How to get Payoneer Mastercard from anywhere

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Payoneer MasterCard is the preferred online money transfer option for many Freelancers, web entrepreneurs and everyday people looking for a reliable online financial account for collecting earnings, and purchasing products online. If you’re thinking of applying for a Payoneer MasterCard, you probably have a ton of questions related to the application process, fees and so on. I have compiled here some frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to Payoneer MasterCard sign up, related fees and other general queries.

How do I apply for my Payoneer account?

Just go to Payoneer sign up page and then fill out the online application. Basically the sign up process is similar to any other website. However, to get approved you’ll need proper  legal documentation i.e. a scanned copy of your valid government ID. Read more: How to get Payoneer MasterCard anywhere…

What are the requirements to get my Payoneer account approved?

To qualify for Payoneer MasterCard, you will have to be over the age of 18 and you need a valid scanned copy of a government id or passport. If you use your Passport, make sure that its date hasn’t expired.

Do I need a bank account for Payoneeer MasterCard?

No. Your government ID will be sufficient for the verification and activation of Payoneer MasterCard. To make sure that your Payoneer application gets approved make sure you use your exact full name for your Payoneer account as on your citizenship certificate or passport.

Is it possible to transfer money from Payoneer account to my local bank account?

Yes. You can use Payoneer’s local bank transfer service which allows you to add your local bank account to your Payoneer account. After your bank is successfully added, you can start sending or crediting funds directly to your local bank. Recently Payoneer has also added this service for India- now freelancers and other users in India can transfer their earnings directly from Payoneer to Indian bank account (Sign up for Payoneer India.). The money will be deposited in your local currency but you can also choose to send USD if you have a USD account.

Is Payoneer MasterCard available in my Country?

Payoneer is available in many countries. Some Payoneer available countries include Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, Guam, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Kenya, Korea, Nepal, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Norway, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand,  Russia, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, Vietnam, Yeman, Zimbabwe etc. Check: Payoneer MasterCard supported Countries. If if your country is not in the list of MasterCard approved countries, you may still be able to sign up for Payoneer to collect earnings and then transfer the funds directly to your bank account.

Is Payoneer MasterCard a credit card?

No. It’s a prepaid Debit card which means you will only be able to withdraw funds available in your account.

How much does it cost to get Payoneer MasterCard?

The application process doesn’t cost anything- i.e. you can apply and get your card for free. But in order to activate your Payoneer MasterCard you’ll have to load money into your card. You will be charged an activation fee and a yearly card Maintenance fee. So, make sure you have enough funds to cover these fees.

Can I use Payoneer to withdraw funds from websites like Freelancer, Upwork, Elance, Amazon, PayPal, CJ Affiliate, Infolinks and so on?

Yes. Payoneer’s US payment service let’s you withdraw money from thousands of famous companies worldwide including freelance marketplaces, online retailers and affiliate businesses. Besides withdrawing earnings you can use the MasterCard to purchase products and services from the internet.

 Payoneer can also be linked with these freelance job sites
99designs, Coroflot, Designcrowd, Dice, Jsninja Jobs, GetACoder,  ProgrammerMeetDesigner, Project4Hire, PeoplePerHour

Sellers and affiliates on these marketplaces can also use Payoneer to receive payments
Lazada, ArtFire, Bonanza, CQ out, eBid, eCRATER,iOffer, NewEgg, Onlineauction.com, Swap.com, TaoBao, TIAS, uBID.com, Webstore, Webidz

Read: Best online money transfer and best withdrawal methods.

Can I use Payoneer MasterCard to purchase Hosting and domain plans ?

Yes, you can use the MasterCard for online purchase. The MasterCard is supported by almost all the major websites including Hostgator, Bluehost, GoDaddy, Namecheap and so on. You can also use Payoneers as a payment method on Amazon, Ebay, NewEgg, DealExtreme, BestBuy, Walmart and so on.

Read: How to purchase Hostgator hosting and domain name with Payoneer

How long does it take to receive the Payoneer MasterCard?

Once you have properly filled out the Payoneer Sign Up application form online, Payoneer ill verify and authenticate your identity. For each successful completion of the application steps, you will receive a notification email. Once your application is approved, your personal Payoneer MasterCard is manufactured, and receiving it can take up to 12 business days if you live within US, or up to 28 days if you reside outside US- but mostly it takes about three weeks.

What is the fee for shipping Payoneer MasterCard?

Payoneer doesn’t charge you for shipping. It’s totally FREE. If you have entered correct mailing address (street location, zipcode, PO BOX etc), the card should reach your local post office or your home if you have a post box there. Sometimes the local postal system may cause additional delays.
If you don’t want to wait too long, you can receive the card via expedited shipping through services like FedEx and DHL. However, this will cost you extra charge. If you want to use expedite shipping you can contact Payoneer customer support for the instructions.

I’ve received my Payoneer MasterCard. What next?

Open the envelop and carefully pull out the MasterCard from the paper to which it is attached. Keep the Payoneer document safe because it has instructions for what to do if your card gets lost or damaged.
Now, login to your Payoneer account, go to My Account >> Activate Card. Enter your MasterCard number and enter a new 4 digit pin code that you will use to withdraw cash from your local ATM. Keep this Pin Code saved in your computer or write it down In a paper and put it in your safe.  You can change the pin code anytime by logging into your account.

What is the fee for activating a Payoneer MasterCard?

To activate your Payoneer MasterCard you need to have enough funds in your account to cover the yearly maintenance fee. $30 is the recommended balance.

What are the fees associated with Payoneer MasterCard?

Payoneer has various fees– Yearly Card Maintenance Fees, ATM fees and Immediate load.  If you have already signed up for Payoneer, you can check your fees in the fees section of your account.

How fast can  I load money into my MasterCard?

You have two options to load money- “Standard load” and “Immediate load”. Standard load takes two business days to load money into your MasterCard. Immediate load carries some fee but you will get the funds loaded on the same day within minutes or hours.

Will Payoneer MasterCard work in my local ATM?

Check your locl bank ATMs for the MasterCard logo. All ATMs with MasterCard logos should accept the Payoneer MasterCard and allow you to withdraw cash from it.

How can I minimize fees Payoneer MasterCard fees?

• Because you will be charged certain fee each time you withdraw cash from an ATM, choose an ATM that has the maximum withdrawal limit. For example- One bank might have $100 limit per transaction others may give you up to $500 or more. Some banks even have a per day withdrawal limit of just $100.
• Check to see if the local bank charges extra “processing fees”. Some banks charge extra for MasterCard transactions while others charge nothing. Payoneer already charges you some fee per ATM transaction and if you’re charged extra by the local ATM, the total withdrawal fee can even go as high as $10- depending on the amount of cash you withdraw.  Therefore, choose an ATM with maximum withdrawal and minimum fee.
• Failed MasterCard transactions also carry a fee. So make sure you do not try to withdraw more than your current balance.
• Use the MasterCard for direct purchases online or in your local stores. You won’t be charged any fee for such transactions because the merchants will pay those fees.

How do I become a Payoneer affiliate?

It is quite simple to become a Payoneer affiliate. You’ll simply have to activate your Payoneer MasterCard and then you are provided with an affiliate link, which you share with other people via email and social media. Both you and your friend can earn a guaranteed $25 referral reward once the person you referred to loads at least $100 into his/her MasterCard.
Read more: Make money with Payoneer Refer a Friend program.

10 High-Paying Freelance Writing Gigs to Apply for Today

This post may contain affiliate links. All opinions are 100% my own.

