For the sake of promoting an affiliate product, we think WordPress offers a great option.

1. We can Blog our way to SEO heaven, dynamically adding new pages.
2. WordPress’s native ping and trackback system allows incoming links from blogs that pick the content up.
3. Naturally, and with key SEO plugins, WordPress offers a strong concept of Search Engine Optimization.
4. As seen below, with Fantastico, powered in this case by Hostgator, we can install a WordPress blog within 5 minutes!  (This one took 2 minutes )

So, in a previous WuYi Post, we explained how we changed the DNS over to point to our server space at Hostgator.  Below, I give you screen shots and explanations of what the steps were to install the site.

Step 1:  DNS resolution confirmation: We make sure that when you type in www.wuyi.tv, that you are getting our server space.  This is confirmed as we can see below.

Step 1: Wuyi.tv resolution of DNS to Server Space

Step 2:  Log into Hostgator’s panel and go to Fantastico.  ( We talk about the benefits of Fantastico in a previous post.  Click here to read)

Clicking in CPANEL to get to teh Fantastico Installation Panel

Step 3:  Select “NEW INSTALLATION” below.

Choosing to Install WordPress from the Fantastico Installer

Step 4:  Fill in installation details.

Choosing Administrative details of WordPress

Step 5:  Finishing Installation…

Confirmation of Installation | WordPress

Step 6:  After installation, a verification screen on Step 3 of 3 of the process pops up.  At that time, we can open a new browser and surf to Wuyi.tv.

Eureka! A Fully Installed WordPress Blog

Step 7:  Get spidered by Google.

The last step to starting an SEO approach is to get the google bots to visit and index the page.  So many professed “Internet gurus” brag about getting a site indexed in 24 hours.

It is really not that hard to do.  Sorry I busted their bubble.

Getting listed in Google

• For wordpress, make a post about a related topic on a well-trafficked web site.  Use a trackback to that post.  If the author of that blog approves the trackback, you will have a link back to your site.
• Find a SIMILAR topic on any website with sizable respect and get a link back to your site.

For us, we will link to www.wuyi.tv.  (THERE JUST DID IT) from this blog, as it is spidered well.  We will also look add a post on www.BlackAtlanta.com.

Tomorrow (24 hours), we will test to see if Google Indexed it.  At that time, we will say… “We told you it was not hard to get indexed in Google.  “ 

For our other WuYi Tea Experimental posts:

WU-Yi Tea Experiment: Planning WUYi.TV Weight Loss Site | POST 1

WU-Yi Tea Experiment POST 2: Changing DNS… Preparing for Site

WU-Yi Tea Experiment POST 3: Creating a Simple Site for SEO Aging

Please comment below.  We are LEARNERs and perfecters of our craft!

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Slim Chews: Lose 20 Lbs in ony 6 Weeksl

In our post describing the importance of the landing page experience and good search engine optimization, we announced testing a review site based on weight loss.  Today, we show a screen shot of SEO excellence.

As our a world-renown blog and podcast guru, Mwangi at TheDisplacedAfrican.com, questioned the reason behind showing you publicly our experiments.  We remind our readers that we are not just another “make Moolah” with our tongues hanging out type blog or site, but a site that tries to add another level of value to our readers.

As a guy who has been in web development and strategy for almost 10 years, I am not the professed guru of internet marketing, nor do I show the $100K Google Checks.  So what we do work on though, is showing our clients and readers proof in our own way.

On to Proof… 

In our article on creating a landing page based on a niche affiliate product, we launched www.SlimChews.net.  Read that post in your spare time…

Two ways for Traffic…

As you know, we can always

1. PAY to send traffic to a site.  OR, if skilled enough and let’s face it… LUCKY enough,
2. We could gain traffic naturally through search engine optimization.

SEO Keywords Results for Our Experiment

For the affiliate product of “Slim Chews”, a weight loss that at some time or another must have been reviewed by Oprah and featured on TV, we wanted to be found for:

• Slim Chews
• SlimChews

Our target audience would be those who are familiar with the product or had heard of the it.

Results:  Since posting that blog post on October 21, 2008, we have gained a good share.  See below.

Keyword:  “SlimChews” position #2 (as of 11/18/08).

Please note: Through our SEO value, we “own” position 2,3,4,5 via our SEO. Although these are other sites, it funnels traffic back to our landing page.

SlimChews Search from 11/18/08

Keyword: “Slim Chews” position #1/551,000 Results! (as of 11/18/08).

"Slim Chews" Search from 11/18/08

Keep checking us out! And if you need to lose weight with a system reviewed on Oprah, click here!

Please let us know your thoughts below via our comments section!

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1.8 Million Results for WUYI

Google Search Engine for the term ”Wuyi”.  This was an attractive number for us, as the results competition for our approach to organincally promoting the page via search engine results would have been easier.

• Domain Name: Wuyi.tv was purchased.  It was the only TLD (top level domain) that was available from a base level of including the term WUYI.  Plus, there were no other domain names in the top search results EXCEPT the main manufacturing company.  This may be of benefit to search engine results.
• The Server: We will be hosting with Hostgator.com.  As we discuss in our post entitled “Web Hosting for 1 Penny“, Hostgator provides a great hosting service.

For the rest of this post, we concentrate on changing the DNS of the domain name to point to the server.

DNS.

In easiest explanation, the DNS helps to redirect a name towards a server address called an IP.  An IP address can be a very long number based on the following number layout:  111.111.111.111.

Challenge… Can you memorize the following number:  206.190.60.37?

This is the IP address for yahoo.com.  So you can type http://206.190.60.37 or http://yahoo.com .  Your choice!  What DNS does is associates yahoo.com to the server with the address of 206.190.60.37.

