Amazon Affiliate Marketing

What is the Amazon Associates program all about?

How to make Money from Amazon Affiliate Marketing

1.) Learn some basic HTML of you have no knowledge about it

2.) Choose your topic

3.) Pick a domain name

4.) Register the domain name you pick

5.) Set up web hosting for your site

6.) Install a blog software

7.) Make it look good

8.) Set categories up

9.) Go to Amazon.com and sign up as an associate

10.) Create blog posting links/bookmarks

11.) Create the Amazon Build-a-Link bookmark/link

12.) Build your first link

13.) Blog your review

14.) Build out your site

15.) Promote your site

Useful Tips to Get You Started

1. It is important for you to learn some basic HTML as well as basic concepts pertaining to running a website. It’s not really tedious to understand and within a short period, you will have a grasp of it. Relying on purchased software might backfire because it might not give you what you really need and when things go wrong you will end up spending more than you ought to. Take time to learn these things and you won’t regret it.
2. If you are a music lover, it would be a good idea to promote it over books and even other products. All you need to do is listen to clips of a full album within a short period, say 10 minutes, get a good feel of it without you purchasing it and do a short review. If there is another niche you are passionate about, make sure you get a unique discovery about it. Of course, there are hundreds of thousands of reviews about these products all over the web but you need to make yours more unique to attract people to your site.
3. If you want to make even more money, sign up for Google AdSense. Although, it might not make too much income but it’s worth it since it is free to sign up and doesn’t require anything to maintain.
4. Set good expectations for your earnings. Since you must have invested $20 and you are going to make 5% per product, it means you need to sell $400 worth of products to make your investment back. If you want to make $20 per hour, what you write on must generate $400 worth of product purchased.

How to increase sales in Amazon Affiliate Marketing

(1.) Post links regularly to optimize your earnings

(2.) Build links for several kinds of products over time

(3.) You can use your referral link to send information via email or to family members

(4.) Add widgets to your site

(5.) Promote products worth $100 and above

(6.) Use lists

(7.) Use Amazon Associate links to post seasonal content

(8.) Optimize your website or blog

One of the best ways to make money online via blogging is by displaying advertisements on your blog. There are many ad networks available such as AdSense, Chitika, VigLink, Infolinks and many others. Obviously, we can’t clutter our blogs with too many ads, so we need to choose the best and most effective program available for the purpose of making money from our blogs.
AdSense is a product from Google that allows us to show contextual ads on a blog. It’s one of the best monetization ad networks available for any website, and people are making thousands of dollars every day using only Google AdSense.

• Read: A Complete AdSense Guide for Beginners

What are the benefits of using AdSense?

One of the direct benefits of AdSense is the fact that it is a legitimate advertisement program by Google. Before I go into further detail, please watch this video:
When we talk about making money from a blog, the easiest method of doing so is to put AdSense on your blog and start writing content.
When people click on the AdSense ads posted on your blog, you will earn money. (Remember to avoid clicking on your own ads, as this is a violation of AdSense policies.)
AdSense is a contextual ad network, which means that ads will be displayed according to your content. For example, if you are writing a post on web hosting, you are more likely to see ads related to hosting or domains.
Another way AdSense shows ads is by using the cookie method. Based on user search history, they display targeted ads which convert better.
In short, AdSense makes sure that readers will see targeted ads, and thus you will get more clicks and higher payouts than you will with any other ad network.

Why Google AdSense over other ad networks?

Once you have an approved AdSense account, all you need to do is add a code to your theme file, and advertisements will start running on your blog.
Here is a complete guide on how to create and set up an AdSense account.
AdSense is one of the most highly rated and recognized advertisement programs available. However, AdSense does not approve all types of blogs, and they are especially likely to reject blogs which are still in need improvement.
Once you have AdSense running on your blog, it means that your blog has been authorized. (This may not be true in all cases.)
With most ad networks, you need to add all of your sites manually, and upon approval of each individual site, you can place ads on that site. With AdSense, however, once you have an approved AdSense account, you can put ads on any website which complies with the AdSense terms of service. There is no need to set up different accounts for different blogs. You can also use your custom channel to see how your ad slots are performing.
Unlike other advertisement programs, AdSense has a wide range of advertisers and publishers. AdSense also has a support forum, and you will find lots of tutorials on how to increase your AdSense revenue.
The major problem you will face with small advertising companies is the issue of payment. Despite meeting the minimum payout limit, you may have difficulty getting your payment. Furthermore, if you do some research, you will come to realize how many of these companies are fraudulent. AdSense, on the other hand, is very transparent in terms of payment, and you are unlikely to face any issues obtaining your payment from AdSense.
No doubt Google AdSense is one of the best programs for making money online with a blog.  However, for business sites I would suggest saying no to AdSense.
If you have just started using AdSense, I suggest that you install the AdSense Chrome add-on, which will help you to quickly track your AdSense earnings.
There could be many other reasons for selecting AdSense as your advertising network of choice. Use the comments section below to let us know what made you choose AdSense over other advertising networks.

