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VACANCIES IN OIL AND GAS SECTOR
LAGOS
The Field Service Engineer will be in charge of site activities management including planning, assigning manpower resources and tools, providing technical assistance to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements. In particular, he/she will be responsible for: • To GE Oil & Gas offices, prepare field services jobs and interventions with the project managers. • Lead and execute foundation and soft foot check and adjustments. • Lead and execute assembly/installation of GT auxiliary as ventilation / inlet / exhaust duct, air inlet filter house and the relevant structures • Lead and execute auxiliary skids installation (fuel gas skid, lube oil cooler and console, etc…) • Lead and execute independently a combustion inspection including: combustion chamber disassembly and assembly with the relevant devices as cross fire, liners, etc… and be able to inspect the part dismantled and evaluate the status. (Only for GT maintenance) • Lead and execute independently a boroscope inspection including evaluation of the blade status and the boroscope result. • Lead and execute GT alignment using dial indicators and be able to perform coupling installation. • Assist Start-up Engineer during the commissioning phase ensuring proper and safe operation of the machine by evaluating the running parameters and troubleshoot control system problem as they arise • Write accurate professional reports acting as single point of contact between Customers and GE Oil & Gas Headquarter concerning technical issues and interfacing with all involved functions • Use company e-tools to retrieve technical documents and management of packing list, bill of material and drawings • Ensure all in-field activities carried out safely complying with company environmental health & Safety (EHS) guidelines and procedures. The candidate will be responsible to keep reliability more...
Oil & Gas - Centrifugal Compressor Mechanical Field Service Engineer
LAGOS
The Field Service Engineer will be in charge of site activities management including planning, assigning manpower resources and tools, providing technical assistance to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements. In particular, he/she will be responsible for: • To GE Oil & Gas offices, prepare field services jobs and interventions with the project managers. • Lead and execute foundation and soft foot check and adjustments. • Lead and execute CC alignment using dial indicators and be able to perform coupling installation. • Lead and execute minor inspection of CC equipped with oil seals or dry gas seals. • Assist Start-up Engineer during the commissioning phase ensuring proper and safe operation of the machine by evaluating the running parameters and troubleshoot control system problem as they arise • Write accurate professional reports acting as single point of contact between Customers and GE Oil & Gas Headquarter concerning technical issues and interfacing with all involved functions • Use company e-tools to retrieve technical documents and management of packing list, bill of material and drawings • Ensure all in-field activities carried out safely complying with company environmental health & Safety (EHS) guidelines and procedures. The candidate will be responsible to keep reliability of Customers assets and to support on proactive way all GE O&G customers more...
Oil & Gas - Control/Instrument Field Service Engineer
LAGOS
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Field Service Engineer will be in charge of site activities management including planning, assigning manpower resources and tools, providing technical assistance to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements. In particular, he/she will be responsible for: • To GE Oil & Gas offices, prepare field services jobs and interventions with the project managers. • Supervise the installation, calibration and set up of instruments • Supervise cable laying, meggering and connection • Lead and execute loop check and commissioning phase performing the functional tests. • Lead and execute unit start-up and performance tests ensuring proper and safe operation of the machine by evaluating the running parameters and troubleshoot control system problem as they arise • Write accurate professional reports acting as single point of contact between Customers and GE Oil & Gas Headquarter concerning technical issues and interfacing with all involved functions • Use company e-tools to retrieve technical documents and management of packing list, bill of material and drawings • Ensure all in-field activities carried out safely complying with company environmental health & Safety (EHS) guidelines and procedures. The candidate will be responsible to keep reliability of Customers assets and to support on proactive way all GE O&G customers. more...
Oil & Gas - Reciprocating Compressor Mechanical Field Service Engineer
LAGOS
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Field Service Engineer will be in charge of site activities management including planning, assigning manpower resources and tools, providing technical assistance to complete the work scope according to contractual requirements. In particular, he/she will be responsible for: • To GE Oil & Gas offices, prepare field services jobs and interventions with the project managers. • Lead and execute Installation or maintenance of Reciprocating Compressor ensuring to follow GE recommended procedures • Supervise the mechanical installation activities of main and auxiliaries equipments • Ability to perform the reciprocating compressor pre-commissioning and commissioning • Lead and execute foundation and soft foot check and adjustments. • Lead and execute cylinder inspection with disassembly and assembly of piston, suction / discharge cylinder and perform the relevant dimensional check and alignment check • Assist Start-up Engineer during the commissioning phase ensuring proper and safe operation of the machine by evaluating the running parameters and troubleshoot control system problem as they arise • Write accurate professional reports acting as single point of contact between Customers and GE Oil & Gas Headquarter concerning technical issues and interfacing with involved functions • Use company e-tools to retrieve technical documents and management of packing list, bill of material and drawings • Ensure all in-field activities carried out safely complying with company environmental health & Safety (EHS) guidelines and procedures. The candidate will be responsible to keep reliability of Customers assets and to support on proactive way all GE O&G customers more...
Oil & Gas - Senior Finance Manager - GE Oil & Gas Job #: 1030354
LAGOS
• Demonstrates accountability for functional, business and broad company objectives. • Develops local talents to grow finance organisation and maximises use of shared service platforms. • Improves ERP system and expands financial services/activities locally available to support regional business growth. • Integrates processes and controls that both meet business needs across the organization and target region and remote site specific risks. • Involved in long-term planning. • This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional areas of expertise. • Serves as a business partner to the operating team to drive business initiatives, growth, and profitability. • Provides insights into business performances and visibility on local results and initiatives through regular management reviews. • Coordinates localised month-end, quarter end and year-end close and generates all deliverables for statutory filings, corporate reporting and management reporting. • Develops and establishes financial policies& procedures in line with applicable laws and GE policies and adjusted to remote site requirements and regional specificities. • Ensures controllership through appropriate metrics, consistency and accuracy of accounting processes across the operations, and safeguard of assets. • Responsible for statutory compliance. • Drives controllership awareness and processes through operations teams and ensures finance compliance (E-CIVI, Self Assessments Tools, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation) • Optimises the use of internal shared service providers (GBS, GENPACT, GECARS), ensuring full transfer of all applicable processes and intensifying interaction. APPLY ONLINE AT GE CAREER WEBSITE JOB REFERENCE NO: 1030354 more...
Oil & Gas - Senior Drilling Engineer
LAGOS
Our client is an indigenous oil company in Nigeria with a joint venture agreement with the NNPC. A competent professional is now required to provide engineering and technical expertise in the areas of well design, programming, workover and completion operations. Job Objectives: • Perform drilling engineering works required for successful, cost-effective and safe implementation of POOC’s exploration, development, workover and completion activities. • Review the operations, define problem areas and search for solutions. • Evaluate and recommend new techniques, designs and procedures related to drilling, workover and well completions with the objective of optimizing quality, cost and efficient operations. Job Responsibilities: • Prepare detailed Drilling, Workover and Completions programmes for all proposed wells and closely monitor performance from the rig. • Prepare & Submit well control insurance packages to insurers before a well is spudded. • Prepare AFE (Drilling, Completion & Workover) for management review and approval. • Prepare Technical input into the drilling application package to DPR and NAPIMS. • Co-ordinate the preparation of end-of-well and well history reports. • Prepare well initial completion/ Side Track/ Plug & Abandon approval packages to DPR. • Liaise with all drilling, operations and well engineering personnel (POOC and Service Companies). • Monitor and collect operational, financial and well performance data (Cost and NPT Tracking) • Liaise with Joint Venture Partners and Regulatory bodies to ensure approvals have been obtained prior to spudding of the well. • Work closely with Drilling Supt, QA/QC dept, and Drilling Supervisor to ensure smooth and timely completions of all well engineering operations. • Monitor AFEs and budgets as operations progresses and keep the drilling team informed. more...
