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I thought you should about a membership site that I have found to be, bar none, worth 100 times more than the price of admission!

Did you know that the # 1 key to online success is the ability to generate traffic and visitors to the web-site(s) of your choice? And conversly, the reason that most online businesses fail is that they LACK the ability to generate traffic?

I’m willing to bet YOUR online business could use a significant stream of additional FREE traffic. Am I right? If so, keep reading!…

Internet marketing experts agree that the BEST way to generate unlimited FREE online traffic is through the proper utilization of *articles and content*.

As an InfoGoRound.com (IGR) member you have the ULTIMATE article content resource right at your fingertips! In fact, IGR guarantees $3,000 – $4,000 worth of brand new, freshly written content each and every month (we add *at least* 100-200 new articles per month)! And this isn’t just any content. It’s *PRIVATE LABEL* content, meaning you can use the articles we provide in an almost endless variety of ways just as if YOU’D written them yourself! …You can modify them; add to them; insert your own affiliate links; attach YOUR resource box and web-site link to the bottom; submit them to article directories, blogs, and newsletter publishers; and even sign YOUR name as author!

HOW TO GENERATE *MILLIONS* OF FREE VISITORS WITH IGR’S PRIVATE LABEL ARTICLE CONTENT!!!

Following is a quick list of just a FEW of the many ways that you can begin generating unlimited FREE traffic with IGR’s private label articles…

1. Boost your search engine ranking and daily visitor count by posting keyword rich articles and content on your web-site. For example, if your business involves offering products and services related to fitness, posting fitness related articles and content will attract unlimited prospective customers on a regular basis!

Search or Browse IGR’s article database to find articles suited to your niche. IGR features articles on the most popular, in-demand topics online! If you can’t find articles that suit your intended niche within IGR, you may want to consider a more popular topic. To succeed online, you want to tap into EXISTING demand (topics and niches that people are already interested in), rather than trying to *create* a demand. (That is a VERY important key that many people miss!)

2. Generate double or even triple the number of newsletter subscribers you do currently, simply by offering content in the form of “special reports” or manuals as bonuses for subscribing to your publication. People LOVE freebies, so give them what they want and watch as your results increase! Did you know that you can COMPILE IGR article content to create lengthier training courses; special reports; ebooks; and more?!

By the way, you can also double or triple your AFFILIATE sales and commissions by offering special bonuses to your prospects. Special reports make great bonuses! Use IGR to compile *unlimited* special reports on a wide variety of popular topics!

3. Create an automated cashflow by using IGR content to formulate multi-part email training courses with related web-site or affiliate links “sprinkled” throughout each course. Use an autoresponder service to automate the delivery of your training course (such as a 5 part training course delivered over a 5 day period).

(Training courses can also serve as excellent bonus offers for your prospective newsletter subscribers.)

4. Another VERY important key to a successful online business is not JUST having a (mailing or newsletter) list of subscribers…

It’s about building a trusting RELATIONSHIP with your subscribers (ie, “cultivating” your list)…

By sending informative articles (content) to your list on a regular basis you will establish yourself as an expert on your topic of business, as well as gain the trust of your subscribers over time. As a result, your subscribers will be EAGER to take advantage of your “paid” product and service offers. (Just make sure that you NEVER take advantage of the relationship you develop with your list by offering products or services of poor quality just to make a quick buck!)

If there is one “constant” in Internet marketing, it’s this: A cultivated list of subscribers is as good as money in the bank. Write that down and never forget it!

As an IGR member, you can find quality articles to send to your list in SECONDS, any time you need them! No need to spend hours writing your own. And no need to pay a freelance writer $15-25 *per article*. Remember, with IGR you receive *thousands of dollars worth* of fresh new articles every month!

5. Another excellent way to generate no cost traffic is by submitting ready-made articles to “content hungry” web-site and newsletter publishers with your “resource box” attached. A resource box is nothing more than a little 3-6 line “bio” about you and/or your web-site – including a link to your site (or even instructions on how to subscribe to your newsletter)…

When submitting or offering your article(s) for reprint purposes, just make sure to specify that each article is to be reprinted “as is” with your resource box attached.

