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Posted on April 11, 2011 - by Kelly Verge
High-Commision Items on Amazon
I’ve been testing sending the traffic from a couple of product-related niche sites to Amazon. I’ve had good luck with a low-traffic, high-dollar item, so I did a little searching to find more.
The widget below shows quite a few items that turned up in my search, but they are nothing that I plan on using. Feel free to use them to find ways to pull in some $400+ commissions, too.
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Posted on July 7, 2010 - by Kelly Verge
WP Syndicator – Great Product, Great Price, Great Cause
Recently Andy Fletcher asked me to test a new product that he’s created. It’s called WP Syndicator, and it’s a plugin that syndicates your posts across 15 different web 2.0 properties. But that’s not all…
Andy is donating 100% of the sale of this plugin to Asthma research.
Even better, he’s offering WP Syndicator for $10 from now through July 19th! He’s running this insane sale because he’s trying to reach $10,000 by the 19th.
OK, enough about the cause and the deal. Here are the details on the plugin:
WP Syndicator
The WP Syndicator plugin was created to very nearly automatically syndicate your Wordpress posts across 15 top Web 2.0 properties. What this means is that when you create a new post (or edit an old post) there’s an option to “syndicate” the post. When you click on that link, a snippet of your article will be posted to all 15 properties (or a subset of these if you choose). At the bottom of each snippet is a “Read more…” link back to your article/blog.
The good:
- First, each time you syndicate a post, that post gets 15 backlinks. Some are no-follow, but in the scheme of things, that’s of minimal importance.
- Next, many of these properties will bring in a certain amount of exposure in addition to the backlink. This means that they have the potential to bring in some traffic on their own. When this happens, the visitor is interested in the snipet, he clicks the “read more” link, then he sees the entire article on your blog. It’s a very normal user experience, so your visitors are happy.
- The plugin takes very little effort. Once you set up accounts at each of the properties (15 minutes if you’re SLOW), you simply click the syndicate link when you want to syndicate the article.
- The length of the snippet is configurable. If you want a longer/shorter snippet, just enter the number of characters in an option box.
- The plugin strips out all html formatting. I think this is good since I tend to place an image and an affiliate link near the tops of my posts. If my Blogger or Wordpress snippets contained an affiliate link, they wouldn’t stay up long.
- Again, you can choose which properties to sign up for and even which of those you wish to syndicate to for each of your posts.
- All of this is done through the properties’ API’s, so there is no captcha nor are they as likely to change/break as frequently as those programs that are trying to do underhanded things. Andy says that he’ll keep the software updated if things stop working.
- For the few properties that have odd requirements, Andy has linked to detailed instructions (video) to show what needs to be done. It’s easy, and Andy has made it even easier.
The not-so-good:
- The plugin doesn’t/won’t syndicate automatically. If you have scheduled posts or use an autoblogging tool, the plugin won’t syndicate your posts by itself. You have to click a link in order to syndicate. Andy made this decision in order to keep this program from being abused by spammy bloggers. I completely agree with the decision, and in the long term it will help ensure than WP Syndicator doesn’t get slapped by these properties. However, since it’s a nice-to-have feature, regardless, It’s a small negative.
- The links back to your blog post aren’t keyword-based-links. Again, that’s not a huge deal if you’re doing other backlinking. In fact, this will help your backlinks look more natural.
When Andy told me how much he was going to charge for this plugin, I was stunned. It’s a one-time payment for a plugin that you can use to syndicate all of your blogs to 15 web 2.0 properties. Really at this price it’s a no-brainer. The small negatives really both have an upside, so I highly recommend WP Syndicator to anyone who runs Wordpress blogs.
Get WP Syndicator Here!
Just a side note. The above links are “affiliate links” simply so that Andy will know who’s helping him with this charity effort. 100% of the sale of WP Syndicator goes to Asthma research.
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Posted on June 25, 2010 - by Kelly Verge
Bring the Fresh – My Review (part 1)
Back around the beginning of June I was given the opportunity by Kelly Felix to review Bring the Fresh (Full Disclosure version). This is his latest project in which he has partnered with Mike Long.
Unfortunately I was sidetracked by a trip to Summer camp with the Boy Scouts, so I’m just now diving in.
I’d read some good things about the product, however, I really didn’t know any details before diving in. As I write this paragraph all I’ve done is scan the members’ area – I haven’t even read the sales page.
