Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Ultimate WordPress Price Comparison Plugin Coupon: 30$ off end before August 31

Ultimate WordPress Price Comparison Plugin is a plugin that enables you to compare prices in your wordpress posts. If you have any review blogs or affiliate shopping cart, ultimate wordpress price comparison plugin is a good choice.

Price comparison is known as the last stage of the purchasing behavior thus this function can bring in high conversion rate if you use this plugin and SEO your websites.

The whole purchasing behavior includes:


mckinsey purchase behavior

Stage 1. Need arousal. Suddenly you find you need to buy something to satisfy your need.

Stage 2. Search for information and gather information like: what products have functions you need, the key features, the quality of the brands, the side effects etc.

Stage 3. Now you have some choices of products for your need. The last stage is usually try to compare prices of those products and also try to find if they have any further support after purchasing.

So if you can consider about your customer’s buying behavior, you will earn more. Even if you just use this plugin for SEO optimised sites without introduction of other features, you still can get higher conversion on your site because your customers come to your site and will stay at this stage and purchase a product.

This price comparison Plugin has the following features:
1. Compare prices of the following networks, and this is the only one plugin on Internet that includes so many affiliate networks.
amazon
overstock.com
avantlink.com
commissionjunction
linkshare
affiliatewindow

2. One time service, no other fees
3. Set keywords
4. Fully cloak
5. Automatic price updates
6. Support forum and support team
7. Can be used in all of your sites.
Price option 1: A $97 (Lifetime Use With 12 Months Free Upgrades), $67 with the coupon code: “eblogtip” before the end of this month.
option 2 : A $7 (One Month Trial)

In fact, the coupon is offered by Ben Johnson, one of the most respected names in Internet marketing and among wordpress bloggers, because he is the leader of an excellent company and his team got many good digital products for wordpress bloggers including this ultimate wordpress price comparison.

Now it has a coupon code “eblogtip”, that can take $30 off the price $97, so you will get it at just $67 if you buy it before the end of this month.

Please note: It’s currently the biggest discount available.
Click here to see details of wordpress price comparison plugin: Comparipress

Price Comparison Plugin for WordPress

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Blogging is The Best Way to Get Started & Here’s Why

This is a guest post written by Melvin Dichoso

Ever since I started blogging I realized and learned a whole lot of things. Like many people I started out thinking I could make a bunch of money writing blog articles. Actually I did blogging initially for the lone reason of making money. And apparently up until now, most people do it because of same reasons.

Looking back I know I was very shallow back then. Can you blame me? With all the hype of making money online and making money blogging, it’s not hard for someone to get carried away. Right now all the hype has gone down a bit but I’m sure a lot of people still get enticed with the opportunity.

With that being said, I think blogging is still, by far, the best way to go when just starting out. I’m sure a lot of people will not agree with me but in this post I am going to list down key reasons why blogging is the way to go.

  1. It’s super easy to get started – Most online business requires a massive time investment before you can learn to do things. Blogging is not different, but I tell you what, it’s super easy to get started. If you’re in blogger, then literally you don’t have to learn anything. If you’re in WordPress, there are a lot of tutorials that can really speed your progress.
  2. Low Start-up cost – For less than $50 you can start blogging and that being said, it’s probably one of the cheapest way to get started in the online business. I’m sure as one progresse, the costs can considerably be much higher but still there’s really not that much risk to think about financial-wise since anyone can pretty much pay for their domain name and hosting.
  3. Good initial foundation – If you’re planning to get into the online business, chances are you will still do the same things that you do in a real world business but the difference is just you’re gonna need to put those online. Just the same process, marketing, building customers list, establishing relationships, leveraging expertise and a whole lot more. And by blogging, you do all of that. The beauty is that you get to do those things and you wouldn’t notice that you’re starting to improve on those aspects of doing your own business.
  4. It’s a whole lot of fun - Those people who don’t think blogging is fun are retarded. Heck that is why there are so many bloggers nowadays. It’s because it’s fun to do this and you get to make friends with a lot of people. It’s also enjoying to get into this blogging circles where you can collaborate with others and even do your own event.
  5. It builds your personal brand - I talk about this a lot in my blog and the unnoticeable benefit of blogging is really about building your online portfolio. I think most bloggers don’t realize this but the moment you start to post stuffs on your blog, it builds up more and more and reflect to your own image and brand. That being said, a blogger must be wary as well with the negative things that may occur.
  6. It’s a good platform to launch anything – If you’ve been around, you can easily notice that bloggers like Shoemoney or Darren Rowse can easily just throw anything to their readers and be successful. That’s because they were able to carve out a good following for themselves. I also have seen people do well with consultation business just because of who they are. If you’re looking to launch anything in the future, then definitely a blog is the best communication medium to leverage.

Those are the 6 reasons why blogging is the best place to start with. It’s super easy, does carry no risk and just the fact that people love blogs. Did you notice I didn’t even mention the money as a reward? Yep, most people view blogging as something to make money with and initially that’s how I view it too. But I started realizing that you can do more than just that.

I’m sure I probably missed out a couple of others and so if you have your own reason or you want to say something, please do so in the comment form and I’d be glad to reply as fast as I could.

Buying Traffic For an Affiliate Website: Good or Bad?

Traffic and Pagerank seems to the most headache for any newbie bloggers who has just created a new blog. Most of newbie bloggers would like to get their articles not only indexed by search engines but also read and enjoyed by readers as much as possible. However, an affiliate website needs a strategic approach that drive as much targeted traffic with high conversion as possible.

Starting a new blog is easier than starting an affiliate website. The difference between normal blog and affiliate website comes from its objective. While the normal is a great place to share anything that the blog’s owner would like to convey, however, the affiliate website has to deal with many other things. It can not only be a source of information for readers but also a great place to generate money for the blog’s owner. This is a challenging target for all bloggers of any level. Therefore, many bloggers have thought of buying traffic for their affiliate website. Is that good or bad idea?

