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Website Hacking Info 101

If you are a website owner then you know that nothing is more horrifying than seeing a message saying that your website have been hacked.

There is a lot of possibilities as to why this happens.

Today we will look at the possible underlying circumstances as to why your website is hacked or is susceptible to website attacks and hacking.

Three things come to mind on why websites are usually hacked:

To send out spam email\
To gain access to your personal data, mailing list, credit card info, and others.
Gain access to your site so that they can install malicious software that they can use your site.

The benefits of hacking for the hacker boils down to mass exposure, reduced overhead, tools, increased rate of success.

Why Hackers Hack?

Economic Gains

Obviously the first reason as to why a website gets hacked is purely economic. Hackers do this to make money from your audience.

One way they do is by the means of a Drive-by-download. This is the act of injecting your site with a malware hoping to infect your website visitors.

It works like this, whenever your readers visit your site, chances are they will be downloading a fake software that you recommended and that software is has only one command, to extract vital credit card info. The effects are rather devastating to say the least.

System Resources

Another reason why a hacker will hack your website is farming your system resources. This comes in the form of increased bandwidth and physical server use.

This is big business as a successful hack not only mean that the hacker has now increased bandwidth, but moreover, he can build a leasing environment off yours.

Hactivism

This is a bit tacky to quantify but nonetheless too real not to consider. If nothing else, some hackers derive maximum pleasure and satisfaction from being able to take control over a site, in this case, a government site to protest or show their agenda.

They then show this to their peers and use as bragging rights. One famous example is a group of hackers who call themselves “anonymous”

Boredom

Yes, some hackers, out of sheer boredom (for having too much time on their hands) with nothing better to do will actually find hacking a site the actual cure for their boredom.

In closing

Being hacked is not a pleasant experience. It will demand your full attention if you want to restore your site and remove the malware installed.

In our next installment I’ll present some anti-hacking and security guides that you can use to avoid being hacked again or hacked in the first place.

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Why join Webinars?

4 Reasons to Join Webinars

Save on Cost

Webinars are cost-saving platform for marketers and content consumers to get a lot of vital insider’s education on specific topics. They cost-less than producing or attending a live seminar and offer a wider reach due to their virtual nature.

Also the recorded content will continue to exist for further viewership after the actual event has ended further increasing its cost-effectiveness.

Convenience

What can be more convenient than participating in a live seminar over the net at the comfort of your home or office?

You don’t need to rush up to a venue and navigate the daily traffic. Webinars offers the best way to view the resource materials and replay it as many times as you want, which is not accorded on any live seminars.

Real-time delivery of content

Related resources like files or even links are easily passed on to participants during webinars or are prepared and delivered in advance.

This gives attendees the added benefit of having the planned content in real time plus if additional contents are furthered offered during the telecast, participants also have the option to get those as well. These resource materials will remain accessible even during the recording, which offers consequent viewers the same contents as is with the live attendees.

Immersion

Did you know that webinars are the most immersive content experience available? In fact, no other marketing medium offers attendees the actual chance to interact with the content so thoroughly for roughly up to an hour.

Aside from the variety of interactivity options, attendees can ask the speaker questions right there and then and to interact with their co-attendees via the web connectivity– even more easily than in an in-person environment. The interactive nature of this content consumption makes it very memorable and impactful.

A webinar is an effective way to get fresh material, acquire new learning that can tremendously impact the way you do your business.

Webinars are packed full of highly beneficial yet easily do able insights that hopefully would sit well with how you plan and execute your day-to-day business strategies and activities.

Isn’t it about time you join one?

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7 Social Media Marketing Mistakes

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Hi everyone!

In the early stages of my social media marketing campaign I often struggle to find the most applicable and most effective strategy or strategies that I can use.

This would always result to falling into a pitfall and you know what’s even worse? I’d fall over and over into the same ditch time and again.

It’s definitely easy to mess up and get lost into messing up again and again.

Thankfully I was able to rectify my mistakes and was able launched a more streamlined and effective social media marketing campaign.

