Discover How You Too Can Build A Giant Internet Business By Using These Two Simple Methods
The purpose of this article was originally conceived to start putting together the information necessary to provide a way for my wife to be able to step in and continue managing our Internet business should anything happen to me.
I thought to myself that perhaps the information that I am providing for my wife, who doesn't know anything about Internet marketing or technical stuff, would be something that other people might be interested in.
I'm no Internet Guru, but I've been making a living from the Internet since about 1998. In this article you may find some information that will help you on your journey to financial freedom.
You've probably read that you should have a blog. If you are new to the Internet and you barely know what a blog is you may be a little bit confused. Don't worry, there is a solution and it is very simple; and simple is what I'm about.
Let's say that you have a product to sell, a hobby to promote, or just want to set up a family web site. There are many choices for setting up blogs, but they all have their drawbacks. I set up a bunch of free Blogger blogs a year or so ago and one day I received an email from them notifying me that they "all" had been canceled.
I was locked out and could not get in. Needless to say, a lot of work went down the drain. You see, the problem with Blogger blogs is that they are hosted on "their" servers and you have no control. Of course, you can have a Blogger blog hosted on your server, and I have used that method, but it is severely limited in options.
The simplest and easiest way to set up a web site for "any" purpose what so ever is to set up a Wordpress blog.There are several reasons why I prefer Wordpress.
* It's Free * It's Easy * It Has Hundreds of Beautiful Themes * It Has Hundreds of Plug-Ins
There are basically two ways to set up a Wordpress blog. Both are extremely easy to do.
1. Using Fantastico via Cpanel (If You Have A Reseller Account). It Takes About 5 Minutes.2. Upload The Wordpress Files via Your FTP Software. It Also Takes About 5 Minutes.
I have several Reseller accounts so I usually use the Cpanel method. I plan to create a video showing how to set up a Wordpress blog using both methods very soon.
Someone posted a comment on one of my articles that I had written concerning the need to have a Wordpress blog. The point made was that whether you have a Wordpress blog or one of the other types of blogs, you still have to have traffic.
Now, traffic is a part of the formula that is necessary for the success of your Internet business. Without traffic you will have no sales. Without sales, you have no Internet business.
In order to get the traffic that you want I find it necessary to talk about how to get links to your newly created Wordpress blog. You see, if you just bought a brand new domain and created a Wordpress blog on that domain you will not get any traffic unless you have links pointing to your blog. Remember, "no links equals no traffic". Let me say it another way, you have got to get links pointing to your site or you will not succeed!
These links should be of the highest quality. If you get 25 links from sites that are not authority sites it will not do you much good. It would be much better to get 5 links from sites that have good page rank and are closely matched to the theme of your blog.
There are two ways to get these types of links. First, you can research the web and find high quality sites that are theme related to your theme and contact them asking for links to your site. Good luck with that, why would they want to link to your new page rank zero site?
I suggest that you build a "Blog Farm". Your own blog farm has one distinct advantage of being under your complete control. Instead of having to go begging for links, you will have the ability to add a link from your blog farm to your new Wordpress blog yourself. As a matter of fact, you will have the power to add a link to "any" new blog that you create in the future.
What happens is the link to your new Wordpress blog draws the search engine spiders which is necessary in order for your blog to be listed in the major search engines, which are Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
So, if you are going to try to have some sort of business on the Internet I recommend that you following my suggestions above. At least it will get you going in the right direction.
About the Author:Steve McArthurSteve writes about many topics that are of interest to him, including getting traffic to your web site. Suggested Readinghttp://increasesearchenginetraffic.net
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