As a follow-up to my post on freelance writing jobs for beginners, I wanted to share some options for those with more experience under their belts. The following freelance writing gigs may require a degree, technical knowledge or simply strong grammar skills and understanding of the unique demands of online content. Many of these pay upwards of $50 per article. In some cases, they are salary positions. All have an ongoing need for freelance writers.

Webster Tech Writers – This site posts gigs for advanced technical writers in a variety of fields. Degree often required. In some cases, writers need to be local.

The Dollar Stretcher – Topics are saving money and time. Writers are compensated $0.10 per word.

Universal Class – Instructional writers are paid 4 – 7 cents per word. The current need is instruction videos. These video courses are 7-12 videos, 8-12 minutes in length. Awarded projects average $3,000 – $10,000.

Pro Blog Design – Writers are paid $70 – $125 for in-depth tutorials and discussion-based blog posts. Topics include WordPress, web design, usability, etc.

About.com – Payment information will be provided in a Non-Disclosure Agreement. This is an opportunity worth pursuing and does come with high-profile publishing opportunities to the Guide. Numerous niche topics are available based on your expertise. Please be aware there are two opportunities: Guides and Topic Writers. Guides is the more lucrative of the two.
World Start – This website provides tech tips. Pay is approximately $0.10 per word.

TCBSolutions.net – This company is seeking resume writers. Pay is per resume with consultants averaging around $52,000 annually. Experience required.

Scripted – Word on the street is Scripted writers are paid $49 (blog post) – $299 (white paper). You will need to pass two tests as part of your application process and will be notified as work becomes available.

Metro Parent – This parenting site pays $150 – $350 per feature article (1,000 – 2,500 words).
As always, follow the instructions for applying to the letter. Put your best work forward and best of luck!

How to Make Money Blogging

If you’ve ever wondered how to make money blogging, you’ve come to the right place. As an 11-year veteran blogger, this is what I’ve learned. First, here’s my story in a nutshell…

How I went from hobby blogger to pro blogger

I blogged as a hobby. In 2010 I focused on generating income.
Since then, my husband traded a 9-to-5 job he hated for a part-time job he loves, together we homeschool our kiddos and my full-time online income makes up the bulk of our income.
It takes time, creativity and hustle—a lot of all three—but it’s absolutely doable.

The 5 Basic Steps

Here are the five basic steps if you want to make money blogging. I’ll discuss them in more detail as we go, with an emphasis on #5.

1. Establish your home base
2. Produce valuable content
3. Build relationships
4. Grow your platform (and branch out)
5. Choose and implement streams of income

If you find yourself getting overwhelmed as you read through, you’re normal! Don’t worry, I’ll give you some tips for starting at the end. Also, please note this post contains affiliate links.
Alright, let’s break it down.

1. Establish your home base

If you want to make money blogging, obviously you’ll need a blog. If you don’t already have one, no worries, simply follow the steps I outlined in How to Start a Blog. This is the easy part (even if you’re not technically-inclined).

2. Produce valuable content

Once you have a blog, write. Draw from your expertise and experience and write informative posts and articles about your chosen topic. Make your content excellent. In order to make money, you must have visitors, but in order to have visitors, you must have content worthwhile to visit.
Writing and producing content is the time consuming part. It’ll be a while before you start seeing an income. There is no way around this. There are no shortcuts. We all have to put in our time.

3. Build relationships

While you create your content, start building genuine and sincere relationships via social media, commenting on other blogs, forums and the like. Reach out to people in your niche. Find people who could use the information you provide. Get to know them, interact, be friendly and helpful by offering no-strings-attached tidbits of your expertise. Building authentic relationships is important for a few reasons:

• You will establish a reputation of being trustworthy and generous.
• Your site will be found. People won’t naturally find your site if you don’t put yourself out there.
• It’s very possible these relationships will turn into much more than just acquaintances to chat with online. These people will likely support you in the future and more than that, they may become fantastic, life-long friends.

4. Grow your platform (and branch out)

Keep growing in the knowledge of your craft so the content you produce gets increasingly great. Use your blog to get exposure, build authority, gain trust and be helpful. (Have I said that before? It’s just so important.)
A lot of people don’t realize that for many bloggers, much of the money they make does not come from their blog directly. A blog is a platform. It’s online property, a digital home. After proving their trustworthiness, bloggers use their blogs as springboards to launch other projects that bring in income, such as ebooks, books, speaking, products, etc.
Only think about making money once you have earned trust. Many, many people want to skip ahead to the money part, but if you try to dive into monetizing before you’ve really built your platform, you run the risk of damaging the good reputation you so desperately need.

5. Choose and implement streams of income

This is the part you’ve been waiting for—the actual ways people make money blogging.
Alright.
There are numerous ways bloggers make money. Each blogger has a different combination of income streams. There is no “right” way. And that’s the beauty of it. There are endless possibilities. You’re job is to find a combination that works for you.
Income streams ebb and flow, so successful bloggers are constantly exploring new ways to make money. The key to making good money as a blogger is to have multiple streams of income. Even small trickles of money coming from various sources over time can add up.
The best way to start monetizing is to let it happen organically out of what you are already doing. Hopefully you are blogging about something you enjoy. As you grow, monetize in ways that would most suit you and your audience.
Following is a list of income streams bloggers adopt, broken down into five main categories:

• Advertising
• Affiliate Marketing
• Digital Products
• Physical Products
• Services

Unlike many of the other categories, advertising is all about generating income directly from your blog, website or other digital asset(s).

Display Ads

Display ads are graphics or images similar to billboards or ads in a magazine. Typically they are positioned on your site in the sidebar, header, footer or within your content. Sometimes they are referred to as banner ads.
Ads on your site are meant to complement your blog’s content, making them attractive and relevant to visitors. Advertisers hope that your visitors will then click on those images to explore and purchase the products or services they offer.
Display ads are often provided through ad networks. Ad networks are companies that connect advertisers with publishers (bloggers). Ad networks act as a middle man between advertisers and publishers, negotiating partnership details between the two. The ad network takes a cut from the partnership profit. Ad networks are attractive to many bloggers because they take the hassle out of display advertising.
Some ad networks, like Google Adsense, are relatively easy to get into and are easy to set up. Other ad networks, though, are selective in who they accept. Examples of ad networks are Google Adsense, Blogads, BlogHer, Beacon Ads, Federated Media, Sovrn, (formerly Lijit), Media.net, Rivit and Sway. There are many more, so once you get involved in your niche’s community of bloggers, you’ll soon hear of others.

Can you really make money with Google AdSense?

This is a very popular question, and a good one. Google Adsense is probably the most popular ad network and a good place for beginning bloggers to start if they want to pursue display ads because it’s so easy to set up.
However, if you want to make really good money with Google AdSense, you either have to be in a unique niche in which advertisers will pay a lot of money for clicks on their ads (hard to find), or you have to have a lot of traffic (hard to get, especially for beginners).
For these reasons, I don’t recommend AdSense (or display advertising in general) as the main pursuit for new bloggers.
Tips:

• To apply for Google AdSense or ad networks, contact the ad network via their website (linked above).
• If you want to get an idea of pricing and traffic for popular blogs, sites like Beacon Ads and Federated Media are places you can do that.
• If you’re using CPC/PPC ads (cost per click/pay per click), check out Google’s recommendations for best ad placement on your site. It’s important that your content doesn’t get drowned out by ads. Google has indicated sites with too many ads above the fold may be penalized in search. If you’re not sure what above the fold is on your site, use this tool.
• As always, experiment. Experiment with ad placement to get the right combination on your site.

