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PurePanties #64 to 66

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:18:28 -0400

P.P. #64 Shelly, a pretty, dark haired girl, starts in a blue dress with black nylon panties. She changes into a tan cotton brief under a white skirt, her round ass really fills them out. After some up the skirt shots she puts on a light green nylon & lace panty under a tight red skirt, you get my famous worms eye views of her crotch and butt. Then into a flowered white cotton panty for still more teasing, then a flowery satin pair under her night shirt. Shelly loves panties and throughout her video she is constantly pulling them on to model and then pulling them off, panty after panty. In the end she gets naked, showing you her pussy and butt hole. You can see her pussy glistening as she is excited! (59 minutes) P.P. #65 Stacy is a very, very pretty brunette. She starts in a blue dress with a light pink nylon brief panty underneath and moves around her bedroom. I give you tease shots up her dress. Then she puts on a white satin panty under a blue & white dress, you get my famous up the skirt shots, then she goes outside for more teasing on a lounge chair. Next into a white lace panty under a denim dress, for worms eye views up those legs to her panty covered crotch, with some great closeups. Then a black nylon panty under a mini skirt and she does camera walkovers. In the end she gets naked so you can see all of her great figure and almost hairless pussy. (56 minutes) P.P. #66 This video stars two cutie pies, Melinda from PP #61 and Marsha from PP #62. They became friends in high school and here they are now, shooting a video together. Now that's friendship. They are dressed in denim shorts with halter tops. They try on little bra and panty sets. Melinda in a blue lace (see-through) her butt is so sexy through these, and Marsha puts on a pastel green satin set. Later they try on little dresses for tease up the skirts. Melinda puts on a denim skirt and you get glimpses of her panties. Marsha has on a black mini skirt. Then these two slow dance over my camera for worms eye views up both their skirts. The two pillow fight, which turns into some wrestling, I get you great panty shots. They switch panties and clothes. Then they relax on the couch showing off their panties. They have so many panties to keep track of. Melinda brushes Marsha's hair, and I sneak you peaks up their skirts. To repay her Marsha gives Melinda a massage, then they start stroking each other, you can tell they are making each other excited, before they know it they are naked and watch what happens next. Their video runs 1 hour and 6 minutes long. A must have for any true panty collector.

Why It's Important to Keep Up With the News

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:31:29 -0400

Many people neglect the news and are aware of what is going on in the world around them. This is a large mistake however and a good understanding of current affairs is actually crucial for many reasons. Here we'll look at just why it's so important to follow the news and why you should look for a news blog, website or news channel to provide you with regular updates.

Firstly the news can sometimes affect you. You might not think that news is constantly about crises in other countries, or things that have happened to other people, but more likely the news reflects a policy or government decision that will be utilising your tax money and that will affect your economy. The government is designed to work for us and this is the true idea of a democracy, however it's the press and the blogs and news channels that allow us to actually see what the government are doing and that allow for democracy to work. People fought and died for freedom of speech and the freedom of the press that comes with it, and so to turn your back on it is a serious mistake. When it comes to an election, the news through the last few years should be the main thing influencing your decision.

At the same time the news can often affect you directly. For example the recent news of the ash cloud covering the sky meant that many flights had to be cancelled or couldn't go ahead. However only those who read a news blog or watched a news channel would have known not to go ahead and book any last minute flights. Even on a more basic level, the news often includes the weather, and this will affect whether we get wet when we head outside or remember to bring an umbrella.

The news is also very important for conversation. If something big has happened in the news then this is a sure fire way to spark up a conversation with someone where there might otherwise have been an awkward silence. At the same time in a group of people talking about the news you won't want to be the only one who isn't aware of what's going on as this can make you feel very isolated and out of touch. At the same time you might lose respect from the other people who value the news and current affairs more.

Of course the news is also just interesting and while there will be a lot you're not interested in, there will always be something that catches your attention and that is related to one of the fields you find interesting. If you like celebrities and gossip then this always finds its way on to the news, while meanwhile you'll also likely find information about sports and cutting edge science.