Today, we are going to:

1. Login to the control panel of our domain name registrar.
2. Change the DNS values to the IP addresses of the servers at Godaddy.com where we will install the Wuyi.TV site.
3. Allow up to 48 hours for “propagation” to occur.  This means, in laymen’s terms, that the all of the “directions and turns” that a request for the site www.wuyi.tv must make in the World wide web, must be carved out in those first 2 days.  Normally, it is done within hours…

Next steps… In post 3, we are going to load a landing page or some sort of site on the server hosting www.wuyi.tv and start the SEO optimization.  We will most likely start a blog or some sort of dynamic page site, that will allow us to get good SEO value, while changing the content on a frequent basis.

We are also going to talk about the affiliate program that we applied to in anticipation of promotions.

Here we come WuYi!

For our other WuYi Tea Experimental posts:

WU-Yi Tea Experiment: Planning WUYi.TV Weight Loss Site | POST 1

WU-Yi Tea Experiment POST 2: Changing DNS… Preparing for Site

WU-Yi Tea Experiment POST 3: Creating a Simple Site for SEO Aging

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By concentrating on the weight loss niche, we will launch a site and make revenue from a natural organic traffic model, and then see how we can throw some PPC money at it 2-3 months down the line, if Organic Traffic has not picked up.
The weight loss niche, from an online perspective, is one that I am very interested in.  You see, in 2 days, it will be November 1st.  This means that, as online marketers, we have exactly 2 months to get on the ball for the New Year’s Eve Resolutions.

I already have a couple of weight loss sites.  Having lost weight on my own program (drug or metabolism enhancement free), I have a key interest in losing weight.  (See Fat3500.com for my ebook).  However, I also know that there are a lot of weight loss aids out there that are heavily sought by people.  So it is a GREAT niche to master to make a few bucks.  Check out slimchews.net for an example site.

Enters the Challenger WU-YI Tea.

Here are the steps I chose to pick Wu-Yi Tea as niche product.

1. Offline research:  First and foremost, there is a real buzz around the water cooler.  I heard someone talking about it and swore they were talking about fitness with a WII instead of losing weight with WU-Yi tea!
2. Based on hearing about it, I decided to google it.  Yep, Very healthy PPC ads.  I did a google search for WuYi and found that there were not a lot of results…. only about a 157K results…
3. See above.

With a well search engine optimized page, I can get some traction with Google …. Now we have to look for search frequency….

Learn to use the Google External Keyword Selector Tool.  You can reach it by clicking here…. So as of September 2008, the following happened :  There were approximately 18,100 searches in September for “Wuyi” !!!!

The keyword has an average Cost Per Click of $2.31.

Value Driven Business Motive

• So we have a good business model:  weight loss
• We have a term that has a decent number of results to compete against for natural or “organic” SEO
• We have a term that has a good frequency of searches (18,100)
• We have a term that has a relatively “Juicy” CPC.  This means that we have an EXIT plan if we build a site.

What is an Exit Plan?

My exit plan would be to buy the domain, create a website, optimize the site for Search Engine results, and then see if my site will convert.  If It does NOT convert, then I am looking to SELL the site.  Maybe someone else would be able to tweak it and make it work.  At a CPC of over $2 for a simple click, this means that a decent attempt at search engine penetration, with a HOT domain, in a sought after product field could mean a decent ROI for purchase and time.

For the next posts, I will show you the next steps, including Affiliate Program searches, Domain Name Purchase, (even though I already bought it), web hosting Setup, Blog Setup (my chosen method of a strong SEO candidate), and initial seeding for Google.

Stay tuned!

For our other WuYi Tea Experimental posts:

WU-Yi Tea Experiment: Planning WUYi.TV Weight Loss Site | POST 1

WU-Yi Tea Experiment POST 2: Changing DNS… Preparing for Site

WU-Yi Tea Experiment POST 3: Creating a Simple Site for SEO Aging

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Weight Loss Season Cometh

Since New Year’s Resolutions bring great… well uh… RESOLUTIONS, I thought that I would beef up my weight loss programs and landing pages. At the very least, launching these sites and landing pages at this time during the year, may prepare me for Natural Search Engine Traffic By the New Year… Hopefully. So Here is how I did it… (You can do it to!)

Steps:

1. Find a Weight Loss Product to market
2. Join the Affiliate Network that markets that product
3. Create a series of landing pages or use their prescribed methods to market to your email, blog, or website traffic… For a FREE landing Page Template, check out Zac Johnson’s template tutorial by clicking here
4. Best of all… MAKE MONEY….

Example Site

SlimChews.net , was designed from a FREE landing page template by Zac Johnson.  The conversion is $35 per trial… so basically… They pay you $35 for you to get a product sold for under $5!  This is how ya make some cash on the internet!

Stay tuned, as I am going to break down the Affiliate Programs used and the steps to get your marketing off the ground!

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DAD! I am SO Embarrassed… Why are You In Your Underwear on the Internet?!?!

My 7 year old has a lot of good common sense. He sees me working on this internet stuff, (Sometimes IN MY UNDERWEAR) and then has to see it ON the internet too? It’s all good. This time, it is for a good reason.

Motivation and the Keys To Health

People NEED a few things in life.  We actually use more though, especially in America, than we need. FOOD is one of the main items we need… or is it WANT most of the time?

Weight and Fat loss is high on Americans’ list of priorities during the beginning of the year.  It should be. But it should also be a YEAR ROUND venture.  As internet marketers, I want to make the public challenge for all of you to get the ball rolling for better health.

Check out my new ebook, on How I Lost 50 lbs… you can see it here:  http://www.fat3500.com/fat3500-ebook/

Looking forward to your better HEALTH and WEALTH for the upcoming months!

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