Advanced Business Marketing Secrets

Unspoken, But Crucial To Your Affiliate WorK At Home Success

2007-04-30T18:47:00.000-07:00

In the beginning there was the marketer. There are certain truths you come to understand the more time you spend making money online – or trying to.
Witness the evolution of marketing online. Whether you are new to the net game or an experienced pro, there is one thing you will have in common if you are moving towards entrepreneurial success.
As you read this article you will realize what you have in common with all the other million dollar earners online, and what you’re missing that can take you from where you are to where you want to be.
So let’s get started shall we? J
I will begin with a bullet point list and short explanation of the marketing necessities you want to have:
For starters, most established markets will already be using this by default:
- A Domain: something specific to what you want to promote like (ex.www.mysite.com)

- Hosting: a place to put your site, if you’re planning on making money – find a paid solution so you look like a credible business and you cut back on high traffic crashes.

- A website: your image your presence and your marketing message, don’t get pulled into the trap I see everywhere of trying to put too many choices on your website. Maximize on the effectiveness by only giving one purpose to a page. For example if you want to build a list - focus all your efforts and copy on that singular focus, if you want your site to sell a product, then only put that focus on your site. You’ll also need a good editing program, and an ftp software to get this up and moving.

- A merchant account: If you have something to sell, people will need a way to pay you. There are a ton of great providers out there, but there are a specific few that give your visitors the security to pull out a credit card with assurance.

- An Autoresponder: This is a real necessity if you want a business and not just a hobby. When you have a family to support this is a real no brainer. This is your email follow up service. You get a name added to your list and this is where they go. You will use this to stay in touch and build relationships with your customers and soon-to-be customers.

- A helpdesk: in the beginning when your business and sales are small you can handle all the little questions and emails yourself. One of the things that will keep a small business is small is thinking “I can do that myself” if you want to truly grow; you need to share the workload (petty tasks) and focus on what you truly want to do creatively for your business.

- Membership Site software: once you’re addicted to the internet marketing lifestyle, you will realize this oh-so-simple fact, it’s great to make a sale, but it’s even better to make a sale once and get paid for it every month. Continuity is king.

- Teleconferencing software: If you want an easy way to create and crank out high ticket products, audios and a transcript is an easy to make, high-value product.

Of course everything we’ve touched on so far only scratches the surface, but these are the necessities that not only get you started but will make you above average. Keep your eyes peeled for more articles that will take you from beginner to winner.
We’ll cover resources that will help you stay organized and expand your business to make you truly prosperous such as:
-PDF creators and converters
- Mind mapping software
- Site tools to make your business a set and forget it – money magnet
- Internet video and audio creating software
- And the how-to’s of outsourcing
Keep learning, and most important: be persistent – it will be a quality you share with the biggest money makers online today…

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Selling Other People’s Products

2006-05-31T17:17:00.000-07:00

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing

More people are getting into online businesses and online marketing either to supplement their income or to become their primary source of income. Because online marketing provides a lot more benefits than conventional off line jobs.

First, you can reach just about anybody in the world who has Internet access if you market your products online. That means a wider market for you, which can translate to larger profits. Second, setting up an online business requires only a fraction of the cost required to set up an actual business establishment, which means a lot of savings for the business owner.

Another aspect that has attracted a lot of people towards online marketing is the fact that one doesn’t have to have his own products to get started. In online marketing, one can start making a lot of money just by selling, or even by just trying to sell, other people’s products. And getting started with this kind of marketing strategy is actually quite easy. All that one needs to do is to set up an agreement with an online retailer or merchant, and after everything is settled, one can immediately start making money by selling the merchant’s or the retailer’s products.

Incidentally, the most popular and the fastest growing method of selling other people’s products online is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing, in its simplest definition, is a relationship between an online merchant or retailer, who has products to sell, and his affiliates, who are willing to promote the merchant’s product on their website.

In a typical affiliate marketing set up, the merchant provides his affiliates with banners and text ads that links to his site. The affiliates will then get these ads posted on their website and they get paid whenever traffic or sales is directed to the merchant’s website. Affiliates are often paid on commission basis, although other online merchants would opt to pay a fixed fee for the affiliate’s compensation.

Starting to make money online with affiliate marketing is relatively quick and easy. All that one has to do is to sign up as an affiliate for an online company that offers affiliate programs. An alternative method, and usually an easier one, is to sign up as a member of an affiliate network—a network that hosts a variety of affiliate programs for different online merchants or retailers. Signing up is usually free, although other companies and networks may require you to pay a particular fee. Such fees, however, are made as payment for additional services that the company may render, like providing you with tools and assistance to jumpstart your online business.

When you sign up with an affiliate marketing program, you are usually required to fill out a form containing information about yourself. Some affiliate programs may also require you to present the URL of your website and describe its contents. This will allow the retailers to verify that you actually have a website with contents that are relevant to their products. Some affiliate programs, however, won’t require you to have a website. After filling out the form and all, you are then allowed to choose the affiliate programs you want to promote.

After signing up with an affiliate program and being an actual affiliate, you are now ready to start making a lot of money by selling other people’s product online. How do you make money? There are actually a number of ways for you to earn money as an affiliate, and most of these ways depends on the type of affiliate marketing program you’ve gotten into.

Many affiliate marketing programs compensate their affiliates in either of three ways: pay-per-click (PPC), pay-per-sale (PPS), or pay-per-lead (PPL). In pay-per-click affiliate marketing, the affiliate is paid whenever he directs traffic to the merchant’s site. PPS and PPL affiliate marketing programs work rather differently. In PPS, the affiliate only gets paid when his referral converts into an actual sale. In typical PPS affiliate programs, the affiliate would usually get 15% to 20% commission for each conversion. PPL affiliate programs work the same way, although affiliates are paid a fixed fee whenever his referral converts into a lead for the company.

Some affiliate marketing programs are two-tier programs, wherein the affiliate is also allowed to recommend other affiliates to the merchant. In such affiliate programs, the affiliate would not only be paid for the traffic or sales that he would direct to the merchant’s site but also for the traffic or sales directed by the affiliates who signed up with the program through his recommendation.

Yet another way of earning more profits with affiliate marketing is through residual affiliate programs. Residual affiliate programs are affiliate programs where the affiliate gets paid a number of times for as long as the merchant keeps the customer the affiliate has referred to his site. One form of residual program gets the affiliate paid a commission every time the referred customer purchases something on the merchant’s site. Another form of residual affiliate program gets the affiliate paid a percentage every month for as long as the company keeps the referred customer.

With a lot of options available and a lot of ways to earn money, affiliate marketing is undoubtedly the most popular and the easiest way to make money by selling other people’s products online. As to how much money one can get from affiliate marketing actually depends on the affiliate. Being a hardworking affiliate will certainly get you more from the programs compared to those affiliates who simply sign up and forget about the program. You would be surprized how many people just do that and wonder why they are not making any money.

Steve Black

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How to find products that will sell

2006-05-12T19:17:00.000-07:00

In order to locate products that sell online, we need to understand what people already want to buy. Finding a good choice of idea or product is always accompanied by interfacing the demand for the product in the current market and the level of competition or market share that the product will be having in the long run.

“What should I sell? What products are hot selling? These are the questions most people are trying to find an answer in order for them to make the definite decision. And if we really want to know the answer to this question, our only choice is to do some research. There are all kinds of twists along the road that may lead you to think you have a high-demand idea. We must be able to understand and satisfy the need, wants and expectations of our customers on a certain product that they’re trying to buy. This three are called the basic needs or minimum requirements in a purchase. Needs are the basic reasons or the minimum requirements consumers are looking for in a product or service. They are called the qualifying or “gatekeeper” dimensions in a purchase. Wants are the determining dimensions among many choices. Expectations, on the other hand, are values or intangibles associated with a product or service. Expectations are actually part of “wants” but they become extremely important when products or services are not differentiated.

For example, in reading a logic book, university students look for the following: Relevant logic concepts use of simple language, easy to understand and affordable prices. These similar ideas can be applied to Internet Sales as well. After all, the Internet is just another place to sell products. The basic concept of demand is the same there as it is anywhere else, and has been all the time.

Now, the second thing that must be considered in finding “hot” products to sell are the level of competition or the market shares do your product will have. Market share or level of competition means the ratio of your brand sales versus the total market sales. While companies would naturally define its target competitors, it is actually the consumers who ultimately decide the competitive frame, or the list related products or services that consumers consider when exercising their purchasing power. We must therefore choose the market segment where we can have a potential leadership or at least a strong challenger role. Because the overriding objective of getting into this business is not just to satisfy the needs and wants of our customers but to do so profitably better than his competition. Otherwise, our competition will end up satisfying the customers better than our own interest.

Third factor to be considered in finding hot selling products is finding out the general interest level about the product. General interest in a product helps us to gauge where our demand and competition numbers fall into the big picture. Simply saying, if there isn’t much demand for the product, and there isn’t much competition, it would seem that it might not be good a good put up for sale. But the research doesn’t stop here; there is one last thing to be considered to exactly find the hot selling products that you’ve been looking for. We must also learn how others are advertising those products. If there are a good number of them doing so, it may mean that it’s a good product to get into. Coming to the last phase of the process is analyzing and evaluating all the information that has been collected. We have to look at all of the data we have collected on demand, competition, and advertising, and make decision as how they all balance out.

And here are several factors or aspects that must be measured: (a) not enough demand means not enough people are going to buy (b) too much competition means not enough of a profit to go around (c) too much advertising drives up the price of pay per click ads, and competition as well (d) not enough general interest, combined with low demand, means there may not be a good market even if there is competition trying to make the sales.

Steve Black
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What Is Niche Marketing, and Do I Need It?

2006-03-02T20:13:00.000-08:00

In ecology, a niche refers to the place or position occupied by an organism or a population within an ecological community called the ecosystem. It is the term which defines the role the organism or the population plays in the general scheme of things. The niche an organism or a population holds is the one responsible for dictating the ability of the species to survive. It is the one which spells whether an organism or a population will perish or thrive.

In marketing, a niche refers to a service or a product that occupies a special area of demand. It is that small corner in the market that accounts for a certain kind of specialty concerning an unmet customer need. To be able to attract a strong, solid market, the choice of a niche product should ultimately complement the website one owns. It is through this scheme that he is able to generate a specific market for the niche product he is trying to sell.

Niches are involved in niche marketing, the process of finding market segments that are small but potentially profitable nonetheless. To maintain a profitable quantity of sales, this marketing strategy relies on increasing the loyalty of customers so that their corporate objectives will be met or surpassed. Illustrative of this is the fact that the quality of the product or service sold will generate customer satisfaction and, consequently, customer loyalty. The result is profitability garnered through a solid market base that trusts in the ability of the product or service to really deliver.

One of the great things about niche marketing is that it encourages those who indulge in it to be unique and one-of-a-kind. Here one is not forced into the lion’s den and made to compete against established marketers. He is made to occupy a strong and secure position that ultimately wins him a real place in the market. Niche marketing differs from other online marketing strategies because this particular quality allows it to operate almost autonomously and without having to contend with corporate sharks that tear each other to pieces.

One of the most important things that should be thought over by those involved in this type of business is the niche business that is going to be involved in the process. It is important to consider the type of business that one is going to work on to be able to ensure himself of the success that he hopes to have. It is also important for him to know everything about the niche business at hand. Learning the tricks of the trade in is one of the things that one could do to make a niche business prosper tremendously.

Being able to reach the niche market is another consideration to make. In doing so, one should know the exact phrases that people are searching for. The use of tools can help a lot in knowing the type of keywords that should be used to make the business profitable. Targeting the right keywords does a lot in making this type of business soar.

Those who engage in niche marketing know that determining the potential of a niche before doing everything else is a must if one wants to save all the time and effort that might be wasted if he plunges into everything head on. Building a niche marketing site that proves to be profitable should be done after an unsatisfied customer demand is identified, and marketing the site appropriately by reaching out to customers the best possible way is what niche marketers should consider if they want their business to reach skyrocketing success.

Is niche marketing needed in a world teeming with a hundred like systems designed for people to make money online? Those who know how the system works will answer in the affirmative, because niche marketing is the only system capable of filling up a gaping hole in the market by catering to the unsatisfied needs of customers - needs that are usually not given notice by those in the big league. Though niche marketing, one is able to gain a foothold in the market by being a needle in a haystack. Small and inconspicuous it may be, but its ability to sting someone so madly once it is found will render him more than surprised.
Steve Black
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The Easy Way To Build A High Income Affiliate Website

2005-12-16T18:03:00.000-08:00

Steve Black
2005
There are some myths in affiliate marketing, which attract a lot of people to it believing they are true. First is they think managing an online business is easy and second, they think that one can make a fortune through online marketing in an instant. Probably not even 10% of those who are into affiliate marketing became rich overnight. There may be some who fortunately achieved overwhelming success in just a short span of time after setting up an affiliate program, but not a majority of them can confidently say they only had luck. Anyone who is successful in this kind of business would say he worked hard to get to where he is right now. Success in affiliate marketing takes time and hard work, but it’s worth it.

If you are planning to start an affiliate program, one of the things you have to consider is having your own website, not just an ordinary website but a professional looking one. How do you build an affiliate marketing website? What are the easy steps to build one? First, you must have already decided on the theme or niche of your website. It would be better if you already have an idea what products or services to promote as this would help you plan the design and lay-out of your web pages. The next thing to do is to choose a domain name and get it hosted. The domain name is a unique name used to label the actual address of your website on the Internet. In deciding what domain name to register, look into the type of products you are endorsing and the theme of your site. Having the right keywords in your domain name would give you better chances of drawing more visitors to your website. Also, choose a top level domain or extension, such as .com because it is more popular. In selecting your web host, consider the security of servers and up time guarantees.

Now, you can start creating your webpages. Don’t be disheartened when you know a little in this field. There are page generation tools and fast launch sites available online; you just have to search for them. Countless online sources could help you build an affiliate marketing website, though you might need time to study and learn the whole process. This is one of the reasons why your site or the products you are going to promote must match your interest. Building your marketing website for the first time would be a lot more fun if you know very well the theme of your site. If you don’t have time to make your own website, you can use templates or purchase readily available websites. The latter, however, is a more expensive option.

Creating an affiliate website on your own would be cheaper and more interesting. In the process of building your website, you may also increase your knowledge in Information Technology and the use of computers, softwares and the Internet. As you educate yourself in these fields, you are increasing your advantage against other affiliate marketers. It helps a lot, though, if you already know the basics in web page development like programming languages and graphics softwares because you can make your site extra corporate-looking, more convenient to use or easier to navigate. Furthermore, if you are knowledgeable and skillful in this area, you can already concentrate more on the content of the page rather than the design.

The key to draw visitors to your website is to have high quality content; thus, the next thing you must pay attention to in building your marketing website is this. There may be several other factors that contribute to the success of your affiliate marketing site, but a good content tops the list. This is precisely the reason why users choose to enter your site. They want to get information and so when they don’t find it, they would definitely go elsewhere. Write interesting articles related to your theme as this would make them frequent your site. If you have already looked for affiliate programs that complement your site, add links to the business sites and other very good informative sites. Links contribute to how well you will be listed in major search engines as well. Also, create pages for the products you are endorsing, but don’t just promote the products by putting hyped-up ads. Keep your readers interested by injecting lots of relevant and useful information. This would make them click the link to the business site and buy the product. Remember that no good content means no frequent visitors, no sales and ultimately, no commission.

Make your site simple yet not without a touch of class in order to make it appear more of a business website rather than a personal website. This would be pleasing to the eyes and more interesting to browse. To help you with the design, you can check some successful online stores to get an idea on how you can make your site look better. Make sure you don’t place too many banner ads since these could distract some site users; and thus, instead of clicking your ad, they might just leave your site and look for other interesting websites. After all, banner ads are not the only means of advertising your products. Now your website is complete, submit its URL to major search engines to increase your traffic.

Grow from where you started. Learn about use of keywords for search engine optimization and apply them in your content. Update your site regularly or add new webpages. Make sure to inform your prospects about the latest updates in your site. You can use newsletters to accomplish this. The Internet offers a huge source of information about just anything, make use of it. Continue to educate yourself on how to improve your website and soon you’ll find yourself successful in affiliate marketing.
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How You Can Promote Affiliate Programs For Residual Income

2005-12-09T15:33:00.000-08:00

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing Secrets
2005

Are you a webmaster in need of additional income? Or are you planning to set up an online business but you still don't have any product to sell? If so, affiliate marketing may be the best solution for your problems. With affiliate marketing, you won't need to worry about the products you have to sell. All you need to have is a website with sufficient contents that are related to the products of a certain online company offering affiliate programs. By becoming a member of the program, or by becoming an affiliate, you can start earning a certain amount of money right away!

Affiliate marketing is some sort of business relationship established between a merchant and his affiliates. In affiliate marketing, an affiliate agrees to direct some traffic to a merchant's website. If that traffic is converted into some kind of action, like a visitor purchasing a product on the merchant's website or a visitor becoming a lead for the company, the affiliate who directed the traffic will be compensated. Compensation may take the form of either a percentage sales commission for the sales generated or a fixed fee predetermined upon the application of the affiliate on the merchant's affiliate program.

Promising a lot of benefits both for the merchants and the affiliates, affiliate marketing has become one of the most popular online marketing methods today. In fact, almost every merchant or retailer site today offers an affiliate program that any one can join into. Most retailers would entice people to become affiliates or members of their program by promising great benefits like large commissions, lifetime commissions, click through incomes and a lot of other benefits. But would all these affiliate programs bring off the same benefits?

Most affiliate programs would pay you, as an affiliate, a one-time commission for every sale or lead you brought to the merchant's website. Commissions for this kind of affiliate programs are usually large, ranging from 15% to a high of about 60%. Other affiliate programs would pay you a fixed fee for every click through or traffic you send to the merchant's site. Programs like this often pay a smaller fee for every click through, usually not getting any larger than half a dollar. The good thing about this kind of program, however, is that the visitor won't have to purchase anything in order for the affiliate to get compensated.

Another type of affiliate program is the residual income affiliate program. Residual affiliate programs usually pay only a small percentage of sales commission for every sale directed by the affiliate to the merchant's site. This commission often comes only in the range of 10% to 20% sales commission. Because of this, many people ignore residual affiliate program and would rather opt for the high paying one-time commission affiliate program. Are these people making a mistake, or are they making the right decision?

We can't tell, for sure, if people are making a mistake by choosing a high paying one-time commission affiliate program. But we can definitely say that they are making a large mistake if they ignore residual affiliate programs. Residual affiliate programs would indeed pay at a lower rate, but merchants offering such kind of programs would generally pay you regular and ongoing commissions for a single affiliate initiated sale! That means, for the same effort you made in promoting a particular affiliate program, you get paid only once in a one-time commission program, and a regular and ongoing commission for a residual program!

So, are the benefits of promoting residual affiliate programs clearer to you now? Or are they still vague? If they are still vague, then let's make them a bit clearer with this example.

Suppose there are two online merchants both offering web hosting services on their sites. The first merchant offers a one-time commission type of affiliate program that pays $80 for every single affiliate initiated sale. The second merchant also offers an affiliate program, but this time a residual affiliate program that pays only $10 for every single affiliate initiated sale. As an affiliate, we may get attracted at once at what the first merchant is offering, as $80 is definitely a lot larger than $10. But by thinking things over before actually getting into them, one may be able to see that the second merchant is offering us more opportunity to earn a larger amount of money.

Supposed you have directed traffic to the merchant and it converted into a sale, you'll get paid once by the first merchant for the sale you have initiated. But with the second merchant, you'll get paid monthly for as long as the customer you have referred to the merchant continues to avail of the web hosting service. That means that for the same effort of getting one customer to avail of the merchant's service, you get paid monthly in residual affiliate programs while you only get paid once in a one-time commission type of affiliate programs.

