Happy Halloween!

I know I am a few hours early (depending on what time zone you are in) but it's not like anyone is going to celebrate Halloween on a Sunday. Tonight is the night to celebrate!

Halloween parties, trick or treating, halloween family events, etc... it's all happening tonight. So, get out there and have some fun.

If you are in a country that doesn't celebrate halloween then just go have some fun anyway :-)

It's ok to take a night off from your business. It will still be there in the morning (at least I hope).

Well, everyone have fun tonight! Above all things please be safe.

I am off to celebrate Halloween.

Talk to you later,
Trent

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Tips for Increasing Your Linking Campaign

Alrighty everyone, I found another great article dealing with the topic of our great little blog we have here. I hope you enjoy it and learn something from it.

Here you go...

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7 Tips To Increase Your Linking Campaign Rate By 300% Easily
By Mouloud Siaci

During the current article I will share with you some tips and I will show you how you can:

1. Boost Your Link Popularity,

2. Drive Targeted Prospects to Your Products for Free,

3. Improve Your Search Engines Rankings,

4. Get the Most From Your Time!

Let's get started!

Many people are underestimating one of the biggest traffic driver - beside search engines. You probably do.

Did you know that your link popularity is responsible of 54% of your traffic?

Instead, over than half of your prospects will hear about you from other sites they visit!

Incoming links to your website are that important!

The number on incoming links to your website -- called your link popularity -- is vital for the future of your online business.

Plus, more customers find your web site through links than through the search engines... So you get a double traffic bonus through linking strategies.

Let me please show you why.

Here it is...

5 Years ago the major search engines realized that the most effective way to decide if your website has valuable content - and is therefore worth a high ranking - is to see how many other websites link to your site.

The Google search engine (to name one) is depending on this data.

Let's face it.

The #1 key to top search engine positioning today doesn't involve title tags or any other type of meta tags.

These all parameters are constantly changing... But there is ONE formula in the search engines algorithms that will last forever... It is your link popularity!

Almost major search engines such as Google and Yahoo look primarily at your link popularity to determine your rank.

"Boost Link Popularity = Targeted Traffic on the long run"

And here are few of major search engines that rely on link popularity: Google, Yahoo, Alltheweb, AltaVista, AOL, HotBot and MSN.

So...

How to Boost Your Link Popularity?

The key to grow your incoming links network is Quality rather than quantity of referring web sites.

Let me explain.

It is far more rewarding for you to place your link into one busy site than into hundreds or thousands of small sites.

So you need to do some research work before you proceed any further.

And don't worry! Here you will find a simple tool that will perform the research for you. So you don't have to browse the Internet on your own!

Let's recap!

1. You have to create your own "directory" of sites within your niche.

2. You have to select the most valuable sites to get a huge boost both in traffic and in search engine ranking.

3. You Don't Want Passive Links!

Passive links sit in poor locations waiting for Net users to click on them. Why do you need to place hundreds links to your site that drive almost no traffic?

Because this will cost you both money and time. And it is absolutely useless for you!

On the other hand, One "active" link placed in a trafficked location will out produce hundreds other links. It is worth the work of seeking out such valuable locations around the Web.

It is a matter of the highest output -- Please, always get the most of your invested time and money and no less. Period.

Here are seven additional tips to work on before you start your link campaigns:

1. Do not bother to solicit a link from a framed site, since their PageRank is not reliable.

2. Make sure you share the same key words as your link partner.

3. Make sure your website looks professional.

4. Make sure there are no broken links on your website.

5. Make sure there are no more than 10 outbound links on your web page.

6. Find the contact details for the owner of the website.

7. Use their contact form or submission form to contact the webmaster.

And much more information and tips on the website.

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Learn How to Get 300% in Linking Positive Answers and Locate the Most Valuable Sites to Place Your Shortcuts! With ONE Easy-to-use Software.

To request the download link, send a blank email to: software-request@freeautobot.com

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Linking is very important to your website and business success. I hope you take the information from this article seriously. It will be very good for your business!

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Free Targetted Traffic Tip -- Content Sites

Today I came across an article that I really liked, and thought it would be a perfect fit for our blog. I have pasted it below. I hope you enjoy it!

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Drive More Targeted Traffic And Sales Than Mini-Sites And Gateway-Pages Combined
By Charles Longsworth

Many top gurus promoted mini-sites as the cheapest and easiest way to make a profit from an affiliate program.

Nevertheless, in spite of good intentions, it's well known that true-lasting success with the search engines, (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.) is through a Theme-Based Keyword Focused Content site; which beats a mini-site and Door-way pages combined, anytime.

