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I have to apologize for not posting for a couple of days, I have been busy socializing. Whether the method you use to Earn A Living Online is Affiliate Marketing, Google Adsense, or Product Creation one of the most important things you have to do is to get traffic. Social Marketing is one of the quickest ways to build an online presence, and that is what I have been spending a lot of time doing lately. Social Marketing or Networking helps to get your brand out there and build links to your sites, and in some cases will teach you a thing or two. This is what I have been doing the past couple of days….

Entrecard - I have had a quite bit of traffic due to Entrecard and the major dropping of my cards I have been doing.

SocialAuthority - Jack humphrey’s new Social Network has been incredible in bringing traffic and gaining a lot of new friends in the Social Marketing crowd. I cannot believe the resources that are available there just for the asking.

StumbleUpon - Been spending a lot of time Stumbling sites to gain some authority

Technorati - Faving some of the great sites that I have been coming across.

That’s just to name a few of the things going on. Take advantage of the socializing that is going on around you and it will pay you back tenfold, but be careful and do it with the intention of actually participating in the process and not just spamming these Social Networks.

Have a favorite Social Network that you subscribe or belong to? Why not share it here and let some of us benefit from your experience.

Keeping a Blog is hard work, and to make money from that blog is even harder work. Don’t let anyone kid you, there is no program and I mean no program or Guru who will teach you how to make money overnight. Blogging is easy, put your thoughts down in a post and your good to go, but try to monetize that blog and you have another thing coming. Blogging is not like a “Field of Dreams” you don’t build it and they will come. You have to build traffic slowly and methodically, and understand that not everyone who stumbles upon your blog will like your writing style or even what you are writing about. Can you please everyone every time? No! But you can please the ones who are interested in what you are writing about. I see a lot of bloggers that ramble about just about anything their mind is set on for that particular moment in time. When it comes to Blogging I feel the best thing to do is to pick a Niche, something that interests you or has a following that you feel you might be able to cater to.
With that said, how do you build traffic to your blog? Do you use Google Adwords, Banner Ads, Social sites or traffic generators. To me it’s pretty simple, it’s who you know. The more you get yourself out there, whether it’s by commenting on other blogs or forums or joining social networks the more readers you will get to your blog. In my last post I spoke about Jack Humphrey’s new Social Network, and in just the past couple of days since I became a member I made lots of new friends and gained a lot of new RSS Subscribers. I have also been participating more on StumbleUpon and Digg, these sites are not just for promoting your posts and blogs. They are there to network with other people and build a presence for yourself through friendships and partnerships.
Another thing I have been using very heavily is Entrecard, it takes some time but I feel it is well worth it as I have gained a lot of new friends and continued visits to my blog.
So how are you building traffic to your blog? Are you out their networking? Please take a moment and leave a comment and share your thoughts and ideas so that the rest of us might benefit, after all if we all share somebody might just learn something.

Jack Humphrey Author of The Authority Black Book, owner of the Friday Traffic Report and one of a handful of Social Marketing geniuses has started a new Social network. Should be a great place to hang out and pick up some tips and pointers on social marketing. Join us and share your tips, successes, photo’s and videos. When you get there, look me up and invite me as a friend.

Choosing the wrong product or service to market as an Affiliate or choosing the wrong Affiliate Program is not only a waste of your time, it is also a money losing proposition. Let me explain, Like most bloggers I work a full time job and do the blogging and website stuff in my spare time. At work our Antivirus software had expired and I was delegated the task of either renewing or finding a more suitable candidate for replacement. Being the ever enterprising internet marketer, I thought let me look into Antivirus software makers that have an affiliate program and maybe I can make a little money and make a site for other people like me looking for this information.
So I did my homework and found one that I really liked and thought would be a good match for my company and what we needed. I went to their homepage and looked at the various types of products that were available and the pricing. I then signed up for the affiliate program, created a small site about Antivirus software and placed my links on the page.

A funny thing happened along the way…..

When I went to my site and clicked through my Affiliate link I was quite surprised to find out that the software was going to cost 33% more through my Affiliate link than if I had purchased it through their own site. Considering the Affiliate payout was only 20%, this particular Affiliate program is netting this company 13% more than when they sell it on their own page. The usual process once you find a product that fits the bill, is to find the lowest price possible for that product. So how am I going to make any money if that product can be bought for 33% off of the price someone will have to pay going through my affiliate link? Right, not going to happen, I can do all the promotion in the world and get all the clicks in the world, but what good is that if they don’t buy it from me?

When choosing an affiliate program to work with, you should always check the link and verify that the pricing is at least the same as the products home page. Affiliate Marketing is a tough business with thousands of other Affiliate Marketers out there to compete with, why make your job harder by choosing the wrong Affiliate Marketing Program. Choose wisely, and research your niche, your audience and your affiliate marketing programs.

Anybody else having problems with Entrecard? I try to drop my cards on other sites but I cannot do it using Firefox browser. I can do it using Internet Explorer, but for some reason when I use Firefox I get “Get It” instead of “Drop Yours”. While I am pointing out problems I am having with Entrecard I should also mention for you Entrecard users out there, How about looking at your dashboard once in a while. I still adverts waiting to be approved or denied since January 3rd, I don’t want to cancel as I think this will have a negative impact on my Advert rating. On the plus side I do like the new changes that the folks at Entrecard have come up with, the new way of displaying the inbox is very cool, and I like the fact that I can add my favorites.

UPDATE —> Thanks to Walt at 365tofreedom.com

Answer to my problem solved: clear your cache, close firefox, then open it again and log back into Entrecard…everything should be back to normal.