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Let’s face it. Most of us hate our jobs. Even if we’re making a pretty good living, the majority of us would rather be doing something else instead of working.

But what if you could get paid for doing whatever it is you’re most passionate about and interested in? Wouldn’t it be great to turn your hobby into a full-time, sustainable income? Most people dream of this very scenario, but few ever live to see it happen.

Well, guess what? You won’t be one of those people after reading this special report that reveals one of the easiest ways to make money online, even if you have absolutely no experience and have been stuck in digital limbo for months, or even years.

But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me quickly explain what this is really all about.

You’ve probably heard the term “starving artist” before, right? It became a popular term because artists have historically had a very hard time making a decent living. Their work is rarely appreciated (often times, until after their death)—and even then, more often than not, it’s simply overlooked. It’s the same for most musicians, actors, writers, etc. They just can’t make a decent living unless they happen to hit the big time. And we all know how rare that is.

Luckily, a powerful, new system has come along that can make that dream come true easier than you might imagine.

The basic idea is simple. You do whatever it is you do—draw, paint, sing, write, film videos, make music… you can turn just about anything into a surefire moneymaker! People can then pledge money to help you live your dream and fulfill your aspirations.

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Why would people pay you to do whatever it is you love to do? What do they get out of it?

Some people pledge because they appreciate you and want to be supportive. Others do it because they are a big fan of your idea, industry and/or your work, and want to have a direct line of contact with you. And some do it because they want the rewards offered.

The bottom line is that people WILL pay you to follow your dreams, if you offer them something of value—even if that value is just getting to watch you do what you love!

Are you starting to get excited? Good! Then, let’s begin.

What Can I Do On Patreon?

Right about now, you are probably wondering what you could do that people would be interested in watching and supporting you for. But the fact is, just about anything you are passionate about, and good at, could be translated into a Patreon page!

Do you like playing video games? People could sign up to support your Twitch stream, or your YouTube channel where they could watch you play games, review new releases, or give tips and walk-through strategies on various gameplay.

Or, perhaps you really enjoy cooking. You could film yourself working on interesting, healthy or low carb dishes, and post those recipes for your patrons.

Or you might be good and drawing, sketching, crafts, or painting. You could post your artwork, as well as things like tutorials and resources that you personally use to create your art.

Maybe you have some sort of obscure (as in not hugely mainstream) hobby that you think no one else would share, but that makes it even more likely that people would want to support you, because they might have a hard time finding that type of content elsewhere!

It might be something like:

Model building (cars, ships, planes, etc.)
Crafting (woodworking, knitting, crochet, sewing, etc.)
Gardening
Outdoor activities (hiking, camping, fishing, cycling, boating, etc.)
Art (drawing, painting, digital art, 3D, sketching, etc.)
Entertaining (acting, comedy, making music, singing, etc.)

Basically, anything where you can teach people something, or entertain people will work well for Patreon! Chances are, you are already into something that will work just fine on the platform. All you have to do is translate that hobby into a medium that works online, such as writing, photos, or videos!

Building Your Page

The first thing you need to do to start participating on Patreon is to create an account and build your page.

Creating an account is very simple. It shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes. Even if you choose to create a video for your page, it shouldn’t take more than a day.

Head on over to:

>> https://www.Patreon.com

Click Log In at the top right of the page, and then look for “New to Patreon? Sign Up” underneath the LOG IN button. Click that link.

It will ask you for some very basic information. Just fill out the form and sign up, or you can use Facebook to make the process a little easier if you prefer.

Next, you have to set up your profile. This will only take a few minutes, plus a little more time to create a video to showcase what you offer your patrons. You don’t have to create a video, but it’s a very good idea to do so because it does help increase conversions.

Let’s look at the different options that are available, and what you need to do to set up each one.

Per Month vs. Per Thing

One of the first things you need to decide is whether you’re going to charge “per month” or “per thing”. Most people charge per month, and patrons seem to prefer that setup because they know exactly how much they will be charged, and when it will happen.

Patreon even specifically states in their documentation that 80% of creators are on the “per month” plan.

Their golden rule is that if you are releasing 4+ pieces of content per month to your patrons that you should choose the monthly option. The “per thing” option is best if you post content sporadically and don’t want the pressure of releasing content on a regular basis.

Creator Photo

Your creator photo is an important way to connect with your audience. It should either be a great representation of your own personality, or a great representation of your talent.

If you are mostly known for your personality, such as if you’re a comedian, actor, teacher, or if you have a YouTube channel or social media channel that showcases you as a person, you will probably just want to use a really great photo of yourself.

But if you are known more for your talent, such as if you are an artist, writer, filmmaker, or other area where people see your work a lot more than they see you personally, you might want to use your talent to create your photo. You could draw yourself in caricature,

Cover Photo

Your cover photo is another spot to showcase what you have to offer. Make sure it shows off your best work and represents exactly what your Patreon is about.
For example, put some delicious looking pictures of food you’ve made if you have a cooking channel, or your best art pieces if you’re an artist. If you’re an entertainer, just put some pictures of you into a collage!

