The U.S. has removed Internet sanctions applied to Iran, Cuba and Sudan. This means that restrictions for popular Internet companies like Facebook and Twitter are no longer in force and can be served to the said regions.

In a Senate hearing last week on Human Rights and the Law, a key issue discussed was the lack of access to U.S. Internet based applications.

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I’m not going to write a long explanation about this since I think you’re going to look straight to the list anway. This list, a compilation of many different techniques and levels, is meant to be a guideline for marketing for any site, especially blogs. Some of these are things you can easily do. In fact, it’s even possible to execute all of it. So without wasting anymore of your time, here are 30 tips for exploding your blog/website’s traffic.

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Enter that question in a Google search box and you will get about 27,000,000 pages. Of course Google checks out every single word and then delivers the answer to your query. That means that there aren’t 27,000,000 pages that will teach you how to make money online then.

“How to make money online?” Notice the little change there? Now Google returns about 2,000,000 results which means that there are at least 2 million pages talking about making money online.

So what does an Internet entrepreneur do? Well he or she comes up with various ingenious ways to actually make a living out of the Internet. The Internet is a vast resource filled with lots of tools which could become powerful in the hands of anybody that will put to good use their training and experience. If you pack a full time brain, a decent computer and a good internet connection you could do it too.

I am sure you’ve heard a version of this lecture from all the other sites in this niche. And there are at least a few hundred thousand sites that talk about the potential of the Internet.

What will SlyVisions.com do from now on? The same thing it does every night Pinky! Try to take over the world! Or in other words share with you the fortunes and the misfortunes of the Internet. After all we all have to improve our entrepreneurial skills, don’t we?

1,999,999 more pages to go!

Everyone wants to gain new readers for their blog. Readers and subscribers are the backbone of a successful blog, and without them, a blog simply just isn’t a blog.

These readers I am talking about are also bloggers that own their own blog. The reason we want to gain new readers that are also bloggers is simple: they have a higher chance of subscribing to your blog than anybody else who comes to your site from let’s say… search engines.

So let me give you my secret on how I gain multiple new readers everyday…

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Here’s a quick reality check. If you want to make money online, the best way to start is by NOT starting a “make money online” blog!

A lot of people make the big mistake of starting a blog about “making money online” thinking that in the process they will make some easy money. 

If I start a “make money online” blog, then I can easily make money from the blog! I just need to insert affiliate links everywhere, insert AdSense ads everywhere, sell text links, sell banners, write paid reviews, and all that good stuff I can do with it… right?

Wrong! First of all, yes it is possible to make some money from a MMO blog, but the reality is, there’s just so many out there that readers don’t have time to keep up with new ones. Also, here’s something you need to know when starting a blog about MMO (which I read somewhere but don’t remember where):

Over 75% Of All Your Readers Will Be Bloggers That Have Their Own Blog!

That’s 3 out of 4 people. What this means is that it will be harder for you to get clicks to your AdSense ads or your affiliate text links! Just think about it. When you visit a MMO blog that has AdSense ads, do you actually “fall” for them and click on the ads? I didn’t think so. You know about these things, and therefore, you try to stay away from them because you know exactly what they are for. But now let’s say you have a blog about “cooking” and is monetized by AdSense alone. You can plug in all the AdSense ads you want everywhere, and guess what? You will have a better chance of getting clicks to those ads than with a blog about MMO!

This “making money online” niche is too saturated, and the big boys are having all the fun. But if you still want to start one (or already have a blog about MMO), you will need to do some 500% more work than the big boys. Below are 3 tips and guidelines that will help you get to the top.

Make Sure Your Blog Doesn’t Suck

This is the most important thing when it comes to starting a new blog, whatever niche it might be in. But because you want to start a new MMO blog, you will need to make sure your blog is unique and doesn’t suck. Readers don’t like blogs that suck, you know.

Recommended Reading:
Your Blog Sucks and I Got 20 Reasons To Back It Up

Want To Be a Popular Blogger RIGHT NOW?

If you want to take a short cut, I just want to let you know that it’s possible. It’s not recommended for new blogs because you will need to build up some credentials and trust first. But as soon as you have your momentum started and have at least 50 RSS/Email subscribers, you can do this simple trick to get instant popularity.

Recommended Reading: 
Warning: This Simple Trick Can Make You A Famous Blogger In No Time

Get Instant Traffic

Traffic is key. If you don’t want to take the shortcut as I talked about above, try applying some (or all) of these ways to explode your traffic. They all work and will bring in traffic instantly.

