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Do you want your website to encourage user-generated content? Do you want a great new way to help you connect with your site's visitors?6 S2 l! w; g; E/ I% @0 v
, A0 ^6 j: l5 ZRemember, you need to connect with your visitors before you can sell.! B6 `% c' Y. I. w
2 [3 U3 I) Z& v6 x! [This is what they call a no-brainer.
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' ~/ i+ ?- j- B1. User-generated ray of sunshine, ~- y* z3 |5 |$ w2 } ^9 L! ~1 i$ v- [
2. Do you want to comment?$ M: S. d7 ]$ f0 k! i* J
3. Video affiliate system should boost sales
1 S; S$ `, [6 S7 t9 C) W# ~4 i ]4. Thought for today: How high?
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Here's a little ray of sunshine - a really easy way to encourage your website visitors to add unique, topical content to your site.% q8 J7 M, T7 R! I+ G
More good content equals more traffic. More traffic equals more dollars. D: J; I- ]% s: k0 c6 Q
It's not a forum. It's not a blog.
# V, j1 q/ I2 p9 ]It's a simple way of allowing people to comment on the articles or newsletters you publish on your site.( y0 l' h2 _- ^3 L6 W/ C; T* x5 j
I love it.0 L4 _9 x) M% Q3 ~4 c. q7 \
Robert Blackstone's new script makes it easy for you to publish a form inviting comments at the bottom of every article.* m, W& N1 h! \9 i+ [3 F$ _/ L
It's a bit like the comments form you've probably seen on Matt Cutts' blog and other blogs.
% R. Z, K$ v. M* p! B- ^I'm sure you can see how useful this is.
; K, k$ ]% D( t+ V) A# s, NRobert uses this equation to explain the value of article comments:% s1 @4 ~, _0 T
More Content = More Repeat & SE Traffic = More $$1 ?' Y* E# ]3 ^( n
However, there's a whole lot more to it...
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6 m6 V2 I: R7 O& t. O; `" M* H; y+ d * Article comments enable you to receive quick feedback from your readers, so you can easily see which of your articles strike a chord and which ones are flops. If one particular article is a raving success, you can publish more articles on that topic.
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9 E2 h K+ V0 }. ?+ F * Your readers will interact with you more. They'll realise you appreciate their views. This is SO important. To sell or PREsell, you MUST make a connection with your readers. Encouraging them to have their say helps build a strong connection.
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* Publishing feedback makes your site more interesting. It's not just YOUR opinion any more. You're creating a dynamic, "live" site. Because your site is more interesting, readers are likely to stay on the site longer. Search engines like sites on which readers stay more than a few seconds.
; p1 Y5 Z0 _3 t, ? * Search engines also love sites which are updated frequently. Your readers can help you "update" pages all over your site.
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* Are you using PLR articles? Perhaps you haven't done quite enough rewriting to make them truly unique. If a few friends add comments to your PLR articles, this will help make your pages unique - another good thing from an SEO point of view.
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) @) M1 i( b( p& f2 i4 H3 e * Many people enjoy helping other people - and some love showing off their knowledge. Allowing article comments satisfies both groups while improving your site.1 h/ U& Y" M/ o2 _' o3 p% Q; J
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Most blogs allow visitors to comment on posts. If you're using a content management system (CMS) you may already have a system which enables article comments.
7 w+ s% {2 A$ U4 }But what about all the other ordinary sites?
, k: J& F% Y; q: A1 WDo you want to go through the hassle of switching all your sites over to a blog or a CMS system? Probably not.
L3 n- o( T; U$ b% ~With Robert's script, you get the benefits of user-generated content without the hassle of a complex site conversion.
2 x- J7 m+ j0 ]! X- rSeveral years ago, my friend Jim Reardon suggested I ought to introduce some way for readers to comment on my newsletters. At the time, I put his idea in the too-hard basket.
$ O8 ?+ ]; T- X6 P! cNow, six or seven years later, we've finally done it. We recently introduced a comments facility on AssociatePrograms.com and I love it.
) [* r7 Y5 M, Y! q9 @" g% ]5 kIt's fun writing a newsletter and then an hour or so later checking to see what readers think of what I've written.
: K2 f+ I4 R$ D4 J! w, Z9 J7 UOn AssociatePrograms.com, I've chosen to moderate the comments. I've found that on average about one in every 20 or 30 comments is spammy junk not worth publishing.& D/ `5 S& [: D" r) H
Robert's script works in a similar way. It also has a few features which make it better than our comments tool, giving the site owner more choices. (Robert's tool wasn't on the market when we created our new system.)
4 ]( ? g) G: B- X0 YMy experience with article comments is new and fairly limited, but already I'm a convert.
8 A( j0 f. n: U2 `( g4 N- bHere are two recent examples on our site.; m: @) B& K0 X5 g/ V4 p
We published an article on affiliate datefeeds:
+ A: H% _- F) a3 ^. c. cAn insider's tips on affiliate datafeed sites
( I. M5 d: o$ T1 z9 ]) W6 t# lhttp://www.associateprograms.com/articles/434/1/Affiliate-datafeed-sites
- L' i% J- z1 s4 o9 c: A; rReaders commented on the article, providing links to a couple of useful resources - DataFeedFile.com and FeedShare.com - thus making the article more useful. (With Robert's script, you can choose whether to allow HTML, which would make links active. I've chosen not to because I don't want to encourage spammers hoping for a free link.)
