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10 Strategies To Build Your  Domain Value for the Future Jay Berkowitz  www.TenGoldenRules.com  561-620-9121
10 strategies to make your domains worth more in the future Beyond Parking - Building a website Accumulate Associated Assets Creating Customer Relationships Content Strategies Social Media Strategies Additional Revenue Opportunities Advanced Tips Objectives
 
 
Recent Media Wall Street Journal
Recent Media FOX Business TV
The first commercial Internet domain name (.com) was registered  on 15 March 1985   under the name Symbolics.com by Symbolics Inc., a computer systems firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By 1992 fewer than 15,000 dot.com domains were registered. As of March 15, 2010 there were 84 million domain names, including 11.9 million online business and e-commerce sites, 4.3 million entertainment sites, 3.1 million finance related sites, and 1.8 million sports sites.[8]
Motor Trend Car of The Year 1995 Chrysler Cirrus Super Bowl XXIX 1995 #1 - First Domain Name Opportunity
www.Facebook.com/TenGoldenRules New ‘domain’ Opportunity
www.Twitter.com/TenGoldenRules
Facebook ‘Fan’ Pages Twitter.com/yourdomain Blogger (BlogSpot) WordPress Other Social Media Strategy  #1  Accumulate Associated Assets that you can sell with your Domain
Strategy #2  -  Get Past Parking Pages
 
Blog Get your own free Blog (website)
Blog Blogging is as easy as sending email
Subscribe to read blogs
Read blogs on your phone (RSS)
Blog / Article function Navigation Slogan eMail and RSS Subscriptions New Website - with Parking Revenue
Where to get content – Guru.com
Where to get content – eZineArticles
Where to get content –  embed videos
Where to get content. Create videos.  Blendtec 100M views
Reason for people to return People will subscribe =  traffic WordPress Blogs Subscription tools Guru, eLance eZineArticles.com Create and embed Video Strategy  #2 Get Past Parking -   Add content to your website
#3 Internet Traffic is NOT Expensive
There are 100 Billion Searches each month! 68% of them are on Google sites.
Keyword Research -  Wordtracker
Build links  TO   your site TenGoldenRules has 4,979 Links  TO  the site
TenGoldenRules.com  Meta tags match content
GUS – Google Universal Search, adds video, images, news
Google Adds ‘Recency’ to algorithm
Google Adds Site Speed to Algoritim
Add targeted KeyWords Build Links Code – Meta Tags, Internal Links Optimize Images, Video Recency = new content matters Site Speed Strategy  #3 SEO = Free Traffic
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. was an out of work actor 4 years ago  today his blog generates $110,000 per month #4 MAKE CONTENT MAKE MONEY
Start with Google AdSense Revenue
Affiliate Ads ShareASale, CJ.com, Google Affiliate
$5 - $2500 Sponsored Social
Social Sponsorships
AdSense  Affiliate Banners and Links Direct Ad Sales Sell Info Products Pay Per Post/Tweet Strategy  #4 Make Content Make Money
‘ I know half of my Advertising is wasted… I just don’t know which half’ John   Wanamaker
#5 You can measure ROI…to the penny
Pay Per Click
Advanced PPC  Local, Checkout, Phone Number
Landing Page Performance + 44%
Drive Targeted Traffic Measure Performance to the Penny Google,Yahoo, BING Test Keywords, Ads, Offers Landing Page Testing Local, Checkout, Phone Number Strategy  #5 Pay Per Click Measure ROI to the Penny
#6 Create a UVP!
How To Earn Online Money From Affiliate Marketing  By  Alan Liew   This short article is for the beginners who want to know that what is affiliate marketing and how to earn money from affiliate marketing. Let us start by defining the term “Affiliate Marketing”. It is a simple concept. In affiliate marketing you are actually trying to sell the products of others. For every sale made by your reference, you will be getting a percentage of sales as your sales commission. There are many online stores and shops where people are selling their products. If you can refer the interested people to their websites, you will be earning a good amount of money every month. Now let us discuss that how can you start this online business and what are the initial requirements. Although affiliate marketing can be done without having a Free Tips and Tools to generate revenue from a Website Home   Articles  Internet   Marketing   Strategies  Video  About  Contact Free Internet Profit Guide * Traffic Generation Strategies * Social Media for Profit * Retention and Resales First Name Last Name eMail Click for FREE Guide
Free Offers on the site ‘ Free Profile’, Ebooks, Brochures Opt-In for eNewsletter Strategy  #6 Create a UVP – Build a List
#6 Social Media Traffic Facebook Advertising
LinkedIn Advertising
 
Like Button  This is an example of a Like button outside of Facebook.  If you click on the Like button here and signed into Facebook, the action will appear on your personal profile.
S-Commerce
Facebook and LinkedIn Ads target demographics Use Analytics to track Like Buttons! S-Commerce Strategy  #7 Social Media Traffic
#8 Create Community .org
Google Page Rank 4/10 695  pages indexed ‘read’ by Google SEO Quake Toolbar Alexa Rank 325,985 544 Links  TO  the site  .org
NING, MemberGate Create a reason to communicate Stimulate Activity Strategy  #8 Create Community
Strategy  #9 Web Optimized PR
Select 3 Phrases  Word Tracker or Keyword Discovery
Add Keyword Phrases to Headline, Subhead, First Paragraph, Middle and End
Add Release to Site First!!!
Distribute Press Releases Through  A Wire Service
 
 
Add Keywords to title and body of release Add to site first! Let it Index Wire Distribution Strategy  #9 Web Optimized PR
#10 Reputation Management Proactively own Page 1 of Google
 
 
 
 
 
Do It Yourself Online Reputation Management Herb Tapin and Craig Agranoff
Monitor your brand in Social Media: Google Alerts, Technorati, Google Blog Search, Radian6 Develop a dialogue with your customers and prospects Protect your reputation: Knowem.com, Claim.io, Wikipedia, Facebook Page, SlideShare, YouTube Channel, Squidoo, Google Places, Work.com, Howto.com, Yelp, Yellow / White Pages,  Be Genuine. Be Transparent. Experiment. Strategy  #10 Online  Reputation Management
It’s 1995! Own Associated Assets Get Past Parking – Add Content  Traffic is Not Expensive (SEO) Make Content Make Money Pay Per Click UVP & List Building  Social Media Traffic Create Community Press Releases Reputation Management. 10 Strategies To Build Your  Domain Value for the Future
What is TenGoldenRules?
What is TenGoldenRules.com?  Social Media
What is TenGoldenRules.com?  Social Media
What is TenGoldenRules.com?  Blogs
What is TenGoldenRules.com? Video
What is TenGoldenRules.com?  Search Engine Marketing
What is TenGoldenRules.com? Landing Pages & Conversion
What is TenGoldenRules.com? Viral Marketing
What is TenGoldenRules.com?  Affiliate Program Management
What is TenGoldenRules.com? eNewsletters
What is TenGoldenRules.com?  New Program Launch Strategy
Top 10 Priorities - do 1 thing today! Please ‘pay-it-forward’ Join the Conversation! Podcast 206-888-6606 Be my friend! Linked In, Twitter @jayberkowitz Speaking Opportunities Consulting, Search, Conversion, Affiliate http://presentations.tengoldenrules.com f/u Q&A 10 Strategies To Build Your  Domain Value for the Future

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10 strategies to build domain value with internet marketing

  • 1. 10 Strategies To Build Your Domain Value for the Future Jay Berkowitz www.TenGoldenRules.com 561-620-9121
  • 2. 10 strategies to make your domains worth more in the future Beyond Parking - Building a website Accumulate Associated Assets Creating Customer Relationships Content Strategies Social Media Strategies Additional Revenue Opportunities Advanced Tips Objectives
  • 3.  
  • 4.  
  • 5. Recent Media Wall Street Journal
  • 6. Recent Media FOX Business TV
  • 7. The first commercial Internet domain name (.com) was registered on 15 March 1985 under the name Symbolics.com by Symbolics Inc., a computer systems firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By 1992 fewer than 15,000 dot.com domains were registered. As of March 15, 2010 there were 84 million domain names, including 11.9 million online business and e-commerce sites, 4.3 million entertainment sites, 3.1 million finance related sites, and 1.8 million sports sites.[8]
  • 8. Motor Trend Car of The Year 1995 Chrysler Cirrus Super Bowl XXIX 1995 #1 - First Domain Name Opportunity
  • 11. Facebook ‘Fan’ Pages Twitter.com/yourdomain Blogger (BlogSpot) WordPress Other Social Media Strategy #1 Accumulate Associated Assets that you can sell with your Domain
  • 12. Strategy #2 - Get Past Parking Pages
  • 13.  
  • 14. Blog Get your own free Blog (website)
  • 15. Blog Blogging is as easy as sending email
  • 17. Read blogs on your phone (RSS)
  • 18. Blog / Article function Navigation Slogan eMail and RSS Subscriptions New Website - with Parking Revenue
  • 19. Where to get content – Guru.com
  • 20. Where to get content – eZineArticles
  • 21. Where to get content – embed videos
  • 22. Where to get content. Create videos. Blendtec 100M views
  • 23. Reason for people to return People will subscribe = traffic WordPress Blogs Subscription tools Guru, eLance eZineArticles.com Create and embed Video Strategy #2 Get Past Parking - Add content to your website
  • 24. #3 Internet Traffic is NOT Expensive
  • 25. There are 100 Billion Searches each month! 68% of them are on Google sites.
  • 26. Keyword Research - Wordtracker
  • 27. Build links TO your site TenGoldenRules has 4,979 Links TO the site
  • 28. TenGoldenRules.com Meta tags match content
  • 29. GUS – Google Universal Search, adds video, images, news
  • 31. Google Adds Site Speed to Algoritim
  • 32. Add targeted KeyWords Build Links Code – Meta Tags, Internal Links Optimize Images, Video Recency = new content matters Site Speed Strategy #3 SEO = Free Traffic
  • 33. Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. was an out of work actor 4 years ago today his blog generates $110,000 per month #4 MAKE CONTENT MAKE MONEY
  • 34. Start with Google AdSense Revenue
  • 35. Affiliate Ads ShareASale, CJ.com, Google Affiliate
  • 36. $5 - $2500 Sponsored Social
  • 38. AdSense Affiliate Banners and Links Direct Ad Sales Sell Info Products Pay Per Post/Tweet Strategy #4 Make Content Make Money
  • 39. ‘ I know half of my Advertising is wasted… I just don’t know which half’ John Wanamaker
  • 40. #5 You can measure ROI…to the penny
  • 42. Advanced PPC Local, Checkout, Phone Number
  • 44. Drive Targeted Traffic Measure Performance to the Penny Google,Yahoo, BING Test Keywords, Ads, Offers Landing Page Testing Local, Checkout, Phone Number Strategy #5 Pay Per Click Measure ROI to the Penny
  • 45. #6 Create a UVP!
  • 46. How To Earn Online Money From Affiliate Marketing By Alan Liew This short article is for the beginners who want to know that what is affiliate marketing and how to earn money from affiliate marketing. Let us start by defining the term “Affiliate Marketing”. It is a simple concept. In affiliate marketing you are actually trying to sell the products of others. For every sale made by your reference, you will be getting a percentage of sales as your sales commission. There are many online stores and shops where people are selling their products. If you can refer the interested people to their websites, you will be earning a good amount of money every month. Now let us discuss that how can you start this online business and what are the initial requirements. Although affiliate marketing can be done without having a Free Tips and Tools to generate revenue from a Website Home Articles Internet Marketing Strategies Video About Contact Free Internet Profit Guide * Traffic Generation Strategies * Social Media for Profit * Retention and Resales First Name Last Name eMail Click for FREE Guide
  • 47. Free Offers on the site ‘ Free Profile’, Ebooks, Brochures Opt-In for eNewsletter Strategy #6 Create a UVP – Build a List
  • 48. #6 Social Media Traffic Facebook Advertising
  • 50.  
  • 51. Like Button This is an example of a Like button outside of Facebook. If you click on the Like button here and signed into Facebook, the action will appear on your personal profile.
  • 53. Facebook and LinkedIn Ads target demographics Use Analytics to track Like Buttons! S-Commerce Strategy #7 Social Media Traffic
  • 55. Google Page Rank 4/10 695 pages indexed ‘read’ by Google SEO Quake Toolbar Alexa Rank 325,985 544 Links TO the site .org
  • 56. NING, MemberGate Create a reason to communicate Stimulate Activity Strategy #8 Create Community
  • 57. Strategy #9 Web Optimized PR
  • 58. Select 3 Phrases Word Tracker or Keyword Discovery
  • 59. Add Keyword Phrases to Headline, Subhead, First Paragraph, Middle and End
  • 60. Add Release to Site First!!!
  • 61. Distribute Press Releases Through A Wire Service
  • 62.  
  • 63.  
  • 64. Add Keywords to title and body of release Add to site first! Let it Index Wire Distribution Strategy #9 Web Optimized PR
  • 65. #10 Reputation Management Proactively own Page 1 of Google
  • 66.  
  • 67.  
  • 68.  
  • 69.  
  • 70.  
  • 71. Do It Yourself Online Reputation Management Herb Tapin and Craig Agranoff
  • 72. Monitor your brand in Social Media: Google Alerts, Technorati, Google Blog Search, Radian6 Develop a dialogue with your customers and prospects Protect your reputation: Knowem.com, Claim.io, Wikipedia, Facebook Page, SlideShare, YouTube Channel, Squidoo, Google Places, Work.com, Howto.com, Yelp, Yellow / White Pages, Be Genuine. Be Transparent. Experiment. Strategy #10 Online Reputation Management
  • 73. It’s 1995! Own Associated Assets Get Past Parking – Add Content Traffic is Not Expensive (SEO) Make Content Make Money Pay Per Click UVP & List Building Social Media Traffic Create Community Press Releases Reputation Management. 10 Strategies To Build Your Domain Value for the Future
  • 79. What is TenGoldenRules.com? Search Engine Marketing
  • 80. What is TenGoldenRules.com? Landing Pages & Conversion
  • 81. What is TenGoldenRules.com? Viral Marketing
  • 82. What is TenGoldenRules.com? Affiliate Program Management
  • 84. What is TenGoldenRules.com? New Program Launch Strategy
  • 85. Top 10 Priorities - do 1 thing today! Please ‘pay-it-forward’ Join the Conversation! Podcast 206-888-6606 Be my friend! Linked In, Twitter @jayberkowitz Speaking Opportunities Consulting, Search, Conversion, Affiliate http://presentations.tengoldenrules.com f/u Q&A 10 Strategies To Build Your Domain Value for the Future