That is because a mini-site is not a viable concept for the average webmaster or affiliate, selling products of their own - or for a merchant partner. Lets look at these concepts.

What is a Theme-Based Keyword Focused Content Site? What is is a Mini-Site? And, What is a Gateway Page?

A theme-based keyword focused content site, is based upon a theme where every page focuses upon a single topic that is related to the theme. For example…

Let us say that your theme is soccer. Then, the theme-base related web pages will be about soccer and would include …

MLS Soccer - the soccer professional league in USA FIFA - the international soccer federation World Cup - Soccer's international world tournament The Euro Cup - European soccer's tournament Copa America - Latin America soccer's tournament Soccer Mom's Soccer Reviews Soccer Paraphernalia Etc… Etc.

Each of the above will be a specific topic, and each topical page is a "Keyword Content Focused Page. A theme-based site could grow well over 200 pages, each on a different topic, all related to the site's central theme (soccer). The sum total of all the information forms the content of your site.

Best of all, a tightly focused theme-base site scores well at the search engines for hundreds of soccer-related keywords that will indefinitely drive unlimited targeted traffic to your theme site, selling unlimited soccer related products.

On the other hand, Mini-Sites are small Affiliate sites that focus on selling a single product. It could be a short as one or two pages, and as long as 20 pages. It is composed entirely of a powerful sales letter that drives a visitor to a merchant's site.

Although, a mini-site is a well intended concept it's not a viable alternative for most products.. Here are a few of the drawbacks.

1. Hard to build traffic. Because they don't do well on the search engines. They aren't built to rank highly on the search engines, or to draw traffic from the most flexible directories.

2. No Credibility. Does not establish credibility in you or your product. A mini-site is a one time straight pitch sales copy; and, no one buys from a straight pitch Web site unless they previously have known, respect, and trust, a well-known authority related to the site's product.

3. No Diversification. If your mini-site sales copy fails to convert your prospect into a buyer, you've most likely lost that visitor for good.

In comparison, the Theme-Based Content Site offers greater opportunities for Affiliate and Webmasters.

1. Traffic The theme-based content site is full of content-rich pages designed to attain a high search engine ranking. On the merits of their valuable content they will draw substantial traffic from the Directories.

2. Credibility: They are great credibility builders because they're PREselling rather than hard selling.

3. Diversification Each page of a theme-based site may have from 5 and up to 10 links to merchants partner's sites for different related products..

Now, let us compare a mini-site that is about a certain manufacturer's soccer balls, versus a theme-based content site that is all about soccer.

A visitor to a mini-site falls within two categories …

(S)he needs new soccer balls (S)he doesn't need new soccer balls

While they may not need new soccer balls, they may need soccer shoes, soccer stockings, a sport's bag, soccer books, and tapes; maybe even a trip to a soccer camp, or travel arrangements to international soccer events, including hotel and transportation.

Now, suppose your visitor, upon reading your sales pitch for soccer balls says …. "No … I've just got a new ball", and then returns to the main page for more articles; do you think that placing the same link to those balls in the next article of your mini-site is going to be any more effective? No --- your visitor still recently bought a new soccer ball.

Nevertheless, because of the great content with in-context links on your theme-based site, the prospect may develop an interest on soccer related books, products, or services, etc.

The Theme-Based Sites vs. Gateway Pages

Gateway pages are trick sites used to trick the search engines. Generally, low-value pages that score well with the engines but fail to deliver good content. They may get the visitor, but fail to get the click through, the purchase, and the repeat business.

Tricks such as invisible links, lead search engines spiders through a site. Though they initially work, success is of short duration with devastating side effects, such as the visitor disdain, and getting band by the search engines.

A Theme-Based site, on the other hand, will OVER-deliver great content while playing it fair and safe with the search engines by leading their spiders reliably through your site. Their visible links do as good as the Doorway pages hidden links, and will never fade in effectiveness. That is because you are creating real content and not spider bait!

The Theme-Based approach is 100% different. First, you find a theme you know and love, with lots of profitable keywords. Second, research hundreds of profitable keywords (greater demand and less supply) related to your products or services. Third, you build a theme-base content site with great content, that ranks high on the search engines, delivers unlimited PREsold targeted traffic, and gets the click-through to your selling site, or a merchant's site.

As you can see…. The theme-based content focused site wins over a mini-site or gateway pages anytime. The secret of their successful high ranking on the search engines, is that each page is build around a highly profitable keyword content focused page.

