Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Making Money With Your Computer

by VMT Singuillo

The computer has been one of the most wonderful invention of mankind. Today, millions of people are making use of computers. But do you have ideas how to make money with computers? Here are some ideas for you.

1. Desktop Publishing. When somebody pays you to make a computerized report - that is part of desktop publishing. Desktop publishing includes but is not limited to printing labels, stickers, calendars, invitations, resumes, banners, brochures, CD & DVD labels, T-shirt print-ons, logo designs, and many more. Many businesses now thrive out of desktop publishing.

2. Arcade Games. Games can be very fun. NOt everbody can afford to buy a computer and play arcade games. Some business allow their customers to play the games that these people want and charge them on a per hour basis. Imagine if you have 20 computers and you have 20 customers per hour - just do the math, how much would you earn on a monthly basis?

3. Internet. With the advent of computers, the internet came along. People can now send messages by email which they enjoy because these messages are sent extremely fast as opposed to regular mails. People can chat with their friends from the other side of the globe in real time! And others just simply love to surf the internet. Since not many people can afford computers, internet cafes thrive in many societies.

4. Ecommerce. The ecommerce is now growing at an exponential rate. People can now shop online while in their homes. If you can have a website and you know how to drive traffic or to bring people to your site, you can literally make millions through your site. One of the best resources about internet marketing is Corey Rudls ebook Insider Secrets to Marketing your Business on the Internet". Almost anything can be sold through the internet. Of course, you will need a computer to build your website or to post products in some auction sites such as ebay.

Ebay is the most popular site for auction sales on the internet. How you market through ebay is of course another subject. One of the best resources about ebay is an ebook entitled, The Insider Secrets Of An Ebay Millionaire.

5. Affiliate Marketing. Affiliate marketing is one of the techniques used in internet marketing. It is selling other peoples products and services. So, even if you dont have a product to sell, you still can make money in the internet by selling other peoples products. What you simply need is your computer,creativity, discipline and patience. One of the best resource is Rosalind Gardners ebook entitled "The Super Affiliate Handbook".

These are just some of the many ideas where you can make money out of your computer. However, just a little caution, others have succeeded in these ideas, but the results of your business may differ from one person to another. Challenges and obstacles are also present. Fraud is even present. But with determination, failure should not be your option.

VMT Singuillo is a freelance writer and has written varied articles including strategic internet marketing solutions, grandfather clocks, and more. He has a blog entitled Download Ebook

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The Ultimate Internet Entrepreneur

by Josee Bedard

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Little Known Effective Web Site Promotion Techniques

by Terry Detty

There can be no doubt that website promotion has proven to be one of the most challenging obstacles to many web site owners. How does one get their web site noticed among the sea of millions of web sites out there, much less get actual hits and visits?

There are a number of unconventional but highly effective web promotion techniques available to those who are able to get a little creative. The principle advantage with unconventional or guerilla-marketing techniques is the fact that they often cost less money than other techniques. They just require some creative thought, a little planning and some time. Yet the rewards can be huge.

Set Up A High Traffic Blog Blogs are the ultimate and most potent guerilla-marketing weapon ever discovered by man. Unfortunately many webmasters and site owners are yet to fully appreciate the potential explosive power of blogs. This can actually work to your advantage. The key to success with blogs is getting others to link to your blog. This will rapidly enhance your search engine ranking and get you tons of traffic overnight. Smart bloggers get others to link to them by using various techniques. One of these linking techniques is utilized by posting something topical and yet highly controversial to a blog site. Some webmasters have built up huge traffic to their sites by simply setting up a high traffic blog site and then littering them with relevant links to their web site(s). You can use the most popular blog hosts online to set up your own free blog site now blogger.com is one of my favorites. Use Comments On Blog Sites Without Spamming Find a couple of high traffic blog sites that cover topics that are closely related to what your site focuses on. Read these sites regularly for a few days. The idea here is to fully understand what they are about and even more important - why they are so popular. You can then attempt to write comments on these sites that are highly relevant. Do not place any links back to your web site or blog site because this can be considered spamming and it will not give you the desired effect. Instead gently point readers to the direction of your site and just stop short of naming the site. Depending on the way you have crafted your comment and how useful of a solution the site you are pointing to really is, sooner or later, somebody will ask you to name your site. Create Several Opt-in Email Lists Or Purchase Email Advertising Services It can be a tough job building up an opt-in email list. In many cases it takes ages to get a handful of names. However you can build your list much faster by starting a number of different lists all related to the topic covered by your site. There are several ways of doing this. You can offer several different free ebooks at your site (You do not even need to write them yourself! There are numerous ways to get content available for free re-distribution. You can also launch several different blogs and again you dont need to write the content yourself. You can post free articles from article directories (see the two I have already named above) and then offer to give away several interesting free email reports if people join your email list. If for instance you have just 10 different lists set up you need an average of only 200 in each list to have a total opt-in email list of 2000 names. This is a very good number to start emailing to and it can generate a lot of income for you. All you need to do is to occasionally summarize the most useful tips from your own web site and when emailing your report out, you can very carefully and very wisely insert your links to your web site where they are relevant.

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Internet Marketing Strategy - A Good Way to Start

by George Wood

Internet marketing strategy, why is there a need for this kind of stuff? What can it offer a certain business related individual? How can it affect an individuals business? Can it increase your sale or decrease it?

To begin with, an internet marketing strategy is an elaborate and systematic plan of action made by a businessman in order to gain success in terms of online business. It is also a hypothesis that proposes the direction a certain online company should go in order to fulfill its vision or goal and in order to maximize the possibility of the companys future success. One of the benefits of an effective internet marketing strategy is that it can improve even the employees performance and can establish good company environment in the future.

The development of an effective internet marketing strategy can be the key ingredient of you having an online success. For you to succeed, you must develop and implement a strategic plan that includes high quality products, and attractive website with high quality user interface and the likes and of course an effective marketing strategy. Each of these steps plays an important role in your overall strategy and must be developed to its fullest potential. If even one step fails, your chances of success will be minimal.

Your internet marketing strategy is the final process of your electronic business plan. Your plan must include both short-term and long-term strategies in order to succeed. A short term internet marketing strategy includes those that bring your company temporary boost in traffic. Although these techniques are very important to your over-all plan, they are only a temporary traffic source and must not be solely relied upon.

A short term internet marketing strategy usually includes purchasing advertising, search engines and bulletin boards. Meanwhile, a long term internet marketing strategy covers those that bring you a steady stream of targeted traffic over time. These strategies will continue to produce results even years down the road. A long term internet marketing strategy usually includes freebies, content and opt-in lists.

When you create and implement a balanced internet marketing strategy; considering that you are also using both short-term and long-term strategies, you will be able to drive a steady stream of targeted traffic to your website.

Of course, developing a high quality product must also be a part of your internet marketing strategy. The key to developing a high quality product is by making them unique. It should not be in competition with hundreds or thousands of other similar products. It is also important that you give your customer or clients exactly what they want, which is a product that can fulfill a desire or necessity and provide instant gratification. Developing a great product can increase your chance to have e-business success.

Another internet marketing strategy has something to do with your website. A website is a collection of web pages and other information which includes images, sound, video files, contents, links and more. It is a related collection of web files that includes an initial file called home page.

In order to have success your website must be made or designed in order to effectively sell your products. In order to sell your products, your website must have good designs. But among the most important internet marketing strategy is to include flowery words on your website. Your graphics and images will not usually increase your sales but the content or the words on your site will. You should explain your products thoroughly or specifically while trying to convince your potential client to buy it because they need it. You have to write in order to persuade a person to buy your product. You must make them see that your product is a suitable solution to their problem.

In order to persuade your readers or clients to buy your products, you must use powerful headlines that demands attention; you must intrigue them, catch their interests or create curiosity; you must also provide product details or service details; and of course a call for action.

Among the most effective internet marketing strategy is by advertising. Online advertising is an internet marketing strategy that is defined as a paid promotion of your goods, services, your company and your ideas. Most online marketers see online marketing as part of an overall promotional strategy.

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George Wood is a successful businessman and webmaster of many sites includin http://howmakemoney.com and http://osbusiness.com

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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Better Internet Marketing Structure

by Jeremiah Patton

Why can we see? Why can we hear? Why can we speak? Why can we stand, walk, jump, and sit?

In other words, how do we live in this world?

Thanks to science and technology, we know now.

We can see because we have a pair of eyes. We can hear because we have a pair of ears. We can speak because we have a mouth and vocal chords. We can stand and perform locomotive functions because we have our body.