Google AdSense is a contextual advertising program that allows you to run ads on your website or blog, or YouTube videos, and get paid when when visitors click on them. The ads are generated from businesses that use Google's AdWords program.

Pros and Cons to Making Money with Google AdSense

The Google AdSense program has several great advantages including:

• It's free to join. 
• Eligibility requirements are easy, which means you can monetize your website or blog even when it's new.

• There are a variety of ad options and several you can customize to fit the look and feel of your site.
• Google pays monthly (if you meet the $100 threshold) by direct deposit.
• You can run ads on several websites from one AdSense account.
• There are options to run ads on mobile devices and RSS feeds. 
• You can easily add it to your YouTube and Blogger accounts.

With that said, there are a few drawbacks to AdSense as well:

• Google can terminate your account in an instant, and it's not very forgiving if you break the rules.
• Like all forms of online income, you need targeted traffic in order to make money.
• When people click on an AdSense ad, you do make some money, but your visitor also leaves your site. 
• It doesn't necessarily pay more than other similar programs.

AdSense is a great monetization option, but it's not a get-rich-quick or make-money-doing-nothing option. Further, Google has a lot of rules that aren't always noticed upfront.

Types of AdSense Ads

Google offers a variety of ad types to run on your website, including:

• Text: Text ads use words, either as an Ad Unit (one offer) or a Link Unit (list of offers), and come in a variety of sizes. You can customize the color of the box, text and link.

• Images: Image ads are graphic ads. They come in a variety of sizes. You can choose an option that mixes both text and image ads.
• Flash
• Video
• Rich media ads include HTML, Flash or other interactive feature. 
• Audio
• AdSense for Search allows you to have a Google search box on your site. When a user enters a term and conducts a search, a search results page opens with AdSense ads. You can customize the color scheme of the search results page to harmonize with your web site.

Google AdSense Payments

Google pays monthly through direct deposit or check, but will not issue an AdSense payment until your earnings reach or exceed $100. If you don't earn $100 in one month, your earnings roll over and are added to the next month. Each time you reach the $100 threshold, Google will issue a payment on the next payment period. Through your AdSense account, you can see your current earnings, what ads are generating the most clicks, and more.

Making Money with AdSense

Making a significant amount of money with AdSense requires a plan. Here are tips for maximizing AdSense revenue:

• Read and adhere to Google's rules. Webmasters must comply with Google's webmaster policies as well as the AdSense program policy. 
• Don't click on your own ads or ask others to click on them. Incentivizing clicks, buying Pay Per Click (PPC) space, or using a program designed to drive traffic to AdSense pages are against the rules. Remember, Google isn't very forgiving about breaking the rules, so be sure to adhere to them.

• Have great content your target market wants to read. Ultimately, money is made, whether through AdSense or other monetization methods, by providing valuable content and quality traffic to your blog or website.
• Use honest, organic traffic building website promotion techniques, especially search engine optimization and article marketing.
• Test ad types and placement to find the options that lead to the most income. 
• Read email from Google, especially if it's sending a warning about something it doesn't like on your site. Failure to deal with Google's complaints will lead to termination of the program.

Dealing with Competitors' or Questionable Advertisements

If you offer products or services on your website, you may find that some ads Google delivers come from your competitors. Another issue that can occur is ads that may not be completely legitimate or they might offend your market.
The challenge of this is two-fold.

1. You don't know what ads are running on your site until you see them there. Plus, with each page load, and depending on the visitors browsing history, the ad may not show up again or it might appear in a different spot.
2. Since you can't click on your own links (to the get the URL), you need to be careful about obtaining the URL to block. The best way to get the link so you can block it in AdSense is to right click the link, select "Copy Link Address," and paste it into a document or text editor (i.e. Notepad). The Google URL is really long, but you're looking for the section that identifies the advertiser. Copy that link, and paste into your AdSense blocked ads account.

Other Programs Besides AdSense

There are many ad network programs similar to AdSense, such as Media.net and InfoLinks. Some might require a traffic threshold, so you'd need to wait until your site established before being accepted. Most have similar rules to Google, such as a limit to the number of the network's ads per page (usually 3) and termination for clicking your own ads. In most cases, you can run different ad networks on your site without violating terms of service, but you'll want to read the rules of each network before doing it. Further, you want to avoid your site becoming so overwhelmed with ads that your readers can't find the content.

