Articles And Products

Hello again and thanks for the questions on ContentFX.

Ok, well first of all let’s look at what you get for your money.

1. Article Generator - I’ll start here because this is what your really joining for. The articles are all very good quality and all read very well, I won’t dispute that. They also WILL pass in the search engines as being unique, so you won’t be hit witth the duplicate content penalty.

BUT - they do have their limitations. I would not use them on my own SEO sites as you would need to edit them for your own targetted keywords, and personally I consider  this too time consuming. I would rather use the outsourcing service provided by Super Apprentice.

However - They do have their uses. You can use them for a number of things.

1. Promoting Your sites by submitting to article directories: Note - if submitting to really high quality directories I would add an introduction and conclusion, and possibly a paragraph in the middle of the article. I edited one article like this for submission to Ezinearticles (The daddy article site) and it was accepted straight away.
2. You could use them to to keep blogs fresh.
3. You could also use them for article syndication on the ContentFX article network.

As a ContentFX member you are given a script that allows you to create your own article directory and let it become part of a network where other members content will be submitted. This means that you directory is constantly updated with unique content with little or no work on your part. If you promote this a little you will have a good strong site that should build some PR and could become a valuable resource for linking. Just as an example you could sell links on the homepage or link to your own sites. Of course the other thing you can do is group similar articles together to create Ebooks.

So what else do you receive as a member? - First, you get a Duplicate content checker so you can check the % uniqueness of each article you’ve spun. Second you get a blog script which is very similar to the article directory script and work in the same way.

Other useful tools included

• RSS feed blaster - submit your rss feeds across the web
• Niche finder - Helps to find profitable niches using resources like Amazon, DMOZ etc.
• PDF generator - Helps you create Ebooks etc from the articles provided
• Blog Search - Finds on-topic blogs to post your content to

One thing the team at ContentFX are very good at is providing clear instructions. There are loads of helpful resources as well as instructional videos on how to perform each task, from generating content to setting up your own blog.

So in conclusion - In my opinion this won’t solve all of your Unique content issues because I don’t believe any program can do that. BUT this is as close as your going to get to good, unique, and useable content on an automated basis. I will be staying as a member.

If you are on a limited budget and trying to reach your first $1000 online then I would rather you focussed your efforts on Super Apprentice as it offers a step-by-step blueprint, and if you follow this you can’t go wrong.

But if you can spare the cash and actually make time (and use your imagination) to use the content to it’s full potential then yes it’s definately worth joining.

 Just one more thing worth noting. I need to speak to the guys at ContentFX because it is possible that you could run into legal issues if you later want to sell a site with this content on. Will get back to you on this though..

Hope this helps in your decision.

Today I want to share with you the importance of statistics.

Stats are important in all types of business but i’m going to show you how to apply them to your Adsense websites. First of all I recommend you purchase Site Super Tracker. It’s $67 but you can put it on an unlimited number of websites and it gives you some fantastic stats. You will see that is not an affiliate link so this is a personal unbiased recommendation. Anyway, if that’s too rich for you then you can still make use of your stats using the data from your host. Hopefully you have Cpanel but if not, just find the stats page for your chosen site.

When you have a site that is earning well there are two things you should be doing. First of all keep promoting it. I would suggest submitting 5 more articles to www.ezinearticles.com and 5 to some of the better article directories.

Now here’s how you use your stats. Check out your top 10 keywords that are bringing in visitors to your site consistently, If you have S.S.T then you can take this one step further and see which are the top ten keywords generating adclicks. What many people would do here is to build new pages for that websites using those keywords.

What I suggest you do is build a whole new website based on those top 10 keywords. By doing this you will have a new websites that has a much better chance of doing well because you have already proven it can. However extensive your keyword research is in the beginning, it can only take you so far, and no information is better than your own personal statistics for building revenue.

You can apply this strategy to just about all areas of internet marketing but we’ll look at those another time.

That is the question… (sorry couldn’t resist).

I have voiced my opinion before on scraped content and article spinners and I still have the same view, stay away from them. But I am now looking at the next generation of content creation. It is unique content. It does read well and make sense, but is it effective? Let’s find out

You may or may not heard of ContentFX. It was formerly known as iContentRobot but the team split up and went their seperate ways. ContentFX is an article membership service that enables you to get unique articles by hitting a button.  How does this differ from all the other spinners out there? Let me explain…

Generally and article spinner will change your article by finding different meanings for the words within it.  This sounds great in principle but when you try it yourself you will see it turns your article into utter rubbish.

Example

Content is king but creating enough unique content without blowing your budget can be a real pain

Run this sentence through an article spinner and you are likely to get something like this.

happy is king but creating enough individual happy without blowing your finance can be a real ache

So yes it’s a completely unique sentence but is complete garbage and provides no quality to the reader whatsoever. The only way to make spinners work is to spend hours with them and if you going to do this you may as well write a new article.