If you want to stay up to date with the news but struggle to find the time, new media technologies are now allowing many new methods to get quick and specific news updates meaning there's really no excuse left for not knowing what's going on in the world.

Why You Should Add A Blog Into Your Web Marketing Efforts

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:20:00 -0400

In the past I have stated and written about the importance when hiring a Web Marketing Company to promote your company’s blog that you make sure they implement your blog into all of their Web Marketing Services and manually submit them to the major blog directories. A blog is something every business owner should take advantage of and implement. Submitting your blog to these directories will have a drastic impact, and at the same time will improve your Google page rank and increase your site’s overall ranking in Google’s search engine results. Also, many of these directories have a high page rank themselves and they carry a lot of weight when it comes to acquiring new “back-links” to your website’s domain.

As I stated earlier it is very important that you concentrate in submitting your blog to the
directories that have a higher page rank, so make sure the WEB Marketing Firm that you hire to promote your company’s blog focuses in getting your site added and listed on the major ones. Submitting your site to the lesser known directories might not be as beneficial as targeting the ones with a higher page rank, although some SEO Experts will argue that a link is a link.

A couple of days ago I read an article that stated: Technorati, a search engine that monitors blogs, owned and operated by search behemoth “Google,” has indexed and spiders more than a 150 million blogs. In fact, over the last few years blogs have become important SEO tools…. The search engines even love them, visiting frequently to index them. In fact, Google even owns one of the top blogging-tools companies, Blogger (blogger.com). “What’s the bet that blogs hosted by Blogger get indexed by Google?!” There are actually plenty of blog-hosting sites, such as Blog.com, Blogster.com, and many more.

Many blog-hosting services, such as Blogger, Provide a way to integrate pages into your website, and blogs can be very effective with SEO tools, if can find a way to create enough content. While many people set up blogs, the numbers that maintain them is far lower.

If you use any tool that allows visitors to post messages on your site or blog, you should monitor and delete inappropriate messages as we live in a very cruel doggy dog world. Many search engine marketers use such tools to post messages with links pointing back to their web sites (known as blog spam). With that in mind, here’s a quick list of 30 blog directories that every blog owner should be targeting with their Web Marketing Efforts!

1.      5StarBlogs.com
2. BlogAZoo.com
3. BlogBib.com
4. BlogBunch.com
5. BlogCatalog.com
6. BlogDir.com
7. BloggerFind.com
8. BlogHop.com
9. BloggerNity.com
10. Bloggeries.com
11. BlogHub.com
12. Blogion.com
13. Blogmighty.com
14. BlogOriffic.com
15. Blogmighty.com
16. BlogPulse.com
17. BlogRankings.com
18. BlogsbyWomen.org
19. Blogscholar.com
20. Blog-Search.com
21. BlogSearchEngine.com
22. BlogsForSmallBusiness.com
23. BlogSoldiers.com
24. BlogStreet.com
25. BlogSweet.com
26. BlogTagStic.com
27. BlogTree.com
28. BlogUniverse.com
29. BlogWise.com
30. Bloogz.com

Finding The Best Keywords For Your Money-Making Blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:50:46 -0400

As you may be aware, there are a number of different tools available to help you come up with keywords that will be attractive to search engines. Unfortunately, many of those keywords are not very attractive to consumers that actually plan on buying something. Therefore, when you are doing keyword analysis for a money making blog, it is important to evaluate keywords based on more than their popularity.

Consider a situation where you want to build a money making blog that focuses on weight lifting. Chances are, you can easily come up with a list of basic keywords that you can plug into the Google Ad Word finder. This may include words related to protein diets, types of equipment, and training schedules. As a general rule of thumb, you should look for at least five main sub-topics, and then fill each one in with a series of 10 related keywords.

1) Keyword Popularity and Blog Usage

Most novices that look at keyword analytic tools will automatically try to dedicate their keyword optimization strategies to the most popular keywords. Unfortunately, every other blog author will be doing the same thing. This, in turn, will create a situation where your blog will have an increased level of competition when it comes to search engine positioning. On the other hand, if you choose less popular keywords, your site will appear more popular. Interestingly enough, less popular terms may often be used by individuals that are ready to buy something.

