Making Money With Your Ojeez Community

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June 1, 2007 · Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I was browsing the internet and began to see more and more references to ojeez and ojeez communitys. After a bit of additional investigation, I discovered exactly what ojeez was and how to make money from the launch of ojeez. After some more research, I learned about ways to possibly profit from the creation and maintenance of a ojeez community. Google Adsense, for instance, seemed to hold real possibility for revenue production.It was an exciting idea. I could create and easily maintain a dynamic web site on the subject of my choice and make some money at the same time! I dove in headfirst. So I created www.joinojeez.com  I knew people were making money from myspace and that ojeez was going to be on the same type of grounds as myspace.So making money from ojeez seemed  like a great idea. In time, I am sure, that my ojeez community  will “take off” and earnings will  start to compile. And I Know Just What I’ll Need,   good content, a popular topic and well-placed advertising. I compiled my research, went through it carefully, and devised a plan of action for a powerfull  ojeez community. Within thirty days of the ojeez’s  launch, I will earn my first Adsense check. And You Can too. One month from now , your check can be in the mail too! Since your going to have the tools to do so. And To maintain consistent earnings.What is the difference between failure and subsequent success? The content. In fact, I think good content is your key to getting rich off of ojeez.. The design is second you must design an ojeez forum much like a website the difference will be the traffic. I have  found a way to create groups that attract visitors.  That system of traffic production has some great applications. Of course, it can make places like myspace profitable for those who use Adsense or other advertising tools. Just as importantly, it can create an audience. Most of us who write blogs and in forums do so in order to say something to others. And ojeez may be an online diary for some people, but even many of them want to share those thoughts with the world. I believe your ojeez community can be fun therapeutic, profitable and more. All it requires is having something to say, saying it the right way and helping people find the end  result.This ebook focuses primarily on helping people to find your ojeez community and on convincing them to stop by to read what you have to offer. It outlines some powerful ways of creating group traffic and should help any ojeez group develop a readership. It is a guide to traffic generation. It does not discuss Adsense techniques or some other aspects of operating a profitable myspace type community, so it should be of value to both those who are looking at ojeez as an entrepreneurial pursuit and those who are more interested simply in sharing ideas with others. I hope you find it valuable and that you can find an audience for your ojeez community. www.joinojeez.com  

KEYS TO TRAFFICWhat produces traffic? What is it about some websites that makes them popular destinations for a huge number of visitors? Why are some blogs checked out by tens of thousands of people every day while others struggle to find a single visitor? The issue of traffic can be complicated. There are a variety of factors at play, and every strategy can be dissected and the details debated ad infinitum.However, there are two keys to traffic upon which everyone can agree: Content and Links.Before briefly looking at each of these, we should establish some context for our evaluation. Traffic can come from a few different places. Direct links to your site may produce a stream of visitors if those links are in the right places. Search engines, however, offer the real key to high volume traffic numbers. Surfers rely on Google, Yahoo and MSN to help them find the sites that will provide them with the kind of information they are seeking. If your ojeez community so I recommend getting a domain name same as your groups name if it comes up early in those search engine results, you can expect a significant stream of traffic. Notice the first thing I did was get   www.joinojeez.com ( join ojeez  )I figured people will be punching in that as word of mouth slowly grows around  ojeez and it’s success. Content is essential to traffic flow. Also so You have to offer something that makes your ojeez group worth visiting. Content creates repeat visitors, increases their stay, encourages word-of-mouth type promotion and assists in improving a groups standing with the search engines.Every link can conceivably serve a traffic producer. If someone finds a link to your ojeez community on another site, they are only one mouse-click away from being part of your traffic. Search engines also assess the number and quality of links to your Ojeez Group. They regard groups and sites that are linked to frequently as authoritative and reward them with higher placement in search engine results.So, if you want traffic to your ojeez community , you need to do two things: Provide content and acquire links. This ebook is designed to show you some great ways of doing both. The end result should be higher traffic numbers for your ojeez forum . 

