What is Affiliate Marketing?

I wanted to explore the concept of Affiliate Marketing. I came accross a wonderful video on affiliate marketing at Howcast. I wanted to share this video with all of you. By the way, Howcast offers free videos for your blogs/websites, so check them out if you like.

How To Do Affiliate Marketing on Howcast

How to make your website keyword precise?

Today I learned something new. I learned how to make a website/blog do well in search engine rankings. I learned how I can make my blog keyword precise (but not keyword stuffed).

I have made many niche websites, but I have never came across the idea of making it keyword precise. Here are the steps I just learned from Maria Miller aka WriterGig from her website.

1. First of all search for your niche in Google AdWords Keyword Tool. For example, I searched for Blogger Template HTML                           
2. Make a list of all keywords appearing in the search. Here is the list blogger templates, html, blogger template, html editor, html codes, blogspot templates, blog templates, html templates, free website templates, templates for blogger and web design.
3. Now group all these keywords into categories. The categories should be popular and should be searched more often (famous keywords). For example, I made 3 categories of all the keywords list. These categories will make the stand-alone pages of my Blogger Blog.These are html, html codes, blogger templates.
4. Create a few articles under each category (pages X). I have started to write articles on  html, html codes, blogger templates.
5. Then write a few articles under each keyword linking them back to page X. Now I will write articles on the title of  blogger templates, html, blogger template, html editor, html codes, blogspot templates, blog templates, html templates, free website templates, templates for blogger and web design.   

    Thank you Maria Miller. I think I have started making another niche website, I will introduce you to it very soon. What do you think of WriterGig's strategy? Read more about her.

5 Steps to Making Money Online with a Website/Blog

This blog post is very important. It focuses on how to make money online. Although there are hundreds and thousand of ways of making money online, some are legit most of them are scam (yes, this is true) but the best and most profitable way to make money online is..............................................................


"To make a website and make money from it"

But have you ever wondered how can this happen? How I am going to make a website? And the most important thing is how on earth can making a website can make me rich. Well I think your prayers are heard, because you just stumbled on the most informative topic of :making money with a site (website/blog).

There are five steps:
posts were:

1. Find a Niche Topic
2. Build a Site
3. Write Content
4. Monetize the Site
5. Promote your site 

1. Find a Niche Topic:Niche is the topic/idea/theme of your blog. (Know more about niche here). It should be a narrow subject matter. Something you would love to write about or research about. It is better if you have some personal knowledge about the niche topic. For example my niche topic(of this blog) is blogging, my blogging journey, my blogging tips and what i have learned from blogging over the months. I have made another niche blog about the lives of internet millionaires because I was always passionate about the stories and journeys of  people who made a living by making money online.See the blog here.
   
2. Build a Site: Yes, you have thought about  a good niche topic, but what to do next? One option is to buy a domain name, the other is to use free blogging platforms like blogger, Google sites of Freehostia.Buying a domain name is the best option, you are more likely to earn more because your website and blog would be indexed by search engines faster. But if you plan to earn money online (instead of spending it), like me you can choose what I chose, i.e., Blogger. 
3. Write Content: There are many ways to add content to your website. Firstly, write your own content , secondly, hire a freelance writer and thirdly use PLR Articles. I recommend writing your content yourself, because it is your niche and you should enjoy writing for your own site. I also recommend writing your own content because hiring freelance writer is very expensive and PLR Articles are not search engine optimized. Make sure you write articles using Google AdWords Keyword Tool and Word Tracker Free Keyword Tool. 
4. Monetize the Site: How to make money from your site. Yes, lovely feeling, can see green color (of dollars) already. You can earn money with Google AdSense advertisements, Bidvertiser advertisement and Chitika ads. You can also make money with Amazon affiliate links. You can also make money online by selling CJ (Comission Junction) and Click-Bank Products on your blog/website. Most impoatntly you can sell your own products and earn 100% of the money.
   
5. Promote your site: Yes, the last step which means how to bring traffic to your blog. First of all you need to build back-links to your website by leaving links on similar site.(To know more about Back-links, see this).For example, I searched for similar blogger blogs on the niche of Blogging and left my comments on those blogs. I also asked the bloggers to exchange links with my blog. Submit your site to various search engines like Yahoo, Bing, Google Webmaster. Use social networking (social bookmarking websites) to promote your articles.