So, are residual affiliate programs worth promoting? Definitely yes, because you virtually get more money from these types of affiliate programs in the long run! And would residual affiliate programs work best for you? Probably not, probably yes. It is not really for me to tell. But with the benefits that residual affiliate marketing can provide, it would really be unwise to ignore such programs.
Steve Black
2005
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Seven Ways Writing Articles Can Explode Your Business

2005-12-02T15:05:00.000-08:00

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing
2005

In today's highly competitive internet universe, the importance of attracting highly targeted traffic to your website cannot be overemphasized. Routing web traffic to your site can be your only means of survival, especially in the cutthroat world of ecommerce. Getting a high search engine ranking can be very difficult. Fortunately, there is plethora of website promotion strategies you can use to drive traffic to your website.

There is a wide variety of strategies you can adapt, from paid advertising to affiliate marketing. However, most of these techniques require payment. Nevertheless, there are ways to promote your website and increase your web traffic without spending anything. Writing articles is one of the best web site promotion strategies you can use, and they can be very effective. How, you may ask, can writing articles help improve your web traffic? Here are the top seven ways in which it can help explode your business.

1.Reach more people

When you write good articles, it would be a shame not to share them with other people. You can post your articles in your website or you can submit them to other sites such as e-zines and online publishers. By submitting your articles to these sites, you give exposure not only to your ideas but also to your website. Simply include a link back to your site or include your information in the resource box. With this, you get exposure and free advertising as well. Submit your articles to popular e-zines and take advantage of their popularity. Other sites who find your article relevant may also link back to you. Thus, you increase your link popularity, which is one of the most important strategies in the internet world. Remember that most people are looking for information online and by filling this need with your quality article; you may reap the benefit of more exposure and higher web traffic.

2.Free Advertising

Submitting your articles to other websites presents an opportunity to advertise your website without paying exorbitant fees. Although you should avoid marketing language in your articles and make it informative and useful to your readers, you can always include your site's link in the resource box. In addition, by making your article relevant and helpful to your readers, you are making a good impression for your website, which could ultimately lead to a visit and hopefully a purchase. Good quality content in an article is far better and more effective than a few lines of ad space. You have a very special opportunity to presell your product or service to your prospective customer.

3.Gain High Search Engine Ranking

Create a new web page for your article in your website. Optimize your article to make it search-engine friendly. Use top-ranked keywords and Meta tags that can give your website a high search engine ranking. As soon as you upload your new webpage to your server, search engines will spider through it and you can gain an increase in search engine ranking. Remember that search engine optimized content is a very effective strategy to gain a high ranking in search results.

4.Increases Link Popularity

Instead of looking for other sites who would want to establish reciprocal links with your site, you can simply submit an article to other sites. Just do not forget to include a link to your site in your resource box. When these websites pick up and publishes your article, you automatically get a link partner. Try to get as many link partners as you can. Link popularity is one of the factors used by search engines in determining search engine rankings. Make your article especially useful and appealing, so that more websites will be encouraged to publish it.

5.Optimizes your site for improved search engine ranking

By making your site keyword rich, you can greatly improve the search engine ranking of your site. Remember that keyword density is one of the most important factors that search engines use when determining the search engine ranking of site. However, you should always provide relevant, useful and pertinent information. Avoid the temptation of overusing keywords just to gain a high ranking as this may turn off most web surfers. Relevance and quality is still the most important things to consider when writing articles and it will be doubly useful to your site if you make these articles search-engine optimized.

6.Establishes a Good Impression and Reputation

By writing excellent, original and relevant articles, you not only give your site exposure, you are also creating a good impression on your prospects. Encourage more people to visit your site and do business with you by establishing an impressive reputation through your articles. Be seen as an expert in the field and your will ultimately gain more customers eager to do business with you.

7.Enhances your credibility through references and testimonies

Certainly, your articles are going to receive feedbacks and testimonies when you publish them in e-zines and free article sites. Record these positive feedbacks and comments and use them as promotional material in your website or in any of your advertising efforts. Your credibility will be greatly enhanced by these feedbacks, as it will create a good impression on your prospects as well as your existing customers. In this highly competitive world, excellent credibility and trust may be the only things you need to attract new customers or make loyal patrons out of your existing customers. Original, relevant, useful and pertinent articles are important tools you should utilize to improve and explode your business

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Did You Know? Affiliate Marketing is, one of the easiest ways to make money online.

2005-11-23T15:29:00.000-08:00

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing
2005

Affiliate Marketing is a revenue sharing business relationship between the affiliate who agrees to promote the products or services, and the merchant who offers them.

The affiliate advertises the merchant's products and services and gets a commission for every successful referral. Every time a customer is referred to the merchant's site, through the affiliate's efforts, and makes a purchase, the affiliate gets a share of the profit. No payment is due to the affiliate until successful results are realized. Compensation is based on either number of visits (Pay-per-click), registrant (Pay-per-lead), or commission for each sale (Pay-per-sale).

Affiliate Marketers can earn a few bucks to thousands of dollars with affiliate programs. The opportunity to earn in affiliate marketing can only be limited by the affiliate's determination, creativity and strategy. It is a brilliant way to earn online, and you do not have to produce your own product or service to make a buck. By advertising your merchant's products passionately, you get more in return. Profits in affiliate marketing usually start small but can get larger as the campaign starts to build up steam.

There are many ways that an affiliate marketer can do to maximize their profits. If you ask any affiliate marketer how many affiliate checks they would want to receive, they will most likely want to get as many as possible. Some affiliate checks are small, amounting to nothing more than $25.
While others are large and can easily reach the thousands and even more. Over time, these affiliate checks may build up to a really impressive amount. However, making a fortune in affiliate marketing is not instant. You should put in enough work and effort as well. You have to use your imagination to find more ways to attract more web traffic that can convert to sales for the merchant and profit for you as well.

How many affiliate checks do you want to receive? Most affiliate marketers will enthusiastically reply that they want to receive as many affiliate checks as possible. However, is it as easy as it sounds? Does joining many affiliate marketers guarantee more affiliate checks that really amount to something? The answer is No. Most affiliate marketers assume that joining multiple affiliate programs is a wise option. Because, it is very easy to join affiliate programs and there is really nothing to lose, affiliate marketers are tempted to join as many programs they can get their hands on. Thus, they fail to give their affiliate programs enough attention and work that they ought to receive. The maximum potential of the affiliate programs are not realized and the resulting income from these programs will almost certainly be disappointing.

The best way to achieve multiple streams of income is to concentrate on one affiliate program first. Choose a product or service that you can promote passionately. Pick a product in which you have complete trust. The best products and services to promote are those that you use personally. Your prospects will be able to sense your sincerity whenever you promote a product that you have experienced. This will greatly enhance your credibility as well as your product's marketability and will really encourage your prospect to purchase or avail of the product or service.

As soon as your first affiliate program is making a reasonable profit then you can proceed to joining another affiliate program and repeat the process. "Too much, too soon" is a common pitfall in affiliate marketing. Joining too many affiliate programs simultaneously in the hopes of having multiple streams of income simply does not work.

Focus first on one affiliate program and work on it so that it makes a good profit. Then, go find another promising program and give it your best effort. The question should not be how many affiliate checks you want to receive, but how many "high-paying" affiliate checks can you receive. The answer lies in your determination to succeed and determination to maximize your earning potential. With the right tools, the right actions, and perseverance you can definitely make a good profit out of affiliate marketing.

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Learn how to profit from Affiliate Marketing and Google Adsense

2005-11-18T12:45:00.000-08:00

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing Secrets
2005

Are you a webmaster who needs funds to keep your website running? Or is your website the only way for you to earn income? Whichever you are, for as long as you are a webmaster or a web publisher and you need cash, affiliate marketing may work well for you. With affiliate marketing, you may get a lot of cash pouring into your bank account easily. And if your website is rich in great contents and you want to earn more profit, why not get into the Google Adsense program as well?

Why Affiliate Marketing?

Well, simply because affiliate marketing is the easiest and probably the best way to earn profits online, unless otherwise you are a businessman and would rather sell your own products online than advertise other businessman’s products on your site. But even online retailers can benefit from affiliate marketing programs, because affiliate marketing actually works for merchants as well as it works for the affiliates.

Affiliate marketing, simply said, is a relationship or agreement made between two websites, with one site being the merchant’s website and the other being the affiliate’s site. In the relationship, the affiliate agrees to let the merchant advertise his products on the affiliate’s site. The merchant, on the other hand, would agree to pay the affiliate in whatever method they have agreed into. This would generally mean easy income for the affiliate, as he would do nothing but place the retailer’s ad on his site. This would also be very beneficial for the merchant, as getting affiliates to advertise their products would be a lot more affordable than hiring an advertising firm to promote their products.

There are a variety of methods on how the merchant would compensate the affiliate for his services, and for the webmaster, these methods simply translates to the method by which he would earn easy cash. Among the more common methods of compensation are the pay-per-click method, the pay-per-lead method, and the pay-per-sale method. The pay-per-click method is the method most preferred by affiliates, for their site’s visitor would only have to visit the advertiser’s site for them to gain money. The other two methods, on the other hand, are better preferred by merchants, as they would only have to compensate you if your visitor becomes one of their registrants or if the visitor would actually buy their products.

Getting much profit on affiliate marketing programs, however, does not depend so much on the compensation method is it does on the traffic generated by your site. A website that can attract more visitors would generally have the greater chance of profiting in affiliate marketing programs.

What about Google Adsense?

Google Adsense is actually some sort of an affiliate marketing program. In Google Adsense, Google act as the intermediary between the affiliates and the merchants. The merchant, or the advertiser, would simply sign up with Google and provide the latter with text ads pertaining to their products. These ads, which is actually a link to the advertiser’s website, would then appear on Google searches as well as on the websites owned by the affiliates, or by those webmasters who have signed up with the Google Adsense program.

While one can find a lot of similarities between Google Adsense and other affiliate marketing programs, you can also see a lot of differences. In Google Adsense, all the webmaster has to do is place a code on his website and Google takes care of the rest. The ads that Google would place on your site would generally be relevant to the content of your site. This would be advantageous both for you and for the advertiser, as the visitors of your site would more or less be actually interested with the products being advertised.

The Google Adsense program compensates the affiliate in a pay-per-click basis. The advertisers would pay Google a certain amount each time their ad on your site is clicked and Google would then forward this amount to you through checks, although only after Google have deducted their share of the amount. Google Adsense checks are usually delivered monthly. Also, the Google Adsense program provides webmasters with a tracking tool that allows you to monitor the earnings you actually get from a certain ad.

So, where do all of these lead us to?

Where else but to profits, profits and even more profits! Affiliate marketing programs and the Google Adsense program simply work, whether you are the merchant or the affiliate. For the merchant’s side, a lot of money can be saved if advertising effort is concentrated on affiliate marketing rather than on dealing with advertising firms. For the webmaster, you can easily gain a lot of profits just by doing what you do best, and that is by creating websites. And if you combine all your profits from both the Google Adsense program and other affiliate marketing programs, it would surely convert to a large amount of cash.
Steve Black
2005

Selecting The Right Affiliate Program For You Secrets

2005-11-10T13:01:00.000-08:00

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing Secrets
2005

Marketing products and services through the Internet is unquestionably easier and more rewarding compared to traditional marketing methods. With the millions of people worldwide getting online each day, there’s an enormous possibility for a merchant to sell his products and generate huge income.

However, merchandisers are not the only ones who can benefit from online marketing. A booming industry nowadays, provides great opportunity as well to individuals as affiliate marketers. In affiliate marketing, an affiliate marketer doesn’t need to have his own products and services to sell. All he needs to do is to refer people to the merchant’s business site for them to buy the products and thereby, earn a commission.

The key to an affiliate marketer’s success is to choose a good affiliate program and to employ excellent marketing techniques in promoting or selling the products to consumers. Why good and not the best affiliate program? There is no “best affiliate marketing program,” as one program might make one affiliate marketer a millionaire and the other a frustrated marketer. In other words, it can be a success to one and a failure to another. But there certainly is a good affiliate marketing program to start with. How to make it best would now depend on you.

But before you think how you are going to make it best and financially rewarding, first think about how you are going to land on a good affiliate program with the thousands of affiliate marketing opportunities abounding in the Internet today. Try to look into the following tips and suggestions on how to best select the affiliate program that’s right for you.

Information, that’s you need in order to make the right choice. It is helpful when you have already focused your search to a specific interest, which may be the theme of your website (if you already have one). In this way, you would be able to direct yourself towards a program that really matches your needs, wants and resources. It would be easier for you to eliminate options that are not suited to your own criteria for a good affiliate marketing program. You can join affiliate forums and learn some tips and get suggestions from experienced affiliate marketers. However, be wise enough to weigh their ideas before you buy them.

The Internet Affiliate marketing program networks are good places to look for choices. Here, merchants and affiliate marketers like you meet. The merchants advertise their affiliate programs to interested affiliates who sign up in the network for free. Third party affiliate program networks are helpful since they provide you with access to a large number of advertisers (merchandisers) simultaneously. You can easily track and compare their sales records, performances, benefits, products and services.

So now you have choices, the next question is which among those options is the right one. Here are some things to consider in deciding which to take and which to reject. First is the quality of the products and services. As an affiliate marketer your goal is not only to make visitors of your site click the link to the business site; but more importantly, to promote the product so they would buy it. If the customers are not convinced upon going to the business site, then you don’t earn. Make sure the products you are endorsing are worthwhile or in the business context, saleable. Ask yourself: if I were the customer, would I buy it? Would I recommend it to my family or good friend? If you can’t convince yourself or your family and friends to buy it, take a look at your next option.

Another is the affiliate program or the merchandiser’s history. Look into their previous and present sales data, their proven and tested affiliate marketing systems and their partners’ experiences with them. Although, success of the program really depends on you, this one is still very important. The sales records don’t only show how good the affiliates are, but they speak about the products’ reliability, market availability and the company or the merchandisers’ reputation as well. Moreover, look into and carefully study the company’s compensation plan. Your purpose for joining the program is to earn, so make sure you’ll be paid for all your efforts fairly.

If you do not have much time to promote intensively the affiliate products by creating banners, graphics and articles, choose affiliate programs that help you create these for your web site. It would be great if the company provides training on how to effectively market products online. Remember that affiliate marketing is a partnership, so make sure your partner is able to support you as you help him promote his products and services.

Take down all the advantages and disadvantages of each program you are considering so you can clearly see the difference among your options; then later, compare the advantages of the programs with your own checklist. Take time to gather all the info you need to choose the right program. Remember an informed choice is the best choice.

Steve Black'
2005

How You Can Create More Traffic Using Google Adwords

2005-11-04T15:21:00.000-08:00

Steve Black

Highly targeted traffic is one of the most important entities in the internet universe. Any website owner or administrator recognizes the importance of driving traffic to a website. The success of any website does not rely entirely on the site itself. You may have a terrific idea for a website, offer an excellent product or service, or have an exceptionally designed site with superb content, but if you do not use the right strategies to advertise, your site would not attract the high traffic you need. Attracting targeted traffic is a task that should be taken seriously for any site to succeed or make a profit. Fortunately, there are internet-marketing tools that help the website marketer to drive traffic to his website. One of the most significant, and effective, of these tools is Google's Adwords. Adwords is one of Google's advertising services.

How does Google Adwords work? Google is the largest search engine on the web receiving over 200 million queries each day through its various services. As Google is the most popular search engine today, webmasters are keen on having their websites achieve a higher ranking in the search engine results it provides. A high ranking can mean high traffic for that website. The search engine results page is also a great venue for advertisers to promote a product or service through ads and links. Consequently, Google launched its Adwords service, as a way for businesses to advertise products and services to a targeted audience. Google Adwords can guarantee instant traffic. In this service, Google displays relevant text based ads within its search engine results page termed as "Sponsored Links". Whenever a particular keyword is searched on, these relevant links appear in a separate section giving excellent exposure to the sites listed.

How do you use Google Adwords? First, you have to open an account with the Google Adwords Service. Then, you should indicate your target language and country. This is important because you would not want your products advertised in countries where your product or service cannot be sold. Afterwards, you should now create an ad group. This involves designing the ad, selecting keywords and determining maximum cost per click that you are willing to spend and defining bid amounts. The most important step in creating a successful Adwords campaign is selecting an effective title tag that will catch the attention of your target audience. The title tag, generally a short phrase, is the most important part of your Adwords campaign so make sure that it is attractive and catchy. You should describe the website clearly and accurately. The most effective advertising conveys a clear message to the target audience. With a clear message, you will be attracting qualified leads, which can eventually convert to sale. Thus, the importance of selecting the right keywords cannot be overemphasized.

There are keyword variations you can adapt to reach more prospects. Using these varieties, misspellings and derivatives can help increase the chance of your ads being served. Broad match is targeting keywords in a loosely defined manner. Here, the ads appear based on the keywords that have been queried by other users as opposed to exact match, which calls for the keyword to match the query exactly. Meanwhile, a keyword phrase set to phrase match will only appear when the exact phrase is searched on. A negative keyword is helpful in filtering unrelated pages.

After you have decided on what title tag to use in your ad, you must now define a budget in order to maximize exposure. Google Adwords recommend a daily budget for each campaign. However, you should determine a budget that is suitable and affordable. You should also determine the maximum cost per click. Google will offer a recommended cost per click, but you do not have to stick with this. Usually, a number one position is not ideal as it can also attract unwanted traffic and useless clicks. A number two position is more preferred as it can filter useless clicks and provide traffic with a higher conversion rate.

To conclude, Google Adwords is an excellent strategy and tool in giving your site maximum exposure. Nevertheless, Google Adwords should not be your sole advertising campaign. It will definitely help you find the all-important, highly targeted traffic you need.

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Five New Tips For Affiliates

2005-10-31T14:07:00.000-08:00

Todays Posts some new affiliate marketer tips I just found.
Sorry for the late post, to much to do.
Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing

The idea of being mere passengers on a ship meant to sail to the farthest points does not appeal to people who like to put their destiny into their own hands. They have the desire of maneuvering the ships themselves, of being able to be the ones to take it anywhere they want to. Being aboard a ship on its way to a particularly great destination is something each and every one of them dreams of, and the knowledge that they have the capacity to steer it themselves is what makes them actually want to.

Perhaps this is the reason why more and more people are succumbing to one of the most popular businesses around – affiliate marketing. It is because in this business, there are no bosses to order the employees around. There are no deadlines to meet and no clutter of work do to. One only needs to be equipped with the tools needed to succeed in a business such as this, and he is bound to get what his heart ultimately desires.

Just what are the things needed to be able to succeed in affiliate marketing? What must one have within himself to be able to do well in this industry? There is a lot of competition involved in affiliate marketing, and to be able to rise above the norm, one must be equipped with just the right stuff necessary to propel him forward. There are five things one must ultimately possess if he wants to achieve the glory he is yearning for in this business, and these five things are a must for him to possess to be able to stand out among the rest.

The very first quality one must possess if he wants to try his hand in affiliate marketing is the willingness to learn and be trained. Treading through unfamiliar territory is scary stuff if one is not properly equipped, and he might get lost amidst a jungle of the unknown. Learning the tricks of the trade is also an important aspect of the game, and one’s willingness to know it all will give him far better advantages in the business than he could ever imagine.

The second quality one must possess is the willingness to invest time and effort even if direct results do not seem at all apparent. Although several months may pass without good news, it is important for one who has his foot in the industry to hold on and wait. It is this quality which would save him from giving up after investing a lot of himself in the business.

The third quality one must possess is self-determination. If one wants to conquer the affiliate marketing world, he must have the ability to push himself ahead. Never having to say die is a quality each and every affiliate marketer should possess, and the ability to motivate oneself into scaling greater heights is an ability which would actually take an affiliate marketer there.

The fourth quality one must possess is discipline. If one knows how to teach himself to work everyday with all the energy he can muster, then he is close to achieving what he has set his heart to having in the first place.

The fifth and last quality one must possess is optimism. Negative attitudes and hearsays should not discourage an affiliate marketer from pursuing what he has to in order to make life better for himself and for everyone concerned. Neither should anyone influence his attitude toward the business, because once in it, it is a must for him to be the captain of his ship and the master of his soul.

