What is Article Marketing?

Simply put article marketing is advertising your web site through the use of articles. This choose of advertising is preferable over others for the simple fact that it's free. There are many article directories that allow you to submit your articles for free. They allow you to have a resource box at the end of your article that you can plug your site and products with. Not only that but if you're into building links this is a great way of doing it. If your article is chosen by publishers they will republish your article on there websites giving you even more publicity and exposure. A well written article can give you massive exposure.

Can't write? There are services that will "ghost write" an article for you. Avoid purchasing article packs, these are pre written articles that you can purchase, slap your name on them and publishes them. The reason I say avoid these is that you want your articles to be original not something thousands of other people have put there names on previously. Besides, most article directories know these articles by heart and reject them on sight. So make sure your work is original.

Avoid a strong sales pitch. Starting off with a hard sales pitch will only discourage potential customers. There will be plenty of space to pitch to them in your resource box. Show your knowledge of the subject and give your readers valuable information pertaining to the subject. If the reader sees the professionalism of your work they will be more inclined to read the entire article and visit your links.

Research and construct a list of all the free article directories you can find so that you can simply submit your articles to the sites on your list when you've finished writing. Be sure to carefully read the terms of service and editorial guidelines of each directory and format your article accordingly. The more articles you write, the better your chances are of getting visitors to your site. Article marketing is a great way to increase your name recognition and build links to your site so give it a try. Who knows, you might like it.

You are invited to submit your articles free to ArticleFever.com

Single Best Way To Turn Visitors Into Rabid Buyers

Did you know that, on average, only 2% of visitors to your website will purchase your product or service?

Good news, you can improve that number, quite radically by collecting subscribers and re-marketing your site to them.

Two ways you can do that - a hard way and an easy way...

The hard way is through just offering one-time offers or waiting for your website visitors to give you their names when visiting your website.

What can you expect to get this way?

A trickle of email addresses, maybe a few each day that will grow into a substantial list "some day"

Now, the easy way.

I call it the "Flypaper" method where you put up some sticky tape and catch a whole whack of flies within hours. Now that's more like it.

Subscribers, of course, are far more valuable than flies - and you need to treat them that way to keep them, but drawing them to you is actually quite easy, when you know how.

The RIGHT Way To Produce E Mini Courses That

Draw Subscribers Like Sharks To Fresh Chum

First off, its great that more people are using e mini courses as a marketing tool, but what's SAD is that 99% of them are turning subscribers AWAY, not attracting them.

Now, I'm going to give you some very powerful, detailed information that improved my online marketing results by over 100% - ( incidentally, all I did was follow the exact wording and template in Automated Income Streams http://www.create-e-mini-course.com - I highly suggest you do the same)

Let's use this example, say you have a Stop Smoking eBook or course you were marketing - here's how your 5-part minicourse might look:

Part 1: 3 Easy, Safe and Painless Steps to Stop Smoking

Here - you outline 3 highlights from your information as an introductary lesson letting your prospects know you have the solution they want

Part 2: Hidden, Natural Way To Instantly Stop Cravings

You want to pick your market's leading challenge - and tell them "what" the solution is without giving them the complete details or the "how"

Part 3: A Little Known Secret That Will Stop Your Smoking

Long Term

In this lesson, you want to highlight one tip or technique that you have for addressing another pressing issue on the mind of your reader

Part 4: How To Prevent Failure - Increase Will Power

The fourth lesson, you can address an obstacle that typically gets in the way of your reader's success. Again - telling them "what" to do rather than exactly "how" will lead them back to your product.

Part 5: End-To-End Checklist For Ending Your Smoking

Here - you have another format for telling your market what to do - proving that you have the solution and leading them back to your product to understand exactly why.

Starting to get the idea of how powerful, persuasive and meaningful your own e mini course can be?