Oil & Gas - Business Manager-Industrial Gas
LAGOS
An International Industrial Gas Company seeks a sales and marketing professional to maintain a focus on growth whilst directing and managing the team in Lagos and further developing the business in Nigeria and West Africa. This will be an experienced individual with real management experience and a record of business improvement experience more...
JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT MTN NIGERIA
Job Title
Network Customer Support Systems Engineer (NCSS)
Department:
Network Group
Location:
Lagos
Job Description:
Adhere to policies, processes and procedures in Call Centre Integration operations
Provide ACD first and second line support
Write specific telescripts for segmenting call routing
Ensure accurate wiring for the remote maintenance system and terminal adaptors.
Monitor Oracle/SQL database information collation
Implement end user configurations for the ACD system
Ensure monthly system backups
Run queries on the database to provide required information
Maintain ACD system interface with application in other departments including LAN Agents in remote regions
Implement the Reporting pooling process
Maintain, Backup and restore when required recorded voice activity from Agents for Supervisors
Modify reports to suit changing information requirements
Proactively troubleshoot system problems as arise
Ensure prompt upgrade of the ACD and Voice Recording systems
Monitor call routing and trunks
Ensure appropriate maintenance of the voice loggers
Manage resource planning’s interface with the Workforce system
Ensure timely patch installation anti-virus software update
Assist in determining staffing needs based on technology capacity
Generate reports on the Call Centre statistics
Participate in defining quality measures for productivity in the Call Centre
Write telescripts for directory requirement
Perform other duties as directed by the Manager, Network Group Planning
Perform O&M on post and pre-paid IVR’S
Monitor the interface between ACD and other servers/systems used in the Call center and the MTN Core Network
Manage Quality assurance systems and rate Call Centre Agents, Call center Agents occupancy, Call quality and quantity
Ensure that the information generation is maintained and Provide statistical data for all IVR’s
Job Conditions:
Normal Working hours, inclusive of standby for critical systems,Office environment and Switch Environment
Reporting To:
Network Customer Support Systems Manager
Required Skills:
4 years experience in telecommunication wiring, database management and programming in a telecommunication environment.
Working knowledge of Oracle, SQL and UNIX.
Knowledge of telescripts VOIP, SIP will be an Advantage
Employment Status :
Permanent
Job Title
Order Administrator (2)
Department:
Sales and Distribution
Location:
Lagos
Job Description:
Central receipt and processing of orders for MTN products from MTN trade partners and connect stores nationwide
Receive orders from trade partners promptly and courteously via web based trade partner portal or phone, e-mail, fax etc
Process order requests on IFS in accordance with stock availability and PPPs
Administer product allocation/products mix
Administration of all MTN Trade Partners physical and logical orders
Reporting to and reconciliation of all transactions passing through the planning system
Providing solution to all Trade Partners issues via e mail and telephone to enhance customer support /performance.
Manage all Trade Partners account and ensure that they reflect the true position of their relationship with the organization.
Process Blacklisting request from Trade Partners
Blacklisting of Recharge cards reported stolen by the Trade Partners on PPMS (Prepaid Management System) self help solution
Preparation of compensation on Blacklisted cards based on the reports generated from the Blacklisting process/report.
Generate reports on compensation due to Blacklisted cards for Trade Partners
Provide first line resolution of queries and enquiries from trade partners and connect stores nationwide
Resolve enquiries from trade partners promptly and escalating where necessary
Receive enquiries from trade partners promptly and courteously via phone, e-mail, fax etc
Liaise with various Departments such as IS, Inventory, Consumer Sales, to promote and resolve ordering issues
Provide back office support for Regional and Consumer sales in trade partner account management
Provide solution to enquiries referred from trade partners through Regional Sales managers/DAEs
Support and operational strategy adopted for achieving departmental targets
Generate reports to the business in the area of operations to enable quick decision making
Liaise With Trade Partners Account Managers on processes required in setting up a Trade Partner as partner with MTN
Job Conditions:
Standard MTN working conditions May work extended hours
Reporting To:
Distributor Order Supervisor
Required Skills:
1 to 2 years work experience in similar function
Employment Status :
Permanent
Qualification:
First degree or equivalent in a business related discipline Customer service experience with strong numerical skills
This vacancy expires on 7/14/2009
A tertiary education (HND, or B.Sc.) in Computer Science, Mathematics or other relevant discipline with any of CCNP, MCP or OCP
This vacancy expires on 7/14/2009
Job Title
Administrator IS Services
Department:
Information Systems
Location:
Lagos
Job Description:
Provide Administrative Support
File and maintain IS Services related documentation
Gather, collate and file all departmental reports
Facilitate departmental provisioning
Manage the IS Services Intranet page
Manage the IS Services related mail users groups
Maintain order levels of required stationary and supplies
Coordinate, convene, and facilitate review meetings and records decisions made during the review meetings;
Provide general support services within the department
Maintains a list of all staff and contractors.
Make copies or duplicate materials as requested
Oversee day-to-day operation of copy machine; prepare and transmit facsimiles for the department.
Greet and direct visitors as well as take messages when necessary
Answer and maintain a log of routine inquiries as required
Communicate general information and distribute correspondence and other material to staff within the department
Opens and routes incoming mail
Perform all sorts of routine typing assignments as appropriate; be proficient in the use of a personal computer to draft basic correspondence, enter data, and print letters, labels, reports, and/or other materials; types and mails form letters.
Ensure facilities, transport and accommodation for all vendors is organized as and when required
Facilitate accommodation and travel for staff working outside office hours.
Ensure completion of all job orders and collection of all invoices from vendors for work completed
Ensure reporting on contract status
Administer the definitive software library
Raise Purchase requests and Purchase orders and report on the approval status
Ensure that all facilities like door security, cabinets, paper shredder, air-conditioning and other electronic equipment in the kitchen area and all areas occupied or used by the team are fully functional and failures promptly escalated to the appropriate team within or outside MTN.
