Step By Step - How To Find Advertisers For Your Website

If you have a website and are thinking about putting adverts on it then here are some tips on how to go about it.

In this article I will provide you with step by step instructions on how to find quality ads and how much to charge for them.

Finding people to put ads on your site is hard enough but knowing what to charge them is even harder.

Sometimes you might receive an email from someone interested in advertising on your site - what do you do?

You could just ignore it or reply with a suggested price that you're not really sure of. It's best to have done your research first so that you can feel confident that you are charging what you are worth and only put quality ads on your site.

Step 1

Find some of your competitor sites and look to see if they have ads on their site that people are paying for.

Step 2

Now find out what number of visits those website are getting on average. You can use Alexa to get an idea of the traffic levels. Try to find a range of traffic from low to high. Use your own traffic levels as a point of reference.

Step 3

If you don't yet know your own traffic statistics then make sure you have that information and evidence to back it up since an advertiser might perform a check on your site.

Step 4

Now contact those website owners and ask what they would charge you to put an advert on their site. Make sure you are specific. Look at the existing ads on the site and use those dimensions and locations.

Step 5

Put all of the responses in a spreadsheet so that you can quickly see the type of costs associated with traffic levels.

Step 6

Decide what charges would be suitable for your own website and the number of visits you get. Always include some form of disclaimer in any quote since your traffic levels may go up or down over time.

Step 7

Reply to any requests you receive making sure that the adverts will be relevant to your audience.

Step 8

To find relevant ads go to your competitor sites and see what ads they have on there. Now go to those sites and see if you can find who to contact about displaying their ads on your site.

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3 Tips To Improve Your Productivity

Working at home has its benefits but it can also be difficult in terms of staying on task and being productive because there are many distractions at home. In this article I am going to give you 3 tips on how you can be more productive and get more done.

When do you naturally work best?

We all have certain times during the day when we are at our best. We concentrate more and stay focused more. Finding out when these times are helps us to use them to our advantage.

If you work best early in the morning then it is worth getting up early and working on your business during that time. If others in your household are still in bed then that is even better!

If you are a night owl then perhaps working late at night might work better for you.

Finding your bad habits

I'm talking about bad habits when it comes to working and being productive. Perhaps you get easily distracted when friends come online? Are you addicted to Facebook?

I have one friend who felt at a loss when Facebook went down the other week - and it had nothing to do with work - just that she didn't have anyone to chat to!

Maybe you should turn off the alerts on your computer so that you don't know when people come online.

Are there times during the day when you are more likely to get distracted - such as mid morning or mid afternoon when you fancy a snack?

Often taking a break can be the time when we get distracted if we don't have a time limit. It is better to set regular short breaks rather than none at all.

Knowing your focus

To work effectively we need to understand what our real focus is. The thing that we are aiming for. This means having some form of goal and plan of action to get there.

If you follow a plan, whether rigid or flexible, it helps to keep you on track and therefore productive.

Decide what the goals are for your business and then work out what you need to do to get there. Break that down into steps or tasks that you need to complete.

Keep reminders around you so that you stay focused and see your progress. Keeping a journal is a great way to see how much you have or have not achieved!

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5 Tips To Increase Your Sales

Increasing your sales can be as easy as changing a word, the colour or something else very simple. Making little tweaks here and there can make a difference to your conversion rates. In this article I am going to give you 5 tips on how you can improve your own sales conversions.

Don't Point The Finger

Using words like me and my tend to work better than using words such as you or your. This is because when someone reads your sales page it becomes more personal and therefore more applicable to them.

Visitors will identify with your sales message more.

Action Buttons

Buttons that you want someone to click on work better if there is some type of benefit written on the button itself. So instead of having a button that says "click here" it would be better to have the words "instant access" or "get it now".

Colour Matters

This is something that you would need to test for your own business. However, generally the colour orange works well as a colour for a call to action button. If you think about Amazon - I am sure they didn't just happen to choose orange by chance!

