Social Media Is The Marketing Power of YOU

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing.

A Beginners Guide To Social Media Marketing And The Effects Of The Power Of "YOU"!...

Picture by: Gary Koelling.

Before we get into how to use social media marketing, first of all you need to understand that of the heck is social media and why is becoming so important for any size business, online or offline to get involve in it. Web 2.0 which is the technology behind social media is more than just a fancy code word or lingo from the Internet, was the beginning to a new era of personal interaction, business transparency, and permission marketing, plus:

• Information distribution.
• Communication.
• Content interaction.
• Content creation.
• New Internet marketing strategies.
  
• Brand marketing.
• Buzz or viral marketing.
• Market authority.
• Credibility building.
• Team collaboration.
• Online reputation management.
• Journalism.
• Online content sharing.
• New laws of social ethics.
• New spam movements.
• New SEO strategies.
• New traffic generation tactics.
• Clever web innovations.
• And new money making markets and trends.
  

Please if I forgot any other benefit of social media please share it with us through the comment link above or bellow this post.



In Plain English.

This new communication medium is not other thing than the new way to create online content with easy to use publishing tools. This new Internet technology put the power of content on people "YOU", by helping you distribute, share, find new information that would it be hard or maybe impossible to discover without it.

In this new Internet you aren't just a reader anymore, you became an instant publisher...

Now social media marketing is the effective way of using web 2.0 tools to interact with potential customers and with net authorities that can help you spread the word about your company or product.

Here is a great video I found on YouTube that can help you understand this in plain English:



Hope this video gave you a clear "in plain English" explanation about how this new net evolution works.



The Power Tools.

One of the thing that make this sociology + technology era so useful and popular are the tools available to you, that can help you find, create, distribute, and share information in a very easy fashionable way. Some of those tools are:

1. Blogs services like Blogger or Wordpress.
   
2. Micro-blogging like Twitter.
   
3. Podcasting like BlogTalkRadio & Talkshoe.
   
4. Video sharing sites like YouTube and Revver.
5. Picture sharing sites like Flickr and Twitpic.
   
6. Social networks like Myspace or Facebook.
   
7. Social bookmarking like Digg or StumbleUpon.
   
8. Question and answer sites like Yahoo Answers.
   
9. Social commenting sites like Blerp.
10. Custom Social networks like Ning.
11. Content sites like Squidoo or Google Knol.
12. Content syndication technology like RSS and Atoms.
    
13. And much, much more...
    

There are tools that help you collaborate on a project, others let you share files and documents publicly or with a team. Also you can find tools that are targeted to professional and business use like Linkedin and PartnerUp.

Marketing That Works.

So, how can you make this new medium of communication work for your business? Is there a secret sauce for success? You may already heard many different marketers talking about the power of this medium, and how it can be use to make money online and send a lot of targeted web traffic to your blog or site. But...

The Fact is: "Traffic that comes from web 2.0 sites don't convert good. If you really want to make money online you need to focus on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or SEM (Search Engine Marketing), which refers to PPC or pay-per-click advertising."

Now this doesn't mean that you need to stay away from using this new medium to generate quality leads for your business or product. You can easily use it to:


- Increase branding exposure.

- Generate extra traffic of pre-qualify prospects.

- Generate branding buzz.

- Build new business contacts.

- Connect with potential joint venture partners.

- Connect with potential link partners.

- Also you can have community authorities to recommend you to there audience.



This new medium can be really effective as soon you use the right strategies, which need to be focus on a specific goal. So, before jumping in and start creating a profile on every community network you can find, you need to have the answer for each of the next 2 questions.

1. What's your goal from the use of social media? Which is, what you really want to achieve from it. Then...

2. What strategies are you going to use to get to those goals?


After you answer those to questions, the next step is to write down a strategic marketing plan for each goal, this way your efforts will be focus on action steps that eventually will taking to your final goal. For example: If you want to use social bookmarking sites to gain exposure and one way back links to your site so you can increase your search ranking then you need to plan how you are going to bookmark your content, what type of sites are you going to share, which content will be better to bookmark and how many links per day are your going to share. All this and more needs to be in your action plan. Here are some bookmarking tips you can use right now.

To get unlimited advice about "Web 2.0 and social media for small business" visit the IE Club.

Recommended Resources.

- Social Influence For Dummies.
- Blogging To The Bank.

- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online.

TIP: Implement the sites that you already know how to use first, then make a schedule of how many time per day, week, and month are you going to use them. Another thing I recommend beginners is to use automation tools that can make your job easier, if you don't know where to find them I will give you a complete list of tools by the end of this week.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant In Massachusetts.

