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Through E-junkie.info we've had the opportunity to interact with some of the most polished experts in world of eCommerce, online marketing and blogging. When it comes to learning and understanding the strategies, intricacies, norms, ethics or ideas involved in running a small business, blog or an online campaign, then it is such experts who help you make all the difference and reach new heights.

It is our guest authors who bring a fresh perspective to our blog by contributing practical and useful articles for our readers. Over the past year we've had many experts write highly productive how-to articles, and today I would like to share the top 15 of them.

There is a lot of information and ideas in there, so proceed with patience and an open mind:



Why most website owners can't get off the ground?
by David Edwards

I'm currently working with several clients at the moment, they all vary with budget and all have brand new websites. Even though their sites look great and some of them are spending over $1,000 a month on "pay per click" adverts. They have been very disappointed with the results from the advertisements.

Getting Off The Ground Can Take 1,000 Days!...

If I was honest and told every new website owner that it may take 1,000 days to get off the ground they would not be pleased. The truth is that to get true momentum this is probably an accurate number of days for a website to get referrals automatically and have that solid network of people. In my experience the first year was very slow, the second year I had some great days attracting over 5,000 visitors on some occasions but it is only until now that I have really seen the benefit in sticking it out and building solid links and connections around the world. (Read More)


Eight Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started a Business
by Barbara J. Winter

When I started my first business, I didn't know another self-employed person. There was no Internet and not many books that were written for someone wanting to create a one-person operation. It was all trial and error...lots of error. Today there are abundant resources, but some of the most important things I learned, still aren't being acknowledged. Here are eight things I wish I had known sooner.

The business you start out with is not the business you end up with.

By it's very natural, business is an evolutionary process. As you change and grow—and as the marketplace changes and grows—you'll make adjustments. The good news is that you can get started wherever and whenever you want without having to know every detail. Be willing for your business to deliver pleasant surprises. (Read More)


A Smarter Way to Manage Your To-Do List
by Ivan Walsh

Want to make sure that everything on your To Do list gets done? This article is for you! I'm going to show you how to change the way you approach your To Do list and make sure that every task gets finished. It’s so easy, you’ll kick yourself.

The Problem with To Do Lists

…is that they don’t account for the effort you need to accomplish each task AND they don’t factor in changes or interruptions to your schedule.

When these happen you're forced you to juggle your lists and move items from list 1 to list 2... which defeats the purpose of keeping a list.

Instead of completing tasks, you find yourself moving them from one page to the next.

What you thought you’d get finished on Monday is still there on Friday. A bit demoralizing, right? (Read More)


Does Publishing Interviews On A Blog Help?
by Brankica Underwood

Interviews are one of the things you will read a lot about, as one of the traffic generation strategies. How effective are they really?

They are very effective if you choose the questions and the person you are interviewing very carefully.

I have posted one interview on my blog and it was a big success. I did take a different approach from what we are used to, but that just made it even more effective.

I did the both things right, I chose great questions and great people to interview. My interview included 25 bloggers and the questions were not about blogging. (Read More)


4 Ways To Spot Credit Repair Scams
by Satrap

Credit score is important to almost everyone. It's a measure of your trustworthiness (at least in the eyes of financial institutions) when it comes to financial matters. So, keeping that score at highest number possible is pretty important to most of us. Unfortunately, sometimes no matter how hard you try, your credit score takes a hit. You lose your job and fail to pay your car or house payment, you forget to pay your bill or end up being late or what have you. Such misfortunes can cause your credit score to take a dive.

So, what do you do when that happens? Obviously you try to fix the problem. And one of the popular ways to get one's credit back on track is hiring a credit repair company. Unfortunately, credit repair industry, like most other industries, is filled with scammers waiting to take advantage of you. Thousands of people fall victim to credit repair scams every year. Thankfully there are a few things you can do to avoid becoming one. Like most other scams, credit repair scams also have some distinct signs. To avoid becoming a credit repair scam victim, you need to spot those signs. Here are 4 ways you can spot credit repair scams: (Read More)


Creating Your First Digital Product
by Srinivas Rao

Many people seem to fret over the idea of creating their very first digital product because it seems like quite a daunting task. The reality however, if you are a blogger is that you’ve actually already done the same amount of work it takes to create a digital product by publishing blog posts. You can actually create your first digital product in as little as 48 hours. In my interview with Dave Navarro from the Launch Coach, he talked something that is known as the mini product. So let’s take a quick look at what it takes to create your first mini product.

