It’s Not Enough To Rank In The Search Engines; Ranking Highly In The Search Engines Is The Key To Sizable Profits Online
Getting targeted traffic to come to your website is key to making the online profits you desire. After all, it’s easier to get people who have an initial interest in product offers similar to yours to purchase your offer than to try to convince people who have little to no interest in product offers such as yours to buy.
Ranking highly in the search engines is also vital to succeeding online, as most people will look for specific information online via the search engines. They’ll type in a keyword related to the topic of interest and look to see what web pages come up that cater to that topic of interest.
However, most people will only look at the first few listings on that search engine results page, and at most, will only look through the first page of listings. Very few people look through to the second and third page of listings, and essentially no one will look beyond that.
Therefore, it’s not enough to rank for a specific keyword, but rather, you need to rank very highly for that keyword, high enough to outdo virtually everyone else who is catering to that niche that is interested in that topic. Otherwise, you will get little to no targeted traffic from the search engines, and studies show that many web businesses get around 80% of their targeted traffic from the search engines.
Without ranking highly in the search engines, your chances of achieving great profits online are slim.
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Most inexperienced Internet marketers don’t realize when they first come online that they need targeted traffic to make the income and live the lifestyle they’ve heard about and desired for themselves. After all, people need to know about your product offer(s) and purchase them in order for you to make profits from your online business.
Once those new Internet marketers learn they have to gain targeted traffic to their websites, they think they have to spend money to gain that targeted traffic. They start to despair because many of them don’t have much money to utilize in their online ventures when they are first starting out.
While you can spend money to gain the targeted traffic you need (via PPC ads, Google AdWords, and other methods), you don’t have to spend money to gain the targeted traffic you need either. There are many quality ways to gain targeted traffic to your website for free.
Of course, you must realize that gaining targeted traffic to your website will require either time, money, and in some cases, both, so if you don’t spend money to gain that targeted traffic, it’s very likely you’ll have to utilize some of your time to gain that targeted traffic, but if the method is sound, the time and work put into utilizing this method will be well-worth it as your online business will gain the targeted traffic it needs to provide you with the income and lifestyle you desire.
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Refining metals such as Gold requires continuous cycles of repeated
pressure and heat that filters away impurities and allows the metals
to shine with clarity. In our lives, it is often our “mistakes” and
more difficult lessons that refine us. These strenuous processes draw
out our finest qualities, the strengths and wisdom that make us shine.
Too often we focus on perceived impurties, rather than keeping our
sight focused on the goal of growth. When we focus on all that we see
as “wrong” we take energy away that can be devoted to building on our
strengths. It is this personal refinement process that allows us to
reach our full potential. We can learn and be built up by our
mistakes and trials, or we can crumble under the pressure.
Exercise:
Look deeply into the experiences of your life that have helped you
the most. What was the experience? How did you handle it? What did
you learn from it afterwords? How has this experience effected you:
was it used as a learning growing experience? Was it pushed aside or
dealt with through judgment or harshness? Was this experience used
to build you up or did it tear you down? How can you use these
experiences to further refine your character?
To succeed in online business, you need many elements:
- Domain Name
- Dedicated Web Hosting
- Reliable Autoresponders
- A Consistent Flow Of Traffic
- Convincing Sales Copy
- Etc.
Regarding the traffic element mentioned above, this is critically important to your online success. Without traffic coming to your website, it won’t matter if you have any or all of the other elements, as no one will know about your website and learn of your product offer.
However, there is a specific type of traffic that will greatly increase your chances at online success, and that type of traffic is known as “targeted traffic.”
Targeted traffic is where the traffic that comes to your web page is interested in your product offer from the moment he/she arrives at your web page. Conversely, “untargeted traffic” is where the traffic that comes to your web page is not interested in your product offer from the time he/she arrives at your web page.
Naturally, it will be much easier to convert targeted traffic into buyers than it would converting untargeted traffic into buyers. Targeted traffic will have an initial interest in a product or service you are offering; they may even have come to your website because they were specifically looking for something similar to what you are offering.