The ingredients to success in a business such as affiliate marketing are diverse and manifold, but the most important thing one needs to be able to make it big lies in himself alone. It is he who has the capacity to do everything to be able to realize his prospects, and the desire which fuels his heart in doing so is the gasoline which should keep the engine going.

Affiliate marketing is all about putting one’s fate into his own hands. The right attitude is the key to being able to steer one’s ship into that part of the ocean where a certain kind of serenity can be found, one that permeates the atmosphere as the ship sails calmly on.

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Tools For The Successful Affiliate Marketer

2005-10-24T17:50:00.000-07:00

Although affiliate marketing is touted as one of the easiest and most effective ways to earn money online, it is not as easy as it sounds. The wise affiliate marketer plans every action and executes it the best way he can. He should also maximize the potential to earn by utilizing the right tools necessary for a successful Affiliate Marketing business. We have consulted some of the most successful affiliate marketers in the business and below are the top three necessary tools for a successful affiliate marketing business.

Important Tool #1: Your Own Website

The most important and indispensable tool in Affiliate Marketing is your own website. The first step in any successful affiliate marketing business is building a good, credible and professional looking website. Your website is the jump off point of all your marketing efforts. Thus, you must first build a user-friendly website, which will appeal to your prospects and encourage them to click on the links to the products and service you are promoting and make a purchase. Therefore, you must first concentrate your efforts in building a website that will cater to what your prospects need.

The most important thing you should consider is that almost all web users go online to look for information, not necessarily to go and buy something. Above all else, make your website full of original, relevant and useful content. People will love articles that are appealing and helpful. Keep in mind that, in the internet, content is still king and good quality content will not only build your credibility, it can also help you achieve a higher search engine ranking. By posting relevant and useful articles, you establish yourself as a credible expert in the field, making you a more trustworthy endorser of the product or service you promote. Establishing a good reputation is a good step in building up a loyal consumer base.

Important Tool #2: Incentives

Competition is extremely tight in the internet world. You must always be one-step ahead of your rivals to ensure that you capture a significant share of your target market. Therefore, you must use every possible means to encourage people not only to visit your site but also to click and proceed to the websites of the products and services you are promoting. Building an opt-in email list is one of the best ways to gather prospects. Offer a newsletter or an e-zine. Better yet, offer incentives to your prospects to encourage them to subscribe to your newsletters. You can present free softwares, access to exclusive services and other freebies that will be helpful to your prospects.

Important Tool #3: Link Popularity

The importance of driving highly targeted traffic to your website cannot be emphasized enough. The all-important web traffic is at the top of the list of the most important entities in the internet world. Attracting people to your site should be the first step you should carry out. Do everything to achieve a high search engine ranking. Link Popularity is one of the factors that search engines use to determine search engine rankings. Therefore, to enhance your link popularity, you must launch an aggressive reciprocal link campaign.

One of the best ways to do this – at no cost at all – is by submitting articles, with your website's link at the resource box, to e-zines and free article sites. You will not only gain exposure, you will also have the opportunity to advertise for free, just include a link back to your site. The more sites you submit your articles to, the better your link popularity is. Make your articles original, relevant and useful so that more websites will pick it up and post it.

These are but three of the many tools that an affiliate marketer can use to maximize earning potential. The possibilities are endless and are limited only by your imagination, creativity, resourcefulness and determination. You can always explore other ideas and adapt other strategies, which you think might help you become a successful Money Making Affiliate Marketer.

Steve Black
Advanced Business Marketing

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2005-10-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

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pages (or what I might call ‘indirect’ affiliate
links) on my web site as well. These are blank web pages whose sole
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... about affiliate marketing and has just discovered it normally
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Affiliate marketing is like an on going assignment where you have to
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his, and buy from the URL www.affiliatelife.com/?captain-hook.
Bypassing is what happens when someone sees an affiliate link and is
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and/or serviceWhat are the benefits of being an affiliate?* Get paid a
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provided the following 5 tips to help you choose the affiliate programs
that are right for you.1. Choose affiliate programs that match the
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There are basically two different types of safelists, web-based safe
lists and
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list it allows you
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Free Targeted Web Site Traffic

2005-10-17T15:32:00.000-07:00

Todays post an article on web site promotion.

All web sites on the Internet are working for targeted web site traffic. But what are the results of this fight? Statistics says that out of 36,000,000 web sites that already exist in Internet, only few percent get real targeted visitors.

Where do these lucky web site owners get their traffic? The best way to answer this question is to look what famous Internet marketers do on their web sites to get and increase web site traffic.

Famous Internet marketing gurus: Joe Vitale, Yanik Silver, John Reese, Dan Kennedy, Jeff Mulligan, Terry Dean and others use a bundle of time-proven strategies and Internet marketing tools that give real effect in web site promotion and give free traffic.

Time proven strategies that increase free web site traffic include:

1. Find successful joint venture partners and affiliates in your niche to get targeted web site traffic for your online business.

Every business niche has top web sites: there owners are very successful with getting traffic and have targeted visitors and clients. You find top web sites in your niche, email their owners and give them affiliate offer or negotiate to become your joint-venture partners.

If you succeed, you will get access to their clients and subscribers. You will share part of your profits with the partners, but they will give you free targeted web site traffic and visitors. These partners and affiliates will become your free traffic system - a living organism that works to bring you real and targeted traffic.

2. Raise web site rank and get targeted traffic with link exchange.

Link exchange can grow web site rank and increase traffic for any web site from search engines. You must put a link to the web site in your niche (this web site should better have high page rank), and put the link to this web site on your site in return.

When search engines check you web site and see many links from other site on it, and also see many links of your web site on these sites, they "think" is really good. They give your web site a higher rank and when someone runs a search for your keywords, your web site gets to the top in found results.

So, link exchange works like an automatic and absolutely free traffic system that drives targeted traffic for any web site.

3. Get bigger effect from the traffic you drive to web site with professional mailing tools.

Mailing tools increase the quality of web site traffic. Quite often after visitors get to the web site, they spend up to 30 seconds on it and leave the web site forever. Professional mailing tools help to catch visitors and motivate them for staying on the web site for longer.

Mailing tools can educate visitors about the benefits of your products/services, mailing tools can encourage clients for more purchases with advertising campaigns, mailing tools can help you to qualify your subscribers and clients, how motivated they are for your products, what they need, etc.

Mailing tools are the voice of your web site in Internet, this voice should be professional and persuasive.

4. Increase effectivity from targeted web site traffic with URL tracking tools.

It is impossible to run any online business without the tools that help to track the response of your prospects, subscribers and clients to your text ads, to your new offers, to your advertising campaigns, etc. Without tracking you never know how targeted is your traffic.

The strategy is simple: track and check what gives you losses and what gives profits. Stick with the things that give profits, try new approaches, test them with URL tracking and stick with the things that work again. After good testing your web site will turn into a highly effective mechanism that will bring you more and more profits.

This URL tracking scheme shows if your free traffic system methods work fine and bring you any profits.

5. Use attention-catching technologies to get targeted traffic to your web site.

When visitors get to your web site, you give them some useful info or offer in the pop-up. You can give then educational course about the benefits of your products or service, useful updates on the topics that have close relation to your product or service - the most important is to motivate your visitor to submit name and email into subscription form in the pop-up window. When they subscribe, you get this visitor into you database.

Once you got the visitor into your database, you can follow up this client with more products and services that you have. You may have more products and services in future, and this visitor will be your potential client for all of them.

But be very careful. Do not flood your visitors with useless offers. If they feel you are pushing them too hard to buy something, they will
unsubscribe from your database.

These Are Not All Time-Proven Strategies That Give Free Targeted Web Site Traffic, But They Have One Drawback...

These strategies need many different Internet marketing tools, plus time and efforts to execute them and get targeted traffic.

The only solution to this problem is a tool that can automate all these strategies and run them with one web-based tool. This professional tools will save you time, money and efforts.

Web Site Traffic Strategy To Get Targeted Visitors And Convert Them Into Loyal Customers

Targeted web site traffic is crucial for every web site. But there are many web sites, and all they are different. Is it possible to make a universal plan of actions for getting targeted web site traffic to any type of web site? Actually such plan of actions already exists.

This universal plan to get targeted web site traffic can be split into three main stages:

(1) Getting Targeted Web Site Traffic
(2) Growing The Client Base And Getting More Sales
(3) Adjusting Web Site To Current Online Market Requirements

So, let's briefly cover all the stages. You will see how this plan of actions may fit any online business you have.

Start Up - Get Targeted Web Site Traffic

Step # 1. Find joint venture partners and affiliates in your niche.

If you do this manually, then you just have to submit your major niche keywords into search engine and find top 'competitors' in your niche. You will turn these competitors into your allies.

Step # 2. Get email addresses and names of your partners and affiliates-to-be.

You need to scroll the found web sites and get contact data: email and web site owner name. If you do not find this data on the web site, you can look in WHOIS for it. After these two steps you have gathered your own base of successful web sites in your niche. Time to make the next step.

Step # 3. Send a joint venture or affiliate offer.

This step is both easy and difficult. Easy because you already have database with web site owners' names and their email addresses: you can use any mass mailing tool to send these people your offer. If you personalize your message with name of a person whom you are writing, this will not be qualified as SPAM. Personalization is very important for your JV and affiliate finding campaign.

The offer itself should be very, very attractive. Do not try to cheat your future partners saying that your web site has huge traffic, if it does not. Better show them the potential of your web site and the potential for extra profits they can make with you. All web sites were starting from something: it is not bad if you still have not gained much, it is bad if you do not know how to make profit from what you have.

Note # 1: JV partners and affiliates will make a great job for you - they will bring targeted visitors to your web site and advertise your offers to their clients or to the targeted online audience. Make sure to offer them good conditions of cooperation: the more motivated they are to work with you, the better they will work to give you targeted web site traffic or advertise your offers.

Note # 2: First three steps may take much time to be done. But today there are many web-based tools that do this job automatically. This will save you much time and efforts, and turn hours of work into minutes.

Grow The Client Base - Getting More Sales

Step # 4. Set up link exchange directory.

It is very important that many web sites should have links to your web site. But even more important is that these web sites should be from your business niche. These web sites should be found by the keywords that you want other people to find your web site with.

If you have many relevant links in your directory, search engines will 'think' that your web site is a real magnet in the niche, and these search engines will automatically raise your web site status. The bigger is your status, the more targeted web site traffic you will get to your web site.

One more tip: the best way is to convince your link exchange partner to exchange links on home pages of your web site. It is not very easy to do, but it is possible, and it will give great results.

STEP # 5. Use autoresponders to convert prospects into clients.

Internet statistics says that usual web site visitor averagely stays on web page for about 20 seconds. If this visitor found nothing interesting on your web site during this time, the visitor may leave your web site forever. Autoresponder will help you to catch this visitor and get the visitor back to your web site any time you wish.

Autoresponders have the magic power of follow upping. With autoresponder you can educate and motivate your visitors to use your offers and grow your client base at the same time.

You put on your web site a subscription form which offers your web site visitors to get more interesting info/product discount/special offer/download materials for free. Once they have entered their name and email address to subscription form, you got them into your own database. Now they are your prospects. Make sure that you give your prospects really interesting info which has close relation to the specifics of your web site.

You can give some educational materials, or you can give articles with reprint rights about the benefits of your product/service, you can give fresh updates about important events of your niche market, etc. Give them all you can to get prospects back to your web site ready for some action on it.

The more prospects you have in your mailing list, the more targeted traffic you will get, and the more sales you will make.

STEP # 6. Convert traffic into sales.

Use mailing list, autoresponder and URL tracking tools to raise the effectivity of your offers. Check what offers give better response, use them more, improve them - work with your clients. Let them feel your personal care about their needs.

The number of strategies here is unlimited. It can only be limited with your imagination and desire to work. The core principle is simple: you have targeted traffic - what it may need. Materials, discounts, advertising copies, bonuses, free gifts, additional/supplementary products of your 'competitors' (you see, now you are very useful for JV partnership even to the most successful web sites in your niche).

If you are right about what your clients may need, they will surely buy it, subscribe for it, reserve a bonus copy of it, etc.

Adjust Your Web Site To Current Online Market Requirements

Step # 7. Check what gives money and what gives losses.

Use URL tracking tools to check what strategies, ads, web page texts, online campaigns give nice results - stick to them. If you see that something gives losses - eradicate useless efforts.

URL tracking is the tool for getting the real picture of your business. You may be absolutely sure that your ad copy #1 is better than ad copy #2, but unless you tried it - this is just a suggestion. However if your ULR tracking tool shows that ad copy #1 was clicked 70 times and ad copy #2 was clicked 500 times, this is statistic data.

Do not run your business with closed eyes. Track what brings you profits, and what gives losses. And go with the things that give you profits.

Step # 8. Make necessary changes to web site.

Once you found that any element on your web site needs changes, do the changes immediately. The best way to make changes is by using content management system. Content managements systems are easy: if you have ever worked with WordPad or any other word processor, you already know how to use content management system.

Make necessary changes to get more profits from your web site.

Step # Last. Test, test, test - this is not a new suggestion, but a very important one. Always keep your hand on the pulse of your online business.

As you can see, this plan of actions can be applied to any web site.

The steps are not detailed, but now you know that getting free targeted web site traffic is not a myth. It is just a matter of special tips and techniques. Try this plan of actions and see how it will work for you.
Hope you find this information useful.
I am working on some free ebooks for you to download. I will post them soon.
Please feel free to leave your comments
Steve

Today's Secret Information Giveaway

2005-10-12T18:10:00.000-07:00

This information comes from a popular e book that sells for $30.00 or more.
I can't tell you the name of the e book, but no one can stop me from giving you my condensed version of the information inside.

The first tip.
You can create software to sell without learning any software code.
How, you say? The secret is outsourcing . Go to elance.com or scriplance.com, place your free ad, then let the
professionals bid on doing the job for you. This works for web site design and article creation also.

Need new ideas? Simple. Just check the forums mentioned in my previous post and take note of what other marketers are looking for or problems for which you can provide a solution. You can sell the solution yourself, let affiliates sell it for you or sell the resell rights.

What motivates buyers? Greed, free, easy, money, secret, automatic, and pride are a few ideas that come to mind.
What doesn't appeal? Work, self motivation, expense and learning.
What can you sell with this information? How to get homes for nothing, self improvement, spy software,
cars at cost, get rich information, reprint rights, money making software, health secrets, and government grants.
Get the idea?

How to make more sales? When potential customers think your product or service is short on supply or
on sale for a limited amount of time, the value and desire to buy goes up. You sell more.

You don't have to write an e book or create software to make money with e books and software.
Search google for free e books or software with resell rights. Here is an example of a site that you
can download products from Free Gifts
Sell or give them away as a free bonus.

Interesting fact
Did you know that the majority of people who sign up for a service with recurring billing, never stop the payments even if they stop using the product or service. You continue to make money because the customer overlooks the small deduction to their credit card thinking they might need or use it someday or will take care of it next month.

How do marketers get those testimonials to sell their products?
The secret is again forums. Post an offer to trade your product for a testimonial.

You may have heard the money is in the list.
Did you know forums can replace having your own list?
You can reach as many people with good forum posts by including your link in your signature file as having a large opt-in list.
You could also create your own forum for this purpose.

Hope you find this information useful.
Just for reading this blog you saved $30.00 or more.

Forums- Free Information, Search Engine Ranking And Advertising

2005-10-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

How you can make forums work for you.

Companies, individuals and groups often have their own forums. You will find forums are a good source of new marketing information. Some are closed for private use, others are open to anyone. Forums are usually sorted by category or topics. When posting to forums, you can ask or answer a question.

Before you post to a forum, it's important that you read the Rules and Regulations of the forum to determine what is allowed. It is probably not a bad idea to monitor the forum for a few days before posting. What's in it for you? Most forums allow posters to include a signature on any posts. This is your opportunity to mention your products or services. Use this as a way to tell other forum visitors what you want them to know. Be sure to provide the url to your web site, as the link will help you advertise for free, and it will also help with your search engine ranking.

Forum List:
Here is a listing of popular marketing forums you can join.

Warrior Forum
The Warrior Forum is the home of the Internet Warriors, the #1 Marketing group on the Net for over 6 years. Their forum features a Discussion Forum where marketers from beginners to Gurus share what works and what doesn’t. Members number in the thousands.

Great Internet Marketing

This forum is a great place to discuss marketing techniques,Internet marketing techniques, Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, Referral Systems, Internet Ad Banners, Telemarketing andmore. Registration is free.

AKA Marketing Webmaster forums

Search engine, Internet marketing and website authoring related webmaster discussion forums for Web professionals. Registration is free.

IM4Newbies Internet Marketing Forums

Discussions about all types of Internet marketing; niche sites, site design, search engine optimization, joint ventures and much more. Registration is free.

Business Talk UK

Forums for businesses to discuss various aspects of the Internet, marketing and general business. Registration is free.

Profits.CC

Join in discussions on Internet Marketing & Affiliate
Management, Articles Database Forum.

E-consultancy.com
Join discussions on Affiliate Marketing, Branding & Creativity, Content Management, E-mail Marketing, Interactive Advertising, Interactive TV, Mobile Marketing, Online Payments, PR, Surveys & Research, Project Management, Search Engine Marketing, Usability & Accessibility, Web Measurement & Analytics. Registration is free.

hits talk
Join discussions about website hits. Post about fre search engines, FFAs, PPCs and emai marketing. There are Registration is free.

Willie Crawford Forum
Willie Crawford is a top “Guru” marketer who hosts his own free forum. Marketers of all levels are free to post; ask questions, share ideas, help others.
Free Registration.

Anthony Blake Online
Open to anyone with questions, comments and advice about
running and succeeding in your own business. Free forum.
Registration is free.

Forums are another tool you should be using.

The Highest Paying Adsense Key Words List Free.

2005-10-10T17:54:00.000-07:00

In a continuing effort to bring readers of this blog valuable information,
today's post will reveal current top paying Adsense Key Words.
I paid for this information, but you get this condensed version free.

In a previous post I showed you how to use Adsense in blogs to make money.
You can also use any of these high paying words on web sites to generate income.
Would you rather receive a few cents per click or possibly $300.00 or more per click?
You can imagine how these key words in the right kind of articles can be very profitable
for you.

Adsense Can Make You A lot of Cash. Many people make the mistake of believing that AdSense is only good for bringing a site a few extra pennies a month. That's wrong! Adsense can fund your lifestyle, if you do it right.

The first column in the list is the maximum pay per click. The second column is the average pay per click.
This is not a complete list of all the words available but will give you more than enough to work with. The prices change over time and may vary in different regions. Use this list as a tool to start your Adsense campaign.

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How you can really make lots of money Blogging.

2005-10-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

More Free Secrets Brought To You By Advanced Business Marketing Blog

Niche marketing Blogs are where the money is at.
You need to create Blogs that attract high pay per click Adsense ads.
Then insert your Google Adsense ads and matching back end affiliate products.
You can find back end products free to sell at companies like
ClickBank.com, PayDotCom.com, and CommisionJunction.com.

Use a free blogging service like bloger.com
or host software like Movable Type on your own domain.
The advantage of Bloger.com is it is free and easy.
Follow the step by step instructions at Blogger and have a working Blog in minutes.

Would you like to see an example of a profitable niche Blog?
A very successful marketer
Willie Crawford.
Posted one of his money making niche Blogs Nail Fungus as an example. This Blog ranks number 6 on Google and makes about $2400.00 a month.
Look how the ads are placed and the general design. Do not copy, use as an example.

There are many high paying niche markets to create money making Blogs about.
Auto insurance, pets, health problem solutions, and vacation information are just a few.

Use the free keyword research tools at
Advanced Business Marketings web site
to research popular niche topics and learn more about creating Blogs.

Write, find or pay to collect content for your Blogs.
A Google search will locate articles with free reprint rights for you to use, (always include the authors resource information) with the article.
Original articles are best, you can write your own or try Elance
At elance writers will bid on writing articles for your blog.