We are able live in this world because we have a complete human structure.

Although we might not notice it, but the structure of our human body gives us life, apart from the external elements (such as air, food, water, and others) that we need to take everyday. Without a complete body structure, we cannot live normally in this world.

Structures are not just important and beneficial to the human body. In fact, the office building that you are occupying, the house where you and your family lives, the vehicle that you drive from your home to work, the shopping mall where you purchase your basic and other personal needs, and other things in the environment have a basic structure to complete not just their physical appearance but also their purpose as well.

Is there a house without doors and roofs? Is there a vehicle without engine and wheels?

Structure is an integral part of their being without it, their being and purpose is not complete.

If you think that the structure is just for physical attributes alone, then you need to think again.

As a matter of fact, abstract things also need structure in order to survive.

And Internet marketing does need a specific structure.

In what way?

Internet marketing is distinguished from other types of business venture (such as the brick and mortar marketing) through its structures. Internet marketing structure is composed of several elements such as long and short term marketing strategies, direct and indirect branding market, traffic analysis, sales volume evaluation, and other relevant elements. There is a need for every Internet marketer, whether a neophyte or an experienced one, to master the structure of Internet marketing to get the right approach and be successful in their respective careers.

One of the secrets in obtaining effective marketing approaches is to learn and understand the basic structure of Internet marketing. For instance, you need to realize that there is a huge distinction between short term and long term marketing strategies in which the former is a "temporary approach" and the latter is a "permanent approach".

Probably you will ask, "Is there a better Internet marketing structure?" Although the structure is considered to be as the "basic outline", there are instances wherein due to changing market conditions and other external factors, there is a need to change some parts of the structure either to remove or add several elements.

The present structure of Internet marketing is now one of the better if not the best structures among all existing investments. There are additional elements that are now considered to be the "ultimate lifeline" of the online business industry.

THE FOUNDER- you are one of the important elements of an Internet marketing structure. The business will not be successful if you will not stand up and lead your business to the right path. Remember that the Internet has its own "dungeons" and it is where you need to shine and break the darkness to become successful on your Internet marketing career. THE PRODUCT- if you do not have a product to sell, do you think you will be able to grab a slice of the Internet marketing revenue pie? Furthermore, it is not just selling a certain product to online shoppers. It is more of selling a unique product that will give you higher sales as you go along your Internet marketing business. This includes effective promotion of products on the Internet and various web-based marketing packages.

THE DATABASE- it is the list of individuals who gives you permission to contact them through emails and newsletters. It is important to the existence of your online business since you need to build a loyal clientele base that will not just make purchase but will also make repeated purchase of your products. THE AFFILIATES- no man is an island. You also need affiliates that will help you promote and market your products. They are not just helping you to earn but also helping them to earn for themselves.

Thanks to the clever minds of Internet marketing pioneers and professionals, we have a better Internet marketing structure to lean on.

Jeremiah Patton is a online author and professional internet marketer. For more internet marketing advice visit http://www.jeremiahpatton.com

Friday, February 23, 2007

How To Buy Your Online Success

by Jason Tarasi

Copyright 2006 Jason Tarasi

There are literally hundreds of internet marketing techniques in existence with more being developed rapidly. When youve got an internet business, driving traffic to your website is absolutely vital. After all, without traffic, your website does nothing but take up space on the World Wide Web. When searching for internet marketing options that drive traffic to your website, you may find the concept of buying traffic to be appealing.

Buying traffic to your website from a wholesale website traffic broker might be a good internet marketing technique because you can get massive traffic at a low cost. However, if it isnt quality, targeted traffic, it really wont do you any good and it will simply be a waste of your advertising money.

If you are considering buying traffic for your website, youve absolutely got to do some research regarding the type of traffic that certain traffic brokers deliver. Pop up advertisements are common techniques that traffic brokers use to drive traffic to your website. While they can be appealing to some internet surfers, pop up ads are considered to be a burdensome annoyance to many and pop up blocker technology prevents them from even being displayed to many prospects.

You also need to know where the traffic you are buying comes from. If it comes from an expired domain that is relevant to your website, it might be good, targeted traffic. However, if it comes from a source that has nothing whatsoever to do with your target market, it probably wont be beneficial.

When you do purchase website traffic in bulk, start with a small amount and carefully track the results that are being produced from the traffic in regard to the number of hits to your website and the conversion rate. If the traffic proves to be fruitful, you may opt to purchase more, but if results are not evident, save your money to be spent on more productive internet marketing alternatives.

While traffic to your website is essential to making money in an internet-based business, the traffic simply must come from your target market in order for it to be useful. Study up on methods for driving traffic to your website considering the potential for the traffic to be converted to sales all the while. With a good internet marketing strategy that consists of a variety of traffic driving techniques geared to the characteristics of your target market, your website is sure to be successful.

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Internet Marketing and Advertising Ideas

by Todd Lavergne

Website owners wanting good ideas for marketing and advertising are always seeking new and ingenious advertising and marketing methods. Of course, all business website owners want their ideas and efforts to bring in more internet traffic and increased revenue. Unfortunately, online advertising and marketing methods can be quite costly, but there are marketing and advertising ideas and techniques that dont cost a small fortune. There are great marketing strategies and ideas that can bring in a sizeable amount of website traffic and revenue.

E-zines are a popular method of marketing and advertising websites because e-zine publishers have control over links and banner ads within their e-zines. Publishing an e-zine can be very beneficial for online business owners. Even if a website owner isnt a skilled writer, with a little help they can still publish an e-zine for online marketing and advertising purposes.

Unbeknownst to some, there are websites that offer free and low-cost content for those wanting to publish an e-zine. Besides the many free content websites, there are many e-zine publishers that trade content with writers who also want to take advantage of free marketing and advertising methods. Contributing writers submit original articles and include links to their business websites in exchange for the content they are submitting. This is a marketing method that benefits all concerned. The original e-zine publisher receives free content, and article contributors receive free marketing and advertising for their business websites. Writers without business websites often sell their work directly to websites that buy articles and sell articles to those seeking website and e-zine content.

Blogging is the latest internet craze amongst online business owners looking for fresh marketing and advertising ideas. It certainly doesnt take a professional writer to create a blog. An internet business owner can create a blog and submit content to that blog on a daily basis. If information is full of valuable keywords and phrases, many search engines will pick up that information. People searching for particular keywords and phrases will likely stumble upon the information. Include links to a business website along with related information people are seeking, and the business could receive a great increase in internet traffic and revenue. Advertising using daily blogs are simple low-cost marketing methods, and these marketing methods have proven effective for a great number of online business owners.

Internet business owners seeking marketing ideas and advertising methods are often willing to exchange links with other online business owners.This can be accomplished through link exchange programs or by directly contacting internet business owners. Those looking for free online marketing and advertising methods and ideas can create partnerships with many online business owners and greatly increase their traffic and revenue.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Internet Marketing Strategies that Wont Hurt Your Savings Much

by Adran Tan

Your new business will benefit a lot from various Internet marketing methods. But you dont have to spend millions of dollars just to get some decent exposure for your company. There are ways to make your business be seen and felt without doing overkill with your advertisement expenses.

Make use of your online power - through Internet marketing. Here are simple methods that you may employ to boost the visibility of your business without shelling out more than what you can afford. However, these techniques need patience and some footwork to produce agreeable results.

Firstly, you need a website before you can make use of these low cost Internet marketing strategies. So go create one or hire a web developer. It will display your products and services. This will be used in employing the following Internet marketing techniques.

1. Affiliate Marketing

This is the process of recruiting a network of smaller websites known as affiliates to drive targeted traffic to a website. Ad copy and links will be provided by the advertisers. You will have to pay a certain percentage of the sales profit to your affiliates.

2. Links

One of your goals should be to attain a good ranking with search engines. One way to do it is through link building. This could be done through trading links to other businesses that are related with yours.

3. Newsletters

Sending out newsletters to your subscribers (those who signed up for your newsletters) will help greatly in establishing a good working relationship with your customers or prospective customers. It has to be short, sweet, consistent and written for a general audience.

4. E-mail Marketing

As one of the best cost-effective Internet marketing tools, it stays as a very important method of keeping your customers aware of your products and services. Just make sure to avoid spamming or soon enough you will have to close down you business due to complaints.

5. Articles

If you put quality content in the form of articles in your website along with your products and services, search engines will have to index your website. Getting you website indexed by popular search engines means more traffic for you.