Size does not play such a big role as colour - so just use a medium size so that your button doesn't dominate the page or get lost on the page.

Remove Risk

This is especially true for online transactions. It is best to make sure that you have a guarantee prominent so that your visitors are in no doubt that a refund is available if they are not satisfied.

Having testimonials will also help as this gives evidence that your product has already helped other people.

People Like Bonuses

If you can include a bonus or something for free then do! People love to get things that they perceive as being added for nothing.

If you don't have a specific bonus then ask another marketer if they would like to add a bonus to your offer in exchange for them building their email list. Most marketers will jump at the chance to build this list this way.

Just make sure that the bonus is related to and compliments your product and of course that it is of high quality.

Regular testing of your sales page is necessary to keep up with changes and trends in your niche but the tips above will improve your conversions in the long term.

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3 Tips On Finding The Most Popular Topics In Your Niche

Being able to write about current issues that are really popular is a great way to gain lots of traffic and visitors. But how can you find out what those topics are? In this article I am going to give you 3 tips on where to go to discover popular topics in your particular niche whatever that might be.

Google Search

Using Google search is a great way to find topics that are popular. When you use Google you can specify where you want to search in terms of:

• news
• video
• images
• shopping
• maps
• books, etc.

Using this tool is really helpful at finding current topics of interest. I like to use the news search feature.

Type in a search phrase relevant to your niche and then click on news. What news items come up? How recent are they? You should find plenty of ideas for topics that are currently popular.

If you want, you can set up an email alert by scrolling to the bottom of the search page.

Items that are in the news are generally popular.

Forums

Forums are a great source of information. Find active forums in your niche and observe the topics that people talk about.

To find forums in your niche just go to Google and type in your niche and the word forum. You'll find plenty to choose from but make sure that they have lots of members and that those members are interacting on the forum regularly.

Which are the most common ones? Which ones get the most views and interaction?

If you see a spike in activity then this indicates it is currently very popular.

Google Trends

This is another very useful tool. Go to Google trends and type in a relevant keyword phrase for your niche and see if there is any data. The more data the better.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see related trends. This is where you can find some great popular topics and see if they are rising in trend.

This tool is also helpful if you are targeting a particular country as you will be able to see trends according to location as well.

Having an idea of the trends and popular topics within your niche helps to keep you up to date with what issues and problems people are having and therefore enables you to know what solutions or products to create that your target market need.

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3 Essential Things You Need To Be Successful Making Money Online

There are plenty of stories about success online and how to start an internet business and make money. However, what do you really need? Here are the 3 essential ingredients for success whoever you are.

Connecting Online

If you don't connect with anyone then no one will even know you exist! Therefore you need to get involved with what is going on in your particular business niche.

The internet actually makes it very easy to do - easier that the offline world.

The internet is full of ways of connecting with like minded people. Social media, blogs, discussions groups, forums - these are all great places to connect with people.

The more you build connections the more visibility you create for your business and website.

Know What You Offer

Understanding exactly what you can offer people will pin point the exact people you need to connect with. You need to know this inside out.

What can you offer someone and why should they get that offer from you instead of someone else?

I believe that creating your own product enables you to really understand what you offer and who needs it. Information products are easy to create and solve problems for people.

Not only that, you will believe in your product because you have produced it. Self belief can limit your success and put up barriers to the concept of selling.

When you know your product will truly help someone you will want to share that with others.

A Clear Vision

I'm not talking about a wishy washy vision and thinking your way to success. What I mean is having a clear picture in your mind of what your successful business will look like.

Understanding how it will run, the number of hours you will put into it, the number of customers you would need, the number of products you could create, etc. Every single detail of your business - visualise it.

Having this clear picture of your end goal makes it so much easier to plan a way to achieve it.

Follow your plan and your vision will become a reality - step by step.

One of the biggest issues people trying to make online have is being consistent in taking action and getting distracted. When you have your own blueprint that you can follow and you begin to see your business grow you gain that motivation to continue to take action.

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