When someone said that you can produce a teleseminar for free, they weren'texaggerating. It is quite possible to present a teleseminar for virtually no money, thanks to a selection of teleseminar software that you can download and use without any cost. Other than the value of your time and effort, that should bring down the expense of producing a teleseminar to virtually zero. Here are a few of the teleseminar software you might want to consider using:
Free recording software
Audacity
Audacity is an open source software, so you can download it for free. It's quite popular with people in the teleseminar circuit because it's very easy to use and offers options for recording and editing.
Once downloaded onto your computer, you can then use this software to record your teleseminar. You can copy the file onto a disk, CD or DVD later. An advantage to this software is that it can work with either a PC or a Mac.
Wimpy MP3 Player
This is an excellent tool to use for teleseminar software. It can record in MP3 format and then allow you to edit your audio files and generate your content as a podcast. An added bonus is that it can support links to your e-commerce web page, so your audience can order and purchase from your online shopping cart.
Beware, though. It only plays MP3 audio files. If you prefer another format, you can use Wimpy Rave or another software.
Free Conferencing Live Office
This is actually used as a bridge line to handle teleconferencing during teleseminars but it carries plenty of perks. For one, it allows free recordings of your audio so you can save and store your lectures and presentations for posterity. You can also use this application to publish your teleseminar or use the audio content for podcasting.
Mix Craft Recording Studio
Another free software you can use for your teleseminar is Mix Craft. It has plenty of features that might scare off those who aren't tech-savvy but don't worry. This software doesn’t have a steep learning curve. If you want to produce recordings that are professional-quality, this is an excellent choice.
Although this software is meant to be used by aspiring music artists who want to record at home, it's also excellent for recording teleseminars. There are plenty of editing features that you'll like, along with sound effects. There's also a feature called 'cross fade', which allows you to make corrections to recorded clips that are less than ideal. You can record a fresh clip, drag and simply drop it on the older track so you can create a seamless, professional-sounding recording.
Ecommerce
Commerce.CGI
This is a free shopping cart application that will come in handy for your paid teleseminars. You probably know by now how difficult it can be to manage registration and payment transactions for your audience but Commerce.CGI can solve that. It's Web-based, so your computer resources wouldn't be bogged down.
This shopping cart has full features, installs and gets set up easily and is a breeze to use. There's also standard support in case you have any questions. Works well with either Windows or Linux servers.
Ubercart
Another free teleseminar software you shouldn't do without is the Ubercart shopping cart. It's quite capable of handling all your business transactions, so whether you're selling books, e-books or audio recordings to your audience or all of it, this application can handle all these tasks nicely.
Autoresponders
AMLM
The Autoresponder and Mailing List Manager is a free management software that can help ease administrative tasks associated with your upcoming teleseminar. You can set up personalized messages, schedule mailings, use double opt-ins and manage follow ups at a pace you prefer.
SendFree
No need to hire an assistant for your teleseminar if you have this software. It's free for the first month, easy to use and has excellent features. You'll have to sign up for an account, though but soon you'll have access to an efficient autoresponder service that can easily manage your mailing list for you.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tips for Setting Your Copywriting Rates
A copywriting job can mean brisk business, especially for writers who have the skills and experience. However, that is only if the writer knows how to strategically price his copywriting services, something that can be very tricky, especially for beginners. Setting a rate for copywriting can be confusing, particularly because you don't want to overcharge and turn away prospects or undercharge and not be paid what you deserve. Here are some of the most important things that you should consider when setting your copywriting rates:
Different copywriters charge different rates
This is due mainly to the type of skills you have, your writing expertise and experience. Beginner copywriters, for example, cannot charge the same rates as more experienced ones.
The key here is to prove that you can deliver. Even if you have the skills but don't have the experience, it can take a while before you can charge a rate as high as those charged by a copywriter with more experience than you do. This, even if you will be writing on the same topic. A Web article, for example, may cost only $75 for a beginner copywriter while a more experienced copywriter may charge at least $120.