Job Conditions:
Standard MTNN working conditions Open plan office
Reporting To:
GM, IS Services
Required Skills:
1-2 years work experience with exposure to:
Documentation and database manipulation experience
Experience in an administrative capacity
Understanding of service delivery and service support environment
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Microsoft Share point and working with a range of service providers would be an added advantage
Employment Status :
Permanent
Qualification:
A good first degree preferably in Administration or related field
This vacancy expires on 7/21/2009
Job Title
Payroll Officer
Department:
Finance
Location:
Lagos
Job Description:
PAYROLL ADMNISTRATION
Ensure that all payroll related inputs are submitted promptly
Review all payroll related inputs and check for accuracy
Input payroll instructions from HR into the payroll system
Performs a first line review of input of overtime allowances, shift allowances, callout allowances, etc. into the payroll system
Reviews input of statutory deductions no (NSITF, NHF), spouse and staff phone bills etc
Run the payroll software
Uploading new employees into the payroll system
Review cost center changes, all deductions and check for accuracy of payroll
Print out the pay slips for all national staff
Print out schedules of statutory deductions i.e. PAYE, NSITF, Pension etc
Write transfer instructions to all banks, attaching the relevant schedule of payment
Advise and resolve all payroll related problems, complaints and ensure prompt resolution
PAYROLL RECONCILIATION
Provide relevant payroll reports
Monthly upload of staff salary cost in IFS
Reconcile the impact in the general ledger for all salary related accounts
Reconcile all salary accounts with the banks
Provide adhoc reports on staff salary costs to the relevant units within finance
Compute all end of services entitlements or indebtedness
Ensure resigned staff are not included in payroll
Compute entitlement based on resignation date
Advise HR of the net position
Clears all repayment cheque through Finance Expenditure department
Raise all appropriate entries on IFS
Raise all entries relating to cheques issued from the salaries unit, fund transfer instructions, stopped/returned salaries.
Reconcile all salary-related general ledger accounts
Assist in the preparation of Salaries unit annual budget
Review salaries journal vouchers raised manually to determine their accuracy and to ensure they impact the correct general ledger accounts.
Monitors the amortization and accruals of all salaries related payments.
STATUTORY COMPLIANCE
Coordinate the processing, remittance and reconciliation of all payroll related statutory liabilities (PAYE, NSITF, NHF) to ensure MTNN’s compliance with all payroll related tax laws and regulations.
Keep accurate and up to date records of all payroll related payments made to statutory authorities
Administration of statutory audit (concerning PAYE, NSITF, and NHF) process and respond promptly to payroll related queries raised by the tax authorities and other regulatory bodies.
Coordinate the preparation of year-end tax forms (Form A) for both National and Expatriate staff.
Filing of tax returns in compliance with the deadline of the statutory authorities.
Prepare PAYE audit support data for external auditor’s use.
Registration of new MTNN office/staff with the SBIR, FBIR & NSITF to avert any penalty that may arise.
Administration and deduction of staff/spouse handset and phone bill.
Prepare monthly reports related to the payroll statutory deduction within MTNN
Respond to queries related to payroll statutory deduction within MTNN
Job Conditions:
Long working hours Open Plan Office
Reporting To:
Salaries Manager
Required Skills:
4 years work experience of which includes at least 2 years experience in payroll management
Employment Status :
Permanent
Qualification:
A first degree in a numerate discipline
This vacancy expires on 7/21/2009
Job Title
Project Coordinator
Department:
Enterprise Solutions
Location:
Lagos
Job Description:
Develop the Project scope, problem statement and goal statement.
Assist with Project delivery within budget (time and financial) and within defined quality criteria
Assist with project-planning in line with recommended tool sets.
Enforce project plans’ conformity to planning guidelines.
Co-ordinate input and maintains plans throughout project life cycle.
Provide Project manager with up-to-date financial position on all projects
Provide stakeholders with up to date information on all projects (where applicable)
Proactively escalate project risks (where applicable)
Measure progress per project worker against weekly targets and deliverables
Manage agreed quality measures accordingly.
Assist with project integration management.
Assist with negotiating and managing supplier contracts and service level agreements
Assist with formal project success reviews
Develop reports as required by the ES Project Manager.
Document weekly reports or any other reports identified as relevant to the project
Organize and facilitate project meetings, sessions and workshops.
Maintain project plan – update / adapt where necessary
Prepare and circulate project status update reports.
Identify reasons for delays in projects and plan activities to overcome these
Build relationships with suppliers and subcontractors
Build and maintain relationships within and outside IS
Develop and enforce escalation procedure
Prepare and maintain team project delivery schedule
Input into, monitor and execute SLAs
Keep abreast of business process changes and communicate these to team members
Job Conditions:
Working in an open plan office Working 5 days per week with some late/early and weekend work Normal MTNN working hours
Reporting To:
Project Manager
Required Skills:
4 yrs project management experience preferably in a telecommunications business environment/customer care & billing systems (CC&BS)/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems environment
Knowledge of measurement processes / methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes
An understanding of project management methods and practices, including methods of preparing designs, plans, specifications, estimates, reports and recommendations
Employment Status :
Permanent
Qualification:
A first degree in management science, engineering or sciences
This vacancy expires on 7/21/2009
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How to Overcome Barriers to Job Search Success
Work experience is the big masquerade dreaded by the majority. To most of the participants in the online community effort, lack of work experience is the main deterrent to job hunting achievement. Interestingly, lack of up-to-date educations got the lowest votes. Compared to other barriers deficient, insufficient education is not seen as the chief stumbling block by most voters. You may have issues with the data is saying. But it’s not a question of right or wrong. It’s about perceptions. What is the reality you face? The way forward is not condemnation, silver bullet answers or fail-proof interpretations. Let’s examine the results as well as underlying themes in each barrier.
A) Lack of up-to-date education, skills and knowledge (12%)Do you have what it takes to meet expectations, including soft skills? Formal education is inadequate if the lack of practical expertise hampers your effectiveness. This can cost you if others competing with you for opportunity have taken the initiative. Learning is for life in today’s knowledge economy. And that’s why non formal educational opportunities including training, certification and online learning are paramount to career growth. Low appreciation for knowledge may be due to our fast track values. Looking only at today we often fail to see the linkage between the wealth in our head and securing the future. If you value knowledge in a practical sense, you won’t be left behind. If you don’t value knowledge enjoy your stone age experience in dinosaur-land. Many also equate certificates with knowledge. But knowledge must connect with your ability to contribute and self reliance. Contribution provides the foundation for your success in marketing yourself.
B) Not having information on available job and career opportunities (28%)The quality of information at your disposal affects your decisions and opportunities. What is the sense in having top notch software programming qualifications without information on sources of IT job and career opportunities? Job search requires Information management – where is the source of information, do you have what it takes to get the information you need in a timely and cost-effective manner? And where do you search? Are you looking for fish in the desert? How do you dig for opportunities that match your needs? Lack of information appears to be a major hindrance because we limit ourselves to comfortable, traditional and highly competitive sources. Why should the majority depend 100% on job adverts when as will be shown later in this piece this is not the major source of job and career opportunities? And never forget that information is not the main objective. It’s about how you use information in your own way and for your own purposes in the job search.
C) Lack of a personal support network of friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances (15%) It’s ironic that this is not seen as one of the top barriers by most even though 85% of opportunities come from personal networking. Could it be that we take our personal networks for granted? Inflated egos tend to ignore the power of people. If you’re searching for opportunity you better realize now that people are your most important resource in any job search. Job search is more than qualifications and talent. Connecting with people can lead to advice, job leads and referrals. But we need to network all the time and we must know that association is not enough. Disrespecting people on the job, at social events, in job selection interviews because you feel you don’t need them now amounts to burning bridges you may need tomorrow. Personal networking enhances your opportunities not just by knowing what you want, but with the positive picture of who you are and what you stand for.
