Writing Profitable Classified Ads

Everybody wants to make more money. In fact, most people would like to hit upon something that makes them fabulously rich! And seemingly, one of the easiest roads to the fulfilment of these dreams of wealth is mail order or within the professional circles of the business, direct mail selling.

The only thing is, hardly anyone gives much real thought to the basic ingredient of selling by mail – the writing of profitable classified ads. If your mail order business is to succeed, then you must acquire the expertise of writing classified ads that sell your product or services!

Many advertisers think that writing classified ads is completely different than writing longer print ads, which contain a headline, body text and possibly a picture or two. However, to write a successful classified ad, all the time-honoured elements of successful advertising must be present.

Large print ads include a headline to gather attention, introductory body copy to inform and generate added interest, additional body copy to create enthusiasm and desire to make a purchase and a call to action that incites the reader to take the steps necessary to start the purchasing process.

In advertising circles, these four features are often designated by the acronym “A.I.D.A.,” which stands for:

Attention (headline) Interest (body text) Desire (added body text) Action (call to action). So what makes a classified ad good or bad? First of all, it must appeal to the reader, and as such, it must say exactly what you want it to say. Secondly, it has to say what it says in the least possible number of words in order to keep your operating costs within your budget. And thirdly, it has to produce the desired results whether inquiries or sales.

Grabbing the reader’s attention is your first objective. You must assume the reader is “scanning” the page on which your ad appears in the company of two or three hundred classified ads.

Therefore, there has to be something about your ad that causes him to stop scanning and look at yours! So, the first two or three words of your ad are of the utmost importance and deserve your careful consideration. Most surveys show that words or phrases that quickly involve the reader, tend to be the best attention-grabbers. Such words as: FREE… WIN… MAKE BIG MONEY…

Whatever words you use as attention-grabbers, to start your ads, you should bear in mind that they’ll be competing with similar attention-grabbers of the other ads on the same page. Therefore, in addition to your lead words, your ad must quickly go on to promise or state further benefits to the reader. In other words, your ad might read something like this: MAKE BIG MONEY! Easy & Simple. We show you how!

In the language of professional copywriters, you’ve grabbed the attention of your prospect, and interested him with something that even he can do.

The next rule of good classified copywriting has to do with the arousal of the reader’s desire to get in on your offer. In a great many instances, this rule is by-passed, and it appears, this is the real reason that an ad doesn’t pull according to the expectations of the advertiser.

Think about it – you’ve got your reader’s attention; you’ve told him it’s easy and simple; and you’re about to ask him to do something. Unless you take the time to further “want your offer,” your ad is going to only half turn him on. He’ll compare your ad with the others that have grabbed his attention and finally decide upon the one that interests him the most.

What is being said is that here is the place for you to insert that magic word “guaranteed” or some other such word or phrase. So now, we’ve got an ad that reads: MAKE BIG MONEY! Easy & Simple. Guaranteed!

Now the reader is turned on, and in his mind, he can’t lose. You’re ready to ask for his money. This is the “demand for action” part of your ad. This is the part where you want to use such words as: Limited time offer! Act now! Call today!

Example: Make $1,000 a week! Easy to do! No selling! Risk FREE! Limited offer. Call…

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These are the ingredients of any good classified ad – Attention – Interest – Desire – Action… Without these four ingredients skilfully integrated into your ad, chances are your ad will just “lie there” and not do anything but cost you money. What we’ve just shown you is a basic classified ad.

Although such an ad could be placed in any leading publication and would pull a good response, it’s known as a “blind ad” and would pull inquiries and responses from a whole spectrum of people reading the publication in which it appeared. In other words, from as many “time-wasters” as from bona fide buyers.

So let’s try to give you an example of the kind of classified ad you might want to use, say to sell a report such as this one… Using all the rules of basic advertising copywriting, and stating exactly what our product is, our ad reads thusly:

MONEY-MAKER’S SECRETS! How To Write winning classified

ads. Simple & easy to learn -should double or triple your

responses. Rush $1 to BC Sales, 10 Main Any-town, TX 75001.