The type of writing and topic
The type of writing project and its topic will also affect copywriting rates. An article written on a general topic, for example, may be charged at a lower rate than a write-up about a project with a specialized topic. Article writing, newsletters, brochures, ads, ghostwriting a book, news stories, press releases, etc. – require different types of research and styles of writing.
The type of research that has to go into writing will also influence the rates – the more difficult, intricate and technical the writing needs to be, the higher its rate. Extras that add value to a copywriting service such as search engine optimization or writing using HTML can also allow a writer to charge more.
To give you an idea how much copywriters charge for their services, here are some ballpark figures you might find useful:
For articles that will appear on a website, copywriters charge anywhere from $100 to $400 per write-up. If you choose to charge by the hour, the range can be anywhere from a low of $50 to around $85. For Web content that will fill 10 pages, you might want to charge for about $1,000 to $1,500, depending on the type of content.
For press releases, copywriters often charge from $300 to around $600 while others may charge lower, starting at around $100 or $150.
For sales letters, freelance copywriters usually charge a whopping $1,000 to around $2,000 per letter. Some, such as those still building their portfolio, can charge from a low of $200 to around $500.
The number of wordS
Many copywriters charge per word while others prefer a set number of minimum words per write-up. These become the basis of their copywriting rates. For example, a copywriter may charge a lower rate for a 300-word write-up than he would for a 500-word article.
The frequency of the writing project
There are different copywriting rates set for one-time writing projects and for continuous assignments. Copywriters will generally charge a slightly lower copywriting rate for continuous projects than for one-time only articles.
After service
As part of their copywriting services, copywriters often allow one revision per article which is included in the set rate. Further revisions and additions are sometimes billed extra or based on a per hour rate. Copywriters may charge from about $30 to $70 an hour to make their revisions.
Self-marketing
Believe it or not, how much you can charge for your copywriting rates will also depend on how well you can sell your writing skills. If you're unsure of what to charge and less confident about your writing, you're likely to charge a rate that is less than what's reasonable for your level of skills and experience. Know your skills and be confident so you will never have to charge an unreasonable rate.
Different copywriters charge different rates
This is due mainly to the type of skills you have, your writing expertise and experience. Beginner copywriters, for example, cannot charge the same rates as more experienced ones.
The key here is to prove that you can deliver. Even if you have the skills but don't have the experience, it can take a while before you can charge a rate as high as those charged by a copywriter with more experience than you do. This, even if you will be writing on the same topic. A Web article, for example, may cost only $75 for a beginner copywriter while a more experienced copywriter may charge at least $120.
The type of writing and topic
The type of writing project and its topic will also affect copywriting rates. An article written on a general topic, for example, may be charged at a lower rate than a write-up about a project with a specialized topic. Article writing, newsletters, brochures, ads, ghostwriting a book, news stories, press releases, etc. – require different types of research and styles of writing.
The type of research that has to go into writing will also influence the rates – the more difficult, intricate and technical the writing needs to be, the higher its rate. Extras that add value to a copywriting service such as search engine optimization or writing using HTML can also allow a writer to charge more.
To give you an idea how much copywriters charge for their services, here are some ballpark figures you might find useful:
For articles that will appear on a website, copywriters charge anywhere from $100 to $400 per write-up. If you choose to charge by the hour, the range can be anywhere from a low of $50 to around $85. For Web content that will fill 10 pages, you might want to charge for about $1,000 to $1,500, depending on the type of content.
For press releases, copywriters often charge from $300 to around $600 while others may charge lower, starting at around $100 or $150.
For sales letters, freelance copywriters usually charge a whopping $1,000 to around $2,000 per letter. Some, such as those still building their portfolio, can charge from a low of $200 to around $500.
The number of wordS
Many copywriters charge per word while others prefer a set number of minimum words per write-up. These become the basis of their copywriting rates. For example, a copywriter may charge a lower rate for a 300-word write-up than he would for a 500-word article.