D) Not having the required job search skills & attitude, not knowing how to search (14%),We must get past job information to include packaging. You got a good job lead but on interview day is your packaging right? The majority do not take this as a major hindrance because we forget that the job search is not over until you get the job. We think job search skills are restricted to getting job information, having a nice CV and cover letter and showing up at the interview. First is your application good enough for the interview shortlist? And at all stages of the job search it is critical that you come across as the best person for the job, not as a pretender. The job search success isn’t strictly about you or your needs - not what you can get but what you can give. Organizations are not recruiting people looking for a job; they want to hire problem solvers and solution providers. Set yourself apart. Don’t be seen as just another accountant or just another IT professional.
E) Lack of work experience (31%)Lack of work experience is perceived by most as the major hurdle to getting a job. To newcomers this makes sense as, “the job seeker wants experience and employers too want experience”. However, does majority rule? Or are we scared of creativity? For example, how many have considered “paying for experience” – getting nothing or less than you deserve for quality work experience. Indeed, more often than not, we choose money over quality job opportunity. You want experience but have you considered creating your own experience – through home labs for those in technology, volunteering, internships or setting up your own business. It’s hard to think like this with a mindset fixated on paid employment and “good jobs”. But job security is dead and entrepreneurs are the drivers of change and reward. Do you just want to get by or get ahead? Moaning and complaining won’t help. Traditional, status quo ideas have had their day. Employ radical new thinking and action to overcome barriers erected by lack of work experience.
I hope you now see the real barriers to job search success. First and foremost, we must understand that there are no formulas. What is your thinking and what works for you? Looking for a job? Can you handle the truth? The barriers are not the problem. No obstacle is insurmountable. The greatest hurdles are within us. The truth is that we must be people-friendly and be honest and creative in our application of knowledge and ethics. And finally, go beyond the job. There is no tomorrow in any job. Tomorrow belongs to you.
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Affiliate marketing is one of the quickest ways to earn money through the web. This is due to the fact that, when you engage in this business as an affiliate marketer, you will not have to start from scratch in terms of creating a product and developing promotional materials. You don't need to create your own website and you don't have to shoulder fees associated with capital, storage, or shipping. The owners of the affiliate businesses are responsible for all the tedious (and expensive) work while all you need to do is promote the products and make sales.However, like any other business venture, you can fail in affiliate marketing. To significantly lower your chances of failure and to make it big in this field, read through the tips below:1) Find a Lucrative NicheAmong the best things about getting into affiliate marketing is that you simply have to choose from all the available programs. In order to choose the right one, you first need to find a lucrative niche and then, later on, check out the programs available within that niche.To help you out with your efforts, you can check out websites such as Amazon and eBay. Check out the most popular products as well as the most successful sellers. Chances are, whatever niches are most popular in those websites are best to engage in.2) Select the Right ProductBe careful when making the choice between all the available products in your chosen niche. Study the pros and cons of each product you consider and choose only those that are in high demand within your target market or those that provide solutions to common problems. If it is possible, choose affiliate products that are already established as best-sellers or already have good reviews. It may cost you more but keep in mind that the better the product that you choose, the more sales you can generate.To help you find good products within specific niches, try checking out affiliate marketing sites such as Clickbank. Sites like that provide categorized programs and listing containing all the details you need to know to make a good decision.3) Promote IntelligentlyOnce you've already chosen an affiliate marketing program to get into, you will need to promote your business intelligently. Promotion is one of the hardest things to do in this business mostly because competition is high. Study all the platforms that can help you gain as much targeted website traffic as you can and advertise your products in forums, classified, and blogs. You can also run your own email marketing campaign. Just keep in mind that the more traffic sources you have, the better for your affiliate marketing business.There are many things you need to keep in mind to make it big in this field of business. The three steps above are those that have been tested by affiliate marketing leaders. Follow the tips and you can be among those leaders soon enough.
Tissa Godavitarne’s 100% Pure Money Making Program
By Chad TimmsWhen it comes to making money on the Internet many people assume you can just sign up for some program or opportunity that promises you the world and sit back, relax and wait for the money to start rolling in.Well making money online is much like making money doing anything else except it can be a lot funner and once you become good at it. You can give yourself a raise almost everyday if you are willing to learn how to do so. Tissa Godavitarne has put together an excellent way for people to make money online. His program consists of seven income streams and a few of these income streams are residual or recurring ways to make money. How would you like to get paid over and over again from the same customer?Tissa Godavitarne also provides excellent training and resources so you can become an expert at building a home based business for yourself. He holds webinars almost daily and has just built a forum to help all his users get answers to all the questions they may have.Tissa Godavitarne built his system around a huge niche that receives nearly 20 Billion searches monthly. That is 1/3 of the traffic on Google & Yahoo. He also has built another program around the make money online niche. So he has built a program around 2 HUGE markets on the Internet. You can promote both of them and send relevant traffic to the Websites he provides for you or you can just focus on the one you are most comfortable with. Many so called “Guru’s” sell you a program and then after you have purchased this program they are nowhere to be found. Not Tissa Godavitarne. You can hop on any webinar from anywhere in the world and speak with him personally to find out how to best make money online with his systems.So why is Tissa Godavitarne willing to give you the same websites and share with you how he uses these sites to make money?Because and I quote from Tissa “Because the more money you make with YOUR niche search engine, the more money I will make”So what you will get here is the exact same niche product Tissa Godavitarne has made millions with in Affiliate Commission. He is giving you a proven system that you can use to make yourself money online. Like I said there are seven income streams available with this program.So here is what you will be getting:• Your OWN Income-Generating Niche Search EngineThe SAME search engine that costs Tissa Godavitarne $25,000 a month but generates MILLIONS of dollars in affiliate commissions!• FREE Pay-Per-Click Advertising in Google and YahooTissa will advertise YOUR search engine in MY Google and Yahoo ad campaigns so you can start PROFITING immediately!• NO eBooks to Download and NO Videos to Watch ;-)He leaves that to the gurus. The only people making money on those crappy info products are the ones selling them to you.Oh I almost forget to mention…When you sign up today Tissa will credit you $125 in commissions after you have completed all 3 steps for your niche search engine. This is how confident he is in his own program!Now I want you to find out for yourself that you can make money with Tissa Godavitarne. Click Here to see my Actual Earnings from Tissa Godavitarne’s Program and Sign Up Today!
Make Money Online as a Freelance Graphics Designer
As long as you have the necessary skills, being a graphics designer can be a wonderful opportunity to make money online. As a freelance graphics designer, you can work from home or make money from wherever you please.In order to excel in this field, you will need the skills and passion for making art. Whether your interest is in designing tattoos, logos, sketches, drawings, or grand paintings, your love for art can pay off in this exciting industry. All you really need is to have a good program like Adobe Photoshop and learn everything there is to know about it. The rest will be up to your creativity and skills.There's much money to be made as a freelance graphics designer. People hire graphics designers because they don't have the skills to create designs themselves. Whether the need is a logo for business cards and letterheads, a cool background for websites, or whatever else it may be, every company out there has needs for design services. It doesn't matter whether your clients are sole proprietors starting up small businesses or huge enterprises that need fresh designs. You will surely be paid well for your services.If you already have the skills and knowledge necessary for graphics design, you will want to develop some samples for your portfolio. Once you have done this, you can start promoting your services through freelance websites or forums. As you gain more and more projects and earn more and more money for your services, you may want to develop your own website. This website should show off your talents and allow its visitors to see why they should hire you. Having a website will make your service look more professional and you can use it to improve on your internet marketing efforts.Once you've gained a good set of regular clients and have developed a good reputation online, you can surely gain a good and steady income for your creativity and talent.
