Hi,

Welcome to another issue of “Make Money Online With Ross Dalangin”.

This issue includes…

1) “Creating Quality Articles in Minutes”

2) “Weekly Marketing Freebies”

3) “5-Step Plan – Selecting the Right Merchants”

4) “Traffic Basics – Reciprocal Link Building”

5) “Tell Us What You Think!”

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Creating Quality Articles in Minutes!

Articles are a very popular and easy way of getting
traffic to your blog or website. Articles are popular
because search engines, website owners and ezine
publishers love fresh, quality content.

A good article that informs the reader about a certain
topic qualifies as fresh, quality content. Therefore if you
can create quality articles you can get backlinks and
traffic to your website.

If you are a blog owner, creating quality articles for
submission to the major article directories is very easy
because your blog is already be filled with quality content.

All you really need to do is take the content from your
blog and package it into 350-500 word articles complete
with a catchy headline.

This should realistically only take you a few minutes and
once you have an article put together you will then want to
submit the article to a few major article directories.

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>>>>> Weekly Marketing Freebie <<<<<
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I just found this incredible piece of free software
called the “Real Link Finder” and I knew you would like it.

It helps you find blogs that don’t use the “nofollow” tag
so get the relevant Page Rank scores and Link Popularity
when you post comments on blogs related to your niche.

In case you aren’t aware about this, the higher your Page
Rank and Link Popularity, the higher your pages will rank
in the search engines and the more traffic you’ll get.

You can grab your free copy at…

http://www.reallinkfinder.com/index.php

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Here are 3 of my most recent freebies in case you missed
them in previous issues:

1. Calvin Woon and Jonathan Teng are giving away 10 Video
Squeeze Pages for tried and tested affiliate products that
you can use, upload to your host, and promote for
commissions by tonight.

Find out more about this at…

http://www.affiliatepowervideos.com

2. Today I have a freebie that I’m really excited to share
with you.

It’s an ebook where super guru Stephen Pierce reveals just
about every single one of his secrets to online marketing
success.

If you don’t know who Stephen is, he went from bankrupt
and living on the streets to bankrolling millions and
building a brand new estate mansion.

His story has powerful lessons that you can use to build
YOUR own online wealth.

You can grab a copy of his free book here…

http://www.makerealmoneyontheinternet.com

3. Today you can grab a free $150-a-day formula that takes
you through a 6-step plan that generates automatic online
profits on a daily basis.

If you’re having trouble getting started, then this is
definitely worth reading…

http://www.thecoreultimatum.com

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>>>>> Featured Article <<<<<
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5-Step Plan – Selecting the Right Merchants!

In the last lesson we finalized Step #2 and today we move
on to Step #3…

…Selecting the Right Merchants!

If you’re using an affiliate network such as Commission
Junction or Share a Sale you will need to apply as an
affiliate for each merchant you want to promote.

In most cases, affiliates are approved automatically.
There are some merchants however, who are very particular
about who is allowed to promote their products.

So in rare cases you may find that you are denied as an
affiliate for a particular merchant you want to promote.

If you’re in a large network however, there should be
plenty of alternative merchants for you to select from.

- WHAT TO LOOK FOR

If you’re new to the affiliate marketing industry, you may
find merchant selection to be somewhat confusing or
difficult.

This is not actually as confusing or difficult as it might
seem, you just need to learn how each network does things.

The first thing to look for of course are merchants who
sell the products you want to promote to your niche. In
fact, for this particular strategy you’ll want to choose
merchants who have plenty of products in your niche.

If they only have five or 10 products, they will not work
well. You’ll want to choose merchants who have at least a
hundred products or more.

Once you’ve found those, then there are many other factors
you’ll want to consider. Not every one of these will apply
in every situation, but we’ll cover them anyway since
they’re the most common concerns.

Commission Levels:
The commission percentage earned as an affiliate is
usually very important.

If you choose a niche which has very low profit margins
for example, you may find that the merchants are only
offering about 1% to 3% in affiliate commissions.

Low profit margin markets are those which compete
primarily on price. These include computers, electronics
and digital cameras.

Other markets however, will pay between 5% and 10%
commissions. And there are even some who pay as much as 12%
to 15%. It’s quite rare to see commission levels above 15%
for tangible products.