The frequency of the writing project
There are different copywriting rates set for one-time writing projects and for continuous assignments. Copywriters will generally charge a slightly lower copywriting rate for continuous projects than for one-time only articles.
After service
As part of their copywriting services, copywriters often allow one revision per article which is included in the set rate. Further revisions and additions are sometimes billed extra or based on a per hour rate. Copywriters may charge from about $30 to $70 an hour to make their revisions.
Self-marketing
Believe it or not, how much you can charge for your copywriting rates will also depend on how well you can sell your writing skills. If you're unsure of what to charge and less confident about your writing, you're likely to charge a rate that is less than what's reasonable for your level of skills and experience. Know your skills and be confident so you will never have to charge an unreasonable rate.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Making Money with Articles: Niche Websites
Choosing a good niche subject to base your website around is one of the most important aspects of making money off of your articles. This will give you a foundation to build from and you can target one general audience with a pack of keywords that they are most likely to be searching for. You should take each one of these keywords and use it for the basis of one article on each page. This way, even though you are targeting one specific subject, you will be sure to interest a wide variety of people in that one niche. They may also find other pages that interest them, which will keep them returning to your site to learn new information about the niche subject.
The best way to find keywords for your niche subject is to use a keyword software program and type in the word that is the subject of your niche. This will generate a list of keywords or phrases that contain your niche and will also show you approximately how many people search for each word or phrase. Some software programs may also tell you how many sites are out there to compete with for each word or phrase (this will help you know if those sites are worth competing with for the number of searches out there). You then deicide which of these would be most profitable by determining which have the least amount of competitors, so that you have a chance at making it to the first or second page of search engine results, but that also have a decent amount of people looking for that keyword or phrase each month. These will be the keywords or phrases that you will base the pages of your niche site on.
If there are a number of topics that you like, pick the one that you feel would be easiest to start with and then, once that site is built and generating some revenue, you can start another site. The most profitable website marketers, who use their talent of finding niches and combining that with good site content and a handful of affiliate links, have a good amount and variety of niche sites that they have started. You are never limited in what you can do with niche website marketing, unless you find out that you do not have the marketing skills or the needed funding to make it happen. Otherwise, the sky is the limit!
The best way to find keywords for your niche subject is to use a keyword software program and type in the word that is the subject of your niche. This will generate a list of keywords or phrases that contain your niche and will also show you approximately how many people search for each word or phrase. Some software programs may also tell you how many sites are out there to compete with for each word or phrase (this will help you know if those sites are worth competing with for the number of searches out there). You then deicide which of these would be most profitable by determining which have the least amount of competitors, so that you have a chance at making it to the first or second page of search engine results, but that also have a decent amount of people looking for that keyword or phrase each month. These will be the keywords or phrases that you will base the pages of your niche site on.
If there are a number of topics that you like, pick the one that you feel would be easiest to start with and then, once that site is built and generating some revenue, you can start another site. The most profitable website marketers, who use their talent of finding niches and combining that with good site content and a handful of affiliate links, have a good amount and variety of niche sites that they have started. You are never limited in what you can do with niche website marketing, unless you find out that you do not have the marketing skills or the needed funding to make it happen. Otherwise, the sky is the limit!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Building a Domain Sales Website
When it comes to making money with domain names, flipping is often the first to come to mind. Domain name flipping is a great way to make money online. It describes the buying and reselling of domain names. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to profit from this practice. These individuals are inexperienced and uneducated on the subject, so why not make money assisting them?
A unique way to make money with domain names is to build a domain sales website. This is a website where currently owned domains are available for sale. It is an online marketplace. To decide if you should create a domain sales website, familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of doing so.
The biggest pro of operating a domain sales website is that you don’t have to pay to flip domains. If it is your website, you can list your domains for sale. This is ideal if you knack for turning a profit. Did you sell a domain name for $10,000? That is great, but not if you had to pay a sales percentage fee that cost $2,000. Why not just keep the money for yourself? When operating a domain sales website, you don’t have to pay a third party to help you sell a domain name.
