Liane Bate
Liane Bate owns a Plug-in Profit Site web business, and is author of 119 articles related to online business and internet marketing. Visit the website below for more information.
Articles by Liane Bate
May 30, 2009
Make Money Online With the Clickbank Code
February 22, 2009
Discover the personal qualities it takes to have and learn in order to successfully start making money at home with an online or other home business.
January 26, 2008
Are you wondering if you can really run a home business opportunity online completely on autopilot? Read this article to find out if it's possible or not.
January 23, 2008
Are technology and your online marketing business ruining your social skills? Learn how techno-gadgets may be the cause of your losing potential and existing customers, and the importance of maintaining in-person contacts.
December 10, 2007
An easy way to start making money at home almost effortlessly with your online business is to set up a Clickbank website. This site would offer electronic products available through the Clickbank marketplace that you can sell as an affiliate and earn commissions from. Clickbank is probably the be...
December 02, 2007
The Home Business Niche Article Club, part of the Just Articles article writing service, has become an important addition to my Plug-in Profit Site web business.
I don't pay for a lot of advertising for my Plug-in Profit Site, but if you're going to pay, it may as well be for something that will ...
November 26, 2007
Starting an online business is something that many people are seeking as a way out of their regular jobs and routine. Many believe it will be easy, and are later disappointed when they find out it takes as much work, if not more, than a regular job.
That's why it's so very important to start an ...
October 22, 2007
You may have heard of the phrase "pay it forward" and not really understood what it meant before. If you have understood the concept, then you may not have put it into practice yet, or realized how it can relate to your home business opportunity online.
To "pay it forward" means that when you ha...
October 07, 2007
When you own and operate an online business, your number one concern is most likely how to get more visitors to your money making website so that they can see the products and services you offer, and hopefully make a purchase.
When you think of visitors you might think of customers walking into a...
September 28, 2007
An online marketing business can be very complex when you think of all the ways you can market a business online. You may decide to choose one or two main methods of internet marketing, or you may choose several techniques.
If you're a seasoned internet marketer with an online marketing business...
September 21, 2007
If you have been hunting around for a good money making opportunity online, then you've likely already read a lot about blogs and how they can be very profitable if you set them up right.
You may wonder how true it is that blogs can actually be a great money making opportunity all by themselves, ...
September 14, 2007
Blogging is becoming a very popular thing in the internet world lately because people are realizing that you can actually make money online now with good blogging techniques. If you know what you're doing with a blog, then chances are you can monetize it and make a good buck doing it. The problem ...
September 10, 2007
If you have an online marketing business, chances are pretty good that you are desperately seeking blog traffic. Setting up a blog is easy-peasy, but finding content for it that makes readers come back for more can be much more difficult. The internet is a huge network of people all trying to acco...
September 05, 2007
Are you wondering what all the hoopla is about blogging? Are you wondering if it's worth your time and energy to start one, or more than one blog? Are you curious to know if blogging is going to be the secret weapon that helps you start making money from home? Many online business owners ask thes...
August 27, 2007
The power of positive thinking that is so often preached about in self-help books and movies these days is seen by many people as being "hocus-pocus", or brain-washing at its best, especially if you are one of the many who is frustrated with making money at home online.
It is probably those who t...
August 22, 2007
Most people who start an online business today want to know how to start making money fairly quickly. They usually look to becoming affiliates of some company's products or services. The ease of never having to deal with clients, processing, accepting money, or shipping definitely has its appeal t...
August 07, 2007
It's a nice idea to dream about your profitable home based business being just that – super profitable. It's also a shame that most people don't realize that dream because they can't figure out how the internet marketing game really works.
Most people start out a profitable home based business a...
August 03, 2007
It may seem daunting to most people, but like it or not, video is becoming a huge part of the internet. Nowadays, if you're not making money on the internet, it may be because you're not using videos as one of your main marketing tools.
Technology is scary to a lot of people, not to mention, exp...
July 25, 2007
If you are eager to know how to start making money online, there's a decent and legitimate way to do this: You can take surveys for which you get paid, or you can promote survey programs as an affiliate and make money by selling the service.
