How to Write Articles On Bukisa: Types

Bukisa is still a very difficult site for me in terms of making money. The problem is that you need to figure out what type of article you need to write for the site. Many sites have certain types of articles that each site has. There is one type of article to write on eHow, which is How-to articles. I found an article on the official Bukisa Blog that has the Highest Earner on Bukisa giving tips on how to write and earn. In 2009 he made $2.527.10 with only 198 published online. It is a very inspiring article which you should read. Basically, he tells us that you should write articles that are interesting, entertaining, educational and relevant. If they have atleast 2 or more than you should go right ahead and write about it. If not, than you are wasting your time. If you haven't yet, I suggest you sign-up for a free account at Bukisa and start getting paid to write.

I looked through a lot of his articles I discovered that he has a lot of list type articles. I would say the 3/4 of all his articles are lists about "The Worlds Fastest..." or "The Worlds Largest..." One of his articles is "The World's Fastest Trains." And he has about 10 or 20 trains which are the fastest trains in the world. He simply does the research, includes a picture of it and then writes a paragraph or two on each train. It's a very simple formula, but a very good one. Therefore, I do believe that taking advantage of the List format is important for earning on sites like Bukisa. The only way you earn from bukisa is from how many page views you recieve. The list format or the "Worlds Greatest..." format is a great way to get visitors. They learn something and who doesn't want to read about something cool like "The Most Expensive Cars."

I believe I am going to take advantage of this and see how it works out. I do not believe I am going to make as much money, at first, as this Nobert Bermosa because now that the "Secret" is out many people will copy his advice. I do hope Nobert the best in 2010 but I am definitely going to take advantage of the "Best of" type of articles. The great thing about this is because you can have so many possibilities for articles of that nature. I'll keep you up-dated on how this works out for me. Hopefully this idea will give you a better idea on how to make money online from Bukisa.

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Work Smart, Not Hard Online

I have been thinking about the way I work online and if it is affecting how I earn. I have been making money online for a few months and I must say that I do love it. But I do not think I am working in a smart way. I can say that I have been working hard because I wrote over 200 ehow articles in less than a month in the summer. But, I don't think working hard is the best way to make money online. You have to work in a smart way so you can really see your money grow. Writing one really good article every day is a lot better than writing ten short and crappy articles a day. That is why it's important to really think about how you work, I believe the saying is "Work Smart, not Hard."

I work on several sites and I make money from all of them. However the way I work is probably not the best way. As of now, I have been trying to work on one site at a time and just forget about the others. Instead, I should have been working on all the sites so they can all grow at the same time. Neglecting one site while working on another is going to stop for me. Instead, I will work on several so I can maximize my income for each. I think I will have a weekly 'to-do' list instead that will get me to do some work on most (if not all) of the sites. For example, I might say I want to get at least 3 articles, 10 amazon links, 20 bookmarks and 4 blog posts. I don't have to do all of these tasks every day. I might write an article and 2 blog posts one day and the next I could post 6 bookmarks. This will help me avoid burn out and really keep it energized to making money online.

For January and February, I have an idea on which sites I want to work on. These sites are going to be Ehow, Amazon, Triond, Redgage and Bukisa. I think this will be good because I have a good amount of sites so I don't get bored and diversify my earnings. That's a very important thing when you make money online anyway. If you are just making money from one site and if that site shuts down or something happens where your earning drastically decrease you are going to panic. I can write articles one day, put some bookmarks another day or edit articles that I have already written. I'll keep you updated on how this change increases or decreases my earnings. I hope this helps you and gives you some ideas on how you can make money online.

Xomba: How to Earn Money with Xomblurbs

I wanted to write this article about Xomblurbs because I feel there is still a lot of things I don't know about Xomba. I have been a member for a few months now and have become aware of some of the top earners to the site. Some of these writers make over $1,000 in adsense income. Keep in mind, this is all residual income so even after they stop writing on Xomba (as long as Xomba is still running) they will still earn that money. I have donw some researched on Xomba and discovered a great deal about how to make money with them. Especially with using the Xomblurbs. Here is what I have discovered.

First of all, Xomblurbs are the short 50-word bookmarks you can write and include a link to whatever website you are promoting. It is a very easy 'article' to write and you can add a web url. If you want to learn more about Xomba read my post about here. Anyway, I found that the majority of content contributed by the top earners consisted of Xomblurbs. Some of these earners have a few hundred Xombytes (basic articles) and over 1,000 xomblurbs. As I said before, these writers make over $1,000 in residual income so they must be doing something correctly. After doing some research on Xomblurbs I found what are some good things you can post a Xomblurb about. Here they are:


Bookmark Your Articles From Other Sites:
I found that many writers on Xomba are bookmarking their articles from other websites like Ehow, Bukisa or Info Barrel. This is a great idea because you can earn from two sites rather than one. You willl earn a backlink for your article which search engines love. The backlink will increase your search engine optimization and will rank your articles higher on search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. Also, you still have the opportunity to earn clicks from the ads placed on your Xomblurb bookmark. Some online earnings shake their heads when they see others bookmarking there own articles. Quite frankly, you have to make that decision for yourself.

Bookmark Amazon Affiliate Links:
I tremendous idea that I discovered a few days ago was that you can bookmark Amazon affiliate contextual ads. Bookmarking these is one of the best ideas because you don't have to worry about niche topics. If you were posting on a blog or website, your ads should be related to the topics you write about. However, if you are writing a post on Xomba you can post any Amazon product without worry. If you want more information about this you should check out my precious post. 