Other Income Options besides Ad Networks

Ad networks, especially AdSense, are great options because you can join as a new blogger or website owner, and are easy to use. But they're not the only ways to make money from your website. In fact, as your site traffic grows, other monetization options might be better. Here are some other money-making ideas you can use instead of, or along with, ad networks.
Affiliate Marketing: Like ad networks, affiliate programs are usually free to join and easy to add to your website.
Sell Your Own Product or Service: When you have a readership and social media following, you have an audience that trusts and likes you. As a result, they're more open to buying directly from you. Creating your own product or service, as opposed to promoting someone else through affiliate marketing, can earn you significantly more money. This is especially true with information products or online courses that are inexpensive to create and sell. Other options include ebooks and freelance services.
Coaching or Consulting: As an expert in your topic, you're in a good position to help people beyond the information you provide on your website/blog, to offer more in depth help through coaching or consulting.
Sponsors: When you have a good amount of traffic and terrific influence over your audience, other companies will pay to sponsor your website. They can sponsor your entire site, which would cost them more, or a single page. Some just have advertising.
As you can see, there are many ways to earn income from a website or blog. But many require that you have traffic and an audience that is paying attention to you before they make any money. This is where AdSense is a good beginning monetization option. You don't have to create anything, it's free to join, and it's easy to add the ad code to your website.

If you currently have a WordPress site or blog, you’ve most likely considered ways to use it to generate income. The process might seem intimidating, however, especially if you are new to the concept of site monetization. In terms of general maintenance, simply optimizing your content and links for usability and search engines can be labor intensive enough for a new site owners, without the extra layer of implementing a revenue scheme.
Fortunately, monetizing your website doesn’t have to be difficult or confusing. There are plenty of popular and well-tested ways to do it, Google AdSense being one of the most popular. In fact, adding Google AdSense in WordPress is also one of the easiest methods of generating passive income from your site.
In this post, we’ll show you how to add AdSense to WordPress and what the benefits are. We’ll also discuss other methods of monetizing your blog or site, to help you increase your income further. We have a lot of ground to cover, so let’s dive in!

What Google AdSense Is (And Why You Should Use It)

Google AdSense is a Cost Per Click (CPC) program that enables you to show advertisements on your WordPress site. There are numerous benefits of using Google AdSense in WordPress to monetize your site. Here are a few key ones:

• It’s an easy way to generate passive income. Setting up AdSense is a simple and straightforward process once you know how (see our instructions below).
• There is outstanding support from Google. Google’s AdSense support forum is filled with tutorials on how to increase your revenue, along with answers to any other questions you may have.
• Ad formats are flexible so that they don’t dominate your site’s content. You can block any ads you don’t want to show (such as those from competitors), style text advertisements to match your site, and control where they appear.
• You can use native ads to further control their look and feel. With the use of Native Ads in AdSense,  you can make sure that your advertisements adhere to your site’s style and conform to your standards.

There are plenty more reasons for using Google AdSense in WordPress for your monetization efforts. However, we believe that for those new to the game, its ease of use is one of the most compelling. Let’s learn how to set up this tool to work on your site, so you can start receiving payments.

How to Manually Add Google AdSense in WordPress (In 3 Steps)

Before you add AdSense to WordPress, you will want to create a site backup in case something goes wrong during the process. Then, you can proceed to the first step.

Step 1: Sign Up for Google AdSense

The first thing you’ll need to do is create an account with Google AdSense. Once you are on the AdSense site, click the Sign Up Now button:
The first screen will list your current Gmail accounts and ask you to select the one you want to use, or prompt you to create a new account altogether. Once you’ve selected the account you want, you will be presented with the sign up form.
Fill in the information, accept the Terms and Conditions, and then click Create Account. While signing up only takes a few minutes, Google may take up to 3 days to approve your application, so you might need to wait a while.

Step 2: Create an AdSense Ad

Once your account is approved, you can start using Google AdSense in WordPress. Sign in to your new account, and access the AdSense dashboard:
Under My ads > Ad units, click on New ad unit. Now you will need to name your ad. We suggest something descriptive, so you can remember it and where it is placed on your site. This is especially important if you have multiple ads and/or sites.
Next, you will need to choose an ad size (be sure to select Responsive so the ad can display correctly on all devices), layout, and type:

The Backup Ads option tells Google what to do if there are no targeted ads available to display. You can use this to point to a specific URL, show the space as blank, or fill the space with a solid color:

Once you’ve edited your ad’s settings, click Save and Get Code. You will see a new window with the newly generated AdSense code. Copy this code and save it for the next step.

Step 3: Add AdSense to WordPress

Hopefully, you have saved the code generated in the previous step, as you will need to it to use Google AdSense in WordPress. Start by logging into your WordPress dashboard. Then go to Appearance > Widgets.
Create a new widget by selecting Text from Available Widgets, then dragging and dropping it where you want the ad to display. Generally, the sidebar is a good place to start, so you can see how it fits with the rest of your site without impeding your content:
Once the widget is in place, provide a title for it and then paste the code from the previous step into the content field. Once you are done, click on Save.
Preview your site to make sure your ad appears correctly. If the formatting is off for the area you chose, you can either go back to AdSense and edit the ad unit to fit your layout, or you can pick a different location for it by creating a new widget using the steps above.