The point we’re making is that: l) You’ve got to grab the reader’s attention… 2) You’ve got to “interest him” with something that appeals to him… 3) You’ve got to “further stimulate” him with something (catch-phrase) that makes him “desire” the product or service. 4) Demand that he act immediately…

There’s no point in being tricky or clever. Just adhere to the basics and your profits will increase accordingly. One of the best ways of learning to write good classified ads is to study the classifieds – try to figure out exactly what they’re attempting to sell – and then practice rewriting them according to the rules we’ve just given you. Whenever you sit down to write a classified, always write it all out – write down everything you want to say – and then go back over it, crossing out words, and refining your phraseology.

The final ingredient of your classified ad is of course, your name, address to which the reader is to respond – where he’s to send his money or how to get for further information.

Generally speaking, readers respond more often to ads that include a name than to those showing just initials or an address only. However, because advertising costs are based upon the number of words, or the amount of space your ad uses, the use of some names in classified ads could become quite expensive.

If we were to ask our ad respondents to write to or send their money to The Research Writers & Publishers Association, or to Book Business Mart, or even to Money Maker’s Opportunity Digest, our advertising costs would be prohibitive. Thus we shorten our name Researchers or Money-Makers. The point here is to think relative to the placement costs of your ad, and to shorten excessively long names.

The essentials of a successful classified ad are no different. The shortness of most classified ads simply means that these essentials are broken down into basics.

All classified ads contain either a headline, which may be separate from the actual body copy, or a bolded first line or introductory words.

This has to grab a reader immediately, most classified ads, whether in newspapers, magazines or on Web site classified sections, are bunched in with dozens of other classified ads. The readers attention will be caught only by a word or phrase that is of immediate, powerful interest.

Because of this, experienced ad writers suggest using proven key words in your headlines that attract the interest of readers. These key words and phrases include free, easy, simple, guaranteed, proven, new and money.

After grabbing the readers attention, you have to create interest and desire through copy that informs, stimulates, excites and shows how the product or service will benefit the reader. Sound easy? It’s not. Especially when writing classified ads that are often limited to one or two lines. Veteran ad writers often claim that writing a successful classified ad is a tremendous challenge. Words have to be juggled.

Sentences have to be pared down, then pared down again, then pared down even more to the briefest essence, while still informing and arousing interest. And, of course, the final aspect of A.I.D.A., the call to action, must be written briefly yet with enough force to entice a reader to proceed.

How to achieve all this in your own classified ads? The best way is to first study other successful ads, in light of the A.I.D.A formula shown above. When studying classified ads to see how the essentials of A.I.D.A. have been accomplished, you can begin to see how the experts achieve success–and you can begin to bring this expertise into your own writing.

How can you know when someone else’s ad has been successful? When an ad appears over and over for months or even years, you can be assured that it’s working.

No one keeps running an unsuccessful ad. Find the successful ads that advertise products or services that are similar to yours, study them and then begin incorporating them into your own classified advertising.

The same holds true when listing your post office box number. Shorten it to just plain Box 40, or in the case of a rural delivery, shorten it to just RRl.

The important thing is to know the rules of profitable classified ad writing, and to follow them. Hold your costs in line.

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Your Own Web Based Home Business

Your own web based home business, do you even like the internet? The answer to that is YES the internet is the cheapest way to start a business as there is very little for upfront cost and less to lose if it fail. Tired of working the nine-to-five job? Tired of your boss? Tired of working to make someone else rich? Want to work at home so you can be with your family more?

Some of those questions are the titles to spam emails you get. They offer get rich schemes, just fill out surveys and get paid, get paid just to surf the web, get paid to shop, etc. etc.

But what is the real scoop about starting my own Internet Business from home? In this article we will help you learn some of the facts about owning your own home business based on the web. We will tell you how to avoid the hype and tell you the straight facts about how to start and maintain your own Internet Business. Are you ready?

You have all probably read many stories about how people with nothing have become millionaires on the web. You have no doubt received tons of spam email promising you that the same thing can happen to you, all you have to do is buy this ebook, this software, sign up as a member, etc. etc.

Multi-Level-Marketing or MLM programs were around before the Internet was in everyone’s home, but since then they have boomed. There are many programs that offer to get you in on the ground floor. All you have to do is sign up and those who sign up after you will make you rich.

Most of these are actually pyramid schemes. If the primary goal is to recruit new members and not to sell products, then it is likely a scam, so beware of those.

The first thing you should know about starting any business is that it is hard work. You think your boss was bad? Wait until you are your boss.