Private Ads

Private ads are similar to display ads in that they also come in the form of buttons or graphics and usually appear in the sidebars of blogs. They are unique in that there is no middle man (ad network) to negotiate the partnership. Partnerships are arranged directly between a blogger and an individual, small business or company.
Initial contact can be made by the blogger or by the advertiser. Be clear on what’s expected by both parties. Not sure what to charge? Look around to see what others in your niche charge. You can often find this information on a blog’s advertising page or media kit.
Don’t just throw up an advertising page and expect advertisers to come calling. Go to them. Not sure how to do that? Find other blogs like yours that are your size or slightly larger. See who is advertising on their site. Contact those companies and ask if they’d like to advertise on your site too. Create a pitch and make it a win-win. Check out iHeartOrganizing‘s advertising page as an example.

Tip for private ads on your blog: If you have ads in your sidebar, keep them full. Instead of displaying a blank box with “Advertise here” fill it with an affiliate graphic (see Affiliate Marketing below for more). Crystal Paine puts it well when she says, “[Blank ad spots] scream, ‘My advertising space isn’t valuable enough for people to want to buy so I instead have this big blank box!'”

Giveaways & Reviews

If you’ve read blogs for any length of time, you’ve surely seen a review or giveaway and maybe participated yourself. A company supplies a product to a blogger to be reviewed and/or given away to readers.
A word about giveaways…
I list giveaways here because some bloggers charge to run giveaways in addition to the expected free product to keep for themselves. There are varying opinions about whether or not one should be compensated for giveaways.
As I see it, it largely depends on whether the product is for marketing purposes or for advertising purposes. Companies use marketing to spread the word about their product or service.
With advertising, a company makes a deal with another party to help them spread the word. Companies expect to pay for advertising. For example, a company may market their product by handing out free t-shirts. Because you like the t-shirt, you take it and wear it. You obviously wouldn’t charge the company when you wore their t-shirt.
But I think a giveaway on a blog would often fall in the category of advertising. Yes, the company you’re working with may give you a product to use (indeed, they should!). However, they are also asking you to provide a service to them. After all, you are spending your valuable time fielding their emails, writing a post (or posts), following up with giveaway entrants, etc.
If there is nothing else you’re getting from the partnership except for the free product, this service should be compensated in my opinion.


Tips for reviews & giveaways:

• Products you receive for free need to be reported as income on your taxes so keep excellent records and make sure the products you are accepting for review are really ones you want to pay taxes on later.
• Don’t be afraid to negotiate. This is your blog. No need to just take what you’re offered on the first round. Make it a win-win for both.
• If you don’t want to do a review for a company, ask the company if they’d like to buy ad space instead. Mention that they’ll still get a spot in front of your readers.

Newsletter/Podcast Sponsorships

If you have an email newsletter or podcast, you can accept advertising just as you would on your blog. You can reach out to potential advertisers, tell them how they would benefit from advertising with you and pitch your idea.

Sponsored Posts

Writing a sponsored post means you work with a company and write a post about their product or service. Be upfront and disclose your relationship to your readers.

Keep sponsored posts to a minimum so you don’t turn off readers. If you read blogs, you’ve probably seen sponsored posts. They can be spotted by the disclosure stating something like, “This post was sponsored by [company] but all opinions are mine.”

Trusted Websites to Make Money Online from Home without Invest

You must have come across hundreds of schemes and scams enticing you to sign up and earn money online and offline. If you are one of those who have become a victim to such scams and have lost quite a lot of bucks in the urge to earn some extra cash, I have come up with some bets and trusted websites to make money online.

 However, as I said, whatever list I Am providing here to earn money online, you need to put in dedicated effort. It is not a cakewalk to attract cash in your bank accounts.

It is very important to find genuine websites on internet. So, the first step is much done here by me through this article that highlights these websites. I have well explained the way this websites help you earn money, but remember the effort that you put solely depends on your own will.

Trusted Websites to Make Money Online from Home without Invest

1) Listverse

As the site name suggests, Listverse posts content with listings. The site brings ‘Top 10’ lists on various niches daily. The site has different categories, bizarre, entertainment, science, lifestyle, society and many more.

This website has a unique ‘write and get paid’ feature which allows you to submit the list of top 10 unusual list which can be great information to millions of readers. If you have a caliber to write well and can create your own lists, this is an amazing platform to $100 for a list. Yes, it pays $100 for lists and $40 for picture lists to its writers. However, you must follow certain rules to get published. The payment is made using your Paypal account. Get paid for your great writing skills by submitting a list at Listverse.

2) Cracked.com

This is wonderful and quite popular humour site that attracts millions of visitors each nmonthn with the wit and humour it offers to its readers. It publishes videos, lists, photos etc. which go viral on all social media networks every day.

If you have knack of expressing your humourous side in words, Cracked will be hapy to pay you for the same. Write a humourous article and let the readers have the fun. This is the mantra to earn well from Cracked.com.

They also organize weekly contests and you can earn money through that as well. You can add funny videos and earn money.

The only thing you need to earn money from this site is that your content should be of top quality. It only published the best pieces. You get paid only when the editors of the site approve and publish it.

3) About.com

About  one of the most popular sites with multi-niche articles. It offers useful content for the users. All the content posted on this site is written by freelance writers. They are termed as ‘guides’ on about.com.

These are the experts in dedicated fields. The site pays its guides for writing content. You need to be an expert in the field if you want to become a guide. However, you ought to go through a selection process in order to become a guide on About.com.

4) Shuttershock.com

If you are good at clicking pictures and have a knack of photography, then this one is for you. If you want to earn money from your early days of photography, let Shuttershock the source. Headquartered in New York City, United States, this is a photography agency that you can join and upload unique pictures and get $28 for a picture.

5) Fiverr.com

One of my favourite sites is Fiverr.com for the fact that it is for almost everyone with the talent be it of any kind. Yes, Fiverr allows you to offer any kind of services on the web to massive range of audience. Your work is referred to as ‘gig’ and you may pick up to offer anything you are good at. The buyer of your gig leaves the feedback for you that help you get more buyers in future.

You get paid $5 for each of your gig offered and you can increase your services by adding on the gigs and get paid $5 per extra gig you offer. You can get regular clients for work if you are regularly active on the site. The payment is made through Paypal. For each $5 you get, $4 comes in your hand and $1 is taken by Fiverr as commission.

6) Clixsense.com

Clixsense is a renowned Paid to Click (PTC) website and you can earn money from this site in two different ways: by clicking and viewing ads and by referring people on this site.

You can upto $0.02 for clicking and viewing the ads the ad should be views for at least 30 seconds. If you are a premium user, you can earn from referrals. If the member you have referred earns $1, you get commission worth $0.50.

The site is trustworthy as far as payments are concerned. However, in order to earn decent income from this site or any other such types of websites you need to put in dedicated effort.

7) KnowledgeNuts.com

Knowledgenuts site brings interesting and unique facts for users. It is a newly started website launched by the owner of Listverse. Similar to Listverse, it has ‘write and get paid’ options as well. For each article that you write, you get $10 if it gets published. The articles should be impressive and unique. I would suggest you to read some already posted write ups as this will give you a fair idea of what they may be expecting. Make sure you go through their regulations and rules before you submit with them.

8) Bubblews

Often considered a paradise by writers who have earned through this website, Bubblews is an ideal website for those who love to express everything. You can write a ‘bubble’ as they call with 300-400 words writing anything you want your readers to read. Share the bubble on various social media sites to increase the views and likes on your bubble. You earn $0.01 for every unique view, comment and like your bubble gets. This

The minimum payout amount is $50 and they pay by Paypal.