Now I’ll be sharing the mistakes I did before in the hope that you’ll steer clear of them.

Here it goes.

Social Media Marketing Mistakes

Focusing on Number of Followers

Try to target connections that will be beneficial to your business. It’s them you want to focus on anyway.

Don’t just click and connect.

Be forward-looking. Connect with those that you can do business with in the future.

Irregular Posting of Unrelated Content

More than 170million people buy product online every year. Posting unrelated content without irregularity will only leave you in the dust and in the dark. Moreover you can actually even lose your followers this way.

Forgetting to Convert Followers into Paying Customers

Did you know that roughly around 12 percent of total social media viewers that encounter your ads are likely to buy?

A highly shared post means nothing if it’s not asking viewers to make the sale.

No Strategy

Operating an online business without any social media strategy is like fighting a battle with one hand tied behind your back. I can’t overemphasize the importance of having an active social media marketing campaign.

Spamming

Self-explanatory I suppose? Spamming is really not a strategy anyway. It’s more akin to being a nuisance.

Announcing the Same Message on Multiple Channels

Much like having your own branding concepts, different platforms have their own distinct way of getting the message across their respective community.

If you want to be effective on this, then learn how each platform execute theirs.

You might piss off your most loyal followers having multiple channels if they see the same exact message promoted across multiple channels don’t you think?

Brand Has no Personality

Whether you have a smiling clown, or an old man with a mustache that defines your brand, still your brand has to have its personality.

This will separate you from the “faceless, lifeless and bland crowd”. A logo or a symbol will instantly inform your viewers who you are and what your business is all about.

There you go folks!

Have fun with your social media campaign!

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How to Get the Most out of LinkedIn

LinkedIn Cheat Sheet

Set up a Professional Looking Picture

Adding a face to the profile is a 99% guarantee that you are most likely a real person and that your account is legit and not bogus.

Create an Awesome Summary

This section should be about YOU, not about your brand.

This should highlight everything about you that would make people want to connect with you.

Create an Accurate Advert via Your Headline

You can take advantage of this heading by letting your connection know what you can offer and what you can do. Keep it simple and brief but loaded with a lot of punch.

Be Single-mindedly clear

Unlike other social media networking site, LinkedIn is all about building your PROFESSIONAL connection. So it’s really important that you make this clear right away with what you load into your profile.

Skill Set

It is also imperative that you list your skill. A LinkedIn profile without a skill set is like a car without fuel.

It wouldn’t go anywhere.

Besides, I’ll ask you this simple question, will you connect with someone that you don’t have a clue about what they actually do?

Post Statuses

You need to be visible to be relevant. Posting statuses on a regular basis keeps your connection well aware of your online presence. This is of paramount importance. YOU need to be relevant. Don’t forget to hashtag part of the update in to your Twitter account for that extra wallop and sauce.

Get Endorsed

Get people in your network to endorse your skills. This way, viewers will see what you are really about.

Although not 100% fool proof, still, I’d get an endorsement anytime. It beats self-promotion by a mile.

Add Media

You can make your profile more interesting by adding different types of media. Include videos, photos and links every now and then to make it more visible as well.

There you have it, give it a try then tell leave a comment.

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7 Common SEO Mistakes Every Web Marketer Should Never Do

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Hi everyone!

Let’s face it, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) technique is not EASY for everyone. While some guys may be good at it, most of us newbie marketers are left groping in the dark and biting our nails.

Still in keeping with my ongoing objective of helping you out, I’ve recently updated my list of the MOST common SEO mistakes that newbie marketers often do and how to avoid them.

7 Common SEO Mistakes

Keyword Stuffing

This refers to unnaturally padding your blogpost with keywords that may or may not be relevant to the subject at hand.

This is unethical and can often lead to your site’s being flagged down and worse –penalized by major search engines!

Being Spammy

Again, loading your blogpost with keywords but with little content to back it up is like shooting an arrow to the moon.

It’s unrealistic and will get you nowhere.You need to be smart with the use of keywords even if they’re on-topic.

