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5 Tips For a Better Pest Control

By Ashutosh Jha → Sunday, February 5, 2023

Pests such as cockroaches, spiders, ants, etc. are not only problematic for your house or property but also spread infections. Especially if you have kids in your house then you need to be more careful. In this post, we will talk about the top 5 tips for better pest control.

#1 Keep the kitchen clean.

Pests keep developing more in the dirty and damp atmosphere. To avoid such pest infections, keep your kitchen clean, especially the kitchen sink, slab, and counters. Even if it develops, get the pest control done from the professional agency. Don’t just go with any random agency.

Do some research on which areas the pest control agency is leading and provide great service. For example, if you are staying in Tacoma then you may hire Tacoma WA pest control service for the best and longest lasting service.

#2 Don’t allow water to stand.

As said above, one of the major reasons behind pests are water logging and a dirty environment. So, don’t allow water to stand anywhere in the home or even in your open area. This not only generates pests but also develops lots of insects which will be dangerous for your health also. Another precaution you may need to take care to avoid water logging is - make sure the drains running outside your home are functioning properly and if it doesn’t don’t hesitate to call the responsible authority.

#3 Don’t keep fruits and vegetables for long.

Fruits and vegetables when kept for long attract flies and insects. So, avoid keeping those in your home for too long. Buy in quantity that you can really consume. Also, don’t keep the cut part of the fruits.

#4 Dispose garbage regularly

Every house generates garbage, be it kitchen garbage or other dust. If you keep that in your house, you are again attracting pests in your house. Make it a habit of disposing of garbage regularly. If you don't do that, you will start finding rotten food particles everywhere. This can lead to generating various diseases and infections especially to kids and old age people.

#5 Maintain your garden

If you have open space like a lawn and garden, maintain it. Such open spaces usually have open holes, water, etc. If these are not maintained properly, you are again attracting mosquitoes. This becomes even necessary, if you have a fountain in your garden. These fountains need regular cleaning and that is too deep cleaning.

#6 Dispose of things you don’t need

An important tip of pest control is - disposing of things you don’t need in your home. For example, there may be some unused boxes or some toys or anything else that you may not need now. Whatever can be the reason for not being used, you should try to get rid of those. You may dispose of it somewhere or hand it over to the cleaning helper.

Conclusion

This was a quick guide on tips for better pest control. If you follow the above tips, you will be able to keep your home clean and insect free. If you still need it, hire a good pest control agency to get it done professionally.

Make Money Online

How to do Website Flipping- How I Sold a New Blog for $400

By Ashutosh Jha → Thursday, January 4, 2018

This How to do Website Flipping post is a guest post by Abhishek, a website flipper, Blogger and Internet Marketer. If you also want to write guest post at TricksRoad, Please check this.

Making money online was like a big scam for me initially and I was avoiding this. One day i was reading a blog post about website flipping and thought to give a try.

I was not having much money to buy a blog that time and sell it after modification so thought to start a blog. This is my story of making a simple blog and selling it in $400 in just 2 month.

I will try to make you understand each and every step I followed and you can do the same to earn money online. It took me couple of months but I can say this for sure that now I can make such blogs in a month also.

So, if you are an experience blogger then it will be easy for you to do so but if you are new then also you can do the same. The only difference is just you will take some extra time like me but you will earn for sure.

So let's start with the exactly path that I did from scratch. I am sure this guide on How to do website flipping will help you in your journey.

How I sold a 2 months old blog for $400: A Complete Guide on Website Flipping

These are exactly the same methods that I followed some time ago and still following almost same. You can also follow these methods and get success. Follow these footprints and get success in website flipping. So lets start with Website Flipping secrets.

1. Niche Selection

This was most confusing and hard task for me. I was quite confused while niche selection. First I was thinking to start an entertainment blog as those are easy to build but as my main aim was to earn money from selling it so I dropped that idea. Then the second priority was technical blog for me and as this is a global topic so chances are there to get good profit.

Also Read: Top 10 Most Profitable Niche to Start Blogging

Since technology is a large domain and one of the most competitive so I selected just a small niche from technology domain and started working on it. The niche that I selected was related to Windows operating system. I was providing tips and tricks for Windows OS and also was writing blog posts to solve issues related to windows like how to install it, how to boot it like this. To decide the niche and topics, I took around 5 days.

2. Domain Name Selection

The next step was to select a good domain name for the site and finally I decided to go with EMD (exact matched domain) as this helps a lot in ranking as the main keyword/part of it is already the domain name. Sorry, I can't disclose the name but it was a three word name and was quite good. It was a .com domain as top level domains get more preference and also, people have the tendency to use .com as a default address.