It's as easy as "stealing" the template - word-for-word, that Jimmy D Brown outlines in his masterpiece "Automated Income Streams" over at: http://www.create-e-mini-course.com

Go over and get a copy - it even comes with automatic reprint rights and a website you can use to market it - but the real value is in the template.

Enjoy!

Become An Online Information Entrepreneur, Turning Your Knowledge and Experience Into High-Demand Infoproducts That Sell Like Wildfire! Fast Track Formula Tells You How: http://www.infoproductcreator.com

Online Sales: 10 Heavy Duty Tactics To Sky-Rocket Your Online Sales

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Here are the 10 heavy duty online sales tactics that have helped me to sky rocket my sales:

1. Add extra subjects to your web site. Most free ad sites only allow you to submit your web site to one category. This'll allow you to submit it to many.

2. Increase the perceived value of your product by making your offer scarce. You could use limited time bonuses, low prices, low quantities, etc.

3. Find out your competitions' weakness and use it as your "Unique Selling Proposition". It's the reason why people buy your products and not theirs.

4. Sell your products or services to a specific niche market. For example, instead of selling your fishing book to all fisherman, target it toward fly fisherman.

5. Test your advertising and marketing. You'll save time, money and big headaches promoting the right offer to the right group of people.

6. Persuade visitors to buy your product by telling them the future. Tell them what'll happen with their life in the future if they buy or don't buy.

7. Offer a free trial of your product for a set period of time. Don't charge or bill them until they decided to buy it. This'll take away any risk they have.

8. Create other web sites that draw your initial target audience. Then you can lead your prospects to your main web site by linking to your other web sites.

9. Inform people about your site or freebie through e-mail announce lists. You can find them by typing "e-mail announce lists" in any search engine.

10. Tell your visitors what they can avoid by buying your product or service will motivate them to buy. They may want to avoid pain, fear, danger, etc.

May these online sales secrets help you to make a lot of money and succeed

Warmly,

I-key Benney, CEO

I-key, a Millionaire CEO from New York City is the creator of "Mscsrrr: Millionaire Secret Cash System", (forex trading) program, which has helped thousands of ordinary people from all over the world to attain financial security and shining success during the past 2 yrs.

Mscsrrr Millionaire Secret Cash System helps you to generate $1,500+/Week for life, from home or office, part time or full time. No large investment or hassles. Win $1000-$2000 free "cash"?

Secrets to Business Success on the Internet

Secret Number One: The Key Is A Niche Market

Identifying a viable niche is an important asset as you're creating a new Internet business. The target should be a certain facet of the population that has very specific needs you are able to satisfy. Discover the habits and characteristics of those who will become your regular customers.

Here are some of the questions you should ask about various consumers.

• Does this target market include consumers who use the Internet frequently?
• Are these potential customers people who have disposable income?
• Which communities have more interest in the convenience and time saving qualities of online shopping?
• Are there businesses that could use your help to find diverse or rare services and products quickly and easily?
• Are there potential customers who prefer the privacy of purchasing products or services online?
• Is there a need in the target market for cost cutting or price-comparison shopping of particular products or services?

Once you have discovered the answers applicable to your business you can narrow your marketing strategy. Spend time and energy on those you know have potential purchasing power. Also, a marketing portfolio should be diversified and flexible as your business changes over time.

Secret Number Two: Believe In The Importance Of The Web

These days a strong web presence can make all the difference to an entrepreneur. Your can now entertain the possibility of being nationwide or even worldwide. The scope is no longer limited to the physicality of your own neighborhood. Further, it provides your company with a virtual business card that is viewed at a client's leisure and is a complement to a physical location that may appeal to a different clientele.

An Internet presence is a mighty tool for the small business. To build a web site or a storefront is incredibly cost-effective. Also, as a growing number of web design firms and private contractors appear the rates and prices become increasingly affordable. Opportunities to learn how to create a simple web site on your own are also available. Inexpensive templates and programs can be purchased online and only basic computer knowledge is needed to utilize them.

