One of the biggest arguments that new online marketers make is that they just can’t compete with those seasoned marketers that have a big list. While it’s true that having a big list in a niche can help you, it’s not the only way.

Building a big list of subscribers is something that you will want to do as you work progress and build your online business. However, understanding how the search engines work and getting ranked for keywords is really the secret to getting started. The problem is that many new marketers don’t understand this and they will often get frustrated quickly because popular niche topic website isn’t getting any traffic and isn’t showing up in the search engines…this not making them any money.

Great Rankings = Traffic

So, I decided to go back to the basics a few months ago. Once I began building my own products and lists I stopped giving much attention to SEO… and I’ve found out that was a big mistake. I took a few of my niche websites, some in very competitive markets, and began spending a little time on them. Not a lot of time….and….I decided to start a few new sites to see if I could take popular niche and make it to page 1 on google.

Here are a few screenshots from a market research and tracking tool I use, Market Samurai.

The first screenshot is something I was pretty excited about. My site was originally ranked really low on Google…500… needless to say, I wasn’t getting much traffic. So, I tweaked the site just a little following a little formula I found and within 2 weeks I was near position 20 on Google. A few weeks later and I’m hovering around #11. Not bad….

My next experiment was to take another site in a very competitive niche, PS3 Gaming and Red Light problems. I purchased a domain that was available that had my keywords in it…and as a special bonus I was able to land a .com domain.

Here’s what my rankings looked like over the last month or so.

A few things to note about this particular niche. My keyphrase had 5.9 Million competing broad match sites and 247,000 phrase match sites. Most people wouldn’t have touched that thinking there was too much competition.

When I first started tracking the site in Market Samurai I was in an OK position. However, I wanted some more traffic and sales from it… so I tweaked. About a month later I’m now #1 on Google for this search phrase and showing up nicely on the others… hard work? Not really… again, I went back to the formula.

So, that’s great for old sites.. but how about some new sites?

The site above I started tracking the very next day I created it. I literally built the site (via a wordpress blog), added some plugins and let it go.

As of this morning, I’m #3 for my search phrase niche site(which contains the search phrase in the domain name…are you seeing a trend?) and #1 on Yahoo. Again… a brand new site that went from nowhere to #1 on yahoo and top 3 in Google in less than 1 month.

So…what’s this formula?

Great question. It’s actually something that’s very easy and over looked, and takes very little time.

First, you don’t need a fancy blog site…it doesn’t have to look all comercial and beautiful..and also shouldn’t look ugly.

Second, you need your keyphrase in the domain name… a .com, .net or .org domain name. Some have used .info and those work, but I like the top 3.

Third, you need content… but not a lot. I was able to get indexed and ranked with just 3 posts using my keyphase in specific areas.

Fourth, you need backlinks… and not a lot. The best way to get those? Articles and press releases. Yes.. those work, and they aren’t hard to do, especially of you write your articles in a specific formate and can reuse them over and over again…

Fifth, timing…. you can’t just overload the search engines with backlinks and articles on day 1. They need to be spaced apart. I found some very helpful tools that make this super easy.

Sixth….repeat and tweak it.

Alright… so the there are a few substeps and things you should know… likely too much to put in this one post. However, I need to tell you exactly where you can see the entire formula spelled out… in detail.

I found this site called BringTheFresh. Yeah, I know…stupid name. But what I learned in just a few days from the guys that run the site was amazing. This is stuff from top notch, behind the scenes guys that know there stuff. One guy is the person behind the Rich Jerk Site and the other has been behind several of the top launches… but you’d likely never recognized their names or faces.

This guys don’t market hype. They answers emails(like me) and are extremely helpful.

Take a look at the BringTheFresh Site here and you’ll see what I mean.

Read More About Bring The Fresh Here

Tomorrow AffiliateDotCom is live with a new training video and I got a sneak peak at the content. In my previous post about an upcoming affiliatedotcom bonus I discussed exactly what the coaching and training would be about. Now, we finally get a peak inside what Mike Filsaime and Chris Farrell will be teaching. (Click here for the Official AffiliateDotCom website)

In this 31 minute AffiliateDotCom video we are introduced to new terms like Relationship ROI and Serial Cycle Income.