The volume of information within BTF is staggering. As an example, there are 48 videos, totaling more than 29 hours. Obviously it will take some time to go through this material.
The follow-ups to this post will give more details about the quality of the content.
I’ll follow along using the BTF methods and will show real results, where possible.
Finally, I’ll compare the information within the course to the sales page to determine if the product matches the sales copy.
Stay tuned…
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Posted on January 21, 2010 - by Kelly Verge
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Posted on December 7, 2009 - by Kelly Verge
Huge List of Article Directories for Backlinks, Traffic, and Authority
Thanks in large part to the efforts of Travis Sago, nearly all Internet Marketers are very familiar with the concept of article marketing (or Bum Marketing, as Travis coined). With article marketing, you post your articles (content) on popular and high-ranking article directories with the intent of driving a percentage of the readers to your sales page.
However, article directories can also serve two other important functions: authority and backlinks.
When you post a bunch or articles all surrounding your niche and each of these articles points back to your product (which is also tied to your name), you can build yourself as an authority in that niche. Obviously the articles must be informative and accurate. Done correctly, this can lend quite a bit of credibility to the claims you make in your sales copy. As with article marketing, the more people who see your articles, the better, so the larger directories work best.
The third use for article directories is to build backlinks.
For this purpose, not only is it good to post your articles on the higher-ranking directories, it’s also good to post your articles across many different directories. This gives your backlinks the IP diversity that Google prefers. Some people might claim that posting the same article to many different directories will lead to the “duplicate content penalty.” That’s just not the case. While many of the articles will show in Google’s supplemental results if you search for a phrase from the article, multiple copies of an article can and will show up as backlinks within the Google Webmaster tool.
The below list is a great group of article directories to post to. It’s a good spread of high and low PR sites so that the links look more natural. For those who are on a tight budget, you can post your articles manually. For those wishing to automate, every one of these article directories are included within Article Post Robot. This program is a one-time purchase (unlike many of the subscription-based backlinking products), and it works very well. Click here for more information about Article Post Robot.
(The PageRank shown below indicates the rank of the directory’s home page. Some of this authority is passed down to your articles, but your actual article will be PR0 unless you build it through further backlinking.)
PageRank 6
http://www.articlebiz.com
http://www.ezinearticles.com/
http://www.goarticles.com/
PageRank 5
http://www.articlealley.com/
http://www.articlecity.com/
http://www.articleclick.com/
http://www.articledashboard.com/
http://articleonlinedirectory.com/
PageRank 4
http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/
http://www.activeauthors.com/
http://www.amazines.com/
http://www.articleblotter.com/
http://www.articlelisted.com/
http://www.articler.com/
http://www.e-calc.net
http://www.easyarticles.com
http://www.homebiztools.com/
http://www.morefreeinformation.com/
http://www.premierdirectory.org
http://www.webpronews.com/submit
PageRank 3
http://www.1articleworld.com/
http://www.365articles.com/
http://www.a1-articledirectory.com/
http://www.a1-optimization.com/articles/
http://www.afroarticles.com/
http://www.articlebrain.com/
http://www.articlecompilation.com/
http://www.articleland.com/
http://www.articlepros.com/
http://www.articlerich.com/
http://www.articlesnetwork.com/
http://articletogo.com/
http://www.articletrader.com/
http://www.articlevista.com/
http://www.blogwidow.com/
http://www.businesshighlight.org/
http://www.depositarticles.com/
http://www.educationarticles.net/
http://www.gestbiz.com/articles/
