How to Create a DVD without Spending a Dime

Anybody can create blog quickly and easily with all the blog creation tools available today. But once your blog is created, getting traffic to the blog is another issue entirely. Just because you built a blog doesn’t mean anyone will visit it. You must create traffic by promoting the blog and the more traffic you drive to the blog the more money you’ll make. Here are three methods I’ve personally used to drive traffic to my blog. They’ll work for you too.

1. Add Fresh Content on a Regular Basis

Once you’ve created your blog, it’s not time to forget about it. A new blog needs regular blog posts until it becomes established in the search engines. Try to update your blog with a new post daily for the first month. You have to give blog readers and search engines a reason to come back to your blog frequently and new posts are the best way.

Search engines generally love blogs but only blogs that are updated with new content on a regular basis. A blog that isn’t updated with new posts regularly is as stale as any other site and won’t get much attention from either the search engines or visitors. The more interesting or informative your posts are the more likely visitors are to return in the future to see what you have to say.

2. Make Comments on Relevant Blogs

Another way to increase blog traffic is to make comments on other blogs. The best way is to find high PR links from blogs on the same topic. You can use your favorite search engine or Google’s BlogSearch tool. You shouldn’t have much problem finding several blogs on similar topics.

Take some time to read several posts on the blog to get a feel for it. Then make a constructive comment to one of the posts. Don’t just comment with some rubbish, contribute to the conversation. If your comment adds value, people will be more likely to want to visit your blog. Leave your name and a link to your blog to allow readers and easy way to click over to your blog.

3. Really Simple Syndication

RSS is really simple syndication and most blogs come with it these days. I use aweber’s autoresponder service which comes with the capability to send an email notification to a list every time you make a new blog post. This is helpful because not every reader who reads your blog will remember to come back frequently. A friendly email reminder increases repeat visits to your blog which is more traffic.

RSS works very similar to an opt-in list. You just put a simple form on your blog and allow visitors to provide their name and an email address. Now they’ll be notified every time a new post is made to your blog. It’s very simple to do and is a great way to increase blog traffic. Visit CyberCashology.com to see an example.

These are not the only three effective methods to increase blog traffic; future articles will look at other effective methods for driving traffic to blogs.

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If you think of Wednesday as “hump day”, chances are you have a job. Honestly, I’m often not certain what day it is. I’ll have to check out a calendar to be sure. Actually I just put my mouse over the clock at the bottom right of my screen and it will tell me what day of the week it is. When I had a job I certainly knew what day it was; I knew exactly what time it was and how long until 5 o’clock.

Recently I was talking to my mother who was going to help my sister move. The trip required a plane flight and I’m allergic to physical labor so I didn’t participate. Anyway, the day before my mother was leaving I asked what I thought was an innocent question about my sister: “Is she taking the day off from work tomorrow?” My mother rolled her eyes. Then announced that tomorrow was Saturday Oh, really I thought. How could I be so stupid?

You’ll forget what day it is too when you learn how to make money online. Friday? Wednesday? There’s not much difference to me at this point. You’ll find yourself not living for the weekend anymore. You’ll probably not like the weekend as much as you used to because all the people with jobs are out clogging up the roads, stores, golf courses and everything else.

Not only that but you’ll pay more to deal with these crowds. Isn’t that backwards? Weekend golf is not nearly as enjoyable as it used to be. What’s the point of paying twice as much to play a slower round on the weekend when I can pay half-price and play a much quicker round during the week? Living “off peak” is one of the many luxuries you’ll enjoy when you master the skill of making money online.

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Tim Gary knows how to build one way links. Here’s what he said: “In the first month alone, I counted 31 new one way links and a noticeable increase in traffic too. The service is ideal for anyone who wants to increase their incoming links ranking, and traffic on autopilot.”

There are many ways to drive traffic to a blog and blog carnivals are one of them. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of a blog carnival. I’m not sure why it’s called a carnival but roughly each week a blog owner will host the carnival and other blog owners submit posts from their blogs for consideration. There is a deadline for submissions which is usually a day or two before the blog carnival.

The person hosting the blog carnival will peruse the blog posts submitted and choose which ones to include. The host will make a post on the host blog with links to each of the posts included in the blog carnival. Hosts are free to do what they want. Some will select a top post or a top ten and say something about each of them. Other hosts will just post a list of all the blog posts submitted without much introduction.

Blog carnivals tend to attract a lot of visitors and each visitor will potentially visit your blog by clicking on the link to the post you submitted. Whatever the topic of your blog, you should no problems finding several relevant blog carnivals. If you’re really ambitious, you can host a blog carnival on your blog. It’s really very simple and doesn’t take much time.

Search for “blog carnivals” on the Internet if you’re not certain where to start. There is also a popular site that lists hundreds of blog carnivals and includes an easy submission form which only takes a few seconds to complete. All you need to do is copy the permalink from the post you’re submitting and the form will autocomplete all the other information except your name and email address. It’s that quick and easy.

You can search for more specific blog carnivals in your niche by performing more specific searches like maybe “golf blog carnival” if you have a blog about golf. That’s a good exercise for other reasons than finding blog carnivals. You might find a few new blogs to add the list of blogs you like to read. This is so brain dead simple that you should do it right now while you’re thinking about it. You can find a blog carnival and submit a post very quickly. Then you can sit back and watch the traffic come in.

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Would you like to convert your personal computer into your personal cash register? If you answered “yes,” then you’ll want to visit the CyberCa$hology Blog to learn how to run a successful internet business

The allure of the world wide web with its ability to quickly open up global markets to smart ecommerce business owners with product and services to sell but one of the drawbacks is that the good domains are gone, right? The days of quickly finding several good .com domains have all but disappeared and it’s getting harder and harder to even find good domain names with less attractive extensions like .net, org, and .biz. If you don’t act fast, you’ll be stuck with a lowly .info domain.

If you actually believe that, think again because it’s far from the truth. If you just use a little imagination and creativity, it won’t take very long to find a memorable .com name for your domain but it might take a bit longer than it did a few years ago. Then again, you might be surprised to find your first choice still available.

A recent personal experience proved how many good domain names are ripe for the picking. A domain for a product that shows you how to create a physical DVD (and have it produced & shipped) for free was first on my list. After discovering createdvd.com to be taken, I found my second choice - CreateDVDProduct.com - available. Next I went looking for a domain for a product that demonstrates the ease with which you can create customized covers for CDs & DVDs. This one was little more difficult but in short order I found DVDnCDCovers.com. Both DVDs are now being sold on the respective sites.

CreateVideoProduct.com is the domain I selected for a product that shows you how to create your own online video course. That domain was surprisingly easy to find too. “Webmaster Basics for Internet Entrepreneurs” at TheWebmasterBasics.com is a popular 3 volume DVD set for anyone who wants to learn the basic webmaster tasks required to run a successful Internet business. These domain names may be considered too long by some but they describe the products to a “T” and are attracting search engine traffic already.

You want always find it this easy though. The day will come when you might get frustrated by the challenge of finding a good .com domain for your site but all you need to do is be creative. One possibility is to try using a letter like an “a”, “e”, or “i” or a short word like in the domain name. Another possibility is using the letter n in place of the word and. Still another possibility is replacing “s” with “z”. BlogCarnivalz.com was the product of using that little trick. Notice the keyword phrase “blog carnival” is still part of the domain. Tap into your creative intuition and the ideas will flow freely. The simple fact of the matter is that good .com names are plentiful.

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