Bookmark Coupons:
A great number of earners on Xomba post a great deal of coupons on the site. I would say that 3/4 of the content of one high earner simply bookmarks coupons. You may think that there may not be a great amount of money in doing this but there is. Also, keep in mind that there are ways you can earn money from getting readers to get the coupon. So the writer who is posting these coupons will earn from both Xomba and the coupon site. The great thing about bookmarking coupons is that they are easy to post and many people don't mind saving a $1 on products. You will be surprised how many page views you will get from posting a coupon about saving $1 on ice cream. Give it a try.

Bookmark Your Blog Posts:
If you own a blog you know how important it is to market that blog. Why not earn from two sites by bookmarking all of your blog posts. The more blog posts you have the better. You can still earn from Adsense by way of Xomba and if you have ads on your own blog you could earn more from there as well. Doing this will give you a backlink which is helpful for any blog.

Ways to Increase Amazon Affiliate Earnings

I've been using Amazon for a bit but still haven't been able to 'figure it out.' Which is why I am writing this article to learn how to do it. I have been researching on the web about how to make money with Amazon Associates and have accumulated a fair amount of information. There is a great deal of things that I am missing and I'm glad I did do the research to learn how to improve upon my mistakes. I hope that you will learn something as well by reading this post. OK, here we go:

Customize Your html code:
Make sure that if you are using the banner ads like the widgets that you blend it in with your website. This is a good thing because you can make your amazon links not look like ads which will make your reader ignore them easier. Also, this will help you because it will make your site look more professional.

Make sure the products relate to your site:
Customize the products that will end up on your site if you are not using contextual ads. If you have banner ads that show four or five products some of the links my be completely unrelated to your site. If you have a blog about football sporting gear it wouldn't make any sense to have products related to deep sea diving or new music CD's. If you have a website, you know that importance of keeping your site very niche and towards a certain audience. So why not have your products from Amazon be on your site too. It is only wise to have that done to help increase click rate and sale conversions.

Review certain products you have used:
If you know of any products that you have used at Amazon give them a proper review. Maybe you have read a book, electronic products, bought a video recorder, etc. give it a review and include a link to amazon for the product. Just be sure your review is thorough enough for readers to actually want to buy the product. You don't really have to have a website to do this either. You can write a review of a product on sites like Bukisa or Xomba if you wanted. People like to read reviews because they want to know what they can expect if they wish to buy it. Try to review a products that may have a sale or discount price on them. Or, try to review products that are selling fast because they are already popular.


Have A good amount of Traffic:
Having a good amount of traffic coming to your site is key if you want to make money online in general. But it is even more important if you want to make money with Amazon Associates. The more traffic you have coming to your site (or articles) the better rate of conversions to sales you will have. So keep writing or posting on your blog, Ehow, Xomba, Bukisa, Infobarrel or where ever you make money online to increase your traffic. It can not be stress enough how important it is that you have visitors coming in if you want to be successful at being an Amazon Affiliate. If you have a good amount of Amazon Affiliate links on the web and earning traffic to them you will see the sales come in.

Get readers into the buying mood:
As you already know, Amazon is a place on the web where you go to purchase products. If you want them to buy products from Amazon you will have to get visitors in (or who are already in) the buying mood. For example, say you have a blog about all the technical aspects of making independent movies. You are going to write about all the things you may need to make a movie; that may include film locations, setting mood, editing, ways to get sound effects, etc. Though your site might be good and are earning a good amount of visitors everyday they still are not in that buying mood. You will have to write about great cameras to film on, sound equipment, lighting equipment or other filming equipment that will be helpful/necessary on a film shoot. You can then include your Amazon affiliate links to get people to visit amazon. You can make top ten lists of the Best Cameras to Film on for Cheap or whatever you can think of and include affiliate links to all of them to Amazon. This will get visitors looking to buy products to your site and click on your affiliate links to earn you your commission.

Let amazon do it's thing:
Once you get visitors to click on your link, if they buy anything on Amazon you will earn a commission for that. Which is great if they took a look at the product you were promoting but deciding to buy a different one. Also, you will earn a commission for every other product they buy after they click on your affiliate link. I usually buy more than one item when I shop at Amazon and I know several others do as well. The best thing about being an Amazon Affiliate is that the website is very well known and trusted by many people. If you are big in the affiliate marketing world, you may know of sites like ClickBank and Commission Junction. Some of the products on these sites may be harder to get a sale from because they are unknown products and are sold from an unknown site. With Amazon, you don't need to worry about any of those issues. Just get your visitors in that 'door' and let Amazon do what it does best. 

Include Best Sellers Lists:
Take a look at some of the best sellers list on several well established sites like New York Times, Barns&Nobles or (of course) Amazon. They are a great way to see what people are buying and there may be some products that are related to your site. Back to the movie example, you could post on your site the top ten best selling video cameras and include your Amazon affiliate link for all of them. Make sure you keep updating this page every few weeks as they will change and fluctuate from time to time. This can help you earn a good amount of sells because a 'best sellers' list automatically tells a customers several things: the product works and people like the product a lot.

Hope these tips helped you in some way. I will be adding more tips on How to make money with Amazon Associates so stay posted. Good Luck with these tips for now.