Trust is a big word right now in the internet. Everyone is talking about being open and honest, transparency and a willingness to lay it all on the table. You’ve got to be seen as trustworthy before you can expect anyone to listen to you. Earning trust isn’t as simple as just telling people they can trust you. You’ve got to earn it. You have to know exactly what people need before they can start trusting you. Show them your expertise. People will trust other people who know what they are talking about. Make...

photo credit: trumanlo Viral Marketing is a powerful way to generate traffic to your blog, and in turn generate additional money for you. Think about how a virus spreads from on person to another. One person gets sick and just by sneezing they can give the virus to many more people. Those people get sick and share their germs with everyone they know and the next thing you know everyone is out with the flu. That is the very concept behind viral marketing. The idea is to get everyone to spread your marketing message to everyone...

photo credit: plugimi This is a guest post from Nicole Dean of www.EasyPLR.com Recently, in an interview, I was asked “Is it ethical to use private label rights and ghostwritten articles?” Let me step back a moment and explain… Private label rights (or PLR) articles and ghostwritten articles are used by web owners as a method of outsourcing some of their content. * PLR articles are packages of articles that are pre-written and sold to more than one person. * Ghostwritten articles are articles that are written by someone...