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October 2008 Social Media Strategies Conference, Internet Marketing Events

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing Tips.

Meet Me At The Social Media Strategies Conference This October 28-30th 2008 To Get Up To Date With The Latest Social Marketing Tactics and Web 2.0 Tricks For Businesses Of All Sizes!



As you know the best way to learn about web 2.0 and online community marketing marketing new technology improvements and promotion strategies is by going to top industry seminars or conferences, and this month you get the opportunity to be of the Social Media Strategies Conference.

This October Halloween is not the only main event you should be planning for, Internet marketing events are a great way to be ahead of the road to success. This social marketing conference is design for marketing officers, social media promotion managers, online community portals, advertising agencies, marketing managers, consultants, corporates, PR, and also to any online marketer trying to promote the followings:

• Email Newsletter.
• Free Viral eBooks.
• Information Products.
• Niche Blogs.
• Niche Content Sites.
• Membership Sites.
• Online Applications.
• Services.
• PLR or MMR Products.
• Seminars.
• Teleseminars.
• Webcasts.
• Shopping Sites.
• Squidoo Lenses.
• Hubpages.
• Google Knol Pages.
• Network Marketing Sites.
• Downline Builders.
• Etc...

What Can You Learn At The Conference?

The Internet marketing event will be showing new and improve strategies about how to use this new medium to expand your Internet business reach and to grow your company customer base.

You will get access to tested techniques using many of the web 2.0 tools and sites available right now like: Wikis, podcast, social networks, online video, blogs, RSS or Atoms, online communities, community bookmarking, micro-blogging (Twitter), and content management systems like Zimbio. You can use this technology to:

1. - Increase brand exposure and reach.

2. - Obtain vital information from customers and prospects.

3. - Market your products or services to a targeted audience.

4. - Build trust and credibility by participating on online communities.

5. - Boost your current web traffic and gain more hot prospects.

6. - Leverage consumer information for new product innovations.

7. - Build a popular and trusted online authority.

Are You Ready For This New Marketing?

You better be, web 2.0 and social media marketing is the now and tomorrow of Internet promotions and message communication and you need to learn how to leverage the power of this new "on evolution" technology if you want to create a strong web brand, authority, and long term business. Off course that if your focus in on making money online and does it you should be learning all about search marketing which include search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click advertising (PPC) like Google Adwords. But, if you really want to build a long term online business you should be leveraging online communities to create brand awareness and build a huge community of followers and viral influencer's.

I know there is a lot to learn but attending to marketing events like the Social Media Strategies Conference will help you learn just what work best or have the best web conversion rates, specially if you can save some money with the help of Mashable, which are providing a $200 discount code when you register online at www.socialmediameme.com, just enter the discount code rec2008 to get your savings.



Why Attending?

Well, you wouldn't want to miss hands-on workshops, advice from top social media experts and companies, discussion panels, interactive seminars, and more on a cutting-edge conference space, don't you?

To get unlimited advice about the evolution of new marketing visit the IE Club.


Recommended Resources.

- Bookmarking Demon.
- Atomic Blogging.
- #1 Internet Marketing Training Course.
- Search Marketing Lab.
- Web Traffic Machines.


In Conclusion: Well, I see you in the conference. Just remember to learn as much as you can about this new medium, the best way to do it is make a marketing plan base on online community campaign and then list the services, tools, or technology like social bookmarking or new sites that you want to use in your promotions and then get some time to learn how to use each of those tools the right way.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant In Massachusetts.

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Social Marketing: 9 Social Bookmarking or News Sites Tips To Promote Your Blog And Brand

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing Tips.

Web 2.0 or Social Marketing Is All About Building An Authority... Let's See How To Use Social Bookmarking Sites, Also Called Social News Sites To Boost Your Blog Traffic And Promote Your Brand!

If you have a blog, you already using one of the many social marketing tools available for your today. But, you can't stop there, to create a buzz generating authority you need to have a constant image or brand movement in all type of web 2.0 or social sites, this way you will passively create your own community of fans and support friends that will become your main Internet asset.

Today I want to give you a few social media marketing tips on how to use social news or bookmarking sites in your favor, some of the most populars are:

• Digg.
• StumbleUpon.
• Mix.
• Redit.
• The new Yahoo Buzz.
• And Sphin.

The bigger problem with social marketing is that takes a lot of time and dedication, that's why you need to be committed to your business and it success, if you want to get any results from social bookmarking networks or any other web 2.0 tool. It takes time, but the results you can get from using the media right are huge... So, start using this tools pronto and be part of the community, share your ideas, insight, opinions, or anything, just be an active player, your web traffic will grow same as your income.


