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		<title>5 Quick &amp; Dirty Steps to Eliminate Blogger’s Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudiu Geanta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What Should I write about? Who would be interested in what I know?” I hear this a lot when entrepreneurs start being active on their blogs. They are all experts in their field of interest but somehow they assume everyone else is too. I used to think that but soon I found out that  many people, for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>“What Should I write about? Who would be interested in what I know?” I hear this a lot when entrepreneurs start being active on their blogs. They are all experts in their field of interest but somehow they assume everyone else is too.<br />
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<div>I used to think that but soon I found out that  many people, for instance, failed to understand the importance of SEO for their websites. For those who still don’t know – SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.</div>
<div>So bloggers, here’s my technique – feel free to share it and apply it in your work:</div>
<div><strong>1. Pick a subject,</strong> any subject you feel you know best or can easily research it; preferably some kind of problem lots of people are confronted with. Describe in 2-4 sentences what the problem is.</div>
<div><strong>2. Identify your audience.</strong> In other words – who are writing this for? Who are the people affected by this problem?</div>
<div><strong>3. How can the problem be fixed?</strong> List all tools, techniques, methods, links, people, resources, etc. that can help solve the problem. Be succinct with your list but give enough information that everyone can understand.</div>
<div><strong>4. Create the list in a bullet form</strong> (people love lists) with links to the each resource.</div>
<div><strong>5. Write a brief conclusion</strong> with the benefits of solving the problem “your way” and leave it open for comments and/or questions.</div>
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<div><strong>What do you think? Try it out and let me know if this method works for you.</strong></div>
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		<title>How to Make $250 Online per Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudiu Geanta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Make Money Online]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a short but comprehensive list of things you can do to generate at least $250 per day: Place Google AdSense ads on your website/blog: https://www.google.com/adsense Head over to Yahoo Publisher Network and add their ads to your site: https://publisher.yahoo.com/portal/login.php Do the same thing by accessing Commission Junction: http://www.cj.com/ …as well as Link Share: http://www.linkshare.com/ [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p>Here’s a short but comprehensive list of things you can do to generate at least $250 per day:</p>
<ul>
<li>Place <strong>Google AdSense</strong> ads on your website/blog: <a title="Google AdSense" href="https://www.google.com/adsense">https://www.google.com/adsense</a></li>
<li>Head over to <strong>Yahoo Publisher Network</strong> and add their ads to your site: <a title="Yahoo Publisher Network" href="https://publisher.yahoo.com/portal/login.php">https://publisher.yahoo.com/portal/login.php</a></li>
<li>Do the same thing by accessing <strong>Commission Junction</strong>: <a title="Commission Junction" href="http://www.cj.com/">http://www.cj.com/</a></li>
<li>…as well as <strong>Link Share</strong>: <a title="Link Share" href="http://www.linkshare.com/">http://www.linkshare.com/</a></li>
<li>…and also <strong>Azzogle Ads</strong>: <a title="Azoogle Ads" href="http://www.azoogleads.com/corp/index.php">http://www.azoogleads.com/corp/index.php</a></li>
<li>But mostly <strong>ClickBank</strong> for tons of affiliate links and ads: <a title="ClickBank" href="http://www.clickbank.com/index.html">http://www.clickbank.com/index.html</a></li>
<li>Don’t forget to check this one out too: <a title="Hydra Network" href="http://www.hydranetwork.com/">http://www.hydranetwork.com/</a></li>
<li>You can also <strong>sell links directly</strong> on your site with <a title="TextLinkAds" href="http://www.text-link-ads.com/">http://www.text-link-ads.com/</a> or <strong>Text Link Brokers</strong> at <a href="http://www.textlinkbrokers.com/">http://www.textlinkbrokers.com/</a></li>
<li>If you <strong>love to write about stuff and want to get paid</strong> for it go here: <a title="Review Me" href="http://www.reviewme.com/">http://www.reviewme.com/</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote><p>All that is left is promote the heck out of your website/blog to build traffic and thus vital click enablers on your ads. Now, don&#8217;t go nuts and include every one of these links or you might run the danger of transforming your site into a 24/7 rotating carousel of ads and links and I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s such a great thing; it wouldn&#8217;t be for your readers. Good luck!</p></blockquote>
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		<title>SEO – What is it Good For? Absolutely Everything!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudiu Geanta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Jupiter Research almost 40% of people searching the web actually purchase something. In all cases, they focus on page 1 and sometimes page 2. The percentage of info seekers decreases tremendously starting with page 3 of any search engine. The dirty little secret you probably don’t know is that 72% of all people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop --><p><a href="http://www.defactomind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/seo-google.jpg"></a>According to <a title="Jupiter Research" href="http://www.marketresearch.com/">Jupiter Research </a>almost 40% of people searching the web actually purchase something. In all cases, they focus on page 1 and sometimes page 2. The percentage of info seekers decreases tremendously starting with page 3 of any search engine.</p>
<p>The dirty little secret you probably don’t know is that <strong>72% of all people</strong> who search Google click on the organic search results, <strong>ignoring the paid ads section</strong>. I do. Don’t you?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.defactomind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/seo-what-is-it-good-for.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1642" title="seo-what-is-it-good-for" src="http://www.defactomind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/seo-what-is-it-good-for.jpg" alt="SEO - What is it Good for?" width="600" height="467" /></a></p>
<p>Based on these findings, logic will tell you that your website/blog should be listed on the top 1-2 pages of every search engine page. To accomplish this you’ll need a solid and powerful SEO behind your site.</p>
<p>So does SEO matter? Heck Yes!</p>
<p>Here are some things you need to understand before you hire a SEO company or even contemplate on doing yourself SEO for your site:</p>
<p><strong> 1. SEO is an ongoing activity and it stops when your company doesn’t need a web presence anymore.<br />
</strong>This is not a “set it” and forget it” task. It’s a long time strategy that needs constant attention and fine tunning as you go.</p>
<p><strong>2. SEO results are not immediate nor permanent.<br />
</strong>Whoever is telling you otherwise you should seriously dispute their knwoeldge of the web.</p>
<p><strong>3. If you want to do solid SEO (mainly based on fresh content), think of your site as a weekly or monthly newsletter.<br />
</strong>Update it as much as you can and you got yourself a dynamic and fresh site every time.</p>
<p><strong>4. Tag everything (images, links, video, etc.) and link to relevant sites.<br />
</strong>Link internally between your pages and ask others to link to your site.</p>
<p><strong>5. Pure SEO is not about TRAFFIC – it’s about QUALIFIED TRAFFIC.<br />
</strong>What good does it do that your site list on position 2 on the first page for a “company that sells oranges” when you in fact are “selling space ships”?</p>
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