Tip no. 1: Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, Delicious, Stumble Upon, Digg it are some of the hundreds of social bookmarking platforms. 

Tip no. 2: Making a Facebook Fan Page is reportedly important if you want to make money from your website seriously.

Tell me what did you like about this blog post. It is certainly very informative from my point of view. I myself learned a lot while researching about steps to making money online with a website. I am waiting for your point of view.

Interlink your Blog posts for better search engine optimization (seo)

Today I will grammatically demonstrate the importance of interlinking different blog posts to get a better seo (search engine optimization)


Consider Blog 1, (the blue blog) a blog with not so many posts but all the blog entries are linked together (it means that each of the blog posts has links to one or more  blog posts).


Now see blog 2, (the red blog) a blog with many posts but all the posts do not link to each other.


Which of the above mentioned blog might have better seo or better chances to appear in search engine results? Or which blog might get a better Google page ranking?lease comment and let me know. Waiting for your answers.

How to get accepted by Google Adsense: Reapply Using the Same Email Address

Hello everyone. I wanted to tell you something. This is one of the things I did not know in the beginning, but now I know it. I want to share it with my respected readers.

I appleied for Google AdSense seven times, yes it is true.

When I first applied I used the same email address that is used by my blogger blog login (to be exact, I did not apply through Blogger but I applied through Google AdSense homepage). I was rejected. I was so TERRIFIED that I did not appply wth the same email address again, although Google AdSesne provided me with a link to reapply.

I made another email address and then I applied again for Google Adsense. I was rejected with the same statement given earlier. (If you want to read the email, go here).I was again provided with  link to reapply. I did not re apply because I believed that if I get rejected with the same email address  I will not be allowed to apply again for Google AdSense (silly me!)

I repeated the same process, made another email address, applied again with a different email address and got rejected again.

Than I got a chance to apply for AdSense through Bukisa (Read Full Story). I applied through the link and they rejected me again. This time I could not make another email address and apply again because I had to use the same email address associated with Bukisa.
This time I was rejected four times through Bukisa's revenue sharing program but I was accepted after these four times. So I can conclude that there are three things that I have learned from this experiment.

1. You cannot get banned from Google AdSense if you reapply using the same email address and the link given in the rejection email.
2. It is better to reapply using the same email address instead of using different email address
3. Google AdSense is not a snob

Thank you for reading my blog post. Tell me what do you think. Have you ever reapplied for Google AdSense using the same email address or not?

Something Went Wrong and My Plan Failed

I am posting hurriedly. In just one hour I have blogged three times. Do you know why? This is because I am telling you about what happened to a blogger (me)  in the last five months, but I am telling you this is three steps

• Hello everyone, I am back and I have Good News! 
• My Plan to Buy a Domain Name for My Blog (for a Google Adsense Account)
• Something Went Wrong and My Plan Failed

WHAT WENT WRONG? Yes something really went wrong.  Bukisa changed its payment method and they became a revenue sharing website that payed through Google Adsense. It means that every Bukisan has to get a Google Adsense account if they want to continue earning from Google Adsense.

There is a silver lining to this cloud. It means that if you do not have Google Adsense Account it means that you can apply for A Google Adsense Account via Bukisa. Isn't is good? I might get a Google Adsense Account and then apply it to all my blogs and thus my dream might come true. (The dream of becoming adsenized)

I applied fro a Google Adsense account and I was rejected many times. I reapplied using the same email address and the link provided in my rejection email. ( I never reapplied in the past, I always choose new email addresses).

On the first of January 2011, I logged into my Bukisa account to see Google Adsense publisher account to be active, I checked my email inbox to see the email ( I used to see  in my dreams ) and the email went like this

"Congratulations your Google AdSense Appplication has been approved ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Please note that, as part of changes made in the application approval system, your new account will be closely monitored for compliance with
our policies. You can add the AdSense code to a new page or site that complies with
our program policies at any time"



You might be thinking so where are those Google Adsense advertisements, I cannot see them, yes you cannot. I have not added the HTML code to this blog because it already has infolinks ads and chitika advertisement. I do not want my readers to be  bombarded by advertisements. So you have to read my other blogs to see Google AdSense Ads. By the way you can also see them at my Bukisa Articles

My Plan to Buy a Domain Name for My Blog (for a Google Adsense Account)

Hello every one, You might already know that Google Adsense has rejected me thrice, Each time they told me to buy a domain name. It seems that I cannot be accepted by Google Adsense until and unless I buy a Domain name for my Blog.

