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Many internet marketers and webmasters employ article marketing.

Bum Marketing was conceptualized by an online marketer named Travis Sago.  When Bum Marketing was released it made a big impact.

So what is Bum Marketing and how does it work?

Bum Marketing begins with a mixture of specific keywords.  Not just any keywords.  We’re looking for phrases that buyers actually use to search for information online. Keyword phrases that have a substantial number of searches but low competition for those keyword phrases.

For instance, say you choose the keyword “dieting”. This topic has hundreds of searches per day. If you use the keyword as it is you may not get many visitors to your site for that keyword because of the high competition for the keyword “dieting”.

So, what can you do?  You need to find keywords that have a high volume of actual searches yet have low competition. Then, when you compose your article for submission to article directories, include the key phrases you have chosen in the article you are writing. This way you can attract traffic to your article using high volume, low competitition keywords and your links are in the resource box at the bottom of your article.

When you make the decision to put your business or personal life online, you will find many options for web hosting and the service you choose will largely depend on the type of site you plan to build.

Some companies offer free web hosting that allows you a certain amount of bandwidth every month and for many personal sites this will be sufficient. With the typically limited amount of bandwidth offered at no charge, these free web hosting accounts may not be sufficient if you are planning to post a lot of photographs on your site or planning a business website. Commonly, many companies offer free services at around fifty megabytes of bandwidth per month. So you will want to consider the amount of bandwidth you may need before choosing a free web hosting account for your site.

The amount of bandwidth is not only for the content of the site, it also includes the information sent to and from the site by you and any visitors to the site, which is very important to understand when looking into web hosting. An average picture can eat up as much as two megabytes by itself, leaving the available space on your web hosting account likely insufficient for your purposes.

Prices for web hosting can also vary tremendously, typically based on the bandwidth available, the amount of storage space, the number of email accounts included and many other factors. The company’s reputation for being available is the another thing to consider.

Some of the free or least expensive web hosting services have excellent reputations for being up and running. In most instances, a 99 percent up time is considered the standard, meaning your web site will likely show an error or be unavailable only one percent of the time.

Whether you are looking to start a business or personal site it is important to choose a web hosting account that will fit your needs. Visit http://www.webhosting.jsgenterprises.com for more web hosting articles.

What would we do without social media now that it has become such a big part of many of our lives? Here’s a look…

The Facebook Song

“Before the internet friendship was so tough. You actually had to be in people’s presense and stuff” ~ Rhett&Link