For some reason many people think that while starting an offline business is hard work, starting one on the web is easy. I really don’t understand that philosophy, except for the fact we get so many emails promising to make you rich with little or no work at all.

Let me tell you this. When you start any business, whether it’s a store, a gas station, or whatever, you know you will have to go in everyday, put in long hours and be smart if you are going to become successful. It is no different when starting an online or home business. If you are not prepared to put in the hours and the work, you will not be any more successful online than you would be offline.

There are no shortcuts, no magic pills, no marketing plans that can make you rich online without hard work. If you are not prepared to put in the time and the work necessary to any successful business, don’t quit your day job and just continue to be a consumer surfing the web instead of trying to find a way to get rich without work.

That may sound harsh to you, but the web is full of people trying to get something for nothing and we don’t need any more of those. However, if you are a person who is willing to put in the time and effort, the web can be a great place to make your living.

How do you get started? Well, first of all, what are your interests? If you choose a business you don’t have a lot of interest in, you will find it very difficult to stay motivated. Look at things that interest you when deciding what type of online business you want to have.

Not all online businesses require having a website, but most do, so we are going to start there. Lets say you have chosen what you are going to sell, whether it is products, services, or promoting affiliate programs.

You will need a domain name. The first thing people think is that they should have a catchy name that equals the name of their business and that it should be their domain name. Not true. Generic domain names that contain keywords that describe your products or services are best. Your company name will be on the front page of your website, but the domain name is what people will remember and what will help people find you through the search engines.

Where do I register my domain name? There are many cheap registrars out there for registering domain names, but don’t go with the cheap ones. You get what you pay for. Go with the ones that provide you the most service. Do you really think saving $20 per YEAR on your domain name is going to make or break your business? If so, stop now, do not pass go, go back to your day job.

Now you have a domain name, now what? You will need hosting for the new website you are going to build or have built. Again, look for the hosting that provides you the most service. You want 24-hour tech support. You want a lot of space, but most of all you want a lot of bandwidth. You want easy access to your files and a control panel, not just ftp access.

You also want a host who provides a lot of extras like instant install of gallery managers, content managers, calendar programs, and other scripts for forums, blogs, and more. The more they offer, the better, because you don’t know where your business might lead you. A cheap host is just that, a cheap host.

Now you will need a website to put up on the host. You can buy a website on Ebay or from others that are already built and ready to go or you can have one built to your specifications. You can also learn to build your own website and save money, but make sure you research how to do this very well before you choose that option.

Building a website that is not optimized for the search engines or one that does not function or navigate easily will hurt your business, so if you are not ready to build one you are sure will work, have the work done or buy one.

Also, people have the perception that their website must be beautiful in order to be successful. They think they must have flashy introductions, databases, dynamic content, great graphics, etc. etc.

None of those things I just mentioned will help you become successful on the web. They are great to have, but do not put undue importance on the dressing. Promoting your website will be the key to it’s success along with the content that is in your website.

Those are the things you will focus on if you wish to have a successful online business.

On building your website or buying one, make sure that it has a lot of text content rich with keywords that apply to the products or services you will be selling. You want it to have a professional look and feel, but you don’t need it to be too flashy.

There are a lot of freelance websites out there where you can post the job you want done and people will bid on doing the job for you. That is a good way to find a web designer that wants to do a good job for a competitive price.

Now you have your domain name, your hosting, and your new website. What now? Well, it’s not like in the movie Field of Dreams, where If you build it, they will come. That doesn’t apply to websites unfortunately.

You will need to promote your website. This is where the work starts. This is what will demand the most of your time, because if you do not promote your website, the customers will never come buy anything. They won’t be able to find you out of the millions of websites that are out there.

You have to be better than the next guy. You have to be willing to promote your website for more hours than the next guy. And you have to beat the next guy to the latest and greatest methods of website promotion.

There are several things you will be doing with your new website. First and foremost, you will be writing articles like this one about the products and services you sell and topics related to them. You will also spend time submitting these articles to websites that offer free content to webmasters.

A lot of website owners are hungry for good original content.

They go to these content providers and pull articles related to their products and services and put those articles into their websites. Since your article, like the one I am writing here, has an author bio section at the bottom with links to your website, every website owner that inserts your article into their website is now another website that links to you.

That increases your link popularity, which in turn helps you get better listings in search engine results for your keywords. Writing at least one article everyday will move you up in the search engine rankings before you know it. This is my fourth article for the day, just to give you an idea of how much Im willing to promote my website.