So what’s different this time. ContentFX uses variables. So if we take the above sentence again and write it using variables it would be something like this.

Content is {king/paramount/everything/the most important online asset} but {finding/creating} enough {unique content/content that ius fresh and unique} without {blowing your budget/spending all your money/having to pay out a fortune} can be a {real pain/total nightmare}.

So everything in { } becomes a variable and is seperated by the /. Each time the article is generated the software will randomly use one of these variables meaning that each time you generate a new article you end up with unique content that reads well and makes sense.

This is not the first softwrae of it’s kind. Jetspinner have had a similar program for a while but the problem is that you have to rite an article in the above fashion yourself which takes a loooong time, (i’ve tried). What ContentFX have done is built up a stock of articles covering hundreds of niches so you are always likely to find an article about your niche. They have also adde other features such as blog creation service that automatically updates with this new found content, and each member gets an article directory which is kept up-to-date because all the other members articles get submitted to your directory.

I would call this a grey hat strategy. It’s not really offering value to the search engines but it does give the visitor unique content that has reader value. Would I recommend it? NOT YET.

I have only recommend 3-4 services on my blog and have ALWAYS used them myself to make sure they really are worth investing in. This is why I will be doing some testing with the software first before I make a decision on whether or not you should invest. As always I will be totally open with my results and show you how I have used the program and if it is worth the time and money.

So to finish, ContentFX sounds great but I would be happier if you held on to your credit card for a while and let me test it for you.

So we’ve done Adsense and by now you should have a reasonable idea of how to get a site created, indexed and generating a little income. The beaty of this is once you know the basics you can simply rinse and repeat. Just a quick plug here again - Make this so much easier and join Super Apprentice.

Anyway, Affiliate income. I have chosen my topic and in all honesty it wasn’t in the usual way. What you should do is have a look on somewhere like Clickbank and see what products are available for your chosen niche. Check out the payout (don’t go with anything less than $10 per sale) and see how well they convert, look at the gravity. Another sneaky thing you can do here do a search in Google for the product and look at the adverts appearing for that product. Note which ones are affiliate links and monitor them over a couple of weeks. If they are still there after that time then the odds are they are making money. No-one in their right mind will leave an Adsense campaign up and pay per click if it’s not turning a profit.

 So my chosen niche is Parrot Training, why? I have a parrot called Jester. He is a Blue-Fronted Amazon and a pain in the a**. He bites everyone except me (even me sometimes), he screams, he poops on me, he chews anything that isn’t metal. I’ve had him for years and I love him but I decided to get something done. I did a quick search on Google and found birdtricks.com. The site is a classic pitch from a clever Internet Marketer but the fact is I handed over my credit card even though I knew how the sales pitch works in the IM world. What did this tell me?

Either that I was stupid for falling for it (we’ll see) or that birdtricks was offering a solution to a common problem. Parrot behaviour is an issue for thousands of owners and not everyone is able to hire a specialist to visit their home every week. This site offers a DVD training set and audio course for a reasonable price and as an owner I know that anyone in my shoes would jump at the chance to own this information. Anyway, long story short, I found there was an affiliate program that offers 50% commission on each sale.

 So my intention here is to build a site about parrot behaviour initially. Although SEO will feature into this I am going to approach it slightly differently and also incorperate some PPC advertising to bring some quick traffic to my site. As well as keeping the site updated with my parrots progress I will add video’s of my parrot doing all the things he shouldn’t to sites such as Youtube and Squidoo. Some of these are funny (ever known a parrot to have his own plate at dinner time and whose favourite dinner is Spaghetti Bolognaise?) and should generate a little interest.

This will take some time as I have to fit it in with my other projects but this is the basic outline of my plan. Just one word of warning, be VERY careful before using PPC (Pay Per Click) to drive traffic to your site. It can prove VERY expensive if you don’t know what you are doing.

 Over and Out.

“When you first start out it’s not always too important to understand why you are doing things, just be sure that you are doing them.” (quote from my mentor). What this really means is that sometimes the actions you are taking now may not seem to have any effect or you may not realise any benefit in doing them. But, when you look at the big picture and think of the future of your project then it starts to make sense.

I have already proved to you that with the system I use (which just became a whole lot easier but that’s for another day) - I can take a set of niche keywords and generate an income with them. I even gave you screenshots of the stats.

What I want to do now is take that ability to the next level. I want you to look at this blog like a course. Subscribe to the RSS feed so you know when there is new information available. Here’s what where going to do….

1) - Build a brand new website and generate traffic.

2) - Aim at getting repeat visitors in a number of ways.

3) - Start a forum and interact with the members

3) - Leverage the above to create a “paid” membership site, offering something within that niche that will appeal to all.

4) - Create an opt-in email list of your customers and generate extra income.

