The Best Niche Marketing Tool? Keyword Canine Review – A Breakdown Of The Features
I will begin this review with a disclaimer (marketers usually like to place it at the bottom and in small and hard to read font!). If you buy through my link, I will be getting a commission (you won’t be paying more!). After all, I’m an Internet marketer myself, and affiliate marketing is part of the business :) With that said, only buy from me if my Keyword Canine review adds value to your decision making process!
What is it?
Keyword Canine (we’ll call it KC from this point onwards) is a web-based software that allows you to look for profitable niches and keywords. Web-based means that it all happens in your Internet browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari etc…) and that it’s going to work on both Mac and PC.
Keyword Analysis
This “Analyze” section of the Members’ Area is dedication to the competition analysis of a certain keyword phrase. The first thing you see after the software fetches all the necessary information is how easy (or difficult) it is to rank for the term you chose.
VERY EASY, EASY, MODERATE, HARD, FIERCE
Not only that, but it also “grades” the difficulty on a scale of 0 – 100. The easier it is to rank, the lower the number.
This number is calculated based on many different factors, such as the average Page Rank of the top 10 results, the lowest number of backlinks pointing to one of the pages on top 10, exact match domain name availability, AdWords advertising competition and more.
You can also see how the top 10 sites are performing on the social media level, with the focus being on the Facebook Likes, Tweets and Google +1’s. As you know, social sharing is weighing bigger and bigger in the output of search results!
It doesn’t stop here! It also shows you what anchor texts are used to link to the top 10 results (hint: fight the Penguin!), and how many links point to the specific page listed AND to all the pages of the website as well.
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Niche Finder
You will want to use this section if you don’t already know what niche you want to go after.
Very basically, it’s all “done for you”. The guys at KeywordCanine.com constantly update the “Niche” section with new keywords. There are over 5000+ niches uncovered every month, and new are added every few minutes. You have the ability to sort them out by ranking difficulty, CPC, local search volume and more. Oh, and KC also gives you the possibility to not only target the U.S. market, but also the United Kingdom, Holland/Netherlands, and France!
You are probably worried about the increase in competition once the other members browse this area as well. Well, stop worrying, as the website takes down all the keywords that are 30 days + old, meaning no one will ever see the keywords listed today, next month! Plus, the membership to KC is limited.
New Backlinks Analysis Report Generator
KC now has its own proprietary backlinks report generator. In the “Report” section, simply paste in the URL of your own, or your competitor’s URL. Click on “Create Report”. You will be presented with some really cool data.
It shows you the anchor text breakdown and the Page Rank of the page on which they are found. You will also find how many of the backlinks are NOFOLLOW and DOFOLLOW.
A feature I haven’t seen in any other keyword research tool is the “Link Depth” feature. Basically, it shows you how “deep” is the backlink situated on a website. Let’s say your build a link on a PR8 website. It doesn’t have the same value if it’s on the homepage itself compared to another page on the domain. The PR juice flows less and less the further the link is from the homepage. “Link Depth” tells you exactly that: whether the link is on the homepage, or is 1 click away, or 2 or more!
KC also makes the word count on the pages available to you. This is probably how Google Panda differentiates between a “low value” backlink and a “high value one”. With many words, the link looks more “contextual” in general. Again, I’ve seen it only in KC!
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In-built Link Builder
Once you’ve built your website, you can use the “Boost” section of KC to give you the initial push. It basically builds one-way backlinks including social bookmarking and profile backlinks and you will be emailed the report once the link building is complete.
About Data Accuracy
KC seems to take data accuracy very seriously. As far as possible, it takes its data directly from Google. It also has its own proprietary algorithm that generates its own data and finally, for the data that Google and themselves do not provide, they pull them from the top sources available.
As a developer
If you are a developer, we’ve got good news for you! You will be given access to Keyword Canine API that you will be able to use to build your own apps using the power of KC!