The next biggest pro of creating a domain name sales website is that you can make money. As previously stated, many new flippers lose money or don’t make enough. This is because they don’t know enough about selling. Convince them at you do by highlighting your past sales. The best performing sales websites are those with many domain names listed and those that are well marketed. Charge a monthly listing fee or take a percentage of each sale.
In terms of setup, a domain sales website is easy to start. In fact, you don’t even need to known HTML. There are many free and affordable site builder programs that can help you get started. To sell a domain name, you need to have a shopping cart. You can opt for credit card payments or just PayPal. With PayPal, yet up an account and install a checkout button on your page and you are good to go.
Although there are a number of pros or plus sides to creating your own domain name sales website, there are a number of cons to doing so too. For starters, there is a lot of competition. Sedo.com is a well-known and trusted website where domain names can be bought and sold. Many internet users turn to this website because they are well-known and proven successful. This doesn’t mean you can’t make money setting up your own domain name sales website, but you need to set yourself apart from the competition.
As previously stated, you need to set yourself apart from other domain name sales websites. How do you do this? With marketing. You need to have a high search engine ranking. If not, buyers and sellers will never find your website. Unfortunately, marketing can be a time consuming process.
On average, it takes between six months and a year for a website or blog to generate income. A strong marketing plan can speed up those earnings, but you will not get rich overnight. For that reason, time and patience is required. Although you cannot make money right away by creating a domain name sales website, it is important to think long-term. If your website averages a profit of $500,000 a year in five years or less, it will be well worth the wait.
As highlighted above, creating a domain name sales website does have its pros and cons. So, should you take the jump? Why not? Just be sure to remember that you have a lot of work ahead of you, but the rewards may pay off in the end. If you have the drive and determination to make money online, anything is possible.
A unique way to make money with domain names is to build a domain sales website. This is a website where currently owned domains are available for sale. It is an online marketplace. To decide if you should create a domain sales website, familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of doing so.
The biggest pro of operating a domain sales website is that you don’t have to pay to flip domains. If it is your website, you can list your domains for sale. This is ideal if you knack for turning a profit. Did you sell a domain name for $10,000? That is great, but not if you had to pay a sales percentage fee that cost $2,000. Why not just keep the money for yourself? When operating a domain sales website, you don’t have to pay a third party to help you sell a domain name.
The next biggest pro of creating a domain name sales website is that you can make money. As previously stated, many new flippers lose money or don’t make enough. This is because they don’t know enough about selling. Convince them at you do by highlighting your past sales. The best performing sales websites are those with many domain names listed and those that are well marketed. Charge a monthly listing fee or take a percentage of each sale.
In terms of setup, a domain sales website is easy to start. In fact, you don’t even need to known HTML. There are many free and affordable site builder programs that can help you get started. To sell a domain name, you need to have a shopping cart. You can opt for credit card payments or just PayPal. With PayPal, yet up an account and install a checkout button on your page and you are good to go.
Although there are a number of pros or plus sides to creating your own domain name sales website, there are a number of cons to doing so too. For starters, there is a lot of competition. Sedo.com is a well-known and trusted website where domain names can be bought and sold. Many internet users turn to this website because they are well-known and proven successful. This doesn’t mean you can’t make money setting up your own domain name sales website, but you need to set yourself apart from the competition.
As previously stated, you need to set yourself apart from other domain name sales websites. How do you do this? With marketing. You need to have a high search engine ranking. If not, buyers and sellers will never find your website. Unfortunately, marketing can be a time consuming process.
On average, it takes between six months and a year for a website or blog to generate income. A strong marketing plan can speed up those earnings, but you will not get rich overnight. For that reason, time and patience is required. Although you cannot make money right away by creating a domain name sales website, it is important to think long-term. If your website averages a profit of $500,000 a year in five years or less, it will be well worth the wait.