So, as I said in the beginning, for every single penny you earn, you need to make in that extra effort and take out a little time dedicatedly from your daily schedule. If any website is promising you to earn thousands of dollars without doing anything, either it will be a scam or its revenue model will not be concrete enough to pay in the long run.

So, next time you look for some money making site online, consider any of these and even think of some reliable reasons they are paying you and you will get the most authentic ways out.

Let me know your opinion once if you have used any of these websites. I am sure your views and experiences are going to help fellow readers who want to make money online with genuine efforts. Isn’t it? Also share more  webistes for making money online from home with us in comments below !

Write Today; Monetize Tomorrow! [Blogging Tips]

A recent blog post by Jim Connolly inspired me to write this blog post. In that blog post he mentioned about a best selling Kickstarter book written by the awesomest Seth Godin. When people said it took Seth 3 hours to write that book Seth said it took him around 8 years.
Yes!

That’s how long it took him, writing blog posts almost every day, to build a big enough community to reach his Kickstarter target in 3 hours.

You know what? It applies to blogging as well.
I’ve noticed a gazillion “How To Start A Blog In 5 Minutes” videos and tutorials. But the reality is that it doesn’t work that way. You know Why? They’re all basically about how to buy a domain name (i.e, your own .com address like minterest.com), web hosting plan (i.e, your own web server space where you can upload files), and install blogging software (WordPress or similar software).
Yes, that’s all you can do in 5 minutes and it’s so far away from a perfect blog as there are a lot of other things that you must know and should do.
And if you read somewhere that blogging is easy then that’s not really true. Blogging is simple but not easy. It takes time, patience, some money, and a lot of effort and learning to get going. Yes, it’s possible to create a new WordPress blog and publish your first article in less than 10 minutes but it will probably look like this and not like this.

Your First 365 Posts Are The Worst Blog Posts Ever

Wondering about 365? Well, it’s just a number assuming that you published one blog post everyday in the first year. I started Minterest back in 2007 and later in 2011 I had around 365 blog posts that was sending me around 300 unique visits a day. But what’s interesting to me was few evergreen posts were sending most of the traffic. So then I decided to write in-depth content covering almost all aspects of the topic. And in less than 10 months I increased the traffic by 5 times. The search traffic zoomed to 1,500+ visits a day.

Then there was a Google penalty and I decided to clean my archived blog posts. Yes, there were low quality content, thin content, and some duplicate content as well. I deleted every single post that were outdated, news topic, or something that I didn’t like and ended up with just 130 blog posts or so from 500+. Again, even after deletion the traffic was not affected in anyway and it obviously means that all the deleted blog posts were sending nearly zero traffic.
You want to become a good blogger? Then read and write a lot. Yes, A LOTTT. It’s practice that makes us perfect.

Read: The Definitive Guide To Writing A Perfectly Optimized Blog Post

My Message To You…

You don’t start a blog to make money. I would say don’t even think about it.
Just focus on writing and writing only.  Because, when you have the content it will naturally attract traffic (though little promotion won’t hurt) and when you have the traffic then there’s a way to monetize it and you can do it any day.

Like Darren Rowse has written,

If you have just one reader and your blog changes their life your blog is big enough.

It’s all about whether you’re giving up or not. If you’re consistently creating high quality content then your website traffic (your income too) and your personal brand will grow naturally over time.

Read: Free high PR blogs and webs BackLinks here

And no, you don’t really need a million visits to make money from your blog. In fact, back in 2007-08 when I had less than 100 visits a day I monetized a niche blog perfectly and was able to generate $1,000s a month in affiliate income.
Happy Blogging!

Propeller Ads Review: Pros & Cons And Everything You Need To Know

Google AdSense is the biggest (and the most popular) ad network with millions of advertisers and publishers. Thanks to Google’s huge AdWords ad inventory.
However, it doesn’t really mean that AdSense is always the best way to monetize your website. There are a dozen other ad networks that are willing to pay a higher CPM for your traffic. Propeller Ads is one of them.

CPM (Cost Per Mille) stands for Cost Per 1,000 Impressions. CPM networks pays for every 1,000 impressions you generate. If a CPM ad network is paying you $1 CPM then it means that they’re paying you $1 for every 1,000 page views you generate.

Over the past one decade I’ve recommended AdSense and only AdSense — on my blog posts, blog comments, email enquiries, and everywhere else. And it was simply because… AdSense has got an ad inventory that’s unmatched by any other ad network. So, I imagined that no other ad network can beat the CPM offered by AdSense.

Read: How Much Traffic Do You Need To Make $100,000 With AdSense

But the problem is… we can’t predict the AdSense income. As you can see… I’m not longer monetizing the blog with any of those ad networks and the reason is none of them gives guaranteed income (except private ads network like BuySellAds.com).

I used to average around $0.50 per click on AdSense for several years and then it suddenly dropped to $0.05-$0.15 per click for few months and then it started giving over $1 per click. However, it didn’t last for long and I pulled off all sorts of ad networks on the blog and started selling selective private ads only.

Why Propeller Ads

Propeller Ads is an ad network based in U.K. that promises 100% of your international traffic and the highest CPM possible. Traffic from the following countries generates the maximum CPM: U.S. & Canada, U.K., and Australia.
Unlike Google AdSense, Propeller Ads is a CPM ad network which basically means that it pays for every 1,000 ad impressions you generate. So it doesn’t matter whether the users are clicking your ads or not — you get paid! And that’s why large publishers prefer CPM networks over CPC ad networks (like AdSense, Bing Ads, etc.).
If your traffic and its quality is stable then CPM ads can generate guaranteed income every day and every month. Have you ever noticed the way some of the high-traffic websites display content as 10-50 slides? Yes, it’s to increase the number of pages views per visit — and eventually the CPM.

Propeller Ads: Types Of Ad Products

Propeller Ads offers you a variety of ad products and that’s one space where Propeller Ads outsmart other ad networks — including Google AdSense. So it doesn’t matter what type of your blog or website you own — there will always be an ad product for you.
But that doesn’t mean that you can send them fake traffic (autosurf, traffic exchanges, etc.) and make a lot of money. It won’t work that way. Obviously.
Here are the different types of ad products offered by Propeller Ads:

1. OnClick PopUnder Ads

OnClick PopUnder Ads is perhaps the most effective ad product by Propeller Ads as it offers the maximum CPM rate (up to $10). It’s because you get paid for each ad impression (it works on mobile devices too!).
According to Propeller Ads, entertainment websites (music, movies, photo, downloads, games, viral content, etc.) gets the best CPM for pop-under ads.
Here is what can you expect from a:
Gaming Website

Viral Blog

2. Mobile Ads

Propeller Ads offers two types of mobile ads: Mobile Dialog Ads and Mobile Interstitial Ads (apart from the regular mobile banner ads).
Here is what can you expect from a:
Music Website

Mobile Dialog Ads
Dialog Ads is a kind of an alert that show users as a dialogue box. So it’s almost certain to attract  user’s attention and that should result in higher click-through-rate and thereby CPM.
Here is what can you expect from a:
Music Website

Mobile Interstitial Ads
Mobile Interstitial Ads is a full screen mobile ad. It’s one of the top performing ad product by Propeller Ads because of its higher user engagement.
Here is what can you expect from a:
Entertainment Blog

3. Classic Banner Ads

Banner ads are still popular as it’s the easiest way to reach out to a massive audience at minimal costs. The best performing banner ads by Propeller Ads are ad units of sizes: 300×250 and 728×90. Other available ad units are: 468×60, 120×600, 160×600, 800×600, 800×440, and 320×50.
You can check out their best practices for banner ads placement here. According to Propeller Ads, entertainment blogs and download sites tends to perform better than other niche.
Here is what can you expect from a:
Movie Website

Mobile Apps Review Website

Gaming Blog

4. Layer Ads

Layer Ad is a banner ad on steroid as it loads banner ads over the website content. You can choose any of the available banner ad units but a bigger ad unit such as 800×600 or 800×440 is recommended.

