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As many people have found out in the current economic slump having all your income eggs in one basket is not a good idea.

Many people who have lost their jobs also lost the only way they had to make money.

On the Internet it is possible to create multiple streams of income and a good way to do that is to build residual income streams.

Multiple streams of income just mean you’re earning money in more than one way. Residual income means you continue to get paid even when you’re no longer working.

This is also known as creating a walk away income and in the past was primarily promoted through network marketing.

MLM opportunities continue to be a great way to develop a residual income.

As a matter of fact more people are making money in network marketing than any time in history.

This is due primarily to how much easier it is to sell products on the Internet and to enroll new distributors.

You can also create a residual income by joining two-tier affiliate programs and recruiting people to sell. You earn money on every sale made by affiliate marketers you recruit.

Even when you are no longer selling yourself you can continue to receive affiliate income checks every month.

Some Internet marketers have created numerous websites or blogs and make money on them every month.

If you work with this strategy over time you can have an Internet marketing empire in multiple niches earning you income in various ways.

It is very exciting to think about creating multiple streams of residual income on the Internet today.

Blogs are a good way to share your thoughts and ideas in a public forum and have become immensely popular in last few years. Their world wide popularity means there is a plethora of thoughts, beliefs, cultures and knowledge from different nooks of the planet. Many blog sites are organized around common interests and ideas. It is also a way for many bloggers with bright ideas to monetize their thoughts. Here are some other reasons they have become so popular and continue to do so:

You do not have to be a computer geek to blog your thoughts. There are so many free software and tools available which are easy to setup, program. Once set up, you can use a lot of automation tools to support them effortlessly.

They are easy to create and use as they are supported with so many different technologies. Most blog sites can be created without any hassle with thousands of free templates provided to use with sites such as WordPress, Blogger, Weebly – just to name a few of the hundreds. You can also browse through thousands of blogging sites to get an idea of the kind of blogging site you want. You can also post comments on most blogging sites without any problem. Once you have the subject and fundamentals of the type of site you want, setting up a blog can be done in done in as little as 30 minutes! WordPress has a famous 5 minutes installation slogan.

Anyone with a little knowledge of computers knows that all websites have been created by a human somewhere. Same is true of blogs; there is a human just like you. A reason for the popularity of blogs is that there are different streams of thoughts and cultures behind every expression in blogs, and it is a terrific way to bring them in one place.

Search engines make searching a topic of your interest so much easier. Just insert a few keywords from a topic of your interests and they will link you to a plethora of choices. Search engines are programmed to update information constantly, and they love to update all kinds of information.

Blogs are extremely versatile. They can be used to post comments, calendars, announcements, events, news, training, thoughts, knowledge and any key points that you may have.

So these are just some of the reasons blogs have become immensely popular throughout the world; and have become essential parts in many people’s lives and millions of people have their own blog sites.

If you are new to internet marketing, you would have discovered that driving traffic to your website is a formidable task. However, if you learn the ropes to drive traffic to your website, you can reap a ton of rewards. Here are some creative ideas that may help you.

Start blogging on several sites and leave comments on other people’s blog posts. Make sure to include your URL and hotlink where possible. Remain focused on your issue as you need to make sure that you write to get approved and captivate your readers. Write to establish trust as an expert on subject. Putting in all the efforts and getting it trashed as spam is such a waste of time.

Add as many suitable themes, extensions and widgets as possible to your blogging site. There are so many free add-ons to make your site attractive. Consistently analyze your site to see how you can make it user friendly, stimulating and attractive rather than a run of the mill boring site. Their visit should fulfill their desire to get information and new experience. Add intriguing and interesting podcasts, videos and audios to your site.

Enlist your friends and ask their help to spread the word about your website. They can use their website, contacts, blogs and contacts to drive traffic to your website.

Sign up with a social bookmarking site and share your bookmarked site with other readers who share the same interests as you. Add reference and links to your websites. Most social sites are used by many people as specific interest search engines. Add the bookmarks to your site and increase your traffic. Analyze as to what products users are searching for and add links to interesting and relevant products. The more such links you have bookmarked, the bigger your following will be. The more appealing information that you impart to the readers, the more they will return to your site for new information.

