Aubrey's Corner

Tips For The Internet Entrepreneur

Finding money when running an internet business can be extremely difficult at times. When you jump into the webmaster world one of the first things you will notice is the amount of competition. For those that have no idea how to check the amount of competition within their niche it is possible to do so with Google. When doing the searches the first search worthwhile is a regular search. All you need to do is type your term within Google and hit enter. If you want to see how many websites Google sees for the term “earn money online” go to Google type in earn money online and under the search box Google will tell you the number of websites it sees that have the words on them. The next search will be a little more accurate when trying to find competition numbers. If you use the inanchor search on Google it will show only websites who have built links for the term you enter. To use this search go to Google and type in inanchor:”keywords”. The last Google search any webmaster or blogger should be aware of is the allintitle search. Using this search you will find the websites which have the keyword you are looking at within their title.

Looking at competition is of course something that all of you should be doing, but focusing on only SEO can actually backfire quite quickly. One tip that I strongly believe in is creating content for people not search engines. If you would like to rank well in Google for extremely competitive terms there is no way you can build the links by yourself. There are websites out there with over a hundred thousand links and many of the links are extremely authoritative. These webmasters and bloggers created content which could only be found on their presence. If you write content which is truly targeted, related, helpful, and informative then you will find people giving you do follow links constantly. When you start learning about internet marketing make sure to focus on learning everything you can about link bait. This will be what can make you a star within your niche without all the work of link building and promoting.

The last tip I would like to leave anyone starting an internet business is never give up. Like I said in the first paragraph in the internet business world we are on the world stage and competition is at an all time high. There is one thing and only one thing that separates those who are making money from those who flat out fail and that thing is time. The minimum time frame you should give an online business before deciding it is a failure is one year. Now if after a year your online business is still not doing well then you may want to consider trying something else. Doing well online is not a short term process be prepared to spend quite a bit of time working.

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