It is good idea but needs better targeting:

There are various places from where you can buy website traffic. You choose Google Adwords, Bidvertiser, AdBrite…or even buying private sales on any blog/website of your interest. The traffic from these networks can either be targeted or untargeted based on your criteria. However, not many of you can afford this way.

The most important thing when you start an affiliate website is how much it can benefit you compared to what you have invested in. If you are spending about $500/month for buying traffic from different advertising networks but the revenue is lower than your investment. Is that worth?

It is good idea to buy traffic to your affiliate website just in case you have better understanding of what type of traffic you need and what products you are promoting. You can not buy traffic for nothing. Targeted traffic is very important and you should think about it. My experience is that you should learn carefully about advertising networks that you would like to buy traffic for your affiliate wbsite. There are a lot of features that help you maximize your investment like location targeting, geographical targeting, language…you may not be aware of and placing your bid for untargeted traffic.

The advertisements design and the message in your adverts should be carefully selected to maximize your advertisement and get more sales and leads.

Here are some tips that you should think when buying traffic to your affiliate website:

  • Words in title of your adverts should go into upper case. That means your title will be more visible to your readers and they are likely click on your ads too.
  • The link should go directly to the page that the product is advertised on, not to the home page. You should not also use shortened link services to hide your long link as readers will think that you are cheating them.
  • Create one advert per item. If you are advertising for many products, so you should create each adverts for each product with title and description and link directly to that specific product.
  • Buy highly targeted keywords only. If you are selling or promoting a wordpress plugin, you should not choose general keyword as “wordpress plugin”. You should choose the targeted keyword that can describe your features of plugin like “membership plugin”

It is also a bad idea that you should avoid:

As I mentioned earlier, it is a good idea but it can also be bad idea for those who are not familiar with advertising networks or simply want to get as much traffic as possible. You can not expect 1000 unique visitors that can convert into 100 sales. That is totally wrong as it can convert nothing at all.

Many bloggers are now selling cheap advertising services out there but no one knows whether these services are reliable and worth investing or not. You can increase your ranking but you can not guarantee your higher revenue.

I have received a lot of emails (most of them are scams or unreliable) saying that they could generate 1000 unique visitors a day for only $25/month. This is really a scam to me. They will use botnet, popup or many other offensive advertising ways to generate as much traffic as possible to your website and most of them are not targeted. You should forget these services!

Placing banners on all websites is not a good idea too. Many bloggers are placing their web tools service on a website about environment. How can it work? No, it will never help you convert into sales.

That is my recommendation and some personal experiences about getting targeted traffic to your affiliate website.

Good luck

Can You Earn Passive Income With a Blog?

There are many people who believe that if they set up a blog, they will become rich overnight. Let it be known right off the bat that this will not happen, and if you think it is, you are not in the right place. It is possible to make money off your blog, but you will need to be prepared and put in some work to make it happen.

One of the biggest things you need to keep in mind when starting a web based business is that your blog needs to receive traffic, which will come with good content. Your content does not always need to be award winning, but it should be relevant and good. Make sure that what your blog about it not all over the map; it should have some sort of common thread to the whole thing. You can blog about technology and all it encompasses, or about crafts and all the many types out there. But likely you wouldn’t combine the two unless you were talking about software that creates craft patterns. If people do not know what to expect when they visit your site, they likely will not return.

Not only do you need good, relevant information, but you need to post regularly. There is much debate as to what regularly is, with some saying every day, some day several times a day, and some say only a few times a week. You must decide what works best for you and the topic you are blogging on. Some topics have so much information that you need to post at least once a day, others topics do not need this.

If you are hoping to earn passive income through your blog, it is important that your content is timeless. This is where a craft blog may do better than a technology blog, as computers, smart phones and other technological things are constantly changing and evolving. What this does is get you traffic to your site, and then they are more likely to click on the links.

There are several methods that you can use on your blog to help you earn income. One such method is to sell advertising space. This is typically only a viable option if you have a large following, as people are much more careful with their advertising dollars these days. You can sell affiliate products such as ebooks, web hosting, membership sites and many other things which you will make you a portion of the fees in commission. You could create your own product, such as an ebook or a membership to something, which can generate income for quite a while, or you could brand your blog to something people recognize and trust to buy from.

One of the biggest problems with passive income is that it can be difficult to tell how much of your income is passive and how much is from active activities. Short of quitting your work for a significant amount of time, you likely will not be able to tell which posts or activities are bringing results. However, good tracking (another skill you might wish to learn) can help you answer this question.

Top Coupon Codes for July

July is ending very soon and there are a lot of coupon codes that will only be valid until July 31, 2010. Many of top coupon codes with big savings will not be released again this year as confirmed by advertisers, so I would like to harmonize these discount codes in the hope that you can save big bucks by the end of July.

Several readers showed their regret for missing coupons when shopping online and they wish they could read my collections earlier. Here is another list of this month and you can share with your friends if you think it is useful too.

1. Magic Members Plugin:

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Time: Valid until July 31, 2010

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3. WPCoupon: Turns your WordPress into coupon sites:

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This is the partnership program between Jumpline and CJ and it is also time limited offer that will probably be expired at the end of July.

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Domain Coupon Codes:

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Well, GoDaddy has just increased its domain price and the old price will never be applied. You will be charged of 10% additional fees from the normal price. However, you can get .COM and .NET now for just $7.49/years with July Promo link.

That is all I want to share in this last coupon code list of July. Hope you enjoy it and I do appreciate if you can share with your friends and readers to enjoy huge savings.