Updates and Compatibility
KC will never charge us for an update! Whenever one is released, they will make it automatic and seamless! Oh and yeah, we can access Keyword Canine on PC, Mac and also our beloved mobile devices :)
Money-Back Guarantee
Keyword Canine is so confident that their product will help you make more money, that it is offering a 30 day money back guarantee, no questions asked!
Bottomline
You’ve got nothing to lose. Give it a shot before membership closes. If you don’t like the app, ask for a refund. If you see the potential in it, quickly build your high value websites in the low competition niches and rake in the profits.
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Cool WP Themes & Plugins – Pssssst… They’re FREE!
This is kind of a “Part 2” of the previous post, but it can easily be read on its own if you already have a website.
WordPress is powerful in terms of design and add-ons. With traditional HTML, when going for a new design, you always had to worry about the rearrangement of the content. With WordPress, you can change your entire site’s design with just 2 clicks and your content automatically goes where it was intended to. Functionality-wise, you can add mind blowing plugins which can do almost anything. Plugins make it simple for you to optimize your site or blog for search engines, provide you an easy way to put up a contact form on your site, and much more!
Installation of themes and plugins is super-easy on WordPress. If you don’t know how to do it yet, go on YouTube.com and find tutorials. They will do a better job at getting you to understand, as it’s going to be more visual.
WP Themes
The very 1st place to go to find themes is on the WordPress.org website, here: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
And here is a quick way of finding wordpress themes for free. Simply google “free wordpress themes”. If you are looking for something more specific, like let’s say something corporate, search for “free corporate wordpress themes”. You will find a lot of blogs that list their top choices…free!
WP Plugins
This is what rocks the world of Internet Marketers! There are many plugins made specifically for us that will convert your visitors like crazy!
And while I just gave you resources to the themes, I would like to be a bit more specific about the plugins. I will mention and talk about a few of them here.
Contact Form 7
Have you ever wondered how websites code their contact forms? Well, with Contact Form 7, you can stop wondering about that!
This plugin is simple and flexible. It allows you to create as many forms as you want and gives you the ability to easily embed them anywhere you want (be it on a post, page or widget).
Link To Plugin Home Page | Link To Plugin On WordPress.org
WordPress SEO
This is, in my opinion, the best free WordPress SEO plugin that currently exists on the planet and certainly better than many of the paid ones that I know of!
As its developer, Yoast says, WordPress is already very SEO friendly. But his plugin makes it even friendlier!
Here are A FEW of the features:
1. It takes care of your page Title and Meta Description and Meta Keywords…and it also shows you how it’s going to look in Google!!
2. Allows you to hide whatever you want from the search engines. You can even choose to hide all the posts under a certain category.
3. It performs an analysis of your pages for basic SEO traits.
4. It has the most advanced XML Sitemap creator in the entire industry! Oh, and besides creating your sitemap, it also notifies big G and Bing that you now have one.
5. Powers breadcrumbs in many premium themes. Now you can have breadcrumbs too!
6. Cleans up thesection of your pages to make your site less prone to hacking.
Link To Plugin Home Page | Link To Plugin On WordPress.org
BuddyPress
Create your own social networking site with this plugin! Basically, people are allowed to sign up, upload profile pics, create their own profile and share stuff!
Awesome if you are in a group or community. Oh and yeah, BuddyPress has plugins of its own!
Link To Plugin Home Page | Link To Plugin On WordPress.org
Social Login
Go social with Social Login! Many users won’t bother signing up to your site, simply because they already have a profile on many other sites. The solution? Allow them to sign in using their FB or other profiles! Even Forbes uses them.
This is a huge huge advantage!
Link To Plugin Home Page | Link To Plugin On WordPress.org
So we covered SEO, Social and Contact plugins. However, feel free to browse WordPress.org for other awesome plugins. You can find them here.
Don’t Have A Website? Read This Post & I’ll Help You Jump The Fence & Have Your Own Website In 30 Minutes Flat!