As highlighted above, creating a domain name sales website does have its pros and cons. So, should you take the jump? Why not? Just be sure to remember that you have a lot of work ahead of you, but the rewards may pay off in the end. If you have the drive and determination to make money online, anything is possible.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Unknown Blogger…
Will you believe that blogs are just powerful enough to do different things? For instance, if you want the world to know that you have a beautiful little baby girl, all you need to do is to post a blog on your site or on a blogging community saying such proclamation. If you are not yet contented, you can display the picture of your baby girl by means of photo blogging. Simply post her picture and the whole world will know.
It is good if that will be the case. However the power of blogging is now beginning to be used for black propaganda. In what sense? Take the following instances: There are individuals who are using blogs to exercise their political rights by revealing some horrible expose about certain federal officials that generates personal revenues from a government-funded infrastructure project.
The point here is anyone can actually make a blog without any censorship that will prevent him to post what he wants to post. Much worse, the identity of the blogger is at great risk. What if that federal official founds out your real identity and will make way to eliminate you out of his way? Not only your identity is at stake, but also your life as well.
But the above-mentioned concerns should not prevent you from writing blogs especially if you have good intentions in doing so. Instead, you should be inspired to keep your blog private or accessible only on particular trusted individuals.
This article will show the simplest precaution you can take on how to maintain your personal privacy so that you can still express yourself without facing worse or even fatal consequences. If followed correctly, these precautions can save you from the consequences and from embarrassment or just from plain weirdness in front of your friends and co-workers.
Blog Anonymously
The safest way to express yourself especially when your blog contains uncensored or weird items is to blog anonymously. It is just like writing a poem and taking the “Anonymous” as your author’s name. However, being anonymous in a blog is not just as easy as you might think.
For instance, you want to make a blog that tackles your terrible working environment in your company without risking your boss or co-workers discovering that you are eventually writing about them. Here are some of the techniques and technologies you can use to make it hard for anyone to trace your uncensored blog back to you.
Avoid Mentioning Exact Details about your Blog’s Subject
If you will be creating a blog about your work, never give exact details that will pinpoint directly to your workplace. Details such as where your company is located, how many employees are there, and the specific work it offers should not be revealed. Be generalize in everything that you will place in your blog.
Use Pseudonym to Hide your Identity
Obviously, you need a pseudonym to hide your real identity. However, you need to use pseudonyms that are not related to any information about yourself. For instance, do not use pseudonyms that contain the jumbled letters of your name or jumbled numbers of your birthday. One small personal detail can give your identity away.
Use Anonymizing Technologies
If you are still uncertain of the first two techniques, there are several technical solutions you can use to keep your identity anonymous.
• Invisiblog- a web service that offers anonymous blog hosting for free. You can create blogs without giving out your real name. Even service administrators do not have access to your name as well.
• Tor- it is an anonymous network that routes your Internet traffic through a so-called an overlay network that hides your Internet provider address. It makes hard for anyone to follow the path your data takes.
• Anonymizer- it works as the same as Tor, only that it hides your IP address from the services hosting your blog.
By just following the techniques and technologies suggested in this article, you can now blog without fearing that your real identity will be revealed.
It is good if that will be the case. However the power of blogging is now beginning to be used for black propaganda. In what sense? Take the following instances: There are individuals who are using blogs to exercise their political rights by revealing some horrible expose about certain federal officials that generates personal revenues from a government-funded infrastructure project.
The point here is anyone can actually make a blog without any censorship that will prevent him to post what he wants to post. Much worse, the identity of the blogger is at great risk. What if that federal official founds out your real identity and will make way to eliminate you out of his way? Not only your identity is at stake, but also your life as well.
But the above-mentioned concerns should not prevent you from writing blogs especially if you have good intentions in doing so. Instead, you should be inspired to keep your blog private or accessible only on particular trusted individuals.
This article will show the simplest precaution you can take on how to maintain your personal privacy so that you can still express yourself without facing worse or even fatal consequences. If followed correctly, these precautions can save you from the consequences and from embarrassment or just from plain weirdness in front of your friends and co-workers.