5. Slider Ads

Slider Ad is again another kind of banner ad that fades in at the bottom of a web page. Unless the user decides to close, it’s always visible even if he/she is scrolling up or down.

6. Direct Ads

Direct Ads (or Direct Links) is a unique ad product in which publishers are given a URL to promote. You can promote it by creating your own banner ads, text link ads, buttons, or even redirects.
For instance, you can monetize your 404 pages with a direct ad — without hurting user experience. According to Propeller Ads, it works best on a downloads website (ebooks, music, apps, wallpapers, movies, etc.)
Here is what can you expect from a:
File Sharing Website

Video Sharing Website

7. Video Ads

If you want to monetize your video content then can try Video Ads. Propeller Ads offers three video ad spots: Pre-Roll, Mid-Roll, Post-Roll, and Pre-Game.
Note: All the earning screenshots are collected as part of the research (with majority of them shared by Propeller Ads itself on request). I do not run Propeller Ads on my blog as I prefer selling private ads only. I’ve included as much screenshots as I can — from different industires — so that you can use it as a benchmark to find out whether your earnings are on par with other publishers.

Propeller Ads: Pros & Cons

First things first. Propeller Ads is not exactly an AdSense alternative. Google AdSense is a pay-per-click ad network and Propeller Ads is a CPM ad network. It basically means, AdSense pays for each click-throughs from your website and Propeller Ads pays for every 1,000 ad impressions.

Read: Over 40 Google AdSense Alternatives To Make Money Blogging

Google AdSense works best when your website is in a competitive niche with majority of traffic from organic search (that is, from search engines). If you have a high traffic website that’s in a non-competitive industry then the AdSense earnings could be terrible (especially when its organic traffic is less).
Again, AdSense is a good choice for file sharing websites, forums, downloads websites where the traffic quality is low but the page views/visits ratio is very high. Luckily Propeller Ads (and similar banner networks) works very well on such websites.

Pros

• It’s super easy to get started as all accounts are activated instantly. You can login to your publisher account and add all the domain names that you wish to monetize and you will be notified via email when it’s approved.
• Propeller Ads share 80% of their ad revenue with publishers. But it’s not a good idea to compare two advertisers based only on their revenue sharing percentage as we don’t know the real size of their total ad inventory. An advertiser with a massive ad inventory can easily beat the CPM of a small ad network with just 50% revenue sharing.
• The reporting of Propeller Ads is pretty simple. It shows your earnings in a tabular way or on a chart. And the best thing? It’s real-time!
• Propeller Ads supports the following payment methods: Wire Transfer, Payoneer, Webmoney, and Prepaid Cards. The minimum payment amount will be $500 for Wire Transfers and $100 for all other payment methods and is based on a NET 30 terms. That is, if your total earnings at the end of January is $300 then you will be paid in the first week of March.
• Propeller Ads accepts all websites irrespective of their traffic as long as it doesn’t violate their terms and conditions.
• It generates the maximum CPM for entertainment websites (including downloads, music, movies, viral blogs, etc.).
• As a publisher you can refer other publishers to Propeller Ads and can earn 5% of his/her future ad revenue — for lifetime.
• You can even monetize your 404 pages with a full-screen ad. No more wasted traffic!
• You can run Propeller Ads along with ads from other advertising or affiliate networks — like AdSense, Infolinks, CJ, etc.
• If you are a new publisher and is looking for some personal assistance then you get direct one-to-one support via email or Skype. Also, if you have a high traffic website then you get a dedicated account manager who will assist you to optimize the traffic.

Cons

• Poor user experience. Your visitors may find full-screen ads, pop-under ads, push ads, etc. as annoying.
• Do not support PayPal payments. It’s really a big turn off because even almost all top AdSense alternatives support PayPal.
• Once again, the minimum payout is also on the higher side. And I suppose it’s because they do not support PayPal payments.
• The best performing ad units are not traditional banner ads or mobile ads — it’s pop-under ads and full-page ads. But users (including me) hate it. However, if you have a high traffic file sharing website or a downloads website or a maybe even a forum then pop-under ads could be the right choice.
• It’s true that Propeller Ads is accepting all sorts of publisher websites (unless of course it doesn’t comply with their terms and conditions) but it appears like if you want to generate handsome income then you need either a high-traffic website or a website with high-quality traffic.
• If your traffic quality is low (it means you get few traffic from U.S., U.K., and Europe) then Propeller Ads may not be a right choice unless you want to try pop-under ads, full-page ads, etc.
• Again, Propeller Ads considers conversions as well when calculating CPM. A CPM network is supposed to pay a fixed income for every 1,000 pages views irrespective of conversions. But Propeller Ads offers more payment models to advertisers like — CPC (Cost Per Click) and CPA (Cost Per Action). So your final earnings depends upon the type of ad inventory too.
• Your CPM could be extremely low if the traffic quality is poor. Of course, AdSense also do not pay much for low quality traffic but at Propeller Ads it’s much more worse. Here’s a screenshot of a popular Spanish tech blog that receives no meaningful traffic from English speaking countries. Its CPM with Google AdSense was around $0.20 but as you can see Propeller Ads’ banner ads are not even generating a CPM of $0.05.

Conclusion

Propeller Ads is not another network where you could fake traffic and money. Like AdSense or any other reliable publisher network — you need real traffic to make real income.

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How to Use Social Media Marketing to Grow your Business

Social media marketing is an inexpensive yet very powerful tool for content marketing. It helps you build a loyal audience that grows your business. Use this guide to learn what social media marketing is and how you can use it to build a successful business.

Social media marketing is an effective method of generating website traffic through social media sites.
It’s about creating valuable content that catches people’s attention and encourages them to share it with their social connections.
Social media is not new. It has been around for decades. But, the rise of social media sites has seen a tremendous surge over the last 10 years.
Today, social media has become an indispensable part of all serious online marketing campaigns.

What is Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing involves marketing products or services using social media. Unlike traditional marketing, you do not begin with your sales pitch right away. Instead, you build rapport with people before you start selling them anything.
Effective social media marketing focuses on building a community of engaged people who love you, follow you, buy from you, spread the word about your business and ultimately grow your business.
Social media marketing takes time, energy and careful planning. It’s less like running a sprint and more like running a marathon. So before you dive in, prepare yourself for the amount of energy it needs to bring fruitful results.
Let’s have a look at what social media is.

What is Social Media

Social media is a way for people to interact online. They stay in touch with one another using Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and many other social media sites.
Social media is called so because people communicate with one another in a social context using conversations, comments and other means of interactions.
For businesses, social media has turned out to be no less than a magic wand. People today are sharing more information than ever on social media sites, which is helping businesses identify their target audience better and market their products and services effectively.

Is Social Media just a Hype

Social media is not a fad. In fact, it is extremely valuable.
Over the last 10 years, the Web has seen a tremendous growth in the development and popularity of social media sites. Millions of people get online and interact with one another using social media every day!
The stats (as of October, 2014) below clearly show some social media muscles.