How To Make Money Online From Home With Resell Rights Products
Guest Post by David FranklinIt's no secret that finding products with resell rights and reselling them is one of the most lucrative ways to make money online, however few people know how to really profit from these sorts of products. Before we discuss how to make money with resell rights products, I'll first cover just exactly what these sorts of products are, for those of you who are unaware.The Internet is full of products that have a license allowing them to be resold (usually with some restrictions). The product could be anything from an ebook to a software program, however the license of the product allows the purchaser to sell the product as if it were their own. This works similar to open source software, however the license to redistribute the product must be bought, and there's usually a restriction in the license that the product cannot be given away for free. This is to preserve the integrity of the product.Now that we've covered what resell rights products are, let's examine how you can use them to make money online from home. The first thing to do is of course setup a website advertising the product you've purchased resell rights for. Most resell rights products come with sales letters, so you should be able to use the one provided as opposed to having to create your own. Once you've set up your site, your sales letter and are ready to accept payments, the next thing to do is of course advertise your site.There are many ways to advertise online, however one of the most effect, free methods I use is article marketing, which you've no doubt heard about. Simply register an account at all the major article directories, including Squidoo, Hubpages and Ezine Articles, and create unique articles with links pointing back to your website. It's important to explain in the articles how your product will help the consumer, so that they have a desire to buy it when they reach your website. There are limitless ways that you can advertise online, find one that suits you the most, and use it.Another method that you can use to make money online with resell rights products is to set up your own membership site containing information products that you've purchased resell rights for. Membership sites have the benefit of recurring monthly payments from your customers. Once you've acquired a large list of resell rights products within a certain niche, simply set up your membership site using a content management system (CMS) such as Joomla.Believe it or not, but this post has explained one of the most common strategies the so called "experts" use to make money online. You too can use this exact same strategy to kick start your own online business. Reselling products is especially handy for people new to the industry who don't yet have their own original product to sell.
Author Bio:David Franklin is an online marketer who gives advice and training on ways to make money online. He runs a free course teaching people how to make money online, which you may check out at his website at http://makemoneyhomecourse.com. David has also recently released a post explaining some useful tips on ways to make money online from home.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
50 EASYWAYS TO MAKE MONEY FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
1.Get a job - There are plenty of places on, or near your campus that will hire college students. Because they regularly work with students you can expect them to be willing to adapt to your study schedule and even your time off of school.
2.Have a digital camera? Sell stock photography online - If you’ve always enjoyed taking pictures then why not make a little money off of them? You can sell your images online to places like Dreamstime.com. You’ll make money every time someone downloads your image, and most places will even let you retain part of the copyright.
3.Get Paid to Write Online - Can you write well? If so, there are plenty of places online that are willing to pay you to write for them. Check out this site - they list new jobs every morning, Monday - Friday.
4.Be a tutor - If you excel at English, Math, Science or any subject at all, you can be pretty sure there are other students who do not! Set up your own tutoring service and charge for it. You can also offer tutoring sessions online via chat rooms.
5.Donate Plasma - If you can stand getting your blood drawn then you can do some good and earn some money at the same time. Most places will let you donate once a month so you can pick up an easy $35 to $45 this way.
6.Check to see if you have any unclaimed money - Most states have searchable online databases where you can quickly check to see if you have unclaimed money..
7.Sell Tickets to Your School’s Sporting Events - College basketball and football tickets can be hot items, and students usually get first pick. Buy a couple of extra tickets for big events and sell them to friends and family.
Get into a paid internship or a work-study program - If you qualify you can earn money and college credit at the same time.
8.Recycle bottles and cans - If you’ve ever taken a peek into a campus trash can then you’ll know it’s a haven for discarded aluminum cans and plastic soda bottles. You could even get a few friends to go in together on this and split the profits. You’ll be cleaning up your campus, helping the environment, and making money all at the same time.
9.Take Odd Jobs - Put the word out with your friends and family. Let them know you are available to mow their grass, house / pet / baby sit, do light housework, plant flowers, whatever they need. You will be really surprised at how much money you can make doing this. You can set your own hours too, so it will never interfere with your school work.
10.Be a “Fixer-Upper!” - If you can repair computers, leaky faucets, drafty windows or anything else that breaks you can make money doing it for others.
11.Find out what people want and sell it to them - This could be as simple as running to Walmart and picking up cheap colas and chips and re-selling them, or as complex as installing radios and helping other students turn their cars into hybrids to save on gas.
12.Hit up the Sorority and Fraternity Houses on Campus - Ask around and find out if they will let you come in once a week and clean for them. By pitching that every member “would only have to donate X amount” a month you could make quite a bit of money just from swishing and swiping a few toilets. It’s a great way to get social introductions too.
13.Sell Things on Ebay or Craigslist - Make a habit of visiting yard sales, estate sales, auctions, and going through your own garage. Then list your finds online and sell them. You can generate a nice secondary income from this once you learn what you are doing.
14.Take on Seasonal Work: Shovel snow, rake leaves, plant flowers, wrap gifts. You could even put together a list of cheap, “must have” items each season for men and women of different age groups. Then, sell those lists for a dollar or two a piece. Who wouldn’t love to have a quicklist of cheap gift ideas that their Aunt Fanny, little brother, or Mom might want for Christmas?
15.Capitalize on the Holidays - If you know Valentines Day is approaching, get together with your best guy friends and offer to be the person that picks up all the flowers / chocolates and cards that they need. They give you the money, and you deliver it to them - minus a small fee of course!
16.Build a Website or a Blog - If you enjoy being online this one is easy to do. Get signed up with Google Adsense, Amazon.com’s Affiliate Program, and Linkshare, just to name a few. You may never make a ton of money doing this, but you will probably earn enough to buy a few extra cups of coffee each month.
17.Flip Websites - If you are really good at building websites, then consider doing that as a side job. For more information on how to get started flipping websites check out this site, and this site.
18.Be a Personal Trainer - Most campuses have free gyms for students - but not all students know how to use the equipment! Stick up some flyers, and hang around the gym. You can offer your services as a spotter, and instructor, to those up -and- coming gym rats.
19.Check out your school’s Psych program, and volunteer to take part in their studies - If you are willing to let them pick your brain or study your latent Oedipus complex, you could make a fair amount of money each month.
20.Offer to be an assistant to your professor - Some departments will hire students to assist professors in grading papers, making photocopies, doing research etc.
21.Look for on-campus jobs - One of the biggest and best ways to make money in college is to look for an on-campus job. Check out the library, be a security escort, or even a parking attendant. Many of these jobs come with discounted tuition so they are snapped up quickly. If you can’t manage to get a job on campus your freshman year, decide what you want to do and start lobbying for it - find out how to sign up so that you can get a good deal on your tuition the next year.
22.Deliver Newspapers - Yes, it’s early in the morning, but you can make several hundred dollars a month delivering newspapers. It’s also safe to assume that your hours will not conflict with any of your class schedules!
