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Using Your PC for God

Copyright 2005 Rob Cross
Used with Author's Permission.

Did you know that your home PC can be used as a powerful tool to reach your neighborhood or the world for God?

• Using your PC you can write a book, sell it and distribute it all over the world while you are sleeping.
  
  
• You can invite more people in your city to your church.
  
  
• You can reach around the world and help people come to know Christ better.
  
  
• You can inexpensively advertise and distribute Christian products all over the world.
  
  
• You can support missionaries or help feed hungry children.

If you want more targeted Christian traffic to your website in a hurry, you can simply buy it for 5 to 10 cents a click (and up) with Yahoo Search Marketing and Google Adwords pay per click programs. You'll have targeted traffic coming to your site within hours. Google Adwords is only $5 to start. Yahoo Search Marketing is $50 to start, but the money is applied towards your clicks.

If you want to get good rankings for your site in the natural or free search engines like Google and Yahoo, then concentrate on getting some good links from other websites to point to your website. Set up a links page on your site and place links to quality websites on it and contact them asking for a trade.

If you would like to use your PC to invite more people to your local church, just use the pay per click programs (Yahoo Search Marketing and Google Adwords). Bid on keyword terms like “(your city) church” and send people to your churches' website address instead of your own. They will love you for it.

If you have Christian products, services or a message you want to get out to the world, just set up a website with your message or sales copy (or have someone else do it for you). Then use the pay per click and the reciprocal linking techniques described above to get more targeted traffic to your website.

If you are a frustrated author, you'll be pleased to know that self-publishing using the Internet is easier than ever. You don’t have to wait any longer for some publisher to discover you and give you the nod. If there is a book inside you trying to get out, don’t take it to the grave with you. Instead, self-publish it on your PC and distribute it online. Here's how to do it:

First put your book into a Word document. Then save it as an e-book using a handy tool (software package) called ebookcompiler (only $29.95).

Next, sign up for a clickbank.com account. They will take online payments for you on your web site and digitally download (deliver) the book for you via the Internet. You don’t even need to sign up for a merchant account. Clickbank takes MasterCard, Visa, checks, etc. It’s only $50 (one time fee) and they take a small percentage of your sales.

Set up a simple website where people can find out about and buy your e-book. Tell people all the great hot points about the book and how it will help them. Offer a money back guarantee. Refunds are easy and free with Clickbank.

When you write the copy for your website, remember that the headline is important. Use a headline that hooks the reader by describing what’s in it for them. Remember that their favorite subject is themselves. An example of a good headline is "Backache Gone In 30 Days Or Your Money Back".

Write the copy with the idea that the reader is thinking; "How can this help ME relieve pain, increase pleasure or make ME happier?" After clearly stating the benefits to the reader, be sure to include a call to action that tells him/her what to do, such as "call now" or "click here". Bullet points can help make your text easier to read.

If you plan to use your home PC as a fundraising tool for a good cause, consider creating a website that has "soft offers" on it. A example of a soft offer is when an online coupon company pays you a dollar for everyone you can get to sign up for their free coupons. There are lots of online companies that will pay you to give away free samples of their stuff. Just go to Google and type in "soft offers" to find these kinds of companies.

There are also many websites offering fundraising ideas for products you can sell.

Once you have a website, use the traffic generation techniques I've described (pay per click and linking) to get visitors, sign-ups and sales more quickly. You can then give the proceeds to a charity or ministry of your choice.

About the Author:

Rob Cross is the chief strategist for TrafficProfits.com (a Southern California Internet marketing company). He helps companies and ministries get more targeted traffic to their websites. He is the author of the critically acclaimed e-book Using The Internet For God.

Find out more about Rob, his great e-book and his passion for providing truly "divine" service and consulting to aspiring authors, professionals, and anyone wanting to learn how to use the Internet more effectively, by visiting his websites:
www.globalchristiantraffic.com
www.TrafficProfits.com.com