With thousands of web hosting companies in the market it can be difficult if not impossible to know which web site hosting companies truly provide an excellent hosting solution at an excellent price. When you have an established domain name with a good web hosting company, you can get reports on your traffic and which of your pages your customers are visiting most often, as well as many other statistics.
Your web host will charge you a fee for monthly service that ranges from $10 or $20 to the more expensive $50.00 per month. Plan to pay between $300 and $500 per year to your web host.
Always avoid free or very inexpensive web hosting services, because you may experience bouts of server downtimes and you are likely to have significant limitations in storage, number of email addresses, FTP upload etc.
Be sure your web host can accommodate e-commerce and storefronts, wireless capability, bogs, forums, chats, online interactive helps and anything else you want to add onto your site.
Estimate what your growth needs are and ensure that this web host can serve you as you grow. The last thing you want to do is change host mid way unless you absolutely have to do so.
Check your bandwidth capability to be sure that, if your website traffic grows rapidly, your customers will not have to wait to download or view information. Three things to look for in a web hosting company are:
1. Excellent Customer Support: Your hosting provider should be there for you 24/7 and give you instant access to the technicians you need to solve your problem. Ask them how long it takes for them to typically respond to your problem. A good test is to call them in the mid night to check if you get to a live, level 3 support.
2. A Sound Infrastructure: Check whether they offer a multi-homed network powered by multiple bandwidth providers to ensure redundancy. Some offer a 100% guarantee on its network availability or network uptime.
3. Financial Stability: If you're running very critical operations, you can't afford to be with a hosting company that may not be in business in a few months.
Here are some good domain hosting services:
GVO Hosting
Global Domain International
Host Gator
Friday, June 4, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
How To Avoid Loosing New Affiliate Sign Ups and commission.
Have you been promoting your affiliate URL for a long time but is not able to get any new sign ups and earn commission?
You could be loosing out on valuable new affiliate sign ups because of your affiliate link. This can also be causing you to loose out on thousands of dollars in affiliate commissions.
The reason is because most experience marketers once interested in your affiliate program can bypass your obvious affiliate URL and go directly to the actual website to sign up for the program.
I have personally experienced this by using URL tracking. I was noticing that my URL was receiving many hits but the hits were not converting to new affiliates.
This can be avoided by creating your very own personalized domain name. How do you do this?
Firstly you need to register your very own domain name. Choose a domain name that closely relates to your affiliate site. For example, If your affiliate link is gkozy1.signupsystem.net, you can choose a domain name such as www.supersignup-system.com. There are many domain hosting companies available on the internet. I use GVO to host my own personal domains.
After you have registered your domain name, you will need set up your domain’s URL to display the information of your affiliate link. There are two methods of doing this.
#1. You can forward your affiliate link to the domain name that you have registered. Then, when someone visits your program through your domain URL they would be automatically forwarded to your affiliate site. And Your affiliate link would be be displayed in the browser.
#2. Some hosting site also has a mirror feature that allows you to mirror your affiliate URL to your own domain URL. This means that when someone visits your program through your registered domain name, they would be automatically redirected to your affiliate site. You domain name would remain in the browser as the website address while displaying the information on your affiliate site.
By following these steps you can begin to see rapid increase in your downline and significant increase in your affiliate commissions.
You could be loosing out on valuable new affiliate sign ups because of your affiliate link. This can also be causing you to loose out on thousands of dollars in affiliate commissions.
The reason is because most experience marketers once interested in your affiliate program can bypass your obvious affiliate URL and go directly to the actual website to sign up for the program.
I have personally experienced this by using URL tracking. I was noticing that my URL was receiving many hits but the hits were not converting to new affiliates.
This can be avoided by creating your very own personalized domain name. How do you do this?
Firstly you need to register your very own domain name. Choose a domain name that closely relates to your affiliate site. For example, If your affiliate link is gkozy1.signupsystem.net, you can choose a domain name such as www.supersignup-system.com. There are many domain hosting companies available on the internet. I use GVO to host my own personal domains.
After you have registered your domain name, you will need set up your domain’s URL to display the information of your affiliate link. There are two methods of doing this.
#1. You can forward your affiliate link to the domain name that you have registered. Then, when someone visits your program through your domain URL they would be automatically forwarded to your affiliate site. And Your affiliate link would be be displayed in the browser.