Secret Number Three: Use Every Internet Marketing Tool Available

Unique, low-cost business marketing opportunities are accessible on the web. Bulletin boards, web rings, e-zines and other resources post information and articles/press releases on companies. This is often free of charge! Grass roots methods, such as spreading the word about your business through referrals and from one person to another, also move quickly through the Internet. Use this technology to your advantage!

There are endless ways to add links to your website on other sites. This expands your web presence vastly and can also be free of charge. Check out networks online. Business organizations of all kinds affiliate with one another over the Internet. Taking part in an association made up of various providers helps bring in traffic and benefits everyone.

Secret Number Four: Do Not Forget The Importance Of Customer Service

People enjoy great customer service, yet it's easy when owning an online business to lose sight of providing any customer service at all. The lack of face-to-face contact can leave a company seeming impersonal and uncaring. Quality care of the people you work with is key to bringing in repeat business. See your business from the clients' point of view and expand in the direction that best serves their needs.

On the Internet communication is a valuable commodity. Encouraging clients to ask questions, make complaints or suggestions, and to correspond by phone or e-mail to discuss problems is imperative. Also responding to these inquiries in a timely and professional manner will solidify your presence as a company worth patronizing!

Remember, create a business or build on a business venture with a vision of success in mind. Your vision is an investment! Be adaptable, open-minded, and diversify your efforts. This will lead to successful growth and long-term security. Take time to explore tools and do whatever detective work is necessary; make it a habit that continues over the years. Give yourself all of the advantages possible and you will reach your highest goals.

About The Author

Marianne Puechl is co-owner of www.RainbowWeddingNetwork.com, the first exclusive gay and lesbian wedding registry on-line. The site includes a directory of over 4,000 screened, gay-friendly businesses nationwide and in Canada. RWN was launched in 2000, and the first GLBT Wedding Expo will occur in Boston, Massachusetts on May 2, 2004.

A Website Model That Makes Money Online

I would like to share with you one simple stratergy in creating income with your own website. This is just one method out of simply millions that you could create for yourself. Remember the internet provides no limits. This is one example that does work for me, and may give you an insight into exactly a website model, that you may like to put into action for yourself. Affiliate marketing and/or sales of any kind on the internet, requires a real commitment, as I am sure you do already realize. The internet is really one of the greatest training grounds in the world for sales. You can try and fail many times, until you find that system and approach that will work for you. But the commitment that you show in meeting this challenge, will be a lesson that you will always remember. Success is always achieved in no matter what you do, through simple hard work. There is no easy path to success, but when you achieve the success you are after, there is no greater feeling. So lets begin. In this example my website, which for the purposes of this article i will call '????'. I will give you the exact profit breakdowns.

With this website I treat all my affiliate products as purely residual income, much like adsense. Adsense itself generates for me, on this website, on average around $2 per day. I also use various other companies affiliate products, which generate around $200 per month. Also within the website, I sell e-book informational products, which I own the full resale rights for, which generate around $700 per month. And here lies the answer to making money online, no matter what you sell. The products, that generate the most income, are the ones that you will own yourself. Certainly I should be making more from the affiliate info products that I sell. But I lose commissions through simple affiliate url tampering. Commissions that are stolen or lost are a real pain. You can try every method in the book to protect your affiliate codes. But after all the hard work is done, you still lose that valuable income. The people who sell the original affiliate product know this, which is mostly why a high percentage of the sales price is offered to an affiliate to begin with. Because they realize that a very high ratio of sales made on their products will give them the total profit back. The reasons why people change affiliate product codes etc, could run into pages. Lets just say it is inevitable. This is the reason why I treat all my affiliate based products as purely residual income.