Here are some tips before you start that will help you properly use social news or bookmarking sites to boost blog traffic and your brand awareness:

1.- Choose the site or sites you want to use and learn everything you can about it. You want to know master every single part of the site, so you don't make any mistakes.

2.- Bookmark different type of stories and see how the network community reacts to it. Then tune and keep posting the ones that are more relevant to your what the community wants to read about.

3.- Another way to make sure you don't cut on fire by bad reviews, and angry comments, check the stories being feature on the home page, this way you can get a clear idea of what type of articles are the most popular there.

4.- Learn from the master, just find the most popular members, become their friend, and learn how they build their social fan base and popularity. learning by example is the smartest way to master the site, plus they can help give you advice, and even blog about your stories on their blog.

5.- Like I said before, social marketing through social bookmarking sites is going to take time, and you have to provide time to be successful. I recommend you to set some time everyday just for those sites, and should be doing the same thing with other web 2.o communities or tools. This way you have a set time to surf stories and to share yours.

6.- Remember that this is a web social community with real people behind all those stories, and the best way to become part of it is by commenting useful notes or insights about their stories, and they will do the same to yours.

7.- Now the best way to become an authority is by building trust in the community, the best way to do this is by submitting useful stories, not useful to you but to others in the network... Here quality good content always count.

8.- Now is time to socialize, by keeping a good communication flow with others, and learn more about them, be helpful, and create a network of friendly contacts. Most social sites users are friendly and they will eventually help you by stories from your blog.

9.- Keep the contribution going, instead of going after the next big social bookmarking or news site, try to increase actives on the one that you currently have a list of contacts. These doesn't mean you need to let an new web 2.0 marketing opportunity pass you by, is always good to try new tools that can increase your market reach, but without forgetting about the establish communities that you already built.

Now is time for you to go socialize just follow the above strategies have a successful social media campaign. To automate your article submissions you can use a good social bookmarking software, works excellent specially if you join many news sites.

To learn how you can be part of an online association full with social marketing experts and web business advisers by visiting the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.


In Conclusion: Almost every aspect of Internet marketing still in evolution, right now we are in the Web 2.0 or Social Media era, which mean that for you to survive and keep your online business competitive, you have to learn and master the use of all the new tools now available to you. Remember to do it before your competition does!

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant In Massachusetts.

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Video Marketing Start With Good Spreadable Content

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing Tips.

Who Cares How Many Views Your Online Videos Have If Is Only A One Time Deal? Your Video Marketing Will Not Be Effective If People Don't Find Your Content Spreadable. You Need To Be Remarkable To Turn Your Videos Viral!

Let's think about this for a little bit... Just remember every time you find a new video on any of the top online media sites like YouTube, Revver, or Veoh, and after you watch it you find the need of sharing or talking about the clip to as many people as you can, and quickly you start emailing it to all your personal contacts or business contacts, you bookmark the URL on your browser for future views, then you use all the social bookmarking sites you have an account with to share the link, you will make a post on your blog about it, and even embed the video on your blog or site(s)... And sometimes you won't end there you will use your mobile phone to keep spreading the media content because you found it remarkable enough that it have to be shared.

Well, my dear Internet entrepreneur that's video marketing done right!

Video marketing experts suggest that you should invest 50% of your time in developing your online video campaign, such us the storyline, content style, and the overall production, and 15% on marketing your videos. You need spend more time in the information because content is what's going to make your media viral or spreadable. Also SEO for video is very important.

The secret here is that you need to be remarkable and at the same time deliver the concept of your message in a way that your audience will understand, using any of the categories below... Off course, some categories are suitable to a larger audience, and you can effectively use it to expose your marketing concept to as many people as you can, and those individuals do the marketing for you by sharing your media with others.


Here is a list of popular online videos categories:

Funny: Comedy videos are one of the top categories with a big viral potential, for that reason these are one you want to master. Yep, humor have the power to spread faster than almost any other category.

Bizarre: People love when others push the limits of things they know people shouldn't be doing, so if you can effectively deliver your message in a bizarre way without hurting your brand or company, this category can be very successful. Note: make sure you don't brake any of the media sharing sites rules.

Skillful: This the type of clips that shows special skills, those that look almost impossible to do. Their good to an usually get embedded on blogs or websites.

Celebrities: Marketers found out long ago that celebrities endorsements can increase the value of your message and have a big influence in the consumers decision making. And online, we discover that celebrities can turn your media viral with the help of fan based sites and blogs that like to embed these type of videos.

Cartoons: This are another winner marketing strategy, because cartoon type ads actually increase responses and now you can use it on your online media to interact with your audience in a fun and innocent way that can become spreadable very fast.


