table style="width: 96%;" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="3">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top">
<p> </p>
<p>If you are just starting to dip your toes in the waters of affiliate marketing, you may need to learn a number of tricks and secrets before you plunge in. You need to incorporate the proper tools and techniques to maximize your potential income.</p>
<p>The most common form of compensation in affiliate marketing is the pay-per-sale model. But there are also other ways of getting compensation as an affiliate. They include:</p>
<p>·  Pay-per-click – You get paid a share of the earnings when your referral clicks on an ad. An example of this is Google Adsense.</p>
<p>·  Pay-per-action &#8211; You get paid when someone you refer completes a survey, votes on a certain poll, downloads a particular item, or performs a specific action.</p>
<p>·  Pay-per-view – You get paid when your referral views or watches a certain video or presentation.</p>
<p>In the 3 models listed above, your referrals don’t necessarily need to buy anything before you make any earnings; but the commissions are generally lower than the pay-per-sale model, which is the most common affiliate marketing protocol. With pay-per-sale, you get paid every time someone you refer actually buys the affiliate product.</p>
<p>This article focuses on the pay-per-sale format, but may also be applicable to the other models. Here are some affiliate marketing tips to help get you started and have you profiting for the long term.</p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Marketing Tip # 1: Know The Rules And Terms Of The Affiliate Program.</strong></p>
<p>In terms of advertising, it is important to note that certain affiliate programs carry their own sets of guidelines and limitations that need to be followed. Thus, it is best to orient yourself with the basic requirements of every affiliate setup you get into the moment you step in.</p>
<p>Be careful when joining affiliate networks. Not every affiliate network that claims to be established actually is. You should assess and evaluate any program to determine if its profitability truly holds weight and if it is credible. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Make sure you’re aware of the benefits, the client and affiliate support, as well as mode and frequency of commission payments.</p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Marketing Tip # 2: Build A Powerful Affiliate Site.</strong></p>
<p>If you’re wondering what type of affiliate website to create, one great recommendation is to build a review site where you share your experiences in the usage and application of the affiliate product being offered.</p>
<p>Take note that when reviewing affiliate products, it’s a good idea to share any minor negative flaw you’ve seen in the product. You might think that revealing a negative aspect would discourage them from buying, but it’s quite the opposite. When you share the imperfection in a product, your prospects’ defenses go down and they can focus more on the positive features. This helps build your reputation of honesty and sense of authority in that niche.</p>
<p>Your affiliate site must also look clean, presentable, and easy-to-navigate. You need to strategically place eye-catching graphics and interesting details regarding the affiliate products that you offer to keep people interested.</p>
<p>Some will only check your website for a few seconds before they decide to either stay or move on to a competitor &#8211; so make sure that your site is catchy at first glance.</p>
<p>Clients should immediately find the item that they need upon browsing your site. Arrange everything carefully, and categorize as needed, to lead clients to where they want to be. You will end up with faster and easier sales transactions, if you make the process user-friendly and more convenient.</p>
<p>Always observe your competition. Model their style and offer, and come up with ways to improve your site and make it uniquely different from the rest.</p>
<p>If you want your site to grow in popularity, it must contain a lot of vital information regarding your chosen niche. You may write articles or tips frequently. Include facts and other relevant details that people can recheck every time they need to. But here’s an important question: How do you know which content is hot and in-demand?</p>
<p>Well, you can hang around forums and online discussion boards to know the latest trends and innovations in your industry. Check out social bookmarking sites like Digg, and see what type of information is getting the most “Diggs.” It is important that you watch over your website and make the necessary updates to keep up with the needs and demands of your target market.</p>
<p>Include an opt-in form on your site. This will allow you to build relationships and follow-up with prospects as many times as you like. Remember that you should strive to establish yourself as a good friend they can rely on, as well as a figure of authority who can give them expert advice regarding your field. Once you’ve got their trust and established your credibility, promoting various affiliate products is as easy as pie.</p>
<p>Set up a support helpdesk to answer queries from potential and current clients. This is very important because having someone personally assist them could eliminate much of their doubts when making transactions with you.</p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Marketing Tip # 3: Plan And Set Up Well.</strong></p>
<p>Set a gross estimate of how much traffic you expect during the first 3 months. Overestimating will lead to unnecessary spending, while underestimating will result to customer and income losses. Check the TOS agreement once you have selected the right type of account to avoid defaults and other possible penalties.</p>
<p>Set up a budget, schedule, and preparation plan that will serve as your guide in building your strategy to generate more sales. You should lay down small objectives and set deadlines to know how well you are progressing as an affiliate.</p>
<p>Assigning quotas is also important so that you stay ahead of the competition. If you find yourself in a predicament, this will help you refer back to your plans easier and make the necessary actions and adjustments.</p>
<p><strong>Affiliate Marketing Tip # 4: Generate Targeted Traffic and Spark Interest.</strong></p>
<p>You have to get the attention of your target market, so you can drive the right traffic into your website. Getting the right people to visit will keep you from wasting time and effort, because these will be the people who would want to buy the affiliate products you’re referring. Gaining targeted traffic is more productive compared to getting thousands of visitors with varying interests.</p>
<p>You can draw more potential clients into your website by visiting forums related to your niche and making frequent posts. Discuss with other experts online and attach your website to your signature line to increase visits and clicks.</p>