Blog Anonymously
The safest way to express yourself especially when your blog contains uncensored or weird items is to blog anonymously. It is just like writing a poem and taking the “Anonymous” as your author’s name. However, being anonymous in a blog is not just as easy as you might think.
For instance, you want to make a blog that tackles your terrible working environment in your company without risking your boss or co-workers discovering that you are eventually writing about them. Here are some of the techniques and technologies you can use to make it hard for anyone to trace your uncensored blog back to you.
Avoid Mentioning Exact Details about your Blog’s Subject
If you will be creating a blog about your work, never give exact details that will pinpoint directly to your workplace. Details such as where your company is located, how many employees are there, and the specific work it offers should not be revealed. Be generalize in everything that you will place in your blog.
Use Pseudonym to Hide your Identity
Obviously, you need a pseudonym to hide your real identity. However, you need to use pseudonyms that are not related to any information about yourself. For instance, do not use pseudonyms that contain the jumbled letters of your name or jumbled numbers of your birthday. One small personal detail can give your identity away.
Use Anonymizing Technologies
If you are still uncertain of the first two techniques, there are several technical solutions you can use to keep your identity anonymous.
• Invisiblog- a web service that offers anonymous blog hosting for free. You can create blogs without giving out your real name. Even service administrators do not have access to your name as well.
• Tor- it is an anonymous network that routes your Internet traffic through a so-called an overlay network that hides your Internet provider address. It makes hard for anyone to follow the path your data takes.
• Anonymizer- it works as the same as Tor, only that it hides your IP address from the services hosting your blog.
By just following the techniques and technologies suggested in this article, you can now blog without fearing that your real identity will be revealed.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Domain Names: Sell or Use?
Did you just purchase a domain name or do you want to? If so, you will be faced with a big decision. That decision is to sell your domain name or use it. So, which approach should you choose? To make the best decision, there are a number of important factors you should first examine.
Ease
In terms of ease, selling a domain name is the easiest. Why? Because it can be done in as little as two steps. Step 1 is to buy a domain name. Step 2 is to sell it. If you want to maximize your profits, research is required. For example, investigate to learn the name of a new business before it is shared with the public and register a domain name with it. To make big profits with domain name flipping, don’t just chose any name.
As for using a domain name, it does require more time and work. Not only do you need a domain name, but you need a web hosting package. This is what allows you to display content, pictures, and video on your website. Not only that, but you can display advertisements. This is how you make money with the use of a domain name.
Costs
To sell a domain name, you may turn to a third party website. These third party websites make money by charging fees. You may be charged a percentage of the selling price or a monthly listing fee. Choose your website wisely. You want a third party domain selling website that is proven successful, but one that has affordable costs. The less you pay in related expenses, the larger the profits.
A cheap way to flip a domain is to do your own selling and marketing. For example, list your domain name for sale on Craigslist.org or another online classified website. Most are free to use.
As previously stated, you need a web hosting plan to use a domain name. This costs money. Always price compare to find the best deal. You can pay as much as $40 a month or as few as $4 a month for web hosting.
Time
In terms of domain name flipping, the process can take time. In fact, it can take a year or more. This means that you may have to renew the domain name once or twice before making a sale. Even if you must pay $20 over the course of two years, you are still able to make a profit when you sell the name for $1,000. The most time consuming part of selling a domain name is advertising.
In terms of using a domain name, time will depend on which approach you take. Do you want to do your own writing? If so, it will be a time consuming process. Content is needed for search engine ranking. It is what draws readers in and leads them to click on your advertisements. If limited on time and if you have financial resources, hire a professional writer. All you need to do is sit back and watch.
Profits
Your profits when selling a domain name will depend. Do you have a good name or one that is in demand? Does a business want it? If so, they may pay more. A bad domain name can sell with a profit of only $10, but a carefully selected name could easily sell with a profit of $1,000 or more!