How to Add AdSense to WordPress Using a Plugin

While manually installing Google AdSense in WordPress is a fairly straightforward process, you may be more comfortable using a plugin instead. There are plenty of them to choose from, so we recommend you research each option by reading through its reviews and ratings. For the purposes of this walkthough, however, we recommend Ad Inserter for its ease of use and feature set.
Just as with a manual installation, we recommend that you perform a site backup before adding this plugin. You will also need to have an active AdSense account. Follow the first two steps above to generate the code you will need, then install the Ad Inserter plugin.
Now, on every post or page you create, you will see the Ad Inserter menu. To get started, go to Settings and select Ad Inserter:

In the ad box, paste your AdSense Code. You will need to choose an option for automatically inserting ads (such as Before Post). Enable one or more page types you’d like your ads to appear on, then click Save.
For best results, you’ll want to take some time to review the most common Ad Inserter settings, to take full advantage of Google AdSense in WordPress. If you run into issues, such as your ads not displaying properly, you can also use Ad Inserter’s troubleshooting guide for assistance.

3 Ways to Monetize Your WordPress Blog

We’ve focused on using Google Adsense in WordPress as a means of monetizing your site or blog, because it is a very simple way to get started. However, if you are looking to boost your site’s income-generating power, there are several other methods you can and should look into.
Before trying any of these, we recommend you invest some time into building an email marketing list. This will create a foundation that you can use to ensure future income generation as you grow your site and its offerings.

1. Become an Affiliate Marketer

Affiliate marketing is a wildly popular method for generating income from your WordPress site. Simply put, it’s a way for you to earn a commission by promoting products for other people or businesses. There are numerous benefits of using this method to earn money:

• Minimal upfront costs. Joining an affiliate program is free, and usually involves a short online registration process.
• No stock or overhead to worry about. Since you are promoting someone else’s product, you don’t have to worry about carrying stock, processing orders, shipping items, or product support.
• It can be done from almost anywhere. Because your marketing takes place online, you can generate and maintain your income from any location, as long as you have an internet connection.

While the concept is simple and getting started is fairly straightforward, affiliate marketing requires dedicated effort on your part to be successful, at least in the beginning. To get started, we recommend you spend some time reading through Neil Patel’s site, starting with his step-by-step guide.

2. Offer Online Courses

If you are currently using your site to educate your readers, why not take it a step further and offer a full course at a set price? How you structure the course is up to you. You can offer it as a set of emails that they receive daily or weekly. Or, you can provide all of the lessons upfront so that users can work at their own pace.
Either way, some of the benefits of this method include that:

• You are offering knowledge you already have. The effort involved will come from actually sitting down and creating the course, so there are minimal start up costs.
• You can use it to build your email list. While your readers may not sign up for a newsletter, if they see something they can gain value from (like a full course on using social media or building a profitable business) they will be much more likely to part with their email information.
• You can sell your courses to other sites to continue generating revenue. Sites such like Udemy and Skillshare enable you to build a course and sell it on their platform, earning you a commission each time someone takes the class.

If you decide to sell your online course through a site such as Skillshare or Udemy, you should also take a look at their affiliate programs. Participating in those as well could be a win/win for you. Not only will the website host your course, but you could generate affiliate income through their program on top of that.
If you’re looking for advice on how to get started, the Penny Hoarder offers a great resource on building an online course.  You can find plenty of other guides online for how to create a successful course.

3. Write an eBook

If you have specific expertise or something that you are passionate about, you may want to consider writing an ebook. Depending on your site’s current content, you may even have the beginnings of your ebook just waiting to be adapted. While the benefits of an ebook are similar to those of online courses, there is an added incentive that comes with establishing yourself as an authority on a topic. After all, is there anything more authoritative than being able to say you literally wrote the book on a topic?
In addition to selling your book on your site, you can also sell it other places online, such as Amazon. This is a smart idea because it can help generate more traffic for your site from larger and trustworthy platforms, especially if you start to garner positive reviews. In fact, the food blog Pinch of Yum jumpstarted their affiliate marketing efforts by first creating an ebook on food photography and selling it through Amazon, as well as on their site. As another example, ProBlogger Daren Rowse earned $72k in a week with his ebook. If you are interested in creating one yourself, you can use an online tutorial to help you get started.