6. Forums

Expand your Internet network is through joining forums that mainly discusses stuff regarding or related to your products and services. Actively posting responses or answers and asking relevant information will build your reputation as that forums member and boost your companys visibility through your signature files. These signature files are those that go with your every post. Links to your website could be included in this signature.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Internet Marketing: Are You Penny Wise And Dollar Foolish?

by Dean Phillips

It never ceases to amaze me how many people set-up a web site, without any type of plan or clue about how to promote it--how to write a sales letter--how to write an ad--nothing! Fact is, nowadays, anyone can have a web site. But once you get one, then what? How are you going to make money with it?

If you dont know what youre doing, then do the smart thing and consult with an Internet marketing expert.

What? You say you cant afford an Internet marketing expert? Well, believe it or not, there are other ways you can obtain the services of an Internet marketing expert, besides paying an expensive flat rate or hourly fee.

Did it ever occur to you that you can obtain the services of an Internet marketing expert by simply buying his products? So, why should you buy his products?

Because Internet marketing experts are masters at marketing. Theyve already arrived at the place you want to get to. They also derive great pleasure from sharing their incredible knowledge. They have the answers to every single one of your questions. All you have to do is ask them.

However, you shouldnt expect any Internet marketing expert to spend their valuable time mentoring you for free. Like I mentioned earlier, at the very least, you have to buy their products. I mean, lets get real. You wouldnt walk into a doctors or lawyers office and expect to get free help and advice, now would you?

I cant even begin to count the number of e-mails I receive from people asking me for free advice. I always turn them down. Why? Three reasons: (1) It shows a total lack of respect for me as a professional. (2) Because it wouldnt be fair to my paying clients. (3) I already dispense plenty of free advice via my articles.

It just totally blows my mind that people will spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars promoting a product the wrong way, yet wont spend a few dollars to learn how to do it the right way.

If you arent making any money, its obvious you need professional help. Not to seek that help is just being "penny wise and dollar foolish!"

And by the way, if you dont even have a couple of hundred dollars to work with, quite frankly, you shouldnt even be in business to begin with!

Dean Phillips is an Internet marketing expert, writer, publisher and entrepreneur. Questions? Comments? Dean can be reached at mailto: dean@lets-make-money.net

Visit his web site at: http://www.lets-make-money.net

Monday, February 19, 2007

DUMB MONEY and SMART MONEY

By Tomas Loden

One of my goals online is to give you the total picture and tell you everything you need to succeed in your own Internet Marketing Business.

This internet marketing "stuff" has been a God send for me and it can be for Anyone of you who will apply yourself and be very, very serious with it, not get rich overnite - but I am talking about coming in to this "net marketing world" with the same attitude that I came in with. I am here folks for the loooong term.

I am going to share some of my thoughts and opinions of what I see going on in the Internet marketing community. So consider this a heart-to-heart talk from someone who has been there before you...

Now lets put the cards on the table...

So, you want to be one of the BIG marketers,

- You want to be on of the Top 1% Affiliates raking in all the money. - You want to be the next Big Net Marketing Guru ..

Hey that's GREAT, - but what are you doing about it?

If you want to create your own successful Internet Business, you have 2 choices... You can A) take the long road or you can B) take the smart road.

A) - You can take the long road:You can continue to search on the Internet for "free" information¨, buying different "how-to, go their, do this" e-books, spending countless hours translating their jargon or joining one of those "30k in 30 days" schemes, Why bother? It will take you weeks or even month's of testing just to achieve the anger of knowing you have been taken advange of by someone selling a load of "get rich quick hype".

B) - You can take the smart road: Interact With Real Internet Marketing Professionals Who Are Actually Making Huge Profits Online. Interact With Real Internet Marketing Companies. I made many mistakes. I joined programs like the"30k in 30days" and other scam programs only to find out later it was a bunch of garbage. Not that I'm proud about this ... Bad Products..No money back guarantee..No affiliate support,,,

However, I soon discovered that the real money is made by Real Internet Marketing Professionals Using Real Internet Marketing Companies Using Proven methods to sell their products To avoid "cheater" programs, you need to do your homework and stay informed..

A) - You can take the long road: FOLLOWING THE DUMB MONEY The major mistake I see other Internet entrepreneurs making is following the "dumb money." The "dumb money" is in the small, individual marketers who would like to make money online but tend to lose their money most of the time. Spending their hard earned cash on different ideas or schemes to find out what works and what doesnt..

B) - You can take the smart road:FOLLOWING THE SMART MONEY The idea is to follow your "the smatrt money" and do what they are doing... To find out, just, purchase their products, services and subscribe to their newsletters Some people like to sugarcoat things, but that is not my style...nor is it what you need. Forget the hype and focus on the reality of making money online. If someone is getting different results than you, then they are doing something differently.

For example, do you see all the Big "gurus" posting to FFA sites, safelists or allowing others to place ads in their in-house optin list/e-zine? Of course not! And wouldn't you think that with the time, and experience, they have, they would have already tested those marketing mediums and have decided not to use them because they don't work? So, if someone got dozen orders per day and you didn't, they did something differently than you did.And do you know what the biggest difference usually is, persistance and approach. Persistence is the key.

A) - You can take the long road: Sell anything to anybody, at anytime without ever owning it, you have one chance to earn peoples trust, therefore it’s very important that you represent products and services that you honestly believe in.

B) - You can take the smart road: Represent products and services that you honestly believe in. The Best Way To Assure Your Success Is To Learn As Much As You Can About Your Business, Program or Product. The better you know the product or service, the more enthusiastic you will be about recommending it - and you'll have a better chance that people will want to buy. Successful affiliates buy the product so that they can write a genuine, honest review of it. The best products to promote are those that you personally use and have found to be of benefit to you. But even beyond that,the best products are those that pay you a residual income, month after month.

The only stuff I recommend is stuff that I own. I have physically purchased it, or had in a couple of instances a courtesy copy sent to me for review, and only if and when I'm satisfied that it will help me in my own business will I then recommend it to other people. You Can Not Promote That Which You Do Not Understand

A) - You can take the long road: Not promoting enough. Promoting may not be as much fun, but it's key to making the fun parts pay off. I have wasted a lot of time and money, thinking that people would automatically come to my web site, and buy my stuff... You should spend more of your time marketing than on any other task. In the course of running your business, it's easy to get caught up in a million idiotic things..

The number 1 problem I see with the online Networkers I work with across the world every day is that they Stop prospecting! Why..? Because they run out of leads or if they do sponsor a few members in their first 2-3months - those people quit or become inactive because they've run out of traffic. When they do run out of visitors, they get discouraged and quit their business!

B) - You can take the smart road: 99% of all networkers need more visitors and additional Training.....

-Why?

Because very few have taken the time -- or even HAVE the time -- to LEARN WHAT REALLY WORKS! I mean, what works NOW. What's also important to understand and to pass onto your members, is that any internet business starts out relatively slow. But over time, it has a tendency to "Explode in Your Face" and next thing you know you're making checks the size of Bill Gates ;)

Without the right tools, your Internet marketing experience will be exactly like playing the child's game with a blindfold on -- pin the tail on the donkey. To build a network that will stand the test of time and produce significant income, you must spend every possible moment working on - How to get LEADS! - that is all there is to it.. That is all there has ever been to it.

That is common sense and it is undeniable, and yet I have never met a networker, who fully understands the point. The three most important features for any website are traffic, traffic, targeted traffic.

A) - You can take the long road: No Internet Marketing Plan, If you don't plan to succeed, then life itself is planning for your failure.

B) - You can take the smart road: Make your business plan simple. Concentrate on building a list. Find affiliate programs and joint venture partners to supply products and income. Regardless of what marketing method you choose, you'll need a basic marketing system and you will need to be Very consistent with it.

Marketing is never a "one-shot" deal. It always takes a steady effort, time and patience. There is no one perfect system for marketing, but that's OK. With a good system and a steady effort you will do just fine. If you already have a good system, and it can be easily duplicated to your downline, stick with it. If not, find a proven system that are currently working well and that can be duplicated by everyone in your group. It's just a numbers game - pure statistics.
That's all. There is no magic formula. If you stay at it steadily, you WILL succeed.. So, what's the end statement out of all of this...

Internet marketing is the EASIEST business in the world if you work it HARD! But it's the HARDEST business in the world f you work it EASY!"...

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

What is Internet Business?

by JY Chia

Internet business basically means using the internet as a medium to run your business. Take for example the use of the telephone, you do not talk to the telephone, you are talking to the person on the other end of the telephone.

The statistics of people running internet businesses has been on a rapid rising trend and as mentioned in another article of mine that more then 8000 searches have been enquired the topic of "home based businesses" in the search engine in the past 90 days.

