One of the most common complaints that I hear from bloggers is the fact that no matter how hard they try, they can't grow their blogs past 100 or so daily page vies. Those early days are indeed the hardest, because you need to put hard work in without the certainty of achieving results.
If you are in that same situation, here is a simple strategy that will certainly increase your blog traffic and make you break the 1,000 daily page views mark. In fact, the strategy could be used even if your are already over that number but have reached a traffic plateau lately.
Just make sure to execute the 4 steps as planned and to spend the two hours and a half every day (obviously if you have more time available you can expand the time spent on each of the four steps proportionally).
First Step: Killer Articles (1 hour per day)
Spend one hour brainstorming, researching and writing killer articles (also called linkbaits, pillar articles and so on).
Notice that your goal is to release one killer article every week. If that is not possible aim for one every 15 days. So the one hour that you will spend every day will be dedicated to the same piece. In other words, expect killers articles to take from 5 up to 10 hours of work.
If you are not familiar with the term, a killer article is nothing more than a long and structured article that has the goal of delivering a huge amount of value to potential visitors. If you have a web design blog, for example, you could write an article with "100 Free Resources for Designers". Here are some ideas for killer articles:
create a giant list of resources,
write a detailed tutorial teaching people how to do something,
find a solution for a common problem in your niche and write about it, or
write a deep analysis on a topic where people have only talked superficially
When visitors come across your killer article, you want them to have the following reaction: "Holy crap! This is awesome. I better bookmark it. Heck, I better even mention this on my site and on my Twitter account, to let my readers and friends know about it."
Second Step: Networking (30 minutes per day)
Networking is essential, especially when you are just getting started. The 30 minutes that you will dedicate to it every day could be split among:
commenting on other blogs in your niche,
linking to the posts of bloggers in your niche, and
interacting with the bloggers in your niche via email, IM or Twitter.
Remember that your goal is to build genuine relationships, so don't approach people just because you think they can help to promote your blog. Approach them because you respect their work and because you think the two of you could grow together.
Third Step: Promotion (30 minutes per day)
The first activity here is the promotion of your killer articles. Whenever you publish one of them, you should push it in any way you can. Examples include:
letting the people in your network know about it (don't beg for a link though),
letting bloggers and webmasters in relevant niches know about it,
getting some friends to submit the article to social bookmarking sites,
getting some friends to Twitter the article, and
posting about the article in online forums and/or newsgroups.
If there is time left, spend it with search engine optimization, social media marketing and activities to promote your blog as whole. Those can range from keyword research to promoting your blog on Facebook and guest blogging.
Fourth Step: Normal Posts (30 minutes per day)
Just like a man does not live by bread alone, a blog does not live by killer articles alone. Normal posts are the ones that you will publish routinely in your blog, between the killer articles. For example, you could publish a killer article every Monday and normal posts from Tuesday through Friday. Here are some ideas for normal posts:
a post linking to an article on another blog and containing your opinion about it
a post informing your readers about a news in your niche
a post asking a question to your readers and aiming to initiate a discussion
a post highlighting a new resource or trick that you discovered and that would be useful to your readers
While killers articles are essential to promote your blog and bring new readers aboard, normal posts are the ones that will create diversity in your content and keep your readers engaged.
May 15, 2013
4 Steps to Increase Your Blog Traffic
One of the most common complaints that I hear from bloggers is the fact that no matter how hard they try, they can't grow their blogs past 100 or so daily page vies. Those early days are indeed the hardest, because you need to put hard work in without the certainty of achieving results.
If you are in that same situation, here is a simple strategy that will certainly increase your blog traffic and make you break the 1,000 daily page views mark. In fact, the strategy could be used even if your are already over that number but have reached a traffic plateau lately.
Just make sure to execute the 4 steps as planned and to spend the two hours and a half every day (obviously if you have more time available you can expand the time spent on each of the four steps proportionally).
First Step: Killer Articles (1 hour per day)
Spend one hour brainstorming, researching and writing killer articles (also called linkbaits, pillar articles and so on).
Notice that your goal is to release one killer article every week. If that is not possible aim for one every 15 days. So the one hour that you will spend every day will be dedicated to the same piece. In other words, expect killers articles to take from 5 up to 10 hours of work.
If you are not familiar with the term, a killer article is nothing more than a long and structured article that has the goal of delivering a huge amount of value to potential visitors. If you have a web design blog, for example, you could write an article with "100 Free Resources for Designers". Here are some ideas for killer articles:
create a giant list of resources,
write a detailed tutorial teaching people how to do something,
find a solution for a common problem in your niche and write about it, or
write a deep analysis on a topic where people have only talked superficially
When visitors come across your killer article, you want them to have the following reaction: "Holy crap! This is awesome. I better bookmark it. Heck, I better even mention this on my site and on my Twitter account, to let my readers and friends know about it."
Second Step: Networking (30 minutes per day)
Networking is essential, especially when you are just getting started. The 30 minutes that you will dedicate to it every day could be split among:
commenting on other blogs in your niche,
linking to the posts of bloggers in your niche, and
interacting with the bloggers in your niche via email, IM or Twitter.
Remember that your goal is to build genuine relationships, so don't approach people just because you think they can help to promote your blog. Approach them because you respect their work and because you think the two of you could grow together.
Third Step: Promotion (30 minutes per day)
The first activity here is the promotion of your killer articles. Whenever you publish one of them, you should push it in any way you can. Examples include:
letting the people in your network know about it (don't beg for a link though),
letting bloggers and webmasters in relevant niches know about it,
getting some friends to submit the article to social bookmarking sites,
getting some friends to Twitter the article, and
posting about the article in online forums and/or newsgroups.
If there is time left, spend it with search engine optimization, social media marketing and activities to promote your blog as whole. Those can range from keyword research to promoting your blog on Facebook and guest blogging.
Fourth Step: Normal Posts (30 minutes per day)
Just like a man does not live by bread alone, a blog does not live by killer articles alone. Normal posts are the ones that you will publish routinely in your blog, between the killer articles. For example, you could publish a killer article every Monday and normal posts from Tuesday through Friday. Here are some ideas for normal posts:
a post linking to an article on another blog and containing your opinion about it
a post informing your readers about a news in your niche
a post asking a question to your readers and aiming to initiate a discussion
a post highlighting a new resource or trick that you discovered and that would be useful to your readers
While killers articles are essential to promote your blog and bring new readers aboard, normal posts are the ones that will create diversity in your content and keep your readers engaged.
If you are in that same situation, here is a simple strategy that will certainly increase your blog traffic and make you break the 1,000 daily page views mark. In fact, the strategy could be used even if your are already over that number but have reached a traffic plateau lately.