CONTENT 

OVERVIEWA group is like a blog it is nothing more than a vessel into which we place content. Content refers to the materials presented in the group or in this case our ojeez community. Content is so critical to the success of a myspace type community , that we are going to address it first and look at it in isolation from all of the other traffic-producing strategies you can implement. Although there are groups  dedicated to podcasting, video casting and photography, this ebook will operate from the assumption that the bulk of your blog’s content will consist of text.The subject matter of your writing can be critical to your ojeez group’s  traffic potential. The quality of your writing, the uniqueness of your perspective, the frequency with which you add content to the forum and the way the content is presented will also make a difference. www.youvbeenwarned.com.  

SUBJECT MATTERMyspace groups that tackle a specific and limited range of concerns generally tend to outdraw those with a more scattered approach. Forming a group within a particular niche is usually the best way to experience success. However, there are limits to specificity. If one chooses a subject area that is too limited, the potentiality for high-volume traffic is reduced. Alternatively, if one opts to create a forum in a well-covered subject matter they risk getting lost in the shuffle and not finding a regular readership. There is no secret formula that will yield the perfect niche for your ojeez community. There are, however, some guidelines you can follow when selecting a group topic that will help lead you to a choice that has good traffic potential. www.build-profits.com?1716  

First, remember that you will be revisiting, updating, tweaking and researching the topic of your ojeez group for as long as you decide to maintain it. Thus, it makes a great deal of sense to choose a subject matter in which you have a keen interest and a developed knowledge base. You may discover that there are a lot of people looking for information on widgets and that there are few great sources for that information online. However, if you don’t know a lot about widgets and find them a complete bore, you will probably have a hard time maintaining the site over the long run.Second, remember that there are two different factors you must consider when trying to choose a topic with real traffic potential. You will want to write about something in which others are interested. There must be a group of people out there who are regularly looking for information on your topic. That is a necessary factor. However, you must also consider how many other sources of information are out there already. It can be very tough to break out in a competitive field.You can get an idea of the competition and interest levels by using any of a number of freely available online tools. One tool I have found to be invaluable and easy to use is Nichebot at http://www.nichebot.com. It operates almost like a search engine: you type in the word or string in which you are interested and it then supplies you with a breakdown of how many people are searching for that phrase (and related phrases) every month. It then provides you with an indication of how many sites online contain the words in your search phrase. It even goes so far as to express the ratio of sites to searchers, making determinations of a niche’s viability relatively simple. Nichebot offers some additional tools that can make subject selection easier. www.tripleyourhits.com Ideally, you will find a hot topic with little competition. However, that is far easier said than done! One could spend days plugging possible subjects into Nichebot without finding a wildly underserved group of searchers for a topic in which the groupie has an interest. However, it does a great job of letting one know what they might be up against in terms of competition and occasionally you can discover some very interesting gaps in the information market.Third, remember that although finding an underserved niche will make your life easier, it is not necessarily a requirement for success. There are some people who will tell you that operating in a competitive sector is great. After all, you know in advance that there are hordes of potential visitors on a hot topic. All you have to do is give them a reason to come to you instead of others. That is, of course, easier said than done. However, if you are up for a challenge and believe you can offer something that will truly separate you from the rest; you may consider placing your ojeez group into a competitive field. 

QUALITY & UNIQUENESSThere are many things you can do to produce content that really have no direct relationship to the quality of your ojeez blog, and you should consider pursuing them. However, nothing will turn a community  into a success like high quality content.Good content creates a readership. Those repeat visitors can be the lifeblood of a successful ojeez community . Additionally, other people who operate groups and forums notice good content and web sites will often link back to your quality posts. This creates a direct traffic stream from those links, as well as adding to your total cache of backlinks, which can help in search engine results. 

