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21. Access websites that can help you determine your performance.

There are certain web pages today, which can help you check the current performance of your site. The data that you can derive from them would include your site’s search engine ranking, general popularity, and incoming links. Access such sites on a regular basis, so that you can see where you stand.

22. Take note of Keyword Stuffing.

Although using of keywords is one of the ways to promote your site, you should be careful in not overdoing it. If there are too many references to the keywords that you are using for your web page, it is usually called Keyword Stuffing. When this happens, search engines, especially Google, may see your web page as a spam site, which is not good.

23. The importance of topping the SERP.

Search Engines Results Page or SERP refers simply to the results that one would see when he makes a quick search about a certain keyword phrase. You want to make sure that your site ranks good in SERP. This is because, if it does, then people would be able to see it easier and faster.

24. Take advantage of organic traffic.

Organic traffic is free, which is why it is best if you focus on attaining it for your web page. Organic traffic can be obtained if you are able to take the right steps in applying SEO. Aside from that, you can also achieve it if your site has good content. Thus, focus on this technique, since it can make your site gain more traffic through search engines.

25. Having a site that provides easy navigation.

Establishing a web page that one can easily navigate does not only benefit people that would be visiting it. It can also benefit you, as the website owner, since it can actually make your site gain more traffic. The easier it is for humans to navigate, the easier it is as well for search engines to index and explore.

26. Generating site maps.

Having a site map for your web page is very important. Aside from helping people in conveniently navigating through it, it can also make it easier for search engines to index it. Generate your site map with the use of an automatic tool, so that you can also update it easily.

27. Become more familiar of On Page SEO.

On Page SEO simply refers to the things that you can do, in order to optimize your web portal for Search Engine Optimization. Since it is “On Page”, it means the techniques you can apply directly to your site, in order to improve its performance. This usually is easier to do, compare to the Off Page SEO, which involves blogging, back-linking, and social web portal marketing.

28. Minimize broken links.

Broken links are not good to have on your site, since they can cause missing images, and such. Keep in mind that not only people dislike them, but also various search engines. Therefore, if your site has lots of it, then it may not rank good in them. To avoid this, make use of link-checker sites or tools, so that you would know whether your site has them.

29. Write articles to other online marketing websites.

Writing articles and submitting them to other online marketing sites can help not just the sites you are submitting it to, but also to you. This is because, when people want to acquire more information about the topic you are writing about, they may start to do their research about where they can find more articles you have submitted. Once they know that such articles came from you, and then they would begin to visit your site.

30. Participate in blog discussions.

If you find blog threads or discussions that are related to your site’s content, then you should participate in them. When you do that, you are actually making more people aware about your expertise in your chosen field. Once people begin to look up to you, they may ask you certain questions about it, which gives you an opportunity to direct them towards your website.

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There are several lists with “ways to make money with a website” on the Internet, but none of them seem to be complete. That is why I decided to create this one. If you know a method that is not listed below, just let us know and we’ll update it.

Notice that ways to make money with a website are different from ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se.

For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.

The list is divided into direct and indirect methods, and examples and links are provided for each point. Enjoy!

1. PPC Advertising Networks

Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.

The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).

The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors were already looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.

2. CPM Advertising Networks

CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.

A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.

CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.

You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).

3. Direct Banner Advertising

Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.

The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.

4. Text Link Ads

After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.

Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.

The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.

5. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.

Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.

In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like dreamhost and SEObook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.

6. Monetization Widgets

The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet leverage affiliate links.

Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.

List of companies that provide monetization widgets:

7. Sponsored Reviews

PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.

Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.

If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.

8. RSS Feed Ads

With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.

Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.

Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.

Indirect Methods

22. Selling an Ebook

Perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies on the web, using a website to promote a related ebook is a very efficient way to generate revenue.

You could either structure the website around the book itself, likeSEOBook.com, or launch the ebook based on the success of the website, like FreelanceSwitch did we the book How to be a Rockstar Freelancer.

Ways to start your day right revealed

Several people consider waking up early in the morning as a burden. Some might say, "hey, another busy day ahead...and I really don't like it!"

Mornings bring you back to reality after a very long and beautiful dream. It's a great reminder for everyone of us that life is moving on and we are given a chance to do what is right. You must feel refreshed and develop positive vibes throughout your day. So here are some tips you can surely apply into your routine without much effort. You better try it tomorrow and see better results in your life.

1. Stretch your extremities

Just for 15-20 seconds every morning, try this before you open your eyes. Start with your arms and stretch your fingers, then your hand and your wrist. Also include your toes, ankles, feet and legs. End it with a back stretch that lets you get up from bed. I am sure you'll like it.

Congratulations, you have exercised your muscles and limbered those joints. You have just improved the flow of blood through your body. It would mean that oxygen is properly provided to the tissues in your body.

