by Nick Throlson | Jan 29, 2015 | Web Design, Web Hosting, Website Security, WordPress

?Web Hosting Crafted With Care? is the motto of SiteGround, a Web hosting company I learned about while attending Affiliate Summit West 2015 in Las Vegas. They offer an array of features that include free domain names, 24/7 technical support, dedicated servers and reseller hosting. The company is unique in that it adds its own custom-made solutions to ensure clients have faster, safer and better-supported websites.
The company employs ?The Philosophy of Handcraft? with the understanding that a one-size-fits-all approach isn?t a real solution. SiteGround was founded in 2004 by a team of university friends working together from their dorm rooms. The firm was developed and launched with the idea that traditional Web hosting was too restrictive.
The founders believed there had to be a better way to provide premium services combined with innovative and revolutionary technology that also offered improved protection from hacks. The solution they sought didn?t exist, so they utilized their collective pool of creativity to build their own.
Web hosting plans begin at $3.95 a month for a StartUp Plan, progress to $7.95 for the GrowBig option, and tops out at $14.95 for the firm?s GoGeek plan. Clients can choose from multiple types of platforms to accommodate an extensive variety of needs and requirements, from WordPress and Joomla to PrestaShop and cPanel hosting.
SiteGround offers generous Web space, free domain names and website transfers, and unlimited data transfers. Clients have access to free application installations and free daily backups. The second and third-tier plans come with a one-year free SSL certificate. The terms free and unlimited are key concepts at the company.
The company takes pride maintaining faster speeds, superior SPAM control and security measures. Comprehensive tutorial guides are available, but if an issue or question does arise, clients can contact SiteGround by phone or chat for instant support or submit a ticket for a response in just 10 minutes.
The founders of SiteGround has partnered with some of the most prestigious companies from around the world to realize their dream of providing a superior level of service. The firm offers an affiliate program with impressive commissions and tools for entrepreneurs, making SiteGround one of the best Web hosting companies I?ve encountered.
by Nick Throlson | Mar 10, 2014 | Web Design, Web Hosting, WordPress

Those who have a websites know how hard it may be to attract more visitors, and if your website happens to be the gateway towards your business, you will need to have a great traffic, in order to attract more customers. Otherwise, you will lose many clients, and thus you will lose a big amount of money.MAXCDN seems to make a simple promise to all its customers, and that is a better speed at a lower price. Hearing this, you may wonder why you need a better speed, since you want more visitors. The answer is really simple. In order to attract more people on your website, your webpage should load in a few seconds. Otherwise the users will get bored and they will leave the page. And this is not a supposition, it is a fact. And if they leave your page, then you can be sure that they will head towards your competition. A great speed will keep your traffic, and even increase it, and it will also get you a higher rank on the google search. So it doesn't matter how you look at this situation, acquiring their services is a win-win situation.Before MaxCDN
After MaxCDN
So all of you who own a website should think about a fast loading webpage, and if you want to try out and see with your own eyes the difference, then you should visit MAXCDN. This company has many good reviews, and their success is guaranteed. They use a complex system of offloading the information in the data centers all around the world, dealing with heavy components of your web page, such as pictures and files. In this way, when a certain user connects to your webpage, he will receive the information from the closest server. In this way he won?t need to wait too much.If your page loads in more than three seconds, you may think about the best services that can be found online. And no matter you look, there will be only one answer, and that is MAXCDN. Thanks to their good reviews, many people have the opportunity to hear about them and to improve their websites. Being a professional community of passionate workers, the team from MAXCDN manages to offer you the best services possible, at an affordable price. Their high quality work has already satisfied a great number of users, and their number is continuously increasing. Right now they are in a continuous expansion, since more and more people want to acquire their high quality services.It doesn?t matter what kind of business you own, the only important thing is to remember that you can increase the number of the users with a simple click. Go on and get the best services from the market, and let MAXCDN to improve your online activity.I had the pleasure to meet them and to see their results, and thus the team from MAXCDN has my entire support and appreciation, because they are saving businesses.
