PyraBang - Spreading the Word

Pyrabang - What the hell is it? If you haven't heard about this new HOT advertising platform, there is no doubt you soon will.

The best way to learn about Pyrabang is to join it for free and to put in some ad posts. The ad postings are actually spread out over 100's of network websites.

I am still learning about this phenomenal advertising network; it is kind of like learning pig latin. For example, a "bang" is actually this program's form of currency. Where the Pyra comes in, I have no idea but I am sure I will figure it out soon. Pyrabang aims to have top-quality ads be recognized due to their content and not due to the search engines. Who decides this? The members do by viewing and investing bangs in other members' ads and investing in their own.

Free members of Pyrabang are able to make money through their ads, however, the greatest reward comes to those who upgrade to Gold for $5.95 a month via PayPal or credit card. When members upgrade to Gold they jump free members. Gold members not only earn through their ads (bangs) but receive income from other Gold members via their downline.

For example, I joined as a Gold member 2 weeks ago and members of my upline have been spreading the word about the program. I logged into my backoffice the other day and discovered 9 new members in my downline; 7 of which have upgraded to Gold. Although I did not refer these new members to the program, I will receive .95 cents for each Gold member. Those that personally refer people to the program have greater rewards, as they earn not only .95 cents but also $12. This is in addition to the bangs for their ads.

Anyone who is blogging most certainly would love Pyrabang either as a free or Gold member. It is a great opportunity to advertise your blog or a product/service or perhaps you have something you want to show just for fun. Do you have a YouTube video; promote it here. Pyrabang offers multiple categories for members to place their ads; from business opportunities to beauty and fashion to humor to television and video. There is something for everybody.

Pyrabang calls their program the "new media", and, without a doubt, they are right. You have nothing to lose by trying out the Pyrabang program and everything to gain. The pig latin takes a little while to process, but overall it is a great new advertising platform that bloggers shouldn't be without. I invite you to get Pyrabanged by CLICKING HERE.

Beginner List Builders

Beginner list builders can get excited about the TrafficWave program. It is an automated e-mail marketing program targeted to beginners. In general, to utilize an autoresponder you need to have a blog, a website, or a squeeze page. But what TrafficWave provides to the beginner are HOSTED LEAD CAPTURE PAGES. It is also easy to use and offers a free ad tracking service, banner advertising, FFA (free for all) advertising page, tutorials and support forum.

One thing that makes me cringe is when I see internet marketers displaying affiliate links or bloggers that are promoting their blogs to increase their readers but doing nothing to list build. The best way to build a subscriber's list is to offer them a free eBook or newsletter. For example, if I wanted to build a blogging subscriber's list, I would locate an eBook focused on blogging. Here is a great example of a blogger building a subscriber's list -- CLICK HERE.

The TrafficWave program offers free trials for people who would like to try out their tools - PLUS - they offer a very nice compensation program for those that would like to promote it. In fact, many promoters can end up making a monthly 4 figure income with the program in a year's time or sooner. Please CLICK HERE to obtain your free trial. If you would like it FREE for 60 days, I will upgrade your account at the end of the trial period. The cost of the TrafficWave program is $17.95 a month but many users end up utilizing it for free if they share it with a friend or two.

Beginner list builders, this is a great opportunity to start making your own "money in the list" at no cost to you.

Bloggers To Watch

Blogging will be a here today, gone tomorrow scenario for some trying to make money online. However, there are times I come across a blog that has all the right components to it; these bloggers are on their way to earning some nice money. The blog I am mentioning is called Blog of an Internet Marketing Addict.

Why do I think this blog is going to make money? First, the design is eye catching. Second, this blogger has set up an autoresponder right at the top of his header. They are aware about the importance of list building. They are offering a very informative eBook in their subscriber. They are building a reader base, and they are investigating various ways to drive traffic to their blog. Also, they are using a hosted WP theme, and the search engines love WP. Also because it is a hosted blog it is showing this blogger is commited to this site.

Just as an FYI, if you are going to host a blog make sure you go for a 2-year hosting plan because Google for some reason gives 2-year hosted plan sites more kudoos. It demonstrates to them that this site is a long-term project and not a fly-by-night presentation; primarily the reason why I don't have a hosted blog because I am not really sure which way I want to go with anything at the moment, but I do know a couple things about winners, and this blog is on its way up.

Check out this blog and you will see why I believe this is one blogger on the rise to online success.

Squidoo Drives Traffic

Bloggers that want to drive traffic to their sites need to utilize Squidoo. There are many ways to drive traffic and this is one of them. I see some bloggers utilizing Squidoo but they are not taking full advantage of it.