2. Brush your mouth for a fresh breath

Brushing after getting up from bed is the best way to get rid yourself of morning breath and face your day with freshness. Bacterias are present in your mouth every night and I'm sure that there will be thousands of them present after 8 hours. These bacterias are the reason for bad breath and other dental problems. Stay away from these problems, keep that healthy habit every morning. Brush your teeth and tongue at every start of the day. Well, you can always use mouth wash if you want, but proper brushing is highly recommended.

3. Check your calendar!

Use a big calendar and place it in a prominent place in the house. On it, you can directly write everything you need to know for that day- from corporate meetings, party to friendly getaway and even your romantic date. These are the things you do not want to miss about.

I have a good suggestion, why not check your calendar every morning while you sip your coffee? You are not only reminded of the important events on that day but you are also reducing the stress of forgetting something important.

4. Refuel yourself: Drink a glass of water

You've been sleeping for 6-8 hrs. You've been fasting all night long, so you wake up each morning dehydrated. Being dehydrated is not good to your body. So replenish those fluids now to keep yourself hydrated and refreshed.

5. Getting positive energies

Remember about the law of attraction? Thinking of positive ideas is really helpful for you, it attracts high positivity. You will be at ease, secured and more confident in facing the challenges that you might encounter. Feeling good starts in the mind, so learn to play a trick on it.

6. Be inspired

Make a list of people whom you dedicate your life, work or any other activities that you do. Having an inspiration is a big factor on how you handle different tasks.

7. Give them kisses and hugs

This part should not be taken for granted since it is a better way of setting up a good mood throughout the day. It is very nice to show your love to all the people in your house (including your cats and dogs). Being with the ones you love soothes stress and provides a positive start to your day. Kisses and hugs will show your love to them and this would mean spreading good mood to every person in your house.

You have read those simple tips for morning. Now is the time to start your day right. You will be surprised of the good things it will bring in the long run.

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Engaged Workforce:

How Employee Engagement Supports Company Innovation

Behavior #1 - Know Yourself

Know yourself – perhaps the most important principle of self-direction. An injunction as old as time but as fresh today as four hundred years ago, Shakespeare wrote: "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."

At the heart of self-direction lies self-awareness. There are a number of ways that we increase our self-awareness. We can reflect upon our successes and failures and come to understand more clearly our strengths and weaknesses. We are able to explore personal and professional relationships and eventually learn which are productive for us and which aren’t. We might respond to questionnaires hoping to receive some systematic information about our self-perceptions. All of these approaches are valid and can be highly productive. However, it’s also important to consider other peoples' perception of us.

One of the most powerful ways of increasing our understanding of ourselves is, in fact, to find out how others see us. Although from time to time others may give us feedback on how they think and feel about us, they seldom provide that feedback in an effective way designed to change behavior.

Behavior #2 - Do Meaningful Work

Most of us spend more of our adult lives working than we do engaging in any other single waking activity. We spend more time working than we do with our family and friends. We spend more time at work than we do in all of our eating and recreational time put together. Yet study after study shows that significant numbers of people don’t like (and some even hate) their jobs and, if given the chance, would choose some other career path.

Years ago, most work was boring, repetitious, and sometimes even brutal, so a negative attitude toward work was certainly understandable. And of course, plenty of such jobs are still around. But in today’s business world, this method of job creation is no longer appropriate. Work has become an increasingly important vehicle for self-pride and fulfillment.

Still even today there are far too many men and women who have failed or refused to follow the path toward professional purpose and productivity, what Joseph Campbell refers to in his works as "bliss." The closer the match between the employee as a person and the interpersonal demands placed on them by their work, the more they will find work to be a source of meaning and significance. To do meaningful work, there must be a connection between the person and the job.

Behavior #3 - Be Part of the Solution

Successful problem solving is essential to successful self-direction. Problem solving is best understood as the process of changing the way things are now to the way we would like them to be. Since successful self-direction requires us to live up to our full human potential, at its heart lies the process of changing the way we are now to the way we would like to be. This allows employees to become fully engaged in their personal and professional lives.

There was a time when most people weren’t expected to be problem solvers; instead they were expected to turn to an external authority for a problem's solution: a boss or an expert; to tradition, the rules, or even "the way we’ve always done stuff around here."

Business demands require that we solve problems on our own. While not denying the value and importance of external expertise, successful organizations will try to transfer that expertise to the individual employee through extensive training, and then expect that employee to be self-directing and become part of the solution.

Behavior #4 - Manage Conflict Productively

Conflicts, like problems, are a fact of life. Sometimes we find ourselves in conflict with others because we disagree about:

• A situation–our perceptions about the way the world "really" is.

• The target–what we feel the world "should" look like. Or,

• A proposal–the "best" approach to get from here to there.

We sometimes find ourselves experiencing so-called "personality conflicts," often disagreeing with, not understanding, or just plain not liking certain other people in our lives. It could be a co-worker, a vendor, or even a supervisor.