2) The Importance of Keyword Clusters

Today, many people create one or two posts for their affiliate marketing blogs, and then magically expect them to pull in thousands of customers. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that these blogs do not gain much attention, nor do they rank well in the search engines. In fact, if these blogs are pointing to other blogs in a network, they may actually harm the overall ranking of the site you are putting more effort into. At the same time, if readers cannot find valuable information in your blog, they are not likely to come back and visit a second time.

When a visitor lands on your blog, they may only be interested in answering a very specific question. For example, they may want to know about weight training for teens, but not have much immediate interest in weight building diets. On the other hand, if the person is dedicating themselves to a long term set of fitness or health goals, other questions are bound to come up. Therefore, even if they do not click on your weight training diet links, they may remember that your site has this information. At the very least, if your site has a number of topics listed, there is a higher chance that viewers will bookmark your page and return to it. In the absence of being able to obtain contact information, this is your best chance for getting another opportunity to deliver a sales pitch.

Making use of robust keyword clusters also helps boost search engine optimization. If your site is indexed in a number of related clusters, it may help your site rank better for more popular keywords. Even though you may not rank in the top 10 for these keywords, you may still hit the top 50. It is important to realize that someone looking up general terms may actually go this deep into search engine results to find something unique or different from what they are getting in the top 10 results.

When choosing keywords for your blog, you will need to balance drawing large amounts of traffic to your site with finding terms and phrases that will actually garner sales. In almost every case, keyword analysis should start with a web of related ideas that can be built into five or six categories, or keyword clusters. Taking this approach will enable you to:

a) create a viable mix of keywords that can be used to boost search engine ranking and keep it at a high level for longer periods of time.

b) make your blog interesting enough to draw repeat traffic.

c) ensure that you can commit yourself to a blog that remains interesting and lively.

Three Critical Design Techniques To Design A Money-Making Blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:48:33 -0400

When people go to visit your site, they will already have some ideas about its content based on information provided by the referring source. For example, search engine results may provide a clip of text from your site that includes relevant keywords. In many cases, if the promised information is not delivered within the first page, you can rest assured that potential buyers will simply look for another website. Therefore, the way you structure your blog is extremely important.

1) Headers and Banners

Today, many webmasters create niche specific different domains in order to keep the content as relevant as possible. This includes rotating banners, or special content headers at the top and bottom of the blog. Surprisingly enough, this does not advance search engine ranking, let alone assure that customers are going to buy from your site.

When it comes to banners, you need to stop and ask yourself three very important questions:

1. When searching for specific information, do you even bother to look at banners, or do you quickly scroll down to find the content?

2. Have you ever clicked away from a page because it took too long for the banners or headers to load?

3. Do you often associate banners at the top of a page with "free" webhosting sites, and therefore, form a mental impression that the site may not be very creditable?

If you answered "yes" to any one of these questions, chances are the majority of site visitors are also thinking the same way. No matter how you look at it, the advice related to creating massive advertising campaigns based on headers is useless, and downright harmful. As a general rule of thumb, you will always be better served by using these areas of your website for sensible sales pitches that can set the tone and the mood of the potential buyer.

2) Page Loading Speed

There is no question that DSL, satellite, and cable modems are a vast improvement over dial up. On the other hand, many of these services also limit consumer bandwidth usage. As a general rule of thumb, if you page takes too long to load, it may also take up too much bandwidth. Under these circumstances, you can rest assured that potential customers will be annoyed and not want to come back to your site, let alone buy anything from it. While you may want to have a fancy website with lots of frills, you will always be better served by a clean, neat, fast loading website.

3) The Ideal Number of Columns

When you open a newspaper, you will notice that the text is divided into a number of columns. Many webmasters try to duplicate this effect with their blogs. It is very important to realize that newspapers must make use of every available spot on a printed page. Therefore, when they break up text onto different pages, it makes sense. On the other hand, when you have more than three or four columns on your site, it can create a great deal of confusion. In fact, if your site has five or even six columns, some of them may be inaccessible to visitors with small screens. This problem becomes even pronounced if the browser does not support the vertical scrolling instructions found in the code for your blog. As a general rule of thumb, you should try to your site focused mainly on post and page content.

