One thing that many internet marketers (or any business that goes online to build business) tend to forget in their campaigns is Anchor Text backlinks.  First of all, building backlinks to your website is extremely important, but if you are not doing it correctly, you can really hurt yourself in the long run.  Second, when you are building backlinks, you need to make sure that you are using anchor text (text that is relevant to the content on your site).  Doing this correctly will not only show the top search engines that your site is important, but it will also show them just what your site is all about and what keywords they should rank your site for (does that make sense???).

So many people will write amazing content to submit to all of the article directories and web 2.0 sites.  They will do their keyword research.  They will have the proper keyword density in their content.  They will write relevant articles that will make people really want to go to their site to continue reading.  Bad news is that 75% of these people will then put something in their author bio like this:

“For More Information on how to correctly choose the best wedding planner for your upcoming wedding, click here!

WRONG!  Now, when Google is out crawling all of these article directories, it will see the words “click here” and think that that word or phrase is relevant to your website!  Really, what the hell does “click here” have to do with your website?  Absolutely NOTHING!  You are hurting yourself.  If someone goes into google to look for a wedding planner, do you really think they are going to type “click here” and hope to find the best wedding planner?  What the most common bride to be is going to type into google is:  best wedding planner in Dallas, or cheapest wedding planners in the Dallas area or something like that.  How about you create a bio box like this:

If you would like to speak to the best wedding planner in Dallas, please contact Kaye at Dallas Platinum Weddings.  She can show you what she can do to make your wedding ideas become a dream come true!

Not only does this sound more appealing, but the more articles that you have out there with this type of anchor text, the higher google will rank you for this keyword or phrase.  This is how you are going to start building business!

In the next post, I will share with you the ways that I go about getting one way anchor text backlinks.  I will show you where to go, how to do it, and how some can and will be more important than others!

If you like this article or found it helpful, please feel free to retweet it or share it with your friends~

Until next time,

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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Using One-Way Anchor Text Backlinks

Man it sure has been a long time since I have been able to make a post!

I have been so busy with everything!  Life is an amazing thing.  You only get to go through it once, and you sure as hell better do everything that you can to make it enjoyable.  That is what I have been trying to do.

In addition to having a beautiful baby girl (Chloe Nicole Jensen), my wife and I have been working on a few other things.  Being that my wife is on maternity leave right now, she has taken the role of wedding coordinator for her sisters upcoming wedding.  I have never seen her as happy as she is while doing all of this work for the upcoming wedding.  We have taken this passion and we are creating a new business for her.  So, if you know anyone that is getting married in the Dallas area, please have them check out Dallas Platinum Weddings.

In addition to this, I have been working with a god friend of mine on a website that is more for fun (Bash Your Co-Worker).  As you can see, with this site, I am actually taking a step away from in your face internet marketing, and taking what I have learned to do what I enjoy (build, maintain, and market websites).  The good news is that once this site is getting a certain amount of daily traffic, I can start selling ad space on this site.  Talk about easy money!  People will pay you on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis to place their ads on your busy site!

Anyway, I have decided to start focusing more time back to this blog since I have finally got these other sites up and running, and now I just have to maintain!

Do what you love!  Talk about what you are passionate about!  It pisses me off when people say that they can not pick a niche to try to make money.  You can make money in ANY market you can think of.  If you enjoy something, start writing about it.  Talk about it, make videos about it, write articles about it.  If you enjoy something, chances are you will have a lot of other people online that are interested in what you have to say.  Get readers, get followers, get daily traffic, and sell ad space!  It is really pretty easy.

It is going to take time to get a following and get that daily traffic, but if you are writing or blogging about something that you are passionate about, it should be pretty easy to keep it up.

Anyone see that movie Julie and Julia?  Stories like that happen every day.  Yeah, it was not easy for he at first, but she ended up doing so well that they made a movie about her (think that gig paid very well???).

Here are the links to the things that I am working on.

www.chloejensen.com —-> MY BABY!!!

www.dallasplatinumweddings.com —-> My Wife’s Future

www.bashyourcoworker.com —> Did someone piss you off at work today???