Again, years ago, we could often look to an external authority figure to resolve our conflicts. There was always a boss, an expert, even a friend or family member more than willing to tell us what to do. Today however, we are increasingly expected to manage our own conflicts without the option of including such authority figures.

By being aware of the possibility of apparent conflict, we can focus our problem-solving efforts on the area where real conflict exists. Real conflict means that disagreement does exist about what the situation is, what the solution ought to look like, or what action should be taken to resolve the problem. In the case of real conflict, self-directed employees can utilize the problem-solving models to gain some direction in resolving conflict.

Behavior #5 - Learn How to Learn

Self-direction begins with self-awareness. That self-awareness is followed by a set of specific skills: job skills, problem-solving skills, or conflict management skills. A very strong case, however, could be made that the most important self-direction behavior is the skill of learning how to learn. The accomplishment of that skill may well make all the others possible.

We are faced with the challenge of learning almost daily. Knowledge is doubling exponentially and, as the world becomes more technologically connected, the possibilities of new learning will increase tremendously.

We can no longer afford to muddle through on our way to new knowledge and new skills. Or rely on others to tell us what we need to know and when we need to know it. Once employees understand how to become effective learners, they can increase their skill and comfort in those areas they enjoy and find alternatives when presented with learning activities that aren’t favorites.

Behavior #6 - Manage to Change

The answer to this behavior lies in the concluding statement of John C. Cavanaugh's research into the nature and causes of adult change: "Adults appear to remain the same unless they perceive a need to change." That's the reason why significant life experiences cause us to change; they create, sometimes quite painfully, an awareness of the need to change.

Self-direction creates an awareness of the need for, or possibility of, change. Employees are able to look at themselves and begin identifying the changes they might wish to consider making in such areas as work, problem-solving, conflict management, and learning.

As we manage to change by learning to use the behaviors associated with our preferred ways of thinking and acting, we will find ourselves feeling frustrated less frequently. At the same time, we accomplish the objectives of productivity and meaning associated with our preferred skill and sensitivities. In Erich Fromm's terms, you will come to make fuller and fuller use of your personal and professional powers. You will come to more fully realize your inherent potential.

In Summary

The greatest challenge of the future is social, not technological. In the excitement generated by the latest technological marvels, from fiber optics to the Internet, to new drugs and medical breakthroughs, we tend to forget that our major problems are people problems.

It’s almost a cliché to say that technology has outstripped our ability to manage it, but it’s our willingness as a society and as human beings to manage technology that will largely determine the quality of our business and economic innovations.

Additionally, if the challenge of the future is social, it’s also personal. The social transformation needed to solve the problems of today and tomorrow is, at its heart, a personal transformation. As we change ourselves, we in fact change our businesses and our world.

In order to direct the incredible innovations, ideas, and challenges of our world, we must first direct ourselves. The organizations in which we live and work are becoming radically different from the way they were in more stable and secure times. To survive and thrive in those organizations requires some fundamentally new behaviors on our part.

We hope this whitepaper has prompted ideas and insights leading your organization toward creating the open and self-directed workforce that will help your business reach its operational goals.

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1. Forget the fads: Like diets, exercise fads come and go. When you think about a new workout, ask yourself: Is this something I really enjoy doing?

2. Be realistic: Any activity has to fit into your schedule and lifestyle. If you don’t belong to a gym or if you hate running, it’s time to look for some new activities.

3. Make a commitment: Write down some important reasons for being more active.

Share a written or verbal promise to be more physically active with your friends or family.

4. Start slow: Making drastic changes can be a recipe for failure. Small changes can make a big difference, if they last. Pick one change, like walking more, and make it a habit.

5. Be consistent: The human body responds well to consistency. For example, if you decide to walk more, make walking part of your daily routine – rather than an occasional activity.

6. Stick with it: Research suggests that it takes about 21 days for a behavior to become habit. If you want to start walking more, make a plan to walk 30 minutes a day for 21 days!

7. Be flexible: Life is full of surprises and some times plans need to change. If you can’t get out in the morning, fit a 30-minute walk into a lunch break or go out after dinner.

8. Be creative: Make a list of all the possible ways to fit a 30-minute walk into your life – like walking a dog, walking with a friend, walking to the store, or walking around the mall.

9. Make a list of options: It’s always good to have options, like indoor ideas when it’s cold. Make a list of all the ways you like to move, so you’ll always have a fun option.

10. Plan for activity: There is always too much to do in our busy lives. Make room for fitness in yours by putting activity on your schedule.

11. Forgive yourself: If you miss a day of activity, it’s no big deal. Just put on your shoes and get your walk in today! The goal is at least 30 minutes of activity, at least 5 days a week.

12. Congratulate yourself: Becoming more active can be tough. Just think how long you’ve been sitting around. Give yourself a big pat on the back for any increases in physical activity.

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