It doesn't matter which category you decide to use to create your online videos base on, what's important is that you effectively communicate your message to your audience and be remarkable at the same time. When planing your video marketing campaign make sure that your goals are clear and make sure your content stays focus on your campaign goals.

Make sure your videos are clear enough to be understood. Not necessarily need to be on high definition, just use keep it good enough to watch. Also the quality depends on watch your video is about and your audience.


Recommended Resources.

- Viral Media Strategies. Advanced Strategies.
- Guerrilla Marketing On Steroids. By Jay Levinson.
- Search Marketing Lab. Updated daily.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online. New Version.


To learn how you can be part of an online association full with Internet business experts and advisers for less than 4 dollars, visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.


In Conclusion: Experiment with each category and find ways to approach your audience with effective online video marketing that will spread your message around the web without nay further help from you.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

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Google Knol Problems

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online Tips.

Google Lunches Excellent Content Publishing Service Called Knol... If It's Good, What's The Problem?

Google finally make launch Knol, which is their new content management service, which is aim to target Digg, Wikipedia, Squidoo, and other top definition and "how-to" websites. Now that Google Knol is open to the public many people is jumping into the wagon to try to make a buck out of it, but there is also many people that really wants to contribute quality content just to help people understand more about a topic.

Knol is indeed a great tool to deliver your content and gain authority among your niche... Plus, Google is letting contributors to profit from their content pages, adding their own Adsense account information into the system.


Knol Monetization Problem.

Many bloggers are having a big problem with this part of the Google Knol content publishing program. Because, this will pulling a lot of people who think they are entrepreneurs to try to write articles full of trash just gain search ranking momentum, and make money from each Knol subject they write about.... Many are afraid of the spamming that the service is going to generate.

That's why I created the "Knol This" blog to help and to inspired people to use Knol service in an ethical way, not just to make money... Actually I'm not going to even talk about making money with Knol. But, as a Internet marketer I can't close my eyes before this tremendous web 2.0 article marketing tool. That's why I going to help you use the service to build trust, credibility, branding, industry authority, and targeted website traffic.

My focus is n the content. With a simple formula:

- Quality: Provide articles that are worth reading.

- Unique: Don't copy content from other sites like Wikipedia, be original, add on instead.

- Creative: Don't go for the single words, be creative and engage your readers.

- Targeted: Be specific, and keep your article focus in a single topic.

- Detail: Short articles won't do the magic, be a wiki type of resource.


Google don't have the potential of generating massive income like Squidoo does, with the integrated affiliate programs that can be easily target to almost any niche. Squidoo delivers higher return on investment or ROI, because you make money on each sale, not a few cents per click. Plus, Squidoo can be optimize to get high search engine ranking, with just a few links back and up to date content.

We don't want this:
- Aaron Wall View About Google Knol.
- Google Knol Is Here.
- Google Knol: A Step Too Far.

Here is part of what Techcrunch have to say about this new web 2.0 service:

Knol that will combine parts of Wikipedia and Squidoo to create a new user generated authoritative online knowledgebase of everything.

All the details aren’t fully clear yet. What we do know is that Google will offer a revenue share from each page: “If an author chooses to include ads, Google will provide the author with substantial revenue share from the proceeds of those ads,” although we don’t know at this stage how much. We know that unlike Squidoo or other sites who offer a percentage share of advertising revenue, Knol cuts out the middle man. Think of it this way; presuming Google normally splits 50% (no one knows the exact number, at it changes at different levels) of revenue from an Adsense unit with a normal publisher, in the case of someone like Squidoo or even a blog with writers writing on a rev share model they then get a percentage of the 50%; Knol on the other hand could offer a proper 50% of the actual original cost of the ad, not a percentage of the percentage: that is not only a great big advantage, it’s also verging on unfair competition.

Knol Search Engine Ranking Problem.

You may think that isn't a problem after I tell you that Knol surprisingly ranks very good in Google, hummm.... what a rep booster! Don't you think? That's why bloggers think Knol is evil, and is here to ruin your hard work. By taking top natural search positions, and take some of your income away.

In the other hand, thinking of Knol as a new type of article publishing and distribution tool will help you generate quality web traffic, build authority in your industry which make your prospect comfortable in doing business with you. You are going to get to this point by apply my content formula, which is the same for articles. And yes, Knols is an excellent web 2.0 article marketing tool, that have a lot of Google love for.

For more information about Knol use the following URLs to sign up for updates:

• http://knolthis.blogspot.com/rss.xml.
• http://knolthis.blogspot.com/atom.xml.
• http://www.knolthis.blogspot.com/atom.xml.
• http://www.knolthis.blogspot.com/rss.xml.
• http://knolthis.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.
  