You can also post a lot on blogs and forums that are related to your products or services. In the signature line you put a link to your website. In this subtle way you not only create another website that has a link to your website, but by participating in the forum or blog you may just have users there want to see your website and might want to buy your product or services.

You also want to put your link in your email, on your business cards, on your letterhead, and anywhere else you can. Having your own business, whether online or offline is a way of life, not a nine to five job. So be sure you are ready to do whatever it takes to be successful.

Because if you are not ready to work harder than you ever have before, having your own business is not for you for more idea about a home based business take a look at this http://24hourbusiness.org.uk

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The 10 Best Digital Cameras (2018+case study)

Trying to find the best camera to buy? Should it be a Panasonic or a Canon? Whether it’s a simple compact or a more professional grade DLSR for some David Bailey-style snapping, there are all kinds to choose from.

Do you want a small camera that requires minimal effort, but takes great pictures? A pocket point-and-shoot is probably your best bet. Need to get close to the action without carrying a huge camera with a big lens? A compact superzoom model is likely for you. Or do you want a lightning-fast shooter that lets you swap out lenses and play with settings? Then you want a D-SLR or a compact interchangeable-lens camera. Plan on shooting on the beach or the slopes? You need a ruggedized waterproof model.

We picked winners from recent cameras we’ve tested in the aforementioned categories to make up our top 10. When there are multiple winners in a category, we pick models at various price points. For D-SLRs, we’ve chosen an entry-level, a midrange, and a high-end, full-frame camera. And this time around, we have four point-and-shoot models at various budget levels.

Remember, though, the digital camera market is a robust one; manufacturers release new products throughout the year, and we’re continually testing and reviewing cameras—and updating this list.

Point-and-Shoot Cameras

Fujifilm X100S
$1,299.00 at Amazon

Don’t be fooled by the Fujifilm X100S’s retro exterior; it’s a modern, full-featured digital camera that impressed us enough to earn our Editors’ Choice award.

Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS
$324.99 at Amazon

The Olympus Tough TG-2 iHS rugged camera is a very minor upgrade to the excellent TG-1. It comes in at a lower price and walks away with our Editors’ Choice award.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II
$748.00 at Amazon

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II packs a huge 1-inch image sensor into a point-and-shoot body, delivering close-to-SLR-quality images from a camera you can fit in your back pocket. This model offers a few worthwhile upgrades over the already-excellent RX100, including integrated Wi-Fi and a tilting rear LCD, but it comes in at a higher asking price.

Canon PowerShot Elph 330 HS
$149.00 at Amazon

One of the best cameras you can buy for less than $250, the svelte, 10x-zoom Canon PowerShot Elph 330 HS takes beautiful pictures and lets you send them instantaneously with integrated Wi-Fi. 

Digital SLRs

Canon EOS 6D
$1,476.99 at Amazon

The Canon EOS 6D is a top-notch full-frame camera in a compact body. With a relatively affordable price, enthusiast-friendly features, and spectacular image quality, it’s an easy Editors’ Choice.

Nikon D7100
$1,146.95 at Amazon

If you’re in the market for a serious D-SLR, but don’t want to go full-frame, the Nikon D7100 is the way to go; it’s our Editors’ Choice camera in its category.

Nikon D5200
$336.99 at Amazon

The under-$1,000 Nikon D5200 is a capable D-SLR that delivers impressive image quality and continuous shooting at 4 frames per second, earning it our Editors’ Choice for midrange SLRs.

Superzoom Cameras

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200
$489.00 at Amazon

The 24x Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 doesn’t have the most ambitious zoom ratio, but a sharp f/2.8 aperture lens and speedy performance make up for it.

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10 Reasons Why Facebook is Better Than Google Plus

Facebook.com or plus.google.com…which is easier to type? Obviously facebook.com! This is the smallest example that’s enough to define how Facebook is a better option than Google Plus.

No other brain battle can get more intense than the world war between Google Plus and Facebook. USA Today, the most popular newspaper of the U.S.A.surveyed 20,000 users of social networking sites and found that 84% of these users use Facebook.

Even though the survey took into consideration Facebook users from the US only, it proves that Facebook is dominating social networking sites on the Internet. Facebook has always covered huge amounts of traffic in the Google plus vs. Facebookwar.