Today, it is not always easy to draw a balance between a well designed website and one that looks contemporary. For example, if every other webmaster has a site with five or six columns, you may be tempted to clutter up your own site up. On the other hand, if you give it some though, you will soon realize that components such as extra columns and flash banners won't gain any added value in search engine ranking. At the same time, potential buyers may become frustrated with slow loading pages, as well as ones that do not deliver the desired information. If you have to change design elements, you will be well served by changing logos, menu styles, and other features that will give your blog a contemporary look without sacrificing the functionality of the site.

How to Build a Secure Financial Future as a Mommy Blogger

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:19:55 -0400

Are you starting to think it is a good idea to return to college for a degree that will lead to a career in the health industry? Unfortunately, by the time you graduate, all those "cost cutting" healthcare reform plans are likely to translate into drastic reductions in employment opportunities. Rather than go into debt by taking on student loans, you might as well spend you time becoming an affiliate marketer and mommy blogger.

Step 1: Pick an Evocative Parenting Topic

If you do some research, you will find a number of mommy blogs that cover popular parenting topics. For example, there are dozens dedicated to potty training, instilling good homework habits, and developmental stages. On the other hand, parenting today has evolved into subjects that often involve law, medicine, and individual rights. Since these issues are rapidly reaching a critical level of importance, you can create a blog that will help fill the informational gap. Aside from making it easier to draw traffic to your blog, you will also have a better chance of maintaining a steady readership.

Step 2: Match Your Subject Up With Products That You Use

Consider a situation where you have a child that suffers from diabetes, ADD, obesity, or high blood pressure. Chances are, you would love to have the freedom to find natural solutions that will reduce the number of side effects associated with conventional therapies. Have you found something that works? Are you experimenting with alternative healing modalities? If so, you've got the perfect opportunity to start a mommy blog dedicated to this subject. At the same time, you can easily discuss products and information resources that have enabled your child to reach a therapeutic goal.

Step 3: Secure Links to Companies Looking for Affiliate Marketers

When it comes to selecting affiliate products, you have two options. First, you can look for companies that sell items you have used. If they have an affiliate program, registering for an access code may be as simple as filing out a short application. Ideally, it will be of some help to secure an employer ID number. This will help protect your social security number, and also help establish your affiliate marketing venture as a legitimate business.

You may also be more interested in random forms of affiliate marketing. In particular, you can host advertisements on your site from Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Amazon. As may be expected, you can always incorporate these advertisements into banners and locations surrounding primary blog posts. At the very least, you don't garner sales from a product mentioned in the text of the blog, you may still get some money from advertisements hosted on the page.

Step 4: Get Hosting for Your Blog

Once you find an inspiring topic and matching products, it is time to find hosting for your new site. There are a number of free resources that will give you all of the necessary tools. As a general rule of thumb, you should start with one of these three hosts before purchasing hosting service that will give you access to Wordpress (their free service does not allow affiliate marketing links or advertisements) and other advanced platforms.

a)Blogspot.com - This platform is ideal if you are looking to create a simple and attractive blog. The dashboard has drag/drop simplicity and plenty of affiliate marketing widgets.

b)Myspace - although Myspace is a social networking site, it features a robust blogging platform. Aside from gaining a good search engine ranking, you can easily draw the attention of other Myspace users that are interested in the subject of your blog.

c)Ning - This is another social networking site that gives you unlimited opportunities to build a thriving community around just about any topic. Once you start attracting readers, they can join your network, build groups, and create their own blogs. In fact, if you have a large enough following, you can easily collect a commission from each person that wants to set up special features on your network.

Even though a college education is important, it only creates a potential future, not an actual one. As a parent, chasing rainbows is not an option if you want to protect your home and your finances. Before you decide to return to college and start taking on student loan debt, you should at least give mommy blogging a try.

