Although I'm trying to give you some free tips, tricks, lessons, advice... whatever you'd like to call it -- about Search Engine Optimization... I'd also like to stress the facts about Pay-Per-Click Marketing otherwise known as "PPC".
If you're not familiar with PayPerClick Marketing you'll be familiar by the end of this post.
Google.com is notorious for their Search Engine... but how in the heck do they make BILLIONS? PPC is how.
Google has something called Google AdWords which is what Advertisers use to bid on positions of Paid Listings. You can see the Paid listings when you do a search for something using the Google Search Engine. You'll see them to your right and sometimes at the very top of the results in a highlighted box.
When a searcher clicks on one of these paid listings - the Advertiser who bid on the keyword you entered has to pay the amount of money they made the bid for - for each click made on that Ad Position.
So you might ask yourself "Why would this be of interest to me?"...
Simple.
If you've ever done any Affiliate/Internet Marketing - you'll realize how important Leads or Prospects can be. Organic Search Engine Listings "just aint what they used to be!". In the old days - getting a top position for free was good. This meant you would receive an avalanche of traffic which, in turn, would lead to sales.
But those days are gone... these days it's MUCH harder to get that type of traffic with the increase of online business.
So this is where PPC (PayPerClick) Marketing comes in. Internet Marketers are making BIG money using PPC Campaigns and you can too!
With AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing, Microsoft AdCenter and all of the 2nd tier PPC Programs out there - there's TONS of money to be made. As much as some people claim that "everybody's doing it" - ignore all of that. I was stuck in the same boat for a long time with those same beliefs.
The fact is - there's TONS of Niche Markets that are barely being promoted, if at all! People come up with new Products every day!
But there's still a problem.
Where do you LEARN PPC Marketing?
That's the hard part... there's so much JUNK being taught online, in books and on DVD's that it's hard to figure out how to really, truly, learn from "the pro's".
The fact is: Most "gurus" who teach you how to use PPC are giving you nothing but recycled junk that is either:
a) Old and useless
or
b) Unethical
But there are a couple of programs that I've run into that I absolutely love and would recommend to anybody. Including family, which I have done.
The first is:
PPC ClassroomThe program is based on Jeremy Palmer who has made Millions of Dollars as an Affiliate Marketer. Not bad eh?
The upside: The program is PACKED full of information that I truly believe is amazing stuff and it goes from a Beginner Level to Super Advanced. This package is truly complete. Period.
The downside: It's a little pricey! You can purchase the package for $497 or 3 Payments of $187 each.
The second program is:
WealthyAffiliatesThis program was started by two guys I've, honestly, never heard of. But this Membership based site is...just...wow. You talk about going all out for their members! They give you Keyword Tools, Learning Resources that is so packed full of information it's actually scary at first glance. From the 8 Week course to the eBooks to the Tools and forums - you're going to learn A LOT of information!
The upside: The program is CHEAP. It's only $29.99 per month AND NOW you even get SiteRubix which is an Online Site Builder that will absolutely blow your mind! It's like an Online version of Dreamweaver WITHOUT the steroids ;-)
The downside: I really cannot find one. I've learned so much from this place and it's truly amazing. The forums should not be used until around the second or third day as there's just WAY too much information and GREAT threads with guys like Travis Sago just spilling the beans on everything that all the other guys WILL NOT teach you!
I've tried to use other programs, books and DVD's and I honestly think these two are just SUPERIOR to all of the other programs out there, without a doubt.
Check them out and tell me what you think!