If you are going to use Squidoo, you are going to do more than just make a lens. You are going to want to insert your RSS feed into it, you are going to want to utilize the Tweeter plug-in option, you are going to want to take advantage of their monetization models, and you are definitely going to want to get involved in the communities. This program also offers directory listings just for lenses.

Because the search engines are Squidoo friendly, you are going to want to make sure you utilize keywords so the engines will know what your lens is about. Creating a lens obviously takes some time, but it is well worth your effort. You are going to want to place a Squidoo banner on your blog (they have 125 x 125) when you have completed your lens; so you see you will be directing readers of your Squidoo lens to your blog and vice versa.

For bloggers that are into Clickbank or those that are already into Squidoo, there is an eBook available for you to market called Squidoo Cash Machine. I ran into a Squidoo lens last week where the writer explained that she had purchased this eBook and applied its marketing methods and had an increase in her primary sales. She had also sold a couple of the eBooks; so you may want to take a look at it and see if this is something you want to market or personally read.

Free Viral Global Advertising for Bloggers

Free viral global advertising for bloggers and website owners is available in a new program that is getting ready to launch. This program is called The Widgeteers. If you are an EntreCard participant you will really like this. I actually think everybody who wants to drive traffic to their blogs and websites is going to enjoy this.

So what is it? First and foremost, it is free to join. What The Widgeteers program is going to do is allow you to create widget ads for yourself promoting your blog, product, services, etc. and these widgets are going to be displayed on everybody's blog or website that contains the Widgeteer code. You would also need to place a Widgeteer code on your site. This is an advertising bartering system that I think is going to be hot.

The widgets that you will display on your site are very attractive. These are not ugly ad designs. You can have them set up as an Adsense type block ad or you can set it up to appear where you would display your 125 x 125 banners. Right at this moment they have not launched and the widget code is not available for me to display on my blog, but you can get signed up and write up your ads.

Check out The Widgeteer and see what you think. It should be able to aid you in receiving more traffic to help you build your online business.

Forum Marketing

Forum marketing; if you haven't ventured into it you really should; especially if you are trying to make money online. I have noted many bloggers hang out in blogging communities but not too many venture over into the make money forums. This is a way to get added exposure to your blog.

When you register to be a member of any forum, you will be given a control panel and in this control panel you can upload pictures and many other things, BUT the most important thing you can do is fill out the signature line section. This is where you are going to place your blog URL and people do look at them. Why? Because they want to check you out; they want to see what you are about especially if you are new to that particular forum community.

Some people when they first go into forums are afraid to post to them. I don't blame them. I was scared to death myself when I first started. Make sure you read the posting rules for each forum if you are new to forum marketing because you may unknowingly break a rule. I have had a hand slap before for posting in the wrong section or for doing something else I had no idea I was doing wrong. Jump around the threads of each forum and find something of interest you can post to and keep doing it. In time you will begin networking and meeting other like-minded people.

I do many types of internet marketing but by far forum marketing is my favorite because it can become very social. I have developed a circle of internet marketing friends through the forums. It is nice to have. You don't always feel so isolated when working online.

The main forum I work out of is the Money Maker Group forum or MMG forum. I am currently working with a group in the "Teambuilder Section" of the forum for the TrafficWave program. TrafficWave program supplies THE most important tool any internet marketer can have and that is an autoresponder. Any successful marketer online will have one. Come visit me at MMG and see what I do; just look for Annie.

Get your toes wet in forum marketing; it will gain your blog new exposure and you could end up making some new online friends at the same time. Yes, I know the picture of the dog has nothing to do with forum marketing, but I thought it was cute and just stuck it in there.

Bloggers Not List Building

The majority of bloggers are concerned about their RSS feed, their Technorati ranking, and their backlinks to obtain a great pagerank and receive potential traffic from the search engines. However, the one thing that I keep noticing is that bloggers are not list building. I come across many website owners as well who are not doing this. This is just as important as the above-mentioned factors if you plan to earn money online for the long-term.

As you know, not every reader of your blog or website is coming to take you up on your offer. It is important to offer that reader something other than asking them to sign for your RSS feed, give you a Digg, etc. in order to stay in contact with them. If you have an autoresponder embedded into your site, you can offer your readers a free eBook, a free sample, free EntreCards, etc. in order to have them submit their information to you. This is list building, and by doing so you are able to send out a newsletter or a HOT PRODUCT announcement to your subscribers. This is a great way to do business with people that would have exited your site and never looked back.

