Easiest Method On How To Verify USA & UK AdSense Account In Nigeria

you know you can us US AdSense account in Nigeria and receive your payments without any problems?

Well its possible to do that through these methods I’m putting up below!
Using the US AdSense in Nigeria is same with using Nigerian AdSense. Regarding the Tax Id and verification, you can sort it out. If you don’t believe me, there’s no need to continue reading.

Verifying Your US AdSense

I once post on how to receive US AdSense in Nigeria throughShoptomydoor.com but they stated that they can’t receive it (even though they do but was afraid of Google suing them). After that I researched for another way out to the extent of going to offices of courier services I know and found out new ways to do that.

There are no companies that receive the code here in Nigeria, all the companies are based in the US.
You can verify your US AdSense account through account through US based mailing companies that receives letters for people outside US to scan it and send it to their mails. Below are the two lists I know!

1. Travelingmailbox.com

Travelingmailbox.com is one of the good ones to use in receiving your pin and it has worked for my friend. As soon as your PIN arrive the given address, it will be scanned to your inbox.
Before they scan your pin and send it to you, they will request for ID card. They won’t tell you what ID card they need but after your parcel arrives, you will be asked to fill a form (I have forgotten the name of the form). the form contains your details and you will be asked to upload two ID cards, before they proceed.
You can read more about them on their site Travelingmailbox.com

2. USglobalmail.com

usglobalmail.com is a new way i found out but I have not tried them out. You can google more about them and also contact them on their site to know more things about their services.
You can also receive your US AdSdense pin through someone living in US!

3. Through Friend, Relation or Pay Me To Do It For You

You might have a friend over there in US or even a relation, so I suggest contact them to help you receive the letter and send over the pin to you through email, Facebook, text message, WhatApp or any social network that you can chat over with the person.

Now I assume you don’t have anybody living there, it will be a good idea to contact me to do it for you without you stressing yourself. For me to do it for you, you will have to pay me a token of $30 (please no bargaining).
Solving The Tax Information Problem In Order To Receive Your Earnings
To add US tax information is the problem so many of us have in using US AdSense account in Nigeria because it will require your US tax ID or your Social Security Number (SSN) which is mean’t for people livng in the US only.

For you to get it from someone is very hard (especially SSN) because you might do something bad using their ID number. So before someone will give you his or her own, he or she must trust you well.
You can try getting it from your friend or relation living over there and see whether it will work.

If you have no other way of getting the tax ID or SSN, then you can pay me to get it done for you at the a very cheap price of $50 only (please no bargaining).
Receiving Earnings

To receive your earnings from US AdSense account and withdraw through ATM machine here in Nigeria without problems click >> below

==:>> How To Receive Payments With Your US or UK Adsense In Nigeria

I hope I have solved your problems and has given you the information you need. enjoy!
Thank you for taking out time to read this article,

 kindly comment below for any information you need or show me appreciation by commenting!

How To Opt Out Of Airtel 2GB #200 2g Network Plan And Start Using Airtel BIS On Android

So Airtel used used this cheap N200 for 2gb data plan to stylishly migrate users out of the wonderful Airtel 3gb BIS on android which has been saving many pals in terms of data subscriptions.

When airtel, launched this 2gb data plan that goes for just N200, we all thought it's the best thing that ever happened in the Nigerian network and data packages. But little did we know that it is meant to work on only 2g network and not just that, it also automatically disables all other data plan on that particular SIM once you opt in.

This is the major cause and reason why many people are not being able to use their Blackberry BIS plan on their android devices. Although a lot of methods has been used to cancel the airtel 2g plan but all proved not functioning perfectly until a guy by name R&B commented on 9L's blog on how he did his and opted out. So i feel it's good to share it with you guys as many people need this solution asap.


How To Opt Out/Cancel Airtel 2GB For N200 Data Plan

1. Dial *482*4# and you will receive an invalid request message.

2. Then reply with * then reply with 3. You will now receive "you have cancelled your 2g data subscription"


That’s all, you are now free from the 2g network airtel bandage. Feel free to subscribe to any data plan of your choice including the Airtel BB plan on android. All credit to R&B

Code To Subscribe To Latest Airtel Night Data Plan of 500MB For N25 & 1.5GB For N50

Do you know that Airtel has reintroduced a new night data plan to replace the former one which they recently discontinued? Well i will be your guide in revealing all you need to know about this new Airtel Night Data Plans, the benefits, advantages, disadvantages, hours of the night it is usable, allocated MB, price, tariff plan, and lots more.

How The Former Airtel Night Plans Worked
The former Night Plan used to offer "unlimited data" in 1 hour for the price of N100 while N200 gives you another unlimited data for 2 hours. Unfortunately airtel scrapped it for a reason best known to them and now they have given us something to behold on.