#2. Some hosting site also has a mirror feature that allows you to mirror your affiliate URL to your own domain URL. This means that when someone visits your program through your registered domain name, they would be automatically redirected to your affiliate site. You domain name would remain in the browser as the website address while displaying the information on your affiliate site.
By following these steps you can begin to see rapid increase in your downline and significant increase in your affiliate commissions.
How to Register Your Own Domain Name
If you have an affiliate site, you may want to seriously consider registering your very own domain name. A domain name is a name like “top-safe-list-biz.com” or “Free-People-Search4u.ws”, which you can use to market and promote your affiliate website. You do not have to be a company or organisation to register a domain name. Any individual can register a domain name.
Step By Step Instructions
Think of a few good domain names that you’d like to use. It won’t do to think of only one — it might already be taken (it probably is!).
If you already have a web host, obtain from your web host the names of their primary and secondary nameservers. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what these things mean. Just save the information somewhere. The information can usually be obtained from their FAQs or other documentation on their site, usually under a category like “domain name” or “DNS” or “domain name transfer” and the like. If you can’t find it, email them. You’ll need the information to point your domain name to your website after you buy your domain. Don’t worry if you don’t have a web host yet. Just read on.
If you do not have a web host, you can always allow the registrar to you to park your domain name at a temporary website specially set up for you. This way you can quickly secure your domain name before it’s too late and still take your time to set up the other aspects of your site. As far as I can tell, many registrars automatically park your domain by default whether you ask them to or not, so if this is your situation, you probably don’t have to do anything special to get it done. Some of those registrars also provide you with a free email address at your own domain name while it is parked at their site, like sales@example.com (where “example.com” is your domain).
List of Domain Name Registrars
There are numerous domain name registrars. Here is a list of just a few of them:
HostGator
GVO Hosting
Global Domain International
Step By Step Instructions
Think of a few good domain names that you’d like to use. It won’t do to think of only one — it might already be taken (it probably is!).
If you already have a web host, obtain from your web host the names of their primary and secondary nameservers. Don’t worry if you don’t understand what these things mean. Just save the information somewhere. The information can usually be obtained from their FAQs or other documentation on their site, usually under a category like “domain name” or “DNS” or “domain name transfer” and the like. If you can’t find it, email them. You’ll need the information to point your domain name to your website after you buy your domain. Don’t worry if you don’t have a web host yet. Just read on.
If you do not have a web host, you can always allow the registrar to you to park your domain name at a temporary website specially set up for you. This way you can quickly secure your domain name before it’s too late and still take your time to set up the other aspects of your site. As far as I can tell, many registrars automatically park your domain by default whether you ask them to or not, so if this is your situation, you probably don’t have to do anything special to get it done. Some of those registrars also provide you with a free email address at your own domain name while it is parked at their site, like sales@example.com (where “example.com” is your domain).
List of Domain Name Registrars
There are numerous domain name registrars. Here is a list of just a few of them:
HostGator
GVO Hosting
Global Domain International
How to Edit an HTML Document
Documents may be edited by adding, deleting or moving text.
To insert text
1. Position the cursor at the point you want to add text and click.
or locate the text to be changed or replaced.
2. Begin typing.
To delete text
1. Position the cursor at the beginning of the text to be deleted.
2. Click and hold down the left mouse button as you drag the mouse to the right, highlighting the text to be deleted.
3. Press the delete button on your keyboard.
To move text
1. Position the cursor at the beginning of the text to be moved.
2. Click and hold down the left mouse button as you drag the mouse to the right, highlighting the text to be moved.
3. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
4. Position the cursor at the new location for the text.
5. Click with the left mouse button.
6. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
To insert text
1. Position the cursor at the point you want to add text and click.
or locate the text to be changed or replaced.
2. Begin typing.
To delete text
1. Position the cursor at the beginning of the text to be deleted.
2. Click and hold down the left mouse button as you drag the mouse to the right, highlighting the text to be deleted.
3. Press the delete button on your keyboard.
To move text
1. Position the cursor at the beginning of the text to be moved.
2. Click and hold down the left mouse button as you drag the mouse to the right, highlighting the text to be moved.
3. On the Edit menu, click Cut.
4. Position the cursor at the new location for the text.
5. Click with the left mouse button.
6. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
How to upload files to your website
You will need an FTP program to upload the files to your website.
There are a large number of programs you can choose from. The basic idea is to first establish a connection with our server and your computer and then upload the files. This will transfer your website to our servers so that others can view your site on the internet.