Running an internet business is fairly feasible. There are many profit models to choose from, from using auction sites like eBay and Yahoo Auctions! Capitalizing on advertisements through Google adsense, niche marketing, affiliate marketing and many other options.

I will share with you briefly on affiliate marketing because I have been focusing on this area for close to two years and by doing this particularly marketing, had reaped a fair share of profits. Affiliate marketing in short means selling other peoples product or services. By doing so you get a cut of the sale known as commission.

Till date, there are more then 101 products and services up for grabs! And these merchants are clever to have affiliate programs to push their sales. Therefore, just focus on what you want, perform some research if the product or services is profitable and its market potential. After which, just focus your energy on driving traffic to your merchants site through your unique affiliate website/url/ID.

This is by no means exhaustive on the topic of affiliate marketing, this is just the tip of the ice berg. Note that there is a possibility in affiliate marketing and that you have a choice to leverage on the internet to run your business, your show.

JY Chia is an Expert in Helping People to Earn Additional Allowances by Setting Up Part Time Internet Businesses. Further resources please visit my website at PartTimeInternetBusiness.com and my blog at ChiaJiaYu.com

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Internet Promotion - Advantages and Disadvantages

by Carla Lendor

Internet Promotion - Advantages and Disadvantages

The emergence of globalise trade, increase in foreign investment and cross-border transactions have put many small businesses under pressure to find innovative ways to continue to market their products and services. This is especially difficult given that they often operate on tight marketing budgets.

In the quest for cheap marketing alternatives, these small businesses continue to use conventional marketing tools such as newspaper, magazine, radio and television advertisements, unaware of the advantages that Internet Promotion offers. All too often, these entrepreneurs focus on the disadvantages of Internet Promotion and fail to adequately take advantage of the opportunities that it presents. Moreover, their preoccupation with conventional marketing strategies is driven by a misconception that these are cheaper than Internet Promotion.

To most small business entrepreneurs, marketing or promoting their products or services via the Internet can be a daunting task. However, with adequate information small businesses can benefit significantly from Internet Promotion while minimising the disadvantages that it presents. In fact, it may prove to be the marketing strategy that generates the highest return on investment.

The Advantages

Cost Effective and Enduring Marketing Strategies

The Internet has become the information superhighway for the buying public. Most persons prefer the hassle free transactions that Internet shopping can offer. As a result, the Internet has become the most powerful selling tool. Internet Promotion offers cost effective ways for small businesses to enhance their product or service distribution networks. For example, the use of portals can help create new marketing channels and logistics, or provide better or faster product access for customers.

In comparison to other forms of marketing, Internet Promotion presents the advantage of reduced budget and storage costs, when compared with printing brochures, producing television or radio advertisements or managing a call centre. It presents a fast and cost effective option for penetrating new markets.

Market Penetration

With millions of person using the Internet to search for products and services, small businesses can penetrate other markets at a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing methods.

Websites act as virtual storefronts, allowing businesses to stay open 24/7. Internet Promotion gives a business greater visibility, thereby creating more opportunities for increasing its customers at relatively low cost. Never before has it been easier for an upstart business to be able to reach out to literally millions of potential customers and to position themselves for success, without the need for costly infrastructure and overwhelming marketing costs. Thanks to the Internet, new businesses can become popular almost overnight.

Low Cost, Instant Communication

Email makes business communications instant, whether the customer or business affiliate is across the street or across the globe. It makes it easier for customers to maintain contact and readily facilitates repeat purchasing. An effective online strategy can therefore turn a small web business into a virtual cost saver and income-generating machine. The net result is that the small business can gain significant competitive advantage in a given market.

Many online businesses have therefore resorted to the use of ezines, blogs, pop-up ads and other online marketing tools to let customers know about new products or services as well as provide information relevant to their respective industry. The benefits of this strategy are two fold. Marketers can effectively heighten brand awareness for relatively new products on the market whilst strengthening customer relationships, with shorter time frames.

Content is Timeless

Internet Promotion also provides the advantage of being enduring. Whereas participation at a trade fair or conference loses sales impact, once it is over, and an advertisement in a newspaper or business magazine may quickly lose its sales generating value within a day or two or as soon as the next issue is released; Internet Promotion is often timeless. Apart from the dates and sometimes prices, much of your website content remains valid years after.

Real Time Statistics For Measuring Success of Promotion Campaign

One of the most significant advantages of Internet Promotion is that its success is measurable. Marketers can use tools that provide real time statistics, on unique visitors, repeat visitors, click through rates (CTR) on advertisements, thereby allowing them to evaluate the effectiveness of a promotion campaign. This enables marketers to determine what works for their particular market and to make timely changes in their marketing strategies.

Time Saving

Another important advantage of Internet Promotion is that it saves time since it generally does away with counselling on product uses and benefits, service information and sales administration. Visitors can access "frequently asked questions" to help themselves, and can buy online, without the involvement of staff. This saves time and money. So, whether 10 or 10,000 visitors visit the site, the increased cost is marginal whilst the savings can be immense.

But like any business approach, Internet Promotion is not without its risks and weaknesses.

Disadvantages

Difficulty in Attracting Customers

Small business may not have the resources to pay for paid directory inclusion, pay per click inclusions and often have to rely solely on search engine optimisation or word of mouth to drive traffic to their sites. With millions of businesses selling the same product and services, competing with more established businesses can be frustrating and costly venture for small business.

On the other hand, larger companies can offer promotions, pay for directory inclusions, implement pay per click campaigns as well as employ the "who is who" in internet marketing to develop campaigns that generate traffic and leads.

Difficulty in Evaluating Legitimacy of Transaction

Another notable disadvantage of doing promoting businesses online is that it may be difficult for the businesspersons and consumers to thoroughly evaluate the legitimacy of a transaction. Small businesses are particularly vulnerable to thieves using stolen credit cards and stolen information to do online transaction.

With Internet credit card and identity fraud on the rise, small businesses are forced to finance costly security measures to reduce their vulnerability to fraudulent transactions.

Salespersons and Customers are Isolated

Another disadvantage of promotion via the Internet is that the customers and businesspersons are isolated. There is little personal contact between customer and salesperson prior to and after the sales is closed. Thus, the prospect for repeat sales may thus be diminished. Entrepreneurs are therefore compelled to adopt marketing strategies to drive online users back to their site.

From all indications, it appears that the advantages of Internet promotion, far exceed the disadvantages. With adequate knowledge, entrepreneur can benefit significantly from Internet promotion, especially small business owners.

More and more, the growth and outreach of the Internets, its ease and accessibility for customers is becoming inevitable. Small business would therefore be well advised to start their web advertising function in order to improve their competitiveness online.

Carla Lendor has been involved in Internet Marketing from 2001. She is a co-publisher of eXplosion!, a newsletter which offers guidance to small online businesses. She is the co-founder of {a href = http://www.talkcsme.blogspot.com}TalkCSME, a blog with discusses the challenges faced by businesses in the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) environment. Visit {a href = http://www.patantconsult.com}Small Business Online Solutions.

Friday, February 16, 2007

Advertising Email Marketing Online

by Clint Pollard

I can only think of two easy ways to make money on the Internet. One is building Adsense sites, and the other one is email marketing. I will be discussing email marketing today. I guess you could actually use both of these together, I havent done that yet, but I think it would work just fine. I think it would work better than using Adwords and Adsense together. I know there are some that can do that, but I never made more than a couple of dollars a month when I tried it.

I think I made a mistake when I proclaimed email marketing was easy, I should have said it was easier, I havent found anything on the Internet easy. The reason email marketing might be easier is because all you need to purchase is an auto responder and if you want to you can find a free auto responder. So its not only easier, its far less expensive than some ways of marketing on the Internet. Even though I said you could use a free auto responder, I dont recommend using one for many reasons, Most free auto responders come with other advertisements added in with the ads you send out and that will put a dent in your profits.

If you decide to take the free route, sign up at Click Bank and Commission Junction both of them are free to join. Look for a few good products to sell, Click Bank will have digital products and Commission Junction will have tangible products you can sell. Load your auto responder up with 7 to 10 messages about why your subscribers need the product you are marketing and add the address link that will take them to the product. CB and CJ will furnish you with a product link. The next thing you will want to do is find a good free ebook you can give away. Now all you need to do is find people that will be interested in your product.