But as you can see in this example clearly where the highest return on investment lies. And that is in the products that you actually own. You can purchase resale rights for info products easily, and it involves not much money at all, most products are available for under $50. Or if you have the time and patience to search the internet. You can find amazing e-books that have free resell rights and the information they contain is really valuable. You will find these types of treasures occasionally, and the lights will start flashing in your eyes when you do. The information that you have just discovered is of value and that is a real key to success. This is why I, at this point, strongly emphasize the importance of this one principle. Only sell products that you feel strongly about and you know that will be of great value to the person who may purchase it. That includes products you have bought the resale rights for, or a free product, you have discovered with resale rights.

If you sell strong products with real informational value consistently you will always succeed. Your customers will return, quite simply because they know where the value of the information they seek is the greatest. And that is at your website. Always remember to put yourself into your visitors shoes. Ask yourself the question? Would you buy the products you are selling? Answer this question with a Yes. And you will be really on the start too online success.

Michael J. Keenan (CEO - SitePromotionNow) Worked in affiliate sales and website construction for over 5 years. email: mickyk703@hotmail.com website: http://www.sitepromotionnow.org

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To Make the Most Dollars, Make The Most Sense
The world of Internet marketing isn't all it's cracked up to be. In fact, it can be a brutally cold one. Believe me, I learned the hard way.

Advantages Disadvantages Of Internet Marketing: The Good The Bad And The Ugly

The Advantages Disadvantages Of Internet Marketing are many.

A few Advantages Disadvantages Of Internet Marketing are:

1. * It's on the internet so it's low cost
2. * Very fast
3. * And you can reach a global audience

However it:

1. * Can leave the businessman feeling isolated
2. * Hard to tell if people are lying because you can't see their face
3. * And you can be overloaded with information.

There are more Advantages Disadvantages Of Internet Marketing, but I wont cover them all in one article. However I will focus on a few important ones.

Positives:

Low cost:

The internet is made up of electrons, so there is not really anything physically to grab hold of like in a brick and mortar business. This considerably reduces your costs as you don't really need many materials or buildings. Just a computer with world wide web capabilities : )

Very fast:

A great advertisement I saw once said "If you were an electron, you would be there by now". This was an ad at an airport. It's referring to the internet. It's made up of electrons so it's VERY fast. Click a link, and you could be looking at an Australian website, click another one and you could be in America. If you wanted to get information any other way from these countries, you may end up having to go there.The world wide web eliminates the need for this. Go any where you want with the click of a button.

You can reach a global audience:

By this I mean, you don't have to set up shop somewhere and sell to the locals. You can set up an online shop, and sell to anyone in the world. This means a huge increase in potential revenues and a fraction of the cost it would take for you to set up shops all over the world.

Negatives:

Can leave the businessman feeling isolated:

This is very common. Because the world wide web is faceless (In most cases), it can appear cold and inhuman. This can leave you feeling isolated and very inward. Not a nice feeling at all. Everyone likes to socialize and meet people, but in this case, its quite difficult to, in business anyway.

Hard to tell if people are lying:

There is so much information on the world wide web now, it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between crap and quality. A lot of the crap is targeted at newbies. Here's an example "Make money fast by doing NOTHING", sound familiar? I bet you've had a ton of emails saying something similar.

Information Overload:

Once again we get to the part of there being a lot of information on the world wide web. There can be too much good information too. There can be a lot of competition for an industry, this can leave you more confused than if there were presented with loads of crap. You might not be able to tell who to chose. If you are a veteran of the net, you wont have much to worry about, however if you're a newbie then this is a problem.

The above are the positive and the negatives. Overall, I would definitely say that if you can do business online, then definitely do it.

By Stephen Warren, the creator of http://www.marketershandbook.com, the completely FREE guide to marketing online, with useful articles and links.

Magic Of Direct Response Website

For a web site to make the most money it must be a direct response web site. That does not mean that sites with contents do not make money. But for a small business owner the direct response website is the key to real profits.

Purpose of direct response website is very simple. It just takes orders. The customer reads your product and decides either to buy or leave. Simple and pure business. No confusion at all.