To upload your files using an FTP program, please follow these steps:
1. Open the FTP program.
2. Enter the following information in the connection bar:
* Address/Host Name: this will be your domain name or IP address. Some programs may require you to enter http://, but most do not.
* User/Username: this is the “username” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com.
* Password: this is the “password” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com. If you do not have your password you can click here to have it sent to you.
* Port: the default port number for FTP is 21. For Most FTP programs you will not need to add this information. It will use port 21 by default.
Entering the above information should open a connection to your websites folder on our server. You should also see a folder that represents your home machine.
Navigate through the folder of your home machine to find your files. Select each file and drag it to the folder that represents our server. This should upload your files into your websites folder on our server.
Note: in order for your site to show up when you type in your domain name or IP address into a web browser, the first page or the home page must be named one of these file names:
* index.html (standard HTML extension)
* index.htm (standard HTML extension)
* index.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* index.asp (standard "active server page extension)
* default.html (standard HTML extension)
* default.htm (standard HTML extension)
* default.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* default.asp (standard "active server page extension)
If you require a different home page name (called a "default document"), you can update it through the Control Panel or we can accommodate your needs. Please let us know what name you require. In most cases it is easier to rename your home page to one of the documents above. Please note that some file names (such as .asp and .shtml) are reserved for specific types of web applications. If you are unsure of which file extension to use, you can probably safely use .htm or .html.
Also, these documents carry an "order of precedence" as they are listed above. For example, if you have both an index.html file and a default.html file, the index.html file will show up when viewing your site with the domain name or IP address.
If you still cannot view your site please contact your hosting service support team.
There are a large number of programs you can choose from. The basic idea is to first establish a connection with our server and your computer and then upload the files. This will transfer your website to our servers so that others can view your site on the internet.
To upload your files using an FTP program, please follow these steps:
1. Open the FTP program.
2. Enter the following information in the connection bar:
* Address/Host Name: this will be your domain name or IP address. Some programs may require you to enter http://, but most do not.
* User/Username: this is the “username” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com.
* Password: this is the “password” that was issued to you when you signed up with HostMySite.com. If you do not have your password you can click here to have it sent to you.
* Port: the default port number for FTP is 21. For Most FTP programs you will not need to add this information. It will use port 21 by default.
Entering the above information should open a connection to your websites folder on our server. You should also see a folder that represents your home machine.
Navigate through the folder of your home machine to find your files. Select each file and drag it to the folder that represents our server. This should upload your files into your websites folder on our server.
Note: in order for your site to show up when you type in your domain name or IP address into a web browser, the first page or the home page must be named one of these file names:
* index.html (standard HTML extension)
* index.htm (standard HTML extension)
* index.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* index.asp (standard "active server page extension)
* default.html (standard HTML extension)
* default.htm (standard HTML extension)
* default.shtml or shtm (standard SSI extension, used with server side includes)
* default.asp (standard "active server page extension)
If you require a different home page name (called a "default document"), you can update it through the Control Panel or we can accommodate your needs. Please let us know what name you require. In most cases it is easier to rename your home page to one of the documents above. Please note that some file names (such as .asp and .shtml) are reserved for specific types of web applications. If you are unsure of which file extension to use, you can probably safely use .htm or .html.
Also, these documents carry an "order of precedence" as they are listed above. For example, if you have both an index.html file and a default.html file, the index.html file will show up when viewing your site with the domain name or IP address.
If you still cannot view your site please contact your hosting service support team.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Email Marketing Mistakes
Many business owners who opt to try email marketing make the mistake of believing any type of email marketing is beneficial. This is simply not true; there are a number of mistakes business owners can make when they organize an email marketing campaign. Examples of these types of mistakes may include allowing promotional materials to be tagged as spam, not following up with promotional emails, not being prepared for an influx of customers after an email marketing effort and not marketing specifically to the target audience.
We will begin our discussion on email marketing mistakes with spam. Spam is a problem which is reaching endemic proportions. Each day Internet users are bombarded with spam from around the world. This may include a host of unsolicited emails which are promoting products or services the recipients may or may not be interested in purchasing. A critical mistake business owners can make in email marketing is to issue emails which are likely to be construed to be spam. This may result in the emails never reaching the recipient or the emails being deleted, without being read, by the recipient. Avoiding the potential of falling into the spam category is not very difficult. It basically involves ensuring your promotional emails contain more useful copy than blatant advertising. This will make it more likely for your emails to be taken seriously.