Your cover photo should ideally be 1600x400, as that is the largest size it will be displayed at.

Description

Your description should not be some robotic, programmed response that you think people will want to hear. Your personality should shine through. After all, many people sign up to support you as much as they do your work!

In your description, you should do two main things:

Describe who you are and what you do
Tell people exactly why they should sign up to support you, and what they will receive if they do

Try to approach the writing of your description from the viewpoint of a visitor. Make sure you let people know how much value they will receive if they sign up to support you, but do it in a way that doesn’t make it seem like you’re greedy. You’re just a passionate creator who wants to be able to spend their time creating, right?

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You may have heard that link building is no longer effective in maximizing your website’s exposure. I’m here to tell you that is absolute BS. While backlinks are one of many different ways to signal search engines to direct people to your website, they remain one of the most important ranking components in the SEO industry.

Why? Because backlinks are a way of measuring your authority, trust and social connectivity! They are one of the most effective ways of notifying search engines that you have relevant content to share that people are actively looking for.

So, if you really want to boost your search engine ranking, maximize exposure and drive red-hot leads into your sales funnel, you absolutely must create a rock-solid, unbreakable backlink campaign for your website.

These days, a lot of people refer to link building as “content marketing”. In fact, according to a recent poll on DMOZ, over a third of respondents (36%) refer to it in this way. But whatever you call it, it’s still a very important element of search engine optimization that shouldn’t be ignored.

In this special report, we’re going to look at the very best ways to build effective links in 2018 and beyond, as well as the best practices for finding and obtaining those links.

I’ll also show you exactly how to set up proper link structures and what to avoid so that you are building high-powered linking campaigns that are designed to last for the long-haul.

After all, who wants to have to rebuild every time there’s a change? If you follow the strategies in this report, you simply won’t have to. Are you ready to get started? Let’s begin!

Recent Changes

Before we talk about what currently works as far as link building, we should talk about how things used to work, and how they have changed in recent years.

A few years ago, almost any link was a good link. Almost. Obviously, links from very low quality sites, or known spam sites, were discounted, and enough of them could even get you penalized or banned, but having thousands of low-to-moderate-quality links could push you to the top of the search engines for all but the toughest keywords. You could write a quick 300-word article and submit it to thousands of article directories and end up with a whole bunch of links that would boost your SEO considerably.

You could even shortcut the work by purchasing links from online marketplaces, or submit your site to thousands of link drops with automated software that did all of the work for you. But those days are long gone.

These days, it’s all about quality, not quantity. One well-placed, highquality link is more effective than a dozen low quality links.

And the best news is that it only takes a few short days to build sustainable backlink campaigns that signal search engines that you have quality, share-worthy content that visitor’s will enjoy.

While it will take a bit longer than the outdated methods, the payoff will be worth its weight in gold.

Let me show you how.

Be Linkable

The first step in obtaining quality backlinks is to make sure your site is “linkable”. This means getting your content out there so people can find it, and making sure your content is relevant, targeted and shareworthy. You’ve probably seen your share of content round-ups, right? Those articles titled with headlines like, “Top 10 Must-Read SEO Articles”. The reason these are so popular is because they’re an easy way for bloggers and website owners to create content for their site without writing a lot themselves.

Rather than having to craft an original article, and spending hours doing so, they simply create a post that shares the top resources, with outbound links to relevant websites. Needless to say, because these posts are so popular, they are also fantastic sources of quality backlinks!

So, you need to make your content as attractive as possible to the people who are creating those types of articles. You can do this by creating “link bait”, which are high quality articles that other people will want to link to because they extend coverage of a topic, provide more value and help readers expand their knowledge.

According to Moz, about 75% of content found on the internet has zero inbound links. This is partially due to the sheer volume of content, of course, but it’s also due in part to the lack of quality.

Let’s say you’re running a blog for internet marketers. You’ll want to create a few articles that are much longer and much more in-depth than the rest of your content. These articles, known as “pillar content” will form the cornerstone of your website, and they’ll be the articles that are most likely to generate backlinks.

But you also need to be sure your content is easy to find for people who want to link to it. One of the best ways to do this is to make sure your content is available through social media.

Pinterest is one of the first stops for a lot of people who are creating effective content round-up articles. It’s easy to find content on Pinterest because of the visual format and overall structure, and with its millions of users, it’s easy to tap into your market and maximize exposure.

If you want people to find you easily on Pinterest, be sure you create high quality images that are taller than they are wide, feature text that lets people know what your article is about, and includes a couple of primary keywords in your description.

Be sure to share your content on other social media channels, too, and include keywords and hash tags. Sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram can also help your content get discovered.

As for what you should share, begin by creating content that you know your audience is actively looking for. If you develop content around what your target market finds most valuable it will be easy to reach out to new visitor’s while maximizing exposure within your market.

Then, create complimentary (or auxiliary) content that supports your main articles. This could include a series of blog posts, podcasts, video content or even tweetable posts that are easy to share.