BUT HOW? I do not have a Visa card or anything in fact I do not even have a bank account ( I take money from my husbands wallet). Paypal is not accepted in my country otherwise I might have bought a domain name from the money in my paypal account. So what do I do? I have an idea, let me share it with you

1. First of all I will join Bukisa ( an article directory that pays you to write). I plan to join Bukisa because they pay good. You can also join it through this link
2. I will write articles at Bukisa and then wait for my earnings to grow. 
3. When my earnings reach 10 dollars, I will transfer it to my Americans friend paypal account.
4. Then I will buy a domain name for my blog through this ten dollars.

Do you like my plan?I think I will also join some legitimate Paid-to-click sites like Neobux and Onbux. In this way I might get a domain name soon. What do you think? Please comment

Hello everyone, I am back and I have Good News!

GoldenAsh is back, I am posting after a period of 5 months, yes five months. I cannot believe it myself. There was a time when I was so addicted to Blogging and could not spend a day without checking my blog and taking a look at the new guests on my blog (with the help of feedjit life)


So where was I anyways? To tell you the truth I was disillusioned with the concept of blogging because of the following reasons

1. I was rejected by Google Adsense at least three times
2. I started blogging in February 2010 and by August 2010, I did not earn a single cent from blogging (so much for the high aspirations)
3. There seemed to be so many money making opportunities online that I decided to take a break from blogging and concentrate on the other options.
4. Google Adsense in each rejection reminded me to get a top level domain (they told me to buy a domain name for my blog). For those who did not know anything about top-level domain name read this.

MY PLAN: So what am I supposed to do. I have a plan. A plan to buy a domain name. But I do not have a visa card/debit card or even a credit card ( proof that I am poor). Where can I buy a domain name and how? Stay tuned for my next blog post.

By the way please leave a comment and tell me  if you have been in this situation (mentioned above ) or just guess about the plan. Waiting for your fingers to dance on the keyboard

Three Levels of a Domain Name

A domain name is the name of a particular website. For example, the site you are just reading is http://www.bukisa.com. Do you know how many parts a domain name actually has? Do you know which type of domain names are preferred by the Google AdSense Team?


THREE PARTS OF A DOMAIN NAME
A domain name consists of three parts technically called labels, that are conventionally concatenated, and delimited by dots, such as example.com.

• The first part is the word or phrase (right-most label) is the extension. Examples of common extensions include .com, .net or .org. For example, "com." is the second part in my Blog URL http://my-blogging-journey-step-by-step.blogspot.com/
  

Have you Prepared a Back-up of your Blog?

What is Back Up of a Blog?
According to Wikipedia,

                "The process of backing up refers to making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event."

Do I need a Back up of my Blog?
I have heard of many bloggers who have lost their data with or without notice.

How to Install a New Template to your Blog.

How to install Template:

1. Download you free template from the websites mentioned here. You'll downlaod the template as template.zip file. or RAR file. Extract it's contents on your hard drive.

402 Free and Fascinating Blogger Templates.

I always hear bloggers complaining about the limited amount of Blogger templates available. Most of the bloggers claim that Wordpress.com  is far better than Blogger platform because a Wordpress Blogger  has unlimited number of Templates (Themes) available to embellish (decorate) a blog.

I now believe that Blogspot has many beautiful and mesmerizing templates.

Facebook Fan Page. Do I need it?

Yes of course. Everyone is using Facebook nowadays. It is the most popular social networking site ever. It has more than 500 million users.

Blogs are better than Websites.

Blogs are a popular way to publish an article. I believe they are better than websites. I can prove my Title statement giving you eleven reasons.

New Features of my blog

Whenever i came accross a good blog, I would always wonder how a particular blogger might have done something.

"Hmm, This facebook "Share It" button (gadget) looks nice, I wonder how he/she
might have added it to her blog. If only they can guide me"

So, I have decided to keep my readers updated of all the minute changes and things I ever do on my blog. I have updated some features of my blog. I will like to share them with my readers. These features are related to the gadgets offered by Blogger (and they are absolutely free).