Another email marketing mistake often made is failure to follow up on promotional emails. Sending out emails to interested parties can be very beneficial but it is even more beneficial to contact these email recipients by other methods such as mail or telephone to answer any questions they may have and offer any additional information they may require. This type of follow up can be much more effective than simply sending an email and allowing it to fall into the abyss of an overcrowded email inbox.
Business owners may also run into the mistake of not preparing themselves for an influx of customers after an email marketing effort. The express purpose of email marketing is to generate increased interest in your products or services. Therefore it is critical for business owners to anticipate an increase in business and be prepared to accommodate this increased demand for products and services. This is important because potential customers who have to wait for products or services may seek out your competitors who are better prepared to provide them with products or services immediately.
Finally a critical mistake made by business owners is to not tailor an email marketing campaign to their specific target audience. This can be a problem because it may result in the email marketing being less effective. Business owners typically make this mistake because they fall into the trap of believing that it is more important to reach a large audience than it is to reach a target audience. You may blindly send your email marketing materials to millions of recipients and only generate a few leads. However, you could send the same email marketing materials to a smaller group of only a thousand recipients who all have an interest in your products and services and will likely generate more leads from this smaller email distribution list. It is not only important to send your message to members of your target audience but to also tailor your message to suit this audience. Creating an email message which will appeal to a variety of individuals is not as important as creating a message which will appeal to members of your target audience.
You will need an autoresponder system to market with email I recommend GVO E Responder for sending your email.
We will begin our discussion on email marketing mistakes with spam. Spam is a problem which is reaching endemic proportions. Each day Internet users are bombarded with spam from around the world. This may include a host of unsolicited emails which are promoting products or services the recipients may or may not be interested in purchasing. A critical mistake business owners can make in email marketing is to issue emails which are likely to be construed to be spam. This may result in the emails never reaching the recipient or the emails being deleted, without being read, by the recipient. Avoiding the potential of falling into the spam category is not very difficult. It basically involves ensuring your promotional emails contain more useful copy than blatant advertising. This will make it more likely for your emails to be taken seriously.
Another email marketing mistake often made is failure to follow up on promotional emails. Sending out emails to interested parties can be very beneficial but it is even more beneficial to contact these email recipients by other methods such as mail or telephone to answer any questions they may have and offer any additional information they may require. This type of follow up can be much more effective than simply sending an email and allowing it to fall into the abyss of an overcrowded email inbox.
Business owners may also run into the mistake of not preparing themselves for an influx of customers after an email marketing effort. The express purpose of email marketing is to generate increased interest in your products or services. Therefore it is critical for business owners to anticipate an increase in business and be prepared to accommodate this increased demand for products and services. This is important because potential customers who have to wait for products or services may seek out your competitors who are better prepared to provide them with products or services immediately.
Finally a critical mistake made by business owners is to not tailor an email marketing campaign to their specific target audience. This can be a problem because it may result in the email marketing being less effective. Business owners typically make this mistake because they fall into the trap of believing that it is more important to reach a large audience than it is to reach a target audience. You may blindly send your email marketing materials to millions of recipients and only generate a few leads. However, you could send the same email marketing materials to a smaller group of only a thousand recipients who all have an interest in your products and services and will likely generate more leads from this smaller email distribution list. It is not only important to send your message to members of your target audience but to also tailor your message to suit this audience. Creating an email message which will appeal to a variety of individuals is not as important as creating a message which will appeal to members of your target audience.
You will need an autoresponder system to market with email I recommend GVO E Responder for sending your email.
I Hate Writing Articles - Isn't There An Easier Way?!
Owning, running and maintaining an internet based business or a site needs articles. Plain and simple, every who has a site knows this. Even those who don’t have sites but are frequent internet users knows this as well. Articles quench the thirst for information and knowledge of the people. Plus, the articles provides many other benefits for the site.
The benefits that articles provide are putting a site high in the ranking in search results of keywords and keyword phrases that pertains or are relevant to his or her site. They also provide attraction to website visitors when they are appreciated and is linked to your site from another site or newsletter. Articles provide for the increase of the confidence and trust levels of customers to your site and company.
Many articles are also beneficial to both company and its traffic. When the readers like the articles, they would tell more of their friends, family and peers and recommend your site to them, providing for a larger volume of traffic. You get bigger sales if your traffic trusts and believes in you. Your product or services would be much easier to sell when they know you know what you are doing and talking about.
