What I Learned From Running the Ranksense SEO Launch Contest
November 6, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
The Ranksense SEO Launch Contest was a big success where everyone involved benefited in some way. The Ranksense team recruited new affiliates and made more sales, my readers won some amazing prizes (including an all-expenses paid vacation to the Dominican Republic), and I received a lot of new exposure and subscribers to Winning the Web.
Let’s break down the results of the contest…
In the time frame of the SEO Launch Contest (October 1 - November 2, 2008)…
- The contest post had 1,631 total page views, which only translates to about 49 per day. Not spectacular and I’ll explain why later in this post.
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6 Crucial Factors to Determine Whether Continuity is Right For Your Business
November 5, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Do you have continuity in your online business? Last week I talked about why the continuity model makes sense. If you haven’t looked at it yet, now is the time. There are some big advantages of continuity that you may not have realized before. For example, did you know that with continuity you get continuous cash flow, long term profits, lower price points, more efficiency, higher conversion rates, and higher perceived value?
Sounds enticing, right?
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Why the Continuity Model Makes Sense For Your Internet Business
October 29, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
What do I mean by continuity? A continuity program is anything that requires you to pay on a recurring basis to access a product. Magazine subscriptions, membership sites, pay-for-access tools, and product-of-the-month clubs are all examples of solid businesses that use the continuity model. If you think about it, a continuity program has huge potential; you’re continually paid even after creating a product and making a sale. There are opportunities to incorporate continuity into almost every business. It’s just a matter of realizing the potential, coming up with a new idea that will lure people in, and executing a proper strategy.
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How to Use Magazines as a Market Research Tool For Your Sites
October 24, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
How many magazine subscriptions do you currently own? 1? 2? More than 3? Chances are that in the past month, you’ve at least read a couple magazine articles about various topics you’re interested in such as the upcoming US election, football, or even celebrity news. Whatever the case may be, I think we can all agree that magazines are heavily integrated into mainstream media and supply a significant portion of the information we consume.
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Why You Should Embrace the Make Money Online & Internet Marketing Niche
October 22, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Most bloggers tell you not to start out in the ‘make money online’ or ‘internet marketing’ niche, but never tell you the other side of the story. Is it because they want to keep competitors out? Or is it because they truly don’t see any opportunity and don’t want you to make the same mistake? Regardless of what others say, there are in fact benefits and advantages of blogging about Internet marketing. The “gurus” are making a killing in the industry after all, right?
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Why You Should Stay Away from the Make Money Online & Internet Marketing Niches
October 20, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Are you looking to start an ‘internet marketing’ or ‘make money online’ blog? Stop and read this post before you proceed. Internet marketing is an extremely popular topic for many blogs, but mostly for the wrong reasons. As the owner of Winning the Web, a blog about Internet marketing strategies, I’d like to lay out the pros and cons of the industry and what you can do to build out a successful blog - whether it’s in the make ‘money online niche’ or not.
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4 Steps to Find the Perfect Topic For Your Blog
October 17, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Blogging for money… We all seem to run towards it like the gold rush these days, trying to build up profitable blogs that will give us financial freedom for the rest of our lives. Is it possible? Absolutely. There are thousands of bloggers who make a good income online and it could easily happen to you. But what you may not realize is that it all starts with the niche you pick for your blog. Choose the wrong one and you’ll be spinning your wheels without getting anywhere. Pick the right topic and you’ll see thousands of subscribers and thousands in income.
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The 3 Strategies of Link Building - Why & How You Build Links
October 14, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Do you even know why you’re building links to your site? Links are the currency of the web and are immensely valuable because of the traffic potential that they represent. In the online world, traffic equals money so it’s no surprise that webmasters frantically build links with various techniques hoping to explode exposure and become the “next big thing”.
But really, do you know why you’re building links? Your reply may be “to gain traffic”, but there’s a lot more to it than just that. Depending on your goal and your purpose, your strategies will differ wildly. If you don’t know WHY you’re building links, then you won’t know HOW either.
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How to Measure the Value of a Blog Link
October 8, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Today I want to go over a few neat tricks related to link building through blogs. Blog links are some of the best links to attain for your site for a number of reasons: they provide quick bursts of traffic and exposure, they insert your site into the conversation with potential for buzz, they’re relatively easy to get, and they send SEO link value to your site.
Owning a blog myself, I know that I link out to other sites much more frequently than I would if I had a static content or e-commerce site. If you want to build links to your site (either organically or paid), blogs are great places to start.
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5 Ways to Prepare for a Blogging Vacation - It’s Okay to Take a Break
October 4, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
Next week, from Monday to Friday, I’m taking my first real vacation in a while - a 5 day cruise to the beautiful Bahamas with my family. I’ve been working pretty hard this year so it’s a much needed break from Internet marketing and SEO. I don’t think the cruise ships have reasonable Internet access so it’ll be a great time to just play in the sun, eat good food, relax, and recharge my batteries. Enjoy the cold weather, everyone! 
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