Every business strives to be at the top in social media. But how? Social media management tools allow any company to streamline its tasks & posts and be visible among its competitors, without much hardships.
A range of useful tools are available that helps a company from creating contents, publishing it and finally with the analytics and reporting. With present day challenges, these social media management tools are a blessing in disguise for marketers that enable them to receive fruitful results every day.
Experts advise every modern marketer to use these excellent tools that can simplify workflows, save time and finally ensure that the published contents reach the right audience at the right time.
A detailed study of the social media management tools reveal that every tool is designed to serve particular activities- some tools allow the marketers to schedule their posts, while others assist a marketer in scouting for relevant and trending contents that can get them closer to their target audience.
Although the list is not exhaustive yet, we have compiled a some of the most exclusive and the best social media management tools 2018 for your convenience. A business can benefit from Edgar or Meet Edgar – a scheduling tool, Sprout Social – a proven social media tool, Sendible – ideal for agencies, Everypost – best among social media management app, Social Pilot – the marketing tool, Social Booster – the comprehensive tool, impressive tool is IFTTT and the list cannot be complete without Hootsuite, Buffer or Co-schedule.
When these tools are compared, a common aspect sprouts up for all of them; these tools are simple, affordable and perfect for managing the social media posts in one place.
Needless to say, it’s an overwhelming situation to choose the right social media management tool. To help you save time and confusion, we have crafted the following visual content so that you know which tool suits you better, thereby meeting your business requirements.
Let’s face it… when it comes to affiliate marketing, your options are pretty much limitless. There is no need to hire employees, you don’t need to purchase any inventory, and you can also immediately partner up with some of the best brands and companies in the world today.
The only thing is… you need to find the right niche focus and different angles to not only find the right audience but also to provide them with a solution as well. With affiliate marketing, it’s all about creating a valuable resource (site), address the situation or need they have, then providing them with a call to action or solution (your affiliate offer).
It’s a method that has worked time and time again. And while it might seem easy, it’s actually not — especially if you are just going to create a site, content, and then hope to rank in Google. It’s definitely possible, but will also take time, work, and effort.
To help with this process, today we are going to look at three different niche markets that you might not have ever considered. I will be providing you with some general information on, examples you can move forward with, and also ideas on different angles which have been further niched down and recommended by Google.
Custom Business Printables
If you’ve ever been to an internet marketing conference, you know how crazy it can get with all of the promotional material and marketing that is all over the place. Just imagine the costs of having a custom canopy, a full-size popup booth, printing out custom t-shirts, creating swag and much more.
And it’s not just about catering to businesses during these events and conference. Companies love spending money on things with their names on them, whether it be shirts, cups, frisbees, fidget spinners or anything you can possibly think of. Just pick a niche focus, and create the best article or resource on it, then send it out to the masses. Something as simple and generic as “business card holder” is searched more than 33,000 times per month in Google. Tap into that market by creating a list-style article on the “10 Best Card Holders for Your Business”, and then link off to your favorite affiliate program on that same page.
What’s even crazier, is when you start to think about how many business events and conferences take place on a daily basis — for whatever industry it might be. Need some examples? Check out this massive list of events just taking place in New York City.
In short, there is a huge potential to make money with catering to the world of custom business printables and having a resource site that you can earn commissions on through affiliate marketing. Many of the top printing sites already have affiliate programs in place, paying anywhere from 8%-35%+ per referred sale. Two examples are PrintingforLess at 18%, and OvernightPrints with a ranging commission of 2-20%.
Additional keyword ideas:
Freelance and Essay Writing Services
There has always been a massive demand for freelance services online — whether that be for writing, design, programming, coding, or anything in between. This is especially true with content creation, as there are now more websites than ever online, with a greater demand for daily content to compete. Thanks to freelance marketplaces like Upwork, TextBroker, iWriter, and many others, the business continues to flourish on a daily basis.
When trying to find businesses or brands that are looking for content online, don’t discount the opportunities in creating an affiliate site of your own. This way, you can earn multiple times from your content instead of just once. To learn more about this, simply read through any affiliate marketing guide, and then build out a site of your own.
The good news is that this is still an untapped industry when it comes to making money. Yes, freelance writers want to get paid for their content, and brands want to hire freelancers for their time and effort — but there is also money to be made by catering to both sides as well. This is especially true when you look at it from an affiliate marketing perspective.
Just by referring new users and customers to these types of sites, there is plenty of money to be made. For example, sites like GradeMiners, an essay writing service, is paying $50 for each new customer referral to their site.
Cell Phone Tracking and Data Monitoring
With the massive rise in mobile device usage and advanced tracking software now being more accessible to everyone, it’s no surprise that this industry continues to generate more and more revenue every year. In the past, software that would track online browsing and keyword logs were being used to parents and businesses to track how the internet was being used when children or employees weren’t being watched. Now it’s being done across all platforms and devices.
As more parents and businesses find out about such services and opportunities for snooping and tracking, the demand for such solutions continued to grow. “Cell phone tracker” is now searched more than 74,000 times per month.
When it comes to jumping into this space and making money with affiliate marketing, look no further than mSpy, a device tracking platform, which offers a very nice affiliate program. Commissions start off at 40% and go up to as high as 60% with 299+ in sales per month. One of the best ways to monetize such a service, while also catering to an audience, is to simply create a resource site for parents/businesses, then have mSpy’s software as the call to action and solution.
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How to Win with Niche Marketing and Affiliate Marketing
No matter how many guides or courses you read or follow on affiliate marketing, the winning formula is always the same — provide value to an audience, with a direct call to action that you can monetize.
It’s that simple. All of the more difficult stuff is focused on how to actually create that content, get it in front of the right audiences and also figure out how to scale your growth over time.