Untargeted traffic will likely have just stumbled onto your website by accident, perhaps confusing your domain name with something else they were looking for or thinking your website would be about something else. When they get to your web page, they will likely leave just as quickly because the subject matter you are dealing with does not interest them.
For more information on achieving targeted traffic to your website, check out “Traffic Tactics.”
You have a choice so, make it a better than terrific day!
Terry Petrovick
Do you know you need to take more action in your business -
but can’t seem to get yourself to follow through?
Find out how to build an “activity muscle”
so it’s easy for you to pick up the phone, set appointments and
make a lot more money in your business.
We all know consistent activity is the key to building a successful network marketing business, and yet this is the area where people struggle the most. It’s easy to procrastinate on making those important phone calls or attending local networking events, especially when other priorities (like re-arranging your sock drawer ?) are distracting your attention.
What’s the solution? Instead of beating yourself, try building yourself up, by building what I call an “activity muscle”. Building an activity muscle is a lot like building any other muscle in your body. It requires a little repetition, patience and discipline - but the rewards are huge!
Imagine if instead of dreading those important phone calls - you actually looked forward to them? What if following up with prospects and making sales calls was as easy as putting on your shoes every day?
How much more money could you make in your business if you (and the people on your team) were in consistent, steady business-building activity every single day?
That is completely possible when you learn how to build an “activity muscle”. Follow the 3 steps below, and before long, you’ll be making more calls, talking to more people, and steadily growing your paycheck.
3 Simple Steps to “Pump Up” Your Activity Muscle
1. Step One - Set Inspiring But Realistic Goals.
First, you need a target to shoot for, so create a list of inspiring goals you want to reach in the next 90 days.
These goals should excite you, but they must also be realistic. Many network marketers make the mistake of setting their goals too high - and then end up falling short. Doing so will erode your belief and confidence - and keep you from moving forward. Pick targets you know you can achieve, and be as specific as possible.
How many more business presentations would you like to complete in the next 90 days? What new sales volume do you want to create? How many new people do you want to recruit?
Be sure to set the bar at a reasonable height, so you can enjoy the experience of achieving these goals, which will only boost your confidence and motivation to do more!
2. Step Two – Focus On Your Activity (Not On Results)
After identifying your goals, break them down into a smaller list of business building activities. What are the weekly or daily tasks you’ll need to complete to reach these targets?
How many phone calls will you need to make each day? How many sample packs should you pass out this week? How many new people must you introduce your opportunity to?
Then comes the most important part: You must now take your focus off the “results” - and make those daily actions your real goal. You don’t always have control over the sales or results you get, but you do have control over what actions you take every day. Remind yourself that if you follow through on your most important actions consistently - the results will show up as a by-product.
Again, be realistic and keep your action plan simple - you can always add more to it after you gain some momentum.
3. Step Three - Reward Yourself for Taking ACTION (Not Just Getting Results)
Obviously getting results (making more sales, recruiting new team members, increasing your paycheck) is very important to you. However, the business building actions you take every day are even more important to your long term success.
Our brains are wired in such a way that when we do something that makes us feel good- we automatically want to do it again. If you want to make taking action in your business easy - find a way to link tons of pleasure and good feelings to the things you accomplish every day.
You may already have a system for self-reward and if you do, bravo! If you don’t, here’s something I do with some of my clients that keeps it simple and fun.
Start by assigning points to each item on your task list every week. Items that are especially challenging (phone calls to your “chicken list”, networking in your neighborhood?) might earn a higher point value.
At the end of the day/week, tally-up your score. How did you do? Better than last week? Keeping score helps you track and feel good about your progress – even if the results and sales aren’t showing just yet.
You can use this system to set “activity” goals for yourself from week to week. And the ultimate reward? That’s up to you too. Personally, I assign rewards according to my score. . For instance, a twenty-point week for me means a Friday evening latté, a fifty-point week is worth treating myself to a matinee… and a hundred-point week means a pedicure.