Sure…brand new buzzwords, but do they really mean anything and what exactly are they going to do for you.

Well, as the first part of a multi-part series of an AffiliateDotCom Review I’ll tell you that Mike and Chris will be doing some coaching and it appears that they will be leverage the sale of physical products via affiliate programs. While they don’t mention specifics, it looks to be somewhat promising.

While there are plenty of AffiliateDotCom bonus websites being mentioned and pushed through out the internet, only a few will actually cover what is really inside the program with much detail.

In order for you to make the absolute best decision as to whether this program is for you or not, keep checking back to this site for full details and daily reviews.

This Affiliate Dot Com Review will be updated frequently.

Click Here To Watch the First Video on August 13, 2010

Stay tuned for the Perpetual Traffic Formula Review of Ryan Deiss’ latest product launch.  As with many of Ryan’s products, this will likely be some new ground that most people haven’t heard of. While many people bash Ryan and some of his selling tactics, I’ve personally purchased many of his products and found them to be very insightful and cutting edge. In fact, many people actually use his concepts to base their own products on.

A Perpetual Traffic Formula bonus is in the works and I’ll post the details for that here on this blog.

Are you ready for an unreal Affiliatedot com bonus offer? Next month, Mike Filsaime and Chris Farrell will be releasing a brand new product, AffiliateDotCom. This new service is geared toward individuals just getting started and those that need some additional support and mentorship with building their online business.

In order to put together the best affiliate dotcom bonus,  I want to hear from you. If you were to grab access to a mentorship/apprentice type coaching, what bonus would be the most valuable to you?

Would it be hosting and technical assistance? Automation tools? Graphic Design or SEO help? Access to other guides, reports and tutorials? How about some additional mentoring and coaching in other areas?

This August, affiliatedot com bonus offers will be popping up all over the net, but which one will really be best for you? Remember, in order for a bonus to be valuable, it’s not the made up price tag that makes it valuable, it’s what you really need and want.

Check back on this blog on August 18th for the details of what this affiliatedotcom bonus will include.

More importantly, be sure to leave your comments below of exactly what you want to see included in this bonus package.

It was only a matter of time and as I said in some previous posts, it’s nice to be ahead of the curve.

The other day, Google’s Matt Cutts discussed how serious they are getting with video and getting ramped up for Google TV.

Even though Google owns YouTube, there are big plans to begin index more and more video across the web. So much, that Matt encourage search experts and developers to begin using video sitemaps to get their videos indexed and listed in Google.

“Video site maps is something that we’re probably going to look at a little more closely. If you tell us where your videos are, we will try to index them a little bit harder,” Cutts said. “For example, if you think about things like Google TV, coming out in the fall, it’s in everybody’s interest that all the videos that are on the web be able to be very discoverable and very searchable. If you produce videos and you haven’t done a video site map, that is something that I would definitely recommend.”

Google flat out tells you that video works and that they are looking to index it.

To get started using video the right way, check out easy niche videos. Inside you’ll see the quickest and easiest method of putting videos together and getting them indexed fast.

Grab your copy of easy niche videos at http://easynichevideos.com

Everyone is looking for new methods of getting tons of traffic to their blog or website. Now, you can leverage the power of Facebook to accomplish that. There are some serious benefits to doing this and somethings that search engines like Google just won’t like.

Facebook Introduces “Like” button for off Facebook websites

There you have it. Facebook has decided to allow off Facebook sites to include “Like” or “Recommend” buttons on websites, which means you can include this feature on your own blog or website very, very easily.

Just like the image above, someone can easily be reading your blog, decide they like your post and simply “Like” it. By doing so, it will put a link directly to that page on their Facebook wall and recently activity page, just like the image below.

This is great if your viewer has lots of friends that may be interested in that topic.