 After this we could carry on still. It could lead to Ebook sales, affiliate commissions, and even our own product creation. People are far more willing to buy from you if you have already proven yourself to be trustworthy and an authority on the topic.

This isn’t something i’ve pre-prepared. I’m going to be doing this along with you, If you want to join me and compare or discuss results then please feel free. In the next post we’ll look at what makes a good niche, not just good keywords.

Hello again, I have a few things to say but first…

I have opened my blog up for comments now (something I was relcutant to do for SPAM reasons) . I welcome ALL relevant comments and questions but if you’re purely posting rubbish then give up and gho somewhere else as all comments are moderated.

Secondly if you are not a first time visitor you will have noticed that I haven’t posted to this blog 2-3 times a week as I had planned to. To be completely honest I have been working on other things and this has been put on the backburner. This is something I aim to change now so please visit regularly and I promise you something worthwhile at least once a week. I will also be adding freebies to the freeby section at least once a fortnight (as long as I believe it will really be useful).

 I just want to re-iterate here that this blogs sole purpose is to help those who are just starting in Internet/Niche/Adsense Marketing or looking at earning a legitimate income from the Internet. NEVER think your question is too dumb. I started my blog because so many friends took an interest in how I was creating a passive income that I wanted them to see that anyone with self-motivation can do it themselves. You don’t need to to be a techy (i’m not), and you don’t need thousands of $$$ but you do need a willingness to learn.

O.k All that said… You will see throughout this website that I have personally recommended Super Apprentice. What will my recommendation mean to you? nothing at all, I could be anyone after a quick buck on commissions. Which is why I have been giving you real live personal results to offer proof of how and why SA (Super Apprentice) works, (to be updated at the end of May). The reason i’m mentioning it again now is because there has been a MAJOR UPDATE. I’m talking about something that has enabled me to create from 5-6 websites per month to over 20 per month, without compromising on quality. You will not find any underhand techniques here. Only good quality sites. I’m not going to say too much right now as i’d really like you take a look at my SA review site so you can see for yourself what it’s all about. But you may have heard me mention Nichebot in previous posts. Well Nichebot is a great tool for keyword research but it is time consuming. This time factor is now a thing of the past.

Juicy info’ coming soon…

O.k Guys and Gals - First of all a huge apologies for not posting for like a month! It’s been one of those times where I just couldn’t get near my PC for other commitments. But hey, i’m back and I have good news. I’ve made no secret about bigging up Dave Moore’s SuperApprentice, (reviewed here) But I didn’t just want to appear as though I was simply after easy commission. So, for those of you that have followed this blog for the past 2-3 months you will know I began Project Niche domination so I could test this system. I also gave instructions for people to follow if they didn’t wish to Join SA (Super Apprentice). The site I created for this purpose was baby related, I won’t go into detail because it’s all there in my previous posts. So…. The Results.

The site went live on the 08 Febreary 2008. I submitted one article to Ezine Articles and a few other good directories. I also added 30 blog posts to a queue using SA which were added over time to the blog network automatically. That’s it. Aside from that I did no other promotion. My results are as follows:

And March…

And April so far…

I can also tell you (feel free to look yourself) I am also 6th position in MSN for one of my main keyphrases “Free printable baby shower invitations” and this trend is beginning to repeat with my other phrases also. O.k I know it’s a long tail keyword but it’s bringing almost 200 visitors a month on it’s own! Of course it’s still very early days  and the site is still young but it’s earning me around $1 per day in Adsense and i’m not doing anything to get that money apart from sitting on my backside. I also know that this figure will increase. In a few days time I will be adding another round of blog posts (about 20) just to keep the linking going. I believe this is important. Fresh links coming in show that your site is still valuable.

 The next stage (I think about another month) is to pick the keywords producing the best results (i’ll show you how to do this) and create a new site using those keywords along with a few extras.

 Remember peeps that most of this work is completely automated. The only thing I spend any time on is choosing my keywords. I am now free to concentrate on duplicating this as many times as I want.

Seriously - I hate sounding like a salesman but check out Dave’s Super Apprentice. If you’re not happy, simply request a refund. He’s a genuine guy and will be happy to oblige.

Over and Out for now….

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Hi again,

First of all - My ULTIMATE SUPER APPRENTICE REVIEW is finally complete. This is more comprehensive than any other, and will show you exactly why I rave on about SA (Super Apprentice). Anyway, enough plugs for now.

As I originally promised I have your first freebies. What’s more they, come with resell rights so if you want to you can sell them on yourself. These are 3 great ebooks for newbies.

1) - How to register and host your first domain

2) - How to build and upload your first website

3) - How to get and promote your first affiliate products.

They are completely free and I will be uploading them within the next couple of days but I should mention just one thing.  If you are joining Super Apprentice then don’t download them. You will not need them and could end up getting confused trying to follow 2 systems. Otherwise they will be a great help to all newbies out there.