Multiple Ways To Earn Passive Income Online (Infographic)

Many pro bloggers around are earning cool and sizable passive income online around the world. It is not a one-size fit all kind of concept, in fact, many a time, such professional bloggers earn passive income through multiple streams.

 

By the way, by passive, it doesn't means you just do nothing and the money will flow in automatically like water. It is far from that. In fact, there are quite a lot of hard work to be done to earn meaningful "passive" income. The reason why we called it passive is because you can still expect some earning even though you are not working on it.

 

PiFormula has recently created an infographic detailing 9 online passive income opportunities that you can tap on. In summary, they are :
 

1. Blogging

2. Affiliate Marketing

3. Website Publisher

4. Amazon Selling

5. Freelancing

6. Online Writing

7. Forex Trading

8. Network Marketing

9. PIFormula

 

For more details, check out the infographic below:
 

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Of course, not all methods work for everyone, if you are looking for online passive income opportunities, choose what suit you the most.
 

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The Best Online Ad Placements (Infographic)

If you are a webmaster or blogger that monetized your website/blog through ads placement, I am pretty sure that you are aware of the banner-fatigue syndrome that "plagued" the online space at the moment. In short, not many people will view or click on your banner ads anymore. Basing on the latest survey, the average click-through-rate (CTR) of the banner ad is less than 0.5%.

 

One of the new kid on the block that offer native advertising services (for both advertisers and publishers), ContentClick has recently done a survey and produced an infographic on the best online ad placement. Even though it is more relevant to the UK audience but I am of the view that this is a general sentiment across the board.

 

Enjoy the infographic below:

 

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The History Of Content Marketing (Infographic)

"Content Is King"!

Hence, Content Marketing is in high demand at the moment!  Content Marketing, sometimes referred to as "Inbound Marketing", is focused on delivering comprehensive consumable, effective, often times, useful, content to the consumers.  

 

Many a time, it goes hand-in-hand with Social Media Marketing. HubSpot is one of the popular inbound marketing provider.

 

Recently, Curata.com has generate an infographic detailing the evolution of marketing from Internet Bubble to Content Marketing.

 

Check out the informative infographic below:

 

The Habits Of The Smartest People, The Good And Bad (Infographic)

We might not be the smartest person in the world, like Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison and Bill Gates, but we can definitely learn something from their habits (of course, we should be focusing on the good habits only).

Courtesy of Online-PHD-Programs.org, they have compiled an informative infographic on the good and bad habits of the smart people. Before checking out the beautifully crafted infographic, following are the gist of it :

 

THE GOOD:

1. Set written goals and share it with friends

2. Avid readers

3. Self-disciplined

4. Think about thinking

 

THE BAD:

1. Tend to drink

2. Use drugs

3. Night owls

4. Anxious

 

Now, check out the infographic with more details here:

 

Online Trends In 2014 (Infographic)

The first quarter of 2014 is almost ending soon, let's recap some of the 2014 online trends and

predictions from the marketing thought leaders.

 

Compiled by ReferralCandy, basing on the list of thought-provoking trends and predictions compiled by Forbes.

 

Following are the gist of it:

 

1. More mobile than ever

2. Community, community, community

3. Brands will be the new media producers

4. Social Media is no longer a choice

5. Changing attitude about social

6. Computerised future is NOW!

 

Now, enjoy the infographic below:

 

Top 25 Most Influential Performance Marketers (Infographic)

Let's faced it, the big guys in Internet Marketing arena are mostly focusing on Performance Marketing (comprising of Affiliate Marketing [get paid when your customer buy the seller's products/services as well as CPA Marketing [get paid when your customer take an action specified by the sellers e.g. filling-up registration form etc..]).

 

Recently, Impact Radius has released an Infographic featuring the most influential performance marketers in 2014 : “Top 25 Performance Marketing Influencers”. Happy to see quite a number of familiar faces there, I guess that's why they are influential! ;-)

 

The names that strike a chord to me personally are : John Chow, Pat Flynn and Jac Johnson as I followed their blogs/podcasts quite religiously. 

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Search Engine Optimization Clue (Infographic)

To put it simply, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is one of the most important knowledge/skills that all internet marketers should be aware of. Having said that, since time is money (correct in both online and offline space), many internet marketers would preferred outsource their SEO needs to specialists.

 

This is especially true since global search is still on the upwards trend even with the "invasion" of social networking sites (like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest etc..) and there is no sign of slowing down. Thus, if you do not want to spend too much time and money on the paid search result, do spend sometime on the on-page and off-page SEO (of your site/blog) either by yourself or through SEO service provider. One of such prominent play is MOZ.     

 

Lastly, check out the following relevant Infographic:  

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Can You Imagine If There Is No Blog From Tomorrow Onwards? (Infographic)

Blog was been here for since 1997 and it will continue to be in existence in the foreseeable future. In fact, some of the authoritative blogs (like Mashable, TechCrunch etc.) have over-shadowed the mainstream media for many years.

