Speedlinking my way back to work after a few days vacation. It is not hard since I have great friends on Twitter that share links that are worth checking out. Here are a couple that really stood out.
Performance marketing (affiliate marketing) could be one of the best ways to start making money online. Plus you can establish a passive income that brings in money while you are away on vacation. But affiliate marketing does not come with out the ups and downs, just like any other business.
To get a deeper look at affiliate marketing, speedlink over to:
Vanessa Taylor’s extensive survey and guest posts “Established Methods To Monetize Blogs” at PerformanceMarketingInsider.com.
Head over and read “Established Methods to Monetize Blogs” and find more on affiliate marketing and what you should watch out for.
Next up is another guest post that gives you unusual ways to get traffic to you sites. We can set up all the affiliate sites we want, but as you know a site with no traffic is like fish pond with no fish.
Michael Chibuzor writes about unusual ways to generate traffic in his guest post “7 Unconventional Ways To Promote Your Blog Easily” at AlexWhalley.com
Speedlink right over and read all about uncommon ways for blog traffic generation.
In Michael Chibuzor’s post on blog traffic generation, he talks about bum marketing by creating hub pages. I have added this video which will help you start your own “Hub Pages”.
Hope you get a lot out of speedlinking to these posts in this edition of “The Weekend Web.”
Sheila
P.S. How are you doing with your affiliate marketing? Are you using unusual methods of traffic generation?
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Hi Sheila!
Michael’s and Vernessa’s posts were both really interesting — thanks for sharing. And Gary Kidd’s video tutorial on how to set up a Hub Page was extremely helpful. I haven’t yet created any Hub Pages but it sounds like Google really favors them so it’s definitely worth a shot!
Now I’m wondering if Hub Pages might be a better choice than creating Squidoo lenses. What do you think?
Thanks,
Melanie
Hi Melanie,
I think it comes down to personal preference. Both formats will give you backlinks and traffic. Both platforms are easy to use and require updating.
This article might help you decide. http://webtrends.about.com/od/webportals/a/web-hub-compare.htm
According to this article- his tests show that his Hub Pages showed up in faster in Google.
Hi Sheila,
Cool post! I forgot all about speedlinking. It’s a great way to write a post and recognize other bloggers and posts you respect. Nice!
As for Melanie’s comment and your reply, I also thank you for that link to compare. I’ve been on Squidoo for many years and with their huge changes a while back (a long while back) I’ve pretty much abandoned it. The rules changed too much and, in my opinion, took away a lot of the reasons to keep working on my lenses… such as only allowing 9 links to your own website. Since my lens were built in 2004, I had way more than 9 links. Plus they took one of my lenses down because they said I had copied someone else’s content but it was my own… on my own web site! Ugh.
I don’t have much experience with Hub pages, but perhaps I’ll give it a go.
Thanks for the info!
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Deb,
Thanks for giving us you insight. We all have to find what works best for our niche and run with it… time is so valuable and there are so many different opportunities to get out there and seen.
Great idea with Hub pages I never knew about it till now. And as far as special methods of bringing traffic I use alternative social networks like Hi5. I have 6000+ friends there and I can send mass private messages promoting my website. I get around 500UV every time I send a mass message.
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Rancid,
Hi5, http://hi5.com/friend/displayHomePage.do, looks like a really fun social network. Well Done!
Thanks for the great tip. I like the fact that you can send out mass private messages. Now that’s a Social Network that works in your favor.
Hey Sheila,
Hope you enjoyed your few days off. Nice and relaxing I hope.
Vernessa does a wonderful job over at her blog. I was thrilled to be included in one of her recent survey’s. Fun and exciting. Will be sure to check out the other posts you suggested.
Wow, I haven’t been over to Hubpages in awhile now. Got several up but just never like the way they organized their site. But I still get comments on some of the hubs I have created so it’s a great site. Thanks for that reminder, I needed that.
Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Great to see you again.
Adrienne
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Adrienne,
Thanks, glad it was a good reminder.
Vanessa is one of the best writers I have met on the web. She always has great content that is so well written. She also comes up with subjects I have never even heard of before.
I did get away for a few days with the grandkids. We had a great time! Fishing, swimming and diving into lots of summer produce.
Hi Sheila,
What an honor to be featured in your speed-linking adventures! I’m in good company, you guys rock!
You know, I’ve done several Squidoo lenses, but have never actually created a HubPage, even though I have a HP account. There are some useful tips in Gary’s video on making them work, so I’ll have to give it another shot.
Thanks for introducing me to Alex Whaley’s blog. His tip #6 (use business cards) has become a dinosaur in all this digital craze. But, he is surely on target: one of the recent Klout Perks was for mini business cards!
Many of our blogging friends and colleagues helped me gather the information shared in the guest post you mentioned. I’ve since written Part 2 and Part 3 and hope some of your readers will add their insights and perspectives.
You’re doing a great job here Sheila. I see you’re promoting some PLR. I’ve got some cool stuff so let me know if you’re in the market for anything in particular. Talk soon!
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Vanessa,
You are most welcome. It really is a great post for anyone wanting to do affiliate marketing…the need to know stuff.
Alex is usually spot on, I have been to several events lately and found my business cards to be a huge asset. Using QR Codes on a card is a fun way to grab attention.
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Performance marketing has been a hit-or-miss affair for me. One of the big advertising networks even shut down my account because I had not made enough sales to warrant them being bothered. According to the literature and website marketing mantras, such networks exist to enable big companies to make more money by extending their virtual arms into the realm of a small army of publishers. On the flip side, the networks exist in order to help small publishers increase their income from websites, blogs, and other contacts with their readers and customers.
To my way of thinking, when the publishers actually make sales should not be a concern, since they only pay for performance. I’ve made a few dollars here and there. In some cases the challenges have outweighed the change but I haven’t abandoned the notion of making money through the performance marketing industry. It remains a part of my content monetizing mix.