Web Design Discussion

What is a landing page
How to create a landing page
How to drive traffic to your landing page

Most online marketers will say “the money is in the list.” One of the best ways to build a large list of contacts is to create a landing page. With a large list you can continue to offer products to them to make money quickly and easily. For example if you created list of 3000 contacts and only 300 of them bought a product for $100.00 you’d make $3000.00 from one email.

What is a landing page?

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Does your mind draw a blank when you sit down to write an article?
Do you often stare at a blank computer screen?
How do you constantly generate new article ideas?

Writer’s block is when no ideas come to your mind when writing an article. You know you must write an article if you want to continue to generate traffic to your website but you keep staring at a blank computer screen. It gobbles up your time and gets you frustrated. Even good writers experience this phenomenon.

How to generate a constant flow of ideas for article writing success

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If you get a ton of traffic to your website but it doesn’t convert into buyers then you are doing yourself a disservice. It’s like throwing mud at a wall hoping some of it will stick. If you want to increase the conversion rates of your web pages you need to test the main elements on the page. By testing and improving each element you will raise the conversion rate and make more sales.

The Top 10 Things To Test On Your Site To Improve Conversion Ratios
by Justin Handley

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Writing and syndicating articles on a consistent basis takes time and commitment. Most website owners view content development as a way to increase search engine rankings but may not think how their articles can make money.

Let’s look at some of the ways your articles can make money

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Many folks give up writing articles because they end up staring at a blank screen and have no idea what to write about. They may spend the whole day trying to complete their first article and have no time left for other tasks. This can be a very frustrating experience and is the reason why many online marketers don’t use article marketing to promote their businesses.

Writing and submitting articles to online publications is a great way to increase traffic because it provides valuable unique content, boosts link popularity and increases search engine rankings. If you can write and publish articles on a regular basis it will generate a consistent stream of traffic to your website.

How to write articles when you’re busy

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Do you often get stuck for article ideas?
Do you need a template to create an article…fast?
Do you know any myths related to your niche?

The key to successful article marketing is to write and publish lots of content consistently. As your content gets distributed around the Net more eyeballs will see it and be drawn to your website. One of the greatest problems writers face is coming up with new ideas to write about. A great solution to this problem is to use a myth-busting template.

How to create a myth-busting article

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Can you test your website on another server without changing the DNS (domain name servers)?
Can you test your website by creating a fake DNS IP?

Recently a client asked if I could move his website to my servers to test if all the files (databases, scripts, contact forms) would function correctly before changing the DNS for his domain.

Explanation of hosts file

According to Wikipedia “The hosts file is a computer file used in an operating system to map hostnames to IP addresses….the hosts file is a plain-text file and is traditionally named hosts.”

How to find the hosts file on your computer

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Recently I was asked by a client to create framed pages within his website. I’m not a fan of frames because search engines don’t index them however I believe in giving the customer what they want to make them happy (even after pointing out the pros and cons of using framed web pages).

What is an iframe?

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How do your competitors achieve high rankings?
How many incoming links do your competitors have?
What types of backlinks do they have?
How can you get the same backlinks to your own site?

Creating a website for your online business is useless if no one sees it. You need to constantly drive traffic to it so visitors can read the valuable information you have to offer. One of the greatest problems new and old website owners face every day is how to generate web site traffic. Building incoming links to your website is a strategy that must be done consistently and frequently for your website to be recognized by the search engines. The quality, quantity and age of the links affect how high your rankings will go..

How to analyze links from competing websites

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Link building is one of the most effective methods for increasing the ranking of your website in the search engines. The quality and quantity of links pointing to your site determine how well your site will rank. The problem is many site owners expect to see immediate results. They think if they get 100 backlinks their site will immediately rank on the first page of the search engines within a few weeks.

Why link building takes time to increase search engine rankings

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