Hoards of new internet users wanting to know how to st...
July 22, 2007
It has been occurring to me more and more as I progress with my online business that people just starting out are really excited to find ways to make money online, and make it fast!
After some time, you come to realize that this is either a scam, or a legitimate business opportunity. If you star...
July 12, 2007
If you are looking to make money at home online, it's a pretty challenging feat unless you start linking to authority sites, and start becoming an authority site. Authority sites are respected websites built by respected marketers that bring in large amounts of traffic and sales.
In order to get...
July 05, 2007
Making money from home is definitely a dream many of us share. Why work for someone else when you can work for yourself, set your own hours, and call all the shots?
The trouble is that dream-seekers like this often jump into a "make money from home" program without thinking about all the risks i...
June 14, 2007
If you're like most online business owners, you are probably interested in making money from home with your website's blog. After all, blogging is free and one of the best ways to build traffic and sales without much monetary investment.
Unfortunately, if you're like most people trying to make m...
June 06, 2007
Having a blog is one of the essential features of owning an online business. If you are just starting an online business, usually you are concerned about how much money it's going to cost you to run your business. Blogging is one free way that you can advertise quickly and effectively, so you don'...
May 30, 2007
Blogging is a great free way to help build your internet business and make money at home online. Many people will consider it their information portal that delivers quality content to their readers, and don't even consider turning it into the money-making machine that it could be.
It's important...
May 23, 2007
Signing up for the Plug-in Profit Site is something that should take some serious consideration before joining. Many of us join the program on a whim because we want to learn the ropes of making money online by following the 30-day program.
The reason careful thought is necessary is because you ...
May 18, 2007
Many people today look to the internet and honest money making online as a way to get out of the rat race and earn millions to reach their dreams quicker. Oftentimes, these feelings arise when times are desperate and when the need for extra money to survive is extreme.
For a hungry and perhaps m...
May 09, 2007
One of the biggest challenges of owning an online business is keeping it going when times get tough. It's not something that everyone can do and be successful at.
When first starting an online business, the novice will often get overwhelmed and discouraged within the first six months. If things...
May 04, 2007
I've had the pleasure recently of getting involved with Squidoo, which is a Web 2.0 site that allows you to create small web pages packed with brief information about your sites, products, and services. If you are looking for ways to make money online, you might want to start with Squidoo.
The r...
April 28, 2007
I've been getting really excited lately about the whole social bookmarking trend in internet marketing. This is because I'm on a traffic kick, testing out new things to bring my website more traffic – something all webmasters want to do.
Social bookmarking is one of the top techniques that you c...
April 20, 2007
If you own a Plug-in Profit Site, or any online web business, you are probably quite familiar with affiliate selling. You sign up for other people's affiliate programs and promote their products to earn commissions. This is a great way to start an online business.
Eventually, though, you may di...
April 14, 2007
I don't normally step outside of the Plug-in Profit Site of which I am a proud member, but after my one-year online business anniversary, I decided that I needed to try a few new things to see what might boost my business.
I've spent a little extra money to try some things out lately, and Ewen Ch...
April 11, 2007
The thing about owning a profitable home based business that appealed to me the most when I was starting out was that I could do it on my own time, and in my own space. Last summer, I even went on a vacation and left my business behind and it still worked for me while I was away.
One thing you h...
April 03, 2007
These days, you're just not "with the program" if you're not involved with social bookmarking. Recently I have been trying to increase my Plug-in Profit Site's traffic numbers to a certain daily level, and one way to do that is by getting into one of the newer internet trends – social bookmarking.
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March 29, 2007
When you own a profitable home based business, one of the biggest things you need to consider is gathering up links from other sites, and posting your links on other websites. The main reasons for this are to get more traffic to your site, and to increase your link popularity, or "link pop".
Lin...
March 21, 2007
Have you been wondering how to start making money online? Sometimes the thought of it can be overwhelming. I know this from my own experience working online and starting an online business from home.