Conclusion

It’s only natural that once you have created an online presence with WordPress, you will want to find a way to monetize it. Understanding how to generate income successfully isn’t always easy, however. Fortunately, using Google AdSense in WordPress is a simple way to get started, and will set you on the right path.
In this piece, we discussed how to add AdSense to WordPress in just a few steps. Then, we reviewed several other methods of monetizing your site, such as:

1. Becoming an affiliate marketer.
2. Selling online courses.
3. Writing an ebook.

Do you have any questions about how to use Google AdSense in WordPress, or any of the other monetization options we’ve discussed? Let us know in the comments section below!

Also Read:
How to Earn Money by Working Online.

Do you want to learn everything about there is to know about Google AdSense?
This is your AdSense A-Z guide.
Before getting into the world of Professional Blogging, I started looking for recurring income opportunities from blogging. Out of all the ad networks I read about and used, Google AdSense worked out to be the best monetization technique (after affiliate marketing).
Update: Our AdSense training course (with detailed videos) is now live over here.
I started using Google AdSense in Feb 2009 and since then, I have earned about $41,000 (INR 25 Lakhs).
Here is the latest screenshot from my AdSense iOS app:

This page is your one-stop destination for learning everything there is to know about AdSense.
You will learn the basics like how to create an AdSense account & you will learn advanced tips on how to earn more from AdSense.

Beginner’s Guide to AdSense

I have tried to add as much information & various AdSense tips and tricks as possible which users can implement to significantly increase their revenue.

One thing I would like say:
AdSense is very strict about their policies, so make sure you read the official AdSense guide to learn about the best practices for monetizing with AdSense.

• Why Google AdSense?
• How To Create AdSense Account
• Google AdSense Account Approval Process
• Adsense TOS: Things to follow and keep in mind
• Maximum Allowed AdSense Units On A Single Page
• AdSense Revenue Share Revealed
• What is CTR in Google AdSense?
• How Does Google AdSense Pay in India?

• AdSense Heat-Map: The AdSense placement guide
• Tips To Increase AdSense Revenue
• Ways To Increase Adsense CPC
• How To Set Up Google ‘AdSense for Search’ To Open Page In Your Blog
• 50 Ways To Boost AdSense Revenue

• AdSense or Affiliate: Which one to use?
• Google AdSense On New Blog
• Why Business Websites Should Not Use AdSense

• Google AdSense serving has been disabled on your account [Solution]
• How To A/B Test AdSense Ad Unit From Dashboard
• How Much Money Can One Earn From AdSense?

• AdSense Chrome Extension
• Official AdSense WordPress Plugin
• Best AdSense Optimized WordPress Themes

• How To Earn $50/click From AdSense – (Pro Tip)
• Complete Blueprint To Creating A Micro-Niche Site For AdSense

I will keep updating this AdSense guide with various tips and useful posts as they come in.

If you’re in need of any particular tutorial on Google AdSense, do let me know

I have previously written at length about the SEMrush tool, which is a must-have professional tool for serious bloggers. And because there is a cost associated with SEMrush, I have also shared a discount coupon that will let you grab this tool for free.
In today’s post, I will be sharing some quick tips that will help you to learn how to use SEMrush, and how to use the data provided to optimize your blog for search engines.
Before we get to the tips, I’d like to point out a few problems with some existing blogs and show you how SEMrush could help you improve your keyword ranking.
I have previously written at length about the SEMrush tool, which is a must-have professional tool for serious bloggers. And because there is a cost associated with SEMrush, I have also shared a discount coupon that will let you grab this tool for free.
In today’s post, I will be sharing some quick tips that will help you to learn how to use SEMrush, and how to use the data provided to optimize your blog for search engines.
Before we get to the tips, I’d like to point out a few problems with some existing blogs and show you how SEMrush could help you improve your keyword ranking.

How to use SEMrush to improve keyword ranking:

One of the biggest problems with old blogs (in which SEO is/was not a focus), is poor keyword ranking.
Most of the traffic these blogs get come from random posts, but there is no knowledge of what keywords are driving traffic to these posts. This is key information that is missing because if you know what keywords your blog is ranking for and the keyword’s position, you can do several things to improve your search engine ranking.

Let’s get started:
First, create a free account on SEMrush.
Once you have logged in, enter your domain name in the search field, and click on the “Full Report” of organic keywords. It will list all the money and traffic keywords you are ranking for along with other vital details such as:

• Traffic estimate
• AdSense CPC
• Keyword position
• Traffic percentage
• Keyword trends

Next, sort your report based on “Keyword Position”.
We do this because we want to push our second-page results to the first, and use my Google Search CTR-increase technique to get more clicks. You can also sort based on “Keyword Trend”, which is a good practice if your goal is to focus on getting more traffic.
Alternatively, if your goal is to increase your AdSense income, you can sort using “Keyword CPC”.
So we sort depending on what our specific goals are.
Here is a screenshot:
Now make a list of all of the URLs you need to work on. You can use a spreadsheet to create a list of keywords, positions, and URLs.
You can also add your keywords into the SEMrush position checker as it lets you monitor your keyword ranking as well. This will help you see the progress of your efforts.
So now we have used SEMrush to extract some important data from our site:

• Keywords for which we are ranking.
• Money keywords.
• Traffic keywords.

