If you are using Article Marketing to build your list or bring visitors to your web site or blog, one of the most important parts of your article in the article resource box. The resource box is where you get to invite the reader to your web site or blog for more information.

Very few writers know how to craft a prospect pulling resource box. Most do not do it well. The most amazing mistake I see are the article writers that actually stop the reader from ever getting to the resource box.

Sound strange? How do you know you are not doing it?

The 2 Biggest Resource Box Stop Signs

The first biggest stop sign is what I call a “hard end” to the article. By this I mean that you write in a way that the end of the article is way too clear. You might as well put “The End” like in a movie in the way you have worded the article.

The mistake there is the reader gets the message, “Oh, this is over. I’m outta here,” and they are not likely to read further.

What to do instead: Don’t stop the reader, lead them right into the resource box with a soft transition.

The second biggest stop sign is starting the resource box with information about you. This also announces “the article is over and you can stop reading now!”

What to do instead: Save the information about you for the last line of the resource box. Begin your resource box with an invitation to the reader to visit your web site or blog for more information.

So you want to make money with blogs? Well, you may be here right now because you have been struggling to have some success with blogging or you could be here because you are new to this field. No matter what the reason is, blogging for profit is an easy thing that anyone can really do.

When I first started out, I thought that I would never see the day when I can even make one dollar off of my blogs. I thought it was the hardest thing in the world to get people to even notice my blog but then everything changed when I became devtoted to actually learn to make money with them. Devotion is a key factor to success and I hope that youre here because you are devoted right now.

So, lets get started shall we? Here are the 5 Best ways to have success and make money with blogs:

1. Article Marketing

In order to get your blog noticed, you can write articles in order to promote it. You can write about what your blog is about and then leave a link at the bottom of your article for the people who are interested in what you have to offer. Then submit to as many article directories as you can for more exposure.

2. Social Bookmarking

When you create a new post in your blog, go to many different social bookmarking sites and bookmark the title of your post. This will leave many high page rank links back to your site and also more traffic to your blog as well.

3. Update Content

Update your blog daily with a new post of new youtube video. This will allow people to know that your blog will continually have useful information about the niche you are promoting.

4. Pinging

Ping your blog every time you add new content. This will bring you more traffic and will also allow the search engines to know that your blog was updated. This will help your rankings in the searh engine for whatever keyword you are trying to rank well for.

5. Forums

Participate in relevant forums that compliment your niche. You can ask or answer questions about your niche and then leave a link back to your blog in the signature line.

Now, make sure that you have your blog set up and ready with all of your affiliate links in order to make money before you start sending traffic over to your blog. To gain more money try adding some google adsense to your blogs as well.

Hopefully you can profit now after I have told you some important tips to make money with.

It seems that people are finally starting to wake up to the reality that video on the internet can be powerful. Whether you use video for selling your product or service, or whether you use it to promote items for sale, you’re still faced with one significant problem. How do you let others know about the video you produced?

Not much has been written about video distribution. Perhaps some figure there’s no need considering the wealth of video sharing services popping up all over the Internet. Well, I submit to you that video sharing sites might provide one avenue of distribution but, even those sites will not help you get the word out about your video if they are not utilized properly.

Here are a half-dozen tips and tricks you can use to maximize the exposure you receive from your video. Again, it doesn’t matter whether you’re promoting a product or service or whether the video itself is the product. Each of these methods, or a combination of them can work wonders in getting the recognition your video production deserves.

1) Use long-tail keywords that describe the service or product your video is promoting. You need to place these keywords in the keyword tag portion of the website the video is on and anywhere else that requests “tags” for example at YouTube.com

2) Place your main keyword in the h1 tag of the web page you have your video on and also place it in the title tag of your web page.

3) To promote your video, you can of course upload it to the video uploading services. But simply uploading it won’t do you any good unless you follow Tips #1 and #2 above. Also, you’ll want to make sure that the description you give your video contains the keywords you are targeting.

4) Write an article about the subject of your video and in the resource box encourage readers to watch the video you’ve produced about the subject. Once the article gets picked up by the search engines, the spiders will find your optimized page and video on it too.

5) Produce your video as an .exe file and upload it to software sharing sites such as Download.com. Just produce 1/2 of the video so that the viewer is forced to come to your site to see the other half.

6) Set up a free account at FreeIQ.com. They are actively looking for video content. This website is run by Brad Fallon who is a popular internet marketer and knows how to help distribute video content all over the web. Again, once you’ve signed up for a free account, go ahead and post 1/2 of the video forcing the viewer to go to your website to see the remaining half.

That’s a half dozen useful tips you can put to use right now to get the exposure your video production deserves. Start with those and I’m certain you’ll see significant traffic results.

YouTube is getting larger with each passing day. It has become one of the most popular destinations on the net. The site does its own Flash conversion that is very tough with digital video garbage handling. Some of the videos on YouTube simply look better than others because they came from better sources. With a little know-how, you can prepare your optimized video for YouTube.

The first step to take is to ascertain the format of video you are starting with. Most digital cameras today shoot video, as do most phones, which is a great cheap way to start. It is irrelevant from where your video comes; the responsibility lies on you to make it breathtaking. Basketfuls of editing tools on the Internet are available for you, to be used on any platform as per your desire; the latest computers already have these tools along with the basic install for just such editing requirements.