The free report I offer on this blog is actually a 13-page report that is delivered to each subscriber one page at a time over the course of 20 days. I can tell the autoresponder when to deliver and who to deliver to. I can use my WYSIWYG editor to create some great-looking sales letters. I am able to transfer subscribers from one autoresponder to another. If you are not into the appearance of an autoresponder setup on your site, you can also have people subscribe via e-mail. This is what mine would look like if I used it here anabella.DEFAULT@info.trafficwave.net

I am also able to use my autoresponder for FREE. I pay nothing for it due to the compensation program at TrafficWave. Most autoresponder programs only offer a commission program to their members, but TrafficWave offers much more so that you can actually make a long-term residual income. Many just use the TW tools and pay $17.95 a month for them and others promote them to partake in the earning opportunity.

If you are a blogger that would like to trial an autoresponder, I can offer you a free trial with the TrafficWave program. TW not only offers multiple autoresponders and WYSIWYG editor for sales letters. It also offers free ad tracking, free hosted lead capture pages, free banner advertising, and a free FFA (free for all) advertising page for you to use. It is very easy to use. To get the autoresponder embedded into this blog, all I did was copy and paste a code that TrafficWave provided me and I made sure my sales letters were all set up should anybody want my free report.

As I said above, I can offer you a free trial with the TrafficWave program for 30 days. If you do not like it and feel it is not for you, you simple unsubscribe and you are done with it. Bloggers need to list build in order to earn more in less time. I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to play around with these tools and see for yourself what they can do for your online success.

If you CLICK HERE you will see a listing of the TrafficWave autoresponder features. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can click on the 30-day free trial button and get yourself set up. This doesn't cost you anything and you will have free access to the TW tools.

EntreCard Credits Contest and More - HUGE!!!

I was just doing my daily EntreCard drops and came upon one awesome contest that each and every blogger will want to take part in. This contest is being hosted by Shanker Bashi dot Com, a blogging guru who you will no doubt want to follow. He is not only offering free EntreCard credits but free advertising and more.

The EntreCard program is an advertising program where bloggers list their sites, post the EntreCard logo on their site and also display other bloggers 125 x 125 banners in exchange for cards. Can't make a 125 x 125 banner? Entrecard provides the tools for you to make your very own so there is no fear.

EntreCard offers a great bartering system for bloggers who would like to draw more attention to their blogs. EntreCard contests are just one of the ways bloggers go about doing this, and a contest being held by Shanker Bashi dot Com is something definitely to get excited about. If you do not already have an EntreCard account, you can just look to the right-hand side and you will see my logo for the program. Just click through and set up an account; it is free to join. Get in on this awesome contest and earn some free EntreCard credits or advertising. Looks like lots of fun.

Only 3 Days Left for the $10 Sign-Up Bonus

The Pepperjam Ad Network's promotional $10 Sign-Up Bonus will end in 3 days. If you have not signed with this network, you really should. This ad network was created by affiliate marketers for affiliate marketers, so they are well aware of all the ups and downs you can face when monetizing.

Of note, and this is very important, I have seen postings here and there by people that are interested to join but have not done so because they think this ad network is just for people who own websites. This is far from the truth. Bloggers are the driving force behind Pepperjam. They love bloggers.

I missed out on the $10 sign-up bonus; don't do the same. I think I have a black cloud hanging over me because I always miss out on these great deals. If you have been sitting on the fence with this one; don't waste your time. It is a great ad network. You will love it.

Top 101 Blog Directories and RSS Submission Sites

I ran across a very informative blog today about blog directories and RSS submission sites and would like to make mention of it here because I often see bloggers or website owners writing about backlinks and directories. Today I was just buzzing around and came across this awesome FREE site for bloggers. The guy who writes this blog updates it weekly. Just because he is constantly on top of this blog with updates, I love it already. I can't tell you how many times I have clicked on links and they no longer work; very frustrating when you are trying to get something like this accomplished.

If you are a blogger, make sure you set aside some time to go through this blog and then roll up your sleeves to get to work. This should aid you tremendously -- http://trafficnymphomaniac.com/

Monetizing your Blog or Website with Bidvertiser

Now that Adsense has concluded its referral program, I am curious to see what affects it will have on site owners' monetization models. I have used Bidvertiser as an advertiser with good results but never implemented it into my own website's or blog's monetization because, let's face it, Adsense is convenient. If you utilize the Blogger platform to create a blog, Adsense is already programmed in there. I believe Adsense is the most highly used monetization model there is online.



Since I had used Bidvertiser in the past as an advertiser, I had considered utilizing it for my sites but never got around to it. I am a fairly new blogger and website creator so have just utilized what was recommended or already there. However, this morning I think I saw the writing on the wall that it was time to switch; actually I have no choice.

