February 21, 2010
Things To Be Bewared Of When Using PLR Articles
Private Label rights or PLR is a jargon used to describe articles that can be bought for as less as 15 to 20 cents each. With these PLR articles, you can make your site more useful and interesting for the visitors to stay on your site. In other words, PLR articles are articles you can buy, which usually sold in packages or as part of a membership, then edit and use as you wish. The biggest advantage of using PLR articles is you do not need to link back to someone’s website whereas using free reprint articles require you to link back to their website.
Use the same content more often. When you purchase PLR articles you aren’t limited to simply placing them on your website. You can do so much more with PLR articles to increase your profits. You can create a newsletter, ebook or mini-ecourse by using several articles. Another alternative is to take a single article, break it up into different sections, and place blurbs on your website. Remember, always think outside the box! This will produce better results than sticking to the conventional methods of utilizing PLR articles.
If possible, always change the article in wording without losing the meaning, especially if you decide to submit them to article directories. The percentage that you alter the article depends on what you prepare to do with it. For instance, if you are going to place the article on your website, you can get away with changing anywhere from 25% - 50% of it. However, if you are going to submit content to an article directory, it needs to be completely rewritten as your submitted article will be manually reviewed by human.
If you do not know how to rewrite an article, you can always hire rewriters. The cost is about 3-5 dollars per article. It is very possible to hire a rewriter for a lower enough price that you still get a substantial savings on the PLR article pack.
Another alternative is to simply gather together some PLR articles that have the same subject, and then make them into a mini e-course which can be used to gather opt-in by turning it into a PDF file and giving it away to your website visitors.
You may worry that these articles may be used multiple times by several others too. However, the advantage is that these articles can be rewritten or changed slightly to go well with your selected topicsubject, keyword densities, and then published as original content. Remember, all rights pertaining to these articles are given away to you and you can alter them as you wish. The membership to these PLR article sites is limited because of the fact that not many people can be given access to the same articles.
It’s very common for PLR users to use articles on more than one site. An example: to buy PLR articles that cost $100 per month, $100 a month spread between four to six sites comes to only $1200 a year, which is an excellent business investment compared to the cost of hiring your own writer, which usually cost $10 to $50 per article. When buying PLR articles, always remember to take the time to check the content quality and only stay with the one that believe in quality control. Well-written, carefully-edited PLR articles are usually well worth the monthly fee.
Filed under Beyond Random Ramblings by Arjuna
February 14, 2010
Automatically Increase Conversion Rates
If you need to increase website conversion rates then you ought to begin testing different copy because your page copy will have the biggest impact on your overall profits. Powerful, focused copywriting that positively promotes your products or services clearly and tackles all the classic objections will beat badly written, slack, unfocused and badly presented copy.
However the process of copy testing is not quite as simple as it ought to be. And this is a barrier to implementation. Ask virtually any internet marketer about the value of good copywriting and they’ll tell you it is absolutely key. But few of these people actually actually get round to doing it.
Why so?
Simply because it is hard. However, there’s some new technology about now called Evolving HTML which does copy testing for you automatically. Better than that, it reacts to the results of tests in such a way that your website gets better and better at converting as time progresses. The way that evolving, or Darwinian HTML, works is via a clever feedback mechanism. Every time some copy is displayed it either generates a conversion or it doesn’t. If you get a conversion, then the copy that was displayed is given a vote of confidence. Conversely, if copy fails to get a conversion it gets a negative mark.
Over time some copy will clearly outperform other copy and a feedback system ensures that, as data comes in, the most effective copy gets displayed more frequently which results in your HTML evolving to become fitter as a conversion engine.
The commercial value of increasing web conversion rates is massive and you can actually find a short training course about it on the website ReallySimpleTesting.com. Personally I think that one of the most intriguing things you can learn on that site is how small changes in website conversion rates at various stages in the purchase funnel can make a massive difference to the amount of money you make.
Filed under Beyond Random Ramblings by Arjuna
November 29, 2009
Tips to Build Profits
It doesn’t matter what the majority of people think, corporate team building truly does work. Even if it sounds quite cliche, and maybe even a bit corny, it does work. It is not by accident that lots of the finest companies in the world employ these useful techniques and strategies.
The team building concept is not generally easy for people to adapt to. You can expect that there will be communication challenges and personality conflicts. But once the team learns how to swiftly and efficiently manage these predictable clashes and challenges, productivity and creativeness can skyrocket.
One of the key elements of team building is trust. Without it, a team will struggle in a big way. Effective communication skills and techniques are also critical in a team setting.
For example. Let’s say you have a team that is responsible for improving sales and sales production for a sales department. If someone suggests that a good method to improve sales and sales production is to purchase and invest in auto dialing software, the idea and suggestion may not readily be accepted by the team without trust being in place with the other team members. And thus a possible great idea might end up falling by the wayside.
There are lots of companies and consultants available these days to help coach, implement and monitor corporate team building strategies and techniques. A bit of online searching should help you find whatever amount of assistance your company may require. Whether your team travels to a team building event or seminar, or whether you pay to have someone come to your town for in-house coaching, learning effective team building skills will be money well spent.
To learn more about increasing sales and profits by using auto dialing software, go to www.AutoDialingSoftware.net
Filed under Beyond Random Ramblings by Arjuna