People will come back to a site they know provides grade-A information or that touches them in some way. Humor sites that are not funny do not get repeat visitors. Sites about technological advances that contain inaccuracies do not develop a readership. Blogs that are littered with grammatical and spelling errors seldom generate massive traffic. http://freeebookwebsites.blogspot.com Effective writing is key to a successful ojeez blog forum or group. It is beyond the scope of this ebook to outline what makes a writer entertaining or informative. Most of us, fortunately, have an idea of what separates the good from the bad. Writing effectively may take more time and effort than simply spewing forth a few posts to your ojeez group, but the end result is worth the extra energy.In addition to writing well, you should strive to produce unique content that will distinguish your ojeez community from others. This includes choosing topics that are interesting, opinions that are compelling, and doing whatever else is necessary to capture and hold a reader’s interest. You need to give people a reason to choose your ojeez group over others in the same field. You must provide them with something they cannot get elsewhere.This raises the subject of re-blogging your ojeez blogs. Re-blogging occurs when a blogger provides a synopsis of what someone else has written (perhaps even with an excerpt) and then adds a small amount of personal commentary. Re-blogging can be effective in two circumstances. If your blog is operating primarily as a news aggregator and a means of providing readers with an edited compendium of potential items of interest, it is a natural fit. Second, if your commentary somehow illuminates or provides an interesting twist to the original content it can also be effective. Too often, however, reblogging is nothing more than repetition of what could be found elsewhere and fails to impress readers.Instead of relying upon re-blogging, a successful blogger will generally try to stay on top of his or her chosen field and will become the initial source of exciting information and opinion. It is fine to share the remarkable work of others–making sure that information gets out to everyone is one of the great things you can do for your ojeez group, blog, or forum –but it is even better if you can make yourself into a primary source of quality, unique content. 

UPDATING CONTENTPeople like new information. If they are interested in your topic, they want to see more information about it as often as possible. Search engines mimic people in that regard. They absolutely adore frequently updated sites. They reward groups and blogs that provide frequent updates with better locations in search results. Providing regular content is one of the best ways to appeal both to your human readers and the search engine robots that will lead even more real people to your ojeez group. 

There is no magic number of posts per week you must add to your ojeez group. However, the general rule of thumb is that more is better. Some myspace bloggers will update their blogs and forums  several times per day. Others will provide one weekly update.Finding the right patterns will be a byproduct of experimentation, combined with your own personal time limitations and interest levels. I personally recommend updating your ojeez group at least a few times per week. If you can update more frequently, do so. However, make sure these updates offer something of value. Writing for the sake of writing may help with respect to fooling search engine spiders, but it will undoubtedly antagonize real readers so much as to render the strategy useless. Those who make a living online will tell you that “content is king.” Content is what brings people to any site. It is what keeps them there, too. It is also the favorite discover of every search engine spider. The more content you have, the better off you are going to be. http://build-profits.com?1716  Some niches may be so underserved that a myspace type group can continue to successfully generate traffic with infrequent updates. However, more competitive fields will require more and more content to stay afloat.Updates can vary in length. Generally speaking, however, extremely short posts will have less value (both to the search engines and readers) than more involved writing. However, the desire to provide more lengthy and meaningful posts will need to be balanced against usability considerations, which we will discuss later. Many will argue that content additions that “weigh in” between 250-600 words are optimal. 