So ok, we have established that articles are very important to a site and to business. Articles are crucial and to keep ahead in the game, a site must have an article, it is imperative. There is one dilemma though, not many people like writing articles.
Many website owners would rather spend their time on something else, and unless you’re a big time company, you don’t have the necessary resources to use on a pool of article writers. Plagiarism or copying of other articles is frowned upon and could easily get you into trouble, worst case scenario; a hefty fine and jail time.
So what are the other options?
Well, for starters if you hate writing articles and you can’t afford to hire people to write for you then don’t. Get free articles. The first place to look at for free articles is the public domain. Here you won’t have problems with copyright infringement and the following penalties and fines if you get caught for plagiarism.
Public domain articles are articles freely given to the public for public use. You can do whatever you want with it. You can place it on your site, name it as yours, put it in a newsletter its you decision. Always remember though that you will have to choose articles that is very relevant to your site.
The downside to public domain articles is that since it is free for everybody, many of your competitors may have access to them as well. Since every site needs to be original and unique even though you have the same niche, this could be a predicament. You may also have to edit them a bit to place more keywords and keyword phrases to make them better.
Another way to get free articles is to allow other sites which has the same subject or topic as yours to submit articles to your site. This would be only to augment your existing content or else all your articles would be leading to other sites since these articles would have resource boxes with them that could link or direct the readers to their site. That’s why it is important to have your own articles; you cold use them to link your site to other sites as well.
But, to truly feel the impact of what a good article to you, go for original ones. There are many article writers who do part time and freelance article writing jobs that charges only minimal fees. You can get good articles that have all the keywords and keyword phrases you need and people are looking for.
The investment you made for these articles would be worthwhile because you could use them for all the benefits you could offer. You hold copyrights to them and you will be able to use them anyway you want. As your articles help you in building your business and your site, you will have more articles to write and maybe then you wont be having second thoughts about articles. For more info on how you can get lots of different articles go to www.Best-PlrArticles.com
The benefits that articles provide are putting a site high in the ranking in search results of keywords and keyword phrases that pertains or are relevant to his or her site. They also provide attraction to website visitors when they are appreciated and is linked to your site from another site or newsletter. Articles provide for the increase of the confidence and trust levels of customers to your site and company.
Many articles are also beneficial to both company and its traffic. When the readers like the articles, they would tell more of their friends, family and peers and recommend your site to them, providing for a larger volume of traffic. You get bigger sales if your traffic trusts and believes in you. Your product or services would be much easier to sell when they know you know what you are doing and talking about.
So ok, we have established that articles are very important to a site and to business. Articles are crucial and to keep ahead in the game, a site must have an article, it is imperative. There is one dilemma though, not many people like writing articles.
Many website owners would rather spend their time on something else, and unless you’re a big time company, you don’t have the necessary resources to use on a pool of article writers. Plagiarism or copying of other articles is frowned upon and could easily get you into trouble, worst case scenario; a hefty fine and jail time.
So what are the other options?
Well, for starters if you hate writing articles and you can’t afford to hire people to write for you then don’t. Get free articles. The first place to look at for free articles is the public domain. Here you won’t have problems with copyright infringement and the following penalties and fines if you get caught for plagiarism.
Public domain articles are articles freely given to the public for public use. You can do whatever you want with it. You can place it on your site, name it as yours, put it in a newsletter its you decision. Always remember though that you will have to choose articles that is very relevant to your site.
The downside to public domain articles is that since it is free for everybody, many of your competitors may have access to them as well. Since every site needs to be original and unique even though you have the same niche, this could be a predicament. You may also have to edit them a bit to place more keywords and keyword phrases to make them better.
Another way to get free articles is to allow other sites which has the same subject or topic as yours to submit articles to your site. This would be only to augment your existing content or else all your articles would be leading to other sites since these articles would have resource boxes with them that could link or direct the readers to their site. That’s why it is important to have your own articles; you cold use them to link your site to other sites as well.
But, to truly feel the impact of what a good article to you, go for original ones. There are many article writers who do part time and freelance article writing jobs that charges only minimal fees. You can get good articles that have all the keywords and keyword phrases you need and people are looking for.
The investment you made for these articles would be worthwhile because you could use them for all the benefits you could offer. You hold copyrights to them and you will be able to use them anyway you want. As your articles help you in building your business and your site, you will have more articles to write and maybe then you wont be having second thoughts about articles. For more info on how you can get lots of different articles go to www.Best-PlrArticles.com
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