The great thing about doing business online is that you really don't have to have your own prod...
March 13, 2007
If you are thinking about owning your own profitable home based business, then you need to seriously think about advertising if you intend to build a strong and lasting business.
Most people think that if they have a website, then they already have a booming business. These people could not be m...
March 05, 2007
I remember several years ago thinking to myself that it would be so great if I could just work from home, use my computer, and make money online to supplement my income. Like most people, I got onto the internet and started looking for ways to make money online.
The first thing that occurred to ...
March 03, 2007
With so many scams on the internet these days, it's easy to get sucked into programs where you do nothing but lose your hard-earned money. Finding honest money making programs, products, and services can be a bit of a challenge, but if you do your research, you will find the honest, legitimate prog...
February 21, 2007
I've known about squeeze pages, or lead capture pages for a long time now, but it's not something I got into right away when I started my online business. Overwhelmed with all the new information coming at me from all different directions, I let this information pass me by while I focused on learni...
February 17, 2007
There is nothing that has motivated me more lately than selling some hot internet products directly from my website. Ever since adding Clickbank products to my site related to my internet marketing business, I have seen a fairly regular stream of sales coming in. The beautiful thing about it is th...
February 04, 2007
One of the best ways to promote your business online is to write articles and distribute them to thousands of publishers across the internet. Publishers and website owners are constantly looking for good, original content for their websites, and chances are pretty good that if you've submitted your...
January 25, 2007
Have you been working at an online business for a while now, and thinking of creating a product of your own that you can sell online to make extra money? Well, have I got the solution for you! E-books are becoming one of the most popular selling information products online today, and you can use G...
January 17, 2007
If you have an online business or the desire to work at home via the internet, then you have probably heard of Clickbank. Clickbank is like an online marketplace where you can buy, sell, and promote digital products from the comfort of your own home. Now this sounds like fun when you don't even ha...
January 12, 2007
If you want to get started earning an income online, or add to an online business you already own, a popular way to do that is to join affiliate programs. The beauty of this is that you don't have to worry about credit card transactions, packaging up your items, or shipping. All you need is a home...
January 02, 2007
When starting an online business, I think people have this impression that it will make life simpler than having a regular 9-5 job. In some cases, I'm sure this is very true, but many people have both a 9-5 job, and start an online business, and life just got a lot more complicated for them, and we...
December 27, 2006
While I read the discussion forums and blogs these days, a lot of people are concerned about their sites being penalized for duplicate content. I am one of many people with this concern, since I have used other people's articles on my blog to add fresh and authoritative content to my site. Some pe...
December 11, 2006
I have been writing original articles for my online business for the past ten months or so, and for various reasons a few of them have been rejected by some article directories. I know it can be a bit of a downer when you get an email saying that your article has been declined, but whenever this ha...
November 18, 2006
The past month has been a very successful one for my online business in terms of traffic going up, number of new affiliates going up, and money in my pocket getting heavier. This really inspires me because after admitting to being lazy about my business over the hot summer months, I am just slowly ...
November 14, 2006
Lately I have been concerned about, and have been hearing more and more about duplicate content on the internet. Particularly if you run your own online business like I do, you definitely want to have good quality content on your site to attract not only visitors and buyers, but to get the attentio...
November 04, 2006
Making money on the internet is something millions of people either want to do because it sounds like a dream come true, or want to avoid because it sounds like a big headache trying to figure out all of the internet's complexities. Some people will jump into it without knowing what they are gettin...
October 26, 2006
Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year, and it arrives in less than a week. I thought it would be an appropriate time to write about the demons of internet marketing. By this I mean that whenever one ventures into the online business world, trying to make their fortunes online, there are...
October 18, 2006
Owning a profitable home based business online is a dream that many people have because they want that extra residual income to travel the world, put their kids through college, pay for a cruise, buy their dream homes, pay off their mortgage, and be financially worry-free. Honest money making onlin...
October 17, 2006
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is something that webmasters try to implement on their websites, particularly if it's an online business or if they want a lot of traffic to their sites. Basically, SEO is developing your website in such a way that the search engines will display your site whenev...