• A whopping 93% of shopping decisions made by people are influenced by social media
• About 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations
• 89% of 18-29 year olds are on a social network
• Facebook has over 1.32 billion monthly active users
• Over 9 billion photos are uploaded to Facebook each month
• 1 in 5 young adults (18-24) uses Twitter everyday
• Twitter has over 271 million monthly active users
• Google+ sees more than 540 million active users each month
• Every second 2 new members join LinkedIn
• A total of 67% bloggers operate more than one blog
• Women (18-29) are the power users of the Web
• Women check out a brand page more often than men
• YouTube serves more than 1 billion unique visitors every month

You cannot ignore the power of social media, especially if you are serious about running a successful business online.

Does your Company need Social Media

Yes, it does. Regardless of how small or large your company is, social media can help you grow your business because your customers are online.
They are looking for information and recommendations. They are interacting with their friends, colleagues, experts and other brands to obtain enough information to make the right choice.
Why?
Well, because they want to be smart buyers.
And you can help them become smart buyers by listening to them. Answer their questions. Provide them the information they are looking for and you can pretty much attract them to your site.

Top Social Media Platforms

People today hang out on a variety of social media platforms. Knowing the best places to promote your business is the first step towards getting remarkable results. Take a look at the top social media platform below to know what makes each platform special.
Facebook
With over 1.32 billion monthly active users, Facebook has become the world’s largest social network. If you are not on Facebook, you are missing a lot, especially if you own a business.
10 years ago when Facebook made its debut in 2004, it was a no-frills network allowing college students to connect with one another.
Today, billions of people are using Facebook to connect with friends and the world around them, and businesses are using it to build a closer relationship with their audience and customers.
Eager to take your business to Facebook, read How to Use Facebook to Grow your Business.

Twitter
Twitter is great for sharing announcements, events and promotions. With 271 million+ monthly active users and 500 million+ tweets sent per day, Twitter is a perfect platform for generating brand awareness.
Back in the year 2006, Twitter made its debut as a service that let users send short (up to 140 characters long) messages to a group of people. Its intended use was to keep friends and colleagues informed about their daily activities.
Little did everyone know that Twitter would transform into a powerful tool for online marketing one day.

For new social media marketers, we have written a guide called The Beginner’s Guide to Marketing with Twitter. Check it out.

Google+
With over 540 million monthly active users and the fact that Google favours Google+ pages in search results, it would be silly not to use Google+ to connect with your prospects and customers.
When it made its first appearance back in 2011, SEO experts were the first ones to use it. People believed that Google+ was basically a technical platform meant to be used by techies and men alone.
Today, Google+ has more than 1.6 billion total users including an impressive ratio of men and women.
To know how to start using Google+ for marketing your business, read Using Google+ for Effective Social Media Marketing.

LinkedIn
Every second two new members join LinkedIn. Google generally reports LinkedIn company pages within the top 1-2 pages of search results. Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies are on LinkedIn. The time is just right to take your business to LinkedIn.
It is a great platform for generating B2B leads.
People as colleagues use LinkedIn to stay connected with one another and businesses use it to connect with current and potential stakeholders and employees.
Learn how to market your business on LinkedIn with our guide The Beginner’s Guide to Marketing with LinkedIn.

Pinterest
Pinterest has attracted 70 million+ users in less than 4 years. Approx. 80% of these users are women. Moreover, the world’s top brands are on Pinterest. There is no reason why you should underestimate Pinterest as a powerful social media marketing tool.
The fact that one of five people on Pinterest has purchased something they have seen on the site makes Pinterest an ideal place for promoting your products or services.
If your business can benefit from image sharing and storytelling, Pinterest is for you.
Need solid marketing advice for success on Pinterest, read Using Pinterest for Effective Business Marketing.

Which Social Media Platform is Best for You

The one your customers hang out on.
Identify your main business objectives and target customer demographics and you can find the right social network for you.
Here are two examples to simplify the process.
Example 1: If your business objective is to increase sales for beauty products for women, your target customer demographics may include women between the age of 18 and 40. As you are going to focus on women alone, choosing Pinterest is the best choice as over 80% of Pinterest users are women.
Example 2: If your business objective is to deliver topic-based news or timely insights, your target customer demographics may include information-hungry people who remain online throughout most of their lives. Twitter is an ideal choice for you as it lets you respond to and engage with your followers.
Need a shortcut? Turn to Facebook. Why? With over 1.32 billion monthly active users and with an almost equal ratio of men and women as users, Facebook is ideal for just about any business.
YouTube
YouTube marketing campaigns provide remarkable results, and the success stories of Old Spice, Zappos, Dove and Lay’s prove it. Over 6 billion hours of video is watched every month on YouTube. Chances are your customers are watching YouTube videos. Amaze them today.
YouTube has become the top source of video entertainment on the Web. Users are watching and sharing YouTube videos at an unbelievable speed.

Blogging
An effective blog can drive torrents of traffic to your main website. People love to read blogs because blogs have an informal, conversational style. A blog is a powerful tool for building brand awareness and boosting sales.
The best part is that you don’t need to be a techie to start and run a blog.
There are many different blogging platforms available including WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, Typepad, Quora and many more.
Not only are these blogging platforms easy to use but also contain a lot of help and support material which can turn you into an ace blogger if you devote enough time regularly.


That’s not all Folks!
The social networking sites discussed here are not the only places for people to interact and businesses to connect with consumers and prospects.
Besides these social networks, there are:

• Forums
  Perhaps the oldest form of social media, Forums are pretty effective at building communities and providing timely information. When run effectively, Forums can turn out to be a reliable source of traffic.
• Social bookmarking services
  Social bookmarks are identical to the bookmarks you have stored on your computer for your favourite sites. The only difference is that social bookmarks are publically visible. StumbleUpon, Delicious, Kaboodle and ThisNext are some popular social bookmarking services.
• Social news services
  These services allow you to build peer-based lists of recommended articles from across the Internet. Users often vote on the value of postings. Digg and Reddit are the two most popular social news services.
• Question and answer based social networks
  People often turn to question and answer based social networks when they need quick answers for their issues. This is an ideal place to connect with people and make them aware of what you do. Quora and Yahoo Answers are two such networks that are very popular.
• Picture sharing services
  These services let you tell your story through pictures and short videos. Instagram is one such service. There are more than 200 million Instagram users who contribute towards posting more than 55 million photos every day. Although it’s Facebook’s baby now but you can’t ignore its potential.

Social Media Marketing Best Practices
Social media is all about building and engaging a community. Yes, it is a perfect platform for rolling out promotional updates but that should not be the first and only thing on your agenda.
Effective social media marketing demands that you do not rush towards closing a sale.
Focus on building relationships with your audience. Keep them delighted and they will start loving your brand.

Pros and Cons of Using Social Media
Social media is simple, useful and very effective. But at the same time, it has some drawbacks that you can’t ignore.
Pros:

• Lets you quickly reach your target audience
• Makes branding simple and effective
• Helps build relationships with your audience
• Improves search engine rankings
• Generates site traffic
• Saves you money on advertising

Cons:

• Takes time, a lot of time
• May require different strategies when a network updates

Over to you…
Social media is evolving day by day. Therefore, creating a Definitive Guide to Everything You Ever Need to Know about Social Media Marketing, Ever is not possible.
We will keep updating this guide as and when something worth mentioning here comes up. Till then, use it to harness the power of social media to grow your business.
Thanks for reading. We hope you found it valuable!

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the practice of telling search engines such as Google what your website is about and how it may be useful for users. If done well, it gets you closer to the top on the result page displayed by a search engine, and you get high volumes of traffic for your website.

Why is SEO important

When people need some information, they mostly search for it online on Google, Yahoo!, Bing or other search engines. These search engines maintain huge databases of websites and based on people’s queries they display a set of results, showing websites that match with the search criteria in a certain order so that people could quickly and accurately get what they’re looking for and .
Without SEO, neither search engines nor people will come to know about your website. You may have one of the best websites out there about your niche but if people don’t know about it, they will never visit it and you will never be able to make some serious money with it.