IGR’s *private label* content is PERFECT for the above use. (Remember, the “private label” aspect gives you the right to modify the content; insert your own affiliate links; add your own resource box; etc. etc. Private label content is the only way to go if you’re serious about succeeding online!)

…Even one article can go a LONG way towards generating no cost traffic and visitors for you. Just imagine your article being sent out to a newsletter subscriber base of 100,000 individuals – many of whom will be reading YOUR included resource box and clicking on your URL to learn more about what you have to offer!

Well there you have it. Five sure ways to build your online business exponentially by utilizing InfoGoRound.com articles and content

With the declining effectiveness of many of the online advertising methods that we’ve relied on in past years, content is only strengthening its position as the ultimate KEY to generating unlimited FREE traffic, subscribers, and customers!

Never forget, TRAFFIC = PROFITS! As long as you have an offer that people are willing to buy, whether it be your own product, an affiliate product, or even Google Adsense listings, traffic is as good as cash!

Clearly, it’s a big ‘Thumbs Up’ for IGR!

Here for Your Success,

Bob Kimball

P.S. As powerful as IGR is when it comes to FREE traffic generation, don’t forget all the *other* ways you can benefit with our content: Information product creation …newsletter articles … blog messages … forum posts … web-site creation … training courses … special reports … off line publication … the list is endless!

It’s no wonder that IGR’s member base is growing by leaps and bounds, and that people regard IGR as their “ultimate” Internet marketing resource!

The best part is, IGR doesn’t have to cost you a DIME thanks to our Patent Pending Cash for Content Program. The irony is, we could easily charge $197+ per month for the type of value we provide, and people would happily pay — considering the fact that we *guarantee* $3,000 – $4,000 worth of fresh new private label content each month .. content which YOU could turn into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of traffic and sales! But, our mission was (and will always be) to make IGR affordable to *anyone*!

IGR truly is the King of Content, and your KEY to online success!

Using Forums To Build Backlinks

An important part of generating traffic to your website or blog is to
rank highly in the search engine result pages. In addition to having
good, relevant content on your site one of the best ways to increase
your search ranking is to get high quality backlinks to your site.

Backlinks are hyperlinks placed on another website which link to your
site. The most powerful backlinks are one-way backlinks. This means that
another website has links pointing to your site, but you don’t have
reciprocal links pointing back to theirs.

Using forums is a great way to get high quality one-way backlinks to
your site. These links can generate direct traffic to your site, as
people browsing the forum click your links in addition to raising your
search engine ranking. But you have to be careful when using forums in
this way. Do it wrong and you will be branded a spammer and most likely
get your forum account closed. But if done correctly, forums can be a
very powerful tool in your traffic generation arsenal.

Step 1: Find relevant forums
The key word here is ‘relevant’. You want to be sure to find forums
related to your niche – the topic of your website. The easiest way to do
this is to go to Google and type in your topic along with the the word
‘forum’. Let’s say you have a blog on coin collecting. You’d type this
into Google:

coin collecting forum

There are two reasons you want to find forums related to your niche.
First, the search engines will usually give more weight to links
pointing to your site if they come from sites centered around the same
niche as your site. Secondly, you’ll get much more direct traffic from a
forum where the members are interested in your niche.

Step 2: Pick the best forums and join them
Now that you have found some forums you need to check them out and
choose which ones to join. Click the links to visit about half a dozen
of the top search results. Most forums will allow you to view the
content without having to join, it’s only when you want to start posting
that you have to register. If you land on a forum that won’t let you
view unless you join, forget it and move on.

When looking for a forum to join you want to find ones that are popular,
so look for those with a decent number of members. You also need to make
sure those members are active. Go into one of the more popular forums
categories and scan down the list of threads to see when the last
posting was made. This information is usually in the right hand column
of the forum threads table. If you see a lot of posts made in the last
24 hours, you’ve found a forum with lots of active members. With the
content changing this often, the search engines should be all over that
forum, which means that your links will get picked up quickly. Search
engines tend to love sites with lots of frequently updated, relevant
content. This is the type of forum you want to join.