It also helps build social proof and support as the Badge also lists how many people have also “Liked” or “Recommended” your site or post.

Why Google Will Hate This

The SERPS (Search Engine Page Results) display pages based on content and links, unfortunately, Facebook feeds are not indexed. What that means is that your link from Facebook will not give your site any additional weight when it comes to Google, Yahoo, Bing etc.

What is DOES mean, is that now Facebook will begin to carry more weight from social networking recommendations.  Essentially, Facebook’s own internal search engine could very easily carry more power when it comes to articles, posts and content that does viral.

What About Wall Spam in Facebook?

Since “Liking” a topic or post is completely up to you, no-one else can spam your wall with links from this new out going “Like” feature. That’s great news.

So bottom line is, provide valuable content, make lots of Facebook friends and the new Like feature can be a great benefit to you since your link can now show up on hundreds or thousands of Walls.

How To Add Your Own Like Button

There are plenty of new Wordpress Like button plugins available. They all essentially do exactly the same thing. Since this is all fairly new, they are all carry about the same rating and downloads. You’ll need to experiment your self.

I choose to use the “Wordpress Facebook-Like” plugin and it has been performing fine so far.

If you don’t have a blog and want to include your own recommends or like button on a regular HTML website and know a little bit about HTML tags and code, you can follow the instructions located on the Facebook Site. The Facebook plugins page provides details and a like wizard to make it easy for you to include the Like button and other Facebook widgets on your site.

If You Like It, then “Like” It

If you found this information helpful, then scroll up to the top of this post and “Like” it for me. Also, please post your comments and questions below.

It’s been very interesting last few years. When I first got started, the very first marketing package I purchased was Mike Filsaime’s Butterfly Marketing. I scrimped and saved every last penny in order to purchase the $1997 course, only to find out that exactly 18 days later, it would be available as a download version for a fraction of the cost. I missed the boat on that one.

Butterfly Marketing Giveaway

A few months back, Mike decided to give away the Butterfly Marketing course. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an incredible course, but several people who spent lots of money on the course were a little upset that it was being given away for free. But, I guess that’s to be expected in the Internet Marketing industry.

Of course, there was an optional continuity program you were offered to get Mike’s newsletter. Either way, it was a good opportunity for many getting started to get a high dollar course.

Butterfly Marketing Script Goes Open Source with PLR

Many of you probably won’t know what that means. Others know exactly what that means. You can get access to the script that was being sold for $2000. You can then use the script any way you like and even put your name on it and call it your own.

Why’s that important? Well, if you’re a programmer or have access to someone with programming skills, you could modify the Butterfly Marketing Script, change the look, add some features, rebrand it, and sell it for a profit.

Sound Good? Sure it is. Will you ever “bottle it” and sell it as your own? Realistically, probably not.

Personally, I like the concept of having access to it if I ever needed it for anything else.

What’s the Catch?

So here’s the catch. Yes, the Butterfly Marketing Script is now open source and with full Private Label Rights. You can download it for Free with absolutely no obligation.

You can download Butterfly Marketing Script here

The catch is that if you want support and to be able to learn how the script works, and get access to other developers, you need to pay a fee to join the developer network.

I’ve seen some software moving in this direction, but not much. Do you need to join the developer network? If you’re planning on developing the script further and making changes, I think it would be helpful. As a programmer having been inside the code and use it myself, it can be cumbersome. Having that additional help would be worthwhile.

If you’re not a programmer and have no immediate plans to do anything with the software, just grab your open source copy and hang on it.

You can download Butterfly Marketing Script here

Here’s the follow up to yesterday’s post about getting your videos indexed in the search engines.

NOTE: In the video I mention that the plugin only supports FLV files. It WILL support mp4 files, so you won’t need to worry about converting the format.

Please comment

If you found this video helpful, or have some other questions about video SEO, please post a comment.

It’s interesting how things change so quickly with technology and Internet Marketing.

Just a year ago, long form sales letters were all the rage. Everyone needed an expensive copywriter.