What is a direct response website?

It is a site which aims at stimulating a response from the customer. It focuses on selling a product and getting an immediate response. The response can be a purchase or a lead generation. Mostly it is in form of a sales letter featuring a product and having an order link at the end.

When a customer comes to direct response website he simply has two options. Either he buys the product or leaves.

Beauty of this site lies in easy to reach and accomplish the final deed or sale in just one or two clicks.

A site which requires more than three clicks to reach the order page cannot compete with a direct response site when it comes to making sales if they are getting the same traffic.

The reason is simple. Ease of reaching and reacting to the order.

So if you want to make good money out of your product or want to get ever pouring leads write or get written a killer sales letter, setup a direct response webpage with your order link and go.

The next thing you do is just count your sales.

There are a few things that you need to take care of. A theme based domain name and a good sales letter. If you cannot write one hire somebody who can. A little search and queries in the forum will surely get you one.

The principle of direct response website can also be applied to your existing website. Make your site such that when traffic comes to you it stays till it has gone through what you are offering. Here are few tips

# Do not post unnecessary links on your home and product page

If there are too many internal links the customer gets confused. If there are external links you have already lost the traffic before you could sell something. Design your site with the concept in your mind that your links should pull the visitor to the page where you are selling. Otherwise you have already diluted effectivity

# Your sales page should not be more than three clicks away maximum.

Earlier your potential customer reaches there better the results will be. All your customers are not on fast loading connections. Who will go through unnecessary hassles to reach your sales page if the work is tiresome? So make it easy for them. Everybody likes a comfortable experience.

# Design your site to be fast loading Everybody including me and you hates slow loading sites. Your customer will turn away before your site appears. Cut those unnecessary graphics and test yourself for the results.

I will end the article with a quote from a leading internet marketing guru ?

"A web site created out of a hot sales letter and an image of your product will make you much more money than a web site full of links ever will. This may be the exact opposite of what you have heard. If it is, then what you heard was wrong".

It was true when it was written. Repeated tests have shown that it is still true.

And it will stay this way.

See it your self.

Copyright 2005 Arun Pal Singh

Internet Marketing: 10 Killer Internet Marketing Tips To Multiply Your Sales
Hello, do you feel low because sales at your website is down?

10 Creative Ways to Sell and Market Resale Rights Products Offline

Are you having a tough time selling that ebook or resale rights product online? Is the online market for your info product over saturated? Maybe your ebook is too niche focused and doesn't draw much traffic from online keyword searches.

Let's not get discouraged. It's time to do something about those lackluster ebook sales.

It's time to think outside the box with ten of the best methods for selling any ebook,
software or resale rights product offline.

1. Copy the Resale Rights product onto a CD. Use the included ebook or website graphics to print CD stickers or CD labels. Now it will be easier for you to market your ebooks offline. This works especially well with Niche resell products. Example: recipe ebooks, special interests, finance software, and ect.

2. Write ads for your ebooks and software and place them in offline classifieds such as pennysavers, townshoppers or thriftynickles papers. Any of the classified ads newspapers will do. Don't spend too much. Start small and test your ads. Take notice of other ads that sell information products.

3. With your resale rights product copied onto CDs, start selling them to friends and relatives. This works great if you are selling digital products targeted to specific niches such as losing weight ebooks or how to make crafts ebooks.

4. Sell your resale rights ebook or software at cooking parties. Do you sell cookware or throw cookware parties? You could sell a recipe ebook or offer it as a bonus gift at your next sales party. You can try this technique with Mary Kay and Avon or most any party sales type program.

6. Allow small business owners to resell ebooks on a consignment basis (meaning you split the revenue once the sale is made). Make arrangements with local business owners to offer the ebook on CD at their retail stores with no up front cost to them. Try to match the theme of the ebooks or software with the theme of the retail store. Just place a small display on the front counter and watch the sales pour in.