Each time you post a new article you should ping your blog to promote it.
Here are some sites to ping your Blog at.

http://PingOMatic.com

http://pingoat.com/

http://www.feedshot.com/

http://www.technorati.com

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.weblogs.se/

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2
http://ping.blo.gs/

http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php

http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://coreblog.org/ping/

Do a little research and you can own a money making Blog.

Content Site Building Secrets

2005-10-05T13:19:00.000-07:00

Toady's post is a condensed article from a selection of ebooks on creating content sites.

You hear the phrase content is king used by many marketers.
They are right.

People frequent sites not because of the flashy graphic, astounding features or a witty domain name. These pages are visited because they have information that people are looking for.

Content can be more powerful in winning visitors than, say, search engine placements. You may derive a tremendous amount of traffic from the search engines, but if your content is junk, your visitors will never come back. But with good content, alas, you'll have for yourself recurring visitors who will be eager to read your latest update.

You are most probably aware about the importance of traffic. Relying on unique visitors alone wont give you the traffic that can be considered as sustainable. You must find a way that would encourage previous visitors to return to your site as well. Good content does this with relative ease.

It goes without saying then that your web site should have rich, premium, informative content. Content is indeed king, and your web pages serves as the throne. For the success of your business, your web site should be constructed as such.

Here are some simple steps that would help you build a content site, and fast:

Develop the layout that is simple and pleasant to the eyes. By keeping away from flashy ornaments, you'll be able to manipulate the focus of your visitors to the content you want to share. Let your content carry your web pages and let the words speak for themselves.

You cannot rely on words alone, no matter how witty and cleverly used they are. There should be substance behind them as ultimately, the worth of your words is what would impress upon your visitors the true value of your web site as a quality resource hub. So do your research. Make sure you know the subject matter by heart before writing your content. If you have questions about the same, do not try to conceal it them with silence. Seek out the answers and leave no bases uncovered. Make your content as comprehensive as possible, and your visitors won't have to look elsewhere to find the answers they are seeking.

Your content should be presented credibly. Employing good writing skills would be instrumental to achieve this. Pay attention to the intricacies of writing for the web. Write well, but in a simple manner. Avoid using jargons and flowery words. Keep your paragraphs short so that you could make good use of negative space, that blank area between clusters of words which would allow your readers’ eyes to rest. Use bullets and numberings as much as possible. Online users are not really known for their patience, and this is something you have to work on.

When writing your content, make sure that the first part of your piece is capable of grabbing your visitors’ interest so that they would be motivated to read on. In these times of convenient surfing, bear in mind that your readers can always go to another site if they don't find your content engaging. The challenge lies in capturing their interests and giving them what they want. This would compel them to read on and stay.

Always update your web site with new content. Not only will the search engines love this, resulting in a higher page rank for your site, your visitors will likewise be encouraged to return to your site come for the new information you would share.

Consider using blogs instead of traditional web sites. Blogs are very easy to set up and update. Once you have typed your post, all you have to do is to click on a button to publish it. A lot of Internet marketers (including myself), actually use blogs in creating several mini-sites for their AdSense campaign. The way blogs are favorably getting indexed by every major search engine, their value has greatly increased in recent months!

Good content will work wonders for your marketing promotions.
Advanced Business Marketing

How to make money without your own products, service or web site.

2005-10-04T19:58:00.000-07:00

Preface:
As promised in the previous post. I will reveal a marketing strategy that many people just like yourself are using to generate a great monthly income. As far as I know, this may be the first time this money marketing secret has been given away free.
I paid for the resale rights to this information.
Although I am not allowed to give you the web site package, I can give you the information you need to do this yourself.
Why am I doing this?
I want you to bookmark this blog and come back for new secrets and offers.
In an effort to gain loyal readers, I will step on some toes and write controversial articles.
You will receive free condensed versions of ebooks and articles I paid for, along with the best information I have collected.

Today's Secret Post:
How to sell other peoples' products without a web site. Setting up your own free auto-sales generator.

Step 1. Use this link to sign up for your free Click Bank sellers ID.

Click Here (Opens in a new window)
Step 2. Click the Click Bank's home page Link
Step 3. Click the link on that page that says Earn Commissions.
Step 4. Choose a category of products that you would like to sell and click that link.
Step 5. Each product has a earn % link. Choose a product you think people will buy with a high earn %.
Step 6. Click on that product's earn % link., a new window will open. Type in your Click Bank ID in the space provided.
and you will see your resell link.
Tip: Now is a good time to open notepad or your favorite text editor, save your resell link and Click Bank info to
your desktop.
Step 7. Click on the product's description link. You will be directed to that product's sales page. On the sales page
you should see an affiliate link. On the affiliate page, you will find some pre made ads you can use with your
Click Bank ID.
Tip: A few good products won't come with pre made ads. You can make your own ad by listing some of the
benefits on that products sales page. Save your ads with your Click Bank Id as mentioned in the previous tip.
Step 8. Promoting your affiliate product free and/or paid.
Free - Go to Google.com or your favorite search engine. Look up free advertising.
Copy and paste your affiliate sales ad and link on every site that allows free ads.
Place your ad and link in your emails.
Join forums and include your link after you make a useful post. Be sure to read the forum rules before posting.
Find Blogs with similar topics relating to the product you are promoting. Leave a nice comment and your link.
Paid - Many opt in email lists and ezines will include your ad for a price. You can make a lot of money with the right ad
and a small investment.
Tip: Do a search for opt in lists and ezines with a large number of subscribers and a low ad placement price. If your ad is
successful, reinvest.
Start with one product. When you learn how to sell, try more. Drop the products that won't sell for you.
As time allows I will list free and paid promotion links on this blog's parent site
Advanced Business Marketing
resource pages.

Using this system anyone can sell without a web site or product, and it didn't cost you anything to find out how you
can do it.

Free for readers of this Blog.

2005-09-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

In my next post I will reveal information that many have paid $60.00 or more, free!

Did you know you can make money using the Internet, without a web site, your own products, services or inventory?

Nothing to ship, products to buy or customer support.
Truly automatic income. Nothing to do with MLM or Ebay, adsense or adwords.

I will detail step by step what you need to do and how to do it. Anyone can try this.
Believe it or not you can set this system up in twenty minutes or less.
Start in your spare time or possibly turn it into a full time job.

Interested? Sound to good to be true. Why am I doing this?

Stay tuned to this blog's next post for the answers.

Pingoat update And New Insight On Blogs, Pings and Search Engines

2005-09-29T19:00:00.000-07:00

Pingoat has invited me to use their free ping service again.
In an effort to promote blogs with original content, Pingoat's filter software excluded my blog from posting.
After a real person reevaluated my blog, the decision has been rescinded.

The perceived problem is a lot of blogs are created with software that automatically collect and publish pre written articles based on keyword selection. If you use other writers' articles on your blog, you may be black listed form using ping services.

The ping services use filters to determine if your blog is using automated article retrieval software.
Tighten the filter rules enough, and soon only blogs of people's pets or personal lives will be allowed to ping.
Are blogs for voyeuristic peeks into other peoples personal lives or a source of relevant information?

I refuse to use automatic blog creation software or promote its use.
Let's say you look up a term on your favorite search engine, the link provided takes you to an automatically generated blog with just the information you're looking for. You get the knowledge you were searching for and the writer's article is viewed. Has this automatically generated blog provided a service or is it a form of spam? On the other hand suppose the search engine sends you to a blog or web site that has nothing about your search term or just ads. In that case you should report the url to the search engine as spam. You didn't receive the information you were looking for.

The purpose of blogs became divided as soon as it became easy to place money paying ads on them. Many blogs are created for the purpose of displaying these money making ads. Even personal blogs have ads on them. Is it wrong for people to try and generate money with a blog? Too late to try and change it now.

Blogs are also used as a means to get in the back door of search engines. Many eBooks and articles have been written that promote blogs as an easy way to get your web site listed in the major search engines. Does it work?
Maybe at first but the search engine filter programers catch on fast, so don't count on it.

Speaking of search engines.
Gone are the days you could build a nice looking web site and get a good listing without playing the search engine game. Build web site with flash, frames or a dozen other things that are pleasing to the eye but search engines don't like and you will be listed on page 100.

At first it was all about the meta tags. People would steal the meta tags of high ranking web sites to get a better listing. Next the tags had to reflect the word density of the page. Each search engine had different rules, and web designers used software to fool each engine by presenting a new page automatically created just for them. About the same time, people were creating useless doorway pages with lots of key words for the search engines to see. Now it's all about links. You need links from other sites to get a good listing. The problem with that is you can just ask to trade links.
So the search engines required that you have quality links. Good links don't prove anything. You can buy good links from link brokers that found out they could sell them. No wonder half the time you search for something you get a link that does not help but has a good search engine ranking.

As long as people try to fool or scam the search engines, you and I will have to play the search engine game and find new ways to be listed. The rules change constantly.
Just like the rest of the world, Web sites, blogs, search engines and the next big thing to come along will change. All you can do is try to keep up and change with it.

Pingoat Update

2005-09-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

Still did not receive a reply from Pingoat..
I wrote a new post to try and get a response.
Previous post from other users had been answered but my recent post had not.
Read below for more details.

I would like to keep this topic on top until it is resolved.
Then I will resume adding new marketing articles.

About this Blog and the issue I have with Pingoat

2005-09-27T15:50:00.000-07:00

My name is Steve Black and this is my first Blog.
I kept the template simple to load fast.
There are no pictures of me trying to sell myself or fancy graphics to slow down the page.

At least five days a week
(My wife and I like to camp or do other activities on weekends. ), I look through resources, some private or paid for.

I hand select and post articles that would be of interest to people looking for marketing information.
Some of these articles have my affiliate link attached.
I don't hide these links you could even insert your own affiliate id.

This Blog has links to my other part time project.
Advanced Business Marketing
A hand built web site using notepad. An encyclopedia of marketing terms.
A work in progress. Some letters of the alphabet are hard to find articles to list under.
Use the contact page if you would like to submit your article for approval.

The issue I have with Pingoat.

Pingoat is a free service that works well for what it is intended.
I used it a few times after updating my blog to notify various blog listing sites.
The last time I tried to submit my blog a notice appeared stating that my blog had been black listed.

I thought this has to be some kind of mistake. After looking through the FAQ and other links, I found you have to join the community forum to ask why this has happened.

After filling the form to join, then posting a question of why.
Someone representing Pingoat posted a reply in the forum stating,
( "your blog is 100% fed from other web sites and is very conveniently fed via some sort of automatic program, for this your blog will remain blacklisted").
No truth to that statement. I have never used any software to collect or post articles. I could not find anywhere on the Pingoat site stating that all content must be original.

At first if felt insulted, then a little angry. Without any proof, based on an employees oppinion, I have been accused of the Blogging equivalent of spamming. On a forum anyone could read.
I have asked and I am waiting for a retraction to this false accusation.
Please feel free to add a comment to this post pro or con.
You can read the forum at Pingoat.com without joining and follow along.

Free Website Content - When Something is Free Online

2005-09-26T13:16:00.000-07:00

What are consumer expectations when something is free?
Realistically, consumers subconsciously assume free means free, and while that might be the initial intent rarely is it the case.

What Exactly Does Free Mean?
Very few things these days are free in the real sense of the word. There are very few free items that do not have any strings attached.

Why do Companies Offer Things for Free?
Companies or individuals may promote a free offer or service for any number of reasons. From branding to ad revenue, companies often use "free" to attract attention or interest. As a consumer, it is important to realize what "free" might really mean.

Reasons Things Are Free:

Linking
Companies may offer something in exchange for a link back to their website. As the web becomes increasingly more competitive, linking can effect more than just search engine placement, and providing a product, service or information free of charge in exchange for a link can be a good business decision. Often, publishers will create articles like this one and make it available for syndication, with the stipulation being that the author resource box that follows the article remain intact, providing links back to the author's website. Bottom line, authors often make content available for syndication in exchange for links back to their websites, which they benefit from.

Ad Revenue
Some companies provide a product or service free of charge and generate money from advertising. Perhaps they sell banner advertising on their website. A free product draws web traffic so that the number of visitors seeing the advertisement increases. The more visitors a site attracts, typically the more revenue generated from the ad space. Perhaps a software application is free of charge, but has embedded advertisements. When ads are clicked, the software developer earns a percentage of the revenue paid for serving the advertisement.

Goodwill Branding / Public Relations
On occasion, companies will provide a product, service or information free of charge. If the offering is extremely magnanimous or socially sensitive, they will often receive significant press exposure, generating free publicity for their brand. Pepsi Cola sponsors a number of athletic events and generates enormous amounts of brand loyalty and positive PR with their target audience.

Contact Information
Sometimes companies or individuals will provide something free in exchange for contact information. Ebooks are often provided free of charge if you provide an email address. The contact information may be sold at a later time or be used to market related products. It is important to check website privacy policies to determine how personal information can be used.

Exposure
Companies will often provide a light version to gain attention for fee-based products or services. This often allows potential customers to see a product's or services potential. The hope is that providing something free will generate both brand loyalty and interest in fee-based options or services.

The Problem with Free
If a business or individual is truly providing something for free, there is a cost involved. Whether time, resources or services are consumed to provide the free item or service there is an expense involved. If the cost is at any point greater than the benefit or perceived benefit of offering the free item or service, the business or individual will likely review options to better balance the cost-to-benefit ratio.

They may:

Discontinue support
Companies or individuals that provide a free product may continue to provide the item free of charge but discontinue the support. If the item is something like software, the expense has already occurred. By providing the item without technical support or customer service they can reduce their staffing costs. The only ongoing expense to provide the item free of charge would be ongoing hosting costs, which are usually relatively small. If the item is critical to a business or individual's operations, the value of the item will be lost if technical support or customer support is no longer available.

Abandon
Businesses may simply discontinue offering the free item or service without notice.

Compensation
Individuals or companies may begin requesting donations, compensation, volunteers or a benefit listed above in order to continue to provide the item or service free of charge.

Cut Corners
Often free items are of reduced or inferior quality. Cost-conscious businesses or individuals often try to minimize the expense associated with free items and will use less expensive materials for free items.

There is value to "free" just be sure that you know what it is. Next time something is offered for free, evaluate the quid pro quo and determine what you are giving in return, because very little is ever really free.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for NotePage http://www.notepage.net a wireless text messaging software company.

Free Website Content - Finding Forums

2005-09-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

The Value of Forums - Finding Forums
There are literally thousands of online forums that cover a wide range of topics. Forums provide individuals, who share a common interest, with a meeting place for open discussion, and a great gathering spot for "water cooler" talk. When used properly forums can be an excellent business tool and resource. By providing well thought out, helpful responses posters can develop a reputation as an industry expert. Establishing a reputation within forums will eventually lead to solid business contacts and relationships.

Forums, online discussion groups, can be found on many websites. Companies, individuals or groups often have their own web-based forums, which are a good source of technical information or just general discussions. They can be closed for private use only or open to anyone to post messages, which are usually sorted within different categories, or topics. Posting to forums is obviously effective when an immediate answer is not required. Forum can be found by searching for topic or subject with the word 'forum' or 'forums'. Forums are a great way to participate in a community that is discussing a particular topic, or communicate with a group of people interested in the same topic.

Rules & Regulations
Before you post to a forum its important that you read the Charter or description of the forum and determine what is appropriate. It is probably not a bad idea to monitor a newsgroup for a few days prior to posting. Understanding what is accepted or not accepted in each newsgroup will go a long way in befriending the participants.

Forum Etiquette
Spam is generally frowned upon, if you require information on general forum etiquette I'd encourage you to read the article at: http://www.small-business-software.net/etiquette.htm . Rules and etiquette can vary from one group to another, so don't assume what is acceptable in one, is acceptable in another.

Some forums require that you register and provide contact information in order to post a message or respond to messages. The registration is typically simple and requires that you submit general information. An email confirmation is required in order to confirm the information; once the confirmation is responded to posting privileges are granted. Some forums do not require registration and you can post anonymously.

What to Look for In a Forum
Because time is valuable it is best to frequent forums that have a lot of traffic, this will ensure that any posts receive maximum exposure for little effort. The most recent posts should be have current dates and it should be clear that there is regular activity on the board.

Moderated Forums
Some forums are moderated, which means posts are approved prior to being made public. This means that if you post to a moderated forum, there will likely be a delay between the submission and the posts appearance in the forum. Moderated forums tend to have a lower 'noise' ratio and have less off-topic posts. The downside to moderated forums is that like moderated newsgroups they are usually less popular because of the lag time between posts.

Signature Line
Most newsgroups allow for posters to include a signature on any posts. This is your opportunity to mention your products and services. Use this as an opportunity to tell other forum visitors what you want them to know. Be sure to provide an url to your website, as the link will not only refer potential clients but it will help search engine ranking.

Finding Forums
Forums can contain generic information or be very topic specific. Try the following resources to find forums that meet your needs.
Forum Directory - http://www.small-business-software.net/forum-directory.htm
Forum Directory - http://www.forumdirectory.com
Forum Search - http://www.forumsearch.tk

About the Author -
Sharon Housley manages marketing for NotePage, Inc. http://www.notepage.net a company specializing in alphanumeric paging, SMS and wireless messaging software solutions. Other sites by Sharon can be found at http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com , and http://www.small-business-software.net

Free Website Content - Webmaster Tools

2005-09-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

With new technologies, algorithms and sources emerging on a daily basis, webmasters are constantly struggling to stay informed. The quality of content on the web and the number of products available to webmasters can seem overwhelming. The goal of creating a site that can be quickly found can be a struggle. Unless webmasters have a well-established brand, a great domain name and a huge marketing budget, it is important that they appear in search engines via specific keywords. With this in mind, we have compiled a list of resources and products that will benefit webmasters in their efforts to be found.

1.) Webmaster Articles & Tutorials -The Internet is rich with resources for webmasters who are developing and optimizing web content. The web hosts a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles. For the novice, sifting through these resources can be daunting and overwhelming.

Site Point - New Articles, Fresh Thinking for Web Developers and Designers - With a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles coupled with a vibrant and well informed community, SitePoint is the natural place to go to grow your online business.
http://www.sitepoint.com/

WebProNews - WebProNews is an article portal for Internet and Technology professionals and has thousands of articles on web design and development. The articles are from iEntry's network of expert writers through hundreds of relationships with authors around the world.
http://www.webpronews.com/

2.) Webmaster Forums - Not only can participating in various forums and posting your various views and ideas potentially bring new growth and life to your online business, it can help you stay informed about industry news or changes. This is particularly important when working in a new, quickly advancing industry like web design and search engine optimization. The following forums are great places for webmasters to participate and monitor.

ThreadWatch - ThreadWatch is a nifty tool. The concept of Threadwatch is very simple: finding the signal amongst the noise of internet marketing media takes too much of what we all value most, time. Threadwatch.org cuts through the chatter and produces a clear signal for the time-starved professional Internet marketer. http://www.threadwatch.org

Webmaster-Talk - The WebmasterTalk forum covers material related to Web Design, PHP Help, Coding, Hosting, Domain Names, graphic optimization and related webmaster topics. The forum is extremely popular and generally, posts will receive almost instant responses from knowledgeable professionals. Of course, like any forum, there are bound to be opposing views ensuring that all sides of every issue are raised. http://www.webmaster-talk.com

3.) Website Submission Tools - According to research more then 90% of Internet traffic is generated by search engines. Submitting your website to all major search engines is the most effective way of promoting your website on the Internet. In order for web surfers to locate your site you must be included in all the major search engines. There are a number of tools available to assist with the submission process.

Internet Business Promoter - Internet Business Promoter is a suite of 10 professional web promotion tools in one software application. All of the tools are designed to assist web developers with all aspects of web site promotion and search engine optimization. We found that IBP's strength was in the website submission options. Once a site is created it must be submitted to search engines and directories. IBP streamlines and simplifies the submission process, saving significant amounts of time. http://www.axandra.com/ibp

FreeWebSubmission.com - Free Web Submission is the source for free search engine submission. They provide webmasters and site owners with free manual and auto submission to the highest-rated, free internet search engines and directories.
http://www.freewebsubmission.com/

AddMe - AddMe is a leading resource for webmasters and small-business owners specialized in website submission and promotion in the search engines. AddMe offers free online website submission to 14 major search engines in exchange for a reciprocal link. AddMe is well known and respected in the industry. http://www.addme.com/

Many of the online submissions require an e-mail address. In order to limit excessive unwanted e-mail many webmasters will use a "throw-away" e-mail address that would allow them to initially receive notification that the site is submitted but is ultimately an e-mail account they can discontinue after the submission process. This practice is suggested for anyone using a free service for site submissions.