The process may seem long, complex and tedious; and, indeed, it could be. Nevertheless, with the right guidance and tools it's easier than you think. In fact the entire process could be automated.


About the Author:

Charles Longsworth, Ph.D. An online expert consultant on internet business marketing automation systems that really works. For FREE consultation contact him at http://www.internet-business-automation.com/content. Subscribe to “Automation Gazette” his official voice since 2000 at http://www.internet-business-automation.com/subscribe. 6 FREE Subscription Bonus when you join.

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Great article, isn't it? Well, I thought so! It is such a true concept that I always tell people when I help them start their businesses. A content rich, theme-based website, that you build up over time, will be much more beneficial to your long-term business success than any amount of mini-sites.

Don't get me wrong, I love mini-sites too. In fact, I have 5 of them. However, I focus much more on building my content sites because I know they are vital to my success. Use mini-sites in conjunction with content sites and you will have a POWERFUL combination.

Until next time... Have a great day! Now, get going on that content rich website.

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Home Business Success Tip -- Learn from the Experts

There really is NO guarantee of success when starting a work at home business, however, you can make it a lot more likely that you will succeed by learning from, and following, the "gurus" of home business.

Find a home business expert, or guru (as they are commonly called), that is well-known, respected, and very knowledgeable, then model what they do. After you have mastered their style, you can create your own twist to it.

Of course, there are a lot of these gurus out there so don't try to take advice from them all or you will find yourself getting nowhere. It's best just to stick to one style, that you really like, and follow it.

Also, make sure you don't listen to just any so called "guru" ... ask around for opinions on them, check out some of their websites, try contacting them, etc... make sure they really are a well-known and respected expert in your particular business industry.

You can find a list that I put together of 17 of the most well-known, respected, and knowledgeable internet marketers in the world. These guys are true "gurus" and you won't find many people disputing that fact. You will find the guru list in the first column of this page: Top Home Business Web Resources

Until next time... Have a great night!

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Work at Home Business Marketing Success Tip -- Patience

You must be patient in running your marketing and business as a whole. Unless you are patient, it will be difficult to stay commited and build a successful business.

You must view marketing as an investment, be consistent, and make prospects confident. This will not happen over night, so you must be patient.

I am sure you have heard the saying, "Patience is a virtue." ... Well, it is quite true in running a business and/or marketing campaign.


Until next time... have a great night!

Dedicated to your business marketing success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Work at Home Success Tip -- Unproductive Marketing

Let's face it... there are so called "marketing" tasks you do everyday that are quite unproductive.

By Stopping Unproductive Marketing Activities you will be freeing yourself up for more time to spend on productive marketing.

Think about all the "marketing" tasks you do in a day. Which ones are making you money or at least a part of something that is making you money ... and which ones are not? Get rid of the bad and keep the good. It's that simple!

If you must do all those "other" tasks then hire a college student to do them. You will know that he or she will be educated, will need the money, will work for fairly cheap, and it will give them good experience. It's a win/win situation for both of you.

OK, I can hear you through the computer screen saying, "I don't have extra money to be paying someone." This may be true now, but adding more productive marketing to your business day will increase your revenues. There, now you have money to pay your college intern.

Now, get out there and find yourself a way to free up time for productive marketing tasks!

Until next time... Have a great day!

Dedicated to your marketing success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Free Business Marketing Resource -- ListDotCom

Well, if you have been in online business, or internet marketing, for more than a few days, then you will no doubt have read something about how "the money is in the list."

Don't take that lightly folks because it is TRUE! It took me a long time to realize that, so I was behind jumping on the Opt-in List Building bandwagon. However, since I started building it, I now realize how important it is. All those people saying "build your list, build your list, build your list" weren't just blowing smoke up my butt.

I have actually talked about this subject in past blog posts (check the archives), so why do I bring it up again? ... Well ... it's because I have found a way to build a huge opt-in list for free, and it's much easier than waiting for thousands of people to sign-up from your website.

There are many ways to build your list. Probably the most effective is to offer a very informative newsletter on your website with a way for people to sign up for it. However, this way also takes the longest.

There are also numerous "list builders" out there, but most of them use spam, or other unethical business techniques to get their so called opt-ins. These are absolutely NOT worth your time. Do not utilize these.

Then, there are list building programs that actually are legitimate and will help you build an opt-in list without getting you in trouble. These are a happy medium between building your list from scratch by offering a form on your website, and building your list with some "automatic" list building scheme.

These types of lists will not be as responsive as the ones you get from your website, however, they are easier, quicker, and free to build. So, why not give them a try???

