I was thinking about conversion rates in general and happen to find some information regarding email list marketing.

Some of it is old, but people are people; they don’t really change much over a few years.

http://www.emailstatcenter.com/Segmentation.html

# Untargeted broadcast emails

Open rate: 20%

Avg. CTR: 9.5%

Avg. conversion rate: 1.1%

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# - Jupiter Research (2006) User-triggered campaigns

Open rate: 27%

Avg. CTR: 9.3%

Avg. conversion rate: 2.3%

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# - Jupiter Research (2006) Lifecycle messaging campaigns

Open rate: 26%

Avg. CTR: 9.3%

Avg. conversion rate: 2.3%

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# - Jupiter Research (2006) Click-stream based campaigns

Open rate: 33%

Avg. CTR: 14%

Avg. conversion rate: 3.9%

- Jupiter Research (2006)

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Untargeted broadcast emails, with no personalization or segmentation

* Average open rate of 20%

* Average click-through rate of 9.5%

* Average conversion rate of 1.1%

- David Daniels, Jupiter Research (2006)

Campaigns triggered from user actions, such as shopping cart abandonment:

* 27% average open rate

* 9.3% average click-through rate

* 2.3% average conversion rate

- David Daniels, Jupiter Research (2006)

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If you’ve never done any email marketing before, here is one way to get started.

1. Put a Newsletter signup form on your site. Many people might be turned off to newsletters, but if you just say “Enter your email to receive occasional updates”, you might get a better response.

2. Keep a note pad near you and daily jot down ideas for “news” or tips that you could include in your announement email.

3. Sign up for a low cost, low volume email list service. aweber seems to be what most are using.

Good luck!

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From a lot of web crawling and data mining, I have a database (flatfile) of over 350,000 WP blogs. I am NOT talking about 350,000 Wordpress blog URLs, (duplicate domains), a child could find that.

These are all unique domains in an unedited, uncensored database, (non-printable characters were replaced with a ‘#’ symbol during the data mining process), and you will be hard pressed to find this data anywhere else!

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The format of the list is:

DOMAIN NAME
WORDPRESS VERSION
PAGE TITLE
META KEYWORDS
META DESCRIPTION
MOST RECENT PERMALINK
ADSENSE PUB ID

All on each one line, of course.
Delimited with a double pipe because the Keywords and Descriptions contain commas.

In plain text it is 113MB and compressed it is 38MB. HUGE!!!

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What can be done with this?

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How can this be a marketing tool?

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1. A startup SEO consultant could possibly find new prospects by browsing for ineffective Titles, Keywords, and Descriptions. Contact them with your offer to research and improve. Tell them why they need to improved these onpage elements.

2. A Wordpress geek could search the versions and offer to update them to the latest version. This would give them lots of new features and all the security fixes.

3. Speaking of security fixes, if you are good with Wordpress you might find some of the older versions have been hacked or defaced and you could offer to help them. There are some VERY young versions on the list.

4. The domain names alone could be used just for commenting on blogs. Research them and spend some time getting quality backlinks.

5. Search Titles in order to find competitors.

6. Search Keywords in order to find new keywords for you own use.

7. Search Descriptions in order to find new ideas for your own onpage SEO.

8. You could also search for AdSense pub IDs. Why? If you are researching a site, it might have private whois information, but if it uses AdSense, all of the owners blogs will have the same pubID, so you could find his whole network.

I’m sure that the possible uses of this list could be expanded by more creative people than myself.

Price: $99.00

Leave a comment and I’ll email you.

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Finding working proxies is a pain in the ass. I know, I’ve been doing it for four years and it really doesn’t get any easier over time.

When I started blackhatbootcamp.com, I had to buckle down and fine tune my perl code for proxy scraping and testing. It’s been about a year and a half and my proxy service for my members is working like a swiss clock.

The good news is that you don’t have to join my bootcamp just to get the proxies. You can have them delivered straight to your Inbox everyday at a reasonable price.

1. We usually have from 50 to 100 freshly tested proxies daily.
2. Each proxy is quality-tested to ensure high anonymity.

Attention: Open Public Proxies are not intended for illegal activities. Notice the word “public”?

However, if all you’re doing is commenting on some blogs with something like Syndk8’s FREE Wordpress Auto Commenter, and you want a different IP with each comment, these proxies will serve you well.