You can do that by looking for forums that complement your product. If you are selling golf clubs you would want to find a golf forum, answer a few question people have posted and then put a small ad giving a way a free ebook, which should be related to your product, and your email address to your mailing list in your signature at the bottom of the post. Most forums will not allow ads in the body of the post, but many do allow an ad in the sig at the bottom. As soon as your list starts adding subscribers you will start selling products, the more subscribers the more products you sell.

I just offered you a simple example of how you can start an email marketing business on the Internet without spending one thin dime. It sounds simple, and it really does work just like I explained, but you will have a lot of learning to do, You will need to learn how to write good headlines for your auto responder messages, you will need to understand how to tweak words to turn subscribers into buyers. You will need to learn how to choose the top products to market, and many other tricks, but go ahead get your feet wet, it wont cost you anything to get start.

Good Luck

Clint Pollard a veteran maketer of 9 years invites you to vist his site for more information on email marketing at E-Mail Marketing http://www.ncave.com/internetemailmarketing.html

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Choosing One Internet Opportunity - The 4 Essential Criteria

by Wanda Cortez

Everyone dreams of the perfect business, one where you just sit back and collect cheques for doing nothing. Some unscrupulous Internet businesses would have you believe that this is possible. It is not possible, and it never was.

The Internet marketplace is becoming more crowded every day. There are soon going to be more Internet marketing companies than there are punters. Most Internet marketing consists of selling Internet marketing opportunities. The punter has seen it all before. The only people who fall for this ploy are total novices who still believe in fairies and treasure at the end of the rainbow.

What should you look for in a genuine Internet marketing or home business opportunity?

1. A tangible product that is totally unrelated to selling Internet marketing opportunities.

2. An affiliate scheme that gives you your own website.

3. A recognition by the provider that you must spend some cash promoting your affiliate link.

4. No up-front fee

Lets consider these points one at a time:

1. Tangible products can be as diverse as selling Self-Improvement courses and Personal Wedding Sites, but there must be one, otherwise you are just putting all your hopes into a Multi-Level Marketing scheme that is doomed to fail.

2. Affiliate schemes pay you a percentage of the price paid by the customer. Affiliate schmemes can make money, but 97 out of every 100 affiliates never make a cent because they fail to recognise the need to promote their affiliate link. You only earn money from people who buy by following your affiliate link.

3. Many affiliate schemes grow by providing a free website and going along with theoptimistic idea that all websites are found by search engines and that every one will make money. Search engines only find sites that have links pointing to them. If a search engine finds 2,000 identical sites, it only displays one, and that does not give you a lot of chance to sell anything.

4. All information is available for free on the Internet. An extremely small number of people have anything worthwhile to say that is not freely available. Those that do charge thousands of dollars for it, not $39.97. You are paying for promotion of the product, why should you pay for the opportunity to spend your money on advertising.

One more tip:

· Beware Information Overload. Research, choose one scheme and stick with it until it is earning money and no longer requires time spending on it. Only then should you join a new affiliate scheme. All schemes will make money if they are properly promoted. Avoid changing horses in the middle of the race. Avoid the temptation offered by this weeks offering from some guru, who claims that his product offering will change the face of the Internet over the next three months, but that you must join immediately, or miss the benefits.

Wanda Cortez works as an Internet consultant. Find more info here. Find more online business info at Internet Business or Marketing Software.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Best Internet Marketing Techniques

by Jim Mack

There are ways to develop online visitors. You need to stay in touch with people and make multiple touches. People usually need 5 to 7 touches before they will buy.

The Internet offers many means of affordable marketing, often with full-color imagery to go along with text. And multimedia components add some spice to the mix and increase online visitors and purchases. Here are some top Internet marketing techniques to help increase your sales and income.

1. DIRECTORY - Create your own directory on a specific industry topic, placing your own ad or banner along the top. Then invite others to add their website links via a link exchange program, listing themselves in your directory. This will result in lots of free advertising for you as your directory expands with links across the World Wide Web. Enter "link exchange software" into your favorite search engine for help with setup.

2. TEACH A COURSE - Write out a simple step-by-step instructional class in your area of expertise. Then break it up into smaller segments and set them up in an autoresponder as email messages with your ads included at the top and / or bottom of each message. Invite website visitors to sign up through on online form or email subscription address offered through the autoresponder service. Then as people sign up, they will learn more about you and your products and services.

3. EZINE EBOOK - Forget about small daily or weekly ezines. Try publishing one large monthly e-zine as an e-book format, preferably an Adobe .pdf file. Include a large number of articles with each issue and regularly featured areas like inspirational quotes, industry tips, favorite sites and advice from the pros. Also insert full-color graphics, multimedia components like audio file links, if you like, and ads. Then you can charge a monthly rate, with an annual discounted package purchase, and sell advertising spots.

4. TIP OF THE DAY - Set up your own Tip of the Day targeting your own area of expertise, relating to your own products and services. You can set it up on your website in a targeted box, via autoresponder, a blog, an RSS feed, an audio file or others means of communication. Add your own ad along with your tip for whichever product or service you want to target or maybe even your own online store for all. This will gently remind your target audience where to go to learn more.

In summary, by using Internet Marketing techniques customized to fit your own products and services, you can reach out and increase your website traffic and purchase opportunities. Internet marketing can mean a more affordable way to grow your business.

Jim Mack is the leading authority in teaching actual methods - proven, practical strategies that work. In fact, Jim truly lives the principles he teaches and is the epitome of leading by example. See him at http://www.whoisjimmack.com and http://www.passivecashcow.com

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Do You Know Just How Big the Internet Marketing World Is?

by Wyatt Lee

This is a million-dollar question that every online entrepreneur and Internet marketing wannabe should be asking themselves. After all, if you are not even sure about the market that you are going to promote your products to, then how are you going to survive in your business?

The one important concept that you must understand is that any business, whether online or offline, is a numbers game. And this is why the Internet is such a fascinating market place, stretching all over the globe from way up in Canada to all the way Down Under. With the Internet, you can reach out to the world in the quickest possible time.

It is as if the world is literally at your feet, and just about anyone with an Internet connection can potentially be your customer. And this is what makes having an online business such a highly profitable option.

However, even with such an enormous online marketplace, it is really hard to believe that market saturation is still a nagging problem for many Internet businesses. Even the hottest selling products today can cool off a couple of months from now.

You really cant fault online entrepreneurs, because they are doing their best to promote their offers. They are trying out a lot of marketing tactics to secure the highest level of exposure possible for their products. But are they marketing to the right people?

Let us take a look at the following statistics from internetworldstats.com.

* Asia has a population of more than 3.5 billion people. Well over 200 million of them use the Internet, and around 17 million have made online purchases.

* Europe has a population of more than 700 million people. Over 200 million of them use the Internet, and around 65 million have made purchases online.

* North America has a population of more than 300 million. More than 200 million of them use the Internet, and around 160 million have made purchases online.

* Africa has a population of 900 million people. More than 12 million of them use the internet. Around 250,000 have made purchases online.

* The Middle East has a population of 260 million.17 million of them use the internet, more than 1 million have made purchases online.

*Oceania has a population of 32 million people. About 16 million of them use the internet, and around 8 million have made purchases online.

Looking at the above statistics will tell you that the numbers are indeed mind-boggling. Also, take into account the fact that these numbers can only increase with increased Internet usage and online purchases, and you have a seemingly unlimited market.

As you can see, North America and Europe seem to be the most profitable markets, which are expected. This is the reason why most online businesses and Internet marketing experts are focusing on these continents.

But since just about any Tom, Dick and Harry have set their sights on these two markets, the competition is getting ever stronger. This is like unleashing a pack of lions into a grassland full of sheep. The grassland may be a very big place, but there will come a time when the lions would run out of sheep to prey on. When that happens, we would have something called market saturation.

Is there any way out of a saturated market? The answer is simple enough: Go look for new markets to explore. What are the possible options?

Asia is a very attractive market due to the sheer number of its population. Another advantage is that this market is young, and so that leaves a lot of room for development. The Middle East is another good alternative for you to explore, because the people in the countries of this continent are rich, and so they are not afraid to pull out their credit cards.

It all sounds very well and good, but there is a small problem. The majority of the Asian and Middle Eastern populations are not very well versed in the English language. The solution here is also very simple: translate your web pages into other different languages. You can start off by translating to the Chinese language to attract the vast numbers of the Chinese market.

In order to survive the cut-throat world of Internet marketing, you have to be constantly on the lookout for new markets. One market becomes saturated? Move on to the next one where you could seize the initiative, because the Internet marketing world is indeed a very, very big marketplace.

Wyatt Lee is an expert author specializing on the subject of Internet marketing. Do NOT Click Here, unless you want to get FREE inside secrets of a homeless chap who made more than $3 million in just 27 months online.