Now, video sales letters are popping up all over the place and more and more products are being sold exclusively through video.

The problem is, if you’re an affiliate marketer and not selling a product of your own, you most likely will think that there is no need for video.

That couldn’t be further from the truth.

Video Marketing for Affiliates

Video marketing has been used by affiliates for a while, but many of them just don’t know how to take advantage of all of the benefits that are available to them.

Yes, sites like Youtube and Facebook are great for posting videos, but if you aren’t providing the right message in your videos then you are missing out.

What to Include in Your Videos

Whether you want to get on camera yourself, create a simple slideshow or something more fancy with complicated video editing software, you need to have the right message.

• Including an attention grabbing first 10 seconds. This can be an engaging question that get’s the viewer thinking, a comment or shocking statement or eye catching graphic.
• Build a better body…what I mean here is have some “meat” in your video. Add some content that answers the questions your viewer wants to know more. This could be a handful of statements on a topic, some bullet points, step by step instructions or even more leading questions.
• Call to Action – Many videos lack this key element. After your viewer has spent their time watching your video message, what do you want them to do. Tell them exactly what you expect of them. That includes “Go to this website for more information”, “For the second half of this video go to..”, “Call 1-800.#### for more information”, “Claim your free download at…”

Getting your Videos Noticed

In the next post, I’m going to cover a few easy and free methods for getting your videos noticed and index online without a lot of effort.

Jeff Johnson has long been the master of getting massive amounts of free traffic to your sites.

I never really fully realized how much of a master until I watched some of his videos the other day and did a little research.

In my last post about how to get massive traffic I posted a screen shot taken from Yahoo Site Explorer. It showed one of Jeff’s sites that has almost 28,000 inbound links. Do you think that may help just a little bit with getting traffic? UMM… YEAH!

Free Traffic Coaching Club Access

Tomorrow, Jeff goes live with Traffic Voodoo, his latest traffic training system. Personally, I thought this was just a renamed version of his existing traffic coaching club. You know, the way many people rehash the same stuff and just rename it to cash in.

Well, Jeff didn’t do that. This is all new stuff and he’s also giving away 3 months of access to his Traffic Coaching Club. Last year I paid $199 a month for access to his club. I learned a ton from it. Enough that I’m able to get some very good rankings in competitive niches just from the stuff he showed in the first 3 months.

Here’s the catch. In order to get the 3 months of access, you have to signup as a Traffic Voodoo customer tomorrow.

You can read about the details here on Jeff’s Traffic Voodoo Giveaway blog

My Modest Traffic Voodoo Bonus

I’ll be honest. There are a ton of great bonuses out there for Traffic Voodoo. Many worth thousands of dollars and giving away a ton books, training, guides and stuff that honestly, you’ll never, ever end up using. Most bonuses are complete fluff and BS.

So, I’ve decided to to something a little different. Something that will actually help you out quite a bit in your search for traffic.

I’ve been using some serious Ninja Style hosting that has really amped up my traffic and helped get me into the search engines fast. No many people know about it and honestly, not many people want to pay for it. (Although I’m not sure why).

So here’s my Traffic Voodoo Bonus. I’m going to hook the first 5 people up that decide to purchase traffic voodoo with this ninja hosting for 6 months.  Plus, I’m going to reveal to you some uber cool video tips that can put your videos in the search engines really fast for your keywords.

So let’s recap:

• 6 Months Ninja Style hosting
• Video tips for dominating the search engines for your keywords

Like I said… it’s modest, but it’s something that you can use and has a real cash price tag of $500. Meaning if you were to go out and buy this on your own, you would layout $500 cash for it. No question about that.

Here’s my traffic voodoo link:

Jeff Johnson’s Traffic Voodoo System

If you decide to buy, simple send me an email to jeffczyz.bonus[a-t] gmail . I’ll get you added to the list.

If you decided NOT to buy, no big deal. There’s still plenty of cool stuff on Jeff’s site that can get you going quickly.