 

So, can you imagine one day if all the blogs gone holidays and MIA (Missing-In-Action)? I can't either.

 

In fact, there is a whole Blogconomy currently brewing "silently" in the online space and many of the professional bloggers are living out of it, comfortably. Recently, Ignite Spot produced a brilliant infographic that will answer all your doubts and queries about Blogconomy.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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Why Is SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Still Important? (Infographic)

For those who tell you that internet marketing has switched its gear from SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to Social Media. The truth is, it is far from truth. In fact, both SEO and Social Media can complement each other to create a more powerful online presence.

 

To quote you two examples:
 

1. Do you know that the big G in the search engine (I am sure you know who) is receiving more than 1 billion searches each day?

2. There are about 36% of the small businesses paying for the publishing and analytics tools to enhance their SEO?

 

With the launch of its own Social Networking site, Google+, Google has integrated the Google Search with it seamlessly and doing pretty well in terms of consolidating results the with more social proof.  In fact, the other big player in Search Engines, Yahoo! is doing so too with the integration with Facebook and their site has gone much more than search alone!

Thus, it is not a zero-sum game, both SEO and Social Media still have an important role to play in the online space.      

 

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Content Marketing Is Here To Stay (Infographic)

Most gurus will tell you this: "Content Is King" as for as internet marketing is concern and personally I am 100% agreeable with to it. Also, it will be forever true as long as we continue to consume media through the online channel especially internet. 

Of course, what would probably evolved is the format of the content as well as how we consume them. For example, with the ever increasing world-wide adoption of smartphone/tablets, more content will be customised to fit into the mobile devices like there (in the form of phone apps) for a better user experience. 

Thus, content marketing is here to stay. Having said that, for content marketing to work well, we need to ensure that the content is valuable, up-to-date and relevant to the targeted audience. As illustrated by the following infographic, content marketing starts with sufficient research followed by identification of the appropriate formats and finally choose the proper channels to release/promote them.         

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Let's Go Back To Basic Of Blogging [Infographic]

Today I am feeling a bit nostalgic and thus like to share a bit of the history of BLOG. Of course, I will not dwell with too much historical details here but just wanted to share the answers to the following two basic questions:

1. When was the term BLOG being coined and by who?

2. How is the term BLOG formed?

 

First, the one that responsible for the term Blog is Jorn Barger. In December 1997, he first coined the term Weblog and the term Blog was derived from the combination of these 2 words (Web + Log), which is the answer to question number 2.

Courtesy of Blogskinny, they have generated a simple yet meaningful Infographic about the history of Blogging which answer the similar questions.

Now, enjoy the Infographic below:

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Are you a blogger? If not, you may want to jump into the bandwagon as it is fun and profitable (to some) to be a blogger. ;-)

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This Anatomy Of Link Infographic Tell You Why Link Is Important In SEO (Infographic)

As far as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is concern, LINK is one of the critical element in the on page optimization. Of course, not all links are created equal. Thus, it is important to pay enough attention when you are placing the links in your site or blog.

 

Just take for an example, a link from authority site like The New York Times is worth 200 times more valuable than random site/blog. As per the statistic, there are 9.2 trillion links on the web and it is growing furiously. So you got the math of how important the links is.

 

The following infographic (Anatomy Of A Link) from HubShout explains very well on how a link looks like from the Search Engine perspective.

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Why Google+ Is Important To Your Search Rank (Infographic)

As you are probably aware, Google+ is actually the last big player in the Social media scene. Launched in June 2011 and with just slightly more than 2  years history, it has garnered close to 360 millions users (as at May 2013) and officially become the second-biggest Social Networking site. I am sure you know who is the biggest one! ;-)

With its sheer size and tight integration with Google's other products like Google Search Engine, Blogger and Youtube, if search result (especially from Google Search) is important to you (or your business), you will want to get your hand "dirty" in the Google+ space.

Study shown that Websites with the presence of Google+ Business Page can potentially raise the Search Rank by 15%. Check out the infographic below for more details: 

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So, what are you waiting for? It is about time to get your business (or online presence) Plus-ed, if it has not been done so.

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There Is No Success Without Failure (Infographic)

In life, we are facing with constant challenges (big and small), at times we get through it with flying colour but at other times, we faced with failures. Same thing applies to online venture like Internet Marketing.

 

Just like the title said it all, there is no success without failure! The good news is, for online venture, it allows us to fail fast and cheaply (at least as compared to brick and mortar venture). Thus, the question is not how many times we failed, but how many times we get back up and try a new ones, until we success.

 

Still need some convincing? Check out the following infographic for some inspiration:

There is no success without failure - Infographic

Have you failed enough? If no, I guess you are not successful enough! ;-p

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Why You can't afford To Ignore The Online Channel Now? (Infographic)

If you are in business (brick and mortar or online, big or small), I am sure you are aware by now that online channel is a necessity. Every day, millions of people making use of search engines to look for the products or services that they are interested in. Thus, it is definitely a channel that you can't afford to ignore.