Researching Content For Your Money-Making Blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:15:50 -0400

If you do a web search on any given phrase, you will find dozens of blogs with the same type of information In many cases, viewers may even avoid going to these sites and simply visit Wikipedia instead. Therefore, if you want to develop a money making blog, you will need to have the kinds of information that give potential customers a bit more information. Aside from making your blog more interesting, original content will also give these individuals a sense that you are an expert in a specific field.

1) Basic Information

When it comes to basic information, you will want to do more than simply state the same facts found on other websites. No matter how much you try to change the wording, individuals looking for information will realize that you simply regurgitated something from another site. Under these circumstances, they are likely to go on looking for sites with more details. Without a question, they will not waste time looking at your products, let alone click through to your affiliate partners. At the very least, when you are working with basic information, you should share an opinion about the materials, or look for some other way to create something new and interesting.

2) Personal Experience

As a blogger, it is always important to think about communication styles and models. Consider a situation where your car or your computer breaks down. Chances are, you can easily give your friends, neighbors, and family members a number of details about the incident. Interestingly enough, when you are creating a blog for money making purposes, you will need to convey the same type of personal experience. For example, if you wound up spending over $3,000 to replace the battery on a hybrid vehicle, you will be in a much better position to talk about it than someone who has never owned a hybrid. This, in turn, can make it much easier for you to steer audiences towards smaller, used, conventional engine vehicles.

3) Current Events

Even though you may not be able to find out much about online news page rank, you can rest assured that people are constantly reading online news articles. This may include information in the sports sections, health, science, politics, and world events. In many cases, if you look at the top 10 search results posted by Yahoo and Google, you will find that many searches are related to breaking news stories. Even though these numbers will change as specific events come and go, you can still use these keywords to boost traffic to your blog. Some pointers for using news stories include:

Don't be afraid to talk about human, environmental, and animal issues. Even if these issues have no relevance to your blog niche, they give you an added dimension of character.

Blog about scientific breakthroughs, experimental studies, and other breaking news stories related to your niche.

When celebrities discuss something relevant to your niche, blog about offer an opinion.

4) Product Details

There is nothing worse than receiving an email or reading a blog post from someone that does not know much about the product they are trying to sell. Among other things, if you send potential customers to the wrong page, or misrepresent the item, they will never trust you when it comes to making a purchase. If you do not want to spend money on a specific product, you can still ask the manufacturer for more detailed information. Alternatively, you can go to forums where actual buyers may be willing to discuss their experiences with you. Even though it may take some extra effort to gain this information, it will be well worth your effort.

When a car salesman wants you to buy a specific model, he/she usually has most of the information about the vehicle memorized. In fact, he/she will also go to great lengths to try and work in comments from other consumers that have bought a similar vehicle. Oddly enough, when it comes to formulating content for money making blogs, many people overlook personal experience and other elements that help make a sale. No matter whether you are trying to sell online or offline, it is always important to make sure that your research and personal experience combine to form a solid base for your sales pitch.

Four Ways to Get Quality Images For Your Money-Making Blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:57:17 -0400

If you look at a well designed blog, you may find yourself wondering how the author gains access to so many enticing images. For example, there are hundreds of blogs that feature pictures from exotic places, as well as ones that have all kinds of cartoon characters. No matter where you look, the most appealing blogs include relevant images.

On the other hand, if you look through your own photo albums, you may not find pictures that have the quality and clarity of the images featured on most websites. At the same time, if you aren't accustomed to drawing cartoons or working with photo editing, it may seem impossible to add images to your blog. There are four easy ways to gain access to all the images you will ever need for your blog.

1) Royalty-Free Clipart

Today, there are dozens of site that offer free clipart images. Since you are going to be creating a blog for the purpose of making money, you should study the copyright limitations carefully. As long as the artists give full permission, then you can use these images without having to pay royalty fees.

It is important to realize that many people with similar intentions will be downloading the same images and using them for blogs that may have a theme similar to yours. Therefore, once you narrow down your image selections, it may help to keep a list of blogs that are in competition with yours. At the very least, this will give you a chance to select other images if one has already been used by another blogger.