Our next goal is to improve the ranking of these keywords.
The following is the strategy that works for me:
I use the Yoast SEO plugin to optimize my posts for particular keywords. I have previously shared a detailed usage guide of Yoast SEO plugin that will guide you on how to use it for optimal performance. This will take care of your on-page SEO.
Bonus Tip: Add images, videos, and slides whenever possible. Make your content as high quality as you can. This will make sure you can retain your keyword ranking for a long time to come.
To improve ranking, backlink building is very important.

• Read: What Is Link Building In SEO & What Are The Benefits Of Building Links?

I use my guest blogging campaign technique to improve keyword ranking and get high-quality links. I initially used it for a few posts, and after I published guest posts on a few authority blogs, I saw a very significant improvement in keyword ranking.
Social media signals are very important these days to improve the ranking of a keyword. Share your blog post on Google Plus, Facebook, and Twitter, and make sure to continue sharing at regular intervals (7-10 days).
Also, encourage your readers to share the article on their social networks and to bookmark your posts.
This is a technique that I discovered late in the game, but it continues to work very well for me.
If you are getting traffic for certain keywords, try to create more posts on similar and related topics. Interlink them, and this will help to improve each article’s ranking. There’s also LongTailPro.
And that’s it!
Now you just have to keep an eye on your keyword improvement with SEMrush, and see how all of this works out for you.

How to use SEMrush for further SEO of your blog:

Again, SEMrush is a SEM tool; you can use it to find details for any website. Make a list of popular sites in your niche, and start mining out their data using SEMrush.
I also use SEMrush to generate more keyword ideas which lead to more traffic and thus more advertisement income.
For example, my niche is blogging and SEO, so I can focus on similar niche blogs to get more content and keyword ideas.
I have been using SEMrush for some time now, and I continue to find it worth my money. For any serious blogger who wants to work on the overall SEO keyword improvement of their blog, SEMrush could be a very profitable tool.
Sign up for a free SEMrush account
Let me know how you are using SEMrush for the SEO of your blog in the comments below.
If you find this article useful, remember to share it on your favorite social networks!


Also Read:
SEMrush Review: A SEM Tool To Research Competitors’ Keywords

Have you been looking for an SEO tool which lets you do keyword research, track keyword ranking, check backlinks, check competitor ranks, and most importantly, do a complete SEO audit of your blog?
If yes, then let me introduce you to one tool which I have personally been using for over 3 years and is trusted by many professional bloggers and SEO agencies. The tool I’m talking about is SEMrush.
I get asked this question a lot:

• “Should I start using SEMrush?”

I will answer this question in my review, but before that, let me give you some details about my SEMrush experience.
When TechMint got hit by Google Panda, I had to completely change the way I was blogging. I realized that instead of just writing content that readers loved, I had to make sure my content was also loved by search engines!
This is when I started learning more and more about SEO and link building (which is still an ongoing process). I managed to recover TechMint  from Panda, and in the process, I learned the importance of focusing on content quality to improve my blog’s SEO.
I needed to ask myself what I had done that might have caused Google Panda to hit my site so hard.
The answer was right there on my analytics stats board. Apart from thin content, I had ignored the importance of keyword research.
I quickly learned that having quality content was not enough! I also needed to build quality links, do timely audits of my site’s SEO, and pay attention to a few other important factors.
I tried using many tools in the process (including Moz, Ahrefs, SEMrush, and a few more). While all of them worked well, I liked SEMrush the best because of its great features and how it allowed me to get all of my SEO work done in one place.
In just one dashboard, I can get everything done. I will show you what I mean in a moment.
Before I move ahead with my SEMrush review, it is important to let you know that my knowledge of SEO is self-taught through the use of trial and error and from paying attention to the latest SEO industry updates.

• Note: If you browse the SEO category of  TechMint , you can find the latest information from the SEO industry.

What is SEMrush? – A Hands-On Review

Let’s explore what makes SEMrush such an amazing SEO tool and a favorite among millions of users.
SEMrush makes it really easy to find what keyword your site (or any other site) is ranking for. In short, it makes keyword research a piece of cake.
Once you are done doing your keyword research, you can add in keywords and track their positions in all major search engines based on geographical location.
I emphasize the geographical location feature as it’s important for those who target specific countries like Spain, the U.K, Australia, India, the U.S., etc. For a global blogger, you can also use this feature to see how your site ranks in specific countries’ search engines.
It is an essential SEM (search engine marketing) tool that I believe every serious blogger and internet marketer should have in their SEO tool arsenal.
SEMrush is a product from the maker of SEOQuake, a popular SEO addon for Firefox.
At the time of this writing, SEMrush has:

• more than 130,000,000 domains and
• more than 800,000,000 keywords in their database.