Build your affiliate marketing business right from day one, by focusing on your niche audience and affiliate offer. This will take some time, but will play a huge role in the overall success of your earnings and business online.
Over time, I have shared many different ways to drive traffic to your website, but as most of us know, traffic from countries such as the U.S. and the U.K. convert better in terms of advertising and affiliate sales.
This is because of the “purchasing power” of users from these countries.
For many businesses, it makes sense to target traffic from specific countries.
But, how do we do that?
There are many factors that can help you to get country-specific traffic. For example, ShoutMeLoud is a popular blog in India & also globally.
I could actually work on targeting more U.S.-based traffic, but whenever I iterate my blogging business plan, I realize that it’s better to target an Indian audience as it provides less competition and a better supply: demand ratio.
There are very few blogs in India that teaches how to make money from blogging in a practical manner. Being in this niche for several years, ShoutMeLoud has an advantage.
This reflects my particular case, but I’m sure there are many of you who are blogging for money, and you may want to target traffic from specific countries (like the U.S.A.).
In this post, I will share some ideas that are likely to help you improve the traffic from your target country.
There is, of course, the easy solution of buying country-specific traffic, which can work in the case of commercial and e-commerce sites.
7 Ways Of Driving Country-Specific Website Traffic:
1. Domain Name Extension
Top level domain extensions like .com and .org usually rank higher on global search engines, but in order to have your blog or website target a specific country, buying a country-specific domain is always a good idea.
You may notice that most Aussie bloggers are using the .au domain extension, and they rank pretty high in Australian Google.
Similarly for India, you can target .in or .co.in as your domain extensions with good results in India. For traffic from the U.K. (United Kingdom), grab a .co.uk domain extension for the best results.
In an effort to preserve your brand, you can also buy other TLDs like .com or .org. But one major disadvantage of this idea is that you will find it very hard to rank on other country-specific search engines.
So, if your goal is clear and you know your target audience, a country-specific domain extension is your best bet.
Google search console, a free tool from Google for bloggers and webmasters, will be very helpful to a blogger or webmaster seeking country-specific traffic. This tool allows you to set which country your website is targeted to, which helps you get traffic from that targeted country.
Here is to use the country targeting feature of search console.
Login to Google search console
Click on international targeting under legacy tools and reports
Now, on the next page specify which country you wish to target.
You can learn more about geo-targeting your website from this video:
Another significant factor in driving geo-targeted traffic is your server location. If your target country for traffic is the U.S. (United States), you will want to host your website on U.S.-based servers. If you’re targeting traffic from Australia, host your website on Australian servers.
Other factors like CDNs also help to speed up your website in different countries, but in order to remain focused on your target, host your website only in the country whose traffic you’re targeting.
This will ensure that your website will load faster in that country due to the server’s IP, and search engines bots will be able to determine the location of your server.
All of this will help your site to rank higher in your target country.
4. Backlinks
When Google Search was launched, they used backlinksto determine the popularity of content. Much has changed over time, but the importance of backlinks remains significant. For this reason, it is a good idea to target country-specific backlinks.
For example, if your target audience is in the U.K., try to get more backlinks from U.K.-based websites.
You can get country-based backlinks by taking advantage of guest blogging opportunities, or by spending some time learning the art of blog commenting. Both methods are proven and Penguin-safe… if done properly.
5. Content Level Targeting
Your content is the main signal that Google uses to determine which country you are targeting. If you are targeting multiple countries with your generic domain name extension (.com, .org), add the country’s name in your posts’ meta titles and descriptions. This will not only make your content more keyword-targeted, but it will also give a clear signal that you are targeting a specific country.
Additionally, the kind of content and language you are using in your articles will also determine the ranking of your website.
We all know that readability is a known SEO factor, and if your language is following Indian standards, targeting U.S. traffic will be very difficult. For this reason, you need to be sure to improve your language for the specific country whose traffic you’re targeting.
You can also hire writers or editors from that specific country who have excellent writing and grammatical skills in that country’s language.
6. Local SEO Using Google my business
This may not apply to a generic blog, but if you are running a service blog or an e-commerce website, Google business is going to be very handy.
Claim your business in Google business, and add all related information such as an address, phone number, etc.
This will help Google to determine the location of your business.
You can also create social media profiles on various websites, and fill out the information in an effort to help you to get more local citations. You can use Knowem to check the availability of social media profiles.
7. Submit Website To Local Search Engines & Directories
For country-based traffic, you should submit your website to local search engines and local web directories.
This will eventually become a very useful tool for getting country-specific backlinks, which will become a significant factor in determining the geo-location of your traffic.
8. Use Google Trends
As I mentioned previously, you should target your blog’s content toward keywords that are popular in a specific country whose traffic you are targeting.
For example, the keyword Bitcoin is very popular in India, but not in the rest of the world.
Try to find keywords that are popular with the audience in your target country, and craft a content strategy based on that.
For example, most iPhone blogs will have large chunks of traffic from the U.S. or the U.K, as the iPhone is more popular in those countries when compared to Asian countries.
Track Keyword Progress In Country-Specific Searches:
So far we have discussed techniques that you can use to target your website traffic for specific countries.
Next, you will need to keep track of the keyword’s progress in your target country. This will help you to find out which strategies are working and which are not.
When you identify a strategy that works, you can focus on that strategy and work on it to push it to the next level.
You can use SEMrush to check keyword rankings in particular countries.
Whenever you are writing a business plan for your blog, your targeted country should be at the top of your priority list. This will help you to efficiently plan your content marketing and guest blogging campaigns.
Do you follow any other methods to target website traffic for a particular country? Let me know in the comments section below!
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