<p>Continue to update your knowledge about your chosen niche, so you can adequately answer questions and be regarded as an expert in your field. And of course, know all the details about the affiliate products you’re promoting.</p>
<p>There are so many places on the Internet where you can effectively lead your target market and keep it for good. Exchange links with other website owners in your niche to boost your marketing campaign. You may also contact other sites related to your field and ask them if you could post an ad in their site for a certain fee. If their site has a high search engine ranking or is an established site, but it is not monetized properly, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to get some lucrative web space! Ask them if they are willing to sell their site to you. They will probably agree if you present a good offer.</p>
<p>Using these strategies can help you move a step ahead of the competition. Knowledge about best and tested ways of promoting your affiliates&#8217; products to consumers, in a way that will compel them to buy or avail of the products/services, will help boost your earnings.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/affiliate-marketing-tips-4-proven-tips-to-become-a-high-earning-affiliate-markete/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pay Per Click Marketing: How To Maximize Your Income With PPC</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/pay-per-click-marketing-how-to-maximize-your-income-with-ppc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/pay-per-click-marketing-how-to-maximize-your-income-with-ppc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Pay per click (or PPC) advertising can be a very effective way to direct traffic to your blog or website if you follow a few common sense rules.  Surprisingly, many advertisers either don’t realize there is a technique to advertising, or they think that saving money by skimping on ad quality is a smart move.  
This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fpay-per-click-marketing-how-to-maximize-your-income-with-ppc%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fpay-per-click-marketing-how-to-maximize-your-income-with-ppc%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>Pay per click (or PPC) advertising can be a very effective way to direct traffic to your blog or website if you follow a few common sense rules.  Surprisingly, many advertisers either don’t realize there is a technique to advertising, or they think that saving money by skimping on ad quality is a smart move.  
<p>This article shows you how to avoid some common traps that many pay per click marketers are falling into, as well as proven tips to maximize your income from your PPC campaigns.</p>
<p><strong>The Best Type of PPC Advertising</strong></p>
<p>When you first consider PPC ads, you will see various outlets for those ads.  How do you know which ones are the most effective? First, you can take a look at some of the biggest outlets and see what kind of clients they service.  </p>
<p>Google, Yahoo and other big net denizens have developed PPC programs that generally show very good returns.  By using their own search engine sites and partner sites to deliver your ad to its target audience, your ad will reach potential visitors that are truly interested in your product or service.  </p>
<p>These potential customers will click on your ad because they have been searching for such a product or something related to it.  PPC is a very effective advertising tool and there are a lot of choices available to cater to your unique advertising needs. </p>
<p>If you have a product or service that is very specialized, you may want to go with a meta search tool that combines a number of search engines and other online sources that target particular categories or subjects of interest.  </p>
<p>In this way, you can further narrow your ad to target your potential audience as closely as possible.  If you carry specialty goods such as antique dolls, specialized hand tools, rare books or other items that appeal to a certain specialized niche, you should consider placing the majority of your ads with this type of search tool.    </p>
<p><strong>Writing Your PPC Ad</strong></p>
<p>It’s important to write an ad that grabs the viewer’s attention.  While you don’t want to shout at them, you need to make the ad stand out from others and make them want to see what you have to offer.  </p>
<p>Again, take the time to study successful ads (the successful ones are those that tend to stick for a long time).  If you don’t feel you can write an attention-grabbing ad, hire a professional ad writer or copywriter; it will be money well invested and the cost is minimal compared to the profits you stand to gain from a high converting ad.</p>
<p>Choose your keywords carefully and be sure they are ones that people use when searching for your product or service.  One good way is to study a popular page similar to your product and right click it.  Use the “view page source” to see their meta tags and get an idea of the keywords a successful merchant uses.  You will see words and phrases to give you an idea of how to use keywords to attract searchers.</p>
<p>What kind of ad attracts your attention?  Are you bothered when you open a page and see a flashing banner or does it entice you?  Your ad will be listed in the results section of a person’s search, usually on one side of the page along with other advertisers.  In order for your ad to stand out, you’ll have to study others in the same niche as yours, and objectively decide which type would appeal to you or people you know.  You can then use similar aspects in your own ads.<br /><strong><br />Planning Your Campaign</strong></p>
<p>When planning your PPC campaign, you must figure out your advertising budget and how much risk you can tolerate.  Will you budget a certain amount for advertising and stop for the month when it is gone, or will you deposit funds and set limits per week or month?  </p>
<p>Next, prepare your site for the traffic it will be getting!  Is the content exciting and enticing?  Does it present the visitor with something better than they’ve seen on sites with similar products or services?  </p>
<p>Your goal is not only to sell your product or service, but also to capture your visitors’ email so you can follow up with them and build relationships. Another great idea is to keep your visitors returning by providing them with interesting content on a consistent basis.  If you sell silk flowers, for example, you could keep people returning to your site by offering interesting articles on flower arranging, how to choose accessories, or the best way to care for the flowers and keep them looking fresh.  The more visitors return, the more chances they will buy!<br /><strong><br />You’re Ready to Advertise! </strong></p>
<p>When you’ve written an ad or two that you feel is eye catching and inviting, open an account with a PPC search engine.  They will require basic contact info and you will have to fund your account.  </p>