Remember one thing:  YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE!  LIVE IT LIKE EVERY DAY IS YOUR LAST!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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Passion and Money

Good Evening Everyone!

I know that it has been a while, but I have been so busy!

My wife is just over a month away from giving birth to our first baby! I was recently promoted, so I am working a little bit more in my real job. I have been building, developing, and marketing about 15 affiliate websites (which brings me to the reason of this post).

I have decided to focus all of my efforts on about 5 sites that I have a lot of interest in, and I have decided to put the rest of them (good, but no interest) up for sale. I thought about using flippa.com, but I thought that I would start here. I will be taking bids through responses. All of the sites have a starting bid of $50, and I have a reserve that I will not go below. If you are interested in any of these sites, please reply to the post with a bid, or you can send me a private email at chris@askchrisjensen.com.

I have so many people that are here on a daily basis that I would like to offer these sites to before I try to sell them on Flippa. All of the sites listed were built using Wordpress with the custom and premium Thesis theme. They all have different forms of monetization ranging from CPA to CJ affiliate program to Ebay Partnet Network to Google Adsense to Clickbank products to Amazon products.

Some of them have opt ins with follow up messages. Some of them are getting traffic (even though I have not done anything except basic SEO and some social bookmarking).

Here is the list. If you have any questions about any of them, please let me know. I will be more than happy to get the sites over to your hosting company. I will only be accepting Paypal. If you do not know if you can get accepted into the programs that are being promoted, please do not try to buy until you get accepted (I have ads from Maxbounty’s CPA program and Ebay Partner Network). There is one site that was built for the sole purpose of Wealthy Affiliate. You cannot promote Wealthy Affiliate if you are not a member, so if you are not a member, please do not try to get mrwealthyaffiliate dot com.

http://buycommercialrefrigerators.com

http://escamakeupshop.com

http://getbabytosleeptonight.com

http://kegeratorheaven.com

http://mrwealthyaffiliate.com

http://perfectgasgrill.com

http://usedrvshop.com

http://winbackyourtruelove.com

Please check out the sites and let me know what you think. I would be more than happy to change anything about any of the sites to make them more appealing to you. If you are interested in traffic and statistical information about any of the sites, just let me know.

If you know anyone that might be interested in any of these sites, please let them know!

Feel free to comment, share, and re-tweet for all of your friends!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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Multiple Websites For Sale

Good Afternoon!

Today I would like to talk with you a little about Forum Marketing. Forum Marketing has so many benefits, but for one reason or another, so many marketers tend to leave this huge step out of their marketing efforts. I have to admit, I too have been too lazy to take advantage of the many benefits of forum marketing in the past.

Forum Marketing is so easy that if you do not enjoy what you are promoting, it can be boring. It can be a beating! But, if you can take the time, or spend the money to outsource, this can be an amazing benefit to whatever site you are wanting to promote.

There are hundreds to thousands of forums for just about anything that you can think about. No matter what niche you are in, you can find forums to take part in. I suggest going to Google and typing in whatever your niche is along with the word forum. From here, you need to join a few, get set up, and start making a name for yourself.

You want to make sure that you are using proper forum etiquette. Do not just go in there and start throwing up links and promotions. If you do not get kicked out or banned, you will most likely be ignored.

I suggest that you go in, make some friends, give some advice, participate in debates, and give all that you can give. Once people see that you are a regular guy or girl, they are going to be more willing to see what you are all about. If people are interested in your knowledge and input, they are much more willing to check out the information that you have available in your signature.

Not only can you start getting some pretty decent traffic to your site, but every time that you post, you will be adding more back links to your site.

So, you get traffic, you build relationships that can be very beneficial down the road, an finally, your site will be gaining authority with the search engines for your niche! To me, there is no reason to leave this crucial step out of ANY campaign that you ever build.

Please know that this is just my opinion. I have been doing this for a while now, and like I said, I have left this step out of a few of my campaigns. It makes such a huge difference that it has become a part of my daily routine for each of my niches.