$ G6 p) `# C) ^" VAnother example is a newsletter I wrote the other day about how to be your own BS detector. My wife, Joanna, worried that readers would be offended, urged me to remove the term "BS". I went ahead - http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/493/1/Seven-ways-to-be-your-own-BS-detector: Q- U! h( d( T$ ~- P# K
That newsletter has received 50 thoughtful comments, making the page much more interesting for readers. I'm very grateful to everyone who took the time to add a comment. I really appreciate the feedback.
9 P; Q/ }$ `( y0 s/ |! fIf my next newsletter receives zero comments, I'll know I need to brush up on my writing skills.; ?8 r9 q% c7 n6 H& [* e
The thing I like most about Robert's new tool is that it encourages the creation of genuinely UNIQUE, relevant content, written specially about your website. * q( d+ B) W$ O: s9 Y1 i
As the Internet becomes more and more flooded with duplicate junk, it's nice to see someone who's doing something positive.& p& m. G4 G: X) x# A9 }
If you're planning a serious business future in which the search engines treat you well, you HAVE to think about genuinely unique content.- O* U" |/ X# N) J
Robert's script helps you create unique content.
" S# H! O- {0 L [5 \7 |0 aIt's easy to install.
* j, U1 v6 ]4 j+ b1 tThe script should work on any web host that supports SSI (server side includes) and/or PHP. "Most do these days, but it wouldn't hurt to double check," Robert says.
) f! x. e# O6 E, _) h! hHe provides full instructions and support on how to get it up and running.
* } F3 ^( i$ FRobert's a good guy and a friend. You can trust him to look after you.
& w/ G; V$ K' H3 d7 l5 W( sThe script is very modestly priced - excellent value - and you're allowed to use it on as many sites as you like.+ T8 F8 [& @, l9 `- z5 N, L* ]5 |
I recommend you grab it now before Robert raises the price.
l* L% m1 I" G+ H4 {! Shttp://www.AssociatePrograms.com/instant-comments. k, N2 @& Z% y, j
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2. Do you want to comment?
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0 @4 L2 g! l) @We have article comments software on AssociatePrograms.com, so you can have your say on any article.
6 X! ~" d2 J9 P, m P# ~% b8 ~You can comment on this newsletter right now, at the bottom of this newsletter.
/ [1 i1 s \. wI love receiving feedback on articles. Good or bad, it's all helpful.2 o7 r; J1 j. \; Z* v4 N
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3. Video affiliate system should boost sales; E: G* D q: r' r. e+ Y
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Affiliate merchants, I reckon you'll see the huge potential in this...1 v) _3 j1 C# r$ ?: }
You can now invite your affiliates to place your videos on their websites - with their affiliate links embedded in them.
) S6 ~7 V9 t0 o; gJoe Chapuis, who's been marketing full-time online since 1996, has created a video affiliate system.
4 t0 s5 h" O2 I- x, n* c6 YIt enables affiliate merchants to combine web video with any affiliate program.$ c# ]4 X7 b, W0 y
Here's how Joe explains it - a quick overview:
2 h+ e! I; o2 ?$ D9 F1. You sell widgets.
9 b. M$ U' W" l2. You have an affiliate program.
' q' u; ^1 q% f b3. You create one or more web videos to promote your widgets.
( M* X& C n2 G* b! A4. Using the Video Affiliate System, you can invite your affiliates to add your videos to their sites.! ?. f- k4 T4 X' K( l, {
5. You provide your affiliates with simple instructions for adding to their sites a video player which is embedded with their affiliate links.9 E. q' Q$ B& K4 j& x
6. Clicking on one of the hotspot links built into the player sends traffic to you, the merchant, via an affiliate link.) D- r" f) W1 \# t) {* L$ z
7. All transactions are tracked by your affiliate program as usual.
% W" n1 O- v9 b"When your affiliates add your videos to their sites, your web video players are transformed into eye-catching, attention-grabbing affiliate links that will drive tons of targetted to traffic to your site," Joe says.4 C6 h' y( R) U
You and your affiliates need do only three simple things to make it happen." V% T7 m+ ~! H1 X* V; }
The video affiliate system is one of the video tools available in a new membership site Joe has launched. The membership site is for anyone who wants to put video on their site. You can try it risk-free for 14 days.
3 _$ F: K4 Y& D8 G @( PThis has exciting possibilities.8 E, p- M+ g$ j, H% l' y
Find out more here...
+ W. W; ~( @- m) I3 G; ehttp://www.AssociatePrograms.com/video-system
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4. Thought for today: How high?# H+ |- }1 p/ h/ H4 s2 \, G
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. J; w1 c. e& `9 z( n, r"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." - Benjamin Disraeli |
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