Traffic… That's All I Keep Hearing About!

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As you may or may not know, 1Cat.biz is devoted to the subject of How to Monetize Your Blog or Website. Heck, we even wrote a free eBook about it.

But, we still get questions like this one all the time:

"You know Mr.Cat, the biggest issue is not monetization, I think that information is available a dime a dozen from the mega blogs, the thing that gets me is how to drive traffic. Most experts sing the same tune over and over, even the traffic generation products I buy sing the same tune, but nothing really works or works well I should say. One will earn money if you have traffic, thats just that. So traffic, traffic, traffic, how do I do that?"

OK! We're going to stray from our main topic of monetization this one time and show you a must-have, traffic generation, tool for all serious WordPress bloggers.

This tool puts social bookmarking on steroids!

If You Can Write A Blog Post, Then You Have All The Skills Needed To Automatically Increase Traffic To Your Blog, Improve Your Website Popularity And Generate Buzz — “Hands-Free”!

Watch this video to see what Social Bookmarking is all about and how easy it really is.

Yes, you must have traffic in order to monetize your blog. But, more importanatly, you must also have a good monetization strategy in place and be ready to capture emails and follow up when people land on your blog or website. Otherwise, you're wasting your efforts.

The Top Questions on How to Monetize Your Blog or Website, Answered

"What is the number 1 thing I can do to monetize my blog or website?"

Without a doubt the answer to that question is to capture email addresses.

I know, I know. I saw you roll your eyes. You've heard it before and it's nothing new. Right?

But are you doing it? Or, are you still letting 100's of visitors a day walk through the revolving door that is your blog or website never to return?

The truth is that if you have interesting content and something of value to offer your readers then they will want to subscribe to your email list.

The best way to capture emails?

Offer your viewers something of value in exchange for their name and email.

And do it with a pop-up.

Here's a very handy WordPress plug-in that will allow you to easily add all kinds of pop-ups to your site in minutes.

Watch this video to see how it works

With this plugin you can:

• Easily create Wordpress pop-ups using HTML, PHP, Javascript or plain text.
• Control the, size,layout and color scheme of the pop up
• Control the behavior of the pop up by specifying when the pop up will appear.
• If you create niche blogs designed to promote a specific product, then you absolutely need the LightPOP to grab your visitor's attention.

Rick goes into great detail on the subject of email capture and list building in our free eBook and in the Psychology of Email Marketing.

"What is the best blogging software to use?"

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4 Reasons Product Launches Annoy the Living Daylights Out of Me

Internet marketing product launches annoy the living daylights out of me.

Here's why:

1. You get hammered with all these emails, mostly from the usual suspects, deliriously ecstatic about something they have never, and will never use.

2. 99% of the ballyhoo surrounding the big grand opening has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OR VALUE of the product.

3. Ridiculous artificial deadlines, bonuses for action in the first 5 minutes, 10 minutes, etc. I personally think this is only to give them bragging rights to their buddies.

How ethical is it to not give digital bonuses to your customers who paid the same price.

Which brings me to…

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Easy Link Manager - Creating Pretty Links for Fun and Profit

What compels a web surfer or a person reading their email, to click a link?

Can a link BE ugly or pretty?

The answer is yes.

I've always wondered why the people who bought private label shopping cart URLs didn't rename them after they saw what the links looked like.

Ted Ciuba's private label cart is called AutoPilotRiches.com. Now this is a great URL for the make money from home, MLM, biz-op crowd, but if you are marketing to, say, pet owners, and your link for more information about organic pet treats is http://www.autopilotriches.com/affid=?1234567 doesn't that look like you are going to be SOLD SOMETHING?

While there don't appear to be any testing studies done on this - common sense tells you that if that link was http://www.OrganicPetTreats/YummyForTheTummy - it would get clicked more. Don't you agree?
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