How can you get someone you don’t know to pay attention to you? You can call them on the phone (if you can find their number) or even just email them. But what are the chances that they are going to they’re going to listen to you when:

a) they don’t know who you are
b) you want them to do something for you, yet you’ve never done anything for them

There is a much more effective and easier what to do it. Why not just send them a trackback?

Gina Gaudio-Garaves goes in detail about this technique in her article “How can you get someone important to notice you?“.

If you prefer video, check out Jack Humphrey’s How to do a trackback to get more links and traffic video.

- Aaron Anderson

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Yesterday I was reading JamesBrausch.com and I noticed he had a link to my site on his blog. James has a PR 5 website. I have a PR 0. James’s site has been online for 22 months. Mine only 1 day. James gets 206,350 monthly visits to his website. I haven’t had this site long enough to even know. So how in the world did I “convince” James to give me a link?

I must have called James on the phone and asked him to give me hand launching this site, right? Wrong.

I’ve never met James. And I’ve never even spoken with James. So how could I have done it?

Well I must at least have had his magical email address. Nope… Not yet anyway.

It’s actually much simpler than that. All I did was link to him.

Do you dread sitting down at your computer staring at a blank screen trying create content for you business? Ever wish their was an easier way?

Writing doesn’t have to be that difficult. All you have to do is separate your writing into two steps. It will make the whole process a lot quicker and more enjoyable.

First you write. Then you edit. No editing while you write.

It’s that simple. It sounds like it’s to easy to actually work, but it does.

Check out this article on How To Write More, Worry Less, And Create Great Content.

- Aaron Anderson

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If you want to have a successful online business you need to be controversial. Controversy does bring in the money. But only if you do it right!

If you are being controversial just for the sake of being controversial chances are you’re just being a jerk. Going around saying this sucks/that sucks/etc. with nothing to back it up is just going to turn people off.

On the other hand if you take a stand on an issue and you can back it up that’s a different issue. If you whole heartedly believe in what you are saying and you have reasons why, that’s being controversial. For more on this topic check out That’s Not Controversy…THIS Is Controversy.

- Aaron Anderson

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You only get one shot at picking a good domain name. If you mess it up it will cost you money. So how can you pick a good domain name every time?

Here are a few characteristics of good domains to get you started:

1. Short
2. Memorable
3. A .com extension

For more tips check out The 7 Characteristics of Good Domain Names.

- Aaron Anderson

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If you’ve been building an internet business for any amount of time you’ve probably heard about direct response marketing. But have you ever thought about direct response blogging?

That’s the question Snowboard John has raised. In his article “Why Direct Response Blogging Is The Answer” he discusses exactly how to implement direct response blogging. Here are a few short excerpts from his article…

Direct response marketers have learned through bitter experience that a person faced with more then one choice is likely to do NOTHING AT ALL.

Give them LESS to do. And ask them to do it at the point they are MOST LIKELY to do it.

If you’re serious about building an online business you must read this article.

- Aaron Anderson

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Recently I was reading an interesting article titled “Secrets of the A-Listers”. The article is about how the author, Lynn Terry, was able to increase her unique visitors by 50 percent almost instantly.

She found some research done by Tristan Louis that studied the frequency and length of posts done by the top five bloggers.

Lynn mentions that…

…the top five bloggers created an average of 30 entries per day, with each entry being under 150 words.

So she tested it out herself and found out that…

…blogging 4-6x/day (versus maybe 1 post/day) increased unique visitors by ~50% almost immediately.

Making 4-6 posts a day may sound a bit overwhelming. But if you take into consideration that the average entry size is under 150 words it’s not all that time consuming.

- Aaron Anderson

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Are you just starting a new blog? Are you having trouble finding readers?

Then Yaro Staraks “10 Techniques for Finding Blog Readers” is perfect for you.

There’s nothing new here. So you may want to pass on this one if you’re a more advanced blogger.

But it’s great for beginners trying to build some momentum.

- Aaron Anderson

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