Remember, these are open public proxies and if you’ve ever dealt with them, you know that they are flakey. They come and they go quickly. Of course, this is exactly why you need them delivered to your Inbox fresh everyday.

Here’s the deal, you sign up, I put you on the email list, you get the proxies everday in your Inbox for 7 days FREE. If you’re not happy with my proxy service, you can cancel through your Paypal at any time. If you are ok with it, your service continues automatically, for the righteously low price of just $5.95/month.

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Until one day I stumbled upon some information that shook my world! I found an ebook that contained such powerful secrets that my life changed forever!

My eyes had been opened and I learned the right way of creating mini sites. BAM! Almost overnight my sales went through the roof. I was so amazed that I had to check and double check my paypay account. I thought it had to be a mistake or a prank, but it was very real!!!

The biggest secret is that there is a magic sequence to the text you put on a mini site that causes people to buy now. Once you know that magic sequence, you can pretty much make as much money as you want..

Here are just five of the chapters in the book that I read over and over again:

1) The secret formula for creating killer mini-sites
2) How to write irresistible copy for your mini-site
3) Creating your own info-product to sell
4) Selling other people’s products
5) Where to host your mini-sites and get the best bang for the buck

There is more in the book, but notice that first chapter? “The secret formula for creating killer mini-sites”. That’s what I’m talking about and it really is a secret and it really will make you virtually all the money you want!

Folks, honest to God, I paid $59.00 for this ebook and it was the best damn purchase I ever made. Sadly, the original author of this ebook has passed away, but I have 50 copies that I am authorized to distribute. I have already given a few copies to some of my friends and family because I know that if they apply the secret sequence from the ebook, they will make tons of cash!

(image is for presentation only, product is a digatal download.)

I have sold a few copies of this amazing ebook for the same price that I paid and the buyers thanked me, but I want the last few copies to go quickly so that I can just sit around the beach sipping my iced coffee.

So, only if you’re a mover and a shaker will you be able to obtain the secret sequence of mini sites and make the easiest cash of your life because these last few copies are going for Only $29.95!

Instant download!

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Note: After payment be sure to click the Return To Merchant button. If that Return does not work, email sales at blackhatbootcamp.com.

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Are you paying for a slow, bloated, overloaded server that doesn’t care about you?

Would you like something a bit more trim, fit, and eager to satisfy you?

Here’s a VPS that has good specs at a reasonable price.

vpsland.com

512 MB RAM

10 GB Storage

250 GB Bandwidth

1 IP address

$19.99/mo

That’s their Starter package. They have others with more resources of course.

However, if this is your first VPS and if you are not proficient at Linux, be warned, these server packages are barebones; no Web Host Manager (WHM) and no Cpanel. It does include Plesk Control Panel good for 30 domains if you can figure it out.

I get nothing from this, I’ve been using them and I just think it’s a good deal. Their support is ok also.

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It’s just amazing how often I see a forum post like: “I’m ranking good in Google, but nowhere in Yahoo, WHY?”

Those lucky webmasters that are ranking in Yahoo give these answers:

Get into yahoo directory
Get more back links
Put your keyword in your Title.
ect, etc.
blah, blah, blah.

I know those people mean well, but it’s obvious that they really don’t know how they got their page ranking well in Yahoo, so they just throw out some standard advice.

It can be tiring reading these same blah answers over and over for years, so I am going to break ranks with my professional colleagues and explain right here how it’s done.

Yahoo Loves Wordpress!

Use a wordpress blog.
Post at least once per week.
Be sure the xmlrpc pings are enabled.
Write posts interesting enough to attract comments. (natural updates)

Here’s an example from the blackhat seo niche.

Both of these sites are doing well, but seoblackhat has a shit load more links that blackhatseo, yet he is ranking 4th behind the #1 blackhatseo in Google. seoblackhat also has better PR.

So, why is the Google #4 actually in the #1 spot in Yahoo?

Some of his 58,000 links that are not helping him in Google are probably helping him in Yahoo. Which ones, we’ll never know.

Other than that, it comes down to:

Yahoo Loves Wordpress!

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Everyone’s talking about it!

Google has updated PageRank

Wooooohooooo!!!!

Of course, many new webmasters are asking questions!.

Let’s cover a few of the most popular.

Q. How often does Google update PageRank?
First of all, Google updates PageRank on a continuous basis, everyday, around the clock, but we do NOT see that PageRank until Google exports it to the Toolbar. Then you see your PageRank as of THAT particular export time and date.