 

Effectively, that explains why the needs of Internet Marketing (especially the Search Engines Marketing and Social Media Marketing) is on the rise. Of course, online is a very fluid and dynamic channel, changes usually come in fast and furious. Thus, it is important to have a constant look out for the online development. 

 

So, if your business is still has no online presence of any form, it is definitely time for you to review your marketing budget and place a fair bit of attention to the online channel as well. Need some quantitative figures on what happen in the online space? Check out the following informative infographic from Global Press Release: 

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175 million online shoppers by 2016 [Infographic]

Internet Marketing is nothing new but it will be increasingly becoming more mainstream. The key reason is the eCommerce sites are springing up everywhere, from giant authority sites like Amazon, Rakuten to the smaller sites in the form of blog shops.

 

Actually, there is no surprise at all for the eCommerce boom, with the increased online security, ease of international payment method (e.g. Paypal) and mobile channels (i.e. mobile devices like mobile phots, tablets etc.), the only way is up for the eCommerce (especially the digital goods). With the booming eCommerce, internet marketing (in the forms of inbound marketing, social media marketing or pure online advertising etc...) is proportionately on the upwards trend too.

As per Arrow Payments, the US online shoppers alone is expected to grow from 137 millions (in 2010) to 175 millions (in 2016), which is more than 25% increase! So are you on the bandwagon yet?

Check out the following simple infographic (from Arrow Payments) for more details:
 

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Wordpress - The Top 30 Plugins [Infographic]

When come to blogging, the most popular CMS (Content Management System) in the market is Wordpress. It's easy to use, it's free and best of all, it's unlimited expandability with Plugins and Widgets. Currently, there are about 150 millions blogs powered by Wordpress and Blogger is second on the list. Yes, this particular blog is powered via free Blogger and I have no qualm of promoting either one of them as I am happy with both (I do maintain multiple blogs under both platforms).

Talking about Plugins, there are more than 22,000 plugins (free and paid) in the market and the challenge for many of us is to choose a stable and suitable plugins for your blog. Graphs.net has recently released a useful Infrgraphic showcasing the Top 30 Wordpress Plugins by number of downloads.

Check out the infographic below...

SEO And Its Most Important Buddy – Content [Infographic]

When come to SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Content is its most important buddy, this is especially prominent when the Search Giant, Google, implemented its latest Search Algorithm (Panda). Thus, there are more and more marketers (online or offline) are incorporating content marketing as part of their SEO strategy. To me, this is a fair game plan, as a user who search online almost everyday, what we expect the least is the search result with quality and relevant content.

On top of content, the other key element in SEO is social media. Yes, you hear me right, that’s where the phrase ” Social is SEO and Content is Social” come about. If you have not already know, the search giants (i.e. Google and Bing) already (or have plan to) integrate the Social sharing as part of their search ranking i.e.

“Bing uses Facebook Likes as ranking signal for logged-in users”

“Google is working on using Google +1 as a ranking signal”

“Tweets help Google index faster”

In short, when we talk about SEO nowadays, we need to include Content and Social Media as a a total SEO solution! Brafton has generated an informative Infographic to explore how content made a difference in search engine visibility. Check out the Infographic, Why Content For SEO below:

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Note: This article was first published in someplus.com (Social Media Plus)

Gangnam Style - The Anatomy Of Its Success [Infographic]

Gangnam Style gone so viral until it has its very own Infographic now. Psy (the singer) is everywhere in the US media coverage (online and offline) recently busy demoing his dance movements. This is another perfect example showing the true power of social media (youtube in this instance). 

I am pretty sure that majority of the viewer don't even understand what the song is all about but with its cheeky and hilarious dance movements from the MV (especially the Horse Dance), it hits the jackpot many times over.  

As at this moment, the official Gangnam Style MV in Youtube has reached the top 1 video with  175,295,251 viewership and is still going strong. In case (just in case) you still haven't seen the MV, check it out below:

Ok, now that you have at least watched the MV above, interested to find out why is the MV so hot? Check out the infographic below (in English, of course) detailing who is Psy and what is Gangnam (click on the image to view the larger version of the infographic):

So, What do you think of Gangnam Style? Are you addicted to the MV as well? Share your view in the comment section.

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Google vs Facebook : The Fight on Online Advertising Goes On [Infographic]

For those of you who are are watching the online space long enough will know that online advertising is a huge and booming business. It is estimated that the online advertising spending in 2012 is valued at USD94.2 billions (USD39.5 billions in US alone) [source: GO-Gulf.com].

The current giant and top online advertising network provider is non other than Google (enjoying 44.1% market share [source: GO-Gulf.com]). Of course, the other social media giant, Facebook is gaining its momentum in the online advertising space as well. Check out the following infographic from Wordstream detailing how each of them performed in the area like Advertising Reach, Revenue/Growth and Ads Format etc. (click/download the image for the expanded image). 

  

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