It is advisable to avoid the use Windows Movie Maker. If you are using a cell phone video source, it’ll give you a hard time with no results. QuickTime plays nice with all sorts of formats. YouTube supports certain formats for input, so it is the time to be cautious. It is better if you make a .mov or .mp4, so be sure your editor has the capability to handle that format efficiently. If it is not capable of doing so, don’t go in for a conversion, and that’s not funny, you may lose information during the conversion, so it is better to get an editor capable of handling that format.

The video should be set to the YouTube recommended size of 320×240 QVGA. Your camera may have shot the video at a different aspect ratio than the 320×240. So be prepared for some exercise but do not stretch or pull the frames. It is advisable to make your video as bit-rich as you can. You can use a bit rate around 1000 kbps. Around 1200kbps it would probably overkill and take the video longer to process. 700kbps and 1000kbps should be the ideal range, you should be looking for. Once you are ready with size, codec, and quality set up, it is time for the selection of your audio format. It is better to use the MP3 audio codec, which should be standard on your editor.

Take the output of your video file as .mov or .mp4 and before you move further it is time to have the preview of your video file. It should look nice. If you are satisfied with the outcome, go ahead with uploading your video. After your video is uploaded to the servers of YouTube it can take up to an hour or so to get actually published on the site. As YouTube formats your file and encodes it for their flash streaming. This process is fully automatic. Now all of your efforts would produce a real gem a really optimized video that looks better than others.

Audio is a great tool for your lead generation and relationship building, and it also makes a relatively easy-to-produce info-product that you can use to generate revenue. If you have a service business, especially any service that is very personal or intimate, or if it’s very important that your prospects trust you and really feel comfortable with you before they would consider becoming your client, then audio would be a great asset to your marketing mix.

Audio adds the human factor to your business and, as we all know, people do not do business with businesses, they do business with other people. By using audio, you become a “real person” instead of a total stranger and you start the rapport building process.

With audio, you can convert most prospects into customers. In general, audio is much more entertaining than, say, a brochure or a sales letter, so it allows you to elicit more of a response from your prospects. Because you’re tapping into the listener’s senses, your prospect becomes more engaged in your message. As you know, it’s impossible to convert a prospect into a customer if he’s not receiving your message, and audio delivers your message in a more intimate way. Studies show that people remember only 20% of what they read but they’ll remember up to 70% of what they hear. If you want your prospects to act on your message, they’ll need to remember it!

Audio also allows you to distinguish yourself from your competition. Because even though audio is easily available to even the smallest businesses, most companies are still not taking advantage of this unique marketing opportunity. So by adding audio into your own marketing mix you’re really differentiating yourself from the others in your industry.

You can use your audio, whether it’s a CD or a podcast or web-based, as a means of introducing yourself to your prospects, and explaining the products and services you offer. If you offer a product or service that is technical or somehow requires training for your customers, audio is a great way to provide this training, or this in-depth information. It’s much more personal than a written instruction manual, and it can also be used in conjunction with a written manual.

According to educational psychologists, up to half of the population learns best by listening. Now consider this - according to those same educational psychologists, learning is increased exponentially with repetition. So when you’re using audio to present any technical aspect, your prospects can listen to it over and over again, and this repetition aids in learning. And since you, in effect, are the one who taught them, you become the expert.

You can use audio to present your client testimonials. You can have a full CD of client testimonials, or you can include audio testimonials on your web site. Similar to testimonials are audio product reviews, we’ve been using audio testimonials for a few years now, but even more powerful than testimonials is the audio product review.

You can also use audio to present tips, or frequently asked questions, and it’s a great branding tool. Plus, it’s portable, so your prospects can take your marketing message with them. They can pop your CD into their car stereo or download your mp3 onto their ipod. Distribution is very easy.

By using audio as a marketing vehicle you can free up your time and reduce the number of hours you work. Audio allows you to automate your sales process, because you create your presentation one time and it gets delivered over and over again. You make multiple copies of your CD or upload an mp3 to your web site and the audio is distributed to tons of different customers. And each time, it’s a very personal, rapport-building presentation.

Another way audio allows you to leverage your time is because it helps filter out your prospects. Through your CD or your mp3 not only are you presenting your marketing message, but you’re also presenting yourself. Your prospect gets to know you on a more personal level and he can then decide if you and your services are a good fit for his needs. The prospects who respond to your audio message already feels a bond with you - you don’t need to waste a lot of your time trying to personally convince your prospect. He’s already made up his mind by listening to your audio. So you end up with more time to work with prospects who are, in a sense, pre-qualified.

In general, adding audio to your marketing mix helps:

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• reinforce your brand

   

• create “top-of-mind” awareness of your products and services

   

• intensify your exposure with your prospects

   

• increase impulse purchases

   

• provide greater reach than display ads

   

• free up staff by presenting your sales and marketing messages an unlimited number of time

Ready to take advantage of this great marketing medium? Be sure to request a copy of my FREE Quick Start Guide To Using Audio In Your Marketing Mix at http://www.modernimage.com/freereports/audio.htm.