Facebook has given new thoughts, games, applications and exciting features to its 750 million users and is constantly moving ahead in the war.

How Facebook is better than Google+?

The one who dominates add its competitors day by day. Considering the fact that Google has tried to attract Internet savvies to join its new social networking hub �?The Google+’.  However, Google+ is nothing but an advanced version of Orkut.

In the past, Google has tried to cover maximum social networking attention by its products Orkut, Buzz and Wave.  Amongst these three, Wave and Buzz were lackluster. On the other hand, successful marketing campaigns acquired by Facebook has gradually enhanced its ranking and within 3 years, Facebook has emerged as the top social networking hub for Internet users globally.

Let’s sort out a feature-by-feature comparison between these two social networks. You will easily observe such a comparison that Facebook and Google + are offering almost “xeroxed” functionalities of each other.

1. “Likes” and +1 – Every user is quite familiar with the “likes” option in Facebook. With Facebook likes, users can add a “likes” tag on their choice of snaps, feed comments, etc… The chosen “likes” by the user is highlighted on his/her friend’s profile.  Google plus provides the same functionality as the “+1” option.
2. Little upgrade to Group sharing – Facebook provides a facility of sharing personal information, snaps, and updates to the choicest of people. For this, users need to create different groups according to the priorities of his friends.
   Facebook provides the feature of information abstractions between groups. Users can easily share his personals to his choice of people by keeping the same information hidden from other people.
   Same approach has been adopted by Google+ in its customized option “Circles.” However, this option is quite user friendly and easy to handle as compared to Facebook.
3. Chat services – Google Talk is the older and widely used Chat platform of Google. Google+ uses the same Google talk server on “Google Hangout.” This “hangout” chat application is almost the same as Facebook chat and provides the same chat functionality as Facebook.
   Facebook chat improved its chat application 2 months before and introduced group chat functionality on Facebook via Skype. Also its video calling facility is more effective than that of Google talk.
4. Private Messaging – Like the Facebook messaging system, Google Plus doesn’t provide any sending report. That’s why people prefer to use Facebook as compared to Google+ since its integrated chat and messages system allows the user to get messages even when he/she is offline.
5. Compatibility to mobile devices – It cannot be denied that Facebook doesn’t provide separate chat applications for mobile devices. Therefore, users have to install an eBuddy application which supports Facebook chat platform for mobiles. On the other hand, Google+ is compatible only with the Android devices. That means, other mobile devices like Nokia, Samsung and other brands which don’t have Android or a similar level of an Operating System cannot access Google+. Facebook can be accessed from any mobile devices, even compatible with those who don’t have an Android operating system.
6. Add brand value to business via Facebook – This is the most appreciative facility provided by Facebook. Creating a fan page or business page representing a business or organization doesn’t only provide traffic to the business website but also enhances the brand value of the business. People attach themselves to business services and products after seeing associated business pages on Facebook. Google+ doesn’t allow creating any business pages on it YET.
7. Ask whatever you want to – Facebook provides a user friendly environment and therefore, it has maintained its status as the most popular social networking platform worldwide. People not only share their thoughts and ideas with their friends, but they are also provided with the facility to ask anything to their friends. Facebook provides polls on profile’s Walls where users have the freedom to share anything with his/her friends. Google plus doesn’t provide such an interesting facility to its users YET.
8. Get friend’s location in clicks – “Facebook Place” is the new and most interesting facility appreciated worldwide. Users can now search their Facebook friend’s location by just using this facility.
   Google+ also offers the same service via “Google Location”, but it is not as effective as the “Facebook Place” feature. However, Google is planning to introduce a new feature which will allow users to add their information and their approx. location on “Google Location” in its next updates.
9. Fun and Entertainment zone – Facebook is an ocean of interactive games and funny applications to enjoy life by social networking and thus, it is known as the king of online gaming zones. Google+, besides social networking, doesn’t provide any interesting platforms to enjoy with friends.
10. Better security aspects – Facebook has various beneficial security updates to protect users profiles from being hacked. In Facebook, users cannot manually modify or control private interaction with other Facebook users with the help of any third party application.
    Google+ also has various security controls for every aspect but Google plus Chrome Extension can help hackers to attack users profiles by redefining and adding dangerous functionalities on Google+ profile.