Just make sure to execute the 4 steps as planned and to spend the two hours and a half every day (obviously if you have more time available you can expand the time spent on each of the four steps proportionally).
First Step: Killer Articles (1 hour per day)
Spend one hour brainstorming, researching and writing killer articles (also called linkbaits, pillar articles and so on).
Notice that your goal is to release one killer article every week. If that is not possible aim for one every 15 days. So the one hour that you will spend every day will be dedicated to the same piece. In other words, expect killers articles to take from 5 up to 10 hours of work.
If you are not familiar with the term, a killer article is nothing more than a long and structured article that has the goal of delivering a huge amount of value to potential visitors. If you have a web design blog, for example, you could write an article with "100 Free Resources for Designers". Here are some ideas for killer articles:
create a giant list of resources,
write a detailed tutorial teaching people how to do something,
find a solution for a common problem in your niche and write about it, or
write a deep analysis on a topic where people have only talked superficially
When visitors come across your killer article, you want them to have the following reaction: "Holy crap! This is awesome. I better bookmark it. Heck, I better even mention this on my site and on my Twitter account, to let my readers and friends know about it."
Second Step: Networking (30 minutes per day)
Networking is essential, especially when you are just getting started. The 30 minutes that you will dedicate to it every day could be split among:
commenting on other blogs in your niche,
linking to the posts of bloggers in your niche, and
interacting with the bloggers in your niche via email, IM or Twitter.
Remember that your goal is to build genuine relationships, so don't approach people just because you think they can help to promote your blog. Approach them because you respect their work and because you think the two of you could grow together.
Third Step: Promotion (30 minutes per day)
The first activity here is the promotion of your killer articles. Whenever you publish one of them, you should push it in any way you can. Examples include:
letting the people in your network know about it (don't beg for a link though),
letting bloggers and webmasters in relevant niches know about it,
getting some friends to submit the article to social bookmarking sites,
getting some friends to Twitter the article, and
posting about the article in online forums and/or newsgroups.
If there is time left, spend it with search engine optimization, social media marketing and activities to promote your blog as whole. Those can range from keyword research to promoting your blog on Facebook and guest blogging.
Fourth Step: Normal Posts (30 minutes per day)
Just like a man does not live by bread alone, a blog does not live by killer articles alone. Normal posts are the ones that you will publish routinely in your blog, between the killer articles. For example, you could publish a killer article every Monday and normal posts from Tuesday through Friday. Here are some ideas for normal posts:
a post linking to an article on another blog and containing your opinion about it
a post informing your readers about a news in your niche
a post asking a question to your readers and aiming to initiate a discussion
a post highlighting a new resource or trick that you discovered and that would be useful to your readers
While killers articles are essential to promote your blog and bring new readers aboard, normal posts are the ones that will create diversity in your content and keep your readers engaged.
Why I Will Never Use Adsense on a Blog Again
There are several lists of web design mistakes around the Internet. Most of them, however, are the "Most common" or "Top 10" mistakes. Every time I crossed one of those lists I would think to myself: "Come on, there must be more than 10 mistakes…". Then I decided to write down all the web design mistakes that would come into my head; within half an hour I had over thirty of them listed. Afterwards I did some research around the web and the list grew to 43 points.
The next step was to write a short description for each one, and the result is the collection of mistakes that you will find below. Some of the points are common sense, others are quite polemic. Most of them apply to any website though, whether we talk about a business entity or a blog. Enjoy!
1. The user must know what the site is about in seconds: attention is one the most valuable currencies on the Internet. If a visitor can not figure what your site is about in a couple of seconds, he will probably just go somewhere else. Your site must communicate why I should spend my time there, and FAST!
2. Make the content scannable: this is the Internet, not a book, so forget large blocks of text. Probably I will be visiting your site while I work on other stuff so make sure that I can scan through the entire content. Bullet points, headers, subheaders, lists. Anything that will help the reader filter what he is looking for.
3. Do not use fancy fonts that are unreadable: sure there are some fonts that will give a sophisticated look to your website. But are they readable? If your main objective is to deliver a message and get the visitors reading your stuff, then you should make the process comfortable for them.
4. Do not use tiny fonts: the previous point applies here, you want to make sure that readers are comfortable reading your content. My Firefox does have a zooming feature, but if I need to use on your website it will probably be the last time I visit it.
5. Do not open new browser windows: I used to do that on my first websites. The logic was simple, if I open new browser windows for external links the user will never leave my site. WRONG! Let the user control where he wants the links to open. There is a reason why browsers have a huge "Back" button. Do not worry about sending the visitor to another website, he will get back if he wants to (even porn sites are starting to get conscious regarding this point lately…).
6. Do not resize the user's browser windows: the user should be in control of his browser. If you resize it you will risk to mess things up on his side, and what is worse you might lose your credibility in front of him.
7. Do not require a registration unless it is necessary: lets put this straight, when I browse around the Internet I want to get information, not the other way around. Do not force me to register up and leave my email address and other details unless it is absolutely necessary (i.e. unless what you offer is so good that I will bear with the registration).
8. Never subscribe the visitor for something without his consent: do not automatically subscribe a visitor to newsletters when he registers up on your site. Sending unsolicited emails around is not the best way to make friends.
9. Do not overuse Flash: apart from increasing the load time of your website, excessive usage of Flash might also annoy the visitors. Use it only if you must offer features that are not supported by static pages.
10. Do not play music: on the early years of the Internet web developers always tried to successfully integrate music into websites. Guess what, they failed miserably. Do not use music, period.
11. If you MUST play an audio file let the user start it: some situations might require an audio file. You might need to deliver a speech to the user or your guided tour might have an audio component. That is fine. Just make sure that the user is in control, let him push the "Play" button as opposed to jamming the music on his face right after he enters the website.
12. Do not clutter your website with badges: first of all, badges of networks and communities make a site look very unprofessional. Even if we are talking about awards and recognition badges you should place them on the "About Us" page.
13. Do not use a homepage that just launches the "real" website: the smaller the number of steps required for the user to access your content, the better.
14. Make sure to include contact details: there is nothing worse than a website that has no contact details. This is not bad only for the visitors, but also for yourself. You might lose important feedback along the way.
15. Do not break the "Back" button: this is a very basic principle of usability. Do not break the "Back" button under any circumstance. Opening new browser windows will break it, for instance, and some Javascript links might also break them.
16. Do not use blinking text: unless your visitors are coming straight from 1996, that is.
17. Avoid complex URL structures: a simple, keyword-based URL structure will not only improve your search engine rankings, but it will also make it easier for the reader to identify the content of your pages before visiting them.
18. Use CSS over HTML tables: HTML tables were used to create page layouts. With the advent of CSS, however, there is no reason to stick to them. CSS is faster, more reliable and it offers many more features.