<p>There is usually no charge for an account and funds aren’t used until you bid on the search words you think are the best for you.  As your ads are clicked on and you get traffic, your funds are used up and the advertising comes to an end.  You can then add funds for more advertising or stop for a time. </p>
<p>You can get outstanding results with PPC advertising if you pay attention to what your targeted audience is looking for and keep your website fresh and interesting.  Remember, your profits are directly related to the quality of your product, a fresh and interesting website, and attractive ads that make people want to see what you are offering.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/pay-per-click-marketing-how-to-maximize-your-income-with-ppc/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blogging Tips: How To Make Money Blogging About Things You&#8217;re Passionate About</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/blogging-tips-how-to-make-money-blogging-about-things-youre-passionate-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/blogging-tips-how-to-make-money-blogging-about-things-youre-passionate-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
There are many ways to make money with blogging; and there has been considerable debate over which methods are best. This article will advocate blogging on something that you are passionate about, which does not mean any other methods won&#8217;t work.
Some great bloggers will tell you to set up many blogs, as fast as you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fblogging-tips-how-to-make-money-blogging-about-things-youre-passionate-about%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fblogging-tips-how-to-make-money-blogging-about-things-youre-passionate-about%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>There are many ways to make money with blogging; and there has been considerable debate over which methods are best. This article will advocate blogging on something that you are passionate about, which does not mean any other methods won&#8217;t work.
<p>Some great bloggers will tell you to set up many blogs, as fast as you can. They will tell you to use PLR products and just slap them up and get them out as fast as you possibly can. </p>
<p>This can work too, but if it is not your passion to build blog after blog, you may get totally burnt out, proclaim that it won’t work, and that you couldn’t make money with it. </p>
<p>The great thing about blogging with a passionate purpose is that you know about the subject and love it. Many a wise man has said to find what you love first, and then find a way to make money with it. That in itself is true power.</p>
<p>What a life it would be if you could wake up every morning and do work that you would do anyway, even if you weren’t going to be paid for it. That would be an ideal existence and something to strive for.</p>
<p>A lot of people have put off their dreams and hopes in search of the mighty money. There is a way to do both, and the Internet allows it 100%. You may have a big passion for something that is not a big moneymaker. You will have to think out of the box, but there is always a solution.</p>
<p>One thing you should also think about is the number of passions you have. Most people have a variety of things that they love to do; and at this point, you just need to figure out how you can make a ton of money working with them. </p>
<p>Here are some tips you can do to make it happen.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging Tip # 1: If You Love It, Can You Teach It?</strong></p>
<p>Are there others that want to learn about what you have to offer? You can look at some forums and Yahoo answers to find out if anyone wants to learn about your passion. </p>
<p><strong>Blogging Tip # 2: Start A Blog And Get Feedback From Comments.</strong></p>
<p>You never know where this is going to lead. Set up a blog in your niche, start making some points, and be sure to allow comments. </p>
<p>For example, if you have a blog about keeping horses and you write about their feed, someone may write a comment about natural foods versus chemical foods. This in itself can trigger a brainstorming session for you. </p>
<p>There are a lot of paths you can take with your niche and none of them have been written in stone. Be flexible and determined that you are going to make money.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging Tip # 3: Be Willing To Experience Anything.</strong></p>
<p>Based on what people are saying, you may find that you need to write an e-book, you may need to offer personalized coaching to people, or you may need to set up a membership site where people can get detailed instructions on the niche. </p>
<p>Be flexible and allow yourself to be taken to the next level. Find out exactly what people in your niche want, be willing to provide it, and get ready to make a lot of money.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging Tip # 4: Find Five Other Things You&#8217;re Passionate About And Start Five New Blogs.</strong></p>
<p>You may be right that the initial one or two niches are not big money makers. Don&#8217;t put all your eggs in one basket, by starting only one blog. </p>
<p>Start up some more blogs about your other passions in life. It won&#8217;t take long until one of them takes off and leads you in the direction of fame and fortune.</p>
<p><strong>Blogging Tip # 5: Put Your Mindset Into Overdrive.<br /></strong><br />It is your mindset that is going to make it possible for you to make money by blogging about your passions. Everything else anybody has told you about this does not know the power of working with something you love. </p>
<p>When you have a passion for something it never leaves you, which means you can stay devoted to your blogging for many years.</p>
<p>If you are just looking to make X. amount of dollars in a certain time, than this article may not have interested you. This article was written more for the person that wants to integrate his passion and money. </p>
<p>There is always a way to make a fortune by doing what you love. It is not always the fastest way, but if you keep your eyes and ears open, are willing to service the people in the niche, and truly care about what you are doing, there is no way to fail. Especially if you start making 5 to 10 different blogs in completely different niches.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/blogging-tips-how-to-make-money-blogging-about-things-youre-passionate-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Niche Finding Tips: How To Find A Profitable Niche That You Would Love To Pursue</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/niche-finding-tips-how-to-find-a-profitable-niche-that-you-would-love-to-pursue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/niche-finding-tips-how-to-find-a-profitable-niche-that-you-would-love-to-pursue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
The hot topic in Internet marketing today is finding a niche and then promoting it to make thousands of dollars. Newcomers jump on board waiting for the day when the money falls in their laps… until they realize that it is not just picking a niche that is important, but picking the right one.
