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SEO Technique - What is the Smartest Way to Get Started

Written by: John Alexander

Article Overview: While many people have come to the reality of realizing that they need an effective Web presence but it seems that a lot there are always challenges for others just to "get started." The smarter ones study and build their skills first, which shortens the time it takes to become successful. But one of the questions I get asked by our Workshop students all the time is "Where is the best place for me to start using my SEO and SEM skills to get started making money?"

SEO Technique - What is the Smartest Way to Get Started

For a lot of people, the first time they make up their mind to get started with a Web site, they may be thinking of a number of things that are important to them. They have a business they want to be found online, they want to sell their products or services and use their Web site to communicate their offers to online consumers.
So when it comes to SEO Technique - What is the smartest way to get started?
The answer may differ in some instances, but we usually encourage the new student to roll up their sleeves and get started with either their own high quality informational Web site where they have the freedom to make all the decisions and you can consider exercising new SEO skills by selling other peoples products through affiliate marketing. This gives you your initial comfort level before you take on clients who can be very demanding.
By getting your skills up to speed first, it allows the student to experience rapid learning and to put all their knowledge to work without any conflict or pressures of dealing with clients. At the same time, our students can build their SEO comfort level and make some passive cash flow too. While our Workshop students have the benefit of hands-on SEO skills training and a 6 month mentoring program for ongoing support but there is a tuition fee associated with this caliber of Workshop.
There is something about the phrase "getting started" that new people struggle with.
Probably the most important initial first step that impacts your business is to 1) Get started and 2) Actually see genuine results and make some money.
Okay so let's talk about some easy ways you can get started quickly and make some money from the Web for free.
Getting started with ZERO budget:
How can you get started making money online for free with literally no budget no programming experience and:

* No Web hosting fees

* No Web site design fees

* No costs of any kind

But perhaps you would like to get online to:
* publish your articles
* publish an Interview
* talk about your hobbies or talk about your career
* do some affiliate marketing
* highlight an eBay auction
* sell things from Amazon
* Gather customer feedback at no cost with your own free guest book
* Incorporate visitor voting
* Choose to create content on nearly any topic you wish
* All 100% for free
Would you like to begin selling other peoples products and earning a commission? Try your hand at Squidoo.com and they have options to allow you to split the income or donate it to one of your favorite charities.
Squidoo is one of the EASIEST ways to get yourself started on the Web is with this system which is 100% focused on user generated content. It is a free service and a quick look at Alexa tells us it is about the 704th busiest Web site on the Internet (based on Alexa data.)
Regardless of your experience, Squidoo allows you to build a lens, all by yourself with no need for programming skills and in less than five minutes.
Don't build your lens instead of a website.
But build a lens to help your website along with additional visibility and exposure. Create as many pages as you want. After all it's free and a great place to start.
Other ways you can use your SEO technique with Squidoo for free:

* You can highlight and review the best websites

* You can educate or teach people about a concept

* You can conduct a poll to amongst the readers to see what they think

* You can publish your articles

* You can publish an Interview

* You can talk about your hobbies

* You can talk about your career

* You can work with affiliate marketing options

* You can highlight an eBay auction

* You can sell things from Amazon

* You can point people to political action opportunities

* You can link back to your business Web site along with your Bio

* You can establish your identity
Best of luck to you my friend and if you get started right away you may be surprised at how well you can do. But that is the main key, don't wait but get started right away.

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