October 09, 2006
I have been having fun lately making a few changes here and there to my website. Change is good in the online world because it makes your site a dynamic one rather than giving your visitors the same, unchanging information that won't make them come back for more. It is more than just change that b...
October 01, 2006
If asked what your single biggest challenge is in your internet marketing business, how would you answer? You might be like me and say something like, "I don't have enough money to put into it", "I am not getting enough return for what I do put in", or "I don't have enough time to maintain it". If...
September 15, 2006
I started thinking about owning an online business several years ago, but the sticking point for me was always time and money. These days, it is recommended that you start a business, as it is one of the best ways to grow a residual income and achieve financial freedom. Sounds easy enough, and fun...
September 09, 2006
I started my Plugin Profit Site web business back in February, 2006, and by the end of April, 2006, I was also a member of Success University. They are two separate online businesses, and at first I hesitated about joining Success University and adding an additional workload to my already tight sch...
August 28, 2006
If you are someone who follows my article posts, you may have noticed that I haven't written so many lately…Why? Okay, excuse time! It's summertime, I love the sun, being outdoors, and being active, and this has been one of our very few heat-wave type summers! No, that doesn't mean I have lost my...
August 19, 2006
The concept of "marketing" is scary enough in itself – Why do we need "multi-level marketing" as well? What is it anyway, and do I need it for my business to be successful? Multi-level marketing, often called "MLM" or even "network marketing" is a business model that involves not only you, but you...
August 13, 2006
A prospect reads your business advertisement and is pumped about a new opportunity that is going to bring them personal and financial freedom for life. They join the program and are suddenly filled with enthusiasm, energy, passion, and a drive to build their new network marketing business. Nothing...
August 07, 2006
Today I went for a walk by the river and decided to park myself on a bench to do some inner reflection as I often do. A woman in her 80s walked by, smiled, and decided to join me on the bench for a chat about life while we baked in the sunshine we both love so much. I listened to her story, knowin...
August 02, 2006
It’s true that running an online business takes time, energy, effort, and consistent action, but when you separate out the elements of what it takes to become an online business success, it’s really easier than it looks. When most people consider starting a business online, they are intimidated by ...
July 25, 2006
Social bookmarking has been around for a couple of years, but for me, it’s a whole new concept as I learn more and more about internet marketing and how best to get traffic to my site and blog. It is a process that is becoming more and more popular as a means of generating traffic and page rank, so...
July 20, 2006
You’ve heard about all the money circulating around the Internet today, and about the big and easy bucks all the gurus are bringing in from their online businesses. Now you can’t wait to find that single perfect online business opportunity for you that will help you rake in the same amount of cash,...
July 16, 2006
When you join Success University, you are getting into a business and an education for the long-term. It is not a 5-day e-course, and it is not a 30-day program leading you to wealth and riches. When you enroll in any post-secondary institution, you know that it will take some time, energy, commit...
July 10, 2006
There is no doubt that the first time you get your website up, running, and hosted, you are thrilled to bits about what you have accomplished, whether you created it yourself, or had someone else do it for you. When you have your first official URL and can direct your friends and family to your sit...
July 05, 2006
What does being successful mean to you? It really depends who you are, where you come from, what your life experiences have been so far, what you want to achieve, and where you want to go in life. For me, success means taking my responsibilities seriously, and working hard at each one until I reac...
July 01, 2006
When building a new website, it’s really not enough to just whip up a site and let it be, hoping for hoards of traffic to arrive and purchase your products and services. In order to get indexed by the search engines, and in order for people to find our websites, we must generate good keywords. Onc...
June 08, 2006
Many people think that all you have to do to run a business online is to shoot up a website packed with affiliate links and you’re ready to rumble…Truth is, it takes visitors to generate sales, and when visitors arrive at your site, they are often there for a quick browse that requires you to get th...
May 23, 2006
You have created a brand new, hot looking website that without a doubt will be placed ahead of your competitors in the search engines. Surely with all the work, time, and effort you expended creating your site, it will be up there in the ranks! Then you find out that you don’t even have a page ran...
