Tag: online entrepreneur
What It Takes To Be A Successful Online Entrepreneur
by admin on Jul.19, 2010, under Uncategorized
There are numerous ways to be a success in life. Financial success isn’t the only benchmark of course. Unfortunately, in these trying times, one cannot live without some financial security to fall back on. You can be the most successful musician, writer or sportsman, but without financial success, you are as good as dead. A great way to augment your income is by being an online entrepreneur.
So how does one become an online entrepreneur anyway? First off, of course, you must have access to a computer with Internet access. After all, being online is the keyword in online entrepreneurship right? If you can’t be online, then what’s the use of trying to be an online merchant? Secure these, a computer with Internet access, and you are ready to rock and roll. It’s time to start planning your online business.
Have you ever thought about what kind of online business you will get into? There are many opportunities for budding online businessmen to get into. You can start learning SEO. What’s the big deal with SEO? Well, it’s like this. SEO, or search engine optimization, is the art of marketing your website. So whatever business you think of, you can market it by doing some SEO on it. What’s more, if you learn SEO enough that you can be considered somewhat of a specialist, then you can even make a business out of doing SEO for other companies. So learn SEO, for your own business, or as a business itself.
Say, you have now learned SEO, or already know enough about it to realize that SEO as a business is not the way for you. What else can you do? A lot actually. There are numerous opportunities for you to earn online, from email campaigns to online trading and everything in between. But before you choose one at random, make sure that the niche you choose is one that you know substantially about and are passionate about it. You can’t go into trading without at least an interest in it. This is important because you will be working on it so you must love it to prevent you getting tired from it, and also if you know what you are talking about, it give you credibility to users as an expert.
Now, how does all this tie up to your success? To recap, you must first have a computer and Internet access. This is to make sure you can handle an online business properly. Then, you must learn SEO. Whether as a business by itself or not, you will need it to market your business. Then, you choose what kind of business you will setup. Make sure that the business you choose is one you are knowledgeable and passionate about so you can be considered as an expert. Makes sense? If it doesn’t, here’s what you can do. Make a chart on what is discussed here, then plan out what you can do. Once it’s on paper, it will all makes sense. Good luck!
How To Successfully Improve Your Google Page Rank
by admin on Mar.05, 2010, under Uncategorized
Every person who owns a website or blog dreams of receiving a free flood of targeted traffic from the Google search engine.
While comprehensive SEO, search engine optimization, might be too complicated for the average online entrepreneur there are many things you can easily do to proactively enhance your website for the search engines.
Your first step will be to know your current Google page rank.All you need to do is type in google page rank into your google search bar and follow the directions.
Your website or blog will receive a score ranging from 0-10. The higher your score, the more points or votes Google as given your website. In essence, a higher score makes is easier for you to show up in organic searches for your key words.
There are many criteria for Google to take into account when it calculates your sites page ranking. Some of them are: domain age, inbound links, internal links, and what kind of sites you are linked to.
Google has other criteria, but links are the easiest factors for you to use to strategically improve your Google ranking.
If your Google page rank is a 0 that probably means that you have a relatively new website. Remember, Google uses your domain age as one of its factors. So a brand new site will naturally rank lower than a site that is 2-5 years of age or older.
While it is a fact that you can't automatically increase your domain age, you can create numerous links to and within your site.
Take a look at some simple yet very powerful ways to create links to your site…
1. Link relevant posts in your blog. At the end of each blog post put a link of 2-5 other relevant posts that you have written. Also make sure all your of the main pages on your site link together link your home page having a clickable link to your resources page.
2. Write articles and put them in article directories like Ezine articles, Articles Base and Go Articles. Every article you write has a resource box that you can put a mini-commercial in with a link back to your site.
3. Write testimonials for your favorite mentor, coach, etc.These site owners will undoubtedly love it and will post your testimonial on their site complete with a link to your site. Added strategy…look for people who have higher ranking sites to link to.
Linking to a site with a Google ranking of 3 “counts” more than linking to a site with a ranking of 1.Said another way, if you have 2 links to sites that have a Google page ranking of 4, this will count more than linking to 15 sites with a ranking of 0 or 1.
4. Search around the internet for highly ranking Blogs that are relevant to your site. Read the content posted then write something interesting in the comment section. Almost all blogs have a place for you to put a link back to your website. You’ll also get the attention of the Blog owner opening up the door for connections and relationship building.
5. Create videos and upload them to video sharing sites like Youtube an MetaCafe, Facebook, Twitter, other social sites like Ning and relevant forums. Video marketing is rapidly becoming one of the most effective ways to market your business on the internet. It’s time to leverage your content and get it out there is the most effective way.
This is just a small sampling of strategic an fun ways to create back links that will improve your Google page ranking. You are only limited by your creativity and imagination. Go for it!
If you want even more support and strategies visit Attraction Marketing Magic. Becky Kimes is an internet marketing coach who helps internet entrepreneurs effectively promote their business and create the prosperity they desire and deserve.