Advantages Of New Airtel Night Data Plans

1. It costs cheaper than the former one. With just #25, you get 500mb and with only #50, you get 1.5GB

2. It works anytime between the hours of 12am and 5am in the night

3. Airtel network is generally very fast so in the night, it is even more faster.

4. With just 25 naira, you can update your phone apps and your PC antiviI
us software

5. With 50 naira, you can do even more by downloading your favorite movies online

6. It doesn't require any sort of tweaking


Disadvantages Of New Airtel Night Data Plan

1. The two plans (N25 and N50) are not Unlimited. It is capped 500MB and 1.5GB respectively

2. You must migrate to Airtel SmartTribe Tariff Plan before your SIM will be eligible for the night plan. Although, SmartTribe Tariff plan offers a flat call rate of 11k/s calls charges for all national networks (N6.60K/min). Which is absolutely cheap.


How To Migrate To Airtel SmartTrybe Tariff Plan 
Simply dial *312# then reply with 1

How To Subscribe/Activate Airtel #50 For 1. 5GB, 500MB for #25 

First Method 

Dial *312*3#*

Second Method 

=> Dial *312#
=> Then reply with 3 for 500MB for N25 and 1.5GB for N50 [Night Plan 12am - 6am]

I bet you airtel is fully out to fight and compete with MTN's night data plans and i see them winning if they continue maintaining their wonderful network coverage which delivers about 2mb/sec in the night while downloading. As for whether it can be renewed, i will update it soon after confirmation this night.

How to Highlight, Copy and Extract Text from any Image Online

Ever thought of extracting text content from an image? Sounds impossible right? Well, I’ll reveal the trick I use to extract text content from any online image. I can even choose to do same on images on my device.


I know that most of you have been looking for ways to extract text content from images, maybe, you came across some inspirational or motivational image quotes, and you plan on putting those texts content down. I’m pretty sure that you do that manually, not knowing that you can easily copy text from image and paste.

You get to even copy text from funny image quotes and some lovely memes, you don’t need to do that manually again, just with this simply copy and paste method, and your text content is made visible. Sometimes, maybe it’s a long text content in an image, be it infographics, comics, image documents, memes, or any other image content. Just watch your mouse cursor highlighting those images and that’s it.


How to Highlight, Copy and Extract Text from any Image Online

Well, there’s this chrome extension by name “Project Naptha”, it’s a tool that automatically applies state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms on every image you see while browsing the web. The result is a seamless and intuitive experience, where you can highlight as well as copy and paste and even edit and translate the text formerly trapped within an image. This is just pretty amazing…


So, what you need to do is simple.

Download Project Naptha chrome extension and add to chrome browser.

Search for any image online and try highlighting the image, then copy and paste elsewhere. Above image is just a sample of how I did highlight text content from image online.


Hope this guide is helpful to most of you… feel free to share with friends on social network and just in case you encounter any difficulty, please do let me know via comment section.

Necessary Requirements For A Successful Admission Screening

1. Get Your O-level Results Ready:

Candidates are expected to present copies of their O-level Certificates or Statement of Results obtained in not more than two sittings.
Another thing you should know is that if it is up to four years you sat for your O-level examination, your institution will likely require you to present the Original Certificate of the O-level examination instead of statement of results because it is expected that your Original Certificate should be ready after four years. Therefore, if you sat for your O-level examination four years ago andBbeyond, it is advisable to go get your O-level Certificate(s) ready before the screening exercise of your institution.

For those, whose O-level certificatesare not yet available, they can present their statement of result. For such candidates, they may need to provide result checking scratch card (NECO, WAEC, NABTEB, as applicable).

For candidates still waiting for therelease of their results, you can go for the screening with your O-level registration slip. Concerning the combination of results, candidates can combine results even if it is from different examination bodies e.g WAEC and NECO. However, your institution may not allow you to combine NABTEB results with WAEC or NECO results.

2. Determine If You Have the Right

Subjects For Your Course of Study: To study your course of study in anyinstitution, you are required to have a minimum of 5 credit passes in the relevant O-level subjects. Many candidates are not sure if their O-level subjects tally with the course they intend to study. Each course of study has specific subjects a candidates must credit before he/she qualifies for admission in that particular course. To determine if you possess the relevant subjects for your course of study

3. Other documents you need To
present: In addition to your O-level

results, you are to present other documents which may include;

i. Birth Certificate or Affidavit of Age Declaration

ii. JAMB Original Result Slip. If you do not have this document,

iii. Screening Registration Slip (for those that registered online)

iv. Local Government of Origin (this can be obtained at your LGA Secretariat)

4. Physical examination: JAMB disclosed that candidates will equally be examined based on appearance to know if they are cultists or “future cultists”. That sounds funny. I wonder how you can tell who is a cultist or who would likely be one just by looking at the person’s face unless you are a fortune teller or a prophet.

Be that as it may, candidates should ensure they dress formal to the screening exercise. Do not put on any thing that will may make you look irresponsible. If you have tattoos or piercings on your body, make sure they are removed or well covered before appearing for the screening.

Saraki begs court to adjourn own appeal

The Court of Appeal yesterday in Abuja adjourned until October 6 to hear an appeal filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his criminal trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Justice Abdul Aboki, leading four other Justices of the Court, gave the date at the instance of counsel to the parties.

Kanu Agabi and Rotimi Jacob are representing Saraki and the federal government respectively.