I recommend you to try it and adapt it to your marketing needs, or just to share some of your knowledge.


Recommended Resources.

- Internet Wealth Explosion Training System. NEW! Scam review.
- Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online. New Version.
- Search Marketing Lab. To be ahead of the SEO strategies that work.
- Insider Secrets To Email Marketing. Learn List Building and Ezine Marketing.


To learn how you can be part of an online small business association full with Internet marketing experts and consultants less than 4 bucks visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.


In Conclusion: To make this new web 2.0 marketing tool, focus on providing high quality content that it's original, and have enough information about the subject.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

Home: http://LuisGalarza.blogspot.com.

A proud member of
- The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs
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48 Top Social Bookmarking Sites Wishlist

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online For Beginners.

Do You Know About Any Of The 48 Top Social Bookmarking Sites In This List? Maybe You Do... But, Are You Using Them To Send Web Traffic To Your Blog And Build Your Web 2.0 Authority or Brand?

As a blogger or web 2.0 active social community member you should know that you can use any or all of the social bookmarking sites below to find more online friends, it's like the blogging wishlist. But, for online marketers this is just the web traffic wishlist... However, if you are blogging for money then all these social bookmarking sites are your web 2.0 marketing wishlist. Because if you submit your blog stories to each of this sites you will increase marketing exposure, increase authority or brand awareness, increase blog traffic, and you get quality one way back links which improve page ranking or better SEO (Search Engine Optimization).


1.- Simpy.

2.- Bark Bookmarks.

3.- Blogmarks.

4.- Blinkbits.

5.- BMAccess.

6.- ClipClip.

7.- Clipmarks.

8.- Connectedy.

9.- Feedmarker.

10.- Feed Me Links.

11.- GiBeo.

12.- Gravee.

13.- Hypediss.

14.- I Like Totally Love It.

15.- Kabookle.

16.- LinkFilter.

17.- PreFound.

18.- Rojo.

19.- Internet Marketing For Mommies.

20.- Scuttle.

21.- SiteTagger.

22.- Smarking.

23.- QuickieClick.

24.- MyLinkVault.

25.- Ma.Gnolia.

26.- Spicypage.

27.- Tailtank.

28.- Thisnext.

29.- Thoof.

30.- Unalog.

31.- Wists.

32.- Yoorl.

33.- Multiply.

34.- Is Pupular Online.

35.- Blipoo.

36.- Blog Bookmark.

37.- Bludeot.us.

38.- BookKit.

39.- BookMarkall.

40.- Bookmark-Manager.

41.- BookmarkTracker.

42.- Bookmax.

43.- Buddymarks.

44.- Bukmark.

45.- Chipmark.

46.- Corank.

47.- CrowdFound.

48.- LiListo.

I know this can take a little bit of work, but it will definitely paid off, after all the traffic your website or blog is going to get, not just from the social networking sites but from organic search engine results.

To learn proven social or web 2.0 marketing strategies, I recommend you to check Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online 2008 Version. This is the number one Internet marketing training for over 10 years.


In Conclusion: Take advantage of the free marketing solutions provided by the Internet technology and innovations. Web 2.0 marketing is here to stay and this 48 top social bookmarking sites wishlist are part of the free publicity tools you can use to send quality web traffic to your blog.

To learn how can you be part of a small business association full with social marketing experts for only $2.95 visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of

The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs

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Podango - Make Money Online With Podcasts

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing And Make Money Online For Beginners.

Podango Puts The Personal Touch To It's Podcast Service... And Let You Make Money Online With Podcasts Without Providing The Content!

So, what exactly Podango podcasts service does? Podango co-founders had a vision that came alone after seeing the growing movement of content creation, sharing, socialization, and stream media among web users, with today technology anyone can turn into a radio or TV show host online. Well, Podango is here to make this process easier, fun, viral, and profitable for podcasters of any type.

Here is what Techcrunch have to said about the service on their post title "Podango To Create Podcast Channels".

"is trying to corner the podcast market by aggregating popular, topic-specific podcasts into expert-driven channels. The goal is to combine multiple podcasts, which may only be publishing weekly, into a 3-5 shows per day channel with a single RSS feed. Just like old-style television and radio stations.

podcast directories, like those created by Yahoo and iTunes, are very popular ways of finding new, good podcast content. Podango wants to take this a step further and mash the talent up into topic specific channels, taking some of the work out of finding good content by listeners. If they are successful, look for the established players to quickly follow suit."

Web users can apply to become podcast station directors so they can recruit podcasters for their channels. Podango have easy use drag and drop Ajax interface to help directors with the station administration, and to recruit advertiser for their channel.

