How to use search engine keyword tools to improve web site traffic is a tutorial to help you get more visitors to your web site using keywords and keyword software to determine the best keywords for your blog posts and articles. I was going to originally call the article “Do Keyword Research in 3 Easy Steps”.  After you read the article you will see why I changed it to “Search Engine Keyword Tools to Improve Web Site Traffic”
Start your keyword research at the free wordtracker keyword tool.  This will give you an idea of the daily search volume for your niche keyword.  Once you find a good keyword phrase that you like, copy and paste that keyword phrase into the search box and search again to see what other phrases people search for.  Once you find good keyword phrases, go to Market Samurai to get the detailed information about the keyword phrase you are researching.  Market Samurai will provide all the additional information you need to validate your keyword as the correct one to use.  Market Samurai provides related keywords to consider and the trends for those keywords as well as the a magnitude of information to help you decide if you have chosen the correct keyword.  One thing that is really important for your keyword is the CPI index because it determines the commercial viability for the keyword.  Some keywords like “free” do not have a good CPI because generally we are looking for keywords that result in people paying money when they find what they are looking for. Market Samurai pulls information from Google, Microsoft and other search engines and databases to provide all the data in one concise place and saves you time.  Some of the information Market Samurai provides is available if you go to many places on the internet and do the research on each site, yet it takes a lot of time and energy.  If you do not have Market Samurai yet, you can check at the Google free keyword tool to see the trends for your keyword and to get synonyms for the keywords you are considering.  Market Samurai will provide a lot more information for you.  If you do not have Market Samurai Keyword, SEO,  Google Ad creator software, Google free keyword tool will help you with your keyword research.
Good keywords will bring traffic to your site or article and if you write a compelling content article or post, the people that find the article will be interested in learning more about you or what you have to offer them.
It is not necessary to get super high volume keywords with a lot of competition.  Even if the keyword you choose has 21 searches a day, when you multiply it out by 365 days in a year it is approximately 7,665 searches a year.
Combining keywords is also a great strategy.  In the article “Free Anti Virus Program”
talking about “Microsoft Security essentials”.  The keyword “antivirus” gets 889 searches a day, “Free anti virus program” gets 145 searches a day.  This article is not about getting money, instead it is just providing valuable information to my readers so using the word free was not a concern.
For this article, Market Samurai provided the detailed keyword information, “keyword tool” has 14,795 searches,  good up trend in volume of searches, a SEO value of $15,286.19 (The total value of traffic that a web-site that ranked #1 for a keyword in Google) “keyword search tool” has 891 searches, a bit of a drop off of the trending, cost per click of $4.38 and about 3 clicks a day for the number one spot if doing PPC and a SEO value of $1,639.08.
“Search keywords” gets 2,433 searches a day, 1,021 possible clicks from SEO if a number one ranked site, good solid flat trend, a SEO value of $3,004.27 and you may find that it was used it as the article title.  Now let’s look to add another keyword phrase to the title.  The only thing is that keyword gets more searches that keywords.
“Keyword research” gets 5,425 searches, not trending very well,  yet has a SEO value of $5,992.46.
“Keyword tools” has a high click through rate of 2.95%, good trend, SEO value of $1,298.35,  1,627 searches a day, SEO traffic of 683 a day and a total value of traffic from adwords of $91.20 for the #1 ranked Google Adwords advertiser.   “Internet Keyword” Has 266 searches a day so “Internet Keyword Tools” could be a article title and both keywords are in the title “Internet Keywords” and “Keyword Tools”.
I would like people reading this article to get the free trial of Market Samurai so adding Keyword Software may help draw the correct people to read this article since Market Samurai is a powerful keyword tool that generates keywords, provides all the details to compare keywords and get the commercial viability of the keywords along with a lot of other cool things like write google keyword rich ads for you.  Here are a couple of ideas for the article title: 
“Keyword Software and Keyword Tools to increase your web site traffic”.
“Search Engine Keyword Tools to improve web site traffic”
Search Engine Keyword has 2,433 searches a day, Keyword tools has 1,627 searches a day, “increase web site traffic” has 92 searches a day.  “increase website traffic” only has 53 searches a day so web site is better than website.  web site traffic has 178 searches a day.
“Search engine keyword tools to improve web site traffic” has 4 keyword phrases with a combined search of 2,433 + 1,627 + 92 + 178 = 4,330 total searches combined.
This is highly competitive and sometimes it is better to go for the lower volume search phrases and dominate the results on the long tail keyword rather than go for the high volume keywords with a lot of competition.  This will give you an idea of the way to think about keywords and how you can combine them.  You also see the power of using a tool like Market Samurai to get the real inside information about the keywords instead of just rely on the search volume a