3. Theme Selection and Hosting

Again I was on the verge where I had to decide whether I should go with rich WordPress or easy Blogger. Since my main aim was to sell the blog and so i decided to go with WordPress and bought a single WordPress Godaddy Hosting. It is best in less range for a single website. You can also check BlueHost for best hosting.

Also Read: How to Choose an Effective Template for your Blog

Note: Don't worry if you don't want to spend on hosting and want to use Blogger then also you are good to go. Usually you'll not find buyers for a blog which is hosted on Blogger platform and if you'll find also the price that you'll find will be less. I have sold one blog in initial days which was on Blogger :) but as said got very little money.

Then I selected a very basic theme. Actually it was a premium theme but got free from one of the website. So brand new blog was live in a week (I know I took more time and you can do this all in a day as well.) But later I boost up my selves and did the other thing fast.

4. Creating Pages and Initial Articles

Right after the blog was live; I created the basic pages like About Us, Contact, Privacy etc. and also published couple of articles of around 800 words each. This helped in initial crawling before submitting to the directories as some directory manually analyzes your site before approving.

5. Submitting Site to Search Engines and Directory

This is the first step towards traffic. I manually enter the site into all the major search engines like Google, yahoo, Bing, ask and few more. Also I submitted manually in an around 50 high PR directory to improve the ranking of my blog.

Also Check: 200+ High PR Web 2.0 Sites List

I would suggest you to submit in more as some of those may not approve you or many take more time like a month or even more to approve. So the more you will target the better result you'll get.

6. Number and Quality of articles I published

My targeted was to publish 2 articles (guide/tips/tricks) each week and 2 how to resolve article each week. So total 4 articles a week. I was writing tips & tricks articles of around 700-800 words and How to resolve article depending on the issues. I was including screenshots and videos wherever required.

So in couple of months I was having around 30 articles and all were highly targeted to the niche.

7. How I got Initial Traffic

As my domain was a brand new domain and so getting traffic directly from search engine was not possible. So I worked on social medias and blog commenting. I was mainly targeting Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Stumble Upon. These are awesome social sites for the traffic.

Also Read: 5 Ways to Generate Traffic without SEO or Social Media

Try to post in different groups on Facebook and Google+ manually but if you don't have time use HootSuite. It's awesome tool to schedule your post on social media. Even the free version of Hootsuite allows you to post on 3 social media sites.

The most important thing to get more traffic is to engage the people. If somebody liked your post, don't forget to thank them and try to involve in conversation.

Also, I worked simultaneously on On-Page SEO, Off-Page SEO and started getting traffic.

8. I made around 1500+ email lists in just 1.5 Months

Yes! That's correct. I added the subscription box after around 15 days since the time my blog was live. But you should not make this mistake. Try to build email list from the first day itself. This will help you to increase traffic and also will help you to earn money.

1500+ email id in just 1.5 months is not bad at all. What i used to build this list is the call to action forms after each post and i appealed my reader at the end of the post to subscribe. This helped me a lot to build this list.

Also Read: How to Convert Visitors into Loyal Readers

Apart from this, I used content locker in "How to resolve section". If you are providing quality information then believe me your user will not hesitate to enter email id to access the resolution. My 55% of the email was from content locker.

9. Monetization

The very important step in online business, site monetization. Nobody will buy a site which generates nothing. My primary focus was on Google AdSense and affiliate marketing. AdSense was the major contributor of my earning from that site but as I sold the site just in 2 month so didn't receive any payment till that time (AdSense release payment after 20th of every month). I entered the AdSense code after 15 days since the time blog was live.

10. Sold the site for $400 in 2 months

Finally as my main aim was to test flipping that blog and earn money so I put the blog for sell and in 5 days found a buyer and we finalized on $400. This was not a bad deal at all considering the time and money i spent on the blog.

In total I spent $1.5 for a .com domain and $2 for hosting (2 months). So total I spent around $3.5 for that blog.

But still I think if I could have worked more and had not sold the blog too early then I might have received around $1k. Below are few points that I want to mention depending upon my experience and if you want to do flipping you must read these.

1. Post more articles. Posting 2-3 articles a week is not enough if your aim is just selling the site too fast.
2. Install Analytic from the first day as Buyers will ask you to add them in Analytics first.
3. Keep the proof of each earning no matter how small those are. You have to give proof to buyers.
4. Start collecting Email ids from the first day itself.
5. Make social profile for your blog. I made this mistake by not making any Facebook, Google+ pages.
6. Most importantly don't sell in just 2 months as I did. Take some time. I did because I wanted instant money.

Now it’s your turn!!

That's all. This was my journey for the first website flipping. I bought and sold many blogs after that and I love to do it. Currently I don't have any live blog but just few days ago I bought a new domain and now will start working on it. But this time I am planning to make it a long time blog but not sure I would be able to. Because each time I think to keep for long time but gets distracted in the half way and sell that :)

I would love to know about your experience about website flipping. Have you sold any? Please do let me know your experience/thought/suggestion in comment. Also, if you have any doubt in this feel free to ask.