SEO Overview

Search engine optimization is all about getting traffic from a search engine. It is a method of systematically structuring each page on your website so that search engines will find them useful and direct users towards it. Along with pay per click (PPC) advertising, SEO is the most widely used method of brining people to a website.
There are many aspects of SEO.

• On-page SEO
  On-page SEO involves formatting each page on your website in such a way that it becomes easy for search engines to crawl and store it in their databases.Basically, you need to place keywords related to your niche on a webpage at strategic locations. Keywords are words and phrases used by people when they search for something on a search engine. Examples of keywords include “how to make money online”, “SEO guide for affiliates”, “affiliate marketing”, etc.
• Off-page SEO
  Off-page SEO involves doing activities off your website that improve your search engine rankings. It is equally important and if you ignore it, you would not get desired results.Off-page SEO involves promoting your website by linking it to other important websites. When a website links to your website, it provides you a “backlink” which improves your site’s worth. Social networking websites, blogs, blog marketing, forum marketing, directory submission, search engine submission, social bookmarking, link baiting and article submission are some effective methods of promoting your website.

When implemented successfully, SEO will help your website outrank all other websites and boost the traffic that you receive from a search engine.

How Search Engine Optimization Works for You

SEO is by far the best method of obtaining free traffic from a search engine. When people search for something they are typically served with two sets of results, paid and free.
To secure a spot in the paid results, you need to spend money. However, to appear in the free or organic results, you do not need to spend money. A search engine considers these results the most relevant for the search term and displays them automatically.
In order to get free traffic from a search engine, you should not only appear in the free results but also appear in the first three pages of the results because users do not bother to check beyond these pages. Therefore, you must optimize your website pages effectively, covering your most important keywords.
SEO helps you appear closer to the top on a search engine results page (SERP). If you can achieve top spots for your most important keywords, nobody can stop you from making money as an affiliate. Obtaining high rankings on a results page gets you more traffic, which in turn gets you more money!
However, you must remember that there is no magic wand that can get you high rankings on a search engine. Rather, you need to work hard and smart to raise yourself up the rankings. You need to structure and format each and every page on your website to make a search engine believe it is important and will be useful for a user. Only then, you will be able to get high rankings.

The Good and Bad of SEO

SEO is a blessing as it offers unbeatable benefits over other methods of getting website traffic. However, there are some inevitable disadvantages as well that are hard to ignore.
Good points include:

• SEO provides free traffic. You do not need to spend money to get visitors from a search engine.
• The size of your wallet does not matter when it comes to drive traffic to your website. It all boils down to your skills and ability.
• You get “low-risk” traffic with SEO. Unlike PPC, you do not spend money to get traffic therefore you can ignore it if it does not start getting you results right away. With PPC, you are always concerned about conversions as you spend a lot of money buying traffic. With SEO, such pressurizing situations rarely occur.

Bad points include:

• SEO takes time and effort, sometimes a lot of time and effort. Most people turn to other methods of getting website traffic simply because of the time and effort it takes to obtain a reputable ranking in search results.
• Rankings are not permanent. People behind search engines do their best to improve user experience. They regularly update their algorithms, which can affect your rankings without prior notices.

How do you SEO

Search engine optimization is a comprehensive yet simple process. It is twofold; you need to perform on-page SEO as well as off-page SEO.
On-page SEO Tips
On-page SEO involves making certain changes to the content on your website so that Google or any other search engine finds it worth displaying among the top search results.
The on-page tips listed below will help you make the right start.

• Create high quality, interesting, useful and original content for your website. Search engines and people alike love such content. When people love to read your content, they will keep coming back to your site. By the way, people also love to share such content.
• Place your keywords strategically. Scatter them throughout your webpage. Do not forget to include your keyword in the first 50 words of your page. Most search engines focus on the top part of a webpage while crawling it so you must include your keyword in the first part of your page.
• Keep your keyword density between 1% and 4%. That roughly equals using a keyword once every 100 words. There are special tools that can help you determine the exact keyword density. Search engines can block your listing if you over optimize by keeping keyword density very high.
• Avoid keyword stuffing. Some people try to group keywords close together in an attempt to trick search engines into increasing their website rankings. Search engines hate such practices, and the penalties often involve filtering your search listing. The key to success is using your keywords strategically throughout your webpage.
• Optimize the title tag for each webpage effectively because this text appears as the clickable heading for your search engine listing. It should clearly describe the topic of your webpage. You should also include your target keyword in the title as it will tell users that it contains the exact information they are looking for.
• Use your target keyword in inline hyperlinks. Instead of creating “click here” links, be more specific. If, for example, you have a page that covers “making money online”, ideally the link text should be something like “How to Make Money Online”. This improves readability besides giving search engines an idea of where a link is leading.
• Use the H1 tags for headings on your webpage. Doing so makes each section stand out. It also makes your content easy to scan and read. Search engines love it. Besides, people love to share such content.

Off-page SEO Efforts
Off-page SEO involves doing activities off your website that improve your ranking. It is equally important and if you ignore it, you would not get desired results. Here are some tips to help you do off-page search engine optimization effectively.

• Promote your website through social networking Create profiles on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. and connect with people to improve the reputation of your website. If possible, dedicate separate professionals for the profile on each social networking site.
• Blogging is another great way to promote your website. People love to read blogs online. By creating a blog for your website, you give people a reason for coming back to your website. To run a successful blog, you should write compelling and interesting content for your blog. If your blog is impressive, it will also promote people to link to it.
• Market your website in online forums. Join a forum that is related to your niche and then start interacting with people. Don’t forget to leave a link back to your website in your posting whenever you get a chance. Forums are a great way to direct traffic to your website.
• Leverage the power of link baiting. Have other good quality sites link to your site. When a website links to your website, it provides you a “backlink” which improves your site’s worth. Social networking websites, blogs, blog marketing, forum marketing, directory submission, search engine submission, social bookmarking, article submission are some effective methods of getting promoting your website.
• Submit your website to search engines. It is true that search engines keep crawling the Web for new websites, and eventually they will discover your website. However, it may take time. The smart way out is submitting your website to search engines like Google, Yahoo!, Bing, etc.
• Submit your website to directories. Contrary to popular belief, directories are not dead, and so is directory submission. People still use them. Search engines refer to them for a lot of information. Again, the rule of thumb is to submit your website to niche directories i.e. the directories related to your website.
• Improve your website traffic with social bookmarking. The good news is that you do not need to spend money to bookmark. Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Delicious and many other social bookmarking websites let you publish your bookmarks free of cost.
• Go for article submission, it is worth the effort. People read articles when they are looking for expert advice on some topic. By submitting articles related to your niche to article directory sites like EZine, Go Articles, etc., you could drive traffic to your website that will improve its rankings.
• Answer people’s questions. People are asking questions more than ever. The “how to” queries are increasingly becoming popular these days. When people ask questions, they are looking for expert advice without spending time. Answer people’s questions and leave a link back to your website in your answer. That way you will get links from a top website.

To Cut the Long Story Short

SEO is amazing. It is simple. It is effective. Above all, it is free.

• Search engines could deliver high volumes of traffic to your website.
• Traffic obtained through search engines is 100% free traffic.
• To receive any significant traffic from a search engine, you must appear in the first three pages of the results.
• You must make effective use of on-page and off-page SEO.