There should be enough word count to make it really count. One word of advice though, be sure that it reads smart and loaded with real info. Word count alone will not cut it as well.

Focusing on Keyword Density

If you’ll notice, there’s already a recurring theme here – the use of keywords. While keywords are really essential it’s not smart to overuse them.

Keyword density refers to the number of times a specific keyword is repeated or appears in a blog post. Don’t aim for a certain number density anymore like what was acceptable a couple of years back.

The search engines are evolving in an effort to weed out the phonies. It is outdated and doesn’t work anymore.

Spamdexing

Spamdexing involves repeating an unrelated phrase or phrases in an effort to trick the search engines.

Well guess what, search engines nowadays have a better way of detecting whether or not the content of a blogpost is relevant to the search term or not.

Beware, the moderators will be inclined to remove you from the search engines when they discover that you are actually spamdexing.

Link-bait-and-switching

Link-bait-and-switching is a technique whereby a link is added to a word and that link leads your reader to something totally unrelated. This is also unethical and will cause your readers to mistrust you.

Not being Patient

“Patience is a virtue” so goes the saying. It’s true. Even with this technological advancement, patience still has its rewards. Proper SEO can’t be established overnight. You need to give time to those web CRAWLERS to find your content and establish your online reputation.

Shallow Content

Always write content with value. Search engines have a way of telling whether what you are actually putting out is all fluff and no real value. Your content must have value to back up the keywords you use.

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3 Unbeatable Online Marketing Trends for 2015

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Hi there!

It’s barely a week after the New Year and with it comes a lot of speculations and predictions regarding what marketing trend will make it big and what will fall flat.

There can be a lot of marketing trends that can and will definitely make it big this year, I will try to focus on the ones that we can use being novice or newbie marketers.

In keeping with my ongoing objective of giving you valuable online marketing tips and strategies, here’s my 3 big marketing picks that will surely make waves (and continue to make waves) this year.

Read on!

Unbeatable Online Marketing Trends for 2015

Mobile Friendly Marketing Apps

In case you haven’t noticed, more and more people are using their mobile devices to connect to the internet.

Even WordPress has tweaked its platform to be mobile friendly. Gearing your marketing strategy to accommodate mobile devices is a move in the right direction.

While this could mean an abrupt adjustment on your part, nevertheless, I believe the benefits will surely outweigh any hiccups along the way.

Video Marketing

This is in conjunction with the aforementioned one as more and more people are tuned into the internet via their mobile devices.

Video marketing will hit it big because it is much easier to watch a promotional material that read it with an android, tablet or iPhone device.

Let’s face it, people will always want to be entertained, and there’s no better entertainment out there than watching infomercials.

This marketing trend will continue to rise this year as we begin to see the continued rise and usage of handy mobile devices as well.

Social Media Marketing

With the advent of various social media networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and a slew of many others, it pays to have your brand present within these social media sites.

I can’t stress enough the value of having a visible online social media presence for your marketing strategy.

And as long as people want to stay connected and relevant via online, social media marketing will continue to play an integral part in the overall online marketing process and universe.

There you have it, my top 3 online marketing choices this year. Try to come up with a marketing plan where you can integrate one if not all of these trends. You’d be surprised at the outcome!

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5 Tips on How to Write a Killer Headline

5 Headline Tips and Tricks

Use Numbers

The mind can easily “see and recognize” figures. This spatial recognition is so effective that wherever you go, numbers will almost always jump out instantly. Look around you and you will notice that numbers are everywhere.

For best practice, use somewhere between 1 to 5 to enumerate your headline with tips or what-have-yous, it works.

Use Picturesque or Interesting Adjectives

A headline without any adjective is doom to fail. Use adjectives that are easy to understand and must be catchy. Some of these are the following:

Essential
Incredible
Free
Easy
Important
Fun

Use Rationale

This is effective if you are going to do a list post. You can use the following words.

Facts
Ideas
Lessons
Principles
Reasons
Secrets
Tricks
Ways

One cautious word of advice – please don’t ever use the word things. I know you can do a lot better than that.