About the Author: Abhishek

Abhishek is a teen from India who loves to do something productive. Marketing is his passion and he is an avid reader, Blogger and Website Flipper. He love to be busy with his own world where he do lots of experiments. He started blogging as a hobby and it soon became his passion and main source of income.

10 Highest paying Jobs in India

By Ashutosh Jha → Wednesday, January 3, 2018

We often read new about people getting huge packages in millions from different esteemed companies. Have you thought what makes them eligible to get such a huge package?

The quality knowledge, the demand for your qualification, adaptability, and many other factors enables you to get a huge package from both private and government organization. Ultimately who don’t want to get best?

Another option can be like starting your own business but that will come under entrepreneurship. Today, we are talking about the jobs and in this post I will be talking about 10 highest paying jobs in the world. About those jobs which attract the top minds from all across the world.

Top Highest paying jobs in the world

1. Management Professionals

You must have seen people leading corporate meetings, leading teams or managing the business work in formal attire with a tie and looking like a gentleman. Those are mostly the management professionals from the B-Schools.

These professionals are one of the top paid professionals who handle the business strategy, marketing, finance, Human resource and many other departments of the multi-million dollar companies.

Although there are many business schools in India, but IIMs, XLRI etc. are among the top. To get into these top colleges, you will have to write CAT, XAT etc.

2. Investment Bankers

This is a very attractive sector due to attractive packages and perks. Young India is highly motivated towards this sector.

This sector usually follows the standard path with five levels including Analyst, Associate, Vice President, Director and Managing Director.

Companies like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Globeop Financial Services Ltd and HSBC are among the top employer for investment bankers.

3. Engineering Jobs

One of the old but still among most popular fields, where you can get great salary as per your qualification. Although every year India produces lacks of engineering graduate which has made this field highly competitive but still the top gets the best.

Graduates from the top institutes like IITs, IIIT etc. are getting attractive salary packages from the top employers.

To get into these colleges, you will have to appear for JEE Main, AIEEE and such similar exams.

4. Chartered Accountants

CAs are the one which audits the company’s finance and helps you in returns, managing the payment better and much more. They help the company in financial accounting, tax management, auditing, cost accounting, banking and consultancy.

The majority of the commerce graduate in India at least think once about becoming a CA as these guys get some huge salary and perks.

5. Medical Professionals

Doctors are considered as the living god who saves human life. Together with this, they earn huge amount also which includes both government doctors as well as private practitioners.

There are different fields in and medical professionals choose among those as per their interest. An AIMS is considered as the top institute for MBBS.

6. Oil and Natural Gas Sector

If you enjoy the water, this sector can be a perfect choice for you. The only thing is the majority of these professionals have to be on the site. These people usually don’t get much space for social life but is among the highest paying jobs in India.

Companies like ONGC, IOCL and Bharat Petroleum are among the top employer in this field.

7. Aviation Industry

Does height admire you? Well, then aviation sector can be your dream destination. There is a constant demand for qualified pilots, ground staff, stewards, air hostesses, etc.

These professionals receive handsome salary along with attractive other offers from the airline's companies.

8. Business Consultants

These professionals hold the business and product expertise along with process which helps the organizations to manage and transition their projects well.

They understand the client requirement, research the industry and field, analyze competitors, do a risk assessment, planning and make an unbeatable plan which takes the business on the success path.

Generally, the career path of a consultant moves from analysts, consultant, senior consultant, manager/project lead, partner and vice president/director.

9. Acting & Modeling

If you have a handsome personality and have an interest in this field, it can be your ideal career destination with great money as well.

There are various fields like Movies, Theater, TV, ad commercials etc. where you can get god money for acting and modeling.

10. Law Professionals

Salaries for law professionals vary broadly as per their employer and track record. The more experienced law professionals’ charges more compared to the freshers.

There are many lawyers in the top court of India who charge a Million for one day trial and so you can think of how much potential this field has. But again there are many who struggle to live a life on their income.

Wrapping it up!

These were the top 10 highest paying jobs in India. Basically, these are the fields which provide the top paying jobs and professionals from these sectors are always in demand.

But again as the competition is high and so you would need to be talented, hardworking and smart enough to handle any situation.

Not only these are trending in India but the whole world’s trend is somewhat similar. You should have a look at the below infographic from PayScale.

These 10 highest paying jobs in India are just listed in random order and I think if you are capable, you can earn huge in any field.

What’s your thought on this?

How to Start a Business

Do You Have These 5 Important Things in Your Blog Content?