http://www.goodinfohome.com/
http://www.greatarticlesformoms.com/
http://www.howtoadvice.com/
http://www.ideamarketers.com/
http://www.ireprint.info/
http://www.kravities.com/
http://www.leadershiparticles.net/
http://www.linksnoop.com/
http://www.mainstreetmom.com/
http://www.marketingarticlelibrary.com/
http://www.modirac.com/
http://www.qwesz.com/
http://www.reprintarticles.com/
http://www.series-of-articles.com/
http://www.talkinmince.com/
http://www.thecontentcorner.com/
http://www.theegarage.com/
http://www.therepozitory.com.au/
http://www.travelarticlelibrary.com/
http://www.upublish.info/
PageRank 2
http://www.articleassembly.com/
http://articlebook123.com/
http://www.articlecafe.com/
http://www.articlecastle.com/
http://articlechair.com/
http://www.articleco.com/
http://www.articledirectory.com/
http://www.articlefeeder.com/
http://www.articlefire.com/
http://articlegallery.net/
http://www.articlegold.com/
http://www.articleindex.net/
http://www.articleink.com/
http://www.articleintelligence.com/
http://articlemind.com/
http://articlemoney.net/
http://www.articlepile.com/
http://www.articleretreat.com/
http://www.articles2use.com/
http://www.articles4reprint.com/
http://www.articlesandauthors.com/
http://www.articlescream.com/
http://www.articleshowroom.com/
http://articlesmart.org/
http://www.articlesneeded.com/
http://www.articlewagon.com/
http://articlexplore.com/
http://www.blisspublisher.com/
http://www.bornasuperstar.com/
http://www.britisharticledirectory.co.uk/
http://come-and-read.com/
http://www.coralcourts.com/
http://www.electrictext.com/
http://www.euriskoarticles.com/
http://www.everyonesarticles.com/
http://www.ezarticles.info/
http://ezine-articles.co.uk/
http://www.ezinesarticle.com/
http://familyfriendsphotos.com/
http://www.farticle.net/
http://www.financemanual.com/
http://www.find-an-article.com/
http://www.germaines-luau.com/
http://www.gosubarticles.com/
http://hamazines.com/
http://www.hobbyarticledirectory.com/
http://www.hostmelive.net/
http://www.interesting-articles.com/
http://www.leadarticles.com/
http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/
http://www.look-4it.com/
http://www.marabe7.com/
http://www.mysmallbizarticles.com/
http://www.neoarticle.com/
http://www.newagelivingarticles.com/
http://www.pagequest.co.uk/
http://www.populate.net/
http://www.raz-sports.com/articles/
http://www.realauthor.net/
http://www.realestatearticles4u.com/
http://www.smallbusinessadvertisingarticles.com/
http://www.submittedarticle.com/
http://www.techcentralpublishing.com/
http://www.thatsmyniche.com/
http://www.thehealthmanual.com/
http://thoughtsearch.com/
http://www.tss-articles.com/
http://www.undercoverdemon.com/
http://www.uniquearticles.info/
http://www.webmarketingiq.com/
http://www.webmasterinfoandcontent.com/
http://www.wellnessarticlelibrary.com/
http://www.writerspenarticledirectory.com/
http://www.yourecommerceinfo.com/ecommerce-articles/
PageRank 1
http://www.00articles.com/
http://www.109b.com/artdash/
http://www.111articles.info/
http://www.123article.org/
http://www.123articleonline.com/
http://www.5star-articles.com/
http://www.affiliates-surveys-marketing.com/
http://www.archivedarticles.com/
http://www.article-avalanche.com/
http://www.article-bank.com/
http://www.article-searchengine.com/
http://www.article-syndication.info/
http://www.article4submission.com/
http://www.articlear.com/
http://www.articleauthority.com/
http://www.articlecamp.com/
http://www.articlecell.com/
http://www.articlecounty.com/
http://www.articledirectorylive.com/
http://www.articleextreme.com/
http://articlefame.com/
http://www.articlehighlight.com/
http://www.articlerampage.com/
http://articlerealm.com/
http://www.articleresourceindex.com/
http://www.articles-about-travel.com/
http://www.articles-central.info/
http://www.articles2know.com/
http://www.articles4meandu.com/
http://www.articles4y.com/
http://www.articlesauce.com/
http://www.articlesbymoms.com/
http://www.articlescream.com/
http://www.articleseer.com/
http://www.articleserve.net/
http://www.articlesfeed.com/
http://www.articlesinsight.com/
http://www.articlesmatter.com/
http://www.articlesrightnow.com/
http://articlestars.com/
http://www.articletrunk.com/
http://astonishingarticles.com/
http://www.babyboomerarticles.com/
http://www.best-articles-online.info/