Make Money With Podcast.

The whole goal for the way the service is set up, is for directors to choose the top podcasters for their category and this can help avoid dead air with all those show from different directors. And here is the good part for entrepreneurs looking for another easy way to make money online... Podango does all the advertising sales takes 30% of the revenue for them self and share the 70% of revenue remaining with directors and podcast creators.

How much money can you make? Personally I don't know yet, but Techcrunch said...

"Podcasters will gain an audience. Station Directors will have a chance to make “$25K to $250K a year or more.”"

If this amounts are accurate, I personally recommend you to give this podcast service a try. You can even turn it into your main revenue source.

Here is a video explaining a little more about Podango services.



If the above YouTube video didn't work right just go to Podango Video to watch it. Some times the videos get a little dirty and just don't want to play.

TIP: Before starting your own podcast or becoming a station director navigate the site and watch some of the most popular podcasts and channels, analyze their podcasting strategies... don't forget to write down each tactic you think is unique or good eye catcher. Also check is a niche or demographic approach can be a success factor, and then decide which one is the winner... you never know, it can be both (2 different podcasts). Don't copy word per word, just study their strategies and then add you own style to it. Another thing, be original - be informative.

To learn proven Internet marketing strategies, I recommend you to check Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online 2008 Version. This is the number one Internet marketing training for over 10 years.


In Conclusion: Like I always said, you need to find different streams of income online, and Podango give you a good opportunity to make money online with podcasts, just go for it and see if something you would like to do.

To learn how can you be part of a small business association full with marketing experts for only $2.95 visit the Internet Entrepreneurs Club.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of

The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs

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Find Blog Post Ideas And Avoid Writers Block - Part 1

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing Strategies.

Avoid Writers Block And Find Some Blog Post Ideas... Here Are Some Ways To Get Some Inspiration!

I actually gave one of this blogging tips on a comment at one vlog post (video blog) by Darren from ProBlogger titled "How To Come Up With Topics To Write About On Your Blog", there is some good tips on his video about finding topic ideas on your traffic stat data, which I will talk on part 2 of this blog series. Today I want to give you a quick tactic I use all the time to find good traffic generating topics, that can help you say good bye to writers block... Personally I don't like when I get into mind set, it's completely unproductive.

To make money online blogging you need to generate high targeted traffic to your blog and build trust and rapport with your blog readers, the only way you can do that is by providing quality content that is relevant to their interest. That's why avoiding writers blog is essential for bloggers... specially if your are blogging for money.

Here are a few ways to find blog post ideas that can help you created new content starting today:

1.- Search for top keywords on your niche or by the categories you cover on your blog. Now take some of the keyword phrases you haven't write about yet and search for their long tail this way you can create a good list of ideas to cover each category. Writing for the long tail will help you gain top ranking on search results for most of those keywords.

2.- Go to your favorite search engine and do a search for any of your blog categories you want to write about, then look for article covering the topic, read some of those article and see if you can add your own point of view to the content, or if you can write a better article about the subject.

3.- Also you can use those articles to make a research on the topic your want to write about, this is good when you planning to write a long blog post or tutorial.

So, how many blog posts can you come up with using this easy strategies. Social media marketing is all about content, and our job is to keep it flowing.

Resources:
- Atomic Blogging.
- Blogging To The Bank 2.0.

To learn proven Internet marketing strategies, I recommend you to check Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online 2008 Version. This is the number one Internet marketing training for over 10 years.

In Conclusion: Don't let writers block stop you from finding blog post ideas, try to take a brake and forget about blogging, just relax and the ideas will come. If that doesn't work, use the blgging strategies I talk about on this post.

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To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of

The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs

.

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Free Photos Resources For Your Blog Post

By Luis Galarza - Internet Marketing.

Finding Free Photos For Your Blog Post Can Take A Whole Lot Of Time Searching And Jumping From One Search Engine To Another... Here Is A List Of Free Resources You Can Start Using On Your Blog Today!

Putting a picture or photo on your blog post can help you give a visual image of the content of your post to your readers. I been doing a lot of searching to put together a good list of free photos resources for bloggers, hoping I can save you some time.

Well, here is the list, put some life to your blog with this free photos:

FreeFoto.

KAVEWALL.

Digital Dreamer.

Free Photos Bank.

Free Digital Photos.

PD Photo.

Visipix.

Cepolina.

DexHaus.

FreeStockImages.net.

TurboPhoto.

Yotophoto.

Stockvault.

Dreamstime.

Open Stock Photography.

Image After.

Unprofound.com.

Font Play.

Studio 25.

Vintage Pixels.

Abstract Influence.

amygdela’s atmosphere.