by Nick Throlson | Dec 9, 2013 | Web Design, WordPress
Engaging consumers and converting their visits to concrete sales just became easier with the OptinMonster plugin for WordPress. It?s a lead generating plugin that gives users the ability to create attention grabbing opt-in forms, keep visitors on your website, turn them into subscribers and increase conversions.Studies show that 70 percent of visitors who leave a website will never return. OptinMonster addresses that with a WYSIWYG customizer that persuades visitors to stay. The plugin contains professional templates that have been tested for their efficiency. They?re customizable to accommodate varying needs and requirements.OptinMonster eliminates the uncertainty and time-consuming work of testing to determine which strategies and content is most effective. The plugin has a built-in A/B split tested that creates a replica opt-in that randomly displays and tracks success rates.
The plugin has multiple opt-in designs from which to choose. Each type has been specifically selected for its universal appeal. Users can select a lightbox pop-up, floating footer bar or a slick slide-in. A full page overlay and side-slide will be available soon.Marketing campaigns are effective, but only if they reach the right consumers. The targeting module contained in OptinMonster lets users create campaigns that are highly targeted for the best return on their marketing dollars. Users can target campaigns based on categories, pages, posts and other criteria that you determine.e-Commerce sites can easily turn departing visitors into subscribers with the mouse-tracking abilities in the plugin. OptinMonster utilizes the gestures and speed at which individuals move their mouse and is able to determine when they?re prepared to exit the site. A highly targeted opportunity to retain them as a subscriber for future reference is then displayed.Best of all, OptinMonster does all the necessary but tedious analytic work, allowing you to make informed decisions about what works best for your individual site. The plugin?s analytics are easy to understand, eliminates extraneous data, and displays the essential numbers you need. It tracks impressions, total conversions and conversion rates.Four levels of licensing are available. The Basic level is for those just starting out at a cost of $49 and the Plus version is $99 for growing enterprises. The Pro version is the most popular at a cost of $199, while the Unlimited Sales option is available for $349. Each has a 30-day money back guarantee.Engaging visitors and converting their visits into sales becomes more difficult every day. Few entrepreneurs have the time to try hit-or-miss tactics when revenues are at stake. OptinMonster offers you powerful tools to ascertain what consumers want and conduct marketing campaigns specifically designed to reach potential customers who are eager for your specific products and services.For more information, visit the website at http://optinmonster.com.
by Nick Throlson | Jul 27, 2013 | Affiliate Marketing, Guest Post, Web Design
The internet is full of people looking to make a quick buck, but earning real cash online is easier said than done.There are plenty of scams out there which promise easy money, but deliver nothing but misery. More often than not, making a living online takes real dedication and a lot of talent.With that in mind, here are five ways you can make some cash online.1 - Advertising
If you've spent any amount of time at all surfing the internet, you'll have noticed that adverts seem to be everywhere and where there are adverts, there's money to be made.Unfortunately, you can't just set up a site and expect the money to come rolling in - you'll need an established website in order to turn visitors into cash.But if you've got a blog you've worked on for a number of years and it gets a steady flow of traffic, then you can turn that into cash through advertising.There are a number of options open to you - one of the most popular is signing up for Google's AdSense programme which pays you each time someone clicks on a Google ad.Alternatively, you could join another ad network such as Kontera, which uses in-text advertising or you could even negotiate with advertisers on a one-to-one basis.Be careful though - you need to ensure any ads you sell meet with Google's webmaster guidelines, otherwise you could receive a penalty from the search engine and that could lead to a fall in traffic.2 - Writing
If you're an accomplished writer, then the web offers a whole host of avenues for you to unleash you talents.Sites such as Textbroker offer authors the chance to earn money by creating content for people who need it.The amount they pay out won't make you rich, but it can provide you with a nice little side line.Alternatively, you may want to reach out to sites directly and offer your services. If you're doing this, it's a good idea to have a strong portfolio of work which can back up your efforts.3 - Sell things
Selling things online can be a great way to generate some cash, although if you want a sustainable income you'll have to do more than sell your old CDs on eBay.If you're a talented artist of craftsman, sites like Etsy can offer you a superb marketplace for your goods.With Etsy, you have to pay $0.20 to list an item and they also charge 3.5 per cent commission on each sale.However, this is offset by the fact that they are one of the most-visited websites in the world, meaning your work is exposed to a huge audience of potential buyers.4 - Selling domain names
