Yves Arsenault

Today I decided to listen to a couple of podcasts rather then listen to music while working and I discovered that I was already subscribed to a podcast that caught my eye. I found them very helpful to once again state what I’ve been learning that building a passive income online takes some time and effort.

The podcast series I listened to today is “Internet Marketing Secrets Podcast” and the 2 podcasts I listened to were about Traffic Generation.  There is a 3rd in the series and I’ll be listening to that tomorrow.

The 2 first parts of the podcast were quite interesting and I heard over and over again some of the very points I’ve been finding on reputable blogs on building a passive cash flow from websites.

You need good content.

All the websites and scams that preach the good news about making money for nothing. Don’t believe it. At least, I don’t believe it.

When I just think about it a bit… if I go to a website:

What keeps me there and what brings me back?

It’s not the Google AdSense on their page! It’s the content that they’ve published on their site. It really is. If I find a website that has information on it that I find useful in anyway then there is a higher chance that I will return on that website.

The Internet entrepreneur’s interviewed in these podcasts also seemed to write for the viewer first and search engines second. Basically writing their content on their blog in a clear fashion for the viewer while keeping in mind to use certain keywords in their texts and titles.

The subject of link building came up and their general consensus was to stay away from all forms of auto-pilot systems that generate links and instead (once again) focus on the content being presented while trying to build relationships by commenting on other blogs and websites to join and or create conversation. It was mentioned a couple of times that if other bloggers or websites find your content interesting and well written they may eventually link to you creating “organic” linking.

I found it very interesting and did learn a great deal.

The point I see once again by these successful internet marketers and entrepreneurs is that it takes time, effort and persistance just like building any other business.

There are many other business and blogging related podcasts to be found in iTunes.