Survey Your Audience: The very first thing you’ll want to do is survey your audience. One of the biggest mistakes people make is putting tons of effort into really big ebooks/digital products without understanding what their audience needs. If you understand what your audience needs, creating something that will actually sell becomes much easier. Once you survey your audience, identify one need that you could easily build a product around and start building that product. (Read More)


Blogger vs Wordpress
by Sarah Payne

Everyone wanting to create a blog is faced with the difficult decision of choosing a blogging platform. "Which blogging platform is best?" is a common question asked in blogging forums, and it usually leads to an endless debate among members, leaving the questioner unsure about what to do. Deciding on the right platform and sticking to it is important because you're probably not going to want to go to the trouble of moving your blog to a different platform if you change your mind.

Is one platform better than another?

Despite what you may hear from other bloggers, and despite popular belief, Wordpress isn't better than Blogger and Blogger isn't better than Wordpress. When you ask the question, "which blogging platform is best?", all the answers you get are biased and useless. What somebody else says shouldn't effect your final decision, because people can only give their opinions. Each blogging platform has different features, and what a blogger needs in a platform varies. The question you should be asking yourself is, "which platform is best for me?" (Read More)



How To Make Your Blog Pay The Bills
by Mary Jaksch

Are you a blogger? If so, you’ll know that blogging can be one of the most exciting rides. Well, ok - it’s not quite as exciting white-water rafting.

Actually, I once had a scary experience on a river. I was on a rafting trip down the Karamea, a dangerous river on the wild West Coast of New Zealand. Suddenly rain started to sheet down, and, within minutes, the water in the narrow gorge rose alarmingly. The raft bucked in the roiling rapids, and plunged down 5-metre drops [yikes!]. Finally, the raft flipped over - with me trapped underwater beneath it. Yep, that was definitely exciting.

As a blogger, you also have to ride the rapids. You need to be alert to new developments and continually adapt to changing circumstances in order to keep afloat. Yes, blogging is a challenge. And it can be frustrating at times. (Read More)



Does Your Business Blog Avoid These 10 Common Mistakes?
by Carol Tice

Many businesses start blogs hoping to drive traffic to their websites. A few months later, one of two things has usually happened:

  • The blog is dead. No one has posted in weeks.
  • Someone at the company is posting like crazy, but nothing's happening -- the blog doesn't get any comments or subscribers.

Blogs take a decent amount of work. If you're going to start one for your business, you want it to get a result, like any other marketing tool.

Why do many business blogs flounder? Here is my list of the 10 most common mistakes business bloggers make: (Read More)


Beginner SEO Tips - Don't Copy Your Competitors' Mistakes
by Craig Kilgore

Working for an SEO agency has given me the opportunity to work with many different types of customers in a countless number of industries. I have worked with customers with SEO knowledge ranging from non-existent to rather advanced. Even with all of these differences, there is a question that seems to be asked pretty frequently – “can’t you just copy what my competitors are doing?” The answer to this question (in my opinion) is not a simple yes or no.

Your competitors may be successful on the internet for a number of reasons. These reasons can include the age of their website, their current online marketing strategies, brand awareness and social following (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.). Some of these things are easier to mimic than others. Instead of spending all of your time trying to copy your competitors, spend your time trying to be better than them. This is a lot easier than it sounds. (Read More)


Local SEO Tips For The Beginners
by Craig Kilgore

When someone is looking for a new restaurant in their town, they turn to search engines. If you recently launched a website or are finally considering SEO for your site, read on for some beginner local SEO tips. With advancements in search engines, smart phones and the way people search, many businesses are revisiting their local SEO strategies and you should too. Below are just 3 of the many tips you should follow while building your local presences on the web.