2) Royalty-Free Photos

Today, there are a number of websites that will charge a small fee in exchange for use of stock photos. Some of these sites also offer free images for a wide range of purposes. Even though the free images may not be as attractive as the fee based ones, they may still be perfect for your blog. You may also want to consider websites that ask for a link back to the main site or artist in return for using the images. These sites tend to offer high quality photos without the burden of a financial cost. In general, if you want free, good quality photos, this may represent your best option.

3) Videos and Animations

As you may be aware, many people today are more interested in watching online videos as opposed to reading static text. On the other hand, the materials needed to create a large number of videos for your site can be complicated and time consuming. Fortunately, sites like YouTube offer thousands of new videos on a daily basis. Depending on the author and copyright restrictions, you may be able to splice in information about your products or blog with a minimal amount of difficulty. You may also be interested in featuring videos from organizations related to the theme of your site. For example, if you have a blog about cooking gadgets, it may be of some help to add videos from the major manufactures featured on your site.

4) Non-Windows Based Opportunities

Even though you may be accustomed to Windows, Linux variants come with an endless number of image editing tools. For example, if you download Mandriva Linux 2009, you will be able to create fully functional Powerpoint presentations as well as edit videos and images. All of the files that you create can easily be run on Windows based computers. Perhaps best of all, many Linux versions are available as download products for free. Alternatively, you can purchase CD's for well under $10.00.

In many cases, Linux packages also come with a set of files that will allow you to run the operating system from your CD/DVD drive. Therefore, even if you do not want to change over from Windows, you can still use the programs associated with the Linux operating system. At the very least, if you want to have a blog filled with a wide range of vibrant images, you will be well served by having Linux tools available to work with.

When you first start creating blogs for financial reasons, you are likely to think that you can avoid using high quality images. Many bloggers soon learn that images are vital when it comes to maintaining a steady readership. Fortunately, royalty free sites and Linux based editing tools will give you high quality images, videos, and animations without having to spend a fortune.

Four Necessary Plugins Types For Your Money-Making Blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:41:12 -0400

As you may be aware, when you have a conventional website, it is possible to find scripts that will provide a wide range of features. For example, you can find mini programs that enable people to send emails to you without revealing your email address. There are also dozens of applications that will help you create a website filled with all sorts of interesting functions. In a similar way, you can also find widgets or plugins that will help you create a more robust blog. When choosing applications for a money making blog, there are four categories that you will find indispensable.

1) Visitor Tracking Plugins

Many people that own conventional websites will tell you that statistics packages are indispensable. A good tracking program will show you the geographic location of the visitor, as well as entry pages, exit pages, and IP information. When you install these plugins, they will also record information about search engine spiders. If you are working on search engine optimization, this information is absolutely vital. Among other things, it will give you a chance to find out which efforts result in an increased number of search engine spider visits to your site.

2) Spam Blockers

Unfortunately, once your blog begins to get better indexing positions in the search engines, it will also gain attention from spam bots. These programs are designed to visit your site, and then look for ways to spam your comment section with links. Wordpress blogs get hit with these bots far more often than Blogspot ones. Even though you can set the comment section to moderate, you may wind up deleting hundreds of spam comments per day. Alternatively, spam blocker plugins will block known spammers. While you may get a blitz of spam from time to time, you can manually block an entire domain, or simply wait for the offending domain to get blacklisted.

3) SEO Propagators

When you create a blog, there is an expectation that you will actually be writing something that is both timely and news worthy. Therefore, a number of blog indexes will ping your site on a regular basis in order to index your new content as quickly as possible. In some cases, fans of your blog may also want to place copies of your content on their own blog. You should make it a point to make sure that your blog information is routinely updated in the following locations:

(b)
Blog Indexes: Technorati, Digg, Reddit
Social Networks: Facebook (on a fan page set to public), Myspace, Ning
Misc Announcement Sites: Twitter, Ebay blog feeds, and sites relevant to your subject.

(/b)

Rather than copy/pasting the content, readers can also set up RSS feeds that will link back to your site. Ideally, you should make sure that your blog is set up to enable as many transmissions of your links as possible. This includes email links at the bottom of each post that will enable visitors to send specific entries to others.