Now there is just one more step before joining. You need to make sure
this forum allows you to have a ‘signature’. Jump into one of the more
popular threads on the forum. Scroll down and look at the posts to see
if anyone has a signature showing at the bottom of their post. There
will usually be a horizontal line after the body of the post and some
text and/or links underneath it. Often people just have a quote or witty
saying, but sometimes they will have links as well. Not everyone will
have a signature, but try to find some members who do. Signatures are
crucial, because this is where you are going to put the links to your
site.

When you find a forum that meets the criteria, follow the steps to
register and confirm your membership. If you find just three or four
forums that’s plenty to start with.

Step 3: Set up your signature
After you login to the forum you should see a link to your user profile.
Often this will be called ‘User CP’ or ‘User Profile’. In the user
profile area you can edit things like your avatar, your bio and
preferences. Look for a link that says something like ‘Edit signature’
and click that. You’ll see a text field where you can type in the text
you want to appear beneath all your posts. This is where you’ll put the
backlinks to your site.

Forums use a special kind of code to allow members to format their
posts. It’s called BBCode and it’s quite simple to use once you get the
hang of it. Copy the examples below and change the URL and text to your
URL and some catchy keyword-rich text. Paste the code into you signature
box and save it.

Link to your website or blog with this code:

Learn how to start [url=http://www.mycoinblog.com/]Coin Collecting[/url]
the easy way.

You can see in the code above where you need to edit the domain to be
your domain. In this example, ‘Coin Collecting’ will be the anchor text
for the link. This is where you want to put your keywords. Almost all
forums will allow you to have a link in your signature.

If you want to make your signature bold, just add the bold tags around
it like this:

[b]Learn how to start [url=http://www.mycoinblog.com/]Coin
Collecting[/url] the easy way.[/b]

Most forums will allow you to bold the text in your signature. If you
add the bold code and your signature still doesn’t come out in bold then
it’s you know the bold formatting is not allowed.

Some forums will also allow you to change the color of the text,
although the anchor text will come out as the default link color,
usually blue. Here’s how you change the text color:

[color=red]Learn how to start [url=http://www.mycoinblog.com/]Coin
Collecting[/url] the easy way.[/color]

You can also combine formatting. This would make your signature red and
bold (except for the link text which will usually be blue bold).

[color=red][b]Learn how to start [url=http://www.mycoinblog.com/]Coin
Collecting[/url] the easy way.[/b][/color]

One final tip for creating your signature. Less is more. If you make
your signature look spamming people will treat you like a spammer. You
don’t have to use up all available lines in your signature. Make it
short, sweet and to the point. If you post great content and people are
interested they will click your link.

Step 4: Participate!
The first three steps were all preparation. Now you get to start
creating backlinks to your site! It’s simple, just participate in the
forum. Post good content, ask questions. Try to help people out by
answering questions. Be nice, be helpful.

Every post you make will give you a backlink to your site. The higher
the quality of your post, the more powerful your backlink will be, at
least in Google. Because Google looks at the text surrounding a link to
determine the relevancy of a link having good content in your posts is
much more valuable than having a post that says something like, “great
post, I agree”. If you simply participate in the forum and try to be
friendly and helpful chances are your content will take care of itself.

That’s it. Have fun. And remember, you can change your signature any
time you want. You might changing the text a bit from time to time to
find out what generates the most clicks through to your site.

Bob

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Choosing Which Blogs to Comment On

Assuming that you already know and appreciate the benefits of posting comments on other people’s blogs, here are a few tips to help you choose the best blogs to leave those wonderful comments of yours on.

Similarity in Interest

There is rarely a point to leave a comment on blogs that have nothing at all to do with the main theme of your blog. A direct connection is unnecessary but preferable. If you are, for instance, maintaining a vitamin supplements, you don’t always have to restrict your comments on blogs that tackle the very same topics. You can also visit a beauty blog, for instance, and post comments regarding the benefits that vitamin supplements offer with regard to one’s physical appearance.