Use social photo sharing sites like Flickr to drive readers to our website. Attract them by adding smart tags. Write a post in your blogsite and link to your Flickr page. This way both the sites will work together to drive traffic to your site.

Twitter is another useful tool to drive traffic to you site. Make sure to tweet every post or comment you make. Use tools like bit.ly to shorten your links to post pages and link them in your tweets. Make sure not tweet only those links. Intermittently tweet some other useful information, tidbits, quotes, humor etc. to keep your tweets interesting. This will also increase your Twitter following and work in unison with your blog site. One more thing make sure to add a link to your site in your Twitter profile. That will drive more traffic to your site.

Add links to industry specific sites and network with them by contacting them. Most will be pleased to help you build your web traffic and promote the common cause.

Submit your feeds to as many blog site directories as possible. This is a good way to drive up traffic from other sites to yours.

Modify your posts to the article and submit to as many article directories as possible. Use the resource box to drive traffic to your site and create valuable backlinks to your site. When ranking your page, search engines give higher weight to backlinks from articles published in many reputable article directories.

Your strategy to build traffic should be to first and foremost offer what the reader wants. You service a valuable purpose when you provide them with interesting information, products and services.

If you are new to Internet marketing and have no clue as to how to start blogging, here are a few things to keep in mind. First of all you have to decide what topics you should be blogging or posting. It is necessary to keep in mind, that you want a blog that will rank as high as possible with search engines for your selected keyword or phrase. That way you drive traffic to your site with Internet Business Opportunity.

Second you have to choose which niche market you are pursuing with your blogs and posts. This is an important step before you write your blog. Take special care in selecting the right title and description for your blog, as both are displayed on every page of you blogs and posts.

Once you have narrowed the niche Business Opportunity and have picked related keyword and phrase, you must fill in these keywords in titles and descriptions of the blogs. So if, your target market is a franchise business, then your blog should be named “franchise.WordPress.com” and the blog title should also contain keywords “franchise business”.

I use WordPress for my blogging sites, so I will use this software as a base. WordPress gives you options to add blog description, so write a short description that will contain your chosen keywords and phrases; and also make sure to include variations of those keywords. You may rephrase the descriptions as a compilation of franchise business reports.

Now let us take a look at blog posts. WordPress lets you post each post to its own specific page. Therefore, you should optimize each post for each different types of Internet Business Opportunity, keywords or phrases. When writing in each post, apply same search engine optimization techniques that you would apply to any regular website; that includes keyword density, keyword or phrase standing and links to your Internet Business Opportunity.

When posting your blogs, make sure that you factor in which keyword or phrase you want and the actual post you want to rank, and optimize the post or blog accordingly. This will further drive traffic to your Internet Business Opportunity and thus increase your chance of conversions.

Always try to make it natural by writing posts that are written in easy and captivating manners, as if you were talking face to face with your readers, and put in your signature in each post. Don not make it something like a math or science book. People read blogs to enjoy and stay informed. So making reading your blog as much enjoyable as possible, it will make readers revisit your blogging site regularly and drive up interest in your Internet Business Opportunity.

Always link your posts to related pages on your website. If you have multiple keywords which are related with each page of your website, combine these keywords, and include them in different posts. Make regular posting a habit, so that visitors keep coming back again and again. Regular new content is what is going to keep your blog attractive and alive.

Best way to get into regular habit of blogging and to gather ideas for blog titles and content, is to visit other blogs in your chosen field, and see what others are writing about. Learn from these writings and choose what you enjoy in their styles to your posts. A Happy blogging!

There is a big buzz around about making big bucks on the Internet. Economy the way it is, making money online within the comfort of your home has become an extremely luring proposition to many. You always dream of success you can have. You dream of spending time with the kids. Think of the commute you do not have to take.

Many have tried to follow this dream, but very few have succeeded. Are you one of those who made it? If not, are you still determined to pursue your dreams? Or, are you planning to start now, but have no clues as to where to start, or what works and what does not. Let me give you some tips which will help you along the road to success and make that journey to success shorter.