Monday, February 12, 2007

What is PPC Advertising?

by Roy White

PPC stands for pay per click. That simply means you pay only when someone clicks your ad. Many companies and individuals are using ppc search engine internet marketing to market their products and services.

Did you know that ppc advertising generates the highest number of conversions on the Internet? (A conversion is when someone makes a purchase). To be successful at ppc search engine internet marketing you need highly relevant keywords that target a specific group of customers. Lets say you are selling guitars, you could promote a specific type of guitar so your keyword could include bas guitar.

The benefits of using ppc search engine internet marketing are numerous. The foremost is increased sales, which is why you would do any advertising. You also eliminate guess work as you can see what your competitors are doing and do the dame thing. This saves you research time and money. Another benefit is increased traffic to your website which could result a higher page ranking by search engines.

If you want to advertise using ppc marketing you can set up a campaign. If you go to Google, select Advertising Programs then Ad Words you can enter your name and email address as to login. After logging in you simply follow the instructions as everything is laid out in a step by step method. After setting up your campaign you check to see how much traffic each keyword is generating and how many conversions exist.

Of note is that ppc search engine internet marketing need not be overwhelming or unduly complicated as help is available... All you need to do is request help from the help centre. They are very supportive ad will even offer tips and suggestions to make your campaigns more effective.

PPC internet marketing is a great way to dampen our costs and put a spring in your sales.

Author is an internet marketer who specializes in article marketing and provides additional materials on search engine marketing.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Internet 101: Hitch Your Wagon to a Star for Internet Success!

by Dave Turner

It never ceases to amaze me how otherwise intelligent people set up a Website, without any type of plan or clue about how to promote it. Fact is, nowadays, anyone can get a Website. But once you get one, then what? How are you going to direct people to it? The simplest and smartest way I know is to hitch your wagon to a star. What do I mean by that? Let me explain.

In every industry, there are star performers. Super successful people who stand head and shoulders above everyone else in their field. The same is true of Internet marketing. So, who are the stars of the Internet? They are Kevin Nunley, Marlon Sanders and Ken Evoy, just to name a few. Their Websites are (in respective order):

http://www.drnunley.net

http://www.amazingformula.com

http://www.sitesell.com

If you truly want to be successful on the Internet, the absolute best advice I could give you is subscribe to their free newsletters, carefully study what they do and apply their successful techniques to your online business every single day.

These professionals are masters at marketing. They also sell a ton of products. They get great pleasure in sharing their incredible knowledge. They have the answers to every single one of your questions. All you have to do is ask them. Take advantage of this fact and let them teach you. Learn everything you can from them. Everything!

Thats what I mean by "hitch your wagon to a star"... an Internet marketing star, that is!

Dave Turner is a writer and entrepreneur. Dave can be reached at mailto:DaveTurner123@yahoo.com or at his Website at http://www.ampage.com/DaveTurner.htm Ezine editors, authors, information publishers... discover how to make $20,000 a month with an electronic newsletter! Visit: http://www.ampage.com/DaveTurner2.htm

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Internet Business Marketing And Advertising

by Glen Walls

Savvy advertising - business internet marketing and success depends on it - This is the key to a successful internet business. Considering how many competitors are vying for your customers credit card number, it is not surprising that advertising, business internet marketing, and online promoting have become buzz words that every entrepreneur who took a home based business to the Net has become familiar with. Stellar goods and services are not enough to attract customers and clients, but spreading the word of where these can be had is just as important.

In the earlier days of advertising, business internet marketing took the form of banner ads. Many of these banner ads sought to attract customers by being brighter and more colorful than the competition. This soon translated into neon green banner ads that would make your eyes ache. Soon this color war was not enough, and movement was added to the banners. Thus, banner ad advertising - business internet marketing at its worst in some cases - got a bad reputation and many a webmaster took down many of the more obnoxious ads. Clearly, this left merchants clamoring for other avenues of advertising their wares and services.

Those who were ad savvy toned down their banner ads to be tastefully constructed and pleasing to the eye. Rather than going for shock value they enlisted the help of affiliates to spread the word about their products. Additionally, these internet entrepreneurs looked to other media to spread the word of their wares, and quickly these leaps of faith paid off. Print ads are now routinely taken out for online businesses, and in many cases a website takes the place of a telephone number. Savvy advertising - business internet marketing at its best - has once again reclaimed the world wide market place and made it a friendly place for consumers and a competitive environment for merchants.

See ya at the TOP

To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://cashgoal.createmyfuture.com

Glen is currently living in MN with his wife and son. Glen has been in the telecommunications industry for 14 years and has recently started his own home based internet marketing business. Glen grew up in OK where he obtained his BA and MBA. Since that time, Glen has lived in Tulsa, OK and Omaha, NE:

Friday, February 9, 2007

Affiliate Marketing Information Online - Wealthy Affiliate Update

by Ronn Espy

The Wealty Affiliates, Kyle and Carson authors of Beating Adwords and Inside the List, announce the launch of an update to the highly successful Wealthy Affiliate.com their membership site. The affiliate marketing information leaders are scheduled to release Wealthy Affiliate 2.0 on October 2, 2006.

The new and improved Wealthy Affiliate Update like its predecessor will be feature rich and possess the most up to the minute information on Affiliate Marketing Online, Google adwords Marketing, Marketing with Google Adsense and even Article Marketing.

Wealthy Affiliates are not limited to the best Affiliate Marketing Information Online. They are given the tools and resources to become profitable Internet Marketers.

Are you someone who is tired of not making a profit online or are you new to Internet Marketing and want to learn? Have you bought and read all of the get rich quick online e-books only to be let down?The Wealthy Affiliate.Com might be for you.

The Wealthy Affiliates deal with Internet Marketing in its entirety and share with members their own tried and proven techniques. Kyle and Carson take a vested interest in your Internet Marketing success. So much so that they are available for one on one coaching. This alone is worth the price of membership. Everybody can use a mentor.

In fact, Kyle and Carson could be called the Anti-Super Affiliates since they appear to actually care about the success of their members. They are constantly adding killer up to date Internet Marketing information that other Super Affiliates make you pay for.

Here is what Kyle and Carson have to say about some of the new features:

New Resources - that will allow you all to become better Internet marketers. Research was a big focus with our new system, and we are going to deliver some great new tools and resources within our Research Center.

WA 2.0 will include Live Chat - an instant messenger that you can use to communicate with other members and with us, all in real time. We are literally changing the way that Internet Marketing is done. WA 2.0 is all about sharing information and providing the framework for an online interactive community.

We also wanted to create a platform where you could keep track of your day-to-day duties. Organization, goal setting, and following through with your tasks is key to become a great marketer, and we have developed a system that will allow you to manage your time more effectively.

This is why the Wealthy Affiliate.Com is referred to as the Top Online Money Making Community. Profit and Progress.

In the Wealthy Affiliate Update all of the present money making resources and tools available to members will be retained.

Some but not all of the money making Internet Marketing and Affililate Marketing information resources currently available to you as a Wealthy Affiliate member are:

-Tutorials - ranging from detailed tutorials on Internet Marketing Basics for the newbie to tutorials on building that Killer Landing Page for those that are more advanced.

-Case Studies- actual case studies of successful money making campaigns from beginning to end.

-Mini Courses- available on different topics on optimizing your earnings potential.

-Website Templates- and much much more.

The very active Wealthy Affiliates Forum with tips and techniques worth thousands of dollars will also be updated. In the forum you can interact with new and advanced Internet Marketers (including Kyle and Carson) to find help and help each other achieve Internet Marketing success. Exchange ideas or just blow off steam.

Kyle and Carson call Wealthy Affiliate.Com the Internet Marketing University. With all of the resources and tools available they might have it right. It is definitely the most comprehensive Internet Marketing education available online.

Internet Marketing from A-Z is what the Wealthy Affiliates are all about. For those that want to take the time to learn how to make money online from their homes the Wealthy Affiliate is a gold mine.

Now if you want somebody to hand you a million dollars online or gaurantee that youll be a millionaire in three months working 30 minutes a day, Wealthy Affiliate membership is not for you.

What the Wealthy Affiliates offer is a vibrant online community full of profit making Internet Marketing information, tools, resources and like minded members that when used will allow you to realize your dreams of online profitability.

Helping each other make money online is what the Wealthy Affiliates and their members are all about.

Wealthy Affiliate has something for all levels of Internet Marketers. Whether you are a Beginner with little to no experience with Internet Marketing, or are an Advanced marketer with years of experience.