23.Sell Your Video Game Accounts - If you love playing online games and you can level your characters or make gold quickly, then you can make a decent amount of money doing it as a side business. Besides, learning to set the prices of online auction houses is an excellent compliment to an economics class!
24.Become a Model - Campus Art Departments usually need models, and contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be naked to do it - mostly they want you dressed, and sitting, standing, or posing.
Run a Car Wash - Get together with some friends once a month, hold a car wash, and split the profits.
25.Create a Calendar - If you belong to any on-campus organizations, offer to create a yearly calendar for them. You can have them printed cheaply online, and sell them at a profit. Donate a portion of the profits to the organization, and keep the rest.
26.Sell T-Shirts - If you have a witty idea for a T-shirt you can design and sell it on Zazzle.com. Tell everyone you know about them, and you earn a percentage of the sale when they log on and buy one.
27.Teach a Mini-course - Everyone at college is there to learn, and if you have a specific skill like writing, power-leveling video game characters, flipping websites, even water skiing or knitting, then chances are other students would be willing to pay you a small amount to learn that skill. So, set up your own mini-instruction course, meet twice a month and charge a reasonable fee.
28.Take Notes in Class and Sell Them - You’re sitting in class and taking notes anyway, right? Offer to sell your notes to your classmates. Many students who take notes on their own would still be willing to buy yours if you organize them well. After all, you may catch something they missed, and an extra study aid is always valuable before a final. This is one way to make money and good grades at the same time!
29.Work your network - When you need extra money, start by talking to the people you know. Find out if they know anyone who is hiring, or if they have any creative ideas for making money.
30.Project Payday: No special skills are needed other than the know-how to operate your computer and use the Internet, but it is tedious work. I’m not cut out to spend hours behind a computer! Most people can make money quickly with this program, but you’ll have to put the time into it. The more time you put into it, the more money you’ll make generally. It’s that simple. If you’re interested, check out Project Payday by clicking here. It’s free to sign up, so go ahead and sign up, read the promotional literature they have and watch the training video’s. They even have a guarantee that says if you follow the simple 4 step process in Method 1 and don’t make money in 24 hours, they’ll give you $100!
31.Read Emails - Taking Online Survey’s, etc: In my opinion, this isn’t as easy as Project Payday, but it’s real close. There are companies that receive thousands of emails every day that need to be read. There are several companies where they outsource this type of work as well as other tedious, time consuming chores such as product testing, online surveys, online mystery shopping and other. Send Earnings is one such company that other companies outsource to. Consumers such as you sign up and are normally paid on a per assignment completed basis. The pay varies by what type of assignment you choose.
32.Become a Freelance Writer - Can you Write a sentence? Then you may have what it takes to make money as a Freelance Writer. You don’t have to have a degree in English either. Basically this is a job board for Writers where Companies and Individuals needing Writers post their offers. You can either accept or reject them, it’s up to you. Click here for more information about the Freelance Home Writer program and learn how to make money as a Freelance Writer.
33.Become an Online Tutor - I’m not sure what this pays, but I’ve known people in the past who have worked with companies like e-Tutor, SmartThinking and Tutor.Com. Online tutoring is an in-demand service and growing all the time. If you like helping others learn, this could be just the ticket for you. You will have to set aside a certain number of hours per week, anywhere from 2 hours on up on average depending upon which service you go with.
34.Give eLessons - Do you know MS Word inside and out? Can you make an Excel spreadsheet scream for mercy? Can you work magic with Quicken? Well, there are thousands of people who just want to know the basics of these programs or are looking for some updating. You can advertise on places such as Craigslist and Kijiji or even the local newspaper. You’d be surprised at the number of people just wanting to learn the basics on operating a computer and who are willing to pay someone to teach them!
35.Become an Online Juror - Even Lawyers need to practice! There are places such a eJury and TrialJuries.Com that stage mock trials. The Jurors get paid anywhere from $5 to $60 depending on how complex the case is. There’s no guarantee you’ll get a case, but it has to better than cleaning up after the old folks at the Senior Citizen Center!
36.Police ID parades:Taking part in identity parades is easy money - you just have to stand there - but work is irregular and may depend on your appearance. Many police forces now use video line-ups but you can still get a one-off fee of £10 for being filmed.
Average pay: £10 for the first hour, £5 for every hour after that.More info: ask at your local police station.
37.TV/film extra: product cmpanies need people of all shapes and sizes and if you're over 18 but look younger you'll be especially popular, as you can save them the cost of a chaperone for a child actor. Don't expect to meet the stars, though.
Average pay: £80 a day, with bonuses for things like providing your own costume or doing a 'walk-on'. Overtime is paid at around £11 an hour.More info: there's a list of extras agencies at UK Screen
38.Campus brand manager: All sorts of companies hire students to promote them on campus, from film distributors to sportswear firms. You'll get plenty of opportunities to demonstrate your business acumen, but the work can be time-consuming.
Average pay: £300 a term, though some firms only pay on a commission basis.More info: look for notices on student job board.
39.In-store demonstrator: There's lots of work for confident, personable people in supermarkets and department stores. You might be required to show off your ironing skills, hold a food tasting or demonstrate a new kitchen gadget, for example. Hours are often in the evenings or during weekends so can fit around your studies.
Average pay: varies, but can be up to £10 an hour.More info: search for 'field marketing agencies' on the Internet.
40.Event stewarding Concerts and sports fixtures: employ a small army to help with organisation. The necessary training will be provided on the day but don't view the job as a free ticket. Stewards at football matches, for example, are expected to face the crowd, not watch the game.
Average pay: rates start at £5 an hour; with training you can earn up to £15 an hour.More info: try Recruit Event Services.
41.Mystery shopping: Some men would pay good money not to go shopping, but 'mystery shoppers', on the other hand, get paid instead. It's not just about going to shops but perhaps to restaurants, bars or to stay in a hotel and report on how the customer's being treated. You'll get all the money for your meals, drinks or bills repaid and you may get to keep the shopping, too - unless, of course, it's diamonds.
Average pay: from £6 a visit, but could be as much as £100 a day.More info: try the Mystery Shopping Agency on 020 8325 8974 or Retail Eyes
42. Internet researcher:You may have grown up taking the Internet for granted but there are plenty of people who aren't familiar with it or are too busy to spend time on it. So if you're skilled at extracting information from a web search, you can hire yourself out as a researcher for people like lawyers and writers
43.Organise club nights: With many students out on the tiles two or three times a week there’s money to be made in entertaining them. Birmingham University graduate Gary Linton set up his own promotions company with a couple of friends in the holidays before his final year. “We established a brand, set up a website, scouted out suitable venues, designed flyers and hired bands.” As the money began to pour in – at its peak, the company was pulling in profits of between £800 and £1000 each week – they were able to employ a team to hand out flyers and a manager to oversee them. “It was a fantastic experience and I learned a lot about running a business. But it did require a good deal of work”.
How to pay for university: There's no better time to study
44. Online poker (undertaken at your own risk): For some, the possibility – however remote – of wiping out thousands of pounds of debt in one bleary-eyed evening of glory is too much to resist. Of course, if you're skilled and extremely lucky, it can happen. One especially gold-fingered student player was able to buy himself an Audi TT on the back of his poker earnings. The flipside can be grim, however. One former undergrad at Manchester University, who preferred to remain anonymous, blew his student loan cheque in a single day.