Last night before going to bed, something was bugging me. I’ve been thinking about my posts on this blog. When writing for this blog, I always assume that everyone already has the basics covered, more specifically, everyone already have a website.
Then it struck me. Maybe some people do not have a website. And that’s okay. It’s not a big deal. They haven’t been told about the ease with which it can be done. More importantly, they haven’t been told about its importance.
This post will hopefully solve that problem!
Let me sell you the idea before going into the “How”
You shouldn’t be marketing online if you don’t have a website. You can, but you shouldn’t (even if you are just doing freelance work on Fiverr, Odesk or other sites that offer the escrow service!).
An online marketer who has no website is like a doctor who doesn’t have a medical cabinet or a clerk who doesn’t have an office. It is possible for them to do their job without a proper place, but it’s just not appropriate and optimal.
If you are a freelancer, having a website is the piece of real estate that you own online, where you can showcase your samples, leave your contact information, and even sell your services right there.
If you are a marketer, having a website allows you to do so much more than leaving your affiliate links on forums and on Yahoo! Answers. Having a website will allow you to set up a proper business, instead of being viewed by most people as a spammer. You will be able to build a list, and eventually make multiple sales from each subscriber, as opposed to directly sending each pair of eyeballs to the vendor’s sales page (where he collects their email and make multiple sales while you collect a one-time commission).
Also, having your own website allows you to do active marketing without any restrain. I cannot imagine myself putting Clickbank hoplinks as my status on my personal Facebook profile. My friends will think of me as a spammer, and they will be right! The same applies to Twitter and any other social network. However, there is nothing wrong in posting a link to your own page once in a while, as well as notify your friends of any new post or update you make. See the difference? Small, but big at the same time.
The “How”
If you’ve reached this section, my guess is that you do not currently have a website, and that’s okay. I’ll show you the easiest way to set up and maintain your brand new online real estate.
1 Word: WordPress
Marketers love WordPress for many different reasons, and for now, you should be loving it for its simplicity! WordPress was initially a blogging platform, but is now more and more being used as a content management system. But more about that later; for now we will talk about hosting and domain name.
Registering a domain name and getting hosting
I usually do not teach or preach purchasing the domain name and hosting space from the same company, but I have to admit that doing this allows you to skip many unnecessary technical steps.
So head over to HostGator.com and sign up for a new account. The smallest and cheapest package will perfectly suit our purpose for now. You can always upgrade later. Just follow the on-screen steps and choose the option to register a new domain name with them.
Ok, so let’s clear up some basic questions you may have.
What is a domain name?
It’s your address. It’s what people type in the address bar of their browser to reach you. WinsonYeung.com is a domain name. Facebook.com is another. Your domain can be anything you want (as long as someone else hasn’t chosen that name before). Usually, something short and simple works best. Something that people can hardly be confused about. Facebook. It’s kind of hard to misspell that. Th3K1ng.com would be hard to remember.
What is hosting?
Hosting is your online space. It’s where you store your files and web pages. That’s it!
Installing WordPress
This video (put up by Host Gator themselves) will do a better job at making you understand the process than me putting it in writing.
However, since this is probably your first website, you might want to install it directly in your root domain (at 0:50, he writes “myblog” in the box. You just need to leave that blank).
Do that, and in my next post, I’ll follow up with how to find a nice theme for your website and the plug-ins you may want to use.
Don’t feel like getting a website? Read this article again. Understand the WHY. If you still don’t want a website, you should probably consider a shift in interest; Internet marketing is probably not for you! I’ll see you in the next post!
WP Syndicator Review | What It Does? Do You Need It?
Attention: This review is especially geared towards people who blog to make money. Whether you are selling your own product, have affiliate banners or are currently simply collecting emails, you NEED to read this post if you have a blog.
The Honest Truth About Internet Marketing
Here is one thing that many newcomers to the industry do not “get”. You could be having the best design ever on your website, with the most awesome piece of content, but it means NOTHING if no one is going to see it. People won’t see you as an authority. They won’t enjoy your content. They won’t buy from you or click your ads. Why? Because they will never reach your website if all you do is pump out great content.