There are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fniche-finding-tips-how-to-find-a-profitable-niche-that-you-would-love-to-pursue%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fniche-finding-tips-how-to-find-a-profitable-niche-that-you-would-love-to-pursue%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>The hot topic in Internet marketing today is finding a niche and then promoting it to make thousands of dollars. Newcomers jump on board waiting for the day when the money falls in their laps… until they realize that it is not just picking a niche that is important, but picking the right one.
<p>There are some easy things you can do to find a profitable niche fairly quickly; and it is important that you do some research before starting out to ensure the best odds of finding a niche worth pursuing. Here are some tips to help you find a topic worth tapping into.</p>
<p><strong>Niche Finding Tip # 1: Google It.</strong></p>
<p>If you want to find out if others are making money on the Internet in this niche, then you should type in some keywords related to it and look on the right-hand side for Google adwords. </p>
<p>If there are a lot appearing, then you know for sure that people are making money with this topic. Internet marketers do not put up ads on these pages unless they are getting some kind of return on their money.</p>
<p>Sometimes it can be more, and sometimes it can be less. There is really no way to tell how much profit they are making by placing their adwords on the page, but you can be sure they are making some money. </p>
<p>If you find a lot of adwords by typing in keywords that are related to your niche, then you know for sure that this is a profitable one.<br /><strong><br />Niche Finding Tip # 2: Look For A Niche You Would Like To Work In.</strong></p>
<p>There is a lot of debate about this issue, with some people saying that you should pick your niche based on profit potential only, while others say you must work with something you enjoy. What seems to be left out, in many cases, is finding something that you enjoy that can also earn you a lot of money.</p>
<p>There has to be a lot of things that you like in this world. One of them, at least, has to be something that could make you a lot of money, one way or another. Why bother setting up a website and promoting something you don&#8217;t really have an interest in, when you can set up and promote something you like while earning steady income from it? You can have the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s funny that when you leave the Internet world and look at the real world, people set up a career in something they enjoy doing. Careers are based mainly on interest, then on profitability. </p>
<p>Telling an Internet marketer to set up a site on insurance when they find the subject completely boring, is much the same as telling a young adult that he should become a doctor when he hates the sight of blood.</p>
<p>You can have anything and everything when it comes to Internet marketing. You can pick a niche you like to work with, and one that you think is profitable.</p>
<p><strong>Niche Finding Tip # 3: Make A List.</strong></p>
<p>The easiest way to accomplish finding a niche is to make a list of all the things you love, you like, you enjoy, and things you would like to know more about. After this list is done, take a look and see if there&#8217;s any profit to be made in any or all of those areas. If there is, then you have a good start.</p>
<p>You should never expect to start something and have it become an immediate hit, although this can very well happen. </p>
<p>There are a lot of other things that will come into play when you start promoting your site that need to be in place in order to make money. Website design, type of promotion and a lot of other factors will help determine whether you can make a profit.<br /><strong><br />Niche Finding Tip # 4: Choose Three.</strong></p>
<p>Internet marketing can be a very funny thing. Some things will take off and others will flop for unexplainable reasons. This happens to even the top Internet marketers, so you should expect it to happen as well. </p>
<p>It is wise to choose at least 3 niches to seriously start up, so that you can beat the odds and have at least one do well.</p>
<p>Internet marketing is not just a science and an art; it is also a numbers game. This is why many people cannot rise to the challenge and drop out quickly. They do not understand that persistence, and trial and error, are the only way to make it.</p>
<p>Finding a profitable niche can be hit and miss, but there are ways to put luck on your side. Once you have looked at the ad words you can also find forums in that niche and see what people there are buying. You can also check Yahoo Answers, and find out what is happening over at Clickbank to help you find that great niche. </p>
<p>If you base your final decision on what you enjoy, then once it takes off you can work with it for years without ever becoming bored. You can’t become rich by working a site that bores you so much that you can’t work it.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/niche-finding-tips-how-to-find-a-profitable-niche-that-you-would-love-to-pursue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Building Credibility Online: 4 Helpful Tips To Build Credibility On The Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/building-credibility-online-4-helpful-tips-to-build-credibility-on-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/building-credibility-online-4-helpful-tips-to-build-credibility-on-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Internet marketing has become much more competitive in recent years; and as a result, consumer confidence has lowered. The trust factor has been lost in many people surfing the Internet, and it is harder to build up a reputation than it has ever been. 