45.Surveys: Granted it’s not quite as glamorous or potentially money-spinning, but filling out online surveys provides a risk-free way of topping up your bank balance. Work is easy to come by, too, with thousands of research groups offering work when and however much you want it. Adam Levine, a student at Bristol University, makes between 50p and £2 for each survey he completes for market research firm YouGov. “It’s a good idea to set up a separate email account just for the surveys. Mine has been clogged up a lot – my personal details have been passed around quite a bit.”
46. Tutoring/coaching: Teaching the subject you love to one or two students is rewarding work. And in more than one sense: even an inexperienced tutor can charge around £20 an hour. Securing clients isn’t always easy, however. You’ll need to post adverts in newsagents’ windows, library notice-boards and Internet sites (http://www.anysubject.com/ is recommended). Once you have a student or two, make sure you impress; further work often stems from recommendations to family and friends. There’s money to be made away from academic subjects, too. Birmingham University student David Goldschmidt receives £11 an hour for coaching Eton fives at a local independent school. “It pays well and I love doing it.”
47.Postgraduate research projects: Faculty notice boards, email inboxes, sometimes toilet cubicles, are dotted with cash offers from PhD students in exchange for a bit of help with their doctoral theses. Jonathan Keane became a handy ally to the postgraduate community during his degree at Cambridge University. “It seemed like an easy source of revenue. The questionnaires generally took about an hour to complete and we were paid around £10. I quite enjoyed it, too, even if I didn’t always really understand what the projects were about.”
48.Clinical tests and sperm donations: Helping test new medicines has long been an attractive option for students. It’s easy to see why. Sit back, take a few drugs and collect a cool £100 for a hard day’s work (which is what companies like trials4us.co.uk offer). One student at Birmingham University described how he was given a condom and a top-shelf magazine before being sent into a cubicle. “A few minutes later I was given £40.”
49. Brand promotions: Young and attractive students – especially girls – are always wanted to help showcase and promote an upcoming gig or hand out a new chocolate bar on the streets. Companies like The Lounge Group offer you £10 an hour to do so and find you work in your local area. York University student Lucy Blake has helped promote brands including T-Mobile,
50. Bar work: Clearly there are plenty of ways these days to generate a bit of cash without putting in too much hard graft. But there is still a lot to be said for pursuing more traditional sources of income. William Dam Villena worked for the student union bar during his time at Exeter University, putting in about 12 hours a week and taking home roughly £70. It provided a lot more than just money, though. “I had really flexible hours and it was a great way to meet people.”
Monday, June 1, 2009
HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE THROUGH ARTICLE WRITTING
There are actually several ways that writing articles can make you money. By submitting your articles to article directories, your articles can be used by webmasters who are looking for content to place on their websites.
The articles that you have submitted to article directories may also be read by people who find them while searching online. This could give your writing quite a bit of exposure.
You can use the articles that you write to generate free traffic to your website so that you can generate more sales. You can do this by placing a link to your website in your article or in your author bio.
You could also use your articles to create a website. If you create a website that consists of informative articles on a specific topic you can sell advertising on your website to related businesses. If you decide to create a website using your articles, you could also place Google Adsense ads on your website and get paid each time a visitor clicks on one of your Adsense ads.
You could turn your informative articles into your own ebook and sell them for a profit, or you could even turn your articles into an email course.
Some internet marketers write informative articles on topics related to an affiliate product. They then include a special affiliate link in their articles to the affiliate product that they are promoting. When a reader clicks on the link and purchases the product the author makes a commission.
When you are writing articles to make money, one important point to remember is that you will be much more successful if your articles are informative and give the reader valuable information. It's important to build trust with your reader and actually offer the reader something of value in your article.
If you can give the reader valuable information that is useful to them, then you will be building a trusting relationship with that reader. This way when you recommend a product or website, to your reader, they will be much more likely to follow your advice because you have already given them something of value and you have already initiated a trusting relationship with them.
One other point to remember when writing articles is to keep them short. People are bombarded with information every day. Very few people have the time or the interest in reading lengthy articles. If you can give your reader interesting and valuable information in 500 to 700 words, you will find your articles getting read and getting results.
Article Source: http://ezinearticles.com
HOW TO SETUP A BLOG "STEP BY STEP DETAILED GUIDE"
Step 1
Great a Google account by visiting Blogger. (Follow the link in Resources.) On the Blogger webpage, there is a button that will allow you to create a new Google account in minutes. If you have an existing Google account, you can skip this step and move on to the next. When creating your Google account, you will be asked to provide some basic information, including your current email address. You will also be asked to create a password that will afford you access to your Blogger account.
Step 2
Return to Blogger, where you will be asked to sign in using your newly created Google account and password. For convenience, you can set the site to remember your password so you will not be required to enter the information on each visit to the site.
Step 3
Choose the "Create a blog" option on the Blogger dashboard. You will be taken to the dashboard each time you log into the account. You can create and manage as many blogs as you like from the dashboard.
Step 4
Name your blog. Choose something that is easy to remember so you can direct your friends and family to your page. Make your title something catchy, yet not extremely long. The name you choose will be the first part of the URL for your site. The URL for your site will be http://________@blogspot.com.
Step 5
Choose your template. Blogger provides many templates you can use to set up your initial blog on the site. If you don't like the template you choose,, you can go back later and change it to another of the premade layouts or design your own after you learn more about the template-formatting options.
Step 6
Write your first post and submit it using the template provided. You can add pictures or links to your posts if you like. After you have submitted your post, you can view your new blog or edit your posts.
Step 7
Make the blog unique to you. Thousands of bloggers use Blogger to host their content, and you want to separate yourself from the masses. You can add things to your blog to make it more fun and interesting for others to read. By clicking on the "Layout" tab, you can move elements like your profile or any widgets you add. Experiment with different layouts and options until you find one you like.
Friday, May 22, 2009
HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE THROUGH BLOG ADSENCE
Keyword Research
The first thing is to decide on the right niche to target. You want to avoid high competition keywords where some real Adsense and SEO pros are dominating search results. You’re unlikely to get to page 1 or even page 5 in Google search results with these keywords unless you have a lot of time to spend. You also want to avoid keywords that don’t pay well. There are many keywords that only pay a penny or two a click. What we want are keywords where we can get an average of $1 a click.
How can you tell which ones to select? Easy, go to Google’s Adwords keyword tool and enter keywords that you want to research. Keep researching until you have a short list of promising keywords. Make sure that you display the price per click and divide that number by 4 or 5 to determine the most likely price per click you’ll get on your site. For example, if the Estimated Avg. CPC in the Adwords tool shows $4.80 then your average earnings per click will be about $1.06. You will also want to find keywords that get reasonable traffic. While lower traffic niches can be profitable, they can also be frustrating. I’d recommend looking for between 2000 and 20000 searches a month to start with to get the best beginner results.
Now, go to Google and search for the keywords using the SEOQuake browser plugin. Look at the top 10 ranking sites and see what their Google PageRank, Google pages indexed and Yahoo backlinks they have. If these numbers are high and the page shown in results is an exact keyword match, then move on to your next keyword. If there is no keyword match or if they have few links you may have a winner. For borderline cases, this will require further analysis that’s beyond the scope of our discussion here. This article, Targeted Keyword Research, describes the process in a little more depth.