Every Stock Photo.

Photocase.

deviantART.

Stock.xchng.

Morguefile.

Woophy.

The NOAA Library.

Pixel Perfect Digital.

Free Range Stock.

AMG Media.

Free Photographs Network.

FreePhotos.com.

PhotoRogue.com.

Graphicsarena.com.

Fotogenika.

Image Temple.

Flickr.

FreeLargePhotos.com.

Mayang’s Free Texture Library.

Liam’s Pictures from Old Books.

Texture Warehouse.

Free Stock Photos.

BurningWell.

Design Packs.

Amazing Textures.

Aarin Free Photo and Digital Images.

Image Base.

Majestic Imagery.

diwiesign studio.

Zurb Photos.

tOfz.org.

LIGHTmatter.

Insect Images.

Creative Commons.

Free Images.

Creating Online.

ArtFavor.

Geek Philosopher.

Gimp Savvy.

Creativity 103.

Afflict.net.

One Odd Dude.

Discover.

Photoshop Support.

AncestryImages.com.

Free Media Goo.

National Park Service Digital Image Archive.

New York Public Library Digital Gallery.

Backgrounds Archive.

USDA Agricultural Research Service.

Holy Land Photos.

Stockcache.com.

Four Bees.

Clipmarks.

Yellowstone Digital Slide File.

Plants of Hawaii.

Microshots.

IN TEXTURE.

Trip Album.

Orange Trash.

Public domain stock photos.

BAJstock.

NWYK Stock Image Library.

Public Domain Photos.

Bigfoto.com.

Photogen.

Free Pixels.

DHD Multimedia Gallery.

PIX.

Photo Rack.

Free Stock Photos.

Barry’s Free Photos.

Cromavista.

IronOrchid.

Image Blowout.

FreeImages.com.

ilovefreePhoto.

Free Photo Station.

On my next blog post I will teach you how to make money online with this list of free photos resources.

To learn proven Internet marketing strategies, I recommend you to check Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online 2008 Version. This is the number one Internet marketing training for over 10 years.


In Conclusion: A photo worth 1000 words... so, start giving extra content to your readers by using the free photos resources list the best you can.

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To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of

The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs

.

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Ning New Features For Social Network Creators

By Luis Galarza - Affiliate Marketing Secret Training Guide Blog

Got Ning? Well If You Were Holding Back Because Lack Of Tools... Now Ning Have New Features For Social Network Creators That Can Help You Build Your Social Site Easier!

The free online social network builder application called Ning has been enhance with cool new features that Ning social network creators will find very useful. The free builder want you give creators new paint, designs, and tools to take their social sites to the next level.

Her are the new features you will find:

- 30 new themes now available for creators.

- Redesign tools that will improve your photos, videos, forums, groups, members, profile, and blog sections.

- New powerful network creation options for pointing to specific members, videos, photos, albums, and groups.

Here is a video that will give you more information about the new features from Ning.


I recommend you to check Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business Online 2008 Version. This is the number one Internet marketing training for over 10 years.


In Conclusion: Play around with Ning new features and see how you can make your network easier to use for your members.

To learn how can you be part of the Internet Entrepreneurs Club for only $2.95 click here.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts.

About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

A proud member of

The International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs

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Digg Suck - Blog Marketing There Is Like Throwing Crap In The Toilet

By Luis Galarza - Affiliate Marketing Secret Training Guide Blog

It's True!... Digg Sucks Big Time. The Golden Days When Any Blogger Use To Submit Their Hard Working Blog Post To Generate Link Baiting Viral Sequence Are Are Over. Blog Marketing Is Consider Trash Marketing In Digg...

Why Blog Marketing On Digg Is Like Crap In The Toilet?

I know this is a harsh way to put it, but that's exactly what the main Digg community or fans think about blogs... Yes, the service still a social bookmarking tool that is control by the people, the problem is that the people that is controlling Digg content are just geek fans of a few popular tech topics and that's it.

Everyone is noticing this... my friend Jeffro from Jeffro2pt0 also think that the Digg story doesn't sell anymore, because the community that is now on top of whatever content steps the inside Digg's site is thrown to the side if if not related to what they like.

Here is what Jeffro wrote in his blog post:

"Muhammad makes a series of points that I agree helped to propel Digg.com to success. However, the golden days of Digg.com are long gone.

One of the biggest reasons why Digg became successful was that it provided individuals with the opportunity to govern the site. By way of democracy, users choose which articles were submitted to the site, what made it to the front page, which new features should be implemented, ect. What a novel concept this was in the beginning. Fast forward to today and what do we have?