4.) Online Tools - A number of resource sites are available on the web to assist webmasters. The resources are generally free and contain useful analytical tools.

DigitalPoint - The DigitalPoint site contains a variety of tools specifically for webmasters. The tools are a collection of useful online tools, from a Google AdSense Sandbox that shows which Google AdSense ads will be displayed for any webpage on the Internet, to web ranking tools that track Yahoo's web rank.
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/

SEO Survey - Tools to help SEO specialists and webmasters automate some of the important tasks involved in the routine of optimization.
http://www.socengine.com/seo/tools.html

5.) Webmaster Software - The aim of many applications is to save time, money or productivity. Webmsters can often use software to replace a task they do manually, freeing up their time to pursue other tasks.

FeedForAll - FeedForAll creates, edits, manages and publishes RSS feeds. As webmasters realize the benefits to RSS, software related to RSS is becoming an instrumental tool in their arsenal. http://www.feedforall.com

TNT Screen Capture - TNT captures everything with only 3 simple capture modes, from application windows to controls, to menus and popup windows. Many integrated unique features like shadow options, transparency, quick scaling and individual shapes make it quick and simple to create stunning screenshots at a mouse-click.
http://www.ec-software.com/tnt.htm

6.) Free Content - Free content comes in all shapes and sizes. Understanding who your target customer is and what appeals to them will go a long way in finding content that will increase your site's value.

GoArticles - Providing a fresh stream of content-specific articles is a great way to encourage visitors to return to your website on a regular basis. GoArticles is a directory of quality articles that is searchable based on keywords.
http://www.goarticles.com

Small Business Software - Collection of small business and marketing-related articles available for republishing.
Articles - http://www.small-business-software/free-website-content.htm

FreeSticky - FreeSticky provides a directory of content available to webmasters free of charge. The available content is a variety of items including syndicated cartoons, games, horoscopes, photographs, forums and articles. The supplemental content is designed to encourage visitors to return to your website.
http://www.freesticky.com/stickyweb/

RSS - RSS stands for really simple syndication, RSS feeds generally contain content available for syndication. Meaning that you can often publish content contained in an RSS feeds to provide fresh website content. FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com/free-php-script.htm has a free PHP script available to display RSS feeds. Additional resources to learn more about using RSS as web content can be found at http://www.rss-specifications.com and http://www.rss-syndication.com

7.) Alerts - Using web alerts is becoming increasingly useful to webmasters interested in tracking their search engine position, trademarked terms, to monitor competitors and stay abreast of online occurrences.

Google Alerts - Google Alerts is a solution for monitoring your professional interests online. Track the entire web for your personalized topics and receive new results by daily e-mail. There are two companies doing this: Google Alerts, http://www.googlealert.com and http://www.google.com/alerts

PubSub - PubSub is a matching service that instantly notifies you when new content is created that matches your subscription. Using a proprietary Matching Engine, PubSub is able to read millions of data sources on your behalf and notify you instantly whenever a match is made. http://www.pubsub.com

Tools for Online Tracking Alerts - Article detailing additional tools available for online tracking and alerts.
http://www.small-business-software.net/tools-for-online-tracking.htm

8.) Blacklist Checkers - E-mail delivery problems often occur when an IP address or domain is black-listed. The following tools will ensure that your IP address and domain will not have delivery issues.

DNS Stuff - DNSstuff: Free fast, advanced and comprehensive web-based DNS tools, going beyond just ping, tracert/traceroute, WHOIS and DNS lookups.
http://www.dnsstuff.com/

SpamNews - spamNEWS is a concise aggregation of vital information relevant to professionals in the anti-spam sector: Up-to-the-minute press coverage and topical editorials about e-mail abuse, related online security matters, legal and political issues, as well as articles on Internet marketing and privacy.
http://www.spamnews.com/

9.) Keyword Tools - Keywords to improve search engine placement and ranking. Finding top Internet marketing keywords is critical in the quest to be found. Choosing the right Internet marketing keywords will help your search engine placement and ranking. A little keyword research goes a long way in the search to be found.

WordTracker - WordTracker helps you choose the right Internet marketing keywords that will help your search engine placement and ranking. Use WordTracker for keyword research. Web marketing is all about search engine ranking, and that starts with the proper Internet marketing keywords. Get a free keyword report and web site promotion information!
http://www.wordtracker.com

10.) Newsletters - Email newsletters continue to be one of the most important ways to communicate and find information on the Internet. The following e-mail newsletters contain great information for webmasters.

SitePronews - A free newsletter and webmaster resource site for Webmasters focusing on web site promotion, submission, positioning, design and marketing. The newsletters and websites contain articles by noted web experts. The SiteProNews site was the first of more than 12 web sites that focused on niche areas of particular interest to webmasters, marketers, newsletter publishers, authors and entrepreneurs.
http://www.sitepronews.com/

iEntry - The iEntry network has a really great collection of useful newsletters. iEntry publishes over 50 targeted e-mail newsletters that cover various aspects of the IT and Business industries. http://www.ientry.com/

Like most of the copious amounts of information on the Internet, it is a matter of sifting through to find relevant, accurate, helpful information. Occasionally we stumble across some little-known gems. As a result, we have compiled these webmaster tools.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and NotePage http://www.notepage.net a wireless text messaging software.

Keyword Tracking

2005-09-24T10:42:00.000-07:00

by: Halstatt Pires

Keyword tracking allows a site owner to know what keyword searches are resulting in sales. Search term information can be logged into a database and presented to web site owners in a meaningful format. This data can be used to see which keywords are producing the most sales per search and to determine where to focus web marketing.

What Search Engine or Web Site

Knowing what search engine a sale has originated from allows site owners and marketers to know where their efforts are paying off the most. Good tracking and analysis software will also show what web site referred visitors. Knowing what sites are sending the most visitors allows site owners to give special attention to ensuring this traffic continues and increases. Knowing what referrers are generating the most sales further allows a site owner to hone his or her marketing efforts toward site referrals that result in the most sales.

What Keyword Was Searched For

Knowing what keyword searches are resulting in sales on a site allows the owner to focus more on those words. Perhaps you are marketing your site for two main keywords, "air hook widgets" and "air hooks." Using keyword tracking that traces keywords down to the sale ensures that you will know if searches for "air hook widgets" convert into sales more often than visits resulting from searches for "air hooks."

Sales Conversion Ratio of Keywords and Return on Investment

Tracking keyword searches through to sales allows site owners to determine the return on investment. If a web master spends $100.00 on the pay-per-click keyword "air hook widgets" and sells $1000 worth of product, his or her return on investment is likely very good. If the same web site owner spends $100.00 on the keyword "air hooks" and sells $200 worth of product, it is likely that the return on investment was not as great. Of course, if the markup or profit on one product is greater than on another, this must be taken into account.

Cost of Keyword

If a web marketer is using pay-per-click engines, knowing exactly what has been spent on a keyword, and what the return was, allows money to be put where it will do the most. Keyword searches, unlike many advertising mediums, are targeted by the viewer. For this reason, in addition to the accurate return on investment feedback, keyword marketing can be very worth the cost.

Added Benefit of Branding

Marketing your site by keyword in pay-per-click engines means that you will only be charged if a person clicks through your ad to your site. Pay-per-click ads and organic search listings have the often overlooked added value of showing the ad or listing many times over in addition to the clicks the ad or listing receives. Only a small percentage of people are likely to click on a keyword ad or search result listing, yet your ad or listing will be visible time and time again to people searching for terms you have bid on or marketed, increasing your site branding. Nonetheless, care should be taken to generate a compelling key word ad or page description, since in most cases you will want to receive as many clicks as possible.

Conclusion

In conclusion, if you are spending money on search engine marketing, it is often well worth the effort to track your keywords through to sales. Without tracking your keywords, you will not know where your efforts are paying off. By tracking your keywords, you are able to put your efforts where they are paying off the most.

About The Author

Halstatt Pires is an Internet marketing consultant with http://www.marketingtitan.com - an Internet marketing firm in San Diego offering automated web site systems through http://www.businesscreatorpro.com.

10 AD Copy Tips You Can Take To The Bank!

2005-09-24T10:41:00.000-07:00

by: Randy Hutchings

Here are my TOP 10 AD Copy Tips......

1. You could add some sub-headlines in your ad copy. Sub-headlines act just like headlines; they grab the reader' s attention. They'll keep the readers interested as they continue to read your ad. They are almost like transitions or copy connectors; the sub-headlines will interest and carry the reader to the next part.

2. You could ask your readers questions throughout the ad copy. They will answer the questions in their own heads as they read your ad copy. The questions you ask should persuade the readers into buying. People have been taught to automatically answer questions in school, from their parents, from friends and from authoritative figures.

3. You could highlight keywords throughout your ad copy. The keywords should be attractive to your target audience. You could highlight them with color, underlines, italics, etc. You could also repeat key- words one after another. For example you could say, "This is a soft, soft, soft rug."

4. You could bullet or indent your benefits in your ad copy. Most people won't read the whole ad copy, so make your product’s benefits stand out and you won't lose the sales from all the skimmers. You can also indent other things like your guarantee, postscripts, testimonials, closing, etc.

5. You could change the size of your text in your ad copy. You want to make your text large enough so it's not hard to read. You also want your headline and major points to be larger so they will stand out. You could also use more space in between important parts of your ad copy to make them stand out.

6. You could raise or lower the price in your ad copy. A higher price could increase the perceived value of your product and a lower price could lessen your product's value. Either way, you need to test which price will pull the most orders. Another idea would be to use an odd number like $19.46 instead of $19.99, $19.95 or $19.97. It makes it look like there is a specific reason you priced it like that.

7. You could add proof of results in your ad copy. You should include testimonials, endorsements and factual statistics to prove your product's claims. You should only publish statements that are believable and have specific results. For example, here is a good line from a testimonial, “I increased my sales by 678%!"

8. You could add special offers in your ad copy. It's usually easier to sell the offer than the product. You could use discounts, free bonuses, volume sales, etc. For example, you could say, "You'll get 5 bonuses when you order by Aug 24, 2002!" Another example, "Buy one, get the second one half price off.”

9. You should eliminate the hard-to-understand jargon on your ad copy. Unless your product calls for technical words, you want your ad to be read without people pulling out a dictionary. If you need to use a word your target audience might not under- stand, define it or use an example to help them understand it.

10. When you ask someone to sign up to receive a freebie, don't ask for really personal information. This is a fast way to lose a potential prospect. For example, if you ask them for information they want to keep personal, they might not want sign up. Another example, if you ask for too much inform- ation, they may not have the time or patience to fill it all out.

With these 10 Tips your AD Copy NOW has the equipment to conquer the little challenges that you will encounter and that most marketers with stumble over. Start implementing these tip to work for you so that your Online AD Copy will make the sell for you........

About The Author

Randy Hutchings

Know the Truth about Online Marketing NOT the HYPE! Finally the Truth is Told at the eMarketing TIPs 4 You Blog! No More HYPE....

(c) Randy G. Hutchings - All Rights reserved

http://emarketingtips4u.blogspot.com/

How To Dramatically Increase Your ClickBank Sales Now

2005-09-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

by: Andrew Daum

Did you know you are being cheated?

This may come as a surprise to you... but if you promote any affiliate program on ClickBank (and other affilate networks), more than likely you are losing money and being ripped off.

I recently ran a split test mailing. On half of my list I used a program to "cloak" the affiliate site I was promoting, and on the other half of the list I did not. I used my actual affilate link.

To my dismay... the results were as I expected.

On the affiliate links I did not cloak, I made a total of 8 sales. The number of subscribers is not really that important, as we are not calculating the percentage of people who purchased, or the conversion rate. We are calculating the "Rip Off" rate.

Are you ready for the number of sales I made using the "cloaked" affiliate link? It was almost three times as many as the none cloaked link... 23. You read it right... I made 15 more sales on my cloaked link than I did on my regular affiliate link!

Keep in mind, the list was divided up in half... so the same number of people received the exact same offer. The only difference was on half the list, I gave my actual affiliate link... and on the other half, I gave a link that I cloaked.

For those who do not know what I mean by "cloaked" link, here is an example; http://www.newtraffictools.com/latest/power

Notice how the sales page of the site stays on my site, newtraffictools.com (the link is also the same product I use to cloak the sites I promote). It does not disclose the actual sales page... it is hidden. While this method may not be 100% fool proof, the numbers above speak volumes on how effective it is.

Effective to the point of an extra $900.00... that I more than likely would not have made had I not cloaked the links.

So what does this tell us?

Does it tell us people are crooks... dishonest, no count and not to be trusted? Well, not actually. It tells us that if given the opportunity, they had rather use their own affiliate link (or spouses) to buy products at a deep discount and to save money. I can't blame them... can you?

Since this is a business (unless you do this as a hobby), then we must take the required steps to keep from being cheated.

There are a few different programs out there that allow you to cloak your affiliate links. Using the program I linked to above... you can cloak both affiliate links on your web site, and in your emails to your subscribers.

It does not matter which affilate link cloaking program you use... just begin using one today, and watch your conversions and sales go up with the same amount of effort.

About The Author

Andrew Daum is the Publisher of the New Traffic Tools Newsletter. You can subscribe by visiting his web site at: http://www.newtraffictools.com and receive updates when the latest released traffic building software is available.

Get All the Traffic You Need With Blogs and RSS Feeds

2005-09-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

by: Craig Desorcy

Are you a small businessman setting up a brand new website to advertise your products? Maybe you already have an active website, but desire to make it more interesting. Either way, you’ll want to investigate blogs and RSS feeds to give your website some awe-inspiring zing!

Even good, hardworking marketers come up against a brick wall sometimes. How many times have you grabbed your head in frustration, wracking your brain for innovative ideas to liven up your website and get more public interest? Don’t fret! Blogs and RSS feeds have taken many small marketers’ websites and blown them sky-high with additional traffic and revenue.

Bruce, like you, was a hard-working businessman. Now Bruce is also a successful marketer, but he hasn‘t always successfully marketed his products. Several years ago he set out try his luck as a virtual salesman. First, he thought of his hobbies and decided to make a video about his most favored hobby - body-building. After months of preparation and spirits high, Bruce’s web-page was designed and his product on-line. “All-right!” he bragged to his good buddy, Jeff. “I’ve got my website up and running. Now I’m going to make big bucks on-line.” His optimism quickly died after three months when he had only sold five of his high-quality workout videos , Twenty Minutes a Day to a Fat-free Muscle-bound Bod!

How did Bruce solve his problem and become successful? Simple! Bruce put a blog onto his website that he updated every few days. He gave his personal account of trimming his figure. Bruce also used RSS feeds to announce new products that complemented his video, and was amazed at the increase in traffic and sales his website began bringing in. Within a week, his sales had skyrocketed past his wildest expectations!

Bruce’s story is wonderful! It lifts the spirit and encourages the weary marketers. “But how are blogs and RSS feeds going to help me?” you might ask yourself. With blogs you can show that your product works. What better way is there to sell an item than to let the entire world know that the product has worked for you? Yeah, you can place pretty, attractive pictures and have witty advertisements, but with no proof that your product works, people aren’t going to buy your merchandise.

“Okay, so I see how blogs can help me gain traffic, but how will RSS feeds help?” you wonder. It’s quite simple really. RSS feeds are syndicated, in other words they are broadcast throughout the World Wide Web rather than to individual emails. Basically, RSS informs the whole world that you are out there and what you’re latest information is in one easy feed. WOW! How simple can you get?

Go ahead and join others who are sitting there scratching their heads and thinking, “This sounds great! It’s actually so simple. But how on earth do I get started?” One visit to http://www.effective-info.com/blogs-rss.html will have you ready to incorporate blogs and RSS feeds in your own successful marketing plan...

About The Author

Fast and Easy Way To Get Blogging and Using RSS Feeds
Click here> http://www.effective-info.com/blogs-rss.html

This article is copyright © Craig Desorcy

Craig Desorcy is an Internet enthusiast who Lives and works in Japan, spending most of his free time on the internet running his blog and websites of interest.

Craig(at)effective-info.com

Blogging For Business - Great Reasons For Every Business To Start A Weblog

2005-09-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

by: John Jantsch

If Howard Dean’s failed political campaign accomplished anything, I would say that it brought to the mainstream the use of something called a weblog or “blog” as it known in cyberspace.

A blog is really nothing more than a diary uploaded to the Internet and until about the last 12 months was the realm of the individual who saw it as a way to publish there random (and sometimes disturbed) thoughts. The great thing about weblogs, and the growing set of software that is being created to publish them, is that they are a tremendous business tool.

Weblogs allow you to create content and contact…and that is what your clients crave more than anything.

I use a program (there is a free trial version) called PMachine to publish my weblog at DuctTapeMarketing.com/weblog.php. This program allows me to simply make many entries and updates and also allows readers to add comments. Better still, now seemingly random articles can be sorted and searched by content or subject. My weblog is more like a content management system and my readers seem to love it.

Another great reason to explore the use of weblogs is that search engines seem to love them. Within 30 days of launching my weblog it became the most visited page on my fairly high traffic website.

So what is it about blogs that those little spiders love so much?

Here’s a little secret, search engines crave content. Okay so maybe that’s not such a secret but to look at many websites you would think it so. The fact is that too many websites just sit there doing nothing that the search engines admire. Providing content, not to mention fresh content, is one of the toughest chores of anyone who maintains a website. But when it comes to generating traffic it is the most important job.

Blogs, by their very nature, are all about content. In a commercial environment every blog entry is fresh content. Get in the habit of making two, three, even four entries a week and you’ve got a content building bonanza on your hands. Everyone knows you need new content to give visitors a reason to come back; blogs just make the task so much easier.

Another advantage that blogs seem to currently possess over traditional web pages and sites is lack of competition. While the number of bloggers grows daily, there are still relatively few commercial blog sites. When I created my blog I found that it showed up in the number 3 spot in Google for the term “Marketing Weblog” within about 3 weeks of launch. Not bad considering I did nothing to make it happen.

There are a couple of other things you should do to make your weblog a traffic magnet. They aren’t really that different than tradition SEO tactics but the names and faces are unique to the blogging world.

Use targeted keywords in your entry titles

No rocket science here but this tip can’t be stated enough. Forget cute…go for titles that fit your targeted keywords and phrases…even if they seem a bit awkward. (You do have targeted keywords and phrases don’t you?)

Register with Blog Search Engines – Search engines that specialize in blogs

http://www.daypop.com/

http://www.blogvision.com/

http://www.blogsearchengine.com/

Register with Tracking Services – These services note when a blog has been updated and publish an ongoing list. They even keep track of the most updated and most visited weblogs. Plus you get to learn what pinging is.

http://blo.gs/

http://www.weblogs.com/

Trade Some Links

You don’t need to get out of control on this one but a few “relevant” swapped links to related blogs can boost your traffic.

Syndicate your content

This one is way to technical to cover here but do some research on the term RSS and you may discover ways to have your content and entries fed to sites that are hungry for the type of stuff you write. Many of the popular weblog software packages have this capability built right in.

http://www.feedster.com/

Copyright 2004 John Jantsch

About The Author

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant based in Kansas City, Mo. He writes frequently on real world small business marketing tactics and is the creator of “Duct Tape Marketing” a turn-key small business marketing system. Check out his blog at http://www.DuctTapeMarketing.com/weblog.php

Blog Submitter Pro Automates Top Search Engine Rankings

2005-09-23T13:40:00.000-07:00

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Blogs for Advertising

2005-09-23T13:38:00.000-07:00

Yes! Blogs and RSS boost your online business, rankings, traffic and sales. We all sometimes ignore the trends in advertising on the internet until the masses are allready doing it. That is why I felt compelled to right this article and hopefully help others to understand that Blogs are a very powerful advertising method and you do not want to ignore this trend, You will regret it!