It is very difficult to accept that Google+ will dominate the social networking arena in the near future by keeping the same functionalities as that of Facebook. Consequently, Facebook with its various interesting features is succeeding in the Google+ vs. Facebook battle.

Which do you like better? Let us know below…

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Make Money with HubPages

The whole idea of HubPages is becoming more popular today. It has risen in the same manner in which the popularity of several other free websites has. Many individuals are taking advantage of the popularity of HubPages.com and they are carting off huge amounts of money on a daily basis.

You too can give it a trial and you will be able to earn as much as you desire within a rather short period of time. Through this write up, your eyes will be opened to several of the opportunities that are abounding in HubPages and how you can make money with HubPages.

What is HubPages?

HubPages is a free website. You must have heard of BlogSpot and some other free websites like that. HubPages is one of them and gives you a great opportunity to make money without even paying a dime for web hosting. The websites are also already designed and this means that you will never need to spend a huge amount on website designing at all.

How to make money with HubPages?

There are several ways by which you can successfully make money with HubPages. Some of them will be discussed in this write up.

• Affiliate marketing: Affiliate marketing is one of the most common and successful ways to make money on HubPages. All you need to do is register as an affiliate of several products. Once you have registered, you will be given private codes. Through the private code, you will be able to make sales or advertise free products.
  Anytime you make a sale or someone clicks on the link you are provided with, your account will be credited through the special code embedded in the links.
  You can decide where to place the link you are given by the sites you are affiliated with on your HubPage. If anyone visits your HubPage and clicks on the link, you will be paid.
  In case the person makes some purchases through the said link, you will end up making more money.
  You can make quite a lot of money from your HubPage by joining Amazon, eBay or ClickBank as an affiliate. All you need to do is to advertise products from any of the three sites on your HubPage.
  Once people visit the sites through the affiliate link and purchase the products you have written about on your HubPage, your account will be credited by Amazon, ClickBank or eBay.
• AdSense: Adverts can also be placed on your HubPage by AdSense. You will need to register for AdSense adverts before you are allowed to place such adverts on your HubPage.
  Once you are approved by Google, chosen ads depending on the content of the Hub will be placed on your HubPage. Any clicking action on the ads placed by Google will get your account credited. This has proved to be a reliable way to make money on HubPages.
• Write for the site: You can also make money in HubPages by writing for the site. If you have a flair for writing, one of the best places where you can turn your gift to real cool money is HubPages. You are paid for the writings you submit on the site.

Advantages of HubPages

The site is free. You will never have to pay a dime to get the free website. You will never have to pay for web hosting or website design. You will also be able to place adverts on the HubPage free of charges.

HubPage is also easy to set up. This is one of the factors that make it very easy to make money with HubPages. You will not have to go through long and boring registration process before you are able to get registered.

Disadvantages of HubPages

While HubPage can be said to be a haven of sort, it had also been discovered to have its own measure of disadvantages.

HubPages does not give you one hundred percent of the profit you make; you are only allowed access to sixty percent of your total income.

HubPages keeps the remaining forty percent. By the time you compare this to building your website by yourself and pay for your own web hosting, the later may be more profitable.

Those who use HubPages may also not be able to dictate the tone on how they want their websites to look. You have only limited access to the design on the webpage. You can only make use of HubPage templates and nothing more.

No one can really say if HubPages will disappear in the same manner in which other such sites have disappeared in the past. If this happens, any one with a site on HubPages will be in deep trouble.

The writer’s earnings may also disappear along with HubPage. The same thing goes for articles, links and other info on the HubPage.

When you try to make money with HubPages, you will come across various limitations on the number of methods through which you can make money.

There are only four available options. This is a considerable limitation that will not allow you to maximize your potentials on HubPages.

HubPage does not give access to some affiliate sites. This means that you will not be able to place ads from the restricted affiliate sites on your HubPage. Any possibility of making money from such money spinning sites will then be cut off.

Over expectation is dangerous. It is never in your best interest to expect too much from HubPages. If you do, you may end up being disappointed.

Be careful about the kind of stories you read about people making millions on HubPage. They may not actually be making as much as they claim. This is one of the primary reasons why online income earners always focus on the need to create multiple sources of income.

While creating multiple income sources undoubtedly requires time, it is worth the effort and trouble.

Conclusion

The info above should be able to guide you on how to make money with HubPages. It should also be able to guide you on how to succeed in your effort.