Tried and tested Affiliate Marketing Information Online, Adwords Information and any other Internet Marketing Information can be found at the Wealthy Affiliate.Com . For less than the cost of most how to Get Rich Quick e-books you can become a Wealthy Affiliate.

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Internet & Affiliate Marketing: Celebrate The Small Victories

by Daniel Detlaf

Most internet marketing ventures start as one-man operations. When mistakes are made, you know who to blame. But dont just beat yourself up, remember that when progress is made, that was all you too. Celebrate the small victories.

When you are just starting in internet marketing, keeping a positive mindset can be a crucial ingredient of long term survival. On or off the web, most new businesses do not become profitable immediately. Sales can be mediocre as your marketing campaign gets going, and if you didnt plan ahead for this fallow period you may begrudge the out-of-pocket expenses that arise. It is easy to get discouraged.

Worse, many marketers lack basic support and encouragement. In a normal workplace there are other employees to share the load and help solve problems. Not so for most start-ups, and your personal support network may lack enthusiasm. Your friends may think youre a sucker involved with some newfangled scam. Your family may worry that your seemingly unprofitable internet career is interfering with your day job.

You must remember that you are your own manager, and good managers care about their employees morale and motivation. Notice and enjoy the small milestones in your business as they pass by, whether it is finally getting your web design just right or suddenly nailing the top search position on a good keyword. Reward yourself with a day off or a good meal. Tell your friends about it even if their eyes glaze over; you listen to their stories about their dull jobs, right?

Verbalizing your success is for your own benefit, and it can help you assess your accomplishments and know when youve made real progress along your business plan. Dont commit the common mistake of neglecting the hardest working, most under-appreciated person in your employ - yourself.

Daniel Detlaf is a lifelong student and one-time Day Trader with a few things to say about internet marketing. Visit the home of his ebook "Make An Honest Living" at: http://www.makeanhonestliving.com

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Advertising Email Marketing Online

by Clint Pollard

I can only think of two easy ways to make money on the Internet. One is building Adsense sites, and the other one is email marketing. I will be discussing email marketing today. I guess you could actually use both of these together, I havent done that yet, but I think it would work just fine. I think it would work better than using Adwords and Adsense together. I know there are some that can do that, but I never made more than a couple of dollars a month when I tried it.

I think I made a mistake when I proclaimed email marketing was easy, I should have said it was easier, I havent found anything on the Internet easy. The reason email marketing might be easier is because all you need to purchase is an auto responder and if you want to you can find a free auto responder. So its not only easier, its far less expensive than some ways of marketing on the Internet. Even though I said you could use a free auto responder, I dont recommend using one for many reasons, Most free auto responders come with other advertisements added in with the ads you send out and that will put a dent in your profits.

If you decide to take the free route, sign up at Click Bank and Commission Junction both of them are free to join. Look for a few good products to sell, Click Bank will have digital products and Commission Junction will have tangible products you can sell. Load your auto responder up with 7 to 10 messages about why your subscribers need the product you are marketing and add the address link that will take them to the product. CB and CJ will furnish you with a product link. The next thing you will want to do is find a good free ebook you can give away. Now all you need to do is find people that will be interested in your product.

You can do that by looking for forums that complement your product. If you are selling golf clubs you would want to find a golf forum, answer a few question people have posted and then put a small ad giving a way a free ebook, which should be related to your product, and your email address to your mailing list in your signature at the bottom of the post. Most forums will not allow ads in the body of the post, but many do allow an ad in the sig at the bottom. As soon as your list starts adding subscribers you will start selling products, the more subscribers the more products you sell.

I just offered you a simple example of how you can start an email marketing business on the Internet without spending one thin dime. It sounds simple, and it really does work just like I explained, but you will have a lot of learning to do, You will need to learn how to write good headlines for your auto responder messages, you will need to understand how to tweak words to turn subscribers into buyers. You will need to learn how to choose the top products to market, and many other tricks, but go ahead get your feet wet, it wont cost you anything to get start.

Good Luck

Clint Pollard a veteran maketer of 9 years invites you to vist his site for more information on email marketing at E-Mail Marketing http://www.ncave.com/internetemailmarketing.html

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

The whole theory of Internet Marketing

by Adams Gill

The whole theory of Internet Marketing

Online advertisement of any service, product, business etc is all about internet marketing and that marketing is a necessity of any business which is online. Every online business is in the form of website. Having a website about a particular business is not a big thing. The main work starts after this that how to make a website well know among the people who are using internet and have interest in that you have. Online web site promotion is called internet marketing. Well there are many factors involves in promotion of any website.

One way is mouth to mouth marketing. In this you advertise your businesss website by telling everyone that is around you. That community of people is very short. If a person is not in that community and he is fully interested in your service at that time you are helpless.

2nd way is email marketing that you send "Electronic mail" to people around internet. But that method is good but not very useful. For example many people block that kind of mails as a spam. So the emails got deleted by their spam filter.

3rd way is that you entered your website into the online directories or search engines. Well there is not much difference between search engines and online directories. Directory is about the collection of many websites. People come to the directories in searching of their desired service. On the other hand search engine is also about a huge collection of websites. Now a days search engines are more familiar than directories. Experts say that 85% to 90% websites are visited though search engines. Search engines are the origin of internet marketing. Lets take a look at some more ways.

o Blogs o Articles o Affiliate programs o PPC advertising o Banner advertising

Before describing all the aspects of search engine marketing (SEM) 1st talk about the term called "Search Engine Optimization". SEO is a process to make any websites popular in the eye of search engine. Most of the search engines have a crawler that is also called spider as well. Spider visits every websites single page and sees how much that website is helpful for human and according to its algorithm. Spider also sees that how many quality websites voting for you. After taking all these notice that website comes on the top of the search engine. As we all know that people usually concern with the search engine when they are looking for something over the internet. SEOs terminologies can make your website useful for the human and friendly for the search engine. So you can get more visitors which is a very gainful thing for any online business.

Here are some more factors involve in SEO

Webdesign template Website Content Internal linking Inbound link Meta tags Keywords

When you are doing any websites search engine marketing you should have bewared of the behavior of search engines spider. There is no way to hide you or to cheat any search engine. There are 2 types of strategies used in SEO field.

White hat SEO Black Hat SEO

White hat SEO:

This strategy is very simple that you make your website search engine spider friendly and follow its rules (algorithm) and criteria.

Black Hat SEO:

Black hat search engine optimization is that you dont follow its rules (algorithm). And find out the shortcuts to achieve the top listing. All the search engines dislike that strategy.

There are many people who bet guaranteed top 10 positions in all the search engines. Dont get fool by listening them. In some way they are right in getting any top 10 position but for that purpose they are cheating with the spider. When the search engine comes to know about the cheat they programmed their spider to kick out those websites who used this trick. After that what happened is that your sites will be gone into the darkness. Suddenly the traffic you are getting from any search engine comes down. And you will be panelized for some times or for longer. You cant claim any body. Your email query will be return as a failure notice. This is the terminology that I have explained above "Black hat SEO". Therefore Ill suggest to follow White hat SEO. So you can get the static rank in any search engine. Well search engine ranking methods getting change day by day. Make various search engine marketing strategies, do some experiments as well. Take a bulls eye on the movement of your site in the search engine Use of the SEO or internet marketing tools is useful for making different affective strategies. As there are many tools available on the internet the only thing is to find out the best one. By using of SEO tools you can check your website popularity, rank. Not only that you also can check out your competitors. By monitoring them youll come to know many useful things. You also can find out the top rated keyword. "Keywords are just the phrases that people use for searching their desired service into the search engines" Keywords are much important in SEO marketing. You have to choose the right keywords that your website is optimize for. A website is optimized with irrelevant keywords will not drive any decent traffic for the long time. Linking to the other sites is very useful and easy internet marketing technique. There are 3 types of linking given below

One way linking 3 way linking Reciprocal linking

All means that you are putting other websites html code on your webpage and other websites owners put your websites codes on their web page.

There are many search engine optimization companies which are providing (SEM) and (SEO) services that help you to apply those techniques. Search engine never refer any seo firm. They always say that nobody can put your websites on the top. It has to be checked by the spider. Anyways that is not harm that you hire a search engine marketing firm who optimize your website in an effective way.

Internet marketing articles are also a useful source of information about SEO. Many SEM expert people usually write very informative article about search engines. They talk about the current search engines behavior. And by reading them you can make a better strategy.

Affiliate internet marketing is an other way of advertisement. You make some affiliate partners who place your product and services on their website. And start selling them. This is the best way of increasing sales of any product or service.