A blog is a frequent, online publication of comments, web links and news. It is an online Enzine of sorts. People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with automated published systems, most notably is blogger.com. Thousands of people use services such as Blogger alone.

I only realized myself how powerful Blog advertising was, after I submitted an article to one Blog, yes just one Blog. What happened next amazed me! Within one week my new site wich I used in my byline in the Blog was not only indexed, but every single page was indexed and I had over 200 other sites pointing links to my site! All from one Blog posting. See websites need content and Blogs are a great source for content, and search engines LOVE blogs! I really need to say that again, search engines love Blogs!
Want your site indexed? Want hundreds maybe even thousands of incoming links all pointing to your site?

Here are the reasons you should not ignore Blog advertising. Remember when all search engines were free, and simply submitting your web sites got you listed quickly? Gone. Then it wa FFA pages, they brought in a ton of free traffic, built links to your site, and added to your mailing list like crazy. Tried one lately? Safelists were an online goldmine for a while... until bottom less email accounts were introduced.

Every new technology does what you need, at first. Then slowly more and more learn the secrets, and by the time the herd has caught on it's too late. Technologies have changed, everything has slowed way down, or the search engines have decided that it's become another form of spamming the search engines and stop weighing it so heavily. Sometimes they even ban the technology from their databases, remember doorway pages and multiple sites?

So where is blogging along this curve today? The early adopters have been doing it for the last couple of years, and the leading internet marketers started coming into it over the last year, many are still just getting started with it. So you're at the perfect time, most of the expensive development time is done, the bulk of the bugs are out of the whole RSS and Atom feed systems, and engines like Yahoo, MSN and Google are embracing the technology and waiting to greet your Blog with open arms. So dont ignore this whole Blogging idea, embrace it you just might see your sales soar through the roof!

Richard Weberg
Internet Marketer and Motivational Speaker
To learn more about Blogging, Marketing and Submitting your sites visit.
http://nehoma.com/rwmy206/

chops@cpinternet.com

Grab The Number 1 Search Positions For Competitive Search Terms

2005-09-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

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Multiply Your Sales Through Affiliate Programs

2005-09-22T13:05:00.000-07:00

By Jason Walsh

What could be better than exceeding your personal
sales goals for a given month or year? How about
doubling, tripling or even more of you sales goal for
the month? This is exactly what affiliates can do for
you. The amount of growth potential through
affiliates is unlimited; the more affiliates you have
the more money you can make, after all, if Sam Walton
tried to run every Wal-Mart store, he obviously
wouldn’t be very successful. You must realize that
for maximum growth you cannot do it alone. Think of
the success of companies such as Avon or Home
Interiors. Their success is based on two things; a
great product and excellent affiliate programs.

To attract affiliates to your company you should make
it worth their time. Offering one percent of sales,
is not an attractive offer, the higher the commission
that you are able to offer your affiliates the more
affiliates will be tempted to join your team. You
should also provide your affiliates with the tools
that they will need to successfully market your
product such as banner ads, articles, and anything
else that will help them to better market the product.
You should provide the affiliates with updated
product information through newsletters, new
promotional campaigns and other things to motivate and
inform the affiliates.

You can choose to run your affiliate program in a few
different ways, both of which are beneficial to your
business. A one-tier affiliate program allows you to
generally offer a larger commission and pays on one
level. The affiliate will receive a predetermined
amount for each sale. Using a two-tier affiliate
program, affiliates are paid on two different levels.
This is done by allowing the affiliates to recruit
others to sell under them. In this situation, the top
level affiliate would receive a slightly larger
commission than the recruit or second level affiliate.
For example if the top level seller makes 20% of the
sale, then she/he would make 15% giving the second
level affiliate the 5%.

Setting up the affiliate program can also be done in
two different ways. One way is to do it yourself
through an affiliate tracking software. This software
will provide you with a way to track affiliate sales
as well as allow the affiliates to view their
progress. The downside to this option is that you are
responsible for making payments. You can also choose
to hire an affiliate tracking company to do all the
work for you. These companies will allow the use of
credit cards and completely run the affiliate program
from billing customers, paying affiliates, and also
pay you. This is a great option for the busy business
owner or the beginning business owner and it is
affordable as most affiliate tracking companies charge
a small one time fee. However you choose to run your
affiliate program it is sure to increase profits for
your business.
About the author:
-------------------------------------------------------
Jason Walsh can help YOU
start your own profitable business on the Internet
within the next 24 hours... To learn more, visit:
http://www.achievable-together.com

Designing A Website That Sells

2005-09-22T13:04:00.000-07:00

By Jason Walsh

Would you buy meat from a grocery store that left the
bad meat in with the good meat or wasn’t clean? Would
you buy a car from a sales lot that had totaled
automobiles on the front lot? I wouldn’t and neither
would you. Your website is your grocery store; your
car lot. You must have an atmosphere that is pleasing
to buyers. One that tells that buyer that you are not
an amateur, but instead a trained, seasoned
professional. Your site is a direct reflection of
your product and that is why that having a well
designed website can make or break your sales.

The first thing to keep in mind when designing your
website, is “surfability”. Take a few minutes a look
around at several web pages. What makes them
appealing? Were there some that you closed out of
immediately? Why? Take notes and do your research.
Keep in mind that when a person visits your site they
have a goal in mind. They are either seeking
information or shopping for a product. Give the
person what they want without having to search for it.
Be sure that all the information on your site is
relevant to your product. Make the buyer think that
they need your product to solve their problem.

Your main page serves a very specific purpose. It
should be an avenue by which the customer can shop
your site. It should be easy to view and load very
quickly. This is your first impression and we all
know that first impressions can either close the deal
or loose the deal. Make it simple. It is best to
have links that are easily viewable by the reader that
will navigate them to where they want to be. Tables
are often a great choice when deciding on a way to
design the main page of your site. Your main page
should load very quickly, chances are if it takes the
page more than ten seconds to load even on a 56k
modem, the customer will click away to save time,
hoping to find the information or product elsewhere.
To increase the loading speed of your main page you
should avoid large graphics or excessive graphics. To
many banners or special effects can cause a page to
load slowly as well.

To make your web site more appealing to the eyes, you
should stick to mild colors. If your site is a
content site where the user will be doing a lot of
reading, it is best to stick to black and white.
Color can be added when using tables, as a way to
brighten up the page, but remember to keep the overall
look of the page professional and appealing to the
audience that will be visiting most often. Since
screen resolutions vary among monitors, it is a good
idea to set the pixels to a standard 800x600. You may
also choose to set the tables in your web page to span
a percentage of the page rather than a set number of
inches. This will be sure to accommodate all screen
sizes. You should remember that a lot of Internet
users will not use the same browser as you, and
therefore you should be sure that your site looks as
good on other browsers as it does your own. You can
do this by downloading several browsers through which
to look at your page.

Be aware of the fact that the overall look of your
website is a way to make money. The appearance of the
site, if designed properly, can be an excellent
marketing strategy for your product or service.
About the author:
-------------------------------------------------------
Jason Walsh can help YOU
start your own profitable business on the Internet
within the next 24 hours... To learn more, visit:
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Five Proven Methods for Internet Marketing Success

2005-09-22T13:02:00.000-07:00

By Jason Walsh

There are hundreds of ways that you can promote your
online business or website, some more effective than
others. These five proven methods will help you to
generate traffic to your site and also to generate
income into your wallet.

1. One thing that appeals to everyone is “free.” If
it is free people will take it. Think of the samples
of cheese given away at grocery stores. Do you really
want a small piece of cheese? Of course not! But you
take it simply because it is free and someone is nice
enough to offer it to you. The same principle applies
with information or services offered from your
website. You can send out free newsletters or offer a
free trail period. One popular thing that is being
given away now are free credit reports or free PC
scans. These freebies are what we in the marketing
field like to call teasers. After running the free
credit report or PC scan we alert the customer if
there is something found on their credit record or PC
and then offer to show them what it is or repair the
problem for a price. This can be an effective way to
get information to your potential customers, create
sales or to generate traffic to your site.

2. Your website contains information about a service
or product that you are very knowledgeable about. You
can use this knowledge to generate traffic to your
site by writing articles in your area of expertise and
having them published in an ezine or an article
information site. The most effective way to use these
articles is to write them for free and ask in return
that the publisher allow you to include a byline. A
byline is a very short summary of the author, their
credentials and their website. Your byline is a way
that readers will come to know you as an expert on the
topic and will in turn come to trust your site as a
source of credible information.

3. Some search engines will allow a website to
purchase their ranking. This is an excellent Internet
marketing technique in that it is effective and
inexpensive. In the pay-per-click programs, website
are only billed for those who actually visit the page,
unlike banner ads which may be seen by millions but
only used by a few. When using the pay-per-click
program you are asked to choose keywords and when
those are entered your site will appear and if the
surfer chooses to view your site, you are billed for
that click. Many pay-per-click programs will offer
other benefits as well, such as updated lists of
commonly used keywords.

4. You should remember that others are in the same
boat as you. You can choose to network with those who
have similar marketing ideas. When networking you
will be able to share links and refer customers to
each other. You should always be very cautious when
choosing a networking partner as everything that you
recommend is a reflection of yourself or your product
and therefore, you should be certain that your
networking partner is a reputable source of
information.

5. Simply because your website is online, doesn’t
mean that all your advertising should be. Advertise
in newspapers, TV, the radio or you can even send out
a press release to get your information to thousands
of people all over the country.
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Marketing on a Shoestring

2005-09-22T12:59:00.000-07:00

Marketing on a ShoestringThe costs of marketing can be overwhelming, particularly fora new company. With a little planning and time, it may bepossible to save yourself a considerable amount of money.If you look closely you will see that there is more adviceon saving money than you could possibly read. Indeed muchof the advice is not worth reading. Here are some quickand easy ways to save you a bit of cash on your marketing.Set out a plan that you will follow. A bit of extra timeand consideration at the outset will go a long way toensuring that you do not spend more than you want to onyour marketing campaign. Remember that small amounts willadd up so plan and document everything if you do not wantto get a nasty surprise.When you are starting any marketing plan, you should makesure that you are able to track the sales that result fromthis approach. Only try one approach at a time so that youcan easily determine what is the most successful method foryour product.Try one approach at a time, and start with the cheapest.Why bother spending thousands of dollars on a televisionadvert if a cheap home made flyer would have been equallyeffective.Make sure that you target the right people. You can save alot of money by limiting your target audience to the peoplethat are really interested in your product. If you target awider number of people you will waste money, as you willhave to produce more material for a lesser return.Customers do not necessarily appreciate adverts that areall singing and dancing. In fact, simple and easy tounderstand adverts are much more likely to be successful.Think simple. Many people are actually put off by flashyadvertisements. By creating simple, plain material you willnot only save money but you may also appeal to more people.Biggest is not always best!Scott F. Geld is the administrator and proprietor of http://www.marketingblaster.com">Marketing Blaster,Inc., a pay-per-click traffic source that repeatedlybeats the major search engines in conversion ratio and ROI.For more information please visit:www.marketingblaster.com

Security and RSS Feeds

2005-09-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

RSS is growing at a lightening speed. What was once only known as a "techie tool", RSS is becoming a tool that is continuously being used by the general population. Along with the good comes, the not so good. And while some have mentioned the emergence of RSS spam, where content publishers dynamically generate nonsensical feeds stuffed with keywords, the real concern relates to security. While an annoyance to the search engines, spam in RSS feeds pales in comparison to the possible security concerns that could be in RSS' future.

Security Implications Related to RSS.
As RSS gains momentum security fears loom large. As publishers are quickly finding innovative uses for RSS feeds, hackers are taking notice. The power and extendibility of RSS in its simplest form is also its achilles heel. The expansion capabilities of the RSS specification, specifically the "enclosure" field which has launched the podcasting phenomenon, is where the vulnerabilities lie. The enclosure field in itself is not the problem, in fact the majority of RSS feeds do not even use the enclosure tag. The enclosure tag is essentially used to link to file types, things like images, word documents, mp3 files, power point presentations, and executables and can be thought of in similar terms to email attachments.

The fact that RSS can be used to distribute these file types has opened a myriad of doors to users of the syndication standard, but also has created cause for concern. Most people do not feel that the risk is significant because people "choose" the content that they receive, and while it might make the distribution of malware, viruses and spy applications via RSS less prevalent, their is still the inherent risk of a infected file being distributed.

The problem is one of both technology and lack of education.
The danger lies in the fact that many RSS readers, news aggregators, or pod-catchers automatically download the information contained in the enclosure field regardless of its file type or source.

Most RSS developers acknowledge the risks associated with the enclosure field, but few have had the forethought to include filtering, screening or authentication capabilities and many automatically download enclosures.

Nick Bradbury of Bradsoft/NewsGator seems to be proactive, designing FeedDemon with security in mind. FeedDemon uses an editable safelist of file types as well as allowing users to monitor what files are automatically downloaded. FeedDemon also contains hard-coded warnings related to specific file types.

Developers of ByteScout took a different approach to the handling of enclosure files, ByteScout does not automatically download anything without user intervention for each download.

Unfortunately, not all RSS readers, aggregators and podcatchers consider the possible security implications associated with RSS feeds and podcasts, some will automatically download enclosures without warning or any thoughts of security. Be sure to examine how your RSS reader handles files contained in the enclosure field of an RSS feed.

With the increased use of RSS and podcasting, the security risks increase with it. Their is cause for concern, however proactive users and conscientious developers can easily subvert the risk by taking precautions seriously. Computer viruses and malware are cause for legitimate concern, there is ample time and action that can avert potential problems.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for FeedForDev http://www.feedfordev.com an RSS component for developers.

How To Write Effective And Unique Articles That Are Optimized for the Search Engines

2005-09-21T13:07:00.000-07:00

By: Karl Augustine

It is a well known fact that writing, distributing and posting articles to various location on the web is an extremely effective way to generate targeted traffic and establish yourself as an experienced marketer in your field. Unique articles that help solve the reader's problems, assists the reader in advancing their marketing acumen, or otherwise generally inform tend to stay posted on many web sites throughout the Internet and usually generate targeted traffic for the writer.

In order to further maximize the benefits of writing and posting unique articles, it makes good business sense to optimize the articles so the search engines list the URL's associated with those articles on search engine results pages (SERP's). Ideally, you'd like to see your article URL on the 1st page of the SERP's so you can capitalize on the free and targeted traffic from these listings.

So, what type of strategy can be utilized to optimize your articles for the search engines?

There's quite a few different ways but here are some tactics that you may want to use:

Article optimization tactic 1: Choose keywords that complement your USP and name your article page accordingly. When choosing keywords that will be the central theme of your article, it is necessary to define what your article will be about, who the information in the article will benefit, and how it will tie into your USP before choosing your keywords. After you've thought through this, then come up with a list of keywords that will be suitable as the central them of the article.

Next, decide which keywords you will center your article around based on the number of searches that keyword gets per day and by assessing how much competition there is for that keyword phrase. Once you have chosen your keyword phrase for the article, name your page.

Example: If 'green widgets' is the keyword you wish to base your article on, you may want to name your web page 'greenwdgets.htm' or 'greenwdgets.html' or 'greenwdgets.shtml'.

Article optimization tactic 2: Utilize keyword in the title tag. Utilize your keywords that you've chosen for your article in the title tag of the web page.

Example: Green Widgets | The best green widgets available

Article optimization tactic 3: Utilize keyword in headline tags. Using keywords in headline tags will increase rankings of your web pages.

Ideally you would use the keywords as the headline, but usually this doesn't look natural.

Keep the h tags before and after the entire headline.

Example:Green widgets: We have the most affordable and powerful green widget available anywhere, guaranteed!

Article optimization tactic 4: Utilize keywords in the 1st sentence of the initial paragraph. This an easily be accomplished and still make the paragraph read well and in a natural sounding tone if read back. Remember that you want your reader to feel like they are being talked with not "at" and you want your reader to not realize that your placement of your keyword phrases might be planned.

Article optimization tactic 5: Utilize keywords in text with appropriate keyword density After you write your article, you can easily edit to try to obtain the best keyword density for the search engines you'd like to target.

Google's optimum keyword density is between 1.5% to 2.5% keyword density at the time of this writing.

Once you have the article written you can use GoRank's keyword optimization tool (http://www.gorank.com/seotools/) to check what the keyword density is of the text of the article so you can edit accordingly.

Remember, you don't want to 'stuff' the page with your chosen and targeted keyword phrase but you do want to make sure that you utilize your keywords when you can up to the required amount for the desired keyword density.

Article optimization tactic 6: Bold or italicize keywords in text. When bolding and italicizing your keywords in your articles, it isn't necessary to bold and/or italicize every keyword phrase. When the reader comes across bolded and italicized words they add emphasis to the text at the time they read those words. So you should use your best judgment as to what looks right and 'reads' right when you edit your article.

One key item to remember to write naturally so you get your message across in a human manner.

You want the reader to click to your link at the end or in the body of the article and the more human and conversational your article comes across, the more likely that the reader will travel to the URL you'd like them to see. Some marketers write their articles without search engine optimization in mind and then go back and edit them for the search engines.

After your article is optimized, do all you can to get it posted to other web sites so the number of relevant links pointing to that article is heightened. If you get your article posted to some of the heavier web sites that post articles and have the correct categories where your article will fit, the faster your article URL will get indexed by the search engines.

Be humble, work hard, work smart.

About The Author

Karl Augustine Author, "9 Deadly Mistakes To Avoid...". http://www.9mistakes-online.com "65 Answers To SEO Questions" http://www.seoexpertinterview.com

What To Look For When Choosing Affiliate Programs

2005-09-21T13:05:00.000-07:00

By: Jonathan Kraft

So you've decided you want to become an Internet Marketer, huh? Will you sell someone else's products or sell your own?

If you choose to sell someone else's products, how will you know what to look for? After all, this is a new venture for you.

Or maybe it's not. Maybe you have been trying out some affiliate programs which have not brought you any money, or, worse, have not paid you for the affiliate traffic you have sent them.

If you are the new person, or the person who is floundering in Internet Marketing, this article will offer you some simple tips for choosing an affiliate program.

This article doesn't cover getting traffic to your site, which is another huge piece of the puzzle, and will be covered in a later article, but let's just start with choosing affiliate programs.

#1. You should find affiliate programs that:

a) are relatively easy to set up (code is either created for you or easy to create)

b) will pay you well. This depends on your definition of what being paid well means, but generally, for most beginners, and some novices, if you can see yourself being able to make more than $250/month, the program is at least worth looking at

c) give you products which people actually use. There are lots of products in the market which will sell, but do you really want to be selling pet rocks? If you do, please don't take offense. Most legitimate affiliate advice sites won't feature affiliate programs that are exclusively selling something like 8-Track players and tapes. While there are probably collectors out there who would love an 8-track player and cassettes, the fact is that the market is done with 8-tracks. The point is, there should be a genuine need for, or interest in, what you are selling/reselling.

So you find a program which meets the above criteria. Now what? Do a Google search on the company. Find out what people are saying about them. You may have to dig a bit, but the combined experience of the professionals (and not-so-professionals) who develop and contribute to the Internet on a regular basis is, collectively, the best source of advice you will find on making money, or affiliate programs, anywhere.

If you want advice on some great affiliate programs, you can visit sites which have already reviewed the information about companies and present it to you in a straightforward way. If you are ready to find some great affiliate programs, then you will be able to find categories of affiliate programs on these sites, which will generally represent the type of products you would like to sell.

Search engines love content, and so do your site visitors. Content is one of the most important aspects of getting people to your web site, and helping them to see the value in what you're selling. You should strive to choose programs with products which are related to your web site.

In other words, if you have a site which features information about the Toyota Camry, you're going to be pretty hard pressed to be able to get your page content matched up so that you could sell, say... baby rattles.

Find affiliate programs which relate to what you already do, and then promote those products.