19. Make sure users can search the whole website: there is a reason why search engines revolutionized the Internet. You probably guessed it, because they make it very easy to find the information we are looking for. Do not neglect this on your site.
20. Avoid "drop down" menus: the user should be able to see all the navigation options straight way. Using "drop down" menus might confuse things and hide the information the reader was actually looking for.
21. Use text navigation: text navigation is not only faster but it is also more reliable. Some users, for instance, browse the Internet with images turned off.
22. If you are linking to PDF files disclose it: ever clicked on a link only to see your browser freezing while Acrobat Reader launches to open that (unrequested) PDF file? That is pretty annoying so make sure to explicit links pointing to PDF files so that users can handle them properly.
23. Do not confuse the visitor with many versions: avoid confusing the visitor with too many versions of your website. What bandwidth do I prefer? 56Kbps? 128Kbps? Flash or HTML? Man, just give me the content!
24. Do not blend advertising inside the content: blending advertising like Adsense units inside your content might increase your click-through rate on the short term. Over the long run, however, this will reduce your readership base. An annoyed visitor is a lost visitor.
25. Use a simple navigation structure: sometimes less is more. This rule usually applies to people and choices. Make sure that your website has a single, clear navigation structure. The last thing you want is to confuse the reader regarding where he should go to find the information he is looking for.
26. Avoid "intros": do not force the user to watch or read something before he can access to the real content. This is plain annoying, and he will stay only if what you have to offer is really unique.
27. Do not use FrontPage: this point extends to other cheap HTML editors. While they appear to make web design easier, the output will be a poorly crafted code, incompatible with different browsers and with several bugs.
28. Make sure your website is cross-browser compatible: not all browsers are created equal, and not all of them interpret CSS and other languages on the same way. Like it or not, you will need to make your website compatible with the most used browsers on the market, else you will lose readers over the long term.
29. Make sure to include anchor text on links: I confess I used to do that mistake until some time ago. It is easier to tell people to "click here". But this is not efficient. Make sure to include a relevant anchor text on your links. It will ensure that the reader knows where he is going to if he clicks the link, and it will also create SEO benefits for the external site where the link is pointing.
30. Do not cloak links: apart from having a clear anchor text, the user must also be able to see where the link is pointing on the status bar of his browser. If you cloak your links (either because they are affiliate ones or due to other reasons) your site will lose credibility.
31. Make links visible: the visitor should be able to recognize what is clickable and what is not, easily. Make sure that your links have a contrasting color (the standard blue color is the optimal most of the times). Possibly also make them underlined.
32. Do not underline or color normal text: do not underline normal text unless absolutely necessary. Just as users need to recognize links easily, they should not get the idea that something is clickable when in reality it is not.
33. Make clicked links change color: this point is very important for the usability of your website. Clicked links that change color help the user to locate himself more easily around your site, making sure that he will not end up visiting the same pages unintentionally.
34. Do not use animated GIFs: unless you have advertising banners that require animation, avoid animated GIFs. They make a site look unprofessional and detract the attention from the content.
35. Make sure to use the ALT and TITLE attributes for images: apart from having SEO benefits the ALT and TITLE attributes for images will play an important role for blind users.
36. Do not use harsh colors: if the user is getting a headache after visiting your site for 10 consecutive minutes, you probably should pick a better color scheme. Design the color palette around your objectives (i.e. deliver a mood, let the user focus on the content, etc.).
37. Do not use pop ups: this point refers to pop ups of any kind. Even user requested pop ups are a bad idea given the increasing amount of pop blockers out there.
38. Avoid Javascript links: those links execute a small Javascript when the user clicks on them. Stay away from them since they often create problems for the user.
39. Include functional links on your footer: people are used to scrolling down to the footer of a website if they are not finding a specific information. At the very least you want to include a link to the Homepage and possibly a link to the "Contact Us" page.
40. Avoid long pages: guess what, if the user needs to scroll down forever in order to read your content he will probably just skip it altogether. If that is the case with your website make it shorter and improve the navigation structure.
41. No horizontal scrolling: while some vertical scrolling is tolerable, the same can not be said about horizontal scrolling. The most used screen resolution nowadays is 1024 x 768 pixels, so make sure that your website fits inside it.
42. No spelling or grammatical mistakes: this is not a web design mistake, but it is one of the most important factors affecting the overall quality of a website. Make sure that your links and texts do not contain spelling or grammatical mistakes.
43. If you use CAPTCHA make sure the letters are readable: several sites use CAPTCHA filters as a method of reducing spam on comments or on registration forms. There is just one problem with it, most of the times the user needs to call his whole family to decipher the letters.
The next step was to write a short description for each one, and the result is the collection of mistakes that you will find below. Some of the points are common sense, others are quite polemic. Most of them apply to any website though, whether we talk about a business entity or a blog. Enjoy!
1. The user must know what the site is about in seconds: attention is one the most valuable currencies on the Internet. If a visitor can not figure what your site is about in a couple of seconds, he will probably just go somewhere else. Your site must communicate why I should spend my time there, and FAST!
2. Make the content scannable: this is the Internet, not a book, so forget large blocks of text. Probably I will be visiting your site while I work on other stuff so make sure that I can scan through the entire content. Bullet points, headers, subheaders, lists. Anything that will help the reader filter what he is looking for.
3. Do not use fancy fonts that are unreadable: sure there are some fonts that will give a sophisticated look to your website. But are they readable? If your main objective is to deliver a message and get the visitors reading your stuff, then you should make the process comfortable for them.
4. Do not use tiny fonts: the previous point applies here, you want to make sure that readers are comfortable reading your content. My Firefox does have a zooming feature, but if I need to use on your website it will probably be the last time I visit it.
5. Do not open new browser windows: I used to do that on my first websites. The logic was simple, if I open new browser windows for external links the user will never leave my site. WRONG! Let the user control where he wants the links to open. There is a reason why browsers have a huge "Back" button. Do not worry about sending the visitor to another website, he will get back if he wants to (even porn sites are starting to get conscious regarding this point lately…).
6. Do not resize the user's browser windows: the user should be in control of his browser. If you resize it you will risk to mess things up on his side, and what is worse you might lose your credibility in front of him.
7. Do not require a registration unless it is necessary: lets put this straight, when I browse around the Internet I want to get information, not the other way around. Do not force me to register up and leave my email address and other details unless it is absolutely necessary (i.e. unless what you offer is so good that I will bear with the registration).
8. Never subscribe the visitor for something without his consent: do not automatically subscribe a visitor to newsletters when he registers up on your site. Sending unsolicited emails around is not the best way to make friends.