May 20, 2006
When starting an online business, many people have a single motivation to make money, and make it quick. While this is an understandable goal, and the dream of many, we must divert our attention from “money” to “value” and “meaning”. Maybe that sounds cliché, but it is unbelievable how often this ...
May 19, 2006
Today I’m going to take a break from my regular article-writing style of offering helpful tips on how to market your online business, attract visitors, and generate targeted traffic. Everyone needs a break from their work once in a while, so I’m going to take a step back, take a breather, give you ...
May 19, 2006
When people think of getting traffic to their site, one of the most common thoughts is to submit their URLs to the search engine directories. This method can often take months and months before your site will actually show up in the listings, and can be very time consuming. It is becoming outdated...
May 19, 2006
Everyone knows that in order to have a successful online business, you need to generate traffic – you need visitors, and you need subscribers to your newsletter or ezine. The way to do this is through advertising your website or sales page on the web, effectively and consistently. Here are some wa...
May 19, 2006
Blogging is one of the newest and biggest trends in internet marketing, so if you haven't yet created your website blog, now is an ideal time to get started, as it will drive traffic to your site in hoards!
What is a blog? Short for "weblog", a blog is a post that you can, and should update regul...
May 19, 2006
One of the first things people think of when it comes to marketing their website business is to submit their URL to all the major search engines and directories. This usually turns out to be a long and arduous task, and it sometimes takes weeks or even months to get their website listed in the sear...
May 19, 2006
When starting a home business, we all feel excited, energized, and positive when we think about how rich we will become from our efforts. Nothing can stop us from achieving this goal. We have a plan, and we are well on our way to success. What many people don't know is that 95% of people who start...
May 19, 2006
People think that when their business is done completely, or mostly online that their marketing should also be done online. The truth is that offline marketing for an online business can be just as effective as online marketing efforts.
Offline marketing includes advertising your online business ...
May 19, 2006
One of the big questions internet marketers face when advertising their online business is what is all the hype about Google Adwords, and is it something I should be using to advertise my business or not?
Let me tell you that Google Adwords is huge and is perhaps the best advertising tool availabl...
May 19, 2006
Everyone knows that in order to make your internet business a huge success, you must advertise, advertise, advertise...One of the ways to do this is by creating ezine solo ads. These are email advertisements with your URL and sales page links that get distributed to a targeted group of people who a...
May 19, 2006
When starting or involved with an internet marketing business, it is very important to join discussion forums, or online communities that talk about your website content and your business. It may even be a more valuable tool than what you read all over the internet, or the e-books you look at along...
May 19, 2006
Important as it is to get traffic to your website, what you really want is repeat traffic, new visitors, sign-ups to your newsletter, and eventually some profitable sales from your list. The bigger your list of subscribers, the greater your potential for earning.
There are many ways to capture an...
May 19, 2006
You are excited about internet marketing. You want to start your own business working from home. You want to sell products or services online and have a great idea about how to make it work. You have what it takes to get your home business off the ground and you have done all your research. But ...
May 19, 2006
An auto-responder is a vital internet marketing tool which can boost your profits substantially. It is a program that captures visitors’ names and email addresses when they sign-up to your newsletter, and follows up with them by sending pre-written and formatted emails back. These emails remind yo...
May 19, 2006
The biggest question that new affiliates and internet marketers face amongst the plethora of information on the net and the threat of scams is: “Where do I begin?”
A good place to start is by reading books by the authorities on internet marketing, such as Robert Allen’s book, Multiple Streams of I...
May 19, 2006
While searching for that perfect online business opportunity, one thing many people tend to neglect - and not on purpose - is finding their niche market and how they can benefit the most from it. Most people come into the online business world without even knowing what a niche is. In fact, when I ...
May 19, 2006
What could be worse than owning a business that becomes a total bomb - a business where you lose money, never make a profit, or even go bankrupt? Well there is something worse than not raking in the cash as you expected, and that is owning a business that is rock solid, but losing your customers be...
