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Have you guys ever heard the saying “Catch A Thief Red Handed”? What exactly does that mean, how can it relate to blogging? Well.. Who knows… But I do have some interesting stuff to teach you today so stop reading this intro and get into the good stuff!

Today I want to talk about one great way to get more readers for your blog. I just recently re-did my subscribe section. It now draws a lot of attention and that’s a good thing. However I am also offering a ebook to everyone that signs up to my rss.

This is one of the ways I have gained nearly 50 new subscribers in just a few short days. People are always looking for what they get out of something.

I am still learning how this all works myself but from what I have seen giving away something gets people to subscribe more. You can give away anything really, ebooks, products, services, trades, really whatever you can think of.

However here is where most people mess up with this technique. They believe if they put up a free ebook they will instantly grab attention and get people to subscribe. While that is a great thought it doesn’t have anything to back it up.

Remember, even if you stick the ebook subscription up you still won’t get any subs, why? Because people still don’t know about your blog. This brings me to my next point, when you are going to give something to your readers make sure its useful.

I have seen many blogs give away trash ebooks to those that subscribe. Remember it only takes 1 bad apple to spoil the whole bunch! Make sure the thing your giving away has some value to it, if you can give them something they need and something they know other people need they will tell others about it and bamb you just started a chain re-action of signups.

Didn’t you always wonder why every top blogger gives away a free ebook to people who sign up? Its to keep them growing, if growth halts there is a problem. The internet grows constantly so why shouldn’t your blog and website?

Tags: seo, seo, seo blog

Thats right, I lost this RSS Contest with Joe!

Its the first contest ive actually lost but its ok!

Here is my video, spread it around guys!

Tags: seo, learn, seo

So in the past I have talked about how important social bookmarking can be to your blog for traffic and also getting ranked on the search engines fast.

Well today I want to list my top 5 social websites that I like on the net. Granted these are not all the biggest but I love them because they work and don’t have a ton of spam in them which devalues each submission!

Here we go….

Digg.com - Although your not supposed to submit your own site the Digg people do it anyhow. However if you can get your readers to submit your posts to Digg regularly your well on your way to massive traffic and visitors that will signup!

Blurpalicious.com - My buddy owns this one and at PR4 its a great way to get power from the search engines! Try it out and see your site get indexed in about 1 hr from this social site!

Propeller - This is one of my favorites because its PR7 and I have gotten sites to pr5 and even a pr6 using this one site alone! Its all about how you and when you hit this one to get page rank benefits!

StumbleUpon - When it comes to getting traffic from a younger generation community you really cannot get any better then StumbleUpon!

YouTube - Although this is a video site its one of the easiest ways to get traffic from people because everyone loves videos! Try it out and see for yourself!

Here is a small video to seal the deal on this post! Be sure to comment!

Tags: making money online, seo, blog

I don’t generally talk about CPA networks but I got offered the chance to checkout the Clickbooth Blog. As you know from posts I have done in the past its important to find unique ways to allow adverts on your posts. Today I wanted to discuss how if I was going to run a CPA network on my blog how I would go about showing it on my blog.

As you know I often add pictures into my posts hoping that it will catch readers attention and encourage them to read the post more! To my surprise it actually did work so I continued on, I believe it works because its natural for the human eyes and brain to see colors and shapes so it instantly goes to whatever is on the screen.

My idea would be to put the CPA ads within the actual post content instead of on the sidebar like a lot of blogs do. What do you think of this idea? I have seen some blogs do it but not really with a CPA ad mainly just 250 x 250 banners.

I would love to hear your thoughts and you can comment below about it and also about the awesome Clickbooth Blog be sure to check it out as its a great help for advertisers and publishers!

Tags: work from home, blog, blogging

Lets face it, we all want to get readers, keep readers and of course make money online from our readers!

However I see some key elements many bloggers are missing for them to accomplish all three goals. Some of you are doing great while others are barely sneaking through.

Today I want to share with you some of my secrets to getting readers, keeping them and of course making money off of them!

Once you know these secrets and understand how important it is to carry each one out you should have no problem building a blog, website or business into a money maker.

Just remember that money comes last so make sure you lay down the ground work or road to money making success first!

As you can see I have found this awesome Coyote image from Cartoon Network! He was always getting blown up in the cartoon so it seemed to make sense that I use him at some time on my blog!

Anyways, back on topic…

1. First I want to ask you to do something with me, load up your blog in a new browser window. When you do, what is it that you see? Do you see anything that will make readers or people want to come back? Don’t just say Yes! Really think about this one, its the key to everything online.

If you don’t have something to snag the readers attention and draw them in, how can you expect them to ever come back? The main element for any business or website is offering something that people want but can’t get anywhere. If you offer it to them you get the business, plain and simple!

2. Secondly we have all heard that great content is the key to getting traffic and in turn that generates sales. While this is generally true to some degree the one thing people seem to miss entirely is the fact that return customers are more likely to buy more the second time then they did the first time.

Why is that? They have come to trust your website and believe you can satisfiy them a second time.

Never forget that although new traffic is great, the key to business is return traffic. If you can get one person to come back to your site every day for a full year thats an extra 30 visits per month from a visitor that is willing to buy and buy and buy again!

3. Thirdly its probably best to do a test run on your blog / site before going live with any new features or a new blog all together. There is nothing more frustrating then a visitor who has checked out your blog, likes it and wants to subscribe but can’t because your subscribe section is not functioning correctly.

I find it best to do a test-run before going live with anything whether its a new product, new website design etc. It doesn’t matter what it is, if you can test it before the public does, you should!

With that said I believe you all can make money from your sites and blogs. I hope that this post has proved useful to someone, it has been on my mind to write this post and I never got around to it! Remember to comment below and let me know what you think so we can continue to grow this Infected By Bugs blog community!

Tags: seo, html, blogging