I received a mail this morning that my Adsense account had been disabled. It appears some reader came to my blog and clicked on quite a few Adsense ads, and I am now being held liable for that user's actions by having my account disabled. Adsense encourages you to play around with ad placement, and I had utilized the ad placement in my Blogger platform by placing Adsense ads in between my postings; not a good thing to do because you could have your account disabled if some clicking happy reader enters your site. I have put in an appeals and will see what happens, but at the present time I have finally taken the Bidvertiser jump. I am doing this because I have no choice, but I am curious to see how many site owners will be doing this in the future just because of the conclusion of the Adsense referral program. I am confident many site owners rely on Adsense referral income.

One thing I definitely like about Bidvertiser is that you will be paid once your account reaches $10 via Paypal, which is a much better scenario for the beginner blogger or website owner because you can't collect on Adsense until your account reaches $100. Monetizing my website or blog with BidVertiser may be a better monetization method for me as well as others. I am being more cautious with how many text ads I place on all my sites and will see how it goes.

Make Money by Blogging or Creating a Website-2

To make money by blogging or by creating a website, there is a tool you must have if you want to succeed online and that is a keyword research tool to help you locate niches and keywords to help you construct your written content so your blog or website is going to rank well in the search engines. Ranking well in the search engines is imperative if you are going to make money online. If you can key into this and get your website or blog to achieve really good rankings, it is going to save you a lot of time and money in marketing and advertising. There is one thing all websites and blogs need to survive and that is traffic and nothing is more finer than a keyword-specific site that is ranking very nicely in the search engines because traffic will be plentiful.

I use the SiteSell service to build my websites and they have an excellent niche finder and keyword tool included in their service package. Because I use this service and have had good results with it, this is obviously my first recommendation to anybody who wants to build a website and doesn't know how, however, even some seasoned internet marketers use this service as well.

If you do not want a website and want to blog, you still need a keyword research tool to be successful. There is a very popular keyword research tool called the Micro Niche Finder 2.0 that is very inexpensive and will no doubt lead you to higher profits. I always see a lot of buzz about backlinks, which are important, but I hardly ever see any mention of article marketing and this is so important to your online success. Article marketing is going to bring you loads of traffic if you know how to do it. This is what the Micro Niche Finder 2.0 does. It is a tool you will use to locate a not too broad and not too small niche and it also is going to show you how to utilize article marketing and a few other things that will increase your online profits.

When you click on the link above, they are going to ask you for your name and e-mail address. Once you submit your information, you will be given a link where you can view this tool in action and also see for yourself the new methods of monetization available to you. If you want to target your traffic and get lots of it to make money by blogging, you really need to utilize some type of keyword research tool, and this is the one I highly recommend to all bloggers.

Make Money by Blogging or Creating a Website

You can make money by blogging or creating a website online. In fact, if you really want to make some money online; you MUST have a blog or a website. If you want to tote around affiliate links without a base for them, you will make some money if you work very hard, but the key to really making money online is to have a blog or a website (a website is going to do better).

Blogs and websites should be focused on a particular theme or niche. I think this is the most confusing part for people. It gets even more confusing if you have no idea how to blog or how to build a website. If you want to learn how to blog, there is some really great information at How to Make Money Online for Beginners. This information is free and is presented in 5 lessons. This is the blog I used to learn how to blog. The writer is a phenomenal writer by the name of Grizzly who has a very large following. He is extremely informative and his material is very easy to understand.

I said earlier that a website is going to do better than a blog. What I forgot to mention is that blogs will do fine with a simple content site, but if you want to build a long-term money-making business, you need a website. As a point of interest, with blogs you should post to them daily to rank well in the search engines; while with websites you should focus on posting 2 articles a week to achieve optimal rankings. Also, research has shown that blog readers typically read the first 3 postings to a blog, whereas with websites people typically explore them. Any article I work really hard on, I am not going to put into a blog because I know that once I get to my 4th or 5th posting, most people will never see that article again.

How do I know this? I use a great service to build websites that is loaded with information on everything you can think about websites and blogging. In fact, I think it could be the best service available online; especially for people who have no idea how to put together a website (like myself). If you are trying to figure out if you would like to blog or build a website, please CLICK HERE to view a very informative article produced by the website service I use, SiteSell. If you would like to use the SiteSell service to build a website, there should be a link in the article if you want to use their service. I bought my site from them for $300 and right now they have it on sale for $100 until July 6th, so jump on it if you want to do it. These guys are the tops and will provide you with all the tools you need (niche identifier, keyword tools, search engine submissions, and so much more) to get your site to the top of the search engines.

The bottom line is that if you really want to make money online, you have to have a blog or website. If I want a site just based on a simple concept, maybe an affilate program I am in, I am going to go to blog, but if I have a topic with many lefts and rights, I am going to go to a website.