nd free keyword tools.  Market Samurai offers a free trail and if you decide to buy it you only pay once and there is no recurring charges.  It is also low priced compared to the other keyword tools I have evaluated.  I will get a small commission if you buy from the link in this article and that is how I pay the bills.  Hopefully you received valuable information in this article and will try Market Samurai by clicking here now.

Inside your article be sure to repeat the keyword right away in the first sentence and then use it again once in the article or add a few other keyword combination’s that relate to the topic that you have found in your research.  I always go to Market Samurai to finalize my keyword research to find out the value of SEO for the keyword, the cost per click people are paying for the keywords in ads, the trend lines for the keywords and also to get additional keywords that are related to add into the article or blog post.

Some good keywords to start off your article include “How to…” “7 easy tips to …” “Best way to …”

If you found this article useful, go get the free trial of  the best keyword research tool available to help you write great headlines and keyword rich articles now while it is on your mind.

Search Engine Keyword Tools to Improve Web Site Traffic is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

Amazon just launched Twitter as a marketing tool feature called Share on Twitter. The Share on Twitter feature is easy to use.  Just be logged into your account, browse to a interesting product detail page and click on the Share on Twitter button in the Site Stripe.

 A new Twitter window will open and an Amazon-generated message will be ready to tweet. It will say “Just saw this on Amazon: with the product details and a bit.ly URL with your affiliate link to the product. This is a great way to share your Amazon favorites with your Twitter followers. I personally like the feature and it will save me a lot of time cutting and pasting the Amazon affiliate URL
into a URL shortener and then writing a interesting tweet that my followers will appreciate. I suggest you only tweet affiliate links after seven or more non promotional tweets, so that you do not look like a spammer. I also suggest you rewrite the Tweet to sound more like you. Pretty soon people will recognize the pre-written tweet format from Amazon. You want to get the click so make the tweet interesting and create curiosity if possible. You can read more about making money on line in my post How to make money online fast – 10 easy success tips

Amazon Launches Twitter as Marketing Tool is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

Lynn Terry Elite Internet Marketing Mastermind Group

Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry has just recently opened up her SSWT Elite Mastermind membership program to the public.  It is a group of Internet Marketers and Bloggers that work together to help each other achieve success marketing on line.

Lynn Terry is a expert at Internet Marketing, SEO, blogging, affiliate marketing and has her own forum at
Self Starters Weekly Tips.  Lynn also has an Internet Marketing Training blog at ClickNewz that has an abundance of information on internet marketing, blogging and affiliate marketing.

Lynn is an expert in her field and is one of the top affiliates for Stompernet as well as making a full time income on line from Niche Web Sites.  One thing that is different about Lynn Terry is that she is a very kind and helpful person, always willing to help her members achieve on line success. The Elite mastermind group has been an invite only private forum with weekly mastermind calls until now.