If you know what you're doing, it's possible to make a sizeable chunk of cash through buying and selling domain names.However, you need to be careful as you could end up with a portfolio full of worthless names no one wants to buy.Here are a few tips to help you identify valuable domain names:They should be short and brandable - anything longer than two words is probably too long.They should use a well-known domain extension - .com is probably the best bet as it is the most popular.Avoid names that are confusing - domains with numbers in them or that are spelled oddly should be avoided.Avoid names that feature trademarked terms - you don't want to end up facing a costly legal battle.A domain name is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, so bear that in mind when looking to turn a profit.5 - Become an affiliate
Affiliate marketing allows you to share in the success of some of the world's biggest companies. When you become an affiliate you are given a code to include in links which shows that a visitor has found his way to a website via yours.If that person then becomes a customer of the site you're affiliated with, you get a slice of the money.Again, you'll need a steady flow of visitors to make it worth your while, but if you're attracting traffic it can be a great way to earn cash.So there you are, five ways to turn the internet into another source of income.Article by Will Stevens, part of the 123-reg.co.uk blog team. The company is the UK's largest domain registrar and also offers a "sell my domain" service for people looking to divest domains they have previously acquired.
by Nick Throlson | Jul 24, 2013 | Affiliate Marketing, Guest Post, Web Design
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is one of the most widely-used and quickest ways to draw more potential customers to your site and increase sales.But PPC can be risky, especially if you're a beginner as you can wind up not getting the results you were expecting while spending a significant amount of money.Creating an effective PPC advertising campaign can make the difference between a thriving business and simply wasting your budget.But don't panic. You too can create and run a successful campaign, just make sure you avoid these six very common yet extremely costly PPC mistakes:1. Sending visitors to your home pageThis must be one of the most common mistakes, especially among those who are just starting out with PPC advertising.Say you have an online shop where you sell laptops and tablets.You've decided to run a PPC ad for the keyword "Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2" and in the ad you include a URL that, when clicked, redirects users to your site's home page.Now the user is on your home page and there's no sign of a Lenovo ThinkPad anywhere.Do you really think he'll stick around and start searching through your site to find a product you promised he will find if he clicks on your ad?Of course he won't.So, always redirect your PPC visitors to targeted landing pages.If you advertised a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2, include the URL to the product's landing page.2. Badly converting landing pagesIf you invest time and money into PPC advertising, don't neglect the landing page you're sending visitors to.If you do, it's like throwing money down the drain.A successful PPC campaign goes hand-in-hand with a great, highly converting landing page.This means clear and conversion-oriented copy and effective call-to-actions that will make it easy for visitors to sign up, download or buy.3. Missing out a call-to-actionNot including a call-to-action in your ad is costly as it's what gets users to click and go to your site.Every ad you create needs to include a clear call-to-action such as "Buy Now", "Download Now", "Free Shipping", etc.A call-to-action is very important and could mean the difference between a user ignoring your ad and one actually clicking on it and buying something from your site.4. Relying entirely on 'broad match' keyword adsThere's just too much competition to even bother running a PPC ad campaign using broad search terms and keywords.Instead, focus on phrase or exact match terms thus making it easier for your potential customers to find you.Yes, you are decreasing your traffic potential but you're ensuring that your ads will only appear for search queries that are relevant for your business.5. Targeting too broad an areaThis is another common mistake and it can be an extremely costly one.Say your business only serves London. Why would you waste money advertising in all the UK?It doesn't make sense. Make sure you're only targeting the areas your business serves and nowhere else.Google makes this easy as it allows you to target not just specific countries and cities but also postcodes.6. Not testing your adsIf you create two ads, can you tell which one will perform better just by looking at them? Of course not!Unless you're a psychic, there's no way to know which ad will make more money other through testing them.So, start testing now. Create several ads and run them simultaneously.Make sure you use Google AdWords' automated rules as it automatically pauses low-performing ads with low click-through rates.All you need to do is create a rule for each campaign where you choose to pause ads when CTR < 0.2 and Impressions >= 1000.If you're just getting started with your first PPC advertising campaign, take some time to educate yourself and come up with a strategy to ensure you get the most out of your campaign.It's only normal to make some mistakes at the beginning, just make sure they're not one of the above six.What are the most common PPC mistakes you've noticed?Guest post by Alex Gavril, part of the 123-reg.co.uk?blogging team. 123-reg is the UK's largest domain name registrar and it offers managed PPC advertising.