I hope that this information is helpful to you! If you are liking what you are reading or have any questions, please let me know. Feel free to re-tweet this and share it with your friends!

I hope that you had a great 4th of July!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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What’s the Point of Forum Marketing?

Hello Everyone!

I tend to roam through forums throughout the day on a daily basis, and I have noticed that newbies are always saying that they are having trouble coming up with a new niche to market. I must admit, when I first started out, I was looking for high paying affiliate products. I would find products, and then from there, I would try to build niche sites to sell these products. In my opinion, with all that I have learned, this is definitely the wrong way to approach niche marketing.

If you are just starting out and you are interested in niche marketing, I would definitely try to find a niche that you are interested in first. Internet Marketing is painful enough. Do not make it harder on yourself by going into a niche that you know absolutely nothing about. I recommend that you start out in a niche that you are familiar with, or if possible, look into your hobbies. You will be doing a lot of writing, and it is a hell of a lot easier to write about something that you are familiar with.

I recently came across this great report that has a few hundred niches that many people do not ever think about looking into. Take a look at this list and let me know what you think. Just about every niche in this list has some sort of product that you can market. If you cannot find a product, create your own! I will get into this a little more at a later date.

A Few Hundred Niches

If you have any questions or comments about this report, please let me know! I would love to help you get started if you are having trouble.

If you like what you see, please feel free to re-tweet this post or share it with a friend!

Have a great day!

Go Hard or Go Home~

Chris Jense

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Niche Marketing | Finding a New Niche

Good Afternoon!

I was just thinking about something today that I see and hear all too often. I am always reading in forums that people are so excited because their blog or article is ranked number 1 in Google for their keyword, but they are upset and asking why they are not making any sales. Do not get me wrong, being number 1 in the eyes of Google is great, but many times it is not always going to yield the results that you are hoping for.

So you built a great looking site! Or did you?

You wrote a great article selling the latest e-book about Internet Marketing! Or did you?

Just because you are number 1 with Google does not mean that your site or article is going to convert. Did you spend any time making your site look good? Did you make it appealing to your targeted audience? Did you provide great content and advise?

I see too many sites pop up in the number 1 spot that are UGLY! They did not write great structured content. They tried to write for Google instead of writing for their targeted audience. Then, half of what they wrote did not make sense. It was a bunch of crap thrown together with their keywords sprinkled every few sentences. I probably do what 100% of your potential buyers do: Hit the back button and go to the next page!

If you are feeling me on this, then I would like for you to take a little time to revamp your site. Give it some character. Give it well structured content. Give advise. Do not just sell, sell, sell. People do not want this. They want to know how to find whatever it is that they are looking for.

Get your visitors to trust you. Make them want to come back. Give them something for free (you can use this to build a list).

All I am saying is this, “Yes, you do want to get noticed and ranked in Google’s algorithms, but if all that you serve up is crap, that is all that you will get in terms of results.”

I hope that you find this helpful, an I look forward to your comments and arguments!

If you like what I have to say, feel free to re-tweet this or share it with all of your struggling Internet Marketing buddies!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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Number 1 Spot In Google But Not Making Any Sales?

Good Morning!

I am just going to do a quick post today to recognize SiteFling.com’s 30 Day Apprentice Challenge.  This challenge was a great opportunity for me as well as many other people.  I know that I learned a lot of things about building a successful Internet Marketing business, and I am very thankful for all of the information that I learned.  All of this would not have been possible without a couple of great people named Justin and Chaunna Brooke.  Justin and Chaunna are the masterminds behind SiteFling.com, and they put together a great contest for their visitors.  Without them, you would not be looking at this blog today.

In addition to all of the hard work and dedication that Justin and Chaunna put into this competition, I would also really like to thank each and every one of the contestants that stuck it out until the end.  Because of these great people, I pushed my limits to compete with these great minds.  This is going to take a little bit of space, but I would like to thank each person by name.  These great people worked every day for 30 days straight to provide a little bit of themselves to the world wide web!