At the resume hearing, Agabi urged the court to adjourn the matter on account of the convenience of the presiding justices.

“My Lordships, it is glaring that the court is overworked and this is telling on the postures of your Lordships,” he said.

“If we say we should press on because of the exigency of this appeal we could all be dead.

“We shall at this juncture be urging your Lordships to adjourn hearing on this appeal after you have returned from the annual break.”

Meanwhile, the presiding judge interjected to assure parties of the court’s readiness to entertain the appeal.

We appreciate the concerns advanced by the Senior Advocate Agabi, but we shall not be adjourning on account of our convenience as we are here to serve,’’ Mr. Aboki said.

Mr. Jacobs, counsel to the federal government, opposed the motion for adjournment, adding that the applicant should be eager for the appeal to be heard.

He said, “My Lordships, I am also concern about the effort you people are putting to ensure speedy dispensation of appeals. And this no doubt is telling on your health.

“More so that the court has come to the threshold of this year’s annual recess, it is appropriate to take your deserved rest but not when a matter is ripe for hearing.

“Hearing of this appeal has been adjourned three times at the instance of the appellant applicant.”
Mr. Jacobs further said, “Why have they suddenly developed cold feet towards the application?

“Be that as it may, My Lordships, I shall be guided by the body language of the court to hold that My Lordships’ discretion should prevail in the circumstance,’’ Mr. Jacobs said.

Saraki is challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT to try him on charges of false and anticipatory assets declaration

Niger Delta Avengers’ Major Logistics Supplier Arrested By Nigerian Navy

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers.
This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in Abuja.

According to Ezekobe, the suspect who was picked up on July 11 at about 11 a.m., is believed to be a major logistics supplier to the group which had claimed responsibility for attacks on NNPC and Chevron pipelines in the region.

 

“The arrest was made following a confessional statement obtained from an earlier arrested suspect who gave details of the involvement of other collaborators in the attacks.

“Preliminary investigations also revealed that the suspect recently supplied 10 batteries, five large coils of wire and other materials purportedly used for the attacks,’’ the director said.

The NN said it would continue to partner with sister security agencies and members of the public to eliminate all forms of economic sabotage such as vandalisation of pipelines and piracy.

I’m Happy Buhari Re-opened Bola Ige’s Murder Case – Omisore

Former Osun State deputy governor, Senator Christopher Iyiola Omisore, on Tuesday said he was happy with the decision of the Federal Government to re-open the case files of the gruesome murder of the former Minister of Justice and Attoney-General of the Fedration, Chief Bola Ige and the late National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Aminosari Dokubo.
He described the revisit of the cases as good and welcome.

 

In a statement by his Media Director, Diran Odeyemi, he, however, urged the FG to extend its search to unveiling the killers of late Lagos Peoples Democratic Party leader, Funso Williams, and late member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Odunayo Olagbaju.

He also advised the FG and the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to widen the scope of their investigation rather than limiting themselves to a particular area or section.
Omisore said: “I am particularly happy that fresh investigation will further exonerate me and others who were wrongfully framed up, suffered untold hardship before we were finally discharged and acquitted by the court.”

CCB Has Cleared Buratai on Dubai Properties – Lawyer

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai’s lawyer, Ugochukwu on Tuesday, said the Code of Conduct Bureau had cleared the Army chief of any wrongdoing in the $1.5m properties he bought in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
In a statement, Buratai’s lawyer, Ugochukwu Osuagwu, advised critics to respect the Army chief’s rights to private family life as guaranteed in Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).

 

He said, “We view the further attempt by some select few to still dwell on this same Dubai properties and criticise the COAS as a veiled attempt to divert his attention from the current war he is waging to secure the country in various troubled spots in Nigeria.

“Critics are therefore advised to respect the General’s right to private family life as guaranteed under Section 34 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (As Amended) and construct their views within the ambit of the rule of law having been duly cleared by the CCB.
“The COAS complied with Section 15(1) of the Act and included his spouse’s assets in his declarations. That is what the law requires of him and he did not disappoint. The COAS acted lawfully and has not breached any law.”

IGP, Ibrahim Idris Appoints Jimoh Moshood As New Deputy Force PRO

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has appointed CSP Jimoh Moshood as the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don Awunah in Abuja on Wednesday.

The statement said that Moshood who hails from Kwara, holds a B.Sc in Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.

It said he was a Police Public Relations Officer at the Federal Capital Territory Command.
He attended several courses within and outside the country few of which are Crime Prevention of Korea Police, at the Police Training Institute, Seoul, South Korea.
Moshood was also the DPO central Area Abuja between 2012 – 2013, among others.

Until his appointment, he was the Chief Superintendent of Police in charge of Department of Finance and Administration, FCT Abuja.
He has since assumed duty as the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer for the Nigeria Police.
Moshood replaces CSP Sogbeba West who has since been posted to the Rivers State Command. (NAN)

President Buhari Orders Probe Into Minister’s Meeting with Niger Delta Avengers

Days after his acclaimed meeting with the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), Sports and Youth Development Minister, Mr. Solomon Dalung, appears to have run into trouble as President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the probe of circumstances surrounding the parley.
“Mr. President has ordered that the minister provides an answer as to whether or not he actually met with Avengers, and if truly he did, he wants to know from him who authorised the meeting,” a presidential aide said.