Here are a few things you can do to help show your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fbuilding-credibility-online-4-helpful-tips-to-build-credibility-on-the-internet%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2010%2Fbuilding-credibility-online-4-helpful-tips-to-build-credibility-on-the-internet%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p>Internet marketing has become much more competitive in recent years; and as a result, consumer confidence has lowered. The trust factor has been lost in many people surfing the Internet, and it is harder to build up a reputation than it has ever been. 
<p>Here are a few things you can do to help show your customers that you are there for them all the way, and not just some fly-by-night individual or company that has only dollars signs in their eyes.</p>
<p><strong>Credibility Building Tip # 1: Be Accountable.</strong></p>
<p>In everything you do, be accountable. Be accountable for your actions, your products and your services. In order to get this done, you will have to be available for your customers in one way or another.</p>
<p>Have you ever had the experience of buying a service or product, and trying to contact customer service for some type of support? In this day and age, it has become a given that many times support will not be offered, and you will be on your own to fumble your way and find your own answers on the Internet. Marketing has taken an all time low with scammers trying to make a fast buck.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re first starting out, you will need to answer your e-mails as fast as you can and let people know that you are there for them. As you build up your business, you can hire customer service representatives to work on your behalf. The main concern here is letting people know that you are there to back up your product or service.</p>
<p>Many times people just contact customer service to see if there is anyone at the other end. At other times, customers really appreciate an answer to their question, even if it does not give a solution. They are thankful to just get a reply to an email or support ticket. </p>
<p>If e-mails cannot be answered quickly enough, you will lose customers. Try to answer all of your mail within a 24-hour period; and if you&#8217;re unable to do so, let people know that you will respond within 48 or 72 hours. People can usually deal with this time period if they know ahead of time that there will be a short wait.</p>
<p><strong>Credibility Building Tip # 2: Offer a Photo. </strong></p>
<p>A photo of yourself, or you with your family, allows people to see that you are a real person, and not an unknown. It is best to show people who you are, and it really does not matter what you look like. </p>
<p>Some Internet marketers have a misconception that they should look all shiny and polished; when in reality, the average customer can relate better to someone who presents himself honestly.</p>
<p>Fast cars and money jars full of gold used to be applied for Internet marketing advertising, but the average consumer distrusts this type of flamboyant hype and is more drawn to honesty and integrity.</p>
<p>It is also best to use your real name along with your photo. It is a sign that you have nothing to hide, and are willing to present your true self.</p>
<p><strong>Credibility Building Tip # 3: Show Your Results.</strong></p>
<p>People want proof before they buy a product, in many cases. And if you can show them that your product or service outperforms others, then you have a much better chance of selling to them.</p>
<p>It is a good idea to make a video of you using the product yourself, so that others can see that if it is good enough for you to use, then it must be good enough for them. You can also show the results you got by using this product or service right on your video.</p>
<p>Making a video of yourself in this fashion will also raise your trust factor by again making yourself more real. The video is very easy to make, and if you plan it out ahead of time it won&#8217;t take long at all.</p>
<p><strong>Credibility Building Tip # 4: Stand Behind Everything You Offer.</strong></p>
<p>Your guarantee is everything, and most Internet consumers are looking for a guarantee before they make a purchase. You need to stand behind everything you offer, and let people know about this before they make their purchase.</p>
<p>It is important to make your guarantee stand out above the crowd of other guarantees. Let people know what they can expect before they make their initial purchase, and then stick to it no matter what.</p>
<p>Whenever you offer a product or service, your reputation is at stake. Take a look at what you are offering and make sure that it is something that delivers value and not a devalued moneymaking scheme. </p>
<p>As an affiliate, test everything you promote or you might find yourself losing some credibility by offering a bad product. </p>
<p>Your credibility, your honor and your values should be part of your Internet marketing business. If you can show others that you have set this kind of standard, then you will have many followers that will stay with you forever.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2010/building-credibility-online-4-helpful-tips-to-build-credibility-on-the-internet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The 2 biggest problems: [VIDEO] Lead System.</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/2video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/2video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		






Solving Two Of Your Biggest Problems
I&#8217;ve gotten 100&#8217;s of questions from readers on the blog over the past month, and I&#8217;ve started to notice two common problems shared by most of you&#8230;
 1: You&#8217;re feeling overwhelmed by the amount of &#8220;stuff&#8221; you have to learn when it comes to marketing your business online, and you don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2009%2F2video%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2009%2F2video%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<div>