KEYWORDS & CONTENTSearch engines operate on keywords. Put simply, keywords are the words for which people are searching. By making sure you use these keywords in your content, you are more likely to be discovered. www.joinojeez.com Thus, you can produce some pretty remarkable traffic jumps by using the keyword phrases people are typing into Google. This is obvious, but it does bring up a few interesting questions.How do I find which keywords are popular for searches in my niche? There are a variety of free online tools available to help with keyword research. Earlier, we mentioned Nichebot, which does an admirable job of showing what phrases and keywords are in “high demand.” A quick Google search for “keyword finder” and other similar phrases should provide you with some other options. There are paid services, like WordTracker, that also assist in keyword research, but free options remain available.How should I use the keywords once I have found them? This is a subject of some debate. The question about how many times keywords should appear in order to trigger a positive response from search engines is a constant topic of argument in the search engine optimization field. Some will argue that a keyword should be used enough to comprise 3-5% of the total text in any post.Others will argue that a higher density is necessary. Some will maintain that keyword density is not as important as producing content that contains the keyword and related relevant terms.There are a few ways of making sure your content does its job when it comes to keywords. One is to carefully monitor your use and to write posts around popular keywords related to your topic. Another is simply to focus on turning out good, relevant content and assuming the volume of your output and its overall quality will produce desired keyword results. Generally speaking, the best strategy for most myspace bloggers probably lies somewhere in the middle of those extremes. By producing content with an understanding of keywords while not compromising its integrity in an effort to stuff every post with popular search terms, one can usually be relatively successful.One should strive to make use of their primary keywords in the titles of their blog’s posts. They should also attempt to use those words and phrases, along with keywords of secondary importance within the posts themselves.  There are free keyword analyzers available online that will give you breakdowns of keyword density for your posts. It makes sense to check your work against these at least occasionally to make sure your content is working its hardest to get you that coveted search engine traffic.One should beware of overusing keywords. Search engines grow smarter all the time, and the days when one could get real results by stuffing keywords onto a page without rhyme or reason are gone. Remember that the search engine algorithms are designed to reward sites that are using keywords in a valuable context. They are able to discern that an endless stream of keywords is probably nothing more than an effort to fool their robots. 

CONTROVERSYNothing gets noticed quite like the controversial. If you are looking for a way to get some attention (and, thus, traffic), it is possible to do so by taking controversial stands on issues related to your topic. This can get you noticed in a hurry!However, utilizing controversy as a means of generating traffic is not usually a reasonable long-term strategy. First, how controversial can you be on a regular basis? If your blog’s success is based upon your willingness to take outlandish or controversial positions, you will put yourself in a position where you are forced to either constantly one-up yourself or becoming boring by comparison. Second, intentionally taking a non-mainstream perspective just to get some attention risks alienating a portion of your potential audience. You want traffic, but you would probably prefer that not all of it came from people who want to argue with you!  If you have a strongly held position that might create some controversy, don’t feel as though you have to hold back. Self-expression, after all, is what your ojeez blogs should be all about. However, you probably should not fall into the rut of using wild claims or inflaming rhetoric to drive traffic to your forums or groups. Instead, concentrate on authoring relevant, quality, thought-provoking content. 

CONTENT USABILITYUsability, as it relates to online endeavors, can involve everything from site structure to color choices. With respect to written content, we will primarily be concerned with constructing posts that comport with readers’ preferences and expectations for written materials. As I write this Im assuming ojeez will allow you to customize your templates and your pages, much like myspace.Internet readers tend be “scanners.” They generally scan a page or post and then make a determination as to whether or not to invest more time and effort in reading the material carefully. If their scan does not provide them with something to grab their attention and interest, they are more likely to click away than they are to continue reading.Thus, content should be offered in a way that is easy for users to scan. It should also be provided in a way that encourages online reading. What does this mean in terms of practical considerations?One should offer text in a size that is easily read. They should also offer content in the form of shorter paragraphs and make use of “white space” to make scanning easier. Long paragraphs are not as well-received as shorter ones.The choice of a font should be based on readability rather than on whether or not one feels it possesses some greater aesthetic value.Content usability is important and any blogger truly interested in maximizing the comfort and value of the user’s experience. That attention to detail can increase repeat visitation and total page views. 

BONUS TIPS1. Show Off! Although your ojeez blogs will archive your old posts, they probably won’t be seen by visitors who didn’t find them via a search engine. That might be fine in some cases, but occasionally you will have written a real gem that you would love to keep right up in front for all to see. If you want to encourage visitors to take a longer look at your ojeez community (and to keep coming back for more), consider creating a blog “highlight reel” on your blog’s sidebar. You can provide a few links directly to some of your best work and maybe even provide a tempting excerpt along with the link. Again this book is so fresh it was written before the launch of ojeez.com but something tells me they will mimic the success of myspace and in some ways be even more appealing on the eyes. I guess I’ll find out in a few day’s I am excited. Anyway I was saying,  2. Write it down! Writers are often in the habit of having a notepad and pen around at all times. It’s a good idea for a blogger, too. Frequent updates are important for your  blog’s traffic success, and there is nothing more frustrating than experiencing a case of “blogger’s block” when you sit down in front of the keyboard. If you have an idea for a great post, make a note of it somewhere. If you don’t, you are sure to forget the idea when the time comes to add more content to your ojeez posts. 