Finally, see if you can find someone to actually talk to (ok, email would be okay) who has received regular checks or payments from marketing products. We think that this is, perhaps, the most important part of any affiliate program, because the main reason you promote their products is to receive a check for your efforts.

So there you have it, some simple tips for choosing great affiliate programs! Hope this helps you to reach your income goals, and also helps you to develop a long-term plan for on and off-line financial and personal success.

About The Author

Jonathan Kraft has been an online marketer for many years. He is a massage therapist, web designer, legal services broker, has been a high school teacher, and is an all around nice guy. He works with a team of people on www.affiliateadvice.us, where you can check out some great affiliate programs that meet all the above criteria.

Write Better Web Content

2005-09-21T13:04:00.000-07:00

By: Nancy Jackson

If you’re reading this article, chances are that you, like most professionals these days, understand the value of the Internet. It may be where you go to buy movie or concert tickets, browse restaurant menus, or plan your vacations. Most likely, you also turn to the Web to research business strategies, vendors and other companies.

But what about those surfers who are researching your company? When they visit your Web site, will they find what they’re looking for? Does your site provide the information they need in an interesting format that will keep them there long enough to convince them to do business with you?

While an attractive, professional-looking site is an important start, content is king. (What else would you expect from a copywriter?) But seriously, your site will never be truly effective without well-written content that answers visitors’ questions and creates enough interest to keep them coming back.

So how do you create effective content for the Web? It may be easier than you think. With all the bad writing out there on the Internet, even minimal effort can help set yours apart. Here’s a start: Good Web content can always be described by these four adjectives.

1. Consistent. There’s nothing like inconsistency to make your Web site appear amateurish. Some businesses spell their own company names two or three different ways right on the home page. If your company name is written in all lower-case letters or with unique spacing, be sure you write it the same way every time. But don’t stop there; strive for consistency in all your content — from the use of abbreviations, fonts and numerals to the tone, style and voice of your copy. Having one person write all the content helps keep it consistent, but when this isn’t possible, at least try to have one person serve as editor. If several people are contributing to your site, develop a style guide to inform them of your rules for consistent content.

2. Clear. As in all writing, the goal of Web content is to communicate with an audience, and clarity is essential. Try reading your copy aloud before posting; hearing it out loud can help you determine whether it all makes sense. If possible, have one or two others read copy before posting it to the Web — and if your subject matter is technical or complicated, consider using an outside editor to help eliminate techno-speak.

3. Casual. The nature of the Web is more informal than many other marketing venues, so make sure your copy fits the medium. Your Web content should probably be more conversational than your traditional brochure or company presentation, and because many readers scan Web copy rather than reading it word for word, subheadings and bullets are helpful. In most cases, Web content should also be brief, making your points quickly without losing readers’ attention. However, many effective sites contain brief copy on the front pages with more detailed information available through additional links, which works to keep the attention of the general readership while offering more for those who want it.

4. Correct. Don’t confuse “casual” with “sloppy,” however. Correctness is still important, even on the Web, and errors in spelling, grammar, or facts will give most readers a negative impression of your company. Don’t just use spell check; read and re-read your copy before posting it, and if possible, get second opinions from those who know what they’re doing. There’s nothing wrong with being a bad speller, but there’s no excuse for refusing to double-check your work.

Copyright 2004 Nancy Jackson

About The Author

Nancy Jackson, owner of The WriteShop, helps companies better market their products and services with powerful written communications including Web content, newsletters, brochures and publications. Subscribe to her free monthly newsletter at www.writeshoponline.com.

What Do Your Site Statistics Mean, Anyway?

2005-09-21T13:02:00.000-07:00

By: Karyn Greenstreet

The purpose of analyzing your web site statistics is to look for trends and to research the success level of your marketing campaigns. The numbers themselves can be misleading, as statistical packages count “hits” in different ways. If someone visits a page on your site doesn’t mean that they read it completely.

The idea with web site statistics, then, is to look for trends. Instead of looking at the numbers a concrete items, look at them over time to see if they’re increasing or decreasing. For example, if you do an internet marketing campaign, then look at your web site statistics to see if the campaign increased the number of hits to your site.

With that said, here are some numbers you should look at:

Visitor Information

There are three areas that are important to review each month and during each marketing campaign. The number of unique visitors will help you to determine whether your site is receiving more or less visitors each month. The location tells you what country, and sometimes what State, the visitors are coming from. This is important if you’re concerned about your global reach to other countries, or if you’ve done a marketing campaign in other States. Note that this is the State of the ISP where they connected to the Internet. Because AOL is in Virginia, you will have an inordinate amount of Virginia visitors, even though these people are actually all over the USA.

An important distinction is the concept of “visitors” versus “hits”. Each person who visits your site is considered a “visitor”. Each time a visitor looks at a page, that page and its contents are accessed, including the graphics on the page. As example, say that your home page has two graphics on it, plus some text. That is considered THREE elements on the page. When a visitor visits that page once, your statistics will show ONE visitor and THREE hits.

Time of Day Activity

This area of your statistics helps you to determine which days of the week have the most activity, and which time of day is the most active. This can be helpful to know when to schedule chats and teleclasses. For instance, if Wednesdays at 3PM are popular times for your site, they may be popular times for teleclasses. It’s important to note here that one of the most popular times for people to search the web is weekdays after lunch. (People are at work and having a sugar low after digesting their lunch and are surfing the net instead of working.) If this is a popular time for people to be surfing the net, then this might also be a popular time for an internet chat on your web site.

Referrals

This section of your statistics will tell you who is sending people to your web site. It lists which search engines people use, as well as which keywords or key phrases people use to find your site. In addition, this section will also list what other sites are linking from their site to your site. (When someone links from their site to your site, it’s called an “inbound link” or “incoming link”.)

Pages

This section of your statistics will help you to determine which pages are visited most often, how long people stay on a page (presumably to read it), and which page people exit your site from. Again, trends matter here more than the concrete numbers. Are certain pages more popular than others? Are people only spending 5 seconds on a page that should take 3 minutes to read?

Error reports

This section tells you where people had problems accessing your site. If people try to access a certain page and can’t, it will be recorded here. If your site has been unavailable, you’ll see these numbers rise.

For a list of all internet error message numbers and they’re corresponding meaning, check out this website:

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/error.asp

Conclusion

As you can see, there are many number to look at in your statistics, and many ways to interpret them. If you pay more attention to trends and problems, and less attention to actual numbers, you’ll be ahead of the game!

© 2004 Karyn Greenstreet.

About The Author

Karyn Greenstreet is a Self Employment expert and small business coach. She shares tips, techniques and strategies with self-employed people to create and grow their businesses, stay focused and motivated, and perform at their peak. Visit her website at www.PassionForBusiness.com

Want To Succeed With Your Internet Business?

2005-09-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

By: Michel Richer

The web is a great opportunities. Imagine millions of customer. Its a huge cybermarket ! It's a trillion millions dollars market waiting for you !

Let's face it everyone wants to succeed with their internet business ? I have been in business since 1995 i have spend thousand upon thousand of hours on the web searching for the ultimate web business. Not counting the thousand hours spent on reading and experimenting those offer.

Let's talk face to face there is no easy way to succeed. Talk to people who succeed like the Walton of wal-mart or other like Donald Trump. They will tell you that it takes determination and commitment. You have to be a man of action to really succeed.

Like i said there is no easy road. But of course you can succeed like me. You have to be persistant.

You have to build your business brick by brick. One step at a time. You start at the base of the ladder first. Everyone who as succeeded in life have start at the base. Thats a fact of life. Like the man you are today start as a baby.

Is your business still in its infancy ? Your business is gonna grow day by day. It takes approximatively 5 years to grow a business.

You have to learn and experiment every day and be persistent.

An Internet business as to face the same challenge as any business big or small. But of course its a global market. You can reach easily millions of people.

To reach those people you have to distinguish yourself.

You have to be professionnal.

1. You need a real domain name. (keep your name as short and simple as possible).

2. You need a real email. Your email have to be the same as you domain name. Ex: http://www.hombyz.com/ my email is michel.richer@hombyz.com

3. Have a good product to promote or a great affiliate program.

4. You have to promote your business.

A) Use PPC Campaign (Pay Per Click). You pay only when someone click on your ad. You can bid between 25 cents to 50 cents depending of your keyword.

B) Write articles. By writing quality articles you can generate lots of traffic. Why not become an expert in your field. You can submit articles in Ezine or FREE articles websites like Article City.

C) Classifieds – There are many classified ad directories on the internet. Most places offer pretty fair prices. There are also plenty of places to post classified ads offline such as newspapers.

D) Banners - Banners is another way to promote your website. But it's not that effective anymore. But it still can have a 0,5% click rate. (This method is more expensive than PPC since you pay for everytime your banners is exposed and not by click)

E) Leads - You can buy leads for around 50 cents to 2$ per leads depending of the quality. You should buy double opt-in or even triple opt-in.

F) You can use Offline methods as well - like flyers or business cards. Classified ads in newspaper or radio commercial.

Keep asking yourself everyday how you can do better. Think of your success and the success of other. Have small goal everyday. The small goal become big goal.

Everyone want to succeed but not everyone will. The difference between your success and you non success is your belief and commitment to truly succeed.

Finally, please remember that any business online or offline takes hard work and time to build. Do not expect to be making a lot of money in a short amount of time. Put in the effort and you will be greatly rewarded in the long run.

Copyright © Michel Richer

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About The Author

Michel Richer is the Business Manager and Webmaster of Hombyz.com. He is dedicated to helping you succeed on the Internet. With over 10 years experience in internet business and a solid reputation in the industry. You can take a look at his website at: http://hombyz.com for Your Home Business Success !!!

The #1 Biggest Mistake That People Make With Adsense

2005-09-20T13:45:00.000-07:00

By Joel Comm

It's very easy to make a lot of money with AdSense. I know it's easy because in a short space of time, I've managed to turn the sort of AdSense revenues that wouldn't keep me in candy into the kind of income that pays the mortgage on a large suburban house, makes the payments on a family car and does a whole lot more besides.

But that doesn't mean there aren't any number of mistakes that you can make when trying to increase your AdSense income - and any one of those mistakes can keep you earning candy money instead of earning the sort of cash that can pay for your home.

There is one mistake though that will totally destroy your chances of earning a decent AdSense income before you've even started.

That mistake is making your ad look like an ad.

No one wants to click on an ad. Your users don't come to your site looking for advertisements. They come looking for content and their first instinct is to ignore everything else. And they've grown better and better at doing just that. Today's Internet users know exactly what a banner ad looks like. They know what it means, where to expect it - and they know exactly how to ignore it. In fact most Internet users don't even see the banners at the top of the Web pages they're reading or the skyscrapers running up the side.

But when you first open an AdSense account, the format and layout of the ads you receive will have been designed to look just like ads. That's the default setting for AdSense - and that's the setting that you have to work hard to change.

That's where AdSense gets interesting. There are dozens of different strategies that smart AdSense account holders can use to stop their ads looking like ads - and make them look attractive to users. They include choosing the right formats for your ad, placing them in the most effective spots on the page, putting together the best combination of ad units, enhancing your site with the best keywords, selecting the most ideal colors for the font and the background, and a whole lot more besides.

The biggest AdSense mistake you can make is leaving your AdSense units looking like ads.

The second biggest mistake you can make is to not know the best strategies to change them.
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Copyright © 2005 Joel Comm. All rights reserved

Adlink Units: Are They Worth It?

2005-09-20T13:30:00.000-07:00

By Joel Comm

When Google first launched AdSense, there was some skepticism from publishers. As much as most people were blown away by the idea of ads that were targeted to the content of a Web page there was the question of whether users, used to banners and skyscrapers, would click on something that looked so different.

Boy, were those doubters wrong! AdSense has more than proved its worth to advertisers, users and publishers.

A similar sense of skepticism greeted Google's launch of AdLink units. With nothing more than a list of links (which then lead to the ads), these units contain even less information than a traditional AdSense unit. And the user has to click twice before the publisher gets paid. That makes them sound about as welcoming as a winter barbeque in Siberia.

It took a while for publishers to discover that actually AdLink units weren't as bad as they looked, and that with a smart bit of positioning they could actually take advantage of the way some pages are laid out. In fact, for some designs, they were able to reach parts that other AdSense units just couldn't reach!

And best of all, publishers quickly discovered that once someone clicked on an AdLink unit, they would almost always click on the ad that followed. That did their revenues the world of good and removed the two-click doubt.

The old AdLink units then were effective, but fairly limited. They were great if you knew the one or two places on the page to use them but not so good if you didn't. Recently though, Google has launched horizontal AdLink units that have taken these ads into a whole new realm. Because they fit neatly across a page they're useful for a much broader range of page designs and are much more flexible. On the other hand though, they're now competing for space directly with the traditional ad units, making it even harder for publishers to figure out which ads to place where.

Is all this good news for publishers or bad news?

It's great news for savvy publishers who have more tools to maximize their AdSense revenues (and know what to do with those tools) but it's bad news for people who don't make the effort to learn how use AdSense - and now have more ways to miss out.

For more Google AdSense tips, visit Click Here
Copyright © 2005 Joel Comm. All rights reserved

Joel Comm is Dr. AdSense, an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for more than 20 years. Joel is co-creator of ClassicGames.com, now known as Yahoo! Games and is the author of the web's best-selling AdSense ebook, "Google AdSense Secrets (Or What Google Never Told You About Making Money With Adsense)".

The 5 Most Important Things You Must Know About AdSense

2005-09-20T13:27:00.000-07:00

By Joel Comm

Whether you're just starting out with AdSense or whether you've been using it for years, the success of your ads will depend on knowing five absolutely essential pieces of information about AdSense:

1. AdSense Can Make You A Huge Heap Of Cash Lots of people make the mistake of believing that AdSense is only good for bringing a site a few extra pennies a month. Wrong! AdSense can fund your lifestyle - if you get it right.

2. Junk Sites Get Junk Income But just because it's possible for a site to make a lot of money with AdSense, it doesn't mean that any site can make a lot of money with AdSense. Your site must have good content that can attract users on its own merit. There are a lot of different strategies available for producing good content for your site. You'll need to use them if you want to create the sort of site that makes real money.

3. Your Choice Of Ads Matter One of the first things that you'll have to do when you join AdSense is to pick the types of ads you want to display. Success relies on following certain principles that encourage users to click and persuades them that they've got a reason to do so. You'll need to know those principles.

4. You Can Influence The Ads You Receive! Here's a little known AdSense secret: you do have some control over the ads that get served on your site. That control isn't unlimited - but it is worth exercising. It's also a little complicated but it's got a lot do with keyword hotspots located in each Web page. (I explain it all in my book, Google AdSense Secrets.) That's definitely something you need to know!

5. Your Stats Are Your Best Friend The stats you get with your AdSense account might look complicated and well, a bit dull... but they're packed with useful information that can have a massive effect on your revenues. To make real money with AdSense, you need to know what your stats are telling, what they're not telling you and where you can find out more.

There's a lot you need to know to make serious money with AdSense. If you're missing that information, you're just throwing money away.

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How To STOP Affiliate Link "Hijackers"

2005-09-20T13:22:00.000-07:00

By Jim Edwards

(c)2002 Jim Edwards - all right reserved

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Let's face the facts!

Almost everyone online today is looking to make or save a
buck any way they can. In the past, most of the people who
clicked on your affiliate links used to purchase without a
second thought... but, as times get tougher online, it seems
a growing number won't!

As money gets tighter and product prices rise, people who
know how to manipulate the system will sometimes replace
your affiliate ID with theirs and "hijack" your commissions.

Here's an example:

Let's say your affiliate link is
www.ebookaboutcats.com/?live-well.

Say the highjacker uses the affiliate ID of captain-hook.
What he would do is replace your ID with his, and buy from
the URL www.ebookaboutcats.com/?captain-hook.

The bottom line: the hijacker puts your money in his pocket.

In other cases, they can't stand the thought of you "making
money off them" so they bypass you by simply chopping off
the end of your affiliate link that contains your ID.

Instead of buying from www.ebookaboutcats.com/?live-well,
the bypasser will simply "chop off" the affiliate ID at the
end and simply buy from the plain URL www.ebookaboutcats.com
--without your affiliate ID attached!

Either way, you get cheated out of your rightful commission.

To help you fight these affiliate link hijackers I offer a
couple of my best (proven and battle tested) tips, which
will at least confuse these "hijackers" and, in many cases,
often defeat and disarm them completely.

Side Note: If someone really, really wants to steal your
affiliate commission, they will find a way; however, most
hijackers are just opportunists who will only act if they
see an easy buck.

The first and cheapest way to hide your affiliate links is
using a javascript redirect page. This is where you hide
your affiliate link in a page on your site using a simple
javascript that redirects people to your affiliate link.

It works great not to expose your "naked" affiliate link in
your actual email messages and ezine ads, but, once people
get redirected to the true affiliate link, many affiliate
programs expose the affiliate link along with your ID in the
browser address bar.

Here's an example of a redirect script in action.
Click => http://www.ebookfire.com/esejs.html

Notice how the link takes you to a page where you can see my
affiliate ID, ebookfire, in your web browser's address bar.

Like it or not, someone can replace my ID with theirs and
"hijack" the commission... but at least the redirect script
keeps them from immediately seeing my "naked" affiliate link
(http://hop.clickbank.net/?ebookfire/ebksecrets) when I
publish it in my newsletter, email, or on my website.

You can get free redirect scripts just about anywhere you
find free javascripts. Here is the script I use
http://www.ebookfire.com/jrs.shtml.

A better way to hide your affiliate links is using a zero-
frame or "invisible" frame that masks the affiliate link by
making it appear you are sending people to a page on your
website. In reality, you are actually sending them to your
affiliate link.

This is the technique used by those "sub-domain" redirect
services that provide you with urls like
http://ese.ebookfire.net.

While giving someone a link like that is much better than
using a "naked" affiliate link such as
http://hop.clickbank.net/?ebookfire/ebksecrets, there is a
problem. As soon as someone does a "view >> source" in their
web browser they'll see your naked affiliate link plain as
day... which instantly blows your cover!

Currently the best way to protect your affiliate commissions
from ruthless hijackers is to use a combination of a zero-
frame page along with URL encryption. This involves sending
someone to URL that looks like a page on your site, but
actually pulls in your affiliate link like those "sub-
domain" services. However, there's one critical
difference...

If someone does a "view >> source" in their browser, you
have added protection in that all they will see is a jumble
of computer code (http:) instead of
your naked affiliate link.

Check out this example of a zero-frame with URL encryption
in action.
Click => http://www.ebookfire.com/ese.html

Side Note: Beware of cloaking scripts that use javascript
because they could malfunction in some web browsers.

Here's the bottom line: if you are going to sell through
other people's affiliate programs, never send a "naked"
affiliate link... you're just asking for people to hijack or
bypass you if you do.

Though nobody has a 100% perfect solution to this problem,
if you want to get paid more often through your affiliate
links, make sure it's not obvious you're referring people to
an affiliate link. If they can't easily see how to hijack or
bypass your link, a lot more people who would have taken the
money out of your pocket just go ahead and buy through your
link - which is, after all, the whole point! :-)

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Jim Edwards is the author of numerous best-selling ebooks
and earns thousands every month in affiliate commissions.
Jim is the developer of "Affiliate Link Cloaker," the web's
easiest, fastest, and safest way for even "non-techies" to
protect their affiliate links and STOP ruthless "hijackers".
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2005-09-19T19:12:00.000-07:00

How To Promote Affiliate Programs With Much More Success - Part 2: Getting Better Performance From Your Downline

2005-09-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

Copyright 2005 Jim Boere

In Part 1 of this training article series I showed you several ways you can create your own, unique promotion material and use it to bring in more affiliates and grow your downline.

But that's only part of your 'success formula'. Most people focus only on bringing in new affiliates, and stop there. I say that's a mistake. It's crucial to realize that you will have much more success when you assist and coach your downline!

You want to actively help your affiliates. Follow up with them regularly and give them tips. Ask if they have any questions. This will be the key to your success... Why?

Well, you can have a large downline but if your affiliates aren't building a downline of their own and/or selling the retail products, how are YOU going to earn any commissions?