Justin and Chaunna Brooke

Blog: http://sitefling.com/blog

Twitter: http://twitter.com/justinbrooke, http://twitter.com/chaunna

Jason Benfield

Blog: http://www.jaysmastermind.com

Bill Romer

Blog: http://askbillromer.com

Neal Battaglia

Blog: http://saxstation.com

Joe Butler

Blog: http://whoisjoebutler.com

Keith Ng

Blog: http://masterkeith.com

Julie Wood

Blog: http://juliewoodblog.com

Eddie “Red-Dayton”

Blog: http://reds-web.com

Jeffrey Mireault

Blog: http://JeffreyMireault.com

Pam Brechlin

Blog: http://pambrechlin.com

Clint Anderson

Blog: http://askclintanderson.com

Maggie David

Blog: http://askmaggiedavid.com

Eric Transue

Blog: http://erictransue.com

Jean Francois Cormier

Blog: http://cormierjf.com

Robin and Travis

Blog: http://robinandtravis.com

Yvonne Maddox

Blog: http://yvonnem.com

Paul Clutterbuck

Blog: http://paulclutterbuck.com

Ray Miller

Blog: http://raymillerblog.com

David Rosemill

Blog: http://davidrosemill.com

Michael Hartzell

Blog: http://michaelhartzell.com/blog

Zack Powell

Blog: http://homebasedbusiness101.com

Great job to everyone that made it this far!  I know that I am missing a few, so if you do not see your info, let me know and I will get you added to the list ASAP!  I really look forward to working with all of you in the future!  Best of luck to each of you!  Justin and Chaunna will be announcing their winner on Tuesday, June 23.

Please check out these amazing blogs, and do not foget to follow these guys and gals on Twitter, because I can promise you that you will be getting a lot of great information!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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SiteFling.com 30 Day Apprentice Challenge

Affiliate Marketing is by far one of the easiest ways to make money online. It is a revenue sharing business relationship between the affiliate who agrees to promote the products or services, and the merchant who offers them.

The affiliate advertises the merchant’s products and services and gets a commission for every successful referral. Every time a customer is referred to the merchant’s site through the affiliate’s efforts, and makes a purchase, the affiliate gets a share of the profit. No payment is due to the affiliate until successful results are realized. Compensation is based on either number of visits, registrant, or commission for each sale.

Affiliate Marketers can earn a few bucks to thousands of dollars with affiliate programs. The opportunity to earn in affiliate marketing can only be limited by the affiliate’s determination, creativity and strategy. It is a brilliant way to earn online, and you do not have to produce your own product or service to make a buck. By advertising your merchant’s products passionately, you get more in return. Profits in affiliate marketing usually start small but can get larger as the campaign starts to build up steam.

There are many things that an affiliate marketer can do to maximize their profits. If you ask any affiliate marketer how many affiliate checks they would want to receive, they will most likely want to get as many as possible. Some affiliate checks are small, amounting to nothing more than $25. While others are large and can easily reach the thousands and even more. Over time, these affiliate checks may build up to a really impressive amount. However, making a fortune in affiliate marketing is not instant. You must be willing to put in enough work and effort as well. You have to use your imagination to find more ways to attract more web traffic that can convert to sales for the merchant and profit for you as well.

How many affiliate checks do you want to receive? Most affiliate marketers will enthusiastically reply that they want to receive as many affiliate checks as possible. However, is it as easy as it sounds? Does joining many affiliate marketers guarantee more affiliate checks that really amount to something? The answer is No. Most affiliate marketers assume that joining multiple affiliate programs is a wise option. Many people think that it is very easy to join affiliate programs and there is really nothing to lose, so many affiliate marketers are tempted to join as many programs they can get their hands on. Thus, they fail to give their affiliate programs enough attention and work that they ought to receive. The maximum potential of the affiliate programs are not realized and the resulting income from these programs will almost certainly be disappointing.

The best way to achieve multiple streams of income is to concentrate on one affiliate program first. Choose a product or service that you can promote passionately. Pick a product in which you have complete trust. The best products and services to promote are those that you use personally. Your prospects will be able to sense your sincerity whenever you promote a product that you have experienced. This will greatly enhance your credibility as well as your product’s marketability and will really encourage your visitor to purchase the product or service.