Digg is now controlled by the majority of users who just so happen to be Apple fanboys, who just happen to be Linux fanboys, who just happen to be political nut cases. Occasionally, you will see an article reach the front page that doesn’t fit in these three categories, but for the most part, these three categories run the roost. At one time, it was ok to submit Digg articles that were housed on blogs. Nope, you can’t do that anymore because the majority of Digg users frown on blogs and consider all blogs to be internet trash."

As you see, if your blog post or article have nothing about Microsoft, Linux, or Apple, your content just get bury in the Digg sandbox. As an online marketer you need to see if Digg needs to be part of your regular Internet or Social Media Marketing strategy...

Now, don't trash Digg yet. Because still a good way to build one way links back to your blog post or article page, which is a good element for your search engine optimization or SEO efforts. But, forget trying to generate link baiting sources from there. Hopefully, the community will get some evolution changes and become the cool Digg it used to be.

Now there are ways to create buzz in this social bookmarking site by integrating useful content with a title that have the words Microsoft, Apple, or Linux in it... don't just mention it on your title to try to get on the front page of Digg, the strategy here is to write a peice of quality information that can introduce your blog, web site, or product to this audience in a nice and professional way. If you do it right you may even create a link bait viral squence with your article.

This can work because the Digg community is just fans of this topics, read what Jeffro said about this...

"With all that being said, many of the things that made Digg successful are also the things that are dragging the service down. Digg is run by crowds of vocal people. So vocal in fact, that if you put the words Microsoft Sucks or Apple or Linux into your post title, you’re guaranteed a front page spot on Digg. It doesn’t matter if the story is nothing more than a rumor. Because of these insanely vocal crowds, regular users visit Digg.com and are constantly bombarded with these types of news stories.

The bottom line is this. Digg WAS great, now it SUCKS. Do yourself a favor and create an RSS feed that aggregates stories submitted to Digg with the keywords you configure so you rarely have to visit the Digg.com site itself. Let the (lack of wisdom) Digg crowd work for you, not against you."

Don't stop submitting your article or blog post, just do it smart if you want to use it as viral marketing tool. Remember that Web 2.o or Social Media Marketing still in evolution and I don't think this changes will ever stop, so you need to change with it and test different strategies to keep growing your online small business.

To learn how can you have a full time Search Engine Optimization Lab working for you 24/7 click here.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant Massachusetts


About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

Technorati tags: Article Marketing, Blog Marketing, Link Building, Internet Marketing, SEO, Beginners, Digg.com, Blogging, Blog, Digg Sucks,

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7 Social Marketing Tools Free Teleseminar

By Luis Galarza - Affiliate Marketing Secret Training Guide Blog

The Blog Squad Team Will Held An Online Free Teleseminar That Will Talk About 7 Social Marketing Tools You Should Use To Increase Blog Traffic Instantly!

Denis Wakeman from the Blog Squad team and editor of Biz Tips Blog will held a useful 100% free teleseminar at 8pm Eastern time (5pm Pacific) on Wednesday January 30 2008. The name of this training call is "7 Social Media Tools: A Conversation".

The call will talk about some of the most powerful Web 2.0 tools available now that can be use to increase your web traffic, brand awareness, and sales... All this tools are completely free, actually you may be using them already, but this social media marketing training call will teach some techniques that have been tested by top Internet marketing experts.

The call will be in partnership with Leesa Barner, who will spend 30 minutes explaining how to use web 2.0 tools in your internet marketing efforts. Here is what the post said:

"On Wednesday, we join Leesa Barnes, conference organizer extraordinaire, for a conversation about 7 Social Media Tools. This is a free event and precedes the Social Media Telesummit that opens on February 20. The 9 day extravaganza features two dozen experts (yes, that includes The Blog Squad!) helping you understand and use the myriad social media tools available to businesses."

Take a look at the 7 tools that the teleseminar will address:

1. Microblogging - Twitter, Pownce & Jaiku
2. Blogging - Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad
3. Podcasting - live using BlogTalkRadio or Talkshoe, recorded using Podango or Wordpress
4. Social networking - Ryze, LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook
5. Social bookmarking - StumpleUpon, Digg, del.icio.us
6. Photo sharing - Flickr, Bubbleshare
7. Video sharing - Blip.tv, YouTube, Revver

To register for the call just check Denis blog post "7 Social Media Tools: A Conversation" and click on the registration link.

To learn how can you be part of the Internet Entrepreneurs Club click here.

To your success,

Luis Galarza, Internet Marketing Consultant


About Author: Luis Galarza is a respectable Internet Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the area of Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also, he had teach 100's of entrepreneurs how to make money online and offline without their own product.

Technorati tags: Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Internet Marketing, Web 2.0 Marketing, Marketing News

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