First of all, identify your niche, something you have a little bit of knowledge on and keep the focus on it. Do not get attracted to too many propositions that you get in your email box. Try to target just one area first and then check out your existing competitors first. Do a little bit of research and judge if they are successful. A little of research and planning goes a long way in saving you time, money and aggravation down the road. One of the easiest entry point is in Affiliate Marketing, where many have succeeded. AdSense and CPA network are other areas you can explore. AdSense lets you leverage Google’s advertising muscles to your site and, CPA (Cost per Action) Network is another area which has not been fully exploited so far. However, Affiliate marketing is a terrific entry level area for the novice or for those who not succeeded in Internet marketing otherwise.

Affiliate Marketing is simple in that you create or purchase websites to promote other peoples products and collect commissions when a sale is completed, or when a potential client is referred to the vendor. Most of the sale is routed through ClickBank or similar organizations, so your commission is guaranteed and credited to you account as soon as the sale is completed. There is no hassle of setting up merchant account or keeping track of leads etc. Everything is processed automatically. There is almost no investment required to enter Affiliate marketing. I would say this is the easiest entry point for newcomers.

To take it to the next step, get a suitable home course for Internet marketing and devote some time learning the nuances and tricks of the business. Remember, there is no free lunch to riches. You do need to educate yourself to accelerate your growth. No point in reinventing the wheels and wasting your valuable time. There is a plethora of information available online but sorting through the jungle for successful strategies is trying to find a needle in the haystack. It is best to find and follow a system that works. Focus and knowledge are key ingredients in every success and Internet marketing is no exception.

There is massive money to be made in this ocean called Internet marketing. There are many systems that work and many that will only consume your valuable time and money. If you do not have either and want to start right away, you have come to the right place.  Start reaching out to your dream right now.

The whole idea of blogging is somewhat overwhelming to many Internet marketers. The thought of writing fresh content on a consistent basis drives some people away from blogging almost as quick as they get started.

Here’s a thought that might change your mind. What if you were actually making money from your blog?

Would you be more interested in doing it? Here’s 3 easy ways to get your blog ready to make money.

1. Join Google Adsense and put ads where people can find them. Google offers good tutorials on how to do this. This is easy money because you do not have to sell anything.

2. Join ClickBank and add text link ads in the body of your blog articles. Do this by hyperlinking a keyword phrase to a product from Clickbank.

You can also paste in graphics many publishers have made for you. If you do not know how to do this get busy and learn. It is not hard.

3. Paste a couple of banners to CPA affiliate programs on the sidebar of your blog. This is easy money as well. Join Commission Junction for access to a large variety of CPA Programs in different niches.

As your traffic increases you will actually get other internet marketers wanting to pay you to place their banner on your blog.

If writing content is still overwhelming to you hire a blog writer and let them do it. You can purchase blog articles for around $50 and that will give you a nice steady flow of content to add to your blog every month.

Many Internet businesses are open 24 hours a day. Some Internet businesses are closed 24 hours a day. In your mind you should determine what time of day you open for business!

Part of this will be determined by the type of Internet business you have. Of course the Internet never sleeps so you have the opportunity to be conducting business nonstop around the clock.

Some businesses require more of a hands on approach. Businesses that require you to personally contact your prospects and customers come to mind.

However many Internet marketers really never have set business hours so it makes it hard for them to conduct business. If you have the type of business where people need to be in contact with you, you should establish set office hours and publish those where people can find them.

Some Internet businesses are never open for business because they don’t have any traffic. Just because you have a website or blog online doesn’t mean you are open for business.

It’s kind of like the old saying, “if a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, does it make a sound?” If you build a website, and no one sees it, will you make any money? Of course the answer to this question is you will not.

If you are a busy person the easiest way to stay open for business 24 hours a day is to automate as much of your business as possible. This includes the type of advertising you do so that people are constantly seeing links to your website.

Getting quality backlinks is the key to being open for business 24 hours a day.