1. ARTICLE GENERATING SOFTWARE:
I’m almost
embarrassed to admit it, but I didn’t know about this type of software
until I spent a
solid week researching how to make money online
– real money, not pennies.
The technology
available to freelance writers to help them increase their online income is
amazing. Using even a few of them can exponentially increase what you bring in
on a daily, weekly, monthly basis.
For example, take
the article-generating software JetSpinner. Want to create hundreds of
article fast? Whether you’re an SEO article writer for other
webmasters, or run a multitude of minisites of your own, content is key to
making money online. It is the foundation of any online business.
How does JetSpinner
work?
In essence, it takes one article and creates hundreds of versions of that same
article – instantly. As explained on JetSpinner.com, “Once you learn the basic
syntax you can easily create a seed article within an hour that will generate
hundreds of unique articles instantly.”
Instead of spending
hours creating content by hand, this software saves you hours, days and weeks of
time.
NOTE:
Many question whether the articles are indeed unique enough to get past the
search engine spiders without being tagged as duplicate content. As it’s a free
software, try it for yourself. It can be found at
JetSubmitter.com.
2. BLOG POSTING
SOFTWARE:
One of the best ways to get found online is by posting comments on blogs and in
forums. Did you know there’s a software that does this for you?
You can post
comments/adverts on literally millions of blogs with the click of a button. As
described on TrustedArticles.com, the software “… takes less than 1 minute to
install [and] only 30 seconds to set up. It can run automatically 24 hours a
day, … placing your links on blog websites that are targeted to your exact
niche, or you can use it to mass market your advertisement links to millions of
blogs.”
This software has
obviously been used to post comments to my blog. For a few days, every times I
posted to my blog, I’d get the same comment from a company that advertise
freelance jobs overseas. The first time, I posted the comment.
When I got the same
comment again though on a different post, it seemed a little out of place, ie,
not relevant to the content that was posted. So, I deleted the comment instead
of posting it.
This happened a few
more times – and then, nothing. They stopped coming.
But, the one comment
did get through (I haven’t had time to go back and figure out which post it
occurred on, so it’s still there).
Just think, if this
software posts comments/adverts to millions of blogs and even a fraction of them
got through, that’s thousands of backlinks generated for the poster. Which
brings me to my next promotional idea …
3. BACKLINKS:
What exactly are backlinks? For the uninitiated,
“Backlinks or "back links" are links from other websites to your site. They're
sometimes known as incoming links, inbound links, or even IBLs.” [Source:
AssociatePrograms.com] FYI, there’s an
excellent example on Blogger.com.
How can backlinks
drive traffic to your website or blog? Search engines rely on backlinks to determine how
popular a site is. If you have a lot of them, the search engines consider your
site important – hence, your ranking (ie, PR Rank*) is higher.
Consider this: “While no one knows the exact algorithms used by
search engines to determine rankings, most SEO experts agree that the number and
quality of backlinks to your … web site [is] critical in determining [its]
ranking … the title or anchor text of your backlinks will often determine the
keywords or search terms that you rank highly for.” [Source:
BankLink.com. Visit this page to learn more]
BackLink.com offers
free text linking software that helps website owners generate backlinks. Another
way to generate one-way backlinks is submitting to directories. There’s software
for this also, aka Directory Submission Software. To learn more about the pros
and cons of directory submission software, click
here to follow the forum discussion on
SEOChat.com.
*Don’t know what PR
rank is? There’s an excellent explanation in Inkwell Editorial’s free article
marketing e-book, Everything You Wanted to Know about Article Marketing.
Subscribe to Inkwell’s newsletter to get
your free copy.
Disclaimer:
I’m not recommending any of the techniques outlined here, only making you aware
of the technology that’s out there -- all in the name of
Freelance Writer’s Technology Month.
Your thoughts?
Tomorrow: Remember in
Post #2 when we discussed how to write SEO
articles? As this is one of the easiest ways to get started making money online
as a freelance writer (and $100/day is very feasible doing this), tomorrow we’re
going to take a look at how to go about getting a job as an SEO article writer.
Labels/Keywords:
How to get more traffic, traffic generation, article marketing software, blog posting software, backlinks, what is backlinking, what is a backlink, website marketing
Sincerely,
Yuwanda Black, Publisher
http://www.inkwelleditorial.com/
http://www.inkwelleditorial.blogspot.com/
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UPDATE 11/30/07:
Following is a link to every post in the Freelance Writer's Technology Month series.
Intro Post:
New Series - Freelance Writer's Technology Month
Post #1: The 4 Fundamentals of Making Money
Online
Post #2: SEO Content Development: How to
Drive More Traffic to Your Website
Post #3: Niche Marketing: How to Choose a
Profitable Niche
Post #4: Software Tools for Niche Websites
Post #5: Turn $1/Day into an Online Empire:
How to Make Money with Minisites
Post #6: 4 Controversial Ways to Get More
Traffic for Your Website
Post #7: 5 Ways to Get a Job Writing SEO
Articles
Post #8: How to Determine What to Charge as
an SEO Article Writer
Post #9: How to Optimize Your Website to
Get More Traffic
Post #10: Social Bookmarking Software & 9
Money-Making Conclusions from Freelance Writer’s Technology Month
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