As soon as your first affiliate program is making a reasonable profit then you can proceed to joining another affiliate program and repeat the process. “Too much, too soon” is a common pitfall in affiliate marketing. Joining too many affiliate programs simultaneously in the hopes of having multiple streams of income simply does not work.

Focus first on one affiliate program and work on it so that it makes a good profit. Then, go find another promising program and give it your best effort. The question should not be how many affiliate checks you want to receive, but how many “high-paying” affiliate checks can you receive. The answer lies in your determination to succeed and determination to maximize your earning potential. With the right tools, the right actions, and perseverance you can definitely make a good profit out of affiliate marketing.

I hope that you are able to use this to your advantage.  When I first started out, I joined every affiliate program that I could find.  This is why it took me just over a year to start seeing profits.  If you take this advice and start out building one campaign at a time you will become much more successful.  If you have any questions, please let me know!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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Write Your Own Affiliate Checks?

Are you wondering what you need to do to improve page rank for your website?

I have been reading a lot of things in a lot of the marketing forums about what you need to do to improve page rank. I have heard that quality content is important. I have heard that unique up-to-date content is king. And finally, I have heard that you need to have quality back links. If you ask me, I would say that back links are what you need to get the page rank that you are looking for.

There are many ways to go about getting back links. You can write articles. You can submit your site to directories. You can visit forums and post with your links in your signature. You can post on other people’s blogs. The possibilities are endless. I have heard that you need thousands of back links to begin seeing an increase in your page rank.

I found a cool website that offers two free downloads. If you want to improve page rank, check out IM Wish List. Here you can download an article submitting program and they also offer a program that will submit your site to multiple directories. This is a program that is manual (meaning that you will fill out a form and then manually submit your info to hundreds of sites). There are programs that you can buy that will do all of this for you with the click of the mouse, but if you are just starting out and not wanting to spend money, these two tools will be very beneficial in helping you improve page rank.

Also, for another money making idea…

You can download this program and then sell your services to others for a fee. Many people that are already making money are always looking to outsource. Go to Warrior Forums or Digital Point forum and make posts letting people know that you will help them improve page rank by submitting their sites to ### directories for $###. You submit their sites, then you get paid.

Like I said, if you really want to improve page rank for your sites, but you do not want to spend any money. . .check out IM Wish List now~!

I look forward to hearing from you, and I really hope that you are able to find great use with these two new tools!

Go Hard or Go Home!
Chris Jensen

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Improve Page Rank for Your Site

I know that I am a few days late putting this information out, but I wanted to make sure that you are aware of this.  If you are into Internet Marketing, there is a good chance that you have purchased a domain.  Yes, I know that domains are really not that expensive, but if you can get them for free, why not take advantage of it?

Starting on June 3rd and going until June 18th, NameCheap.com is running a Twitter Travel contest where they will be giving away prizes every hour.  They will be giving away three domain names every hour on the hour for two weeks. The top two players and one person at random will win $1000 each towards the vacation of their choice. Three players will win Canon PowerShot D10s.

So now you ask. . . How do I win?

You will need to sign-up for a free Twitter account and follow Namecheap by clicking here. NameCheap will be posting a trivia question every hour on the hour starting from June 3rd 11 am EST – June 18th 10 am EST. Three people who reply to the tweet with the correct answer will get a $9.69 credit to their NameCheap account.  If you have been holding out on purchasing a new domain, here is your chance!

The first person to reply to the tweet with the correct answer will receive a $9.69 credit to their NameCheap account. Two other domain winners will be picked at random, so don’t give up if you aren’t the first.  NameCheap will announce the winners and answers on Twitter. To claim the credit, you should link your NameCheap account to your twitter account (click here to find out how to do this).

I hope that this has been helpful for you!  The competition for this is pretty heavy, but just answer and even if you are not the first to answer, because of the random drawings, you still have a chance!  I look forward to your questions and comments below!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

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Namecheap.com Twitter Travel Contest