Q. My PageRank went up, why is my site not ranking better?
An increase in PageRank does not mean that your site should rank better. It only means that you are now seeing in your toolbar what Google has known all along. Many webmaster just don’t “get it” on this point. Again, your site is not ranking better because Google already knew your site’s up-to-date PageRank even before the new PR was exported to the Toolbar.

Q. My PageRank dropped, HELP!!!
A decrease in PageRank is important to notice and take action on and you might need to restart your link campaign.

We lose PageRank for several reasons:

1. It could mean that some of the sites that were linking to you have deleted your link.
2. Also, if you comment on dofollow blogs, the post where your comment is may be dropping down in their archives: if it has less PR, so will your comment link.
3. It could also mean that the sites where you have links have actually lost their PageRank.

You should check the PageRank of those sites where you have links.

Bootcamp members have a custom program for this: PRbot.

Here’s a screen shot:

Without good tools, it’s really difficult to do our job.

Bootcamp members have many tools to help them, (see examples in signature).

Well, good luck,
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If you’ve been around for awhile, you’ve heard of most of these, but still, this list could be a good reminder to kick off the new year!

1. Submit your blog to directories in your niche.

2. Submit your blog to all the free directory and search engines.

3. Submit your site to free website review sites like coolsiteoftheday.

4. Submit each and every post to social bookmarking sites using onlywire.

5. Submit your articles to article directories like article base and associated content (change the article 20% to 30%, so it wont be picked up by SE as a duplicate content).

6. Write related articles on WikiPedia with your blog url in it.

7. Make a hubpage for your blog, with a little bit information about your blog.

8. Make a wiki page for your blog.

9. Make a squidoo lens or more with a link to your site.

10. Sign up at 43things.com and write things related to your blog and what you want to accomplish.(you’d be surprise by the number of people, just reading other peoples list)

11. Create a myspace page for your blog.

12. Ceate a facebook page for your blog.

13. Create a hi5 page for your blog.

14. Join blogcatalog and do the same as with mybloglog.

15. Use MyBlogLog to create a community around your blog. join other peoples community, so they do the same for you.

16. Create an account with Technorati and with every new post, ping it.

17. Post related how-to videos on you tube with your blog address on the bottom of the screen or at the end or beginning of the video.

18. Use yahoo answers to answer questions related to your niche, leaving your link in the resource box. (believe it or not, 10% of my traffic comes from 20 minutes a week answering questions on yahoo answers)

19. Create an account on stumbleupon, and stumble each and every article you write. (one of the best ways to drive traffic to your site for free)

20. Join as many forums as possible, especially forums related to your niche

21. Place a “digg it” button right after your post, to make it easy for your readers to digg your post.

22. Use a comment notifying plug-in to let your readers know about new comments. believe it or not, most people read more of other peoples comment on your post, than your post itself.

23. Use social bookmarking plug-ins to make it easy for your readers to submit your post to social bookmarking site

24. Install “tell-a-friend” plug-in to make it easy for your readers to let others know about your post.

25. Make use of “all in one SEO” plug-in to make your blog search engine friendly.

26. Use a forum plug-in to create a forum for your blogs readers to talk and discuss related issues.

27. Use a free keyword tool to find and use good ranking keywords in your niche.

28. Use sites like vista print to make free business cards ($5 shipping for 250 free BC which is worth it) with your site url on it and pass it around.

29. Make a free favicon to be easily found in your readers favorites file. (people like to find what they want fast. i myself sometimes give up finding a particular article or site in my huge favorite file, simply because i don’t want to spend 5 minuets to go through the whole list. a favicon is like big spot light focused on you between hundreds of other people!

30. Use free press release services to gain visibility.

31. Use pingomatic to ping RSS aggregators.

32. Use free advertising sources like craigslist and backpage to post ads about your articles or blog in related categories.