The thing you need is TRAFFIC. In the offline world, people decide to go to a new store because they saw an ad in the newspaper, on a billboard or on TV. Online, people hang out on social networks and on search engines looking for information about what they need. This is your chance to get discovered.
Getting found on search engines
While the content found on your page plays a role on your rankings, time and countless tests have shown that the amount of links pointing to your site plays an even bigger role. These are called backlinks.
WP Syndicator automatically creates up to 15 backlinks (and increasing) for every single post you make.
Basically, if you had to do it manually, you would have had to create an account on each of 15 the Web 2.0 properties, and every time you make a post on your blog, you’d have had to copy part of the content and paste it in each properties’ “post” field. Then you’d have to link back to your site, again on each property. Time taken to do it manually? Around 30 minutes if you are fast, and over 2 hours if you are new! With WP Syndicator, it takes you less than 30 seconds!
So, to answer the question “Do you absolutely need the software?”, the answer is “Not if you don’t mind spending plenty of time doing boring stuff”. However if you want to bag 15 backlinks with a single click (and spend the extra time with your family or other aspects of your business), then WP Syndicator is for you!
Getting found socially
WP Syndicator also posts to sites like Twitter, Multiply, Plurk and more, which are social in nature. Some of you may already be aware that social interactions affect search engine rankings too. But we are not going to talk about that. Instead, let’s focus on the social aspect of the plugin.
WP Syndicator automatically shortens your URL using the bit.ly service and tweets about your new post while linking back to your blog. Manually, this would take a couple of minutes, but the task is damn annoying!
So, not only you are getting indirect traffic from search engines, but you are also directly getting visitors from social networks.
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Another Truth About Internet Marketing
To succeed, you need automation (either by outsourcing or by using software). Many people will disagree with me, but I’m serious, you cannot do everything on your own. Think about it, even to live your daily life you outsource. You don’t knit your own clothes. You don’t hunt your own food. You don’t build your own house. These stuff are basic. Now how can you think that making money is going to require less than that? There are some investments you have to make, and getting WP Syndicator is definitely one of them if you rely on search and social traffic.
What else?
Well, once you’ve installed WP Syndicator, you have the ability to syndicate your old posts as well. Yes, nothing goes wasted! This basically means that you can potentially increate the traffic on your blog without having to create any new content. If you have 50 posts for example, during the next 50 days you could back off content creation and just syndicate your old posts daily.
As you can see, this review is quite different from the others floating on the net, but I’m only talking about its genuine functions here. I don’t see the need to hype up the thing just to make a few bucks off you. My vision is more long term. I want you to read my stuff with confidence and come back for more. And for that to happen, I need to leave the B.S. out of my content!
And anyway, if you are not happy with WP Syndicator, just shoot their support an email within 60 days and ask for a refund. You’ve really got nothing to lose. But I’m sure you’ll like the plugin. So go ahead and order it now!
Social Metrics Pro Review – Tracking Your Social Presence Right From Your WordPress Dashboard
STOP READING if you do not KNOW that social presence is a MUST in 2012 and that it’s only going to become more and more important as time goes by.
Even those who have been strictly focusing on search engine optimization have seen that search engine rankings are now being heavily affected by social sites.
Now that I’ve got your attention, I want you to know that this Social Metrics Pro review is genuine. I will be receiving a commission if you buy through my link (you won’t have to pay more), but I don’t believe in fake reviews. I hope that my review will help you and your business :)
Oh, and if you are currently not making any money online, I’ll be sharing a hot service that you can offer to finally be able to work from home! So make sure to read this post in its entirety!
What it does – in short and simple?
Beginning this Social Metrics Pro review with complicated stuff doesn’t seem right. So, in short:
Social Metrics Pro is a WordPress plugin that tracks and analyzes your social presence on the web (like Tweets, Diggs, Likes, Pins, Stumbles, +1s etc)
Imagine retrieving data pertaining to your website on all the major social sites. You would think that it would really hammer your server, right? Well, it doesn’t. Social Metrics Pro actually gets all that done PLUS generates a nice little report in under a second.