Use Trigger Words

What, why, who, when, and how are considered as trigger words. They define your headline and immediately “cast the net” on the target audience. Trigger words are effective when you are trying to persuade or you want to enable your readers.

Make a bold Promise

Always remember your initial and most important goal – have readers read your article. Readers will always ask “what’s in it for me?” If you can successfully address that query, you have reached your goal.

Making a promise is a sure way to catch their attention. Make it bold or audacious but not to the point that you are fooling them. That’s a major no-no.

Likewise you can promise your readers about something valuable. It can be learning a new skill, trying out a new brand of soap or asking him to do something for the first time and what they will get out from it.

They key point to remember is that you are asking your readers to read your article.

Finally

Now, let’s put our headline writing formula to the test, try this:

50 Ways to Leave your Lover – yeah it’s a song I know, but it’ll real catchy. How about “How to lose 2 kilos in 2 weeks”.

All in all, you can’t force your readers to read something that is really boring. They want to be informed and entertained. Make it worth their time. Start with the headline.

Empower Network can Turn your $25 into $15 Thousand!

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Hey everyone!

How do you turn your $25 into a whopping $15,000?

If you have read the previous post about the Empower Network business opportunity, here’s more on the matter.

But first…

Let’s all face it, just like the rest, you want to make money online right?

With a lot of online business opportunities to choose from, it’s not easy to sign up, let alone find one, that can guarantee to produce a considerable amount of income- out from an initial investment of $25. That’s right, just $25.

Right now, at the top of my head, I can’t even name one online business company that has an initial $25 capital outlay, not even one, except for Empower Network, can you?

Empower Network Business Opportunity

Empower Network is making the complicated world of blogging uncomplicated for all of those who want to share their thoughts online. This is actually the main thrust behind Empower Network.

Viral Blogging Platform

With just $25, you get to avail of its viral blogging platform that is really a great boost if want your site to be seen online at a much faster rate than the usual route.

This is a great advantage if you have a solution, service or product that you want to blog about and have it viewed by a lot of people online.

Well, blogging is just one way to earn money online, but since you have your sights set on the big one – $15,000, here’s how you can take advantage of the offer.

Network Marketing

Empower Network also employs this proven marketing strategy to get the word out on its solution without juicing up too much cash in terms of advertisement and promotion.

Signing to EN’s solution opens up a world of possibility for you to generate money online through blogging – first, then through affiliate marketing.

To spare you a lot of words, the bottom line of this system is that the more people you can get to sign up to EN’s viral blogging platform, the more earnings you will have. (Refer to the video link)

Recurring Income

Another cool thing about signing up with EN is the recurring income that comes with its effective system.

Recurring income simply means you are earning a certain amount of money or more without having to work for it over and over again.

How cool is that?

The Offer

Imagine yourself taking that much long overdue vacation getaway with your loved ones in one of your most desired dream destination.

Florida? Mexico? Europe?

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Effective Blogging Secrets Revealed!

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Hi everyone!

“Blogging is a conversation, not a code.” – Mike Butcher.

I believe this is true. There should be a connection. Sadly, a lot of bloggers ignore this crucial key point! All they want is to let out their opinion and blabber without really connecting with their readers.

An effective communication contains two key components – speaker and the listener. The same holds true in the “blogsphere.” Unless the speaker (blogger) can effectively convey his idea, then there’s what we call a failure of communication.

Imagine this, you are the blogger, how will you cook up a blog that will perk the interest of your readers? Give that thought some precious seconds to sink in. If still unsure, let me offer these tips:

Blogging Tips

Compose Head Turning Headlines

Your headline is your readers first contact point with you. How well you craft this will determine
if you’ll turn a prospect into a follower. Always right a compelling one. Usually readers only want to know what they can get from you. Address that properly and you’ll get their attention. Make sense? Read on.

Start with a Strong First Statement

A strong opening statement will definitely add to the effectiveness of your blog, no doubt about it, so it’s pertinent that you take some considerable amount of time thinking of a killer statement. Take this approach along with your compelling headline as a one-two punch combination.