<div>
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="640" height="498" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/FirstFrame.jpg&amp;containerwidth=640&amp;containerheight=498&amp;content=http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/introleadmangsystem2.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showall" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="base" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/" /><param name="src" value="http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/bootstrap.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/FirstFrame.jpg&amp;containerwidth=640&amp;containerheight=498&amp;content=http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/introleadmangsystem2.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="498" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/bootstrap.swf" base="http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/" allowscriptaccess="always" scale="showall" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="thumb=http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/FirstFrame.jpg&amp;containerwidth=640&amp;containerheight=498&amp;content=http://content.screencast.com/users/omu/folders/OMU%20MEMBERSHIP%20SITE%20VIDEOS/media/c73d5282-6ac4-4af2-8311-1b77c88984e9/introleadmangsystem2.swf" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" quality="high"></embed></object>
</div>
</div>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Solving Two Of Your Biggest Problems</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve gotten 100&#8217;s of questions from readers on the blog over the past month, and I&#8217;ve started to notice two common problems shared by most of you&#8230;</p>
<p> 1: You&#8217;re feeling overwhelmed by the amount of &#8220;stuff&#8221; you have to learn when it comes to marketing your business online, and you don&#8217;t know how to keep up with all of it.</p>
<p> 2: You have no idea how all of these pieces, (like blogs, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, auto-responders, PPC, and your primary opportunity), actually fit together and work like a well-oiled, business building machine&#8230;</p>
<p> Well I&#8217;ve decided to make a Quick  Video  that will solve both of these problems for you. I&#8217;m sure it will help a ton, so watch this quick video for details.</p>
<p><strong>After that Leave your Comment below.</strong></p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>To your success your friends &amp; Mentors,</p>
<p>Vic Shake &amp; Shay Summers</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com">www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com</a> <br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/2video/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Discover The Answers To The Top 10 SEO Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/discover-the-answers-to-the-top-10-seo-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/discover-the-answers-to-the-top-10-seo-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Discover The Answers To The Top 10 SEO Questions
Owning any type of online business will strongly benefit from a few SEO techniques. However, everyone and their brother has advice on how to do it. All this ‘expert’ advice can make the simple task of optimizing your site incredibly confusing. Here are some straightforward answers to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2009%2Fdiscover-the-answers-to-the-top-10-seo-questions%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2009%2Fdiscover-the-answers-to-the-top-10-seo-questions%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p><strong>Discover The Answers To The Top 10 SEO Questions</strong></p>
<p>Owning any type of online business will strongly benefit from a few SEO techniques. However, everyone and their brother has advice on how to do it. All this ‘expert’ advice can make the simple task of optimizing your site incredibly confusing. Here are some straightforward answers to the most common SEO questions.</p>
<p><strong>1. What is SEO?</strong></p>
<p>SEO stands for search engine optimization. A search engine is a tool many internet users use to find sites that are relevant to their needs. The three biggies when it comes to search engines are Google, Yahoo and MSN. There are however, hundreds of search engines available to internet users. Search engines work by sending out spiders to crawl through the World Wide Web and gather information. If you have the information they’re looking for, in the places they are looking, they’ll find you and place you in their results when a person is looking for your information.</p>
<p> The task of understanding what search engines are looking for and putting it in the right places on your website and in your content, is the essence of search engine optimization. So now you might be asking…what do search engines look for and where do they look for it? The answer is keywords and links. Keywords in your html coding, keywords on your webpage content, keywords in your content, and the number of incoming links you have to your website.</p>
<p><strong>2. How important is SEO?</strong></p>
<p>Let’s just put it this way. What’s better a few visitors who stumble upon your website or hundreds of visitors that go to your website with the direct intention of learning more or making a purchase?</p>
<p>With more and more people searching and shopping online, getting on the first page or two of the search engine results can mean the difference between keeping your day job and becoming an internet millionaire.</p>
<p><strong>3. What are text links?</strong></p>