9. Do not overuse Flash: apart from increasing the load time of your website, excessive usage of Flash might also annoy the visitors. Use it only if you must offer features that are not supported by static pages.
10. Do not play music: on the early years of the Internet web developers always tried to successfully integrate music into websites. Guess what, they failed miserably. Do not use music, period.
11. If you MUST play an audio file let the user start it: some situations might require an audio file. You might need to deliver a speech to the user or your guided tour might have an audio component. That is fine. Just make sure that the user is in control, let him push the "Play" button as opposed to jamming the music on his face right after he enters the website.
12. Do not clutter your website with badges: first of all, badges of networks and communities make a site look very unprofessional. Even if we are talking about awards and recognition badges you should place them on the "About Us" page.
13. Do not use a homepage that just launches the "real" website: the smaller the number of steps required for the user to access your content, the better.
14. Make sure to include contact details: there is nothing worse than a website that has no contact details. This is not bad only for the visitors, but also for yourself. You might lose important feedback along the way.
15. Do not break the "Back" button: this is a very basic principle of usability. Do not break the "Back" button under any circumstance. Opening new browser windows will break it, for instance, and some Javascript links might also break them.
16. Do not use blinking text: unless your visitors are coming straight from 1996, that is.
17. Avoid complex URL structures: a simple, keyword-based URL structure will not only improve your search engine rankings, but it will also make it easier for the reader to identify the content of your pages before visiting them.
18. Use CSS over HTML tables: HTML tables were used to create page layouts. With the advent of CSS, however, there is no reason to stick to them. CSS is faster, more reliable and it offers many more features.
19. Make sure users can search the whole website: there is a reason why search engines revolutionized the Internet. You probably guessed it, because they make it very easy to find the information we are looking for. Do not neglect this on your site.
20. Avoid "drop down" menus: the user should be able to see all the navigation options straight way. Using "drop down" menus might confuse things and hide the information the reader was actually looking for.
21. Use text navigation: text navigation is not only faster but it is also more reliable. Some users, for instance, browse the Internet with images turned off.
22. If you are linking to PDF files disclose it: ever clicked on a link only to see your browser freezing while Acrobat Reader launches to open that (unrequested) PDF file? That is pretty annoying so make sure to explicit links pointing to PDF files so that users can handle them properly.
23. Do not confuse the visitor with many versions: avoid confusing the visitor with too many versions of your website. What bandwidth do I prefer? 56Kbps? 128Kbps? Flash or HTML? Man, just give me the content!
24. Do not blend advertising inside the content: blending advertising like Adsense units inside your content might increase your click-through rate on the short term. Over the long run, however, this will reduce your readership base. An annoyed visitor is a lost visitor.
25. Use a simple navigation structure: sometimes less is more. This rule usually applies to people and choices. Make sure that your website has a single, clear navigation structure. The last thing you want is to confuse the reader regarding where he should go to find the information he is looking for.
26. Avoid "intros": do not force the user to watch or read something before he can access to the real content. This is plain annoying, and he will stay only if what you have to offer is really unique.
27. Do not use FrontPage: this point extends to other cheap HTML editors. While they appear to make web design easier, the output will be a poorly crafted code, incompatible with different browsers and with several bugs.
28. Make sure your website is cross-browser compatible: not all browsers are created equal, and not all of them interpret CSS and other languages on the same way. Like it or not, you will need to make your website compatible with the most used browsers on the market, else you will lose readers over the long term.
29. Make sure to include anchor text on links: I confess I used to do that mistake until some time ago. It is easier to tell people to "click here". But this is not efficient. Make sure to include a relevant anchor text on your links. It will ensure that the reader knows where he is going to if he clicks the link, and it will also create SEO benefits for the external site where the link is pointing.
30. Do not cloak links: apart from having a clear anchor text, the user must also be able to see where the link is pointing on the status bar of his browser. If you cloak your links (either because they are affiliate ones or due to other reasons) your site will lose credibility.
31. Make links visible: the visitor should be able to recognize what is clickable and what is not, easily. Make sure that your links have a contrasting color (the standard blue color is the optimal most of the times). Possibly also make them underlined.
32. Do not underline or color normal text: do not underline normal text unless absolutely necessary. Just as users need to recognize links easily, they should not get the idea that something is clickable when in reality it is not.
33. Make clicked links change color: this point is very important for the usability of your website. Clicked links that change color help the user to locate himself more easily around your site, making sure that he will not end up visiting the same pages unintentionally.
34. Do not use animated GIFs: unless you have advertising banners that require animation, avoid animated GIFs. They make a site look unprofessional and detract the attention from the content.
35. Make sure to use the ALT and TITLE attributes for images: apart from having SEO benefits the ALT and TITLE attributes for images will play an important role for blind users.
36. Do not use harsh colors: if the user is getting a headache after visiting your site for 10 consecutive minutes, you probably should pick a better color scheme. Design the color palette around your objectives (i.e. deliver a mood, let the user focus on the content, etc.).
37. Do not use pop ups: this point refers to pop ups of any kind. Even user requested pop ups are a bad idea given the increasing amount of pop blockers out there.
38. Avoid Javascript links: those links execute a small Javascript when the user clicks on them. Stay away from them since they often create problems for the user.
39. Include functional links on your footer: people are used to scrolling down to the footer of a website if they are not finding a specific information. At the very least you want to include a link to the Homepage and possibly a link to the "Contact Us" page.
40. Avoid long pages: guess what, if the user needs to scroll down forever in order to read your content he will probably just skip it altogether. If that is the case with your website make it shorter and improve the navigation structure.
41. No horizontal scrolling: while some vertical scrolling is tolerable, the same can not be said about horizontal scrolling. The most used screen resolution nowadays is 1024 x 768 pixels, so make sure that your website fits inside it.
42. No spelling or grammatical mistakes: this is not a web design mistake, but it is one of the most important factors affecting the overall quality of a website. Make sure that your links and texts do not contain spelling or grammatical mistakes.
43. If you use CAPTCHA make sure the letters are readable: several sites use CAPTCHA filters as a method of reducing spam on comments or on registration forms. There is just one problem with it, most of the times the user needs to call his whole family to decipher the letters.
Apr 19, 2013
Yusuf
Arti kata Yusuf adalah: "ALLAH telah menghapus aibku."
Kejadian 30:23 Maka mengandunglah Rahel dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. erkatalah ia: "Allah telah menghapuskan aibku."
Yusuf adalah anak ke-11 dari Yakub. Seorang anak laki-laki yang tampan, lembut dan tulus hati. Karena itu Yakub sangat menyayanginya melebihi anak-anak yang lainnya. Yusuf dibuatkan jubah yang sangat indah. Hal ini membuat saudara-saudaranya merasa iri dan membencinya. Suatu kali Yusuf bermimpi yang artinya ayah-ibu dan saudara-saudaranya akan menyembah kepadanya. Maka semakin bencilah mereka terhadap Yusuf, sehingga diikhtiarkan untuk dibunuh.