GETTING INTO THE SEARCH ENGINES 

OVERVIEWIn order for your ojeez blog or group to come up in search engine results, the search engine must know it exists. Getting discovered, and indexed, by search engines is a critical first step to securing search engine traffic.Contrary to the beliefs held by some, a search engine cannot simply “find” your blog on its own. It must be led to the blog in some fashion. There are two general ways by which this can happen. You can either tell the search engine about your blog, or you can devise a means by which it will find you.At first glance, it seems like just telling the search engine would be the optimal solution. At one time, this strategy was the easiest way of getting indexed. However, it is no longer the best way to go about things.You can directly submit your ojeez blog to Google, for instance. However, it may take the search engine months to get around to your request. At some point, in frustration, you might be led to submit the information again. There are fairly credible reports that frequent submission of a blog directly to the search engine may actually lead to a penalty. They would prefer to find you all by themselves. I have personally not noticed any problems with direct submission to MSN’s search engine. However, considering the variety of ways by which one can be found without utilizing direct submission, it does not seem necessary to tip off MSN in that manner. 

WAYS TO BE DISCOVEREDAll it requires for a search engine to find you is a link to your blog on another site. Eventually, the search engines will spider that link and discover the blog. You can increase the likelihood of being found quickly by getting multiple links for your site out there and by trying to get links that are likely to be spidered quickly.Large, popular sites are frequently spidered and a link on a site of this sort can lead to your ojeez blog’s inclusion in the search engines relatively quickly. A link from a frequently indexed site could lead to your blog’s discovery within as little as a day.Any of the link-building strategies mentioned in this ebook can be used to lead the search engine to your ojeez blog. Things like link trades, sigging, articles and directory listings can do the trick.Remember, building these links not only encourages necessary indexing, it also serves as a way of improving long-term traffic, as every link can be helpful. 

LESSER SEARCH ENGINESRight now, the search engine field is dominated by three players: Google, MSN and Yahoo. These are the three search engines that matter and care must be taken to make sure all three index your blog. There are, however, other search engines out there. Some are rarely used relics that have managed to hold onto a small chunk of cyberspace. Others are paid-for-inclusion engines that are little more than ways to separate a blog owner from his or her money.None of these smaller search engines will produce a great deal of traffic. However, it is often very easy to submit to the free search engines. Additionally, there is some information to suggest that inclusion on a lesser engine may lead to inclusion on a bigger one. There is very little harm in direct submission to smaller search engines. It is unlikely to be a huge manufacturer of traffic, but it takes so little time that you may want to consider it. Just use one of the popular search engines to search for other search engines. Then, visit a few of these places and look into submitting your site. www.youvbeenwarned.com  

BLOG SEARCH ENGINESThe tactics mentioned above apply to websites of any sort. As a myspace type blogger, you can make use of them. However, the growth of blogging has led to the creation of blog-only search engines. You would be remiss if you did not submit your ojeez blog to these engines.A simple Google search for the phrase “blog search engine” will yield many additional opportunities to get your blog noticed. Realize that often the terms “blog search engine” and “blog directory” are used almost interchangeably and can overlap a great deal. Information about many blog directories that also have search functions is included in the “Directories” portion of this ebook.There is at least one blog search engines that warrant additional discussion–Technorati, which can be found at http://www.technorati.com. Technorati is a widely used blog search engine. Getting your blog listed at Technorati can increase your traffic more than most other blog search engines. Technorati also supports a tagging function whereby you can “tag” your posts with descriptive keywords making them easier for other Technorati users to find.       There is some debate over the value of Technorati in terms of traffic and with respect to some customer service issues the site apparently experiences. However, serious bloggers would be remiss if they did not take a long look at Technorati and consider making it part of their traffic creation arsenal.There are other services offering a tagging function that seem to be developing an avid following and may be worth investigation. These include FURL and Del.icio.us. 

