Mail Bag #1
Those of you who have read this blog long enough realize that I am all about helping people regardless of whether or not I get anything in return. I wish this was the disposition of more online marketers. I genuinely feel like if I help people that what goes around will come around and I will benefit from those contacts in the future. Here’s two examples of people I feel like I helped last night:
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Kowgirl: I have 9 blogs and I try to update them every day. I have noticed that some of the blogs that I visit haven’t been updated for a week or more. This may be the reason they are not making any money with them. As well as not having a good rating with the search engines. How often do you think a blog should be updated? Is your blog up to date?
My Response:
The customary response you’re going to get is at least once a week with new content from the author of the blog. That said, that usually means that you have an RSS stream or something that is updated your content for you from other sites periodically to keep the blog fresh.
It is important to ping your blog once you’ve updated it so that the search engines know there is new content. That helps keep it ranked higher in the search engines. Also, keywording, the title of the blog, and how many competitors there are in that specific niche determine how well the blog is going to be ranked.
Even a great ranked blog might not make any money unless you’re somehow sending targeted traffic to that blog. People are just randomly going to show up and say, WOW, let me check this out everyday.
Think about the ways in which you learned about the blogs you frequently attend and then try to put your blog in a position that is similar so that people will come to your blog, then do your best to provide solid content to those blogs so that people will keep coming back for more. Always under promise and over deliver. That’s the key!
Best of luck to you!
How About Another?
Girlgonefishing: I’m thinking about changing my article I submitted to Associated Content a bit and then submitting it to Helium. I’m not a Helium member yet. Should I bother?
My Response: I can’t fathom why you would want to switch from AC to Helium. First of all AC pays you upfront for many of the articles you write, and your articles typically get more exposure than those on Helium do. They both offer a decent bonus based on how many people are reading your articles and clicking the aligned ads, but on Helium you really need to get lucky (or maybe it’s skill for you) and hit a hot article to get paid as well as you would on AC.
The key thing to remember with Associated Content is that you have to write articles that are tightly focussed that provide information that someone is looking for. That’s why boring product reviews do better than most op/ed pieces. You need to have a solid title, good keyword density, and a bit of a buzz around the article. If all these things are in place and the article aligns well with AC’s ad alignment you can definitely make a solid amount of money via AC.
I had one article last week (in only 5 days) earn my over $10.00 just from the performance bonus. In that instance, I hit the nail on the head and each aspect of the formula was all there.
Best of luck with your decision. I wish you all the best with your decision and hope my insight was helpful.
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