Suatu kali Yakub menyuruhnya melihat keadaan saudara-saudaranya yang sedang menggembalakan kambing. Ini dijadikan kesempatan buat mereka untuk mengerjai Yusuf. Yusuf mereka jual ke seorang pedagang Arab dengan harga 20 syikal perak. Kemudian dibawa ke Mesir. Sementara itu jubah indah Yusuf mereka lumuri dengan darah domba, sehingga seolah-olah Yusuf mati diterkam binatang buas. Itulah yang mereka laporkan ke ayah mereka.
Sesampai di Mesir, Yusuf dijual ke Potifar, seorang kepala pengawal Firaun. Di rumah Potifar, Yusuf difitnah memperkosa istrinya sehingga ia dijebloskan ke penjara. Di dalam penjara Yusuf meramalkan nasib 2 orang hukuman, yang seorang akan mendapatkan pembebasan, sedangkan yang seorang akan dihukum mati. Dan ramalan itu benar-benar terjadi, sehingga sampailah Yusuf diminta untuk mengartikan mimpinya Firaun. Mimpi tentang 7 tahun kelimpahan pangan dan 7 tahun kelaparan.
Untuk mengantisipasi ramalan itu Firaun mengangkat Yusuf menjadi perdana menteri, supaya dia mengatur logistik masalah pangan itu. Suatu kedudukan yang hampir menyamai kedudukan Firaun. Dan ramalan Yusuf benar-benar terjadi. Seluruh dunia dilanda kelaparan hebat. Hanya Mesir saja yang memiliki persediaan makanan yang berlimpah. Hal ini memaksa keluarga besar Yakub untuk membeli gandum di Mesir dengan menyembah-nyembah Yusuf, tepat sebagaimana yang pernah dimimpikan Yusuf.
Akhirnya keluarga besar Yakub pindah ke Mesir dan diberi lokasi di Tanah Gosyen. Mereka tinggal di Mesir sekitar 400 tahun sampai nabi Musa membawa mereka keluar ke Palestina.
Kejadian 46:26 Semua orang yang tiba di Mesir bersama-sama dengan Yakub, yakni anak-anak kandungnya, dengan tidak terhitung isteri anak-anaknya, seluruhnya berjumlah enam puluh enam jiwa.
Kejadian 46:27 Anak-anak Yusuf yang lahir baginya di Mesir ada dua orang. Jadi keluarga Yakub yang tiba di Mesir, seluruhnya berjumlah tujuh puluh jiwa.
Untuk mengingat jasa Yusuf, maka bagian pusaka Yusuf dua bagian atas nama anak-anaknya, yakni: Efraim dan Manasye, sedangkan nama Yusuf tidak disebutkan lagi.
1. Arti nama Yusuf: "ALLAH telah menghapuskan aibku", yakni aib Rahel, istri Yakub/Israel.
"Istri" adalah lambang umat. ALLAH menganggap Israel sebagai istriNYA. Demikian pula YESUS Alkitab nyatakan sebagai Mempelai Laki-laki, sedangkan pertemuan YESUS dengan umatNYA dinyatakan sebagai "Perkawinan Anak Domba." – Wahyu 19:7. Jadi, Penebusan YESUS mempunyai makna menghapuskan aib umat manusia. [Kejadian 30:23]
2.Karena anak-anak Yakub berjumlah 13 orang, maka Yusuf mempunyai 12 saudara. Tapi tradisi Yahudi tidak memperhitungkan anak perempuan[Dina], maka anak-anak Yakub yang diperhitungkan adalah 12 orang, sehingga saudara-saudara Yusuf adalah 11 orang. Dina melambangkan Yudas Iskariot yang mengkhianati YESUS, sehingga dia dikeluarkan dari bilangan 12 murid YESUS. Jadi, 12 saudara Yusuf sama dengan 12 murid YESUS. Dina yang tidak masuk hitungan sama dengan Yudas Iskariot yang tidak masuk hitungan.
3.Sifat-sifat Yusuf yang rendah hati, lembut dan suci juga melambangkan sifat-sifat YESUS.
4.Yakub menyayangi Yusuf secara istimewa, sama seperti ALLAH yang menyayangi YESUS secara istimewa.
5.Yakub memberikan jubah yang maha indah untuk Yusuf sama seperti ALLAH yang mengaruniakan kebesaran untuk YESUS.
Ibrani 1:4 jauh lebih tinggi dari pada malaikat-malaikat, sama seperti nama yang dikaruniakan kepada-Nya jauh lebih indah dari pada nama mereka.
6.Yusuf diutus bapaknya untuk melihat-lihat keadaan saudara-saudaranya yang sedang menggembalakan kambing domba di Dotan, sama seperti YESUS yang diutus ALLAH ke dunia.
7.Jubah Yusuf dilumuri darah domba sebagai laporan seolah-olah Yusuf mati diterkam binatang buas, sama seperti YESUS yang mati dilumuri dosa-dosa kita.
8.Yusuf hidup dilaporkan mati, sama seperti YESUS yang mati dan hidup kembali.
9.Yusuf dijual ke Mesir dengan harga 20 syikal perak, sama seperti YESUS yang dijual Yudas Iskariot dengan harga 30 perak.
10.Yusuf difitnah memperkosa istri Potifar sama seperti YESUS yang difitnah melakukan kejahatan.
11.Yusuf dipenjara sama seperti YESUS di bukit Golgota[disalibkan].
12.Yusuf meramalkan nasib 2 orang hukuman, sama seperti YESUS yang disalibkan diantara 2 penjahat dan menetapkan nasib mereka; yang seorang diselamatkan dan yang seorang tidak diselamatkan.
13. Yusuf menjadi perdana menteri di Mesir sama seperti YESUS yang menjadi JURUSELAMAT dunia. Yusuf di Mesir untuk menyelamatkan dunia dari kelaparan sama seperti YESUS turun ke dunia untuk menyelamatkan dunia dari dosa.
14. Keluarga besar Yakub pergi ke Mesir untuk membeli gandum ke Yusuf sama seperti kita yang membeli keselamatan kepada YESUS.
15. Saudara-saudara Yusuf menyembah Yusuf sama seperti kita yang menyembah YESUS.
16. Bagi Yakub, Yusuf seolah-olah bangkit dari kematiannya sama seperti YESUS yang bangkit dari kematianNYA.
17. Keluarga Yakub diberi areal di tanah Gosyen sama seperti kita yang diberi wadah persekutuan, yaitu: Gereja Masehi Advent Hari Ketujuh.