A quick way to determine the nature of any blog is by checking out its blog description. If there is none, just browse through its content and see if you’re targeting the same keywords.

Popularity

Likewise, it’s senseless to leave comments on little-known blogs. With such a small readership base, you won’t be able to justify the amount of time and effort it could take you to post the best comments. If you’re going to use comments to promote your blog, it’s better to post them at blogs that are equally popular or more so than yours.

You can use the blog’s page rankings to determine the popularity rating of other blogs and compare it with yours.

Likelihood of Reciprocity

Naturally, it’s best to concentrate your efforts on blogs whose owners are likely to reciprocate your action. Whether or not you’re the first to make contact, as long as the other party benefited from the comment you posted then it’s only good business for them to reciprocate.

To determine the chances of having comments left on your blog and link exchanges, try reading the previous entries in other blogs. Follow the links of those who posted comments on their blogs and see if the favor was returned. You know what to do next.

Similarity in Target Market
Blogs need not have the same interest in order to benefit from comment exchange. With careful planning, traffic can be generated for two different blogs with just a couple of comments posted on each other’s entries.

A dance blog and a food blog may not have anything in common at first glance, but if you look more closely, you’ll realize that both of them may target the same age group. Two different blogs may also have target the same geographical area.

If you can find a major connection between both your target markets, beneficial comment exchange is very much possible but only with careful planning. First, you’ll need to think of a topic that could link your interests together. Just concentrate on your target market, and you’re sure to find one.

If we go back to the food and dance blog example and assume that both are targeting teenagers, articles that could require the blog owners to exchange comments would be about the best food for dancers during competition and the best dance workouts for those on a diet.

Of course, it’s not bad at all to leave a comment on someone else’s blog just because you want to. If you have the time and the inclination then go ahead! There may be no way for you to benefit from such an action now but this small act of generosity and goodwill could turn out good for you in the long run.

So, choose wisely and ride the surge of traffic!
Have you had success commenting on others Blogs? Leave a comment.

Until later,

Bob Kimball
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Wanna get My Business? Here’s how…

More and more people are realizing that the Internet offers great
potential to set up a healthy business for pennies on the dollar.
This is good news for internet marketers – but it also means that
they need to lift their game.

Why? Because the would-be “netpreneur” has access to way more
training than ever before. It’s possible to get up to speed very
quickly on what is needed to get started online. This, in turn,
means that people quickly recognize what offers true value and
what does not. They see so many sales letters that they become,
to a certain degree, immune to the typical hype. They’re willing
to spend – but they want value for money. They want to be treated
like intelligent and discerning adults.

So here’s a message to all ‘gurus’ (and aspiring gurus) who are
keen to get their share of the dollars waiting to be sent flying
their way via cyberspace.

1) What does it take to make people want to buy “you” rather than
some other internet marketer?

2) What might make people want to unsubscribe from your list?

3) And what pushes them into asking for a refund?

What Makes People Want to Buy?

- They buy if they can see that a product will give them new
knowledge and understanding.

- They buy if the purchase will speed up business growth.

- They buy if a product will automate a task that eats into their
time. (People quickly learn to spend their time on marketing and
product creation, rather than repetitive tasks.)

Tip: Once newbies have been exposed to a few sales pages, it’s
not long before they learn to look beyond the sales hype. They
study a sales letter carefully to work out what the product will
“really” offer them. (Do they need this? Or will it duplicate
something else they own?)

They also learn to look for value for money. Some higher-priced
products are worth every cent. Some cheaper products add very
little to what they already know.

(Note: Savvy internet marketers already realize that if they put
together online interviews offering truly valuable information,
they are far more likely to attract and keep new customers. A
quick example: Jane Smith listens to a one-hour audio interview
on search engine optimization and traffic. She finds out some
really useful information she has not so far heard anywhere else.
She decides that this guy knows what he’s talking about and
shells out a couple of hundred dollars for his products.)

What Makes People Want to Unsubscribe from a List?