Backlink Best Practices

Simply getting links from social media communities isn’t enough. There are other factors at play that can have a big impact on the overall effectiveness of your links. So, let’s take a look at a few of the most important factors that you’ll want to pay close attention to.

Site Authority

Perhaps the biggest factor in the effectiveness of the links you get is the overall authority of that site. I’m not referring to how respected the site is in general, but the actual search engine authority of the domain and the page the link will be hosted on.

It’s not even worth the effort it’ll take to get links from sites with low authority so you want to focus on high-quality content websites and blogs that have an existing readership and are relevant to your market or niche.

You can find out more regarding domain authority, including how to check it and monitor it at: https://moz.com/learn/seo/domainauthority

No-Follow Links

While no-follow links can help you get direct traffic, you shouldn’t spend too much time pursuing them. They won’t help as far as SEO. However, that doesn’t mean they carry no value at all.

If a nofollow link sends targeted referral traffic to your website, of course you want it! In addition, nofollow links are typically part of a natural backlink profile so while your focus shouldn’t weigh heavily on them, nofollow links from relevant, authority sources will still add value to your backlink profile.

Link Location

The location of the link you’re trying to obtain is also important. Ideally, it should be on a page that has good page authority, as well as near the top of the page. A link at the bottom of the page, in a bio box, or in the sidebar isn’t going to be as effective as a link within the content itself, and near the top of the page.

Of course, if all you can get is a bio box link or a buried link, it’s still better than nothing. But if at all possible, try to get a link in the content near the top.

Link to Content Ratio

Link-to-content ratio is also an important factor to think about. If your link is one of dozens on a page, the authority of that backlink will be greatly reduced.

But if your link is the only one on the page, you will get a huge chunk of the page’s authority passed to yours. So, if you have a choice, always try to get a link on a page where yours will be the only outgoing link, or at least one of only a few.

Buying Links

STOP!

Buying backlinks was one of the most common (and effective) black hat strategies from years ago, but today, they aren’t worth the trouble. If Google detects that you have purchased backlinks your website will be penalized. It’s not worth it.

That being said, there are legitimate ways of purchasing links through indirect methods, such as with paid product reviews, paying to guest blog on authority websites (or offering to guest blog in exchange for a link), or by purchasing sponsorship spots on authority domains.

All of these methods are reputable ways of establishing a prominent backlink on an established website without risking your website being hit with a penalty that lowers its ranking score.

If you plan to purchase links keep in mind that you should always build more organic links than paid ones. You should also build links slowly while measuring overall effectiveness. Take your time and take deliberate steps to generate high-value links that will increase your authority and ranking score.

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If you have allergies, you know how negatively they can impact your quality of life. If you have seasonal allergies, they can make life a misery and slow you down from getting on with your regular activities, seemingly powerless to combat nature. But what are seasonal allergies? And what can you do to get relief from your symptoms?

What Are Seasonal Allergies?

Seasonal allergies develop when the body’s immune system becomes sensitive to and then overreacts to something in the environment. These triggers will not typically cause any problem in most people, but sets off a violent reaction in a person with the allergy. Around 36 million Americans have seasonal allergies.

Seasonal allergies relate to triggers that appear at various times during the year, such as hay fever in the spring. You can have seasonal allergies all year round, but there are certain times of year when certain triggers arrive.

If you cough and sneeze a lot at certain times of year, and/or your nose and eyes itch and are runny, it may not be a cold or the flu causing your misery, but rather seasonal allergies.

Common Allergy Symptoms to Look Out For

There are a number of allergy symptoms to look out for, not all of them typical:

* Congestion
* Post-nasal drip
* Excess mucus production
* Sneezing
* Runny nose
* Itchy, watery eyes
* Scratchy throat
* Tickle/irritation in the ears
* Decreased concentration and focus
* Decreased decision-making abilities
* Exhaustion and sleep disorders
* Mood swings
* Irritability
* Low blood pressure
* Asthma
* Hives
* Eczema
* Middle ear infections
* Swollen glands in the neck

What Are the Most Common Seasonal Allergens?

Mold, flower, tree, grass, weed pollen and ragweed are the most common triggers of seasonal allergies.

When Is Allergy Season in the Northern Hemisphere?

Allergy season typically starts in late February and lasts until early summer, then picks again in the autumn.

Flowers begin to bud in the earlier months of the year, such as late February. Tree pollen also starts early in the spring, and can leave your car covered with fluffy green tufts if you park under a pollinating tree.

Grass can also trigger allergies in late spring and early summer. Weeds thrive throughout the spring and early summer. Spring can be a truly miserable time for people with allergies.

If the winter has been a wet one, and/or the spring is a very rainy one, mold can go mad and grow rapidly. In this case, mold allergies can last right through until the fall.

In the autumn, ragweed is on the rise. It’s a weed that grows in the US from the East Coast to the Midwest. It blooms from August to November, with peak activity in September each year, just at the time everyone has to head back to work or school after the summer vacation.