Its Not The Domain Name Which Makes a Site Successful!

Its Not The Domain Name Which Makes a Site Successful!

May 14, 2010 in Business, Domain Names by Olgi Zenullari

I’ve been reading lately in different forums many controversial replies to a question like “What domain names would you register if you were back in 1990″. I don’t expect everyone to be a domainer and know the value of a domain name however many (if not all) of the replies were either Google.com , Yahoo.com , Facebook.com or even Twitter.com

In this article I would like to emphasize the fact that successful entrepreneurs build successful sites, despite the domain name used. It is true that a premium domain name which contains your main keyword would only bring positive impact on your rankings however with the actual social media buzz its not a big factor. Have a look at the following domain names and tell me what you see?

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The Apple iPad Giveaway Trend

The Apple iPad Giveaway Trend

May 2, 2010 in General by Olgi Zenullari

As for almost all the previous Apple products, even for Apple iPad there has been a massive demand. Most of the top bloggers and affiliate marketers are using this method to get more traffic to their sites which would convert in more sales or earnings for them

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How a Public Site Sale Can Harm Your Reputation

How a Public Site Sale Can Harm Your Reputation

April 30, 2010 in Business by Olgi Zenullari

I’ve seen different big sites or communities that announce it in public when their site is for sale. They even add some big texts on the header of their website to attract as many visitors as possible to their auction page or to their announcement
In this article I will speak briefly how a public sale could most probably harm your reputation and make your loyal members feel disappointed

How a Public Site Sale Can Come Back As a Boomerang?

This happens especially in communities where the role of an admin (or site owner) is crucial. If you are going to sell any site you better do it as privately as possible (learn from the bigs, most of the Fortune 500 companies hire brokers to acquire other companies / businesses secretly). In a huge forum (let’s say a get paid forum) your members would feel really anxious for the future of the community, not because they love you but because they might not feel safe anymore (payments missing, site disappears etc)

Its a simple logic, in a money making site where the owner of the forum pays every member for each post, to sell the site publicly is a suicide, tons of emails , private messages and other ways of contacting until they get their hard earned cash. If you are the owner and you are actually selling a money making community, means you are either not making money or tired of that job, in both the cases you will harm your reputation and if you will ever want to re-open a similar forum you won’t have the same success

The Advantages of Public Sales

Public sales have a lot of advantages as well and one of the most important ones is without doubt, traffic! If you list your website on the top webmaster forums (at the proper buy / sell section) you are going to get a lot of traffic because people in nature are curious to see what you are selling (so they can see how you are generating profit but thats another case). Some times people post fake sale announcements just to get traffic and at the end they keep the site themselves (this is most probably the “fake it till you make it”

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Vir.AL – Mass URL Shortener

Vir.AL – Mass URL Shortener

April 14, 2010 in Social Media by Olgi Zenullari

To tell the truth I haven’t seen any other sites which offer the same service as Vir.AL, which basically is a mass url shortener. There have been various talks on different forum’s and I quite like it (and no its not because it’s mine :P )

The Story Behind Vir.AL

At the beginning me and my partner had other plans for the sweet and *viral* domain name but due to time lack I decided to launch vir.al as it is today, a mass url shortener. The idea came while I was creating manually short urls for one of my affiliate campaigns and since the domain was empty, I thought of creating it (thanks to my designer Gëzim & programmer Joni)

Vir.AL Features

There are no features at all, you just add your long and ugly URL and it automatically shortens it to 4-5 different url shortening service sites such as:

  • Bit.ly
  • Cli.gs
  • Is.gd
  • Migre.me (Spanish audience)
  • Goo.gl (at the moment they are out of service)

The Purpose of Vir.AL

Well, let’s suppose you want to track how many clicks you have got from various traffic mediums and you want to use:

  1. From Your Website – Cli.gs
  2. From Your Mailing List – Is.gd
  3. From Twitter – Bit.ly

So in this case you can keep track of what is performing better, personally I’ve found it quite helpful and I’m thinking of some major updates coming soon (maybe in May or June)

What are your thoughts on Vir.AL?

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ReadBud – Get Paid To Read Articles

ReadBud – Get Paid To Read Articles

April 12, 2010 in Make Money by Olgi Zenullari

There are many people who are struggling in making money online so I would like to introduce you quite a nice program where you will be able to earn money for every single article you read and rate.

ReadBud is a website where you can get paid for every article you read and rate. The concept is quite simple, you register, you choose your topics of interest (maximum you can choose are 50 topics) and then you go straight ahead on reading and rating the articles

How Much Can I earn ?

Your earnings are based on the topics you have chosen and how many articles are in those niches you have selected. Plus you get paid based on the length of an article, if an article is under 100 words you get 1 cent. Check below for the complete payment structure:

What payment method do they use?

You get paid when you reach $50 and you get the money straight to your PayPal account. They might soon add other payment processors though however PayPal is the only possible way of earning with ReadBud right now

ReadBud Affiliate Program

As every other company out there, ReadBud offers an affiliate program where you get paid $5 for every member that reaches and gets paid $50.  Since this is a new program you could easily get many referrals and maximize your earning potentials with ReadBud

Conclusion

I’m a full time affiliate marketer and I don’t have time reading articles and getting cents however this site was introduced to me from a friend of mine and its a great method for all the beginners out there to make money online. You could possibly make $50-$100 per month so its an extra revenue stream which you could use for bills or for domain registrations

readbud - get paid to read and rate articles

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DIYSEO – Do It Yourself Seo Complete Review

DIYSEO – Do It Yourself Seo Complete Review

April 9, 2010 in SEO by Olgi Zenullari

I’ve been hearing many good things about the latest seo software which is called DIYSEO (Do It Yourself Seo). It basically targets small businesses but such a service would come in handy to even more experienced search engine marketers. The following article is my review based on my personal experience

Free Trail Offer

They are offering a seven days free trial offer where you get full access to all the features so you can test every single option. The monthly cost after 7 days is only $49. So you don’t have to lose anything at all, hence click HERE to register now for FREE

Adding Your Site , Keywords & Competitors

The very first thing you have to do is to enter your website, some details about it, your main keywords and also some of your competitors (usually the ones who rank higher than you)

After you add the above required details you graduate (Seo Kindergarden) and now you can check your backlinks, your keyword ranking and other important details

My Dashboard on DIYSEO

Seo Grade School – Link Building

The very next step on DIYSEO is creating backlinks and they guide you where and how to build links for more link juice. So far everything is quite cool and I really like the features provided by DIYSEO!

The above screenshot shows the off-page seo suggestions, there is also an on-page optimization process which looks as in the image below: Basically it checks your website whether it contains the keyword you already added on step 1 in <title></title> and then it suggest on which social bookmarking sites to create accounts and to add your content

Completing Tasks

DIYSEO gives tasks to you and on your dashboard it shows the percentage of tasks completed, how many tasks are left and stuff like that. Most of the tasks consist on link building, on page optimization and other seo related tasks

Conclusion

For the ridiculous amount of $49, DIYSEO offers really a lot of information to newcomers or small businesses which want to have their presence online. Everything is well written, there are even how to videos which show you step by step instructions on how to complete a task.  Maybe you might have a different opinion from me, thats why I strongly recommend you to try their service out for 7 days (FREE OF CHARGE). There is also a forum where you can read and share your knowledge with other successful marketers

DIYSEO - SEO For Your Small Business - Try It FREE Now!

And to complete my DIYSEO review, here is my SEO certificate which clearly states I’ve finished their college successfully. Anyone looking for a seo professional? Just contact me (j/k)

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