4) Advanced Editing Features

When you are composing an email, you may not be overly concerned about the size of the text, its color, or the location of images. On the other hand, a blog post must be carefully designed in order to look appealing. If you are an affiliate marketer, it is also very important to make sure that visitors do not miss your affiliate links. Even though blogging platforms come with a basic set of formatting features, it will be of some help to install plugins that extend your abilities. For example, if you want larger text for your links in Wordpress, then you will need the TinyMCE plugin.

Even though it may take some time for you to draw significant amounts of traffic to your blog, it is very important to make sure that you viewers have a good experience. It is also very important to learn as much about them as possible. A site that is filled with spam comments, or one that is poorly formatted will ensure that visitors will not come back again. On the other hand, if you do not have access to statistical information about visitors to your site, it will be virtually impossible to find out if you SEO strategies are effective. While these plugins may not always be visible to site viewers, they still play an enormous role in ensuring that your blog will stand above all the others.

How To Find Creditable Affiliates For Your Money-Making Blog

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:18:22 -0400

As a matter of common sense, if you sell an item for someone else, then you will want to get your commission. Unfortunately, when it comes to online blog marketing, you can easily be fooled by people that will setup affiliate programs, and then never pay you a dime. On the other hand, if you provided your social security number, or other sensitive information, you may also wind up becoming a victim of identity theft. No matter how tempted you may be to buy into promising affiliate marketing programs,clubs, or other venues, you will need to stop and make sure that you are truly about to work with a creditable company.

1) The Modified Formula One Method

When the stock market crashed in the 1920's, many people were afraid to start investing again. Individuals such as Benjamin Graham began to lay a framework for sound investing strategies. One of his most famous students, Warren Buffet created something known as the "Formula One" plan. Basically, before you invest in a company, you will need to evaluate it based on its actual performance as opposed to simply going along with what other investors think.

If you can apply the Formula One Method to finding creditable online affiliates, you will have a much better chance of finding ones that will pay you a reasonable amount of money for your blogging services. Some important questions include:

a) Do the testimonials on the site sound the same, lack dates, or all appear to be from one time period? Under these circumstances, you may be dealing with fabricated testimonials, as well as a fraudulent site. When in doubt, look up the WHOIS information from the domain, and try to find out if the site has actually been up for more than a few days or months.

b) Have you heard of other people actually succeeding with this program? Typically, if the site has a good reputation, you will either hear of it mentioned in many places, or it will rank at the top few the search engines. For example, Clickbank, Amazon Affiliates, Google Adwords and Ebay Affiliates all have strong reputations.

c) What kind of information are they looking for in the application? If you have to provide social security numbers, banking information, or other sensitive financial data, you will be well served by taking a step back and looking for ways to protect yourself from identity theft. Unfortunately, even the most reliable servers can be hit by hackers and identity thieves.

2) Basic Types of Affiliate Marketing Programs

As you may be aware, different companies will use different methods to determine what your commission will be. For example, MSN, Yahoo, Google, and Ebay all offer Pay-per-click plans. Basically, if someone jumps from your site to a customer page, you will earn a small amount of money. If the person actually buys the product, you will earn a larger commission.

You may also be interested in product exchange programs, such as Amazon, Clickbank, and http://Paydot.com. Typically, these programs act as a clearinghouse for thousands of digital and mail order products. While you may not earn revenue when a visitor clicks on the sellers page, you will get larger commissions for each item that is actually sold.

Many people today avoid making use of niche specific programs because it requires careful evaluation of each company. On the other hand, if you can isolate a popular niche, you are sure to find at least two or three creditable companies. You may even decide to purchase some of their products during the process of building up your own blog network.

Many people enjoy the challenge of making money with an affiliate marketing blog. Once they hit on the right formula, they are often able to take that information and transfer it to just about any niche. It is also important to realize that being able to make money as a blogger also includes finding affiliates that will actually pay your commissions. When you step back and evaluate your options using a somewhat modified Formula One strategy, it will be much easier for you to uncover legitimate programs.