SEMrush will allow you to find all of the keywords for which any existing web page on the internet is ranking. You can also find more statistical details regarding specific keywords and related keywords which you can rank for.
Sound a little confusing?
Here is a screenshot which will justify my statement that SEMrush is essential for all bloggers and serious internet marketers:

Let me walk you through the process…

• Note: You can use it for any site. Serious internet marketers are encouraged to try it with their competitors’ sites.

All I need to do is add the domain name at the top, and here is the information I receive:

Let me explain a few of the fields on this report page…

• Keyword: The keyword for that specific ranked page.
• Pos: The keyword’s position in the specified search engine. In this example, I have selected Google’s US database (default), but you can change it to other locations and search engines too. You can also use the Free Keyword Monitor for verification.
• Volume: Number of exact match queries for that keyword in the local search. In this example, I have once again used Google’s US database. (This data was taken using the Google Keyword planner tool which I have also verified the accuracy of myself.)
• CPC: Average cost per click for the keyword.
• URL: Corresponding URL to which that keyword is driving traffic.
• Com: This shows the competition of advertisers for that keyword. A lower number means little competition and a higher number means greater competition for that term. (How can a search engine marketing tool be complete without a competition check?)
• Results: Number of search engine results.  (A lower number here is better.)
• Trend: This is one column which I find very interesting. In order to find profitable keywords, we need to make sure the traffic trend for that keyword is not dying. This column pulls up the search trend for that keyword over the last 12 months.

In addition to all of the information resulting from our search, there are two columns that, as a blogger, interest me the most.
It’s here that you will find the top 200 organic keywords for that domain and also receive a detailed backlink report for any domain along with the link’s anchor text.

For me, the most interesting factor here is the ability to find the top keywords driving traffic to any domain. For a serious marketer or company, knowing a top competitor’s keywords is the holy grail.
So back to the original question:

• “Should I start using SEMrush?”

My answer:

• YES!!!

Why should you start using the SEMrush tool right away?

As bloggers, we work day and night to write posts hoping to increase the amount of traffic coming into our blog. But we often don’t focus enough on how we’re generating that traffic. If you check your analytics, you will realize that only a couple of your blog posts are contributing all of the traffic to your blog.
But when using the SEMrush SEO tool, you can find keywords which are driving traffic to your competitor’s website and you can write quality content based around those keywords. This will help you get a better position for certain target keywords in your niche.
If you want to try it out and see how well it can work for you, they offer a free 14-day trial.
SEMrush works best with the PRO account (as you will get a complete report), but for a beginner who is new to search engine marketing (SEM) research, you can always start with the free trial. Once you are accustomed to its various features, you can upgrade to the PRO account to get a complete, detailed analysis of any website (like yours and your competitor’s).
Sign up here: Free SEMrush trial account
I hope this SEMrush review has helped you to understand the benefit of this awesome search engine marketing tool. Always remember, SEMrush (or any other SEM tool) is useful for research and analysis, but at the end of the day, it’s your hard, smart, and quality work which ultimately puts you at the top.

Have you used SEMrush before? How’s your experience been using it to supercharge your website’s SEO? Let us know in the comments!
Do you know someone who can benefit from this excellent tool? Share this review with them on Facebook, Twitter, or Google Plus!

Also Read:
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If you have multiple accounts on Twitter, you are probably aware of the fact that it is not possible to associate the same email address with more than one Twitter account. Try it and Twitter will throw up an error saying – “Email has already been taken”.

Link Multiple Twitter Accounts with 1 Email

There’s however a simple workaround that will let you use the same email address with all your Twitter handles – the only condition is that you should be using a Gmail or Google Apps email address.
In Gmail, you can add a dot (.) anywhere in the username and all emails address to that new alias will still reach your mailbox. For instance, if your original email address is hello@gmail.com, any emails sent to he.llo@gmail.com or he.ll.o@gmail.com will land in your mailbox because Gmails ignores periods in the email username.
And that’s what you can use to trick Twitter. Twitter will consider hello@gmail and he.llo@gmail as two separate and valid email addresses even though they point to the same Gmail Inbox.
Update: Please do that note that you have to enable the catch-all option in your domain setting to use email aliases inside Google Apps. Thus it is a better option to use a free Gmail address for Twitter.

Another Workaround

When you open an account in Gmail, you automatically get another valid email address that uses the googlemail.com domain.
So if you only have two handles on twitter, you can use the gmail.com address with one handle and the googlemail.com address with the second handle.