- Getting four identical emails trying to sell them the same
product, because the sender hasn’t figured out how to move them
from one list to another after they buy.

- Getting a ‘canned’ email sounding full of excitement about a
new product or service – which turns out to be a duplicate of the
email they get from six other marketers who are affiliates for
the same product.

- Getting email from a product creator about anything under the
sun because you bought XXX product from them. If your customers
sign up for a newsletter, they expect mailings.

What Makes People Want to Ask for a Refund?

In the past, buyers tended to shrug and write off a bad purchase.
But increasingly, people are prepared to stand up for their
rights. If they feel they have not received value for money, they
will ask for a refund.

So what makes them decide to ask for their money back?

- Software that doesn’t work as it is supposed to.

- Physical products (CDs, DVDs) that don’t work on their
systems.

- An e-book that is full of content easily found in an hour’s
net-surfing.

- An e-book that has skimped on content or that has been poorly
written.

- An e-book that not only skimps on content but is full of links
to up-sells to get the ‘really valuable’ information, or is full
of affiliate links.

The last case, an e-book full of affiliate links or links to an
up-sell…is something you should be giving away free as part of
your viral marketing campaign. Charge for it and you risk your
reputation for being a source of quality information.

Other things that bite into your customer’s valuable time.

- MP3′s that are streamed from a website rather than being
downloadable.

- e-books that are in “.exe” format only, so the customer can’t
print them out in one ‘hit’ (and can’t access them on a Mac
computer).

Give your clients anything that they can listen to or read away
from the computer. Most of them spend enough hours a day at the
keyboard already. They’d rather load an audio interview
into their MP3 players and listen while they go for a walk or
relax in the sun. They’d prefer to print out an e-book and read
it or mark it up while sitting in an easy chair.

Please, please don’t tether them to the computer!

And finally, about those “name squeeze” pages. People are very
quickly getting tired of having to give up their email addresses
just to get to a sales page. Do you want them to buy or not?
These days, unless there’s a huge buzz around the Net and they
want to see what it’s all about, prospective customers are just
as likely to click the ‘back’ button on their browser, or close
the window and leave.

After all, there’s always another internet marketer waiting to
sell them a product. Probably one very similar to yours.
Marketers who respect their client’s time and intelligence are
the ones who will get their loyalty – and their cash.

That’s it for today …
Make your a GREAT ONE!
Bob Kimball

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Let’s Look at Selling with WordPress…

Ok. You’re ready to market online. There are a bazillion different options you can choose from for promoting your products or services.

WordPress Marketing is a strategy that can make you thousands
of dollars if done correctly.

If you don’t know WordPress, it is a FREE blog service that allows you to create, and thus control, your own website (blog) for free! You can use your own domain name (wordpress.com/nameofyourblog) and anybody with an internet connection can view your page by visiting that web address.

Now you’re online and ready to do business! Got your own product or selling OPP’s (Other People’s Products), all you gotta do is market. Pick a hot product and write a review, or
provide your readers with tips and shortcuts. You can place ads on your site for Google or Yahoo (also FREE) and YOU GET PAID anytime someone just clicks on one of the ads on your site!
It’s a short learning curve and can be lucrative.

Let’s see what else we can do with WordPress.

You know that “the Money is in the List”, why not build your opt-in list of email subscribers by giving away something of value for FREE right from your blog, in exchange for the email address of your reader. You could give-away e-Books, e-Courses, software or a short report. Be sure that what you offer is something that is of value, something you would want yourself. If you choose the freebie wisely, you’ll have a subscriber for life.

Good autoresponders services are available for under $20 a month and you can easily set up the email address capture form where the customer must enter their first name and email address in order to receive the free download you have chosen to offer.

You can find free auto-responder services, but it’s wise to invest on the paid auto-responder service as you can be sure of high deliverabilty of your messages with paid services.
Once you harvest their email addresses you can promote (legally!) products and/or services to them via email and then you can make some serious money!

Of course, creating and marketing your own product is the way to greater riches. That then lends itself to building your own army of eager affiliate marketers selling your product for a commission! That is WordPress marketing in a nutshell!