Consider the disadvantages and advantages carefully before you register on HubPages so that you will be fully aware of what you are venturing into. It will surely get you fully prepared for any eventuality that may ensue as you make an inroad into HubPages.

As a last tip, search HubPages or Google with the keyword ‘highest earners of HubPages’; the results will help you to accurately measure your expectations from HubPages.

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How to Use Networked Blogs for Marketing on Facebook?

The popularity of Facebook remains undisputed. With a page rank of 10, its one of the most visited social networking sites in the world.

This site can be one of the best places for marketing your products and services. We can do this just by using an application which is offered by Facebook itself. We can create a page for our brands or services then we ask our friends on Facebook to promote it further, which will enhance readership and website traffic.

The application we are talking about is Networked Blogs. Networked Blogs by Ninva is used by millions of bloggers to syndicate their blog/s and create a community of like-minded bloggers to share content.

How to Use Networked Blogs for Marketing?

The first thing to do in using Networked Blogs for marketing on Facebook is to create a Facebook page for your product or your business.  To do this, you’ll have to go to an option of creating a page, which is available on the home page of Facebook. This is an impeccable way of promoting your business by putting detailed and relevant information about your products and services.

Creating a page for your business does not require a Facebook user to be your friend to follow your blog. Once the page is created, anyone on Facebook can read it and follow it…

After creating a page, write a blog post about your business. To look more professional on the Internet, buy your own domain from any hosting service. But if you are a small business owner, you can initially start on the Blogger or WordPress platform. Choose the features of the blogger application like templates or you can download a template that suits your business. Choosing the right template is really important to give a professional appearance to your blog visitors.

After a blog is created properly, now it’s time to reach out for audiences who can help you in expanding your business. There are many people who are also writing blogs on Facebook about their business. Reach out to them but don’t go to those users who are dealing with same nature of work as yours.

Search for complimentary bloggers. If you are manufacturing some products, then associate yourself with those bloggers who are interested in your product and is interested in promoting them.

Networked Blogs comes in handy here because its features allow you to search, add, follow and communicate with chosen bloggers. This will help both of you in expanding your business with the Networked Blogs apps on Facebook.

While using Networked Blogs for marketing on Facebook, request your friends, family members, and your colleagues, to help you in expanding the readership of your blog.

Ask them to promote it so that it can reach to most of the people on the social network because if your brand is good, many people will become interested. The trick is to get the word out. Some people can also help you in promoting your blog simply by commenting on it.

Be cautious about spamming; don’t spam users with your products. Just be yourself and allow the people to understand your business on their own. Interested people will automatically come to your page and share their views with you.

When using Networked Blogs for marketing on Facebook, you should regularly keep posting information about your products to keep people aware about the changes and new additions in your business to get free traffic from facebook. You can post updates like discount offers or contests and others, which can further enhance your chances of getting a business opportunity on Facebook.

But then you also have to be a little careful – don’t show unnecessary information to people because once your image gets stamped as a spammer, it will become very hard to get your page followed.

You can give life to your business page by adding photos, vibrant looks and exclusive information about your product and service.

Use videos to show people how your firm looks and what your business environment is. Your page should look unique and in line with your work; it should not give confusing information about what you do.

Warning

Don’t use Networked Blogs on Facebook just for selling your product or services. It’s not meant for that purpose only and it will also not work for you.

Besides this, it’s also not good for your page and blog because if the people start to ignore it, you’ll certainly lose the chance of promoting your product on this social networking site.

Facebook is for interacting with your followers. So interact with them properly and brief them about your product and services; don’t try to sell your products and services forcibly over there.

Also, don’t forget to post links on your page regularly for your followers to visit. Moreover, your blog should be social media optimized for you to know how many people are ‘liking’ or tweeting your content.

The interested users will certainly go through your links and they can also promote it to enhance your chances of being viewed by thousands of new eyes in just few days. You know what popularity means when you are already in the minds of several people and they know what you are up to.

Use a correct number of keywords in your blog; don’t overuse them, as it can become a spammy type of an article or a particularly advertising one. Always remember that while using Networked Blogs on Facebook, we should interact with our customers and clients.

Conclusion

These are some of the most important ways to use Networked Blogs for marketing on Facebook. You can customize all these steps as per your requirements.  