Also Read:
1. 8 Open Source Microblogging Software To Create Twitter Clone Websites
2. Super Quick Way To Write a Twitter Bot in 5 Minutes

 

First of all, let me clear that there is no quick way to become rich.
Second, I can bet that everyone has a potential to make a decent income online.
Ask yourself, why you pay money to anyone?
The easy answer is when someone solves your problem. You pay for food when you are hungry. You pay for cloths, health treatment, transport and many other things. People take money from you to provides you either a product or a service.
You can also earn money online by providing a product or service. Internet has more power than our physical word because you can reach out to millions of people through internet. You can become innovative and mix a product & service to earn money.
You can not earn money without solving a problem. And you need a skill to solve someone’s problem. Don’t get disappointed if you can’t figure out your skill that can be sold on the internet.

Everyone has skills but they ignore their valuable skills most of the time.

Shivya is a girl who loves travelling. She left her job & sold her apartment for the love of travelling. She is funding all her travel through her blogging. She developed her online skills and moved away from her traditional job.

• When you are a teacher, you develop side skills of people management (student/parent/administration), evaluation, event organisation, record keeping and more.
• When you are a developer/tester/designer, you develop side skills of excel, code management tools, bug management, office politics and many more.
• When you are a sales/marketing guy, you develop side skills of communication, public relationships, presentation decks, persuasive email writing and many more.

Many a times, your side skills become more valuable than your core domain skill. You can definitely start helping people online with your core or side skills.
IMP: Do you remember when you helped someone last time and made that person happy?
If the answer is yes, then you found one skill to help people. Can you repeat that by finding someone online and helping him?

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There are many ways to earn money from internet but I will share a few that worked for me.

#1. Become A Freelancer

It’s not easy to become a freelancer who earns 100,000 rupees per month from freelancing work. But it’s easy to find or develop a skill that can be sold on the internet.
Start small and then grow consistently.

Following are high paying jobs for the freelance work

• Freelance writers (Rs. 1000 to 20,000 per article)
• Freelance developer ( $10 to $100 per hour)
• Freelance designer ($10 to $1000 per design)
• Freelance SEO consultant ($10 to $100 per hour)
• Freelance digital marketer (10% of digital marketing budget)

You should avoid low paying jobs like data entry and form filling. Rather spend time to develop skills that can pay you a great sum of money in the long run.

#2. Become A Consultant

If you have a knowledge of a particular domain and help someone grow their business then you can become a consultant.
There is no limit on the money that a consultant can charge. In general, if someone feels that his business can make extra 10,00,000 rupees with your advice then he can happily pay you 100,000 (10% of expected profit in the long run). Means you have to give at least 10x value to your clients with your consulting work.
People with following domain knowledge can become high value consultants

• Business Consultant
• Marketing Consultant
• Sales Consultant
• Financial Consultant
• Health/Education/E-commerce (Any high value domain) Consultant

Do you have a deep experience in any domain that you can add value to someone’s business? You can become a consultant.

#3. Become A Teacher or Coach

Becoming a consultant is one to one where you charge a high amount for your advice (one time or regular).
Become a teacher or coach is one to many where you charge less per person but make a big money by helping a group of people at the same time. Per hour value of your work may be more than a consultant.
You can teach following skills online

• Foreign language
• Music, Singing, Dance
• Designing skills
• Computer programming language
• Supportive skills like Excel, Word, Code Debugging, Automating testing
• Repairing tools (computers, mobiles, or any machine)
• The list will go on..

You don’t have to an expert for becoming an online teacher. You have to better than your student and help them learn the skill. During the process of teaching you will also master the skill.

#4. Start A Blog

The problem with point 1, 2 and 3 is that you are trading your time for the money.
If you become sick someday then you would earn no money as a freelancer, consultant or a teacher.
That is the reason that most of the smart people have their blog or YouTube where they engage their audience. There are at least 100 ways to make money from a blog.
You should not worry about making money initially. You must worry about writing a quality content and bringing a quality audience on your blog.
I started my blog in May 2015 but didn’t monetise till Sep 2016. I made 50,000 rupees in the first month and scaled up to Rs. 200,000 per month in the next 6 months.
I am not sharing to brag about my success but to tell you that even I am surprised with the potential of internet.
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#5. Sell Something Online

If you think that selling your service or writing a blog is not your cup of tea, then you can sell something on the internet.
You can sell anything on the market places like Amazon, Flipkart and Paytm. You can also open your own e-store on shopify.
After listing your product online, you can run some Ads on Facebook to sell your products.
Read the inspiring story of a man who became millionaire by selling umbrellas. If he can make money then you can too.

Over to You

Let me know what is stopping you to take the control of your life in your hands?
If you are ready for the action, here are a few helpful links for you.

• Explore the Ideas from the detailed list of 100 online business ideas in 15 top industries
• Start a website in 5 minutes
• Choose the best web hosting company
• Resources and Tools that I recommend for business building.

Also Read:
How to Earn Money by Working Online.