May 19, 2006
If you don’t already have a newsletter for your website, then it’s time to get on the ball and create one! Why can you not live without one? Because a newsletter is one of the major ways to drive traffic to your site and build a strong customer base! It is your means of providing valuable informa...
May 19, 2006
Article writing is becoming one of the top ways to market your online business today since the search engines are looking for good quality, keyword rich content. But what happens when you can’t think of anything intelligent or useful to say and are suffering from the writer’s block blues? Here are...
May 19, 2006
You may be one of those business people who has the “gift of the gab” – You can strike up a conversation with anyone, and find it easy to excel in sales by building a relationship with your customers, and quickly selling them your products and services. You’ve been blessed with a good character, co...
May 19, 2006
The past couple of weeks have been a little hectic for me…Can you relate? If only I had time, I would have my desk in order, my email folders set up, my projects prioritized, not too many sticky notes, my meetings arranged, my phone calls answered, my family in check, my workouts all done, my vacat...
May 19, 2006
Owning an online or offline business means you have a product or service that you want to sell. If selling was easy, we’d all be rich! The thing about salespeople is that many of them are selling something they know little about, or something they don’t even like or care about, just to make a quic...
May 19, 2006
You have just launched a new internet business and are trying to get it off the ground with an amazing advertising campaign, except that it turns out to be not so successful. Most people want a return on their investment, but when they put money into something big, they expect immediate results, on...
May 19, 2006
Now that you’ve got your new website up and running, it’s time to start building your Google Page Rank, or “PR”. Page rank is the value that Google gives your site, measured by how many quality links are pointing back to your site, or how popular your site is. The more links you have pointing back...
May 19, 2006
Writing a blog is a vital part of marketing your business in today’s online world. Not only is it free, but it is fast becoming the top internet marketing tool, not to mention, it’s fun! People write blogs for a variety of reasons – to express themselves, be heard, or offer tips, techniques, and i...
May 19, 2006
The NHL playoffs are just getting underway, and the excitement is mounting in both players and fans alike. For some business owners, this may be the only distraction they will allow. I, for one, have been tuning into each home team game, feeling more and more pressed for business time - I wonder why...
May 19, 2006
One of the questions that I’m sure many people starting an online or offline business ask themselves is: “Can I really do this when I’m not really a salesman?” The thing is, being a good salesman does not just mean being good at making sales. Of course that is part of it, but what is really impor...
May 19, 2006
Part two of what it takes to advertise an internet business successfully includes a short discussion of blogging, article writing, and linking, which are free, cheap, and highly effective ways of advertising your online business.
Blogging is a technique that is becoming an extremely effective and ...
May 19, 2006
Advertising your online business is one of the biggest challenges that you, as an internet marketer, will face. The big question is always, “How much money and time is it going to take to run an effective and successful business that will earn a good profit?” Many people will even shy away from in...
May 19, 2006
Are you pulling your hair out because there is not enough time in the day to get things done? Are you pushed to your limit and ready to call it quits? Ready to run away from home because you have too much on your plate? Are all of life’s responsibilities too much for you to handle in addition to ...
May 19, 2006
Growing my opt-in list has been one of my major and most obvious struggles as an internet marketer thus far, as I’m sure many of you can relate to. If the money is in our lists, how do we get our website visitors to provide their names and email addresses and keep them on our newsletter list? It i...
May 19, 2006
There is a popular misconception that the more links you have on your site, the better off you are in terms of site popularity, link popularity, or search engine ranking. In fact, you must have quality links on your site that relate to your site’s content and link to sites that are also relevant. ...
May 19, 2006
Webmasters can easily whip up the most brilliant website, loaded with information, articles, links, and quality content. With this tool and that tool, they can create a website masterpiece, ready to display to the world. Then when the sales don’t come in, they are left wondering what more they cou...
May 17, 2006
Getting indexed in Google and making our websites available to the world via the top search engine remains one of the biggest challenges for webmasters, myself included! It takes more than just submitting your URL to Google’s directory, so I have taken it upon myself to find out a few things about ...