Take as much care as you can when posting any information. The social networking sites like Facebook can be a tremendous tool for marketing, only when it is used properly and carefully.

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8 Easy Ways on How to Get More Facebook Fans

If you are a business person, you must be interested in advertising your products. What is a better solution for it than Facebook? The most incredible feature of this social networking website is that it offers you an opportunity to create a fan page.

You are not required to add the people on Facebook to communicate with them. All you have to do is create a fan page, and you will be automatically connected with the group.

How to Get More Facebook Fans Free?

You need traffic to get more fans on facebook. Following are some useful tips…

Invite Your Facebook Friends

The first most logical step is to add all your Facebook friends to your fan page. You may expect them to hit the “like” key if they really appreciate your effort.

It doesn’t take long to “like” a product or a comment. Once your friends do so, it is most likely that the friends of your friends may visit your fan page too.

In this way, the chain will start to build up, and you will manage to get a huge amount of traffic to your fan page. You may regard this plan as the viral marketing strategy.

Make the fan page as attractive as possible so that people get fascinated by it immediately. Facebook is a popular platform nowadays; there is no better option than to use it to your benefit.

Link your Fan Page to other social network accounts

The second step to follow is to connect your fan page with all your accounts on the other social networking websites.

One of the most famous social media networking website in today’s world of technology is Twitter, and if you are lucky enough to have a lot of followers on Twitter, you can actually lead them back to your Facebook fan page. You can either tweet about your page or add the link to your fan page as the major URL in the setting regarding your Twitter account.

Attracting YouTube Community

This is another amazing option for you to increase the count on your fan page. Like all the YouTube celebrities, you are recommended to invest in a good video camera, so that you can make videos regarding your products and fan page whenever you want to. It will increase your chances to get the finest response from the YouTube community.

Attention-grabbing contests

Arrange a contest for the visitors to increase their interest in your fan page. Make it as interesting and informative as possible. This is one of the most effective marketing strategies to find facebook fans. It is most likely that you will witness a drastic increase in the count of the members on your fan page if you offer a decent prize for the winner.

This is one of the reasons behind the increase in the fan pages on Facebook. This option has been used by most of the people having fan pages and found it equally successful every time.

Attract external subscriber bases

Contact people through emails and other sources and invite them to join your page. Go through all the places where you have a digital presence and make sure you call all the individuals on your contact list.

You may add the fan page link to the sidebar of your blog. You can add that link to the emails you send out every day.

Facebook may serve you as the secondary source to attract people to your product or blog. If you have your own blog, and you want to siphon people, you just have to follow the above strategies and get traffic. Once you get enough attention, you can lead those individuals to the place where you want them to be; it can be your own personal blog or website.

Fill in the page with fresh content continuously

Fresh content is one of the most significant features of a quality page. If you want to retain the number of current members along with the new ones, you have to offer them something fresh and new every time. Therefore, the key is to update the page on a regular basis. If your content is appealing, you can get an incredible response from the people using Facebook.

Utilize Facebook Widgets

It is pretty simple to set up a widget on the Facebook Fan page. You will have to create it from the admin page of your fan page.

Once you set up a widget, all you have to do is to add it to your blogs, websites, and other digital accounts that you have. This is the eye-catching and colorful display of your Facebook page that will keep people engrossed. It will also make it pretty easy for the users to click on your page and like it.

Other alternatives

You can buy targeted advertising on the remarkable platform of Facebook. It will surely help you to make your page eye-catching to get more targeted facebook fans.

You can use your offline sources to encourage people to join your fan page. It may be through newspapers, magazines, television, etc. There is a great chance to get mind-boggling traffic in no time by running promotion campaigns.

Make sure that all the visitors and users become a fan of the page during the process of promotion. You can hire a manager regarding community managing to make sure that your page achieves nonstop growth opportunities.

Offer new products and services to your fans first whenever you come up with one. You can buy an ad, including Google’s ads. It will drive the traffic toward your page for sure.

Encourage the members and fans of your fan page to mention their membership during interviews of other similar activities. This will increase your facebook fans and the popularity of the page. Always try to finish your press release with the revelation of the link of your fan page every time you send one out.

Conclusion

If you follow all the methods to get more facebook fans, we are sure that you will start to see results. However, it is not necessary to follow all the instructions provided by us. You can choose the ones that you expect will increase facebook fans and work the best for you…

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