I recently signed up for a new free list building program, called ListDotCom.com and it has been quite effective so far. I certainly wouldn't trade my own opt-in list for it, but it's a nice addition to say the least.

They are very legitimate and have been working very well so far...

... and ... it was started and is owned by a very well-known and respected internet marketer whom I happened to have a lot of knowledge of before he ever started List Dot Com.

Here is a little more about the ListDotCom list building program I am talking about (it was taken from a marketing page for them)...

Build a 100,000 member opt-in list in only 30 days!

It has always been said that the money is in the list. And
like in real estate, where the 3 most important things are
"Location, Location, Location." In marketing it's:

The List
The List
The List

It has been said that you can make $1 each and every
month for every member you have to your opt-in list.

So if you have 1000 member, you can make $1000 per month with all different affiliate programs.

If you have you have 15,000 members you can make up to
$15,000 per month. What if you had 100,000 members.

Well there is a new site that helps you get 100,000
members to your opt-in list in under 30 days. The reviews
have been outstanding and it seems that finally every
marketer both big and small have joined this free service.

You get find out more about it here:
ListDotCom.com

Now you can finally have a huge opt-in list for yourself.

Good luck with your marketing!!


Now, I don't know about getting 100,000 members in only 30 days, unless you are a VERY good internet marketer. However, you can still build a nice sized list that will keep growing as long as you keep with it, and it's completely free to sign up for.

Give It A Try... Build Your Opt-in List for Free

If you have any questions let me know.


Dedicated to your marketing success,
Trent Brownrigg

PS - Yes, the links to ListDotCom above are my affiliate links, and you will be under me if you sign-up through them. However, I still recommend them, whether you use my links or not.

Have a great day!

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Work at Home Business Success Tip -- Marketing Hour

One HUGE business marketing secret is setting up an exact time to make sure you market your business.

Let's say you make the time Thursday at 12:00pm(Noon) to 1:00pm. Now, set aside that one hour every single week, NO MATTER WHAT!

Stick to that hour above all other things on that day. No matter what else comes up, think of that hour as a life or death commitment.

Doing this will ensure you always get your marketing done and it will help you expand on your marketing. During that hour you may get on a roll and continue for many hours. Or, you may think of some great marketing techniques, find marketing sites, marketing resources, etc... that you can come back to later on.

Keep your Marketing Hour every week at the same time and you will be surprised where it takes you!

Dedicated to your business marketing success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Home Business Success Tip -- Creative Time of Day

It is a proven fact that certain times of the day are the most creative and productive for people. Utilizing this time of day will do wonders for your business.

Some people are most creative and/or productive in the morning, Others are at night. I am sure by now you know what time of day it is for you.

It may not even really be a time of day. Some people are at their "best" after a nap, or after exercising, or in the shower, etc...

The point is that there is a time of the day when you can really come up with that great idea for your business, or get some of that business "to do" list done, or think of a JV idea or product, or anything else there is to do with your business or personal life.

Most people are brought up thinking that "work time" is from about 8:00am to 5:00pm. By simply reversing this way of thinking, and making your work time the part of the day when you are at your best, you will be much more effective.


Until next time... have a great day!

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg
Work at Home Opportunities, Ideas, Resources, and Articles

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Home Business Success Tip -- Goals

Here is a great business success tip... Goals...

Use Goals To Get Where You Want To Go

Goals are very critical to your success. If you do not have goals for your business then you have no real direction to go in. It's sort of like being stuck in the desert without a compass... You want to get out but you don't know which way to go.

When you have business goals then you do know where to go and what you will need to get there.

When you write down your goals, you are no longer wishing you were successful, you are on your way to success.

When deciding on your business goals, it's a good idea to use the SMART formula. Be sure that your business goals are

(1) Sensible
(2) Measurable
(3) Achievable
(4) Realistic
(5) Time-specific

These five criteria are very important. Do not simply write down that you want to "be rich" or "quit your job" or "retire young" ... etc...

Instead write down how you will achieve it, how long it will take, what you need, etc... and be realistic about it.


Until next time... Have a great night! Now, go and get your business goals written down.

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Search Engine Optimization / Ranking Tip -- Site Map

One good way to optimize your website for the search engines and increase your rankings is to include a site map on all pages of your website.

In your site map be sure to include the links to all the pages of your website. This will help the search engines find and also index all your pages.

When the search engine spiders crawl your site they don't always enter from the home page, so it's good to give them a site map to find all the pages of your site.