Ibrani 4:9 Jadi masih tersedia suatu hari perhentian, hari ketujuh, bagi umat Allah.
18. Di Tanah Gosyen mereka menunggu jemputan nabi Musa untuk membebaskan mereka dari Mesir menuju ke Palestina, sama seperti kita menunggu kedatangan YESUS yang kedua kalinya untuk pergi ke kota Yerusalem baru[dari sorga].
19. Anak-anak Yusuf; Efraim dan Manasye melambangkan anak-anak YESUS, yaitu bangsa Israel asli dan kita bangsa-bangsa non Israel yang menerima keselamatan.
Tambahan: Kenapa Rahel berkata: "ALLAH telah menghapuskan aibku?"
Yakub mempunyai 2 istri kakak-beradik: Lea dan Rahel, anak-anak Laban. Ke-2 istri Yakub ini saling bersaing mendapatkan cintanya Yakub. Selama bertahun-tahun Rahel terpaksa memberikan budak perempuannya untuk ditiduri Yakub agar ia mempunyai anak, dan baru Yusuf-lah yang merupakan anak kandung pertamanya. Karena itu Rahel berkata: "ALLAH telah menghapuskan aibku?"
[Kejadian 30, 37 – 48]
Kejadian 30:23 Maka mengandunglah Rahel dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. erkatalah ia: "Allah telah menghapuskan aibku."
Yusuf adalah anak ke-11 dari Yakub. Seorang anak laki-laki yang tampan, lembut dan tulus hati. Karena itu Yakub sangat menyayanginya melebihi anak-anak yang lainnya. Yusuf dibuatkan jubah yang sangat indah. Hal ini membuat saudara-saudaranya merasa iri dan membencinya. Suatu kali Yusuf bermimpi yang artinya ayah-ibu dan saudara-saudaranya akan menyembah kepadanya. Maka semakin bencilah mereka terhadap Yusuf, sehingga diikhtiarkan untuk dibunuh.
Suatu kali Yakub menyuruhnya melihat keadaan saudara-saudaranya yang sedang menggembalakan kambing. Ini dijadikan kesempatan buat mereka untuk mengerjai Yusuf. Yusuf mereka jual ke seorang pedagang Arab dengan harga 20 syikal perak. Kemudian dibawa ke Mesir. Sementara itu jubah indah Yusuf mereka lumuri dengan darah domba, sehingga seolah-olah Yusuf mati diterkam binatang buas. Itulah yang mereka laporkan ke ayah mereka.
Sesampai di Mesir, Yusuf dijual ke Potifar, seorang kepala pengawal Firaun. Di rumah Potifar, Yusuf difitnah memperkosa istrinya sehingga ia dijebloskan ke penjara. Di dalam penjara Yusuf meramalkan nasib 2 orang hukuman, yang seorang akan mendapatkan pembebasan, sedangkan yang seorang akan dihukum mati. Dan ramalan itu benar-benar terjadi, sehingga sampailah Yusuf diminta untuk mengartikan mimpinya Firaun. Mimpi tentang 7 tahun kelimpahan pangan dan 7 tahun kelaparan.
Untuk mengantisipasi ramalan itu Firaun mengangkat Yusuf menjadi perdana menteri, supaya dia mengatur logistik masalah pangan itu. Suatu kedudukan yang hampir menyamai kedudukan Firaun. Dan ramalan Yusuf benar-benar terjadi. Seluruh dunia dilanda kelaparan hebat. Hanya Mesir saja yang memiliki persediaan makanan yang berlimpah. Hal ini memaksa keluarga besar Yakub untuk membeli gandum di Mesir dengan menyembah-nyembah Yusuf, tepat sebagaimana yang pernah dimimpikan Yusuf.
Akhirnya keluarga besar Yakub pindah ke Mesir dan diberi lokasi di Tanah Gosyen. Mereka tinggal di Mesir sekitar 400 tahun sampai nabi Musa membawa mereka keluar ke Palestina.
Kejadian 46:26 Semua orang yang tiba di Mesir bersama-sama dengan Yakub, yakni anak-anak kandungnya, dengan tidak terhitung isteri anak-anaknya, seluruhnya berjumlah enam puluh enam jiwa.
Kejadian 46:27 Anak-anak Yusuf yang lahir baginya di Mesir ada dua orang. Jadi keluarga Yakub yang tiba di Mesir, seluruhnya berjumlah tujuh puluh jiwa.
Untuk mengingat jasa Yusuf, maka bagian pusaka Yusuf dua bagian atas nama anak-anaknya, yakni: Efraim dan Manasye, sedangkan nama Yusuf tidak disebutkan lagi.
1. Arti nama Yusuf: "ALLAH telah menghapuskan aibku", yakni aib Rahel, istri Yakub/Israel.
"Istri" adalah lambang umat. ALLAH menganggap Israel sebagai istriNYA. Demikian pula YESUS Alkitab nyatakan sebagai Mempelai Laki-laki, sedangkan pertemuan YESUS dengan umatNYA dinyatakan sebagai "Perkawinan Anak Domba." – Wahyu 19:7. Jadi, Penebusan YESUS mempunyai makna menghapuskan aib umat manusia. [Kejadian 30:23]
2.Karena anak-anak Yakub berjumlah 13 orang, maka Yusuf mempunyai 12 saudara. Tapi tradisi Yahudi tidak memperhitungkan anak perempuan[Dina], maka anak-anak Yakub yang diperhitungkan adalah 12 orang, sehingga saudara-saudara Yusuf adalah 11 orang. Dina melambangkan Yudas Iskariot yang mengkhianati YESUS, sehingga dia dikeluarkan dari bilangan 12 murid YESUS. Jadi, 12 saudara Yusuf sama dengan 12 murid YESUS. Dina yang tidak masuk hitungan sama dengan Yudas Iskariot yang tidak masuk hitungan.
3.Sifat-sifat Yusuf yang rendah hati, lembut dan suci juga melambangkan sifat-sifat YESUS.
4.Yakub menyayangi Yusuf secara istimewa, sama seperti ALLAH yang menyayangi YESUS secara istimewa.
5.Yakub memberikan jubah yang maha indah untuk Yusuf sama seperti ALLAH yang mengaruniakan kebesaran untuk YESUS.
Ibrani 1:4 jauh lebih tinggi dari pada malaikat-malaikat, sama seperti nama yang dikaruniakan kepada-Nya jauh lebih indah dari pada nama mereka.
6.Yusuf diutus bapaknya untuk melihat-lihat keadaan saudara-saudaranya yang sedang menggembalakan kambing domba di Dotan, sama seperti YESUS yang diutus ALLAH ke dunia.