Recommended Reading:
30 Tips For Exploding Your Site Traffic

There’s a lot of bloggers and other people out there that claim that they make money online. Yes, most of the times this is true, but there are who just say things like this to scam people. But the topic of what I’m going to talk about is not about who really makes money and who doesn’t. What this is about, though, is why people fail to make money online because of 3 simple reasons.

Reason #1 - People Do Not Take Action

Let me ask you a question. Why do you come to this blog? It’s because you like the content, right? And because of the content (the pillar content in particular), you plan to apply them right? So when I wrote 30 tip on how to explode your traffic, did you even take the time to apply the ones you have never done before? Or did you just pass up the opportunity to explode your traffic? If this is you, then you know exactly what I mean by not taking action. There are a lot of people out there that want to make money online, read all they can about the topic, and even pay hundreds of dollars to get all the resources and information they need to get started. But what happens? They never apply the information they learned; and if they did, they give it up after a few days knowing that it would take a lot of work to do. Let’s take a look at reality people. Even the top online money-makers out there had to put a lot of work to get themselves in the position they are in now. You can’t succeed without taking action.

Reason #2 - People Don’t Treat Their Online Business As a Real Business

Blogs are a good example. Most people don’t treat their blogs as a business. What do I mean by this? Well, imagine you own a book store in your neighborhood. What will you need to run the business? To name a few, you will need some capital (money), a place to run the book store, a business license, lots of books, shelves for the books, cash registers, and all the other good stuff needed to run a book store. As you can see, it would be impossible to run a successful book store without these things. So how is this related to blogging? Well, to start a (successful and long term) blog, you will need a domain name, web hosting, a brand, a decent looking blog design, some plugins to help run the blog, etc. Again, this all takes a lot of work and money.  

But let’s take things a bit further, so let’s go back to the book store. Say your store has become successful in just a matter of weeks. More people know about it through word-of-mouth and your sales just keep increasing. You then have two things you can do: keep the store the way it is, or upgrade (bigger space, more books and shelves, etc.). Most people would upgrade, right? It’s the same thing with your own website or blog. If you have gained some success and money through it, why not upgrade? Why not purchase a few plugins like OIOpublisher, for example, to help you with ad management? Or if you feel it’s time to upgrade your site’s design, why not spend a few dollars to get a premium theme? My point is, you need to treat your online business as if it’s a real business in the real world. Don’t be cheap. There are some who say that you don’t need to spend money to make money. This is true, but if you plan to succeed and make MORE money, you need to start scaling up.

Reason #3 - People Don’t Learn From Their Mistakes

I’m sure you’ve tried to do something and failed. Then this question comes up:

What Did I Do Wrong?

The thing you need to know is, it’s not about what that you did wrong. It’s about learning and applying the things you need to do so that you won’t fail again.

Have you ever tried flipping domains? What about flipping websites? Or affiliate marketing? Let me tell you that these three ways of making money online are not impossible, and you can even make a living from doing them (yes, it’s realistically possible and people do make a living doing these). The thing is, most people have tried them, failed a few times, then gave up. WHY?!?! If you know there is a lot of money to be made, why would you give up?

Instead of giving up, the best thing to do is learn from your mistakes. If you tried flipping celebrity-related domains, why not try flipping movie-related domains? If you tried promoting affiliate products through websites and blog posts, why not try using PPC marketing? What I’m trying to point out is simple. If you know something works, keep trying. Find a way to fix your mistake and never ever give up. Ever.

Do You Have A Success Story?

If you are someone who is now successful at doing what you do online, please tell us your success story. How did your failures motivate it? What steps did you take to get back on track? We’d love to read about your success story, so go ahead and post it below!

If you’re reading this, it’s most likely that you’re a blogger or webmaster trying to make money online. It’s also most likely that you have a blog… a make-money-online blog. But do you actually think that people make money online just from blogs or niche sites? Meet Digital Point.

Digital Point is the mother of all webmaster forums. If you don’t know what it is, you are missing out on a lot of things (and a lot of money). Bloggers like John Cow and Jason from TUK are already reputable members of the community. Let me tell you a little secret. Ready? I make hundreds of $$$ from DP almost every month. So along with this blog that I already make money from, Digital Point gives me another source of income.

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For those that are frequent users of the internet, you have probably come upon those “Free iPods”, “Free Xbox’s”, “Free Plasma TV” or whatever. After seeing them, we automatically leave the site and move on. But here’s what you need to know… You actually get those items. How? Well, you don’t actually get them for free. What you do have to do is spend a few dollars filling out a few trial forms from other companies and products, then you’ll have to refer others to the same free offers. After that you’ll eventually get your item.

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