7. Provide fundraising opportunities to schools, non profits, Churches, and youth groups. Just copy your ebooks onto CD as mentioned in idea #1. Call on some non profit groups and tell them that you provide fund raising opportunities at no up front cost. Explain that they can resell ebooks and software and get a large percentage of every sale.

8. Market your digital products as giveaway incentives for local businesses. Ebooks and software can be used as customer incentives by local businesses. For example: Get free software to help you mange your finances when you stop in to open a new checking account.

9. Sell those resale rights products and ebooks door to door. Why not? It works for Mary Kay doesn't it?

10. Put up a sales display at a flea market ... Offer them for $5 a CD. OK, so I saved the best idea for last. ;)

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5 Ways to Make Quick and Easy Money

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Sometimes you need extra money--for bills, for presents, or just for run. The following are five suggestions to get quick cash.

1) Sell items on eBay or Half.com. Do you have old VHS tapes, DVDs, CDs, or books? Get a gift from someone you didn't want? Or do you have collectibles you no longer collect? Turn those items into moola by selling them on eBay or Half.com or any other online auction.

2) Take surveys or participate in focus groups. These go on all of the time, every day. Surveys aren't guaranteed income--but you can make as little as $1 or as much as $250 for one few minute survey. I know because one year I made an additional $600 just by taking online surveys. Focus groups are run by market research groups and generally pay around $60 for an hour of your time. You can register with the groups online. Find ones in your area by doing a Google search.

3) Busker on a street corner. Do you have musical or artistic talent? Many towns and cities allow people to sing, play instruments, paint, draw, etc. for donations or small fees on street corners. Check with your city licensing office to see if you need a permit.

4) Donate plasma. This is the old college student stand-by (along with sometimes donations to sperm banks).

5) Become a mystery or secret shopper. Payment is small (usually $10-$25) per assignment, but oftentimes you get to keep what they make you buy--after they reimburse you for it. Plenty of companies advertise on the web for these kinds of shoppers.
So if you need extra cash, look into one of these ideas. They can be one-time revenue sources or repeated revenue sources.

Internet Marketing Newbie? Tailor Your Website
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by: Wy Williams

You have decided to zero in on product creation? You have reached the point were you know your goals inside out. You have even written your goals down.

They are tacked onto your refrigerator and taped over your computer. You also have your goals written in your pocket-size “ideas” booklet. It appears you are ready to rumble! Let’s get it on!

You finally decide that the theme for your website is going to be “Men’s Shoes Of The 50’s.” From here on in, everything on the website should dovetail nicely into the theme.

Don't bring in men’s trousers. For now, during the early going, stick with this specific shoe.

Put your shotgun away, at this point, you need your rifle. People are savvy. They know what it is they want. They’re smart enough to know not to type in men’s shoes. They zero in on a specific shoe, mens shoes of the 50’s.

it'’s coming early, but here is a priceless golden nugget.

You now know the way people search online. Try to marry your selling strategies to the way people search. When you can accomplish that, you will be looking your target customer dead in the eye.

Lets dig into this a bit more. People who go online to buy a “men’s shoe of the 50’s” are interested in just that, a mens shoe of the 50’s. That’s it!

The trousers that you thought they might buy when they come to your 50’s shoe website are what you want. Not what they want.

Crucial error!

Learn a lesson here because most of the money spent on promoting 50’s shoes and trousers is unfocused and wasted. That money could have gone to increase your variety of 50’s shoe on display on your website.

Or better yet, it could have boosted your marketing budget thereby bringing more targeted traffic to your website. You also now have to redo your divided website.

Picture this!

Your website is perfectly themed. Content is intricately woven throughout your website and is spot on. You have done your website homework. Your articles and reports are singularly focused with great content on the mens shoe of the 50’s.

The search engines have sent the spiders to comb your website and they love it. Your google ads are specific and focused.

Deep into the country, in a small unknown town, daddy’s birthday is approaching.