In terms of using a domain name, profits will be slow. Some experts say it takes an average of 6 months for a website or blog to generate income. It depends on the domain name, website content, and frequency of updates. Although profits may be slow coming in, you make money overtime. By relying on affiliate programs and pay-per-click advertising, you could easily make $5,000 a year. In the long term, you are able to generate more income with use than flipping.
Ease
In terms of ease, selling a domain name is the easiest. Why? Because it can be done in as little as two steps. Step 1 is to buy a domain name. Step 2 is to sell it. If you want to maximize your profits, research is required. For example, investigate to learn the name of a new business before it is shared with the public and register a domain name with it. To make big profits with domain name flipping, don’t just chose any name.
As for using a domain name, it does require more time and work. Not only do you need a domain name, but you need a web hosting package. This is what allows you to display content, pictures, and video on your website. Not only that, but you can display advertisements. This is how you make money with the use of a domain name.
Costs
To sell a domain name, you may turn to a third party website. These third party websites make money by charging fees. You may be charged a percentage of the selling price or a monthly listing fee. Choose your website wisely. You want a third party domain selling website that is proven successful, but one that has affordable costs. The less you pay in related expenses, the larger the profits.
A cheap way to flip a domain is to do your own selling and marketing. For example, list your domain name for sale on Craigslist.org or another online classified website. Most are free to use.
As previously stated, you need a web hosting plan to use a domain name. This costs money. Always price compare to find the best deal. You can pay as much as $40 a month or as few as $4 a month for web hosting.
Time
In terms of domain name flipping, the process can take time. In fact, it can take a year or more. This means that you may have to renew the domain name once or twice before making a sale. Even if you must pay $20 over the course of two years, you are still able to make a profit when you sell the name for $1,000. The most time consuming part of selling a domain name is advertising.
In terms of using a domain name, time will depend on which approach you take. Do you want to do your own writing? If so, it will be a time consuming process. Content is needed for search engine ranking. It is what draws readers in and leads them to click on your advertisements. If limited on time and if you have financial resources, hire a professional writer. All you need to do is sit back and watch.
Profits
Your profits when selling a domain name will depend. Do you have a good name or one that is in demand? Does a business want it? If so, they may pay more. A bad domain name can sell with a profit of only $10, but a carefully selected name could easily sell with a profit of $1,000 or more!
In terms of using a domain name, profits will be slow. Some experts say it takes an average of 6 months for a website or blog to generate income. It depends on the domain name, website content, and frequency of updates. Although profits may be slow coming in, you make money overtime. By relying on affiliate programs and pay-per-click advertising, you could easily make $5,000 a year. In the long term, you are able to generate more income with use than flipping.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
The Controversy Around Corporate Blogging
Corporate blogging is a relatively new idea, and the jury is still out on whether it will succeed. This controversial marketing tool may be the beginning of a new kind of advertising strategy, or it may fizzle out in a matter of months. Many companies are looking for ways to capitalize on the blogging trend, and many of these corporations have determined that a great way to ride the blogging wave is to keep a blog on their corporate website. These blogs are often created to appeal to the demographic that the company needs to court, and the content may have quite a lot to do with the activities of the corporation, or it may have very little to do with the company itself. Often, a corporate blog will focus on the kinds of content likely to attract the desired surfers, even if that content is not related to the product or service that the company provides.
Some bloggers feel that corporate blogging is a kind of validation for the blogging movement, and shows that this exciting new medium has really infiltrated the mainstream. Other bloggers consider the kind of viral marketing that corporate blogs practice to be unethical or distasteful. In any case, watching the evolution of corporate blogs and whether they survive and proliferate or fail and disappear promises to provide some interesting insight into today's consumers.
Some bloggers feel that corporate blogging is a kind of validation for the blogging movement, and shows that this exciting new medium has really infiltrated the mainstream. Other bloggers consider the kind of viral marketing that corporate blogs practice to be unethical or distasteful. In any case, watching the evolution of corporate blogs and whether they survive and proliferate or fail and disappear promises to provide some interesting insight into today's consumers.
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