One benefit of promoting tangible products through the
affiliate networks however is that if you sell quite a bit
of product for them, most of them will increase the
percentage rate they pay you.

Some merchants have this scaled commission rate in place
from the start, while others will give it to you if you
request it.

Return Rates:
In most affiliate networks there is some way to determine
how well a merchant’s products convert, as well as how
often their products are returned.

This is not always easy to determine, and it’s not obvious
either. I could write an entire book almost on this subject
alone.

For just getting started your best bet is to explore at
the affiliate network you have chosen to work with and
become as familiar with their information as you can.

That’s all the room we have today for this lesson. In the
next lesson we will continue with Step #3 by giving you
some tips to help you get started.

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Traffic Basics – Reciprocal Link Building!

In the last lesson we talked about referrer logs. Today
we’re going to talk about reciprocal link building and how
it will help your website ranking.

When it comes to SEO, reciprocal link building goes a long
way towards giving your site good rankings. Especially if
your site is relevant or related to the topic and subject
of the site you are linking to.

It is also a very effective way to drive traffic to your
site!

Reciprocal links have been around a long time.
Unfortunatel, they are an often overlooked or an under-used
method and as with any strategy there are advantages and
disadvantages involved.

So, should you be using reciprocal linking in your
marketing strategy?

That is a very good question and in today’s lesson we’re
going to go over some things you should consider about
reciprocal linking and how it will effect your business.

Let me ask you this question…

How many times have you searched for a Website to link to
only to find out that they don’t even have a links page?

Of those that do, few have an area on their website that
actually welcomes you to request a link trade. It seems
these websites are missing the boat when it comes to the
World Wide Web’s shockingly efficient linking system.

Before you begin your reciprocal linking plan, here are
some things that you should consider:

- Make sure that you are linked to relevant sites meaning
you both have the same subject matter and at the same time
all the links are also related to each other.

- Remember that it’s more about quality than quantity
when it comes to reciprocal link building. Look for quality
sites that are related to your topic.

- Keep in mind that this is a long and sometimes
frustrating process because you still have to check to see
if other websites have agreed to the link exchange and you
will need to check periodically to see if the link to your
site is still present on the websites that you have made
exchanges with.

- Be prepared for rejection. Some webmasters may turn down
your request. If that’s the case, you may want to take
their link off your site.

- Examine the other sites link pages – are they indexed
and visited by the major search engines? If the site
doesn’t have good rankings it probably won’t do you any
good to link to them.

- When requesting a link exchange, consider the links that
are already displayed on the other site. They should be
relevant to your website. Also take the time to check and
make sure that the site doesn’t have a lot of broken links -
this will effect the way in which search engines spider the
site.

- Another thing to consider is how many links are
displayed on the page you were thinking about linking to.
It is a good idea not to link with a page has more than 30
to 40 links on it.

Be sure to follow the basic link exchange rules set in
place by the sites you want to  trade links with.

The site that you are exchanging links with should exist
in major search engines and have good traffic ranking.
Alexa.com is a great way to check out a site’s rankings and
traffic flow.

All and all, reciprocal linking can be a good, free way of
achieving high website ranking, but keep in mind that you
should periodically check the status of your links and site
rankings, so that you can get the most out of your efforts.

Make sure you look for your next lesson were we will be
talking about tools that you can use to monitor your
website.

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>>>>> Tell Us What You Think <<<<<
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This is your chance to speak out.

Comment on articles I’ve run in the newsletter, give me
your thoughts on changes or your ad testing results or
questions relating to your business, etc.

In other words, just talk to me about what you think I
need to do to improve the newsletter.

Be sure to include your website address too, because if
I use your comments in a future issue of the newsletter,
I’ll thank you by posting your address so that you can get
additional free traffic to your site!

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http://www.rossdalangin.com/helpdesk/

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>>>>> That’s a Wrap for this Week <<<<<
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That wraps up another week’s newsletter and I hope you
enjoyed this issue.

Don’t forget to send me any comments or questions you
may have. I would be only too happy to help you in any way
that I can.

From time to time I’ll send you important updates
that will provide information that has the potential to
greatly improve your online business… and of course
your profits!

However, you can rest assured that I will only ever
recommend products that are considered to be of HIGH value
and will provide indisputably benefits to help you grow
your business… that’s my promise!

Have a great week

Ross Dalangin

http://www.rossdalangin.com

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