Mother is secretively asked, “what does daddy want for his birthday?”

She shoots back with a smile, (the children have remembered) “get him a pair of two-tone shoes from the 50’s.”

Perplexed, the children respond, “they don’t sell those shoes in town, where can we get them?”

Mother smiles again, “try the internet.”

“Oh why didn’t we think of that,” replied the children.

They go to the computer, fire it up, and guess what they type in? You’re correct, mens shoes of the 50’s. And guess which website is staring them in the face?

This scenario is played out over and over and your internet cash register is ringing steadily. Stay focused, set up one singular site, but set it up well. Then watch that one website turn over again and again. Sort of like money in the bank.

Internet Marketing Plan: Great Ways

to Run Your Business Smoothly

and Make It More Profitable

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If you are looking for a way to make your businesses run
at a much smoother pace and making it more profitable,
then an Internet marketing plan is the first step you have
to take in order to do all these.

Try to imagine that an Internet marketing plan is a map
that will guide your business to success. Without an Internet marketing plan,
it would be like going on a road trip without a map, and eventually,
you would get lost on your way to your destination.
So, starting an online business requires you to have
a well thought out plans and strategies. If you start an online business
without a marketing plan, it will be the perfect opportunity to fail.

First of all, when you are making your Internet marketing plan, you need to set goals and objectives. Ask yourself where you want your business to go and also ask yourself when you want to achieve that goal. A business without a goal will only let you end up in frustration.

Here are a few things you should do in order to create the perfect or solid Internet marketing plan:

- The first thing you need to do in order to be successful in your businesses, whatever it is, is to design your strategies. When designing your Internet marketing strategy, you need to know who your target customers are. Know who will likely be your strongest customers. To do this, you should examine age groups, educational level, marital status, income level and other things that would make your potential number one customer comfortable in your website.

- After you know who your potential customers will be, you should design your website that will suit their needs. Determine what they like in a website, know what keeps them interested and you should also know what products they would likely buy from you. You also need to know how you can sell your products or services to these people. It is very important on how you and your website communicate with people in order for you to build trust and loyalty from your clients. With these, you will be sure that they will want to come back.

- Of course, an effective online business should also have a strategy on how you want to sell your products and services in your website. You should choose what your targeted client will most likely be comfortable with. It can be a shopping card, a secure server certificate or it can be through major credit cards. It should be something that your targeted customer will be comfortable with.

When you have all these, you can be sure that your clients
will be very comfortable with you and what you're selling them.
However, you also need a way to advertise your website effectively.
Internet marketing has a lot of options in terms of advertising.
One of which is through article marketing.

Writing an article that is related to your products and
posting them in your website and also other article publishing
website will allow you to generate targeted traffic.
What targeted traffic means is that you will be attracting people
who will be interested in the products or services you are selling.

These are some of the things you can attract potential customers.
With these tools, you can really make your business run more
smoothly and generate more profit.

How To Market Your Business Online
By Writing Articles And Providing Content

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Have you ever heard the term "Content is King" on the internet?

But do you know what it actually means?

Some people say that by providing lots of content on your site
it will help your search engine rankings, others say
that it will keep your visitors coming back to your site
by making it "sticky" and others say that by writing
articles you can get your name "out there"

Well, I think it's all three and more besides!

The internet is a great place to search for information.

Want to know where to buy some flowers? You go to the internet.

Want to know how to unblock your toilet? You go to the internet

Want to know where to publish your articles? You go to....

You get the picture!

The thing is that many people are searching the internet
for quality content just like you are now if you are reading this!

I love articles. They are a very powerful way of reaching
thousands of interested readers. Having said that, sitting
down to write the articles can be very time consuming!

Therefore, amongst writing your own I recommend
that you look for royalty free articles and information
that you can pass of as your own.

Make sure they allow you to add your name,
business and website address on them or they will be pointless.
Then go to other related websites and ask the site owner
to publish your article - simple as that!