By Ashutosh Jha →

In blogging, we often listen “Content is the king”. Now, a novice blogger would like to know what good content is. When one can say that the blog has good content in it.

If you know what is good content then next obvious thing that you would like to know is, how do you create it?

As a matter of fact, everyone can start blogging but only a few bloggers could create good content on a regular basis. Creating good content is not a science but it is an art.

You have to master this art over a long period of time.

Importance of Good Content

Those days are gone when webmasters use to put 7 to 8 pages on their website and started earning in 2-3 weeks. Now things have changed drastically. Google is not going to appreciate any content which is NOT unique and of high quality.

If you want to establish yourself as a successful blogger or webmaster then you have to create good content. There is no shortcut to it. Just forget about things like SEO or other tricks.

There is no replacement for the good content. In fact, all the top websites and web journals like Mashable, Tech Crunch, and Huffington Post etc. are popular among their readers only because of good content.

If above-mentioned websites, stop creating good content then they may not survive in the competition and eventually lose their loyal readership.

5 Things You Should Have in Your Blog Content

You might have read thousands of articles on the Internet regarding blog content. You will come across many so-called blogging experts or gurus, who are telling you about creating good content.

You cannot create good content by just listening to these experts or gurus. Firstly, you need to read as many as top bloggers. By reading these bloggers you get to know how they are writing and more importantly, what they are writing.

After that, you need to write yourself. You will learn only when you start writing. Hence, after sometimes you can also create good content just like any other top bloggers on the internet.

However, you need to keep following 5 things in your mind before you start creating good content.

1. Fresh and Unique Content

The first point regarding blog content I want to make is that it should be fresh and unique.

If you think, you can copy content from websites like Mashable or Tech Crunch and rewrite that copied content then it is not going to work. Actually, blogging does not work like this.

You need to create content which is new and available on daily basis. If you are unable to create original and fresh content then you are bound to fail as a blogger.

The best way to overcome this challenge is to write more and more.

Hence create content which is unique and fresh.

2. Relevancy of Content to the Contemporary World

Next thing that you have to keep in mind is the relevancy of the content you are writing. What does it mean by relevancy?

Let me here differentiate between blog content and an essay.

The blog is not like an essay where you can write anything. The blog must have some relevant content that can relate to its reader, unlike an essay which is very stale.

In blogging, your content should relate to the state of affairs prevailing in your country and around the world. Thus, every day’s blog post must reflect what is going on around you.

However, on the other hand, an essay is quite monotonous.

Hence blog content must be relevant to the current state of affairs. You cannot blog, living in a vacuum.

3. Dynamism – Videos and Infographics

In the third point, I will build upon my previous argument. As I said earlier blog must not be like an essay. Hence, it must be dynamic. And to make dynamic you need to incorporate certain mediums that can communicate to its readers.

The Just plain text is not going to make a blog, dynamic. Therefore, include relevant videos. In fact, video blogging is in itself another area. But here, we are not at all, talking about video blogging.

So moving on to the topic, your videos must be relevant to the content you are writing.

Secondly, you should try to incorporate infographics. In past few years, infographics have become a powerful tool for bloggers. Although initially, you need to learn about it, but later on, it could be very rewarding.

4. Forums, Groups, and Discussion Boards

Creating good content and presenting it is just half of the story. A blog is incomplete unless you are able to generate an intense debate on it.

How would you come to know that what you have written is liked by the people? The only way to know this is through reading people’s comments.

So, your every blog post must generate debate and discussions among your readers. Visitors who read your posts must comment and leave their reaction. In return, you should also reply and build a conversation with your readers back and forth.

Hence, a blog content must have comments and reactions by it readers.

5. Integration of all Tools & Plug-Ins in the Content to Go Viral

After you have created content and generated a lot of debate & discussion now it is time to use some technology. Your content or the blog post must go viral all over the internet.

Going viral means you should receive a great deal of traffic (readers) for a particular blog post. So how will your content go viral?

You need to get traffic from all possible sources.

Social Media – You must bring in visitors to your blog via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube etc. Create pages on all these sites with the brand name of your blog & updates on regular basis.

Bookmarking – There are dozens of popular bookmarking sites like Stumble Upon, Digg etc. People must like your content and bookmark to these websites.

Ad placement- Don’t make the mistake of placing too many AdSense ads or ads from another network on your site. Follow the blogs like Google AdSense Official Blog, if you want to make money with AdSense.

RSS & Feeds – People must subscribe you through feeds & RSS or even by newsletter. If you have some budget, you can go for Aweber which has great features.

In every blog post, integrate all the necessary plug-ins and code snippets to pull a lot of traffic to your content.

Conclusion

Finally, I will conclude by saying your blog would only be successful if you incorporate above mentioned 5 key ingredients into your content.

Hence, start working on them. What do you think?

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