Even if they do start from the home page, you probably don't have a link to all the other pages of your site from it. Once again, a site map will help the spiders find all your pages.

There is a LOT of evidence to show that search engines like a tightly linked site. Having a site map on every page, that links to all pages on your site, will ensure you have a tightly linked site.

OK, now you know, a site map will help with your search engine optimization aka search engine rankings. They are not too difficult to make or include on your site, so I recommend you get started on it right now.

Until next time... Have a great night!

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg
Home Busines Team - Home Based Business

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Free Search Engine Ranking Tip -- Keyword Rich Domain Name

A good way to help your site in the search engines, with keyword targetting and relevancy, is to register a keyword rich domain name.

There is varying opinions on whether or not this will really help your ranking in the search engines. My opinion is that it certainly can't hurt and it is more likely help.

At the very least it tells your human visitors exactly what your site is about. For instance... if your site is about "work at home opportunities" then you want your visitors to be people who are looking to work at home. If they see a link to your site and the domain is www.yourname.com it tells them nothing. However, if your domain is www.work-at-home.com then they are much more likely to click.

As for the search engine rankings and keyword relevancy... If you target "work at home jobs in iowa" then make your domain name www.work-at-home-jobs-iowa.com so you get the extra keywords and high relevancy.

Make sure you include the dashes. This is important because search engines can read "work-at-home.com" much easier than they can read "workathome.com"

So you see, having keyword rich domains can be very good for search engine rankings and human visitors.

Until next time... Have a great night!

Dedicated to your success,
Trent Brownrigg
Work at Home Opportunities, Resources

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Free Website Optimization Tip -- Delete Stop Words

Do you know what Stop Words are? Well, I didn't until recently. Maybe I am behind on things or maybe they are just something most people don't know about.

Whether stop words are common knowledge or not, I am going to pretend like I am teaching something, and tell you about them anyway.

Apparently stop words can have an impact on your rankings in the search engines so it is a good search engine optimization technique to take stop words out of your website title tag.

Here are a few examples of stop words:

a, an, and, but, he, her, his, i, in, it, of, on, or, she, the

There are also many other common words and characters ignored by some search engines. The search engines ignore those words to enhance the speed and relevancy of their search results.

So, if you have something like "home business opportunities and work at home information" as your website title, then the search engines may be ignoring the whole second part of your title because they stop at the word "and."

In fact the title tag of my site used to be "work at home jobs and home business opportunities" but after learning this I took the "and" out and added a comma.


Until next time... Have a great night.

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg
Work at Home Jobs, Home Business Opportunities

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Business Marketing Traffic Tip -- Personalized Signature

Adding your handwritten signature to your website is a surefire way to increase credibility and trust with your visitors. Along with the increase in credibility comes and increase in sales and/or business opportunity sign-ups.

I think it's crazy that something as simple as your handwritten signature on your website makes a difference in how you are seen. However, it is true!

When people see your real signature, in an online page, they start to humanize you more. It lets them know that a real person is behind the site and that is very important to many people.

So, scan your signature, edit it into a web graphic, and use it on your website in the saluatation.

When people see your real signature they start to humanize you... they know a real person is behind the site and that is important to many customers.

This is actually a business marketing technique that I have yet to use. I have been meaning to, for quite a while, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I know... I know... I need to practice what I preach. I do have a friend that utilizes his signature on his websites. He says he doesn't have any concrete facts that it has been an effective markeing technique, but he does think it has a positive effect.


Anyway, just get out there and put your handwritten signature on your website.


Until next time... have a great evening! Now, go do some marketing to increase your traffic.

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg

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Business Marketing Tip -- Relevant Information

One of the the most important (possibly the most important) functions of your business marketing should be to establish a good reputation with your prospects.

Show them that you are knowledgeable about your business topic and that they can trust you. Do this by sharing very good, relevant information with them on a regular basis, such as in a newsletter.

Share facts and other information that will help them in their decisions. Don't give them sales pitch after sales pitch. People hear this stuff numerous times everyday and they get tired of hearing it.

As soon as you start throwing a sales pitch at someone an automatic barrier shoots up. You lose credibility and trust with them. Instead sell yourself by overdelivering and giving away free, useful information.

Give them what they need without asking for anything in return, and you will soon have more sales then any old sales pitch would bring in.


Now, go and put together some great information to give to your prospects. This will be a business marketing effort that gives back much more than it takes.

Until next time... Have a great day!

Dedicated to your business success,
Trent Brownrigg
Work at Home Opportunities, Home Business Resources, Business Articles, Money Making Jobs

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