Webmasters normally run some type of newsletter
or ezine and they are just craving for quality content so
please feel free to give it to them!

It will be a win for them and it will be a win for you!

Will Your Site Succeed?
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The sad truth is that most new businesses fail.

It's a fact we're all familiar with... and as
entrepreneurs, one we all ignore.

It's easy to do. For one thing, online those
statistics probably aren't that bad. With
AdSense, you're almost guaranteed some income.
Use the right strategies and techniques, and
there's no reason why that income shouldn't be
very good indeed.

And yet, when you first put up your website --
when you're checking your stats every couple of
hours or less to see what's happening -- you
can't help but ask yourself, "Am I going to make
it? Is my site going to take off and pour in the
cash or am I going to be the only visitor?"

It takes time before you can know for sure what
sort of income your site can generate. The
marketing doesn't take effect overnight, and you
need to wait and view the figures before you can
tweak your ads. But there are some signs that are
pretty good indicators of the future success, or
otherwise, of your website.

The first is how often you want to update it.

That's not the same thing as how often you
actually update it.

You might have told yourself that you're going to
put up new content every week, especially at the
beginning when you're getting few visitors.
There's nothing wrong with that. But if you feel
that you want to update it more often, that's a
good sign that you're producing interesting
content.

If you've got ideas that you can't wait to share,
you'll find that you'll have users who can't wait
to read them.

On the other hand, if you think that maybe once a
week is too frequent and that you've got nothing
to say, it's likely that no one's going to want
to read it and you'll struggle to get traffic.

A second sign that your site is likely to be
successful concerns what you do when you're not
updating it.

If you spend your spare time looking at sites on
similar topics and can name half a dozen of the
best sites in your field without batting an
eyelid, that's a good sign. It shows that you're
on the ball and are genuinely interested in the
subject.

On the other hand, if you only think about the
subject of your site when it's time to update and
have no idea what other people saying, no one's
going to care what you have to say.

This all comes down to content. If you know
you're producing top-quality content, you won't
have to worry about the success of your site.
Implement strategies for AdSense success and
continue to work your plan.  That is the doorway
to success online!

To your success!

Joel

Build A Successful Business By

Staying Connected

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Over the course of your business life you'll come in contact with a number of

other business people. They could be lawyers, business services, suppliers,

customers, etc. These people are important to your business in more ways

than one. If you hired them or they bought your product or service, you can

also gain their business knowledge,experience, ideas, and advice. How do you

do this? Stay Connected! Network! Networking is when two or more different

businesses stay in contact on a regular basis to build and improve

each others business.Consider all the benefits you'll gain from

talking to other business people: Knowledge or information that

you didn't have before Advice on how to solve a current business problem

Leads to a new business project or o.pportunity Joint ventures and

cross p.romotion deals Learn important skills that you didn't have before

Constructive criticism that improved your business Brainstorming that

sparks a profitable business idea Encouraging and motivational statements

There are many ways to meet business people. Join business clubs

and associations. Participate in on-line business-related forums, e-mail

discussion groups, and chat rooms. Go to business expos and trade shows.

Use your creativity to come up with even more ideas.If you have the time,

start y.our own networking g.roup. You could hold meetings at a local

seminar room, at a park , or at y.our own business building. If you want

to hold meetings on-line use a private chat room. Publish a print or

e-mail newsletter to keep members informed of meeting time and

dates.Keep all your business associates' contact information all in one place.

Have it organized by business type or profession for easy finding.

So when you need some advice on a new marketing campaign you can call

that marketing expert you met at that trade show in Ohio acouple

of weeks ago.Networking is a surefire way to build a successful business.

I have used it countless times and will continue too. I have also met a lot of

business people who are now some of my closest friends.

Quote of the Day: "What we actually learn, from any given set
of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless
or more powerful." -- Blaine Lee

Warm regards,