by Nick Throlson | Mar 18, 2013 | Affiliate Marketing, Web Design
Affiliate marketing is the practice of promoting someone else?s products online in an attempt to earn commission.? There are merchants accepting affiliates in almost every niche these days, from financial services to video games.? The first thing that many affiliates want to know is, ?Which niche should I choose??.? Hopefully, these tips will make your choice easier:
Approach 1: Promote What You Love?
A lot of people enter
affiliate marketing by accident.? They start a blog about a hobby that they love, and decide to monetize this by signing up to related affiliates.? This can be a fun way to learn about
affiliate marketing, and if you are lucky you may make some money from it too.
Unfortunately, many of the most popular ?hobby? niches are not ones that are easy to monetize.? If you run a video game blog, or a site about a TV show, you?d be lucky to pay your
hosting bills from your commissions.
Approach 2: Choosing a High Paying Niche?
Another simplistic approach is to simply log in to your chosen
affiliate network website and sort the campaigns by pay, then start a website about whatever the highest paying keyword is.? If you don?t mind writing thousands of words about payday loans, obscure drugs, or no-win no-fee lawyers then this could be a successful strategy.
There are two downsides to choosing a niche based on pay alone.? Firstly, the high-paying niches change frequently, and if you?re going to try to keep up with those changes it?s likely you?ll burn out. Secondly, the high-paying keywords tend to be high competition keywords too ? do you really want to have to throw resources at trying to outrank a huge number of experienced
affiliate marketers?
Competition?vs?Popularity
The best products to promote are:
- Products you believe in and would use yourself
- Related to a niche that you enjoy writing about and researching
- See a good amount of search traffic
- Are relatively low competition
- Are consumable products, or otherwise ones that encourage repeat purchases
Choose evergreen products whenever possible, especially for your first few sites.? Once you have gotten the hang of setting up and ranking sites quickly you can try to capitalize on trends (such as major movie releases or popular music artists) if you wish.
To determine whether a niche is popular or not, use the?Google?Adwords?Query?tool.? Make a list of keywords related to the niches you are thinking of using, and run them through the tool.? In the ideal world, you want a keyword with a lot of searches (including long-tail versions of the keyword), and minimal competition.
Don?t fear competition too much ? every niche has competition in it ? after all, if there were no affiliates, merchants wouldn?t bother to keep their programs going.? You want to avoid the very high competition niches, but you should try to establish yourself in a specific area of a healthy niche.
Finding your audience?
The best way to establish?yourself?is to pick a relatively narrow part of a broader niche.? For example, if you?re targeting a male audience and want to sell sports?supplements,?narrow down that audience and run a bodybuilding website, or a site for strong men.? It?s easier to build a reputation as an authority if you specialise in one narrow part of a niche.
This article was written by B. Frisby, working for?Clicksure?Payments. Find out more about them on their?about page.