<p>Links are just one of the tools you can use to increase your search engine optimization. The more quality links you have, the better your search engine ranking will be. Text links are links that contain only text. Wikipedia is a great place to examine internal text links. The links are contained within a sentence and when a reader clicks on them they are taken to a different page on the same website. The kind of text links you’re looking for will be text links that will take readers from your article, ebook, or web copy to your website.</p>
<p>An excellent tool to generate incoming links is to write copy for online audiences like article directories, blogs, and ezines and insert text links in the copy. Webmasters will link to the content and thus to your site. Additionally, when you allow free reprints of your copy provided the links are maintained, you’re encouraging links to your website.</p>
<p><strong>4. What are link farms and link exchanges?</strong></p>
<p>Search engines don’t accept just any old link. The link has to be from a relevant and quality company. This means you don’t want to participate in link farming. If a search engine suspects your links to be lacking, they’ll actually penalize you. Link farming or link exchanging is essentially the process of exchanging reciprocal links with Web sites in order to increase your search engine ranking. A link farm is a Web page that is nothing more than a page of links to other sites. Stay away from link farms. When you generate a link from another site, it had better be relevant and coming from a real web site.</p>
<p><strong>5. What is duplicate content?</strong></p>
<p>The definition of duplicate content is web pages that contain substantially the same content. Search engines will penalize you for this. How do you avoid duplicate content? Don’t publish the same article in several locations. There are many tools available online to help you re-write your content so that it is 30%, 40%, and even 50% different. However, the best way to avoid duplicate content is to simply write new content.</p>
<p><strong>6. How do I find the right keywords?</strong></p>
<p>There are several steps to finding the most profitable keywords. The first step is to generally do a bit of brainstorming and come up with a list of keywords you think people will use to find your products. The next step is to research supply and demand for those particular keywords. Supply means how many other websites are using those same keywords and demand is how many people are looking for those particular keywords.</p>
<p>The key is to find keywords with high demand and relatively low supply. There are many effective and useful keyword tools to help you find this information and to generate keyword ideas. Once you decide on a few keywords, it may be useful to do a bit of testing before you commit to them.</p>
<p><strong>7. How do I optimize my web pages?</strong></p>
<p>Placing your keywords in the right location is a good start to optimizing your web pages. Search engines look to the headings, subheadings, domain name, and title of your website. They also look in the content on your page and primarily focus on the first paragraph.</p>
<p>Try to get a domain name with your primary keyword included. When you include your keyword in your URL it tells the search engine spiders immediately what your site is about.</p>
<p>Title Tag. Your title tag is the line of text that appears on search engine results pages that acts as a link to your site. This is a crucial element of your webpage as it describes to your visitors what your page is about.</p>
<p>If you view your source code, your title tag will look something like this: &lt;TITLE&gt;Search Engine Optimization Tips&lt;/TITLE&gt;</p>
<p>Keep your title tags brief, descriptive, up to date, and keyword rich will help to increase the relevance of your site in the eyes of the search engines, as well as giving your potential visitors a good idea of what they can expect from your site.</p>
<p>Meta Tags have lost their importance to the search engines however it is still helpful to place your keywords in your meta tags. In your source code they look something like this: &lt;META NAME=&#8221;description&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>8. Do I need to submit my site to the search engines?</strong></p>
<p>The simple answer is &#8211; no. Search engine spiders are always out there doing their job and collecting information. Every time you update your website, add content, or change your keywords, the search engines capture the information and record it. However, if you want to be listed on a directory, like the DMOZ Open directory project, then you will need to submit to those.</p>
<p><strong>9. What are spiders?</strong></p>
<p>Search engine spiders are also called web crawlers or bot. They’re basically automated programs which scan websites to provide information to search engines often for the purpose of indexing or ranking them.</p>
<p><strong>10. How does content help my SEO?</strong></p>
<p>Content is one of the best tools to improve your search engine ranking. It is a great place to emphasize keywords, encourage linking to your site, and increase traffic. The key to content is to make sure you’re offering quality content and you’re updating your website and your content frequently. Content can be provided in many forms including:</p>
<p>• Blogs</p>
<p>• Forums and chat rooms</p>
<p>• Articles</p>
<p>• Reviews</p>
<p>• Case studies</p>
<p>• Reports</p>
<p>• How to guides</p>
<p>• Tutorials</p>
<p>• e-books and much more.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/discover-the-answers-to-the-top-10-seo-questions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>5 Steps &#8212; Setting Up Your Business Website</title>
		<link>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/5-steps-setting-up-your-business-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/5-steps-setting-up-your-business-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vic Shake &#38; Shay Summers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog/Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/?p=5185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
5 Steps Setting Up Your Business Website