This development came, as it emerged that one Jude Tabai, the son of a retired justice of the Supreme Court, facilitated Dalung’s trip to Oporoza.
But the minister did not disclose his identity to the host community during his visit as he introduced himself as the head of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working for development in the Niger Delta.
The duo of the minister and Jude went without any security escort, a local source said. On Monday, the Sports Minister claimed to have met with the leadership of the militant group as well as community leaders in Oporoza, Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government area of Delta State.

But the source, who spoke on the heels of the NDA’s and Oporoza community’s denial of any meeting with Dalung, disclosed that the president has directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Mohammed Monguno (rtd) to “get to the root of the meeting.
“The first question Mr. President raised on the report that the minister visited the leadership of the Avengers and Oporoza community was, who authorised the visit? The question became necessary because neither the NSA nor the petroleum minister or even the military task force was aware of the minister’s trip to the area.
”One thing again is the fact that anything could have happened. And again, it raises the question that if government now knows who the leaders of the Avengers are, then what next?
“Mr. President is unhappy over this and he directed the NSA to get to the root of the said meeting because it became more embarrassing when both the Avengers and the community are denying that they met with the minister,” the source said.

A community leader from Oporoza, Mr. Ekilegha Elvis, said the only person who visited the community was the head of an NGO who came with Jude Tabai to meet a few youths.
”They said the man was an NGO man, he only met with some youths who were playing football, interacted with them and left without even seeing the traditional ruler,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Oporoza community has dissociated itself from the purported meeting between the sports minister and the community.
The community, in a statement raised the alarm that the claim was an attempt to link Oporoza with the Avengers.
“Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the minister of youth and sports as contained in the newspapers, that he paid a visit to the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Oporoza town to have interactive session with members of the Niger Delta Avengers and community people.
“It is pertinent to state that, to the best of our knowledge, we the leadership of the community did not receive the minister of youth and sports, or any other government official in Oporoza town last week. We have stated in many fora and occasions that we do not know anything about the Niger Delta Avengers.

“Oporoza town or any other community in Gbaramatu Kingdom has nothing to do with the Avengers and their activities. We have, in time past, condemned the activities of the Avengers, therefore could not have anything to do with them in our community,” the statement, signed by Mr. Johnbull Demebi, said.
The community added that the minister should know that he has been deceived by mischievous persons and perhaps must have been swindled.
The community stated that: “As peace loving and law abiding citizens of Nigeria, we make bold to say that we are very receptive people, and have received several top government functionaries in our community, Oporoza.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the last government visitor to Oporoza community was the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, and he was given a rousing welcome by the community, led by the chairman, Mr. Johnbull Demebi. And so, we doubt the claim of the Hon. Minister that he visited Oporoza community last week and had a meeting with members of Niger Delta Avengers and other community people.
“At this juncture, we wish to warn and advice government functionaries and Very Important Persons (VIPs) to be careful and mindful of persons they associate with, particularly with the intention of visiting our communities, as some persons are out there to make money from top government functionaries and bring the name of the community to disrepute.

“And so, whoever, wants to visit our communities should make proper arrangement with the leadership of such communities so as to avoid any mishap in the course of embarking on such journey.”
Dalung, who spoke to some journalists at the end of a stakeholders’ meeting of the southern senatorial zone of Plateau State in Shendam, said he took a two-hour journey on the sea to Oporoza in Gbaramatu Kingdom where he met with the leadership of the NDA who gave him a sealed hand-written letter to deliver to President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said: “On reaching the community after the two-hour journey on the high sea, I met with the members of the communities who told me that their dream was to be included in the Nigerian project, that the education facilities and other basic social amenities are almost nonexistent in the communities.
They also raised concern of incessant attacks by the Nigerian military.
“As a youth minister, I know that the Avengers are mostly youths who have potential to be great citizens of this country,” he had said.

Dalung stated that after meeting with the communities, he was escorted by the Niger Delta ambassadors to the leadership of Avengers who gave him a hand-written letter specifying their demands which, he said, he was yet to present to the president.
Although the minister said he did not unseal the letter, he said the Avengers had raised three important issues to him.

“The issues include the Niger Delta Maritime University, pipeline community policing, which, they said, government had denied them and the inability of government to continue with the amnesty programme established by former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua,” he had said.

5 Critical Reasons Why Your Blog Isn’t Growing (And How To Fix It)

I’m pretty sure you know the feeling.

This feeling of frustration to see some growth- any growth on your blog.

You feel like you’ve tried every possible strategy. But things aren’t moving as fast as you’d like.

You just don’t seem to be getting the ROI for your efforts.

Forget money. You’re not even getting shares, subscribers, recognition or engagement.

If only you could get out of this deep rut you seem to have fallen in to. If only you knew why you weren’t making as much progress.