Oh, an remember we’re looking for buying keywords, not informational keywords. I discussed this in this previous article: Buying keywords. forturnately, in most cases, better paying keywords are already going to be buying keywords.
Build Your Niche Blog
We’re going to go cheap here and not buy a domain and put WordPress on it. Instead, we’re going to use a plain old ugly Blogger blog. There are some potential drawbacks and pluses associated with using them and if you want to review the pros and cons, check out this article I wrote a while ago on the subject: Niche Blog Hosting: WordPress vs. Blogger. Update: I’ve heard through the grapevine that Google now requires that you have your own domain that has been indexed at least 90 days old to be approved for a new Adsense account. If this is true you will need to buy at least one domain and wait it out, get approval for that domain and then you can use the account anywhere you want as long as you’re within the Adsense rules. If you have already been previously approved for an Adsense account you’re OK though.
You’ll want to select a name that matches your primary keyword. It is likely that your primary keyword will already be taken. If this is case, just add a filler word to the name such as ‘mykeyword’ or ‘thekeyword’ or ‘keywordinfo’. The important thing is to get our keyword in the URL.
We’ll want to use the simple Minima template, we don’t want a fancy blog, we want just another ugly Blogger blog. We will also want to set it up to show only one post per page since this helps Google’s search and Adsense ‘bots to get the exact keywords for your article and not get confused. The blog title and description should be for the primary keyword and secondary long tail keywords that you want to target with only filler words between them. You can add some navigation widgets to the sidebar if you want but don’t overdo this. I also recommend that you add in a Statcounter and/or Google Analytics counter to your footer. This will help you track the performance of your keywords.
Creating Niche Blog Content
Now we’re ready to create some content for our blog. I generally prefer to create content offline in an editor like Microsoft Live Writer, Microsoft Word or even Windows Notepad. There are plenty of tools you can use to do this. I just like doing it this way so that I have a local backup copy of my articles. Start off with writing about 10 articles. The title will use your primary keyword, for example “Earn Online Cash” with matching long tails like “Earn Online Cash with Adsense”. Begin and end your article with a sentence that uses your primary keyword and include it several times throughout the article but don’t overdo it. If you need some more tips on writing, let me know and I’ll point you to some other articles I’ve written on this topic.
You will also want to create a ‘policies’ post since this is required for Adsense. You can combine this with a simple ‘about me’. This will be the first post you add to your new blog. Remember that it should follow the same naming conventions as other posts for example: “Earn Online Cash: Policies”. Add a link to this post in your sidebar so that it will always be just one click away from any other page on your blog.
Now add 3 of your content posts to the blog. You’ll add a new post about once a week until all of your original posts are up. After that, you’ll only need to post infrequently, if at all. New posts can help bring more keywords into the blog but, as long as you’re getting good search engine traffic, updating can be at your leisure.
Promote Your Niche Blog
Promoting your blog is primarily getting it indexed and getting links to it.
You might want to start with the techniques I describe in this article: Quick Indexing. While you can’t add all those ping sites to Blogger like you can WordPress you can use some of the pinging sites to ping others. I also suggest that you submit your site to RSS aggregation sites. JR at “Get Internet Marketing Strategies” has a good list of them here: RSS/Blog Submission Sites. You don’t have to submit to all of them and some won’t accept Blogger blogs but you can find enough to get your rolling. Remember the primary idea is to use these resources for indexing of new content.
Now, we’ll want to build links to our blog. There are a number of different strategies here and people generally settle on ones that work well for them. I’ll give you a few basic methods here and you can work on it from there.
One good way to get some basic links is to use social bookmarking. JR has some good lists of sites in these two articles: Do-Follow Social Sites and High PR Do-Follow Social Sites. There are other list around that you can use. In general, you want to look for social sites that are do-follow and will allow Blogger blogs.
Another way to build links to your site is to have promotional sites of your own. You can use Squidoo, Synthasite, Blinkweb and other free sites to build single page sites to promote your site. You should also seek out other blogs and forums in your niche and related niches and leave comments there with a link to your site without being spammy. I cover this in more in depth in this article: Driving Traffic to Your Site.
With reasonable link building promotional work you should begin to see search traffic for your keywords within a relatively short period of time. What you’re looking for is for your blog to be on page one of Google for your select keyword. If it’s not, then the niche may be more competitive than you realized and you’ll have to put more promotional effort into it. If you are in the #1 position and you aren’t getting traffic then the problem may be that the keyword you select doesn’t produce enough traffic. In this case, you might try targeting different keywords or retire the blog to a supporting, promotional, role.
Add Adsense to Your Niche Blog
OK, now that you’re getting traffic to your niche blog and it’s steady traffic, it’s time to add Adsense. My recommendation is to add a single large rectangle block at the top and, optionally, a wide skyscraper in the sidebar. This should result in a good click through rate as long as you’ve selected a good buying keyword. Since you’re already getting search traffic to your site it will be easy for the Adsense ‘bot to determine what your blog is about and begin serving appropriate ads.
At this point, you should begin to see clicks and revenue from your blog. It will take a few weeks for the pricing of your site to settle down so expect some wild gyrations in income at first. Eventually, it will settle down.
If your earnings stay low this may indicate a problem with your keyword selection. Try editing your articles to better emphasize the higher paying keywords and de-emphasizing lower paying ones.
If your CTR is low, typically under 3%, this may indicate that you haven’t selected a good buying keyword or your traffic is from a niche that’s somewhat jaded or resistant when it comes to Adsense ads. If this is the case, you may want to try moving toward better keywords with new posts, move the blog to a supporting role or just live with the lower click through rate. Remember that a low CTR won’t hurt you but a low CTR with clicks that don’t convert might hurt you.
Earn Cash with Your Niche Blog
Remember the key to this method is not to get bogged down and obsess over one blog but to keep moving. The more blogs you create and the more promotion (aka links) that you do the better your chance will be at earning cash online.
Whew! This was a long article. Way too long. I should have padded it out and made it into an eBook and sold it for $47 or made some money some other way like having you sign up for a membership site or an email list, right? Well, I’m just trying to do the same thing that people who helped me, like Griz at How to Make Money Online for Beginners, did, offer good, solid, information for free with no strings attached. I hope you can use this information to earn cash online and feel free to ask any questions if you have them.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
HOW TO STIMULATE YOUR SUBCONCIOUS MIND INTO GREAT RICHES
SECOND: repeat this program night and morning until you can see (in your imagination) the money you intend to accumulate.
THIRD: place a written copy of your statement where you can see it night and morning, and read it just before retiring, and upon arising until it has been memorized.
Remember, as you carry out this instructions, that you are Appling the principle of auto-suggestion, for the purpose of giving orders to your subconscious mind. Remember, also, that your subconscious mind will act only upon instructions which are emotionalized, and handed over to it with feelings. Faith is the strongest and most productive of the emotions. Do not let this disturb you. Follow the instructions, no matter how impractical or abstract they may, at first, appear to be. The time will soon come if you do as you have been instructed, in spirit as well as in act, when a whole new universe of power will be unfold to you.
