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A short post today but with a bullet! In regards to splitting categories when necessary.

Perhaps it was laziness, I dunno. When I first started categorizing this blog I had “Traffic & Promotion” as one category.

Well, they DO go hand-in-hand don’t they?

Yes & No.

Here’s how I see it - all promotion is meant to bring traffic. But, not all traffic is a result of promotion…..at least not “direct promotion“.

Do you see it? Think about it.

The more I market and blog, the more I see differences, sometimes vast differences in traffic strategies and promotion techniques.

This also mean that it makes good “user-friendly” sense, to separate the two for readers. Let us never forget, without readers, we’re just talking to ourselves ;).

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Hello all!

First, sincerest apologies for not posting in about a week. I’m still hard at work on that blog project I’ve spoken about. I’m hoping to be able to announce/launch it next week…it’s lookin’ good so far

Now then, a brand new feature here starting this coming Monday, the 30th. At the beginning/end of each month I will be recapping each and every post from the previous month (or at least the best ones) with a link and small caption.

This is a little different then most of the other “link round-up” posts I see, as this is all internal. A good bunch of the ones I see are all external, wherein bloggers give the love and link-out to the posts they come across on other blogs. Also an excellent practice, which I’ll get more into another time.

Why is this something all Bloggers should consider? Just a few ideas (in no real particular order)…..

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Internet marketers have long used a variety of ways to usher targeted traffic to their web pages. Pay-per-click campaigns, email marketing, search engine optimization, and ezine advertising, just to name a few.

Niche Article Marketing is another ultimate Targeted Traffic producer…

There is a simple, effective method that many marketers have missed and continue to miss. That is submitting brief, 400 or 400+ word articles, so that they appear all over the Internet.

What are the advantages of niche articles?

1. They link readers back to your website.

The time and effort you spend on these mini-articles is a wise investment. Every article you submit contains a link back to your website. Every link helps your website gain link popularity, one of the factors in your search engine ranking.

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Everyone who has a website knows, or should know, that to have sales, sign-ups or whatever; you must have traffic, but not just any traffic it has to be TARGETED TRAFFIC.

What is Targeted traffic? Simply put, it is visitors to your website that are actually interested in what your website is about.

For example, people interested in buying jewelry will find jewellery websites interesting.

I know I know, you’re thinking “duh, no kidding!” well, you’d be surprised to find out how many don’t follow the simplest of logic. How do I GET the targeted traffic? Ah yes, the 64 thousand dollar question indeed! The following are just a few of many tried and tested methods. Certainly enough to get you started…