#1 You’ve employed too many cooks to spoil the broth

The same goes when you have too many goals you want to focus on. You have this unrelenting itch to want to be everywhere and do everything.

If you think that your energy and resources are split 50-50 when you work on 2 different tasks, you’re wrong.

According to an article in Psychology Today by Dr. Susan Weinschenk, “it takes more time to get tasks completed if you switch between them, than if you do them one at a time”.

Pick 2-3 goals a quarter depending on how ambitious you are.

Decide on what specific actions you are going to take to achieve each goal? And here’s the key thing: Focus on actions that you can directly influence.

It’s important to be clear about what you want to achieve and how you’re going to do it.

#2 You need 173 comments to decide on a logo

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m all for getting input from your peers. But most of the time, here’s how it unfolds:

• You get a great idea for an opt-in or product
• You get thoughts and feedback from Facebook groups.
• The response is split 50-50. There isn’t a resounding ‘YES go for it’ that you were
• expecting.
• You keep collecting all these responses for 2-3 weeks.
• You lose your initial motivation.
• Your idea and mojo disintegrates

Not sure of a product idea, besides sharing it with your mastermind group, resist asking the world.

Notice how you’re laser focused when you have to get something done in 2 days as opposed to 2 weeks?

Parkinson’s law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Always set a launch date. You will move through hoops to get it done. Get a minimum viable product down and beta-test it on a platform like Gumroad.

Even if you end up being wrong or you don’t get the results that you had originally hoped for, taking action and making mistakes along the way is more beneficial than not moving at all.

#3 You just picked up jogging but signed up for a competitive marathon next week

There’s so much pressure to monetize when you’re just taking baby steps on your blogging journey.

No, you shouldn’t be stuck in the content wheel forever but it’s also important to understand your audience well enough to deliver a good product that they want (not something you think they need)

#4 You have don’t have a clear why or direction

Would you board a plane knowing that your pilot didn’t have the itinerary or map needed to navigate the plane to your destination?

Of course not.

That would just be silly.

This is why it’s so important to have what’s called ‘big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAG)’ This is a term introduced by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

But you can apply these to blogging and and online business too. These goals usually have a time-frame of 5, 10, 15 years.

It keeps you from worrying over mindless statistics. Now stats, are important. But if you’re fussing over your page views and comments when you’re just 3 months old, you’re taking your mind away from things that actually grow your blog.

#5 Your posts make your readers scratch their heads

There’s a disconnect between your audience and the content you’re creating.

Now, not everyone who visits your site is going to be of the same experience level. You’re going to get readers of different personas.

A persona is a reader profile that you’ve crafted. And that person is as good as real. They exist among your readers.

And what connects each of these personas is their desires and aspirations towards that ‘change’ that you’re helping them achieve. And every piece of content on your blog should sell a change.

To do that you need to be dialled into their needs. Think about these questions:

• What objectives or personal goals does she have?
• What is preventing your ideal reader from achieving the desired change?
• What mistakes is she making and what can she do about it?
• What mental block does she have to overcome?

Imagine charging towards your goals with laser focus

Imagine knowing what you want despite all the distractions pulling you in a million different directions.

You might stick out like a sore thumb because you’ve refused to conform.

You’ve refused to dabble in 5 different social media platforms. You’re working towards a larger vision.

The path you’ve chosen would be wildly different from the rest.

But this is what’s going to grow your blog in leaps and bounds.

5 Tips to Get Your Brand Some Serious Press

If you’re a product based business, service based business or blogger... you KNOW how important getting press can be for your brand. One major media mention can completely turn your world upside down, in a good way!!! If you don’t already know, check out THIS post.

So today I’m giving you a few tips to get your brand some serious press to make sure you’re on the right track. Read this post and you’re already ahead of the game because you’ll no longer be pitching like a newbie. I got yo’ back babe.

P.S. Make sure to snatch my free cheatsheet to help you get started with press HERE!

1. TARGET PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO YOUR BRAND

This may seem obvious, but it’s SO important. Too many people overlook this step when it’s probably the most important one. A men’s sock company is wasting its time pitching to a children’s publication or a women’s fitness magazine (unless they’re doing a story on the top 10 gifts for Father’s Day).

The last thing you want is to be wasting your time pitching some killer stories to a publication you don’t even have the tiniest chance of getting into. Because let’s face it, pitching can take some freaking time and our time is valuable yo!!!!

Action Item: Pick 3-5 publications you KNOW are relevant to your brand. Magazines, TV segments, major websites, blogs etc. with an audience you KNOW are your ideal customers. Now focus only on reaching out to those publications for now. Quality vs quantity couldn’t be more relevant here peeps.

2. CREATE A STORY, NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT

Wakeup call... magazines aren’t going to feature you because you want them to. You have to give them something they WANT to publish because they know their readers will love it. In case you didn’t already know, editors DO NOT want to write a story that sounds like an advertisement.

What do they get out of this? The relationship needs to be mutual, you have to give them a narrative that fits in to their publication, a story that sounds natural and interesting.... and your product, service or blog just happens to fit into this story.

“Our new lipstick is the perfect addition to date night. Completing your outfit with one application.” Is an advertisement.