7.Jubah Yusuf dilumuri darah domba sebagai laporan seolah-olah Yusuf mati diterkam binatang buas, sama seperti YESUS yang mati dilumuri dosa-dosa kita.
8.Yusuf hidup dilaporkan mati, sama seperti YESUS yang mati dan hidup kembali.
9.Yusuf dijual ke Mesir dengan harga 20 syikal perak, sama seperti YESUS yang dijual Yudas Iskariot dengan harga 30 perak.
10.Yusuf difitnah memperkosa istri Potifar sama seperti YESUS yang difitnah melakukan kejahatan.
11.Yusuf dipenjara sama seperti YESUS di bukit Golgota[disalibkan].
12.Yusuf meramalkan nasib 2 orang hukuman, sama seperti YESUS yang disalibkan diantara 2 penjahat dan menetapkan nasib mereka; yang seorang diselamatkan dan yang seorang tidak diselamatkan.
13. Yusuf menjadi perdana menteri di Mesir sama seperti YESUS yang menjadi JURUSELAMAT dunia. Yusuf di Mesir untuk menyelamatkan dunia dari kelaparan sama seperti YESUS turun ke dunia untuk menyelamatkan dunia dari dosa.
14. Keluarga besar Yakub pergi ke Mesir untuk membeli gandum ke Yusuf sama seperti kita yang membeli keselamatan kepada YESUS.
15. Saudara-saudara Yusuf menyembah Yusuf sama seperti kita yang menyembah YESUS.
16. Bagi Yakub, Yusuf seolah-olah bangkit dari kematiannya sama seperti YESUS yang bangkit dari kematianNYA.
17. Keluarga Yakub diberi areal di tanah Gosyen sama seperti kita yang diberi wadah persekutuan, yaitu: Gereja Masehi Advent Hari Ketujuh.
Ibrani 4:9 Jadi masih tersedia suatu hari perhentian, hari ketujuh, bagi umat Allah.
18. Di Tanah Gosyen mereka menunggu jemputan nabi Musa untuk membebaskan mereka dari Mesir menuju ke Palestina, sama seperti kita menunggu kedatangan YESUS yang kedua kalinya untuk pergi ke kota Yerusalem baru[dari sorga].
19. Anak-anak Yusuf; Efraim dan Manasye melambangkan anak-anak YESUS, yaitu bangsa Israel asli dan kita bangsa-bangsa non Israel yang menerima keselamatan.
Tambahan: Kenapa Rahel berkata: "ALLAH telah menghapuskan aibku?"
Yakub mempunyai 2 istri kakak-beradik: Lea dan Rahel, anak-anak Laban. Ke-2 istri Yakub ini saling bersaing mendapatkan cintanya Yakub. Selama bertahun-tahun Rahel terpaksa memberikan budak perempuannya untuk ditiduri Yakub agar ia mempunyai anak, dan baru Yusuf-lah yang merupakan anak kandung pertamanya. Karena itu Rahel berkata: "ALLAH telah menghapuskan aibku?"
[Kejadian 30, 37 – 48]
Apr 1, 2013
Traffic and Link Building
Friends and Web traffic? The two might seem mutually exclusive. Friends are for sharing a relaxed drink, or some active adventure. Web traffic is strictly business and not for pestering friends with.
Actually, we are speaking of virtual friends that you acquire at social networking sites. For that matter, even real friends can help you if they are themselves writing blogs and Web pages. However, virtual friends are already on the Web and can typically offer much more. Let us focus on them.
How Can Friends Help You with Traffic and Links?
Being denizens of the Web world, your virtual friends are likely to write blogs, or put up websites. If they write about you on their blogs or web pages, people can come visiting through the links to your site these friends provide. And of course, they can vote for your article at the social bookmark site itself.
The issue is how to acquire friends and how to leverage their potential in generating Web traffic and providing links to your website. At the very start, let us add a word of caution. Select your networking site carefully. Pure "social" networking sites are mainly for social communications. Attempts at business promotion might lose friends, not win them.
There are networking sites like LinkedIn that are meant for business networking. Join such networks. At other networking sites, find and join the particular groups that discuss business.
How Do You Get Friends?
To be worthwhile, you have to acquire many friends, and establish helpful relationships with them. How do you manage this preliminary step?
Here are some tips:
- Use the site tools to import contacts from your email address books at Yahoo, MSN, Google and AOL. When you click the Import Contacts button, the site will ask you for the relevant mail username and password. If you type these in correctly for the concerned mail account, i.e. Yahoo etc, the tool will review all the email addresses in your address book, and tell you who among them are already registered in the network. You can then send them invitations to connect with you at the network, i.e. to become your friend.
- You can invite those who are not already members of the network site to become members, and become your friends.
- The networking sites also help you find members who have been with you at your school, or workplaces or other associations. You can then invite them to become your friends at the network.
- The network sites typically allow you to see the friends of your friends. If you go through these lists, you might find people whom you know, and can get connected with them through your friends.
- You can also check for friends by going through the members of groups that discusses things you are interested in. Join the group and connect with these friends.
- Take active part in the group discussions by commenting on other people's posts, making your own posts and dropping notes. You can then invite others to become your friend and others might invite you similarly.
You should soon cultivate a lot of friends, and can explore the possibility of establishing mutually helpful relationships with them. They can write about you in their blogs, provide links to your site, even interview you and publish the interview. You can return the favor in some way.
For the greatest effectiveness, attend to certain things:
- Focus on one or two networking sites, preferably business networking sites. Network effectively at these sites.
- When you invite people to connect with you, write personal messages pointing out your relationship, e.g. same school at about the same time. Don't use the standard impersonally message template provided by the site itself.
- Write interesting posts, comments, notes and other communications instead of blatantly self-serving ones.
If you work at it consistently and sensibly, you could cultivate numerous friends at social networking sites. You would then be able to explore the possibility of establishing business relationships with them and seek their help in getting traffic and links to your website.
Affiliate Program
Affiliate marketing can be a source of decent income for many individuals. A lot of people who are doing this earn anywhere from a few thousand dollars to a few dollars a month. If done right, or rather if you discover a way to do it right since there is no sure-fire method to succeed in affiliate marketing that can work for everyone, if there is, then everybody will be a millionaire. So if done right, affiliate marketing can become your source of passive income – you earn money without exerting too much effort and you have more time on your hands to spend on other things.
Affiliate marketing can also be a source of supplementary income, to help make ends meet or just a way to enable you to afford some little things like a new phone, clothes and shoes, a vacation, etc. The bottom line is, though a lot of people are skeptical about it, you can earn money by promoting other people's products or services.
One of the first things to do if you are venturing into this business is to look for a good affiliate program.