Internet & search engine marketing tips

For the Improvement of your websites search engine ranking there are some tips. By using them you can boost up your online business significantly.

Make an effective web design template and development plan. Your web promotion plan should not be conflict with any search engines criteria. Dont cheat search engine or the people as well. Always write Blogs, RSS, Press releases, reviews and articles. That will help for making your strong online presence. Get in touch with affiliate, reseller and associate programs. Hire internet marketing consultant who analysis your marketing plan and suggest you some tips if needed. Provide some free services from your website. Use email marketing strategy and use some efficiently and effectively email auto responders Focus on major search engines and optimized your websites with the keywords Do some link building and get some quality back link to your site. Dont follow "Black hat SEO" rules.

Search Engine Marketing We offer the affective services for SEO.

SEO Researcher

Monday, February 5, 2007

Anatomy Of An Internet Marketing System

by Titus Hoskins

Please let me tell you about the Internet marketing systems I use and find helpful. This information may be of some benefit to you, especially if your goal is to monetize your site or earn an income from your online marketing.

My name is Titus Hoskins and I own and operate a very modest marketing website called www.bizwaremagic.com. I have been designing web pages and sites since 1998. I have an Art/Education background but in the last couple of years I have been studying online marketing systems and using them.

Yes, studying them, since I have an art background I like to examine structures and beneath the surface of things in order to gain a clearer picture. I like to see the whole picture - the big picture. But the underlying elements behind these complex systems interests me the most. Whats beneath the surface excites me: the structure holding everything in place, how they are designed, the methods and tools used to make these marketing systems work.

Keep in mind that I still feel a bit funny referring to myself as an Internet marketer. Last week my marketing efforts made me around a thousand dollars. I dont know if that qualifies me as an Internet marketer or not - probably not. Most of the people with whom I associate and have contact, make that in a day. The really smart ones make that in an hour.

A thousand dollars in one hour?

How is that possible? Well, the marketing experts who earn the big ds - usually have complex automated marketing systems set up and operating on the Internet. These systems start with their own products but quickly expand and build with large opt-in lists or ezines, 1000s of affiliates, large JV networks, multi-sites, viral marketing, membership forums, brandable ebooks, online marketing tools/resources and the list goes on...

No doubt you may have stumbled across some of these marketing systems on the Internet... one of the first I encountered was Internet Marketing Center run by the late Corey Rudl who died tragically in a car crash at the young age of 34. I made my first affiliate check through Coreys system and it changed the way I looked at the Internet forever. And the check was only $5!

What helped me earn that $5 were not only my own efforts but more importantly the whole marketing system behind IMC. It took an ordinary webmaster and showed him how to market on the web. It showed me the way. More importantly, it also taught me that Internet marketing is a skill anyone can learn.

These marketing systems can be good places for the beginning marketer to learn those skills. There are many marketing systems quietly working the Internet. Some of the best (in my opinion) are Ken Evoys whole Site Sell system, Marlon Sanders Higher Response Marketing, John Reeses Traffic Secrets, Bryan Winters PushButton Publishing, Jeff Mulligans CBmalls, and Nitro Marketing.

These Internet marketing systems are all different, yet they all have common elements or features that make them very effective and powerful marketing systems. A close examination of the different components or parts might give you a better understanding of what makes these Internet marketing systems work.

Heres a list of the different parts of an effective Internet Marketing system:

o Founder or Helm: All these marketing systems have a strong leader or founder at the helm. A very vocal and forceful communicator or spokesperson is needed as a focal point. And like any company, its only as good as the person leading it. Because the Internet is still a very scary place for the average user - a friendly outgoing spokesperson is needed to break down those barriers (real or imaginary).

o Unique Product or Products: Most of the effective marketing systems have their own products to market. These can be digital information products, web building/hosting packages, or even self-contained marketing systems - or all of the above. Some popular products that come to mind would include Ken Evoys whole Site Sell and SiteBuildIt line, or Jeff Mulligans CBmalls which promotes the well-known digital download affiliate site ClickBank.

o Databases or Lists: All these systems collect and keep large databases or opt-in permission contact lists of customers and potential customers. The real net value of any marketing system is in the quantity and more importantly the quality of its lists. All deliver a weekly or daily ezine or ezines to these lists. Consider these databases as the engines that empower any Internet marketing system.

o JV Networks: Most have large Joint Venture Networks or contacts that will kick-start any new product. Momentum and sales are created with these JV partners. An ideal JV partner is a well-respected online marketer with very responsive and very large opt-in lists. If databases are like engines, JV networks will fill those engines with the fuel they need.

o Affiliates: The best marketing systems use 1000s of affiliates to promote and market their products. This is usually done in-house with their own affiliate program or onsite software set up. Some use third party affiliate programs like ClickBank, 1ShoppingCart, Commission Junction, LinkShare, or Shareasale. This is your ignition.

o AutoResponders: One of the most effective marketing tools these systems use, autoresponders, are essential for delivering the sales. A series of follow-up e-mails will increase sales dramatically. Studies have shown that it takes 6 or 7 follow-ups before someone purchases your product. Consider the autoresponder as a fuel injection system.

o Tracking and Marketing Resources: All have extensive tracking and marketing resources, usually located online within a membership site. An easy to use and accessible tracking system for affiliates is needed. So too are marketing resources such as banners, links, coupons, graphics, SEO tactics, landing pages, lead capture pages, brandable reports, articles and ebooks. Obviously, these are your toolkit.

o Viral Marketing: All great Internet marketing systems use viral marketing techniques. This can be as simple brandable reports, articles, software or ebooks. Affiliates can embed their own IDs and pass these viral products along to their friends and visitors. These useful viral products then get passed around all over the web - creating links, contacts, buzz and funneling prospects back to your marketing system. Consider viral marketing your Turbo Charger.

o Online Forums: Many of the better Internet Marketing systems will have an online forum where members can network and interact and could offer workshops and tutorials. This is a vital community building tool that must not be overlooked or underestimated. It will greatly enhance the effectiveness of any marketing system, building a foundation and launch pad for any new products. Online forums are your gas stations.

o Cross Promotion: These marketing systems can become very complex: promoting programs within programs, cross-networking whole systems within systems, joint ventures within joint ventures. Marketing seminars, conventions and workshops are other lucrative features these systems use to market their products and to network with other marketers. This is your Hybrid fuel.

o Corporate Blogs: Most have company blogs or a network of members blogs. Its important to realize the power of these relatively new mediums for getting the word out. RSS feeds are also used to syndicate your sales message and content. That would be your satellite radio.

o Affiliate Incentives: The better marketing systems have affiliate incentives and contests to motivate their sales force - from cruises to Ferraris.

o They Pay Their Affiliates On Time: This might seem trivial, except to the affiliate. The best Internet marketing systems pay their affiliate regularly and on time. They are trusted and respected by affiliates and online marketers. This trust has been built up over many years of good solid business relationships. The best marketing systems are the ones that can harvest and develop those relationships with thousands or even millions of affiliates. This is your accelerator.

o Automation: Automation is the one key element that makes all of the above possible. These Internet marketing systems are automated to the highest degree possible. Without automation these large marketing networks could not function. Therefore, almost all the day-to-day operation of a marketing system is automated and can run smoothly without much work or maintenance. This is the grease that makes everything run.

o Internet: These marketing systems have taken full advantage of the World Wide Web and used it to their benefit. It permits global marketing with affiliates in every country around the world. This large multinational marketing force is made possible only with the creation of the Internet. Consider it the glue that connects the whole system.

The computer and the Internet make these whole automated marketing systems possible. Closely studied and dissected, these systems are complex, intricate creatures solidly embedded into the Internet and the lives of millions around the globe. Together its enabling lifestyles that offer mobility, freedom and enrichment never before seen this side of a Powerball win!

When you picture these complex marketing systems, dont think of computers, databases, autoresponders, and wires. Rather, picture a sun-drenched tropical beach with a light breeze and a clear blue sky. Picture a person sitting to one side, checking daily sales stats on a cool sleek shinny laptop. Dont forget to zoom in close and you will notice a slight smug smile. But dont stop there, if you stare really hard and think about what you have just read, you will have a clear view of an Internet marketing system.


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The author runs a modest Internet Marketing web site where you will find helpful online guides on RSS/Blogging, SEO, Affiliate Programs, List Building, Laptops, Internet Fax and quite a few Internet Marketing Tools. Including the very popular Free Desktop Calendar & Planner Copyright © 2006 Titus Hoskins