“With names like; Bold Bitch, Confident Babe and Superwoman... our new lipstick is sure to give women the extra boost they need for date night. Every bathroom touch up gives you the confident to rock the night with your man when you apply your forever lasting perfect shade.” This is more of a story than an advertisement.

Now that’s an interesting story that could be written from so many different angles.

Action Item: Find YOUR story. We all have one, whether you realize it or not. Take the next few days to figure out what yours is and write it down for safe keeping.
free press cheatsheet

Click HERE for my cheatsheet on how to get press.

3. MAKE NICE WITH THE EDITORS

Become familiar with the publications you want to reach out to and find the editors writing similar stories. When you think of reaching out to a major publication like Cosmopolitan magazine... it can seem pretty f*cking intimidating. But when you think of finding one person that works for Cosmo and being able to reach out to them, it doesn’t sound so daunting.

My guess is you’re following hundreds, if not thousands, of people on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Start filling your friends list with editors, reporters, producers, etc. and get them to notice you.

Sure you can pitch to someone who’s never heard of you, but wouldn’t it be awesome if they already knew who you were BEFORE you pitched them?

Get them to notice you online and become familiar with your name or brand. That way, when you do decide to reach out, you’re already ahead of them game because they know EXACTLY who you are.

Action Item: Next time you’re reading Cosmo (or whatever publication), look to see WHO wrote which stories and make a list. Then go find them on social media. As long as their accounts aren’t set to ‘private’ go ahead and give them a follow, then start commenting and liking their posts when they pop up in your feed.

4. BE AWARE OF TIMING (MAGAZINES!)

That new swimsuit you just designed is pretty bad ass, you know it and you want the world to see it. Awesome, we want to see it. But make sure you’re reaching out to magazines at the right time. Because it’s summer right now, you think it’s the perfect time to pitch... you’re WRONG!

Magazines work on their editorial calendar at least 2-5 months in advance (depending on the magazine). If you’re pitching a summer product in the beginning or middle of summer, sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s already too late.

You have to always be thinking ahead. You should be pitching summer products anywhere between February and May. Don’t miss a great opportunity simply because you were too late to the game.

Action Item: Figure out the time(s) of year your product would be best received and pick a time that’s 4 months before that, circle the date. THAT is when you should start pitching to magazines.

5. WRITE THE STORY FOR THEM

This is probably my favorite tip from today and I think is the most effective. Make the editors job easy by writing the story for them. Make it as simple as possible for them to literally copy and paste your pitch.

I find that when I write a pitch that includes bulleted lists, quotes and strong statement sentences... they literally extract those specific points and include them in their story. Less writing for them, right? This makes their job super easy.

They don’t want to get your pitch and rewrite everything, they want to receive a story that’s ready to go (with a few minor tweaks). It takes a lot of time for an editor to go back and forth with you because they need more quotes or more concrete facts. Include all this info the first time and I assure you, they’ll love you for it.

I don’t know how many times I’ve pitched a story where the editor literally copy and pasted directly from my email. I love that for two reasons: I get to control what’s written when I write it myself and the editor is likely to come back to me because they need a source for a story at a later time (simply because they know I can give them juicy, usable stuff).

Action Item: Next time you send a pitch, be aware of what you’re writing and be strategic by placing quotes, facts and statements that are ready for print.

Where To Promote Blog Posts After Publishing?

In order to have a constant flow of traffic to your blog, quality content is not enough. You need to promote your blog posts and make sure they are visible at every corner of the web where your potential reader hangs out.

Are you worried about how to share your content, the right way at the right places? Look no further because in today’s post, I will tell you where to promote your blog post after publishing them.
Here are some of the tips I personally use to promote my blog posts.

1. Social networking sites:

a) Facebook:

Facebook, as obvious holds the top spot of social sharing channels. It alone sends 25% of all social referral traffic to sites. Most bloggers assume that sharing a post on Facebook just after publishing is enough, but here are certain strategies you can use to double or even 3x the referral traffic from Facebook.

1. Facebook groups:

Create a separate blog group for your audience. Use this group for interacting with them. Providing tips and asking help from them and engaging in other ways. Now whenever you share a post in this group you can actually see traffic flow to your blog.
There are also groups that have highly dedicated members. Just perform a search using “your niche keyword” + group on Facebook search bar. One such group for internet marketers is Pat Flynn’s.

2. Post Status updates that interest your audience:

On your profile, you can write a status announcing about your upcoming post and ask if your friends want to be tagged when the post is published.
This strategy alone drives a lot of anticipation amongst your audition and creates a scene where people wait for your posts.
It will naturally attract traffic when it gets published.
TIP: Use a URL shortener to measure the traffic Facebook sent you.

b) Twitter:

Twitter is a great source of traffic that can be utilized to promote your latest blog post. Here are some tips to make the most out of it.