Lynn Terry’s Elite Membership is now available to the public and is a place where expert marketers and newbie’s alike all mastermind with each other to answer questions about internet marketing, SEO, affiliate marketing, blogging with niche web sites to achieve success in their on line business.  It is a close knit group of people each helping each other out by contributing their special skills to answer questions and provide advice and site reviews for each other.  Here is how Lynn describes it “Personal one-on-one help with your online business, from idea to implementation. Community includes members of all skill levels. Elite Membership includes access to our live Brainstorming Hour, private mastermind forum, Free Download area & private sub-forums.”

I have been a member of SSWT Elite Mastermind coaching since September of 2008 and have benefited immeasurably in being able to get quick answers to questions about on line marketing  as well as gained a lot of knowledge about SEO and how to get traffic to my web sites.

The Elite membership is not just for newbies.  Many famous marketers like Scott Tousignant, often join the weekly Thursday’s calls as well as answer questions in the private forum area available only to Elite members.  There is a Elite members Twitter list and Blog list that we use to help each other out by retweeting each others tweets, and commenting on each others blogs.  If you like Twitter, as soon as you join, go the the social networking area and download the Elite Twitter list pdf so you can start following the Elite members on Twitter.  Be sure to add your twitter id to the twitter post so it will get added to the Twitter Elite list for the Elite members to have a clickable PDF with everyone’s Twitter name.

If you have been wondering how can I network with other successful Internet Marketers to move my business forward and make more money on line, then join Lynn Terry’s Elite Internet Marketing Mastermind Group and see what you have been missing out on up until now.

I was wondering if it would be OK to change my blog title and keyword strategy to attract new more focused visitors.  I was wondering what word press theme would work better for SEO.  I was wondering how my new microphone sounded live on the internet.  Having a group of friends to turn to that are all experts in their field has really helped me move my business forward.  This is not a group for everyone.  It is a Mastermind Group where we all help each other and of course Lynn has just about all the answers.  It is tailored to people that like to help others or are looking to network with other bloggers and internet marketers to have a resource to turn to as the questions come up like “what should I do next?” or “How does my site look?” or “How can I pick a topic for my web site?” or “How do I rank well in google search?” or  “What are the best SEO tactics?” or “How do I create my first product?” or “What marketing event should I go to?” or “Has anyone bought this product and what do you think about it?”

Lynn’s Elite Internet Marketing Mastermind group is a close group of like minded individuals that Lynn pays special attention to.  Lynn helps you during the live webinars every Thusday as well as answering your questions on the private forum very quickly.  If this sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend you give it a try and see what you have been missing out on.

As an incentive for you to give it a try, I am offering a bonus “Social Media Marketing – How can it help my business” report for you if you do join on my referral.  I am just finishing up the report and will be selling it when it is completed.  I will send you a download link as soon as I get the cofirmation notice that you have joined.  I will send you the draft copy for now and then send you the final copy as soon as it is finished.  See you on the inside. 

Looking forward to meeting you and sharing stories and solutions inside Lynn Terry’s Elite Internet Marketing Mastermind Group.

Lynn Terry SSWT Elite Internet Marketing Mastermind Membership now open is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

I love a challange and when Ryan Deiss of DrivingTraffic.com sent an email about resources to sell on Clickbank as a merchant, I dropped everything and started the search.

Well, I have to tell you that the pickins are pretty slim for brick and mortar solutions.
I scoured through the “books” that said they talked about how to sell on Clickbank. Even books by Joe Vitale and other famous folks struck out when I searched the table of contents and the actual book content. Ugh! I had an idea. Whenever I get stuck I have a secret source for answers to my questions. So off I go to my secret destination and Viola! There is is. A whole video series with over
2 hours of instruction.

The instructions start with the Clickbank overview and setting up your account.
The video tutorial then shows you how to prepare your product sales page and thank you page.
Detailed examples show you exactly how to add your order link and configure all of your new Clickbank account settings. Details of the steps to take for the Clickbank approval process to get your product approved. Good thing there is a video on testing and how to collect your customer information because tracking is one of the most important things to do in your on line business. Then is shows you how to hide the affiliate link hop variable in the URL before discovering the process to add multiple products in one clickbank account. All in all this is a great product. It is my secret weapon and has videos on how to do just about everything internet marketing.
Click here if this sounds interesting to you.

