8 Reasons Why Yelping Could Make You Money:

Reviews; they’re a hot topic on the net. And for good reasons: people like to know about what other people have to say or think about a product or service.

Per Bazaarvoice.com; 90% of consumers online trust recommendations from people they know; 70% trust opinions of unknown users. (Econsultancy, July 2009)

For an internet marketer, that means that writing reviews of a product or service you represent, could translate into big profits.

Writing a review is straightforward. It’s just a matter of putting down in a post, your honest, non-biased opinion of the product(s) or service(s) you are reviewing, including pros and cons.

The only real drawback is that, in order to get your review pay off big, it must been seen and read by a lot of visitors. That means that your site or blog really needs to enjoy top ranking and get a huge amount of traffic daily.

Luckily there is a place that has just those ingredients:  Yelp.com.  It’s a “review site” that enjoys an Alexa Ranking of 337. In other words, that’s a site with a ton of traffic. In fact, just within the last 3 months, this site gained a 24.6% increase in prospect reach.

What is Yelp.com?

In a nutshell, it’s a review site that lets anyone post a review about a product or service.

8 Reasons You Should Use Yelp.com:

1. High Ranking:
Taking advantage of the high ranking this site enjoys gives a boost to your own link and offers you much greater visibility.

2. Lots of Traffic:
A lot of traffic means much more potential in visitors clicking on your link and filling in your squeeze page.

3. Free:
Yelp.com is an entirely free service that you can use anytime. Sign up is required though.

4. Pictures:
You can include pictures in your review. That makes your post very attractive and more likely to be read.

5. Friends:
Yelp.com, much like Facebook.com or MySpace.com, lets you build a list of friends (followers). That in itself increases your visibility and possibly click-throughs, which could translate into more profits.

6. Snippet:
Yelp.com offers a snippet you can put on your own site or blog showing reviews of other writers but with your own review links embedded. That’s great free advertising.

7. List:
With Yelp.com you can also build your own lists (categories) of reviews. That is a great feature to have as it lets you keep reviews of non-related products/services neatly organized and easily accessible to your readers.

8. SEO Friendly:
Yelp.com is search engine optimized. Not only will your posts enjoy the same high ranking Yelp.com has, but your articles are automatically search engine friendly. That makes for immediate inclusion in search engines.

Plus … any links you include pointing to your site or blog will ensure your own site or blog gets a nice boost in ranking as well.

So … if you are using reviews to entice your visitors to buy the product or service you recommend (and as far as I am concerned, you most definitely should), then you should seriously consider posting reviews on Yelp.com.

It’s time you start yelping to increase your online profit!