• Use hashtags related to your niche
• Set up twitter cards for more conversions. Here’s how.
• Engage with influencers and your own followers.
• I have a detailed guide on twitter marketing.

c) Pinterest:

Pinterest is the visual social bookmarking site that can be useful if you have good graphics. Try to promote your pins on Pinterest with proper hashtags. Pinterest group boards are a great way to drive referral traffic to your posts. Use this link to search the best group boards in your niche.

d) LinkedIn:

LinkedIn users are professionals who know what they want to see and read. Sharing your blog post on such a network can give you real targeted traffic. Use LinkedIn groups to share your posts to even more targeted audience.

e) Google plus:

One of the most underrated social networking sites, Google plus is a gem for online marketers. More than 90% of users who use Google plus are online marketers and bloggers. It is the second largest social networking site after Facebook. Google plus recently launched collections, which is said to be a competitor of Pinterest.

Here is how you can use Google plus to drive maximum traffic.
It would be foolish of us to not to mine this traffic source for our blog.

2. Email Newsletter:

Sending them your published blog posts increases the chances of conversion and shares. Use Auto-responders like MailChimp or Get Response to send broadcasts to your email subscribers.

3. Quora:

Quora, the question and answer network, is a great tool for showing your brand and authority. You can also use it to promote your blog posts. Quora has a meaningful influx of users (nearly 1.5 million per month) who know what they are looking for. Answering to questions asked by users in a valuable way and adding relevant links to your blog can get a more exposure.

As Quora users are quite dedicated, many marketers and bloggers also ask questions related to their upcoming posts to collect ideas. If you have a convincing answer to their question, you can also land chances of backlinks.

Here’s how to use Quora:

• Use the search bar to type find questions related to your keyword.
• Omit threads with large number of comments. (not compulsory but long threads have low chances of CTR)
• On relevant threads, write a compelling answer and link back to your blog.
• Include multimedia if necessary.

Every time you publish a blog post, make it a habit to answer questions related to your topic on Quora. Here is a more detailed guide to make the most of it.

4. Reddit:

Reddit is a place that can make and break a site. Make in the sense it can give you tons of traffic. Break in the sense it can send you so much traffic that will crash your site. Reddit has over 174 million unique visits per month and here is how to tap on this never-ending traffic resource.

• Set up your profile, a professional looking one.
• Try to remain active in threads related to your industry.
• Also, find some sub-reddits (reddit has nearly 8000 of them) that are really large. You can use meta-reddit to keep a track of the best sub-reddits.
• Try to study how these reddits work. Are they allowing promotional content? Or how is the tone of the users there.
• Post your blog post with some fitting intro to it.
• Bonus

5. Slideshare:

Slideshare is the visual content marketing platform that happens to enjoy almost 60 million visitors per month. You can use this traffic volcano to warm up your blog by simply posting your blog post as a slide or PowerPoint PPT on it. Here are some tips to make the most of SlideShare each time you publish your blog post.

• Use images that stand out.
• Having less, but clear text on each slide binds up the user to your slide.
• Insert a link back (to the post you are promoting) in the last slide of your presentation.
• Here is how to grow your SlideShare traffic from 0 to 243K views in 30 days.

6. Youtube:

YouTube is like the video galaxy of the universe. Ironically, it is the second largest search engine after Google with over 5 billion searches per month. This is enough to get you share your content on this video platform.

The secret here is you don’t have to be a video maker or any multimedia course graduate to drive visits to your latest posts using YouTube. All you need is to be creative and use good visuals to create a presentation using PowerPoint. You can also convert your existing SlideShare ppt into video using PowerPoint. This can be uploaded to YouTube with links to your blog post. This way you are using both SlideShare and YouTube on one go.
Other alternatives of YouTube are vine, vimeo and dailymotion.

7. LinkedIn Publishing:

The one reason I ignored LinkedIn publishing in the social media section is this is not social media but a separate platform similar to blogging.
In LinkedIn publishing platform, you can write a separate blog post related to your just-published post and link it. You can also republish your recent post on LinkedIn with minor changes. Here are some tips from Gregory Ciotti who has been quite successful in the platform.

8. Link Round-ups:

Link round ups are when bloggers collect the best posts in their field and publish a weekly or bi-monthly post featuring them. This is very useful since the publisher doesn’t have to take extra efforts to create a new post. Similarly, the audience also is benefitted by staying on the top news and best resources that week.

You can however, use this strategy to promote your newly published post by emailing the publishers of these round ups. If you have a content worthy of linking back, they will surely feature your post. Link roundups benefit you by giving backlinks to your newly published posts an also giving it huge exposure.

Here is a list of over 60 blogs conducting round-ups that you can use to promote your post and get traffic.

9. Outreach:

Outreach is probably the best method to get influencers and other bloggers share your blog content. Additionally this can bring you backlinks that are valuable. Whenever you write a post, try to include quotes by famous bloggers or link to relevant content of authority bloggers.
After the publishing of the post, give them a heads up that you have mentioned them in your post. This process is also called ego baiting. Most (if not all), will respond to your message and either share your content across their social channels or link to your blog posts too.
I have gotten a few backlinks from trafficgenerationcafe.com using this trick. The traffic and exposure is a definite bonus.