Selling products on ClickBank as a Merchant – Video Tutorials is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

Here is a Advertainment Video Commercial promoting the StomperNet “The Net Effect” Business Journal Launch. It has a surprise at 2:12 so go right there if it starts too slow for you. This is my fourth video in this StomperNet “Shock and Awe” product launch for “The Net Effect”.
Stomping the Search Engines 2 is a fantastic product all about SEO and has videos from the experts in the field of SEO teaching you all the best information there is available for you to implement the easy steps to get your web page ranking higher in the serach engines. You get STSE2 for free when you test a trial to the Net Effect for $1. When you test this product from Stompernet for $1, just let me know and I will send you the latest special report I have written on Social Media Marketing.  When you want the best bonus material for Internet Marketing products you buy, be sure to buy from this site and you will be appreciated and receive the my latest special report on Social Media Marketing.

StomperNet “The Net Effect” and “STSE2″ Available for $1 is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

The video is showing you the cool stuff I have just received from Stompernet to review. I will post the review later this weekend. (update)Here is the revised video for you with the audio track fixed.
 

Below you will find the original video I shot with silly annotations
as I am learning all about the tools available and how to have better results.
It is still here for historical critique purposes of hey here is my
first YouTube video…
I have a ”PRESS COPY” of ”The Net Effect:” and “Stomping The Search Engines 2″.
This is really cool stuff that can help you make more money.
 click here to read more about it on the countdown page 

Here is a list of 6 ways to improve the video.  please leave a comment below.
1) Next time I will be sure to adjust the volume
2) Have notes or a script
3) Have a very clear message or
4) Include a 20+ second still shot with my web site or message at the end 
5) Actually check for the best keywords for the video tags 
6) Offer something of great value to you my reader
during the video if you decide it is right for your business
and you click here now on this hidden affiliate link and go get your free copy right now.

The Net Effect – My first Stompernet product video review is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

If you have ever wanted to buy a “how to” product to jump start your home based business then read on…
There are wonderful products on the market today to get your on line business going.
So far this year I have bought thousands worth of Internet Marketing training material this year.
My monthly subscriptions are more than a new car payment.

You can benefit from my time and money investment.

Affiliate Selling:
If you want to build an affiliate web site
and sell products with google adwords
and do not have technical skills, then Google Slasher
is the best product for you. It is a monthly subscription
but it is the number one super ninja fastest way to get started
with affiliate product selling on your website. Incredible tutorials.
click here to see the videos

Listbuilding:
Then there is Tellman Knudson and Shawn Casey’s Listbuilding product that is over the top with
fresh content. This is so fun with all the surprises from Tellman. BTW Tellman is a hyponist so he offers some hypnotic messages that really brain wash you into success in his listbuilding gold club.
This could be the deal of the century for this introductory offer…  I bought the listpros product for $2,000 that is no longer available so you may want to check out this link to see why I love the class so much.    Highly recommended

Building Traffic:
I recently decided that to be on top I needed to train with the best and from people on the top. I
know John Reese is a strategic thinker that does a lot of analysis. If you want to know the same information that all the marketing guru’s and wantabe’s alike are buying. It is John Reese’s Traffic Secrets 2.0. This is about 3 years worth of reserach and is just released aned comes with free updates.
You can pick your niche with technique’s not talked about anywhere else.
you get access to the biggest resource library ever.
I figured if I did not get it, then all my competitors would be using the techniques to get my traffic.
OMG that would not be good for business. I am blown away by the constant deluge of information from the CDs. Traffic Secrets is one of the best products for 2008. Investing in top notch training usually pays back big time down the road. If your business can afford it, Traffic Secrets 2.0 is a top pick for any on line business owner. You can buy it now while you are thinking about it and have no regrets.