http://www.biggerbetter.info/
http://www.blogticles.com/
http://www.bluegrasssolutions.info/
http://www.chiltern-capital.co.uk/
http://www.cleido.com/
http://www.coachingarticles.net/
http://www.contentsgeek.com/
http://currentarticlesabout.com/
http://www.didarticles.com/
http://www.ebusiness-articles.com/
http://www.elistz.net/
http://www.explorearticle.com/
http://www.firstratearticles.com/
http://www.free-wedding-articles.net/
http://freearticlepublishing.com/
http://www.fsb-media.com/
http://guides-and-tips.com/
http://www.hallofarticles.com/
http://www.haveinfo.net/
http://www.home-based-profits.com/
http://hqarticles.org/
http://www.httparticles.com/
http://www.itechnoworld.com/
http://www.keywordbeast.com/
http://www.lydiasarticles.com/
http://www.mintswords.com/
http://www.moneyarticlelibrary.com/
http://myarticlemall.info/
http://www.myarticlesonline.com/
http://www.myarticlevault.com/
http://www.natural-health-directory.com/
http://www.netarticleshack.com/
http://nigerianewsjournal.com/
http://www.purearticle.com/
http://www.qualityfreearticles.com/
http://www.resourceschool.com/
http://www.superarticledirectory.com/
http://www.textcafe.net/
http://www.thearticleworld.com/
http://www.tihson.com/
http://www.toprankarticles.com/
http://www.urarticles.com/
http://www.wellnessarticles4u.com/
http://www.writerdatabase.com/
PageRank 0
http://www.100biz.net/
http://www.101-articles.com/
http://www.321articles.com/
http://a1-articles.net/
http://www.a2zarticleslibrary.com/
http://absolutearticles.com/directory
http://www.acmearticles.com/
http://addictionarticledirectory.com/
http://www.addondashboard.com/
http://www.adletz.net/
http://www.advertisearticles.com/
http://www.alivearticle.com/
http://www.allbpi.net/
http://www.allentrepreneurinfo.com/
http://www.alleyarticles.com/
http://www.allthebestarticles.com/
http://www.allwebcontent.com/articles/
http://www.americanarticles.com/
http://www.arsharing.com/
http://www.article-corner.net/
http://www.article-dashboard.com/
http://www.article-directory.us/
http://article-free4all.vjad.net/
http://www.article-internet-marketing-tips.com/
http://www.article-knowledge.com/
http://article-submission-directory.com/
http://article.webdirlinks.com/
http://www.article2008.com/
http://www.articleadventure.com/
http://articleanvil.com/
http://www.articlearchive.co.uk/
http://www.articlearmies.com/
http://www.articleassets.com/
http://www.articlebase.info/
http://www.articlebin.com/
http://www.articleblender.com/
http://www.articlebliss.com/
http://www.articleboard.findabook.com/
http://www.articleboard.info/
http://articlecat.com/
http://www.articlecitydirectory.com/
http://www.articleclone.com/
http://www.articlecube.com/
http://articledad.com/
http://www.articledevil.com/
http://www.articledigger.com/
http://www.articledirectoryunlimited.com/
http://www.articlee.com/
http://www.articleexpose.com/
http://www.articlefair.com/
http://www.articlefarm.com/
http://www.articlefriendly.co.uk/
http://www.articlegarden.com/
http://www.articleguides.com/
http://www.articleguild.com/
http://www.articlehotline.com/
http://www.articleinfo.org/
http://www.articleintray.com/
http://www.articlejumbo.com/
http://www.articlekingpro.com/
http://www.articlelibrarian.com/
http://www.articlelisters.com/
http://www.articlem.com/
http://www.articlemaniac.com/
http://www.articlemarketing.org/
http://www.articlemixx.com/
http://www.articlenexus.com/
http://www.articlenic.com/
http://www.articleopus.com/
http://articleoyster.com/
http://www.articlepowerplant.com/
http://www.articlepress.org/
http://www.articlepro.co.uk/international/
http://www.articlepyramid.com/
http://articlerack.com/
http://www.articles-and-info.com/
http://articles.bluenoserlinks.com/
http://www.articles-book.com/
http://articles-for-all.com/
http://www.articles.howrank.com/
http://www.articles-inc.com/
http://articles.sites4.info/
http://www.articles2go.co.uk/
http://www.articles4free.com/
http://www.articles4sites.com/
http://www.articlesbridge.com/
http://www.articleselections.com/
http://articlesense.whiteseobiz.com/
http://www.articleshmarticle.com/
http://www.articleshome.org/
http://www.articlesite.co.uk/
http://www.articlesite.info/
http://articleslide.com/
http://www.articlesofinformation.com/
http://www.articlesology.com/
http://articlesplurge.com/