33. Talk about or if you can interview a trusted person in your niche

34. Leave comments on blogs in related niches or any niche for that matter.(don’t spam, leave genuine comment, as you would like others to do so for you)

35. Make a banner ad for your blog and exchange with other interested bloggers.

36. Use blogroll to link to other bloggers in your niche in exchange for a link to your blog on their blog roll.

37. Ask other bloggers to write a review of your blog in exchange for a link to their site from your site.

38. Dedicate a post about a top bloggers in your niche. it will catch their attention and they may link to you

39. Whenever appropriate, link to other bloggers articles in your post. they will return the favor.

40. use your best articles to post on other peoples blog as a guest writer (it’ll gain you visibility and new audience)

41. Another blogger to post on your blog as guest (while he enjoys some new readers, it will brings his readers to your site as well)

42. Provide freebies, like free ebooks, free downloads and etc, to your readers.

43. Once in a while run a contest related to your niche and encourage visitors to participate for a prize, and do give a prize to the winner, no matter how small. it will help to establish your persona as a trusted blogger, and once people see you as a trustworthy person, not only they will keep coming back to you, but they will bring other visitors as well.

44. Use common questions related to your niche for the title of your article.

45. Use keywords in the title of your post. keywords in title is one of the easiest and most important techniques of search engine optimization.

46. Use a small place on your blog to have your blogs complete url ready for those who wish to link to your blog.

47. Keep your blog clean and easily navigable.(how many times you have left a site, because you weren’t able to find what you came for?)

48. Use numbered list for your informative posts, like “5 ways to…”. people tend to like these kinds of post.

49. Shocking and surprising articles will draw people to your site.

50. Be on the look out for new developments and news related to your niche, the first person breaking a new story, gets the most traffic.

51. Videos are increasingly becoming popular, use them on your blog to your advantage.

52. Use tags for your post, as its becoming a very popular way of finding related content.

53. Post frequently. search engines and readers like fresh content.

54. If you have any other blog or site, place a link to your site. (you can even create a blog to talk about your journey with your blog/site).

55. Read and respond to your readers comment.(if i feel that what i say is important to the writer, i am more likely to came back for more and encourage others to do the same)

56. Put your blog URL in your forum signatures.

57. Use your blog name for your user name in forums and when leaving comment on other blogs.

58. Ask your friends and family to Digg and stumble your posts. a post with more diggs or stumble, means more visibility.

59. Put your blogs name and url on a bumper sticker or something like that, and attach it to your car. big corporations pay people to place their ads on their car, you don’t have to pay anyone, use your own car and also give some stickers to your friends and family and ask them to stick it on back bumper.

60. Make flyers with your blogs name and a short captivating headline style description and pass it in the mall or parking lots. if you use a good headline, at least 60-70% of the people will visit your blog out of curiosity, and who knows how many will become your diehard fans!(readers)

61. and last but not least, be patient and give it some time. no one goes from 20/30 visitors a day to hundreds and thousands of visitors, over night.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:27 PM
Posted by Maile Ohye, Developer Programs Tech Lead
[cross-posted from the Google Webmaster Central Blog]

The last signal I want to cover in article ranking is the idea of trusted sources. For us, trusted sources doesn’t have to do with some arbitrary decision that we make, but it’s actually data driven. So, according to our data over time, did users start to look at your articles and then click on them?… ~ Maile Ohye, Google Developer Programs Tech Lead.

Maile Ohye, Google Developer Programs Tech Lead

Another link to Maile’s video.

So, let’s get started on our organic-SERPs-clickbots.

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Over the years there’s been many warnings to the effect “too many links per page can raise red flags with Google” and maybe get your site banned. Why? Because Google recommends no more than 100 links per page in their content guidelines, and so, every webmaster trembles with fear.

This is like the ancients thinking thunder and lightning were an angry god.

In March of this year, Matt Cutts, Google’s Quality Control Supervisor, put up a new page with over 100 links.

I’m about to publish a blog post with a ton of links in it — almost two hundred of them. ~ Matt Cutts

Because Matt, himself, is doing it, finally he thinks that the millions of scared-to-death, Googlegod-fearing webmasters around the world should know the truth.

The original reason we provided that recommendation is that Google used to index only about 100 kilobytes of a page. When we thought about how many links a page might reasonably have and still be under 100K, it seemed about right to recommend 100 links or so. If a page started to have more than that many links, there was a chance that the page would be so long that Google would truncate the page and wouldn’t index the entire page. ~ Matt Cutts

I suppose that makes some sense from Google’s point of view. They would certainly rather sacrifice links than cut down on the content, but 100K is a big page. We’re not talking about the images, etc, just the source HTML.

In any case, the point is that Google does NOT automatically label pages with over 100 links as spam.

Does Google automatically consider a page spam if your page has over 100 links? No, not at all. ~ Matt Cutts

Quoted from:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ how-many-links-per-page/

Another myth busted! Now you can rest easy.

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