In fact auto posters can be really helpful if you need to compile information fast from various sources and don’t have the time to do it. Take for instance a coupon site. You could use an auto poster to compile coupons from many different coupons, then manually go in and approve which coupons to post.

Some of the various auto posters out there, that are also free include:
Wp O Matic

WP-Venus

One of the premium auto posters I’ve been using is called MyVideoBlog and automatically takes feeds based on youtube and republishes them including the video. I’ve got my own custom templates designed to make things even more unique. Of course I go through and hand write all the posts myself for even more unique articles.

Relying on Google for traffic is a good way for users to come to your site for free, but what happens if Google changes the way it ranks your website and you lose much of your traffic. What would you do?

Though I’ve relied on Google’s search engine and their adsense system for a long time, it’s time to start thinking outside the box. There are people selling products on eBay for money, people offering services ect.

My new years resolution? Start making money with ways outside the Google stronghold!

Steps to Take When Getting Banned by Google Adsense
1. Immediately sign up for other ad companies. Good places to start are infolinks, chitika, and adbrite.
2. Replace the spot where your Google Adsense ads were with ads from other companies. The longer you wait the more revenue you stand to lose.
3. Don’t Panic! Write Adsense and explain, maybe you can get your account back, but it doesn’t always happen.

Life happens and so does getting a fat ban from Google Adsense. Make sure you stay with their terms of service so you can avoid this before it happens!

Resources for Google Adsense Ban
1. Google Adsense Terms of Service
2. Google Adsense Program Policies

You can win a reader over with your blog content, but to get them to continue reading, you need a blog design that doesn’t look spammy or unprofessional. By adding your own custom design, you can help make your blog design look more original and credible. On SampleADay.com I even added my own Avatar of myself for a more personal effect.

When it comes down to it, free blog templates are cheap, but they make your blog look like everyone else’s. If you are getting decent traffic, pay for a professinal design or at least design it yourself.

So during the holidays, expect a low ecpm, but in the best case, traffic could pick back up, giving you higher than ever ECPM. So don’t be down during the holidays, your earnings might go higher like mine have, at least wait to cry about your ecpm until after the holidays are over…

Some people have retaliated from Twitter by singing up for the alternative called Plurk. Any activity deemed to be spammer like usually ends in an account getting banned or suspended from Twitter. Even activity like having your posts auto added to Twitter can set off the alarm.

If you really weren’t spamming you probably can get your account unsuspended. Just write them and let them know what happened. Some people get caught in spam clouds or twitter members block them leading to the spam triggger.

All in all this just confirms that no your twitter is not really yours, since twitter seems so suspend anyone they want to, even if they didn’t really spam or actually do anything long.

How to Find EDU Blog Backlinks
There are a number of free tools for finding backlinks to edu blogs.  http://www.edublogfinder.com/ is a great way to search edu blogs for a place to comment and get your backlink.

Just find a few edu blogs and get your blog listed.  Or, if you belong to a university, see if you can get your own webpage and link your blog there for extra link love.

2. Search Google.com/blogsearch for related blogs. I tend to add the phrase blogspot in there because blogspot blogs are the easiest to get your comment approved vs wordpress.com blogs which always seem to get marked as spam.

Why I Offer Prizes and Gifts On My Website
Sometimes people need a little incentive. The thought of winning something can be just enough motivation to get my websites growing without spending a lot of money. One of the current deals on some of my forums is that if they start 100 new topics they get a t shirt. Though 100 sounds like a lot in order to get a prize or gift, it actually has motivated more people to start writing for me.

They get the tshirt and I get even more additional advertising (when they wear the t shirt). Plus, they will want to wear the tshirt because they worked for it. This might motivate other people they tell to want to write on the forum too. Overall offering prizes and gifts can multiply your traffic greatly.

I tend to stay away from monetary prizes and stick with something like a tshirt or other prize that could cost any amount. This way they aren’t working for $5, but rather something that could be worth 5, 10, or even 20 dollars depending on how the person values it.

Of the two Organic Search Engine Traffic is of course cheaper, but it takes more effort and time to get things going. Paid Traffic on the other hand gets things moving faster allowing you to pay for the terms you want and possibly generate sales and revenue much faster.

Which Way To Get Traffic is Better?
I would combine both methods to get things moving. Use paid traffic to get your website going, and continue to work on organic search engine traffic to save money later.