Right...you're not.

So don't forget about people once you got them to join. That's only half of the 'success formula'.

Here's a few tips for 'coaching' your downline:

1) Ask them every now and then if there's anything you can help them with.

2) Make sure they know how to contact you. Make yourself available. Ideally you should give them your phone number, alongside your email address. Even though most people will never actually pickup the phone to talk to you in person... Just knowing that they CAN, will instantly create a higher level of trust. Because most people online 'hide' behind their websites and email addresses. If YOU don't, you already have an edge over your competition. It's another opportunity for you to
stand out from the crowd.

3) Share what is working for YOU. You could create a small eCourse with all your best tips, for example. Or you can add a training page to your site. If your tips improve your affiliates' results - your own results will improve too!

There are Internet marketers who make a very nice living online just from promoting affiliate programs. They understood this concept and acted on it. After putting in the extra effort, they reap the rewards...

Strangely enough, most affiliates still neglect this part of their business, and it is - without a shadow of a doubt - hurting their business.

The whole idea is to build a relationship with the people in your downline. Think of them as your staff if you had an offline business. It's the same principle, really.

*) You want your 'workforce' to keep working and stay motivated. If they have some success they automatically will. So you genuinely do want them to have that success, because it's in your own best interest! Their level of success directly influences YOUR level of success. So by investing in your 'workforce' you are effectively investing in your home based business.

*) You want them to pay attention whenever you make a recommendation. You want people to really take note of what you're saying and act on your advise and recommendations. They will only do that when they 'know' you, and 'trust' that you will only recommend a product or program to them that is useful. That will be beneficial to them. Because you've proven that time and time again.

By staying in touch with your downline, by making yourself available to answer their questions, by giving them good tips and by recommending only useful products, you will build that trust naturally.

Then when you find for example an eBook, a software program, an advertisement program or something else that you purchased or joined and that is helping you...you can recommend it to your downline.

This is where all your hard work starts to really pay off! Since:

1) Your affiliates will be tempted to buy the product or join the program, because it's YOU who's recommending it.

2) If this product or program has an affiliate program of its own (which you joined of course), you've just created a second stream of income for yourself.

I could go on and sum up many more ways to help your downline, and many more ways you can capatalize on that...but I think you get the picture. I hope you will try this. Because it will work for you like it's working for me.

About the author:
Jim Boere is a published author and fulltime online (affiliate) marketer. Visit http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com/RecommendsSFI.htm to join the affiliate program he recommends for building a residual income. To (re-)read Part 1 of this article series, please visit: http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com/homebiz.htm
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How To Promote Affiliate Programs With Much More Success - Part 1: Creating Your Own Promotion Material

2005-09-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Copyright 2005 Jim Boere

Create your own promotion material.

I realize that may sound like a strange thing to say. After all, you probably found a whole range of ready-to-use ads and websites in all shapes and sizes when you logged in to your affiliate account! And I'm not saying you shouldn't use those. But I do advise you to create your own variations on them as well.

Think that's too difficult? You'll be surprised...
Let me explain the why and the how.

Most affiliates use the exact same ads in the exact same ways, in the exact same places. Now, I believe over time that inevitably makes those ads less effective. Especially if the program is well-known and has who knows how many thousands of members!

People will get used to seeing those same ads over and over again, and so they loose their impact. People will grow immune to them, so to speak...

But that can actually good news! You can use this fact to your advantage...

By being original.

You see, the vast majority of affiliates does not realize the importance of what I've just told you. And even those that do; some of them aren't very creative and simply don't come up with their own ideas. Others are just plain lazy... The result is the same: they use the same ads for a long time, often even for as long as they remain an affiliate.

And that gives you a brilliant opportunity to stand out from the crowd.

Create your own promotion material!

Present prospects with something fresh, something new. Replace the 'same old stuff' they've already seen ten times before and have grown immune to.

You'll find that people will pay much more attention to your ads. Result: a higher response rate...and more affiliates in your downline.

Let's look at ways to easily create your own promotion material.

1. Write your own articles.

For the 'why' of writing articles, I refer to my article "Why You Should Write An Article, Today!" which you can read online at:

http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com/homebiz1.htm

I also suggest you subscribe to my free eCourse on affiliate marketing. It covers the 'how' of writing articles, and it comes with six fully rebrandable and rewritable articles you can instantly use to promote any affiliate program you want.

Go here to subscribe:

http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com/makeaflyingstart.htm

2. Add an original incentive to your opt-in form.

The opt-in form is the most direct approach. You put an opt-in form on your website, and people can sign-up. For this to work well though, there will have to be 'something in it' for your visitors. They aren't likely to sign-up for anything just to do you a favor...

You'll want to give them something of value, for free. A powerful encouragement. Ideally, it's something that other affiliates can't offer. For example:

* Write a special report on how to be successful with the program in question, and offer it as a PDF file.

*Write a "How to Get Started with ..." eCourse.

*Offer a report, eBook or software program that is relevant for, and complimentary to, the affiliate program you're promoting. This should not be a product that can easily be found elsewhere. Or at least not for free.

*Offer one-on-one coaching, either by email or by phone.

*Offer a combination of the above.

*Maybe you have another idea? Then go ahead and try it!

Maybe you have another idea? Then go ahead and try it!

A more indirect approach is the...

3. Warm-up page, with a personal touch.

This can be a single page, where you tell the visitor about your own experience with the program. You'll want to focus on a few of the biggest benefits of the program - and/or the program's retail product(s), and elaborate on those. What did it do for you?

Don't bother listing a ton of technical details or fancy features, but stick to the benefits. Those are your most powerful selling points.

Here's an example. I have this page on my own website, and it's promoting the program that I personally started my online venture with:

http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com/NoteOnPIPS.htm

You can see how I've made it personal by explaining how the program helped ME. And how that adds credibility to my 'story'.

I hope I've given you some new ideas that you can use to improve your results with affiliate programs. Look out for future articles in this series. Or, if you want to receive them automatically, add yourself to my mailing list. Simply send a blank email to this address and I'll keep you updated:

onlinebizpromotion@getresponse.com

(It's double opt-in, you will be asked to confirm.)

About the author:
Jim Boere is a published author and fulltime online marketer. Visit http://www.onlinebizpromotion.com/RecommendsSFI.htm and join the affiliate program he recommends for building a residual income. You will be (automatically) contacted and offered his personal assistance within 48 hrs after joining. Free of charge.
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HOW TO WRITE "ORDER-PULLlNG" ADS

2005-09-17T19:37:00.000-07:00

HOW TO WRITE "ORDER-PULLlNG" ADS

The most important aspect of any business is selling the product
or service, Without sales, no business can exist for very long.
All sales begin with some form of advertising. To build sales,
this advertising must be seen or heard by potential buyers, and
cause them to react to the advertising in some way. The credit
for the success, or the blame for the failure of almost all ads,
reverts back to the ad itself.

Generally, the "ad writer" wants the prospect to do one of the
following:

a) Visit the store to see and judge the product for himself, or
immediately write a check and send for the merchandise being
advertised

b) Phone for an appointment to hear the full sales presentation,
or write for further information which amounts to the same thing.
The bottom line in any ad is quite simple: To make the reader buy
the product or service. Any ad that causes the reader to only
pause in his thinking, to just admire the product, or to simply
believe what's written about the product - is not doing its job
completely.

The "ad writer" must know exactly what he wants his reader to do,
and any ad that does not elicit the desired action is an absolute
waste of time and money.

In order to elicit the desired action from the prospect, all ads
are written according to a simple "master formula" which is:

l) Attract the "attention" of your prospect
2) "Interest" your prospect in the product
3) Cause your prospect to "desire" the product
4) Demand "action" from the prospect

Never forget the basic rule of advertising copyrighting: If the
ad is not read, It won't stimulate any sales; if it is not seen,
it cannot be read, and if it does not command or grab the
attention of the reader, it will not be seen.

Most successful advertising copywriters know these fundamentals
back wards and forwards. Whether you know them already or you're
just now being exposed to them, your knowledge and practice of
these fundamentals will determine the extent of your success as
an advertising copywriter.

CLASSIFIED ADS:

Classified ads are the ads from which all successful businesses
are started. These small, relatively inexpensive ads, give the
beginner an opportunity to advertise his product or service
without losing his shirt if the ad doesn't pull or the people
don't break his door down with demands for his product.

Classified ads are written according to all the advertising
rules. What is said in a classified ad is the same that's said in
a larger, more elaborate type of ad, excepting in condensed form.
To start learning how to write good classified ads, clip ten
classified ads from ten different mail order type publications -
ads that you think are pretty good. Paste each of these ads onto
a separate sheet of paper.

Analyze each of these ads: How has the writer attracted your
attention - what about the ads keeps your interest - are you
stimulated to want to know more about the product being
advertised - and finally, what action must you take? Are all of
these points covered in the ad? How strongly are you "turned on"
by each of these ads?

Rate these ads on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the best
according to the formula I've given you. Now, just for practice,
without clipping the ads, do the same thing with ten different
ads from a Sears, Wards or JC Penney's catalog. In fact, every ad
you see from now on, quickly analyze it, and rate it somewhere on
your scale. If you'll practice this exercise on a regular basis,
you'll soon be able to quickly recognize the "Power Points" of
any ad you see, and know within your own mind whether an ad is
good, bad or otherwise, and what makes it so.

Practice for an hour each day, write the ads you've rated 8, 9,
and 10 exactly as they've been written. This will give you the
"feel" of the fundamentals and style necessary in writing
classified ads.

Your next project will be to pick out what you consider to be the
ten "worst" ads you can find in the classifieds sections. Clip
these out and paste them onto a sheet of paper so you can work
with them.

Read these ads over a couple of times, and then beside each of
them, write a short comment stating why you think it's bad Lost
in the crowd, doesn't attract attention - doesn't hold the
reader's interest - nothing special to make the reader w ant to
own the product - no demand for action.

You probably already know what's coming next, and that's right,
break out those pencils, erasers and scratch paper - and start
rewriting these ads to include the missing elements.

Each day for the next month, practice writing the ten best ads
for an hour, just the way they were originally written. Pick out
ten of the worst ads, analyze those ads, and then practice
rewriting those until they measure up to doing the job they were
intended to do.

Once you're satisfied that the ads you've rewritten are perfect,
go back into each ad and cross out the words that can be
eliminated without detracting from the ad. Classified ads arE
almost always "finalized" in the style of a telegram.

EXAMPLE: I'll arrive at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the 15th.
Meet me at Sardi's. All my love, Jim.

EDITED FOR SENDING: Arrive 2 pm - 15th - Sardi's. Love, Jim.

CLASSIFIED AD: Save on your food bills! Reduced prices on every
shelf in the store! Stock up now while supplies are complete!
Come on in today, to Jerry's Family Supermarkets!

EDITED FOR PUBLICATION: Save on Food! Everything bargain priced!
Limited supplies! Hurry! Jerry's Markets!

It takes dedicated and regular practice, but you can do it.
Simply recognize and understand the basic formula - practice
reading and writing the good ones - and rewriting the bad ones to
make them better. Practice, and keep at it, over and over, every
day - until the formula, the idea, and the feel of this kind of
ad writing becomes second nature to you. This is the ONLY WAY to
gain expertise in writing good classified ads.

DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS:

A display or space ad differs from a classified ad because it has
a headline, layout, and because the style isn't telegraphic.
However, the fundamentals of writing the display or space ad are
exactly the same as for a classified ad. The basic difference is
that you have more room in which to emphasize the "master
formula." Most successful copywriters rate the headline and/or
the lead sentence of an ad as the most important part of the ad,
and in reality, you should do the same. After all, when your ad
is surrounded by hundreds of other ads, and information or
entertainment, what makes you think anyone is going to see your
particular ad?

The truth is, they're not going to see your ad unless you can
"grab" their attention and entice them to read all of what you
have to say. Your headline, or lead sentence when no headline is
used, has to make it more difficult for your prospect to ignore
or pass over, than to stop and read your ad. If you don't capture
the attention of your reader with your headline, anything beyond
is useless effort and wasted money.

Successful advertising headlines - in classified ads, your first
three to five words serve as your headline - are written as
promises, either implied or direct. The former promises to show
you how to save money, make money, or attain a desired goal. The
latter is a warning against something undesirable.

EXAMPLE OF A PROMISE: Are You Ready To Become A Millionaire - In
Just 18 Months?

EXAMPLE OF A WARNING: Do You Make These Mistakes In English?

In both of these examples, I've posed a question as the headline.
Headlines that ask a question seem to attract the reader's
attention almost as surely as a moth is drawn to a flame. Once
he's seen the question, he just can't seem to keep himself from
reading the rest of the ad to find out the answer. The best
headline questions are those that challenge the reader; that
involve his self-esteem, and do not allow him to dismiss your
question with a simple yes or no.

You'll be the envy of your friends is another kind of "reader
appeal" to incorporate into your headline whenever appropriate.
The appeal has to do with basic psychology: everyone wants to be
well thought of, and consequently, will read into the body of
your ad to find out how he can gain the respect and accolades of
his friends.

Wherever and whenever possible, use colloquialisms or words that
are not usually found in advertisements. The idea is to shock or
shake the reader out of his reverie and cause him to take notice
of your ad. Most of the headlines you see day in and day out,
have a certain sameness with just the words rearranged. The
reader may see these headlines with his eyes, but his brain fails
to focus on any of them because there's nothing different or out
of the ordinary to arrest his attention.

EXAMPLE OF COLLOQUIALISM: Are You Developing A POT BELLY?

Another attention-grabber kind of head-line is the comparative
price headline: Three For Only $3, Regularly $3 Each! Still
another of the "tried and proven" kind of headlines is the
specific question: Do You Suffer From These Symptoms. And of
course, if you offer a strong guarantee, you should say so in
your headline: Your Money Refunded, If You Don't Make $100,000
Your First Year.

How To headlines have a very strong basic appeal, but in some
instances, they're better used as book titles than advertising
headlines. Who Else wants in on the finer things - which your
product or service presumably offers - is another approach with a
very strong reader appeal. The psychology here being the need of
everyone to belong to a group - complete with status and prestige
motivations.

Whenever, and as often as you can possibly work it in, you should
use the word "you" in your headline, and throughout your copy.
After all, your ad should be directed to "one" person, and the
person reading your ad wants to feel that you're talking to him
personally, not everyone who lives on his street.

Personalize, and be specific! You can throw the teachings of your
English teachers out the window, and the rules of "third person,
singular" or whatever else tends to inhibit your writing.

Whenever you sit down to write advertising copy in tended to pull
the orders - sell the product - you should picture yourself in a
one-on-one situation and "talk" to your reader just as if you
sitting across from him at your dining room table. Say what you
mean, and sell HIM on the product your offering. Be specific and
ask him if these are the things that bother him - are these the
things he wants - and he's the one you want to buy the product...

The layout you devise for your ad, or the frame you build around
it, should also command attention. Either make it so spectacular
that it stands out like lobster at a chili dinner, or so
uncommonly simple that it catches the reader's eye because of its
very simplicity. It's also important that you don't get cute with
a lot of unrelated graphics and artwork. Your ad should convey
the feeling of excitement and movement, but should not tire the
eyes or disrupt the flow of the message you're trying to present.

Any graphics or artwork you use should be relevant to your
product, its use and/or the copy you've written about it.
Graphics should not be used as artistic touches, or to create an
atmosphere. Any illustrations with your ad should compliment the
selling of your product, and prove or substantiate specific
points in your copy.

Once you have your reader's attention, the only way you're going
to keep it, is by quickly and emphatically telling him what your
product will do for him.

Your potential buyer doesn't care in the least how long it's
taken you to produce the product, how long you've been in
business, nor how many years you've spent learning your craft. He
wants to know specifically how he's going to benefit from the
purchase of your product.

Generally, his wants will fall into one of the following
categories: Better health, more comfort, more money, more leisure
time, more popularity, greater beauty, success and/or security.
Even though you have your reader's attention, you must follow
through with an enumeration of the benefits he can gain. In
essence, you must reiterate the advantages, comfort and happiness
he'll enjoy - as you have implied in your headline.

Mentally picture your prospect - determine his wants and
emotional needs - put yourself in his shoes, and ask yourself If
I were reading this ad, what are the things that would appeal to
me? Write your copy to appeal to your reader's wants and
emotional needs/ego cravings.

Remember, it's not the "safety features" that have sold cars for
the past 50 years - nor has it been the need of transportation -
it has been, and almost certainly always will be the advertising
writer's recognition of people's wants and emotional needs/ego
cravings. Visualize your prospect, recognize his wants and
satisfy them. Writing good advertising copy is nothing more or
less than knowing "who" your buyers are; recognizing what he
wants; and then telling him how your product will fulfill each of
those wants, Remember this because it's one of the "vitally
important" keys to writing advertising copy that does the job you
intend for it to do.

The "desire" portion of your ad is where you present the facts of
your product; create and justify your prospect's conviction, and
cause him to demand "a piece of the action" for himself.
It's vitally necessary that you present "proven facts" about your
product because survey results show that at least 8% of the
people reading your ad - especially those reading it for the
first time - Will tend to question its authenticity.

So, the more facts you can present in the ad, the more credible
your offer. As you write this part of your ad, always remember
that the more facts about the product you present, the more
product you'll sell. People want facts as reasons, and/or excuses
for buying a product - to justify to themselves and others, that
they haven't been "taken" by a slick copywriter.

It's like the girl who wants to marry the guy her father calls a
"no good bum." Her heart - her emotions - tell her yes, but she
needs facts to nullify the seed of doubt lingering in her mind -
to rationalize her decision to go on with the wedding.

In other words, the "desire" portion of your ad has to build
belief and credibility in the mind of your prospect. It has to
assure him of his good judgement in the final decision to buy -
furnish evidence of the benefits you've promised - and afford him
a "safety net" in case anyone should question his decision to
buy.

People tend to believe the things that appeal to their individual
desires, fears and other emotions. Once you've established a
belief in this manner, logic and reasoning are used to support
it. People believe what they "want" to believe. Your reader
"wants" to believe your ad if he's read it through this far -
it's up to you to support his initial desire.

Study your product and everything about it - visualize the wants
of your prospective buyers - dig up the facts, and you'll almost
always find plenty of facts to support the buyer's reasons for
buying.

Here is where you use results of test conducted, growing sales
figures to prove increasing popularity, and "user" testimonials
or endorsements. It's also important that you present these fact
- test results, sales figures, and/or testimonials - from the
consumer point of view, and not that of the manufacturer.

Before you end this portion of your ad and get into your demand
for action, summarize everything you've presented thus far. Draw
a mental picture for your potential buyer. Let him imagine owning
the product. Induce him to visualize all of the benefits you've
promised. Give him the keys to seeing himself richer, enjoying
luxury, having time to do whatever he'd like to do, and with all
of his dreams fulfilled.

This can be handled in one or two sentences, or spelled out in a
paragraph or more, but it's the absolute ingredient you must
include prior to closing the sale. Study all the sales
presentations you've ever heard - look at every winning ad - this
the element included in all of them that actually makes the sale
for you. Remember it, use it, and don't try to sell anything
without it.

As Victor Schwab puts it 90 succinctly in his best-selling book,
How To Write A Good Advertisement: Every one of the fundamentals
in the "master formula" is necessary. Those people who are -easy'
to sell may perhaps be sold even if some of these factors are
left out, but it's wiser to plan your advertisement go that it
will have a powerful impact upon those who are "hardest" to sell,
For, unlike face-to-face selling, we cannot in printed
advertising come to a "trial close" in our sales talk - in order
to gee if those who are easier to sell will welcome the dotted
line without further persuasion. We must assume that we are talk-
ing to the hardest ones - and that the more thoroughly our copy
sells both the hard and the easy, the better chance we have
against the competition for the consumer dollars - and also the
less dependent we will be upon the usual completely ineffective
follow-through on our advertising effort which later takes place
at the sales counter itself.

ASK FOR ACTION DEMAND THE MONEY!

Lots of ads are beautiful, almost perfectly written, and quite
convincing - yