Understanding sociology of Facebook

Hi all,

I'm coming back after years since the last post to say it again: Facebook is a social network. I know you think this is not new, but it is very important to be a sales man in FB, because it is a real life environment with social interactions.

Example: you want to sell bananas to your Facebook friends.

A wrong post will look like that:

Hey there, I'm selling bananas for 1$ each! hurry before it ends.

A good post:

Still Didn't uploaded a photo of you eating the banana? buy a banana now for only 1$ and share the photo with your friends!

That's it for today.. Bye

Like!

How would the like button help bloggers community?
And what you do in order to drive traffic from facebook?

Any opinions?

Google Insights application for SEO

It is important to have top searched keywords in your posts or articles on your site, but the more important is that the searches amount for these keywords is increasing and not declining. In this post i will show you a powerful tool to help you predict the future long-term success of your keywords used for SEO.

I know that must of the readers know what i'm talking about, but sure there are some people who don't know about the existance of such a free helpful tool .

It is called Google Insights,  where we can learn a lot about search trends and even about changing direction of perception of millions setting behind PC's, for example:



The term "online business" has been searched 2,240,000 times in the last month according to Google keyword tool (you can read about it in my Free E-Book), however, using Google Insights we can see that the amount of searches for this phrase is constant!

And inversely, the amount of the phrase "online life" is inreasing and is now greater than the first phrase i mentioned! do you notice the difference between two blogs each one uses one phrase for SEO ?

I think it is now clear, and the following chart can illustrate the difference:

Drop Shipping: earn money using ebay and dropshipping!

If you've read my free e-book, you can see that i mentioned eBay as a first step for starting online business, but the fact is that if you choose this path, it may return good income, eBay is the virtual mall where hundreds of millions of people visits on a regular basis every month, and there you can have your own products no matter if it is new or used, you just have to sign up for eBay and PAYPAL for free, and to list your product for sale.

But the big question is that where can i get my products from?

I'm sure everyone have a lot of home stuff that he want to get rid of, and it worth money, but after we sell it all, by default we ask ourselves : can i take the risk and purchase a  large quantities to sell on eBay?

OK, i have the answer, it is "DROP SHIPPING".

Drop Shipping  is a supply chain management technique where you sell an item by advertising it on eBay or any other sites or even you very own store website! and what i like is that you don't have to pay for the items you advertise until you sell it, i will explain it now.

Lets say "X" is a drop shipping company, i sign up with them and found a product "Digital Camera" on the company website, the price is 35$ and shipping cost is 10$. that's a total of 45$ cost.
What i do next is going to eBay and search for "digital camera", and Wow! the average price is 80$ that's means that i can sell it with a net profit of 80-45 = 35$ .
Next when "Y" is interested in buying the "Digital Camera" the fist thing he do is sending the money to my PAYPAL account, i receive the payment of 80$ and send the 45$ for the company "X".
"X" takes care of shipping to "Y" address, you are only the middleman!

Big deal right?

However, Drop Shipping is not the perfect way for making money on eBay it has advantages and disadvantage like you see below:

Advantages:

1. Don't pay until you sell the item.
2. You don't have to take care of shipping.
3. No need for warehousing.
4. No minimum quantity required.

Disadvantages:

1. You take responsibility of all the selling process since buyers thinks that you are the dealer.
2. Little delays in shipping and customer support (rarely).
3. Competition- you are not the only one who deals with drop shipping company.
4. You don't see the product and can't provide perfect information to the customer.

After little research i found a good Drop Shipping company that has a lot of advantages, you can start making money by signing up to one of the drop shipping plans and pay one time fee for a lifetime membership. each one of the plans has some of the following features:

• Instant access to over 1,000,000 wholesale products
• Live order tracking
  
  
• Order fulfillment and customer support
• Push items to your eBay account with 1 simple click!
• The shipment will NOT include our company name anywhere
• The shipment will NOT We include the price you paid for the merchandise and a lot more!

So what are you waiting for? sign up now and good luck! start earning money.

Wish you a fast & great success

Blogging Heroes p.3

Brad Hill - Weblogs, Inc.

A blog can support and extend the life of a book.

Steve Rubel - Micro Persuasion

If you want people to come to your blog, you must offer them something of value.

Rebbecca Lieb - clickZ

Before starting a blog, be sure you have more than one thing to say; create a list of a half-dozen or more ideas.

Deidre Woollard - Luxist

The regular commenters among a blog's readership can keep writers in touch with the overall audience.

Gary Lee - An Internet Marketing Website

A quality article to me is something that plants a seed in the mind of the reader.

Richard MacManus - Read/Write Web

Connect with other bloggers in the community who share your areas of interest.

Eric T. - Internet Duct Tape

The best way to learn about a subject is to share what you learn as you learn.

Victor Agreda, Jr. - DIY Life

The major challenge for bloggers today is to find fresh original material that is not simply an echo of what other blogs are doing.

Steve Garfield - Steve Garfield Video Blog

Because sharing videos tends to start strong relationships, as a vblogger, you can expect in-person contact.

Grant Robertson - Download Squad

Constantly engage the conversation in your field or subject area, on other blogs and in forums.

Blogging Heroes p.2

Peter Rojas - Engadget

Don't try to jump to number one in your field immediately. a slow start allows you to make the inevitable mistakes when few people are looking.

John Neff - Autoblog

To bring new readers, work up new subjects to write about.

Ken Fisher - Ars Technica

Write what you feel rather than trying to appeal to a certain group.

Deborah Petersen - Life in the fast lane

Blog from your heart

Joel Comm - Joelcomm.com

Blogging effects are not limited to the web or technology - it can also affect local or regional events.

Brian Lam - Gizmodo

Check your facts before you publish.

Kristin Darguzas - Parent Dish

Soliciting readers feedback can generate new ideas for posts.

Chris Grant - Joystiq

Delivering timely information will keep readers coming back.

Scott Mcnulty - The unofficial Apple weblog

Don't write anything in a blog that you wouldn't say to someone face-to-face.

Philipp Lenssen - Google blogoscoped

Clear sensible titles make it easier for readers to scan your content and more likely to return to scan and read again.

Blogging Heroes

Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers


This is the title of one of the most useful books I've ever read about blogging, in this 300 pages book Michael A. Banks interviews 30 of the best bloggers between years 2007-2008 by telephone.
In this post i will quote only one tip from the first 10 interviewees, however, there are a lot more precious tips and information in this book that worth a look.

Dave Taylor - The intuitive life business blog

Think before you post, respect others opinions and consider the future implications of your words.

Chris Anderson - The long tail

Every blog and every blogger can be improved. to maximize your blog audience, focus with laser precision on your subject.

Gina Trapani - Life hacker

When you get stuck writing a post, step away from it for a while and work on something else.

Ina Steiner - AuctionBytes

Although it's impossible to read everything, keeping up with competitors' blogs is a necessary part of business blogging.

Mary Jo Foley - All about microsoft

It is important to take time away from blogging, otherwise, you'll limit your perspective.

David Rothman - Teleread

Give readers something extra in the way of information as a reward of visiting your blog.

Frank Warren - Postsecret

Comments to blog posts can be used to spot trends.

Mike Masnick - Tichdirt

Blogging can make pay closer attention to a subject, think about it, and remember more.

Mark Frauen Felder - Boingboing.net

Always link to sources of information in your posts. this encourages others to link back.

Robert Scoble - Scobleizer

In the long term, most blog readers are referred by google or other search engines.

Those were some of the tips i share with you from this great book, I'll continue in the next post with the other 20 interviews.