You can also contact other bloggers to link to your blog post. Here is how I got a link from Swadhin Agrawal just after I published my post on image optimization. I contacted him and asked him to include my post on his post about increasing Google rankings and he instantly did so.
Why did I get success?

• It’s because I had built a relationship with him regarding our blogging.
• I suggested him a post that was valuable.

10. Social bookmarking sites:

Social bookmarking sites have never gone out of the scene. These are useful for getting more eyeballs on your recent posts. Some of the most popular social bookmarking sites are:

• Digg
• DoSplash
• Kingged
• Inbound
• Bizsugar
• BlogEngage

5 Easy Ways To Become An Unpopular Blogger

How to be Unpopular in Blogging?
Weird!! Isn’t it?
Everyone wants to be a popular blogger. But here I am, describing some ways through which one can become unpopular in this crowded blogging arena.
So what’s the significance of this post? You should keep each point I am going to share. Why because the opposite of them are the recipes that add up to create a successful as well as a popular blogger.

It’s up to you whether to be unpopular or popular in blogging. If you want to be despised, follow the methods given below. Or if you want to be a liked blogger, do what’s opposite.
Here is my guide to be an unpopular, unwanted and rejected blogger.

#1. Break up with Your Blog

Never love your blog. Yes, you should cut the relationship NOW.
According to me, this is the primary step to becoming an unpopular blogger. A real blog lover updates his blog regularly. It helps him build the new audience and create trust among oldies. Eventually, this act leads him to popularity.
All the popular bloggers regularly publish posts on their blog. What does this mean? Nothing else than the importance of regularity in blogging.
But here, you have to avoid this. Stop updating your blog right now. Millions of blogs are out here. So people will start following them instead of yours.
You might have stopped updating. Then, do you have a habit of sharing your old posts?
What’s the point in hanging out with the ex? Cease that habit too.
Congrats. You have paved the way to unpopular blogging.

#2. Be a Virtual Island Yourself

What is an island? It’s a form of land isolated from surroundings by water.
I recommend you to be a virtual island if unpopularity is your ultimate aim. Don’t have an eye on other bloggers. Never ever visit their blog. If any of them come up with a fantabulous post, and you accidently read it, pretend like you never. I mean don’t drop a single appreciation word as the comment. Be pure blind towards comment section.
Also, social share buttons should not hook your eyes. In any case, don’t allow your mouse pointer to click on them. The danger in it is, people may notice your social share, read that article and also realize that you are a blogger.
Successful bloggers build connections be it through blog commenting or social media. The main benefit of commenting on a blog is not a mere backlink, but the connections it brings from the author and readers as well.
Outreaching should be your enemy as you are on the way to unpopularity. Don’t email your fellow bloggers to congratulate on their fantastic post. If you do, they will start noticing your blog (even the influencers do it).

#3. Remove the Word, HELP from Your Blogging Dictionary

I know many successful bloggers who do pay heed to the problems of their fellowmen. Most of us do not forget one, who help us. So in that way they are making a reason to remember them always.
If you still doubt the same, seek help from a popular blogger through a legitimate email (Ankit is here). You will surely get their help sooner or later. What I mean is helping others pave another way to popularity.
In your case, forget the word, HELP. Whenever a blogger asks for your help, ignore them. Do tell them that you don’t have enough time (even though you have). Talking to them in a rude manner, only because he is seeking help will make you a hated blogger also.
That’s why I am reminding you to remove HELP from your blogging dictionary. The more you are inclined towards it, the slower you become unpopular.

#4. Keep Building Fortress in Air

Implementation is the key element of success. You do win if only you are ready to take action.
A wannabe unpopular blogger should not take action. Instead, he can build fortresses in air, dream about the upcoming success of his/her blog and imagine a paycheck the blog may bring.
In any point, never take steps that make you successful because success will make you popular.
If you are craving to be unpopular and can’t break up with your blog, you can follow this method. When you can’t find yourself to be settled without writing, write a superb post without caring the Publish button.
Don’t try to build real castles. Keep on building it in the air.

#5. Bid Farewell to SEO

Search Engine Optimization aka SEO refer to tuning your website or blog to achieve top positions in search engine results.
You will get tens of thousands of visits if your blog is search engine-friendly. But that’s not you want, right?
Blow off the SEO concepts and never act according to it. If search engine experts say to do keyword research, ignore them and have a candy. If they say to have the primary keyword in H1 tag, ask them what if you haven’t?
Tons of SEO guides are out there. Read them carefully not to follow. Do what is opposite to the guides say.
At the end of the day, you will be the winner being the most unpopular blogger ever.
Every successful blogger cares about SEO. They really give a damn about it. That’s why they became popular.
As our main aim is to be unpopular, don’t give a damn about SEO.

Are You Ready to be Unpopular?

I have given you five basic principles that surely make you unpopular. Decide what’s your aim, popularity or unpopularity. As I already said, follow if you chose the second one. Or else do contrary to the above points.
Millions of blogs are present on the web, and tens of thousands of blog posts are being published daily. So, it’s not easy to be popular. You have to update your blog regularly, do care your fellow bloggers and readers, be active on social media, follow SEO strategies and also implement the thoughts.