1. Choose a domain name. 
Your domain name may feel like one of the easiest steps in creating a website, and it’s true.  Choosing a domain name is as simple as seeing if your choice is available and purchasing it.  That being said, you may want to put a bit of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
			<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2009%2F5-steps-setting-up-your-business-website%2F"><br />
				<img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com%2F2009%2F5-steps-setting-up-your-business-website%2F&amp;style=normal" height="61" width="50" /><br />
			</a>
		</div>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;;"><strong>5 Steps Setting Up Your Business Website</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;;">
<p>
1. <strong>Choose a domain name.</strong> </p>
<p>Your domain name may feel like one of the easiest steps in creating a website, and it’s true.  Choosing a domain name is as simple as seeing if your choice is available and purchasing it.  That being said, you may want to put a bit of thought into your domain name before you purchase it.  It is after all how people are going to find you, refer to you, think of you, and brand you.  In short, your domain name can help build your company and brand or it can inhibit your company’s growth. </p>
<p>So a logical question might be, how do you choose a domain name that will help your company?  The answer is to make your name easy to spell, easy to remember, unique if possible, and to do your absolute best to try to get your keywords in it.  Once you have a domain name choice, your next step is to register it.  If it isn’t available you can offer to purchase the domain name from the person who owns it or come up with a viable alternative. </p>
<p>2. <strong>Choose a web host.</strong> </p>
<p>This is important because you want to choose a host that will have very little downtime, that will have competitive rates, that is easy for you to use and that will be available to answer questions when you have them.  Another thing to look at are the features the web host offers.  Some hosts offer all sorts of ecommerce features including shopping carts, forms, Ezine management and design, autoresponders, digital product delivery and more. </p>
<p>Consider the needs of your website before you sign up with a host.  For example, if you plan on having a forum on your website and your host doesn’t offer forum building and management features, you will have to find a way to integrate forum software into your existing program.  It can be done but it is an extra step.  Additionally, if you want to blog, it might be useful to find a host that already integrates blogging features into your website.</p>
<p>Price is obviously a concern for many starting businesses, however hosting isn’t generally very expensive and there are free hosting options now with Google and other open source hosting services.  They may not have the features you’re looking for, however they are cost effective.</p>
<p>3. <strong>Navigation structure.</strong></p>
<p> Before you begin creating your website, it is a good idea to grab a pencil and paper and flowchart your website.  What is your navigational structure going to be?  What pages will you have?  How will your internal linking structure look?  A general rule of thumb is to never have any page more than three clicks away – it is cleverly called the three click rule.  Once you have a navigation structure worked out on paper, then it is time to begin looking at the design of your website.</p>
<p><strong>4. Design.</strong> </p>
<p>There are a number of factors that go into a successful website.  They include:</p>
<p><strong>• Logo.</strong>  Logos are an excellent tool to brand your image.  It may be worth the time and money to hire a professional to create a logo that you can take with you on every piece of marketing material you have. </p>
<p><strong>• Colors.</strong> The colors of your website will want to reflect the tone of your business.  For example if you have a website related to nature, food, gardening, or health then the colors you might choose will be greens and colors that represent freshness.  Conversely if you sell products that are of a more adult nature, then maybe you want to use saucy reds and blacks.  Consultants and professionals tend to stick with cool colors. </p>
<p><strong>• USP.</strong>  aka Unique Selling Proposition.  What is unique about your business?  A unique selling proposition will tell others what is unique about your company while at the same time promising a benefit.  For example, the famous M&amp;Ms USP, “melts in your mouth not in your hands.”  Spend some time brainstorming USP ideas.  Test a few if you’re uncertain. </p>
<p><strong>• Type of website home page.</strong>  There are three basic types of home pages.  Splash style pages, ad pages, and tabloid style pages.  The differences are as follows.  Splash type web pages generally have a large graphic and an invitation to enter.  A ad page will generally have a sales type headline, a lead in section of copy, and a navigation bar with the major buttons.  A tabloid style page has multiple headings and multiple text blocks.  To determine what type of style would work best for your site consider your audience, examine your competition, and consider the purpose of your site. </p>
<p><strong>• There are a few important factors</strong> to keep in mind when designing your website.  Your website must be appealing and easy to use.  A website must be easy to read, which means no flashing graphics or pictured backgrounds.  Make it easy for people to read your website by using standard Ariel or Verdana font in black.  Consider placing a form on your website to make it easy for customers to contact you.  keywords</p>
<p><strong>5. Optimization.</strong> </p>
<p>Keyword research is important to your search engine ranking.  The higher your ranking, the more visibility.  Search engine optimization for your web pages is a three point process.  Incoming links help your ranking, keyword optimized content improves your rankings, and optimized pages.  To optimize your web-pages take the time to find keywords that will generate the most demand and have the least competition.  Include your keywords in your title tag, your domain name if possible, your headings, subheadings, and in your first paragraph.  Also consider optimizing each page for a different, but similar keyword. </p>
<p>Your next steps, once your website is up and  running is to market and promote your site.  There are a variety of tools to use to get started including content, advertising, email marketing, networking, and promotions. </p>
<p></span></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.onlinemillionaireuniversity.com/2009/5-steps-setting-up-your-business-website/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