http://www.articlesriches.info/
http://www.articlesto.com/
http://www.articlestoblog.com/
http://www.articlestomp.com/
http://www.articlestoreprint.com/
http://www.articletalent.com/
http://www.articletitles.com/
http://www.articleviral.com/
http://www.articlewarehouse.net/
http://www.articlewide.com/
http://articlewild.com/
http://www.articlewisdom.com/
http://articlextra.biz/
http://www.assemblyofwords.com/
http://www.awesome-article-directory.com/
http://awsome-articles.com/
http://www.azarticles.com/
http://az.co.cz/article-directory/
http://www.bestarticles.com.au/
http://www.bestwrittenarticles.com/
http://www.bigfreearticles.com/
http://www.buy-wyse.co.uk/articlesite/
http://bytepoweredarticles.com/
http://www.clickarticles.com/
http://www.cliochang.com/
http://www.content-syndication.org/
http://www.contentarticles.net/articles/
http://www.digital-women.com/
http://www.dk-article.com/
http://www.dummiesguideto.com/
http://www.e-zinearticles.info/
http://www.easycontentpro.com/
http://www.ebookstoyou.co.uk/articles/
http://www.ehealtharticle.com/
http://www.elgreenonline.com/article/
http://www.emiule.com/
http://www.entrepreneursoncall.com/articles/
http://www.epublishersresource.com/articles/
http://essaystreet.com/
http://www.essentialrelease.com/
http://www.everythingabout.co.uk/articles/
http://www.expertarticles.net/
http://www.ezine-articles-planet.com/
http://www.ezine-submission.com/
http://www.firstclassarticles.com/
http://www.forarticle.com/
http://www.foundarticle.com/
http://www.franharrisonline.com/articlesms/
http://www.free-article-directory.caven.org.uk/
http://www.free-article-directory.com/
http://freecontentarticles.com/
http://www.freemoneysolutions.com/
http://www.freewebcontents.com/
http://www.fresh-article-directory.com/
http://www.gcyarticles.com/
http://www.goarticlesubmit.com/
http://www.healthandwealth4you.com/
http://www.ho9.info/
http://www.home-business-source.com/articles/
http://hostcontent.net/
http://hostflex.net/
http://www.hotsitecontent.com/
http://www.howto365.com/
http://www.indexed-articles.com/
http://www.indiaza.com/articles/
http://www.indoarticles.com/
http://www.isysi.com/
http://www.itempad.com/
http://jdapublishing.com/articles/
http://www.justarticles.net/
http://www.kalingar.com/
http://www.littleyams.com/
http://www.local-list.us/
http://www.lotsofarticles.com/
http://www.mainlyarticles.com/
http://www.makearticle.com/
http://www.marketersclub.com/
http://www.marketingarticlebank.com/
http://www.marketingtheweb.ca/
http://www.matrixsearches.com/
http://www.myaddirectory.com/
http://www.myarticlezine.com/
http://www.naturalbeautyarticles.info/
http://newarticlepro.com/
http://www.newworldproducts.org/articles/
http://www.notepad.in/
http://online-business-articles.com/
http://www.onlinearticlesource.com/
http://ontopicarticles.com/
http://www.organicgardenarticles.com/
http://ourarticlesource.com/
http://www.pinearticles.com/
http://www.proarticles.net/
http://www.profoundarticles.com/
http://www.realtyreferenceonline.com/articles/
http://www.redhotinfo.org/
http://www.reprint-content.com/
http://www.richestpeopleinworld.com/
http://www.rightbiz.com/
http://www.rssarticle.com/
http://scripthorizon.net/
http://www.search4allinfo.com/
http://www.searcharticles.net/
http://sellingwitharticles.com/
http://www.seo-tool-box.com/
http://www.seositemanager.com/
http://www.share.onlypunjab.com/
http://www.smesmart.com/
http://spiritualentrepreneur.biz/articles/
http://stargate12.net/
http://www.submitarticles.com/
http://www.submityourarticlesnow.com/
http://www.thearticlenet.com/
http://www.thearticlepool.com/
http://www.theninelines.com/
http://theoriginalarticle.com/
http://www.thesmilingplanet.com/
http://www.thisarticle.com/
http://www.tntarticles.com/
http://www.topics4all.com/
http://www.tropicalzooband.com/
http://truearticles.com/
http://www.tuitionplace.com/
http://www.update.pk/
http://www.w3articles.org/
http://www.wackum.com/
http://www.web-article.com/
http://www.webmasterarticledirectory.com/
http://www.whatsjew.com/articles/
http://www.writedot.com/
http://www.zippedarticles.com/
http://zogol.com/
Finally, please note that there are hundreds if not thousands of article directories. This is simply a large, sorted selection of them.
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