Tip #1: Make sure your business address and contact information are readable by search engines – this may seem very beginner but it is often overlooked. If search engines cannot spider your contact information, they probably won’t index it (where it counts at least). Similar to the rest of your website’s content, make sure your business contact information is in text format and when possible, on every page of your website. (Read More)


8 Ways To Get Business Success With Social Media Networking
by Jane Sheeba

There is so much of gaga these days about social media advertising for business success. Well this is as a result of more and more people moving towards social networking which has shrunk the entire world into a global platform. Now given this phenomenon businesses are not ones that should be left out in the aforesaid process of globalization.

If you are in business whether big or small you need to take advantage of the growing demands of people in terms of getting connected on social media websites. It actually proffers a lot of benefits for the success of online businesses as detailed below:

Global Branding Of Business

Social media sites do help in bringing about awareness about the presence of your business and you can certainly create a great image for it on such a global platform. If you are consistently providing value and good at interacting with people, building a brand for yourself and your business is not a big deal. (Read More)


5 Affiliate Marketing Tips For Bloggers
by Sunil

Affiliate marketing is one of the simplest ways bloggers can monetize their web properties. By simple, I mean it is relatively easy to implement. However, do not confuse simple for easy. Making money from affiliate marketing, or in general online is anything but easy.

Affiliate marketing refers to the marketing and sales of products and services that you do not personally own, thus the title of an affiliate. When you are an affiliate of a particular company, you are given permission by that company to sell its products and services in exchange for a commission payment.

As you can imagine, most website owners and bloggers can join the affiliate marketing space relatively easily. All it takes is a quick application, and providing that the topic of your website or blog is somewhat relevant to the company’s products or services, your application is likely to get approved.

Many internet entrepreneurs choose this route of monetization because it does not require them to come up with a product or service of their own. They can simply choose one that already exists in their niche and pitch it to their readership. The good news is that no matter what niche you play in, there is likely an affiliate program that caters to your audience.  It’s a turnkey solution indeed. (Read More)


Tips For Launching A Successful Viral Marketing Campaign
by Melanie Slaugh

YouTube has proved that viral marketing campaigns can be a slam dunk, especially for small businesses and individuals because they usually are fairly inexpensive to produce while still being able to reach a wide audience rang. Plus they have the added benefit of people spreading your message easily on their own accord, and without coming across as if you’re trying to shove your brand down everyone’s throat, when you've done a campaign well. But that doesn’t mean that everyone who engages in viral marketing is successful at it, so what makes some campaigns more successful than others?

1. Don’t be overwhelming

One of the most key components of viral marketing is being subtle yet effective. You can’t come out all guns a blazin’ and expect people to accept it with open arms. The most successful viral marketing campaigns are those that subliminally get their message across while focusing on elements of emotion that compel people to share your message. (Read More)


3 Surefire Ways To Build An Even Bigger E-mail List
by Marlee Ward

If you operate a business that sells products and services via the web, building a responsive and targeted e-mail list is critical to your long-term success and profitability. When you build an email list of interested prospects you essentially own a potential income stream for life.

Unfortunately, building an e-mail list can be frustrating at times. To gain subscribers you must generate traffic, and to generate traffic you must do a slew of other things that are beyond the scope of this article. But today, I’m going to share three simple ways you can make sure you capture every opportunity to add a targeted subscriber to your list regardless of the amount of traffic you get. (Read More)

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2 Responses to '15 Must-Read How-To Articles From Our Guest Authors'

  1. Sunil l Make Extra Money Said,
    https://e-junkieinfo.blogspot.com/2012/01/15-must-read-how-to-articles-from-our.html?showComment=1326378691765#c5271394735743558652'> January 12, 2012 at 7:31 AM

    thanks for the mention
    Sunil - www.extramoneyblog.com

     

  2. Marlee Ward Said,
    https://e-junkieinfo.blogspot.com/2012/01/15-must-read-how-to-articles-from-our.html?showComment=1326381972655#c9122420877967636260'> January 12, 2012 at 8:26 AM

    Thanks for including me with such an awesome group of authors. We love e-junkie. ;)

     

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