Readers can’t resist this approach. It’s the lure and the bait.

Learn how you can draw up a compelling headline and then boost it up further by giving it a killer opening statement. This can take a while, but with constant practice, you’ll get it eventually.

Use Powerful Words

According to the modern English language, words are not created equal. Some are more powerful than the others. Use these words to your advantage. Sprinkle your article with these powerful words. Some example are – you, free, new, because and instantly. Have you used these words lately in your posts?

Nothing beats a killer sentence!

“Sentences are the engines of creativity. “– Demian Farnworth. Nothing is truer than that fact. Take this sentence for example “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” See how instantly it painted a scene in your head? Killer sentence evokes emotion. It also creates an image in your mind. Lastly, always address the 5W’s, who, what, where, when and why. In short, be factual too!

Be Authentic

You are a unique creature. You have your way of structuring sentences that instantly inform readers that it’s you that they’re reading. Use this uniqueness to your advantage.

You see, the problem with today’s budding bloggers is that they want to be the next big Matt Marshall or any of those big name bloggers.

While it can help to have someone to look up to and imitate, in the long run you need to discover who you are.

There you have it folks, start incorporating these fine tips now and tell me how it turns out. You can leave a comment below!

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Unbeatable Online Marketing Strategies

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Hi there!

If you’re like most internet marketers, you want to be always in the loop regarding the newest and trendiest online marketing strategies.

It’s easy to understand why, the online community, most especially those who do their shopping online have become more finicky over the years, thus affecting the way online marketers do their marketing strategies.

In my ongoing effort help provide what I do believe (based on extensive personal experiences) as the best and most effective marketing strategies, I’ve compiled a list just for you.

Supreme Marketing Strategies

Get into Social Media Marketing

Who doesn’t own a Facebook account these days? Or a Twitter? Or a Pinterest perhaps? Let’s face it, the influence of social media on our society and life in general has become undeniable.

We look to Facebook for the newest trends or happenings. The same holds true for the rest of these social media networking sites.

So if you want to be on the forefront of things and have your site up there, visible and attracting traffic, better make use of these platforms now and spread the word out about your item or product.

Don’t Neglect Content Marketing

Companies nowadays establish authority and gain the trust of a lot of consumers by continuing to develop and strengthen the value of their content through a variety of programs.

This generally includes appropriate information about the market that provides understanding or enjoyment to any viewers. Doing so allows a company to continuously build relationship with its market and create a faithful following.

Watch out for Image-Centric Content

If you are a keen observer, you might just have noticed the trend on posting more images (photos) on blog posts and social media sites. In fact, there’s a site that’s solely dedicated to just posting images on the web (Instagram anyone?)

On blog posts? The average images should be around 3-4 for articles with 400-500 words in it. The reason? Easy, it’s a little bit boring just reading plain text in an article. The images serves as breakers and breathers and spice up the overall look of the content.

If you can keep these marketing strategies in every posts and articles you put out, I bet you’ll have a definite success!

Tell me what you think? You can leave a comment below.

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Tag Archives: making money online

Website Hacking Info 101

Why Hackers Hack?

Economic Gains

System Resources

Hactivism

Boredom

In closing

Why join Webinars?

4 Reasons to Join Webinars

Save on Cost

Convenience

Real-time delivery of content

Immersion

7 Common SEO Mistakes Every Web Marketer Should Never Do

7 Common SEO Mistakes

Keyword Stuffing

Being Spammy

Focusing on Keyword Density

Spamdexing

Link-bait-and-switching

Not being Patient

Shallow Content

5 Tips on How to Write a Killer Headline

5 Headline Tips and Tricks

Use Numbers

Use Picturesque or Interesting Adjectives

Use Rationale

Use Trigger Words

Make a bold Promise

Finally

Empower Network can Turn your $25 into $15 Thousand!

Empower Network Business Opportunity

Viral Blogging Platform

Network Marketing

Recurring Income

The Offer