Affiliate marketing can also be a source of supplementary income, to help make ends meet or just a way to enable you to afford some little things like a new phone, clothes and shoes, a vacation, etc. The bottom line is, though a lot of people are skeptical about it, you can earn money by promoting other people's products or services.
One of the first things to do if you are venturing into this business is to look for a good affiliate program.
Hot Niche Market 2013 Affiliate Marketer
A niche market can dramatically change your fortunes. The challenge is of course in being able to find a profitable niche in the first place. Fortunately this is easy if you know exactly how to go about it. It becomes even easier when the hottest niches currently are revealed and you also get pointers to the kind of resources that will help you find even more on your own as well as gauge their potential.
Successful affiliate marketers know how to find a niche market and are constantly seeking new hot niches to help them make money. They really have no choice in the matter because even where their current niche market is doing well, there will always be another one out there that is even better. There is also the danger that their current niche may die out over time or have its' effectiveness reduce.
Here are 8 hot niches to consider for 2013
Tablets and Mobile Devices Niche
Tablets and mobile devices have become extremely popular and widespread. Clearly this is not a fad that will go away any time soon because the sales of these devices continues to rise rapidly. Indeed industry analysts and experts project that the users of these mobile devices will soon be more than those who use desktop PCs.
It is therefore no surprise that big software developers like Microsoft are now producing operating systems that are specifically designed for these mobile devices like Windows 8. Even without any niche research, this should be the clincher for anybody who may want to doubt just how hot a niche market this is for 2013.
Green Energy Niche
There is an increasing emphasis on green energy and the creation of services and products that are environment friendly. One just needs to look at what is happening in the car industry where the sales of Hybrid green energy vehicles or pure electric cars has been on the rise for a long time now. Contrary to all expectations buyers do not seem to mind spending more as long as they can play their part in saving the environment.
There are many ways in which an affiliate marketer or online entrepreneur can cash in on Green energy niche. You can choose to market versions of your product that are friendly to the environment. Or if you have some expertise on how best to save energy you can create eBooks and sell them online.
Online Education Niche
Traditional education has become pretty expensive in recent times. The result has been a huge and growing market of persons who never manage to complete their education. Learning online is the answer and it has numerous advantages. You can cash in on these trends by entering education online lucrative niche in 2013.
List Building Niche
Building permission based email lists is the secret behind the success of most online businesses and even many offline enterprises as well. This is a niche market where you can hardly go wrong.
There are plenty of opportunities in list building niche because this is a subject that most marketers are extremely interested in. From beginners to the most seasoned operators. You could easily target offline businesses as well and give them information and advice on how to best use email marketing to effectively generate an endless stream of hot leads and ultimately customers.
Personal Health Niche
Unity Stoakes, Start-up Health co-founder predicts that the personal health niche which deals with digital tools that help monitor and improve health will experience phenomenal growth in 2013. Personal health in general has been a growth niche for many years and this is well worth looking into.
Women Weight loss Niche
The women's weight loss niche market is an example of those market segments that retain their popularity irrespective of what time of the year it is. This is not surprising when you consider the fact that the vast majority of women in the United States are overweight and there is increasing awareness of the risks involved which means that more and more of them are seeking viable weight loss options.
Power Sleep Niche
People are sleeping less and demanding better sleep tools to ensure that the little sleep they get is of the highest quality possible. Figures show that Select Comfort grew 25% and Mattress Firm grew 39% in 2011. The growth projected for 2013 is expected to be even higher.
Investment and Retirement Niche
Investment for retirement and other types of investments as well are growing rapidly in popularity with people seeking all the best information they can get their hands on that will improve their investment portfolios. This is a niche where you can be sure you will never lack customers as long as you can provide viable top quality information to help people reap more from their investments.
Successful affiliate marketers know how to find a niche market and are constantly seeking new hot niches to help them make money. They really have no choice in the matter because even where their current niche market is doing well, there will always be another one out there that is even better. There is also the danger that their current niche may die out over time or have its' effectiveness reduce.
Here are 8 hot niches to consider for 2013
Tablets and Mobile Devices Niche
Tablets and mobile devices have become extremely popular and widespread. Clearly this is not a fad that will go away any time soon because the sales of these devices continues to rise rapidly. Indeed industry analysts and experts project that the users of these mobile devices will soon be more than those who use desktop PCs.
It is therefore no surprise that big software developers like Microsoft are now producing operating systems that are specifically designed for these mobile devices like Windows 8. Even without any niche research, this should be the clincher for anybody who may want to doubt just how hot a niche market this is for 2013.
Green Energy Niche
There is an increasing emphasis on green energy and the creation of services and products that are environment friendly. One just needs to look at what is happening in the car industry where the sales of Hybrid green energy vehicles or pure electric cars has been on the rise for a long time now. Contrary to all expectations buyers do not seem to mind spending more as long as they can play their part in saving the environment.
There are many ways in which an affiliate marketer or online entrepreneur can cash in on Green energy niche. You can choose to market versions of your product that are friendly to the environment. Or if you have some expertise on how best to save energy you can create eBooks and sell them online.
Online Education Niche
Traditional education has become pretty expensive in recent times. The result has been a huge and growing market of persons who never manage to complete their education. Learning online is the answer and it has numerous advantages. You can cash in on these trends by entering education online lucrative niche in 2013.
List Building Niche
Building permission based email lists is the secret behind the success of most online businesses and even many offline enterprises as well. This is a niche market where you can hardly go wrong.
There are plenty of opportunities in list building niche because this is a subject that most marketers are extremely interested in. From beginners to the most seasoned operators. You could easily target offline businesses as well and give them information and advice on how to best use email marketing to effectively generate an endless stream of hot leads and ultimately customers.
Personal Health Niche
Unity Stoakes, Start-up Health co-founder predicts that the personal health niche which deals with digital tools that help monitor and improve health will experience phenomenal growth in 2013. Personal health in general has been a growth niche for many years and this is well worth looking into.
Women Weight loss Niche
The women's weight loss niche market is an example of those market segments that retain their popularity irrespective of what time of the year it is. This is not surprising when you consider the fact that the vast majority of women in the United States are overweight and there is increasing awareness of the risks involved which means that more and more of them are seeking viable weight loss options.
Power Sleep Niche
People are sleeping less and demanding better sleep tools to ensure that the little sleep they get is of the highest quality possible. Figures show that Select Comfort grew 25% and Mattress Firm grew 39% in 2011. The growth projected for 2013 is expected to be even higher.
Investment and Retirement Niche
Investment for retirement and other types of investments as well are growing rapidly in popularity with people seeking all the best information they can get their hands on that will improve their investment portfolios. This is a niche where you can be sure you will never lack customers as long as you can provide viable top quality information to help people reap more from their investments.
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