How Blog Networks Can Help In Lead Generation and Help You Save Thousands of Dollars by - Steve Arun

Getting to the top of a search engine listing is the dream of all business owners. To realize this dream some takes route of SEO, while other goes towards PPC. Both have their merits and use in the grand scheme of things, but the latter is a very expensive way to claim a ranking towards the top of a search engine result page (SERP) and this is also not the way to get a long-term listing in search engine.
SEO is the only solution which can offer a long-term listing in SERP. Not only that, if you adopt a proper strategy, you can even save thousands of dollars that you will otherwise invest in buying sponsored listing. In this article, I am going to discuss about one such strategy in this mail, which we frequently use to save thousands of dollars for my clients. The strategy I am going to talk about is creation of blog networks.

Benefits of creating blog networks

Dominate multiple keywords

When I say blog networks, I mean keyword-rich blog networks, every node of which will be optimized for one keyword, so that it can dominate search engines for its primary keyword. We also supply secondary keywords to each keyword-optimized blog network.
By making one keyword-focused blog node, we conquer the very keyword and dominate the search engine. We create many such nodes and then connect each node with some of the other nodes in the network, all of which then lead to the main page.

Cut down on PPC budget

Through one node we take an absolute control of one keyword eliminating the need for creating a PPC campaign for that keyword thus saving, at least, some cents for the client. And once we create multiple nodes of the network that dominates the keywords they are optimized for, we start saving dollars for our clients.
Let’s do some math. Suppose you have to pay $0.10 for each user that is being sent to you from one keyword, and you have placed a bid for 20 such keywords. So for every visitor from each keyword you will pay $0.10. It means 20 visitors will cost you $2, and 200 visitors (10 each from each keyword) will cost you $20, and so on. And we are not yet talking about half of them clicking away the moment they enter because they realize, after clicking the sponsored ad, that they are on the wrong page.
Even at this rate, the traffic and listing you are getting is not consistent. The moment you will pull off your ads, people will stop coming to your website, but by investing in blog networks, you will get traffic throughout the year, and you will not have to spend even a single more buck, no matter how many people are coming to your website.

Generate leads

Sales is the ultimate goal of any business activity, SEO and blog networks should also contribute to that, and they do it by helping you generate leads, which is the best thing that can happen to a business next to sales.
A blog networks in which all the nodes are optimized for different keywords can also help you generate qualified leads. To achieve this goal, all one need to do is add a lead capture form on each of the nodes. For many clients, we have executed this strategy. Let’s say, from one node we capture 4-5 leads then without any extra investment, we can capture 50 leads from 10 blogs and 100 leads from 20 blogs.

Conclusion

Unlike a PPC ad, which can accomplish only one goal at one time, or maximum of two, it is evident from the above that establishing a blog network has multiple benefits. It can easily save you hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.

By - Steve Arun

The Three Big Marketing Mistakes to Avoid by Brian Casey

Getting it Right firts time in marketing on the internet is very rare. It can be a trial an error game, but a lot of people make the same mistakes over and over again People succeed at Internet Marketing every single day. They do it in a variety of different ways too. There is no one way to become successful with Internet Marketing. However, there are some Internet Marketing mistakes that you should avoid. In fact, here are the big 3 mistakes to avoid.

Mistake #1: Choosing the Wrong Niche

If you really want to be successful with Internet Marketing then all it's going to take is a few key ingredients. If you make sure all of these ingredients are present then you will make a lot of money online. Working for success with Internet Marketing really is that easy. Here's how to do it.

A Desire to Succeed

The first ingredient that's needed when working for success with Internet Marketing is a desire to succeed. This means more than simply wanting to succeed. This means being willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. You need to be willing to do absolutely everything right or you will be setting yourself up for failure.

Knowledge

The next important ingredient when working for success with Internet Marketing is to gather as much knowledge as you can. You want to know as much about your niche as you possibly can and you also need to know as much as you can about how to make money. Don't ever stop gathering knowledge either. You need to always keep being a student of Internet Marketing because you will always have more to learn.

Planning

When working for success with Internet Marketing you also want to make sure you're always planning. Plan how you will complete each large task and plan how you will spend each day. Plan every step of your journey to success. Without a plan you will have very little chance of achieving any success at all. But with a plan you can map out exactly how you will succeed with an online business.

Hard Work

The final ingredient when you're working for success with Internet Marketing is hard work. Don't think for one moment that Internet Marketing is your key to making lots of money without putting in any effort. It will take a lot of hard work in order to be successful with your online business. So, be sure you count on putting in plenty of effort when you're working for success with Internet Marketing.

Here's how to work for success with Internet Marketing. You need a desire to succeed, you need to have knowledge, you need to plan out everything, and you need to put in the hard work. If you do all of these things then you will succeed with your online business.

The first of the big 3 Internet Marketing mistakes to avoid is choosing the wrong niche. You want to choose a niche that you're interested in, a niche that's popular, and a niche that doesn't have a lot of competition.

Now, the least important of these criteria is the competition. However, if you do go into a competitive niche you better be prepared to work hard and to do things better than most of your competition. If you don't then you will have a very hard time succeeding.

Mistake #2: Getting Distracted

Getting distracted is the second of the 3 big Internet Marketing mistakes to avoid. Don't be one of those people who always chase the latest way to make money online. Choose a way that works for you and stick with it until you are successful.

Mistake #3: Quitting too Soon

Finally, another common Internet Marketing mistakes is quitting too soon. Success could very well be just around the corner. If you quit you will never succeed. 0% of Internet Marketers who quit actually succeed. Obviously the success rate for those who stick with it is much higher than that.

There are some major Internet Marketing mistakes you always want to avoid. The big 3 to avoid are choosing the wrong niche, getting distracted, and quitting too soon. If you avoid these mistakes you will have a much better chance of succeeding with Internet Marketing.