Everyone that buys on this link will be included in my “new media mastermind group” that meets every two weeks Tuesday 5:00 pst. email your receipt to me and I will send you the call in details.

Best Internet Marketing Product for 2008 is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

I know everyone and his best friend is promoting Traffic Secrets by John Reese today.  It is a really great product and I have bought it and love it.
Get Traffic Secrets

Traffic Secrets – Clay’s Recommended Investment for Today is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

I thought I had done all my homework and set low limits on my Google adwords campaign of $15.
I got tons of hits. I used the top secret trick of incompleteness in my ad. I used up all my money in a few hours so I increased to $25 a day. The ad ran for 3 days and I never made a sale. Ugh!. $63.85 spent on ads and no takers.
Learnings and observations:
Start ad Thursday night:
Write a blog post about my first campaign (I did get 19 hits from my blog post over the weekend)
increase daily to $25
watch people click away. pay as high as $3.80 a click. still no sales.
1) One of my “facebook Friends” also writes a blog post about this hot new gas saving product using HHO fuel cell technology also called water fuel cell on his blog on Monday the 7th and sends the notice out to his facebook group, that I belong to.
2) I get an email from Chris Carpenter, a old trusted emailer from long ago, about a cool adwords product just about to come out. I watched the video and OMG it was Chris X demonstrating how he just made $42,386 in the last so many days selling the exact same product. water4gas. He had the number one spot for the last 30 days and was killing it. he had the good keywords and was getting as high as 8% conversion on some keywords. I did see his sales drop off over the 4th of July weekend to about $400 a day in sales (So I picked a lousy weekend to start).

I felt good that I used my own brain and learnings and ran a campaign. (never studyied adwords before, I just picked it up from Frank Kern Mass Control Videos)
I felt good that someone I respected copied my idea and promoted it to my friends.
I felt really good that Chris X was killing it on my idea and that I was competing with the all time top affiliate seller on clickbank.

Learnings:
1) spend more time on keywords – Chris has done testing to find the best one and used his unique tool
2) collect email addresses before sending to the affiliate link if possible. (I am not doing it just yet)
3) watch your campaign to be sure to turn it off if it is not working.
4) review sites seem to do better that one trick pony sites
5) buy ChrisX’s product to help with review site plug and play, keyword picker tool, top things to do and Not do… I suggest you buy it from me now and get the learnings and then ask for a refund before the 56 day return policy expires if you do not want to keep it. the price is very low and it is going up tomorrow or Friday so buy it now if you want it.
For anyone that buys from my link, I will send you a special report on how to search out the keywords for your campaign or offer a free 1 hour phone consultation on the topic of your choice. just email me your receipt after you buy it from me at my link here.

I have a few other really good new tips and tricks to share and they will go out on my first ever email autoresponder series. So, the only way to get it is to sign up for my newsletter.

Google Adwords Campaign results and findings… is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts

Have you ever pushed the button to run a Google Adwords Campaign? Remember how intimidating it was the first time? Finding the affiliate product to sell, See if it is selling, Writing the copy for the ad,
Researching the keywords, figure out a “Great Domain Name”, Figure out your first Split Testing, Estimate clicks and buys, Set Target Ad Expenses and a budget. Setting up redirects and google analytics. And pushing the button. Do you remember the feeling when You saw the first dollar in your Clickbank Account? How did you feel? Write it in comments now.

I am about to push the button and launch my first ever Google Adwords campaign tonight.
Mentors like mentees to take “action”. It was Jeff Walker that kicked my gear in gear to do it “Right Now”.

Write a short story about your “first adwords campaign” below in comments. It can be a fun thread with nuggets of wisdom.

If you are into cars and saving the environment you can check out my first ever affiliate sales page and be my first Satisfied Customer here

First Google Adwords Campaign is a post from: Clay Franklin Strategic Thoughts