It doesn’t matter if you are not a social media expert. Having this plugin is like having a social media expert working for you 24/7. It shows you where you are performing well, and on which social sites you need to devote some more attention if you want to exploit them as well. In the plugin’s control panel, you will see the red colour where you need some improvement and green where you are already performing well. While you would want to invest some time in the red areas, make sure you don’t start neglecting the green ones!
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Okay, so that that you have the big picture of what it is about, let’s get into some of the questions you may have.
What does it do, on a more specific and technical level?
Here is what you need to know for the most part:
• Monitors the top social sites like Facebook, Google +, Twitter, Digg, Pinterest etc
• Tracks both posts and pages on your WordPress blog
• Displays the popular posts with GREEN and the bad performing ones with RED, together with the number of times they appeared on the particular network
• Allows you to filter results by date or category
• Allows you to select or deselect the features you need or don’t need
• Allows you to track only the networks that you usually work with
• Any update made to the software will be available to you for FREE
• Has a super-cool support team
What about the speed?
No software review would be complete without a section on speed, and this Social Metrics Pro review is no different.
Put simply, if your server is fast, you’ll get your report in under a second. If you are subscribed to a very crappy hosting service, it will take you just a few seconds. Not bad huh, considering that the software will be scanning millions of pages to dig out your stuff.
I am new to this Internet marketing thing, do I need this plugin?
To be honest, you probably don’t NEED it. But it will definitely help you make your first dollar online quicker if you have it. You will soon realize that most “make quick cash” techniques are dead by now and that the present and future is the social market.
Getting this plugin will give you a very accurate idea of your social presence on the Internet. The earlier you see the numbers, the faster you will be able to do something about it.
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I promised you that at the beginning of this review and now I’m going to reveal it. Here is how Social Metrics Pro can make you money directly.
By now you know how social presence is important for a business. As the word gets spread, more and more business owners are getting concerned that they are “lagging behind” in the online game. That’s where you come in! With this plug-in, you can present yourself as an expert who will track, analyze and improve their social activity online! All you need to do is install the plug-in on their WordPress blog and make sure that their posts are “GREEN” for the most part. Actually, I’m feeling generous and I’ll give you a mini-guide on how to actually do it right.
Step #1: Approach a business and tell them that you will give them a FREE evaluation of how they are performing on social sites in under 24 hours.
How: Install Social Metrics Pro on their website and get it to fetch the data for you. Play around with it to get it give you nice charts and graphs on Excel.
Step #2: Contact them to let them know that you’ve got some news for them.
How: Before showing them how they are performing, explain to them how social presence is important (traffic, SERPS effects etc) and THEN show them how they are performing.
Step #3: Tell them that you will improve their situation if they are willing to give you a “test-drive” for 1 week for only $97.
How: If you are not an expert yourself, hire some freelancers off ODesk.com to do the social marketing for you. Remember, you took $97 from them, so don’t hesitate to outsource your work. After a week, give them the new report. If they like what they see, you can charge them an upwards of $300/mo to take care of their social presence.
Sweet huh, what a $27 plug-in can do?
Purchasing the product
There are 2 licenses you can purchase:
1. Single site license
2. Multi-site license
If you know you will only have 1 website to take care of, the single site license is for you. If you have several domains, or are planning to take on multiple clients (remember, takes you around less than 2 hours a week for 1 client), then you are better off purchasing the multi-site license.
Both licenses come with lifetime updates and free technical support. You are also backed by a 60-Day 100% Money Back Guarantee in case you are not satisfied. Oh and yeah, it comes as a download (not as a DVD), so you don’t have to wait for shipping and can literally start tracking and analyzing 5 minutes from your purchase.
Social Metrics Pro is not a magic-button software, but is surely very close to it :)