BONUS TIPS1. Patience is a virtue! It can sometimes take a little bit of time before the major search engines cozy up to your community or ojeez blog. Don’t be offended or too frustrated. Continue working on your blog and following other traffic generation methods. The nice thing about the content tactics covered here are that they are all mutually reinforcing. If a long period passes, go back and check your work. But don’t get frustrated too early.2. Don’t become too Google obsessed! Google is the biggest search engine player, but the other two can drive a lot of traffic to your blog. There are entire communities dedicating to dissecting Google and its algorithms. Google often befuddles even the most veteran search engine optimization experts. If you want to crack the top 10 in Google, it might require a great deal of work–probably a disproportionate effort for most hobbyist bloggers. You want Google traffic, but it is usually not worth developing an obsession to obtain it. 

TRADITIONAL LINK-BUILDING 

OVERVIEWThere are a variety of specific tactics one can use to create links to their blogs. Many of those strategies are outlined in this ebook. However, despite the power of articles, sigging and other strategies, one must still consider some of the traditional means by which they can acquire links. 

Links are half of the traffic battle. By taking advantage of some tried and true link building strategies, you can really help your cause.LINK TRADESThis is one of the original free link-building techniques. You find a site that compliments your own in terms of content and you then send the webmaster or blogger an email inquiring about trading links.The upside is that it is completely free and can create an opportunity for cooperative and interesting interaction with someone who shares your interest.The downside is that the success rate is pretty low. Some people will even recommend avoiding this tactic altogether, because you are likely to be ignored more often than a trade occurs.Trades can be tough because no one likes the idea of linking to a potential competition. Additionally, if you are operating a fledgling blog, you probably have far less to offer your trading partner than they have to offer you. There are also legitimate concerns about honesty in link trading. Many people have been known to agree to link trades only to never put up the reciprocal link or to keep it there only until you have verified its presence. 

In some circumstances, however, a link trade can be a good decision. If you find a site that seems like a natural companion to your ojeez blog, it is worth floating an offer.FREE LINKSThere are many sites that will accept and list links without any obligation or only with the requirement of a link back to them. These sites can be a great way to building your backlink totals. Note that this strategy is not particularly different than the link exchanges noted above. However, these processes tend to be automated and are generally more reliable. Nonetheless, one must be aware of the possibility of getting a raw deal.Screen these options carefully, however. There is little value in a link from a disjointed “free for all” site. Additionally, your blog could be penalized if you reciprocate with a link to a bad neighborhood. Instead, stick to sites that are related to your own and that are of a high enough quality that you won’t feel guilty sending your blog’s visitors there.You can find sites that offer this opportunity by doing a Google search involving your keyword(s) and phrases such as “add a link,” “add your link,” or “add URL.”Clearly, you want to amass as many links as possible. However, you don’t want to put yourself in a position where you are compelled to offer thousands of backlinks from your ojeez communitys blog. First, the design of most blogs is ill-suited for this.Second, there are concerns about the number of outbound links on your site and how a search engine might perceive them. Finally, there are those will argue that if you have too many outbound leaks, your site could become too “leaky,” leading to visitors wandering from your community  to someone else‘s website and losing them for good. 

BONUS TIPS1. Track your trades! Make sure the other side is holding up their end of the bargain. Check your backlinks occasionally and make sure those who are supposed to be offering links to your site are doing so.2. Ask for anchor text! A link to http://www.widgetz.com is fine, but it is not quite as good (in the eyes of the search engines) as a text string stating All of the Best Widgets that serves as a hyperlink to your site. This is called anchor text and it can produce better results than a traditional URL link. 

DIRECTORIES 

OVERVIEW

Links are a key to traffic, and one great source of free links is directory submission. You have undoubtedly seen these sites online. They are organizations. Receive My Whole Money Making Book At www.ojeezcafe.com  

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