But it’s very important also to reward yourself instantly when you take action - just like a dog who gets rewarded with a treat every time he does a trick for his master. If the dog had to wait a week for his treat, do you think he would ever be able to make the connection between the trick and the treat? Would he have any idea what he’s being rewarded for? And without the instant reward, what’s his motivation for doing the trick again?
We’re not dogs, of course, but instant gratification goes a long way with humans too. So decide how to structure your own “instant reward” system.
For example, if one of your goals is to make twenty new phone calls per day, you may want to make those calls, then reward yourself with a short break and chance to call and chat with a good friend. I have some clients who’ll prospect for 3 hours, then take a walk and spend time outside - or head off to Starbucks for a quick treat. Whatever works for you. The point is to reward yourself immediately after you take action, so you will “train your brain” to want to do more.
Don’t wait for “new sales” or “results” before you feel good. Reward yourself for the actions you take. If you do this enough, you’ll quickly find yourself creating better results and making more money, and before you know it, you’ll be totally inspired and on a roll.
It’s that simple: Goal, Activity, Reward.
So start building up that activity muscle! You have the ability to get into massive action in your business – you just need to follow these 3 steps consistently. Keep a sharp focus on your daily activities, reward yourself constantly for taking action, and you will be amazed at how much more fun and success you can experience in your business.
Prosperity is a state of being not a state of having. One does not
attain prosperity, rather it is a choice. There are plenty of
materially wealthy people in the midst of spiritual poverty.
The next time you start to focus on all the things others have that
you can’t afford, or can’t otherwise acquire, remember that you can
still choose prosperity by focusing on all the richness of your life
as it is. The essential ingredients of a full and meaningful life
are the things that can not be taken from you.
Focus on your blessings and prosperity will make itself known in your
life in all its various forms.
Exercise:
Focus on all the prosperity in your life. Share your prosperity with
others who need your encouragement. Know that the wealth you put out
will come back to you ten fold. Make a list of all the essentials of
life that can not be lost and show gratitude.
Eighty-year-old billionaire T. Boone Pickens sees today’s times as the next big boon for entrepreneurialism. Here are seven ways you can follow Pickens’ entrepreneurial mindset - even if your bottom line doesn’t include drilling for “Texas Tea.”
1. TAKE A LONG VIEW. “To make the big money, I’ve found it’s best to take a long-term view, stay focused and not get spooked by the temporary fluctuations in the market. When I have the odds in my favor, I put my money up and keep it up. If the fundamentals change, I get the hell out of there.”
2. LEAD BY EXAMPLE.“You don’t run over your personnel, but you don’t pump them up with false praise, either.”
3. HAVE A PLAN.“A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.”
4. MAKE THE CALL.“Sometimes the window of opportunity is open only briefly. Waiting is not a decision, although many people think it is. Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader. Don’t fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.”
5. BALANCE IT OUT.“Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.”
6. LEARN FROM MISTAKES.“It’s all right to get your fingers crushed in the door, but don’t let the same door crush them twice.”
Limitless Possibilities are yours. Acknowledge your own self worth,
free of judgments and restrictions. The only things we can’t do are
the one’s we believe we can’t. Each new moment in your life is
enriched with the fullest potential.
Do your best to make the most out of every opportunity presented to
you today. Know that achieving your fullest potential means
willingness to accept some risks. Attachment to comfort zones and
unvarying day to day routines can keep us stagnant, because they don’t
allow us the growth that comes through change. When we make an effort
to stay conscious of the potential for growth, we take less for
granted. Move forward, now, without looking back. When we continually
look backwards we stop walking, losing the rich potential of the
present moment.
Exercise
Today’s exercise is a visualization exercise.
Envision yourself walking along your own unique path. Enjoy the
stroll, paying attention to all that is around you as you walk. What
do you see? What do you hear? Don’t rush, take a nice leisurely
stroll. How does what you see affect your mood? Your outlook? You
are in control of this walk. It is in these moments of silence and
full and present awareness that we connect truly to our own soul and
commune with the divine