Despite its drawbacks, SEO is still the most widely used method of boosting website traffic. Affiliates around the world harness the power of search engine optimization to improve the rankings of their websites. It’s your turn now!
SEO Glossary
Keyword: A word or phrase people use to search information on a search engine. Examples of keywords include “how to make money online”, “SEO guide for affiliates”, “affiliate marketing”, etc.
SERP: Search Engine Results Page is a page on which a search engine displays the results for a search query.
Website Ranking: The position of a website in the search results on a search engine.
Traffic: The number of users who visit a webpage on your website.
Crawling: The method used by search engines to index different websites.

Join Clickdealer and be a Successful Affiliate Marketer

One performance based network you can’t write off when you are in search of all leading affiliate network in the world is Clickdeader. They have an experienced team of affiliate managers and there support is second to none. It is one of the fastest growing network and it is a good network for advertisers who are looking for a quality performance based network.
It is a good choice for Indian affiliates looking for International brand and they do accept Indian publishers or affiliates. Clickdealer has a lot of variety in offers and advertisers offering different product to publishers with all available models to promote. The website gives you option to promote offers on CPA, CPL and CPM on highly profitable rates.

5 top reasons why you should join the network?

Timely payouts:

When you have to join a Affiliate network the first question every publisher may have is whether the network pays on time. If you are dealing with Clickdeader you leave that worry of yours to side as this network has some brilliant reviews on the internet for fast and accurate payments.

Offers:

Every network can get advertisers and affiliates on board but not many will be able to offer you products which are good enough to sell or easy to generate traffic. Clickdeader provides a large variety of top most dating offers and will help you make a lot of money.

Robust Tracking:

Your internet may go off to sleep but their tracking will not as Clickdealer has invested lot of time and money so that the advertisers and the publishers can be rest assured of the traffic they are generating as it is tracked properly.

Support:

One of the top most factor you may like to see in any performance based network is that it should have a team which responds to your queries, updates you on the latest promotions, pays you in timely manner and assist you in day to day issues. Clickdealer affiliate network has been able to do that effectively.

Different models:

If you are not sure if the advertiser will be able to convert well on your traffic for real sales it will be hard for you to try the advertiser on CPA or Revenue sharing basis. In order to simplify things for you, this network has given different options for you to promote. You can promote impressions or cost per lead basis where in you don’t have to think about whether your referral traffic will pay heat to the product and making a purchase on the website.

GoDaddy Affiliate Program Review

GoDaddy offers a 100% affiliate commission on nearly all products. Just place some banners and links from GoDaddy on your website and make money for every sale made through these ads.
GoDaddy is here with a unique affiliate program letting you make impressive sums of money as an affiliate.
You can get as much as 100% commission on nearly all products by GoDaddy.
Just place banners and links from GoDaddy on your website and turn your visitors into GoDaddy customers to earn money.
GoDaddy’s affiliate program is so popular that it won Commission Junction “People’s Choice Award” in 2013.
We believe you would love to become a part of this amazing affiliate program from GoDaddy.
To know more, just read this detailed review of GoDaddy affiliate program.

How It Works

GoDaddy follows the traditional affiliate marketing model.
Here are the different steps involved in making money as a GoDaddy affiliate.

1. You become a GoDaddy affiliate through one of its partner affiliate networks (Commission Junction or TradeDoubler)
2. You display some banners and links on your website
3. Your visitors click these ads to reach GoDaddy and make purchases
4. You automatically earn commission

GoDaddy offers its affiliate program free of cost so you have nothing to lose.

How Much You Can Earn

GoDaddy offers a 100% commission on almost all products and services.
There is no limit to the money that you can make as an affiliate with GoDaddy. The more sales you generate, the more you earn.

How You Get Paid

Once you earn more than the minimum required commission, you receive your earnings by direct deposit or cheque.
Your earnings are subject to tax deductions so make sure you provide the necessary details at the signup if you want to save tax.
GoDaddy offers its affiliate program through Commission Junction and TradeDoubler so you must check their terms and conditions to find out about any extra charges involved.

Eligibility Criteria

Your website must not mislead people, promote illegal activities or showcase objectionable material such as profanity, racism, hatred, etc.
Apart from that, your website must meet any requisites set by the affiliate network you join.

How to Join GoDaddy Affiliate Program

GoDaddy offers its affiliate program through Commission Junction and TradeDoubler.

Please make sure that you read the terms of service and other agreements carefully before signing up.

It Pays to be a GoDaddy Affiliate!

GoDaddy offers an affiliate program that is way better than the rest in its class.
Living up to its name and reputation, GoDaddy, the world’s #1 domain name registrar, offers some of the best domain prices on the internet.
Apart from offering great deals on domain names, GoDaddy provides generous commission rates on hosting plans, email accounts, reseller plans and much more.
It’s no wonder that GoDaddy won Commission Junction “People’s Choice Award” in 2013.
Sign up now to see for yourself why GoDaddy is one of the best affiliate programs available out there.

How to Show Google Ads on Mobile Version of Blogger Blog

If you were searching the way about how to show Google Ads on Mobile version of Blogger blog, then I am sure your current Blogger blog is now showing Google Adsense ads on the mobile version. If this is so, the bad news is, you are missing a lot of revenue from your blog. Because around 40-50% of your visitors are from Mobile operating system like Android, iOS or Symbian etc. So, if you are not showing ads for your mobile version of Blogger blog, you are actually losing money and blog revenue just for a simple mistake.

This is a good advantage for the bloggers to have a mobile site by default from Blogger. But you will have to check on a mobile device whether your site is showing mobile ads or not. I am mentioning the word, CHECK because for some cases, you automatically show Google ads on your mobile version of the site. But after checking if you have found, your mobile version of Blogger blog is not showing mobile ads, you can follow the below simple steps to show ads on your mobile blog. Though you will not be able to show 5 ad units on your mobile version of blogger blog, but you will be able to show one small banner and a large rectangle on the mobile version (which works really good for a mobile webpage).

Trick to Show Google Ads on Mobile Version of Blogger Blog:

If the Google Adsense ads are not showing in the mobile version of your blogger blog, this means “Your Google Adsense Account is not connected to your Blogger dashboard”. Some people has already got the trick! But for the newbie bloggers, I want to explain a bit more. 

• Sometimes, Adsense got disable for the default email address of your blogger blog. So, you apply with another email address and copy the Ad code and insert it in your blogger blog and your ad starts showing in your blogger blog.
• Also, after getting approved by Google adsense if you copy the code and insert it in your blog, you can also face this problem.

If the above two are your cases, then

1. Go to your blogger Dashboard and change the earning setting.
2. What to change? Dashboard >> Earning  and now enable Show ads on blog. That’s it! Now save the setting and you will start showing ads on your mobile version of blogger blog.
   3. If your Google Adsense is not associated with your Blogger account, Click on “Switch Adsense account” follow the steps. Then enable “Show ads on blog”, you are all done!
   My blogger blogs were also not showing Ads in the mobile version. So, I tried to search the reason and found under my Earning tab, “Show ads on blog” was not enabled as I had copied all the codes from Adsense setting and inserted in my blog. Now, I have enable Show ads on blog and all my blogger blogs are showing ads and I can see the difference in earning significantly.
   Note: Those who already have Google Adsense on their blog, after enabling the “Show ads on blog”, two more medium rectangle ads will start showing on your right sidebar and below the post (Which are default setting from Google). If you already have 3 big units in your blog, please remove those ads. The ad below post title can be disable from Layout>> Blog Post and then click on edit button. After clicking on edit button you will see option to disable that ad.
   Hope the above tips will work for you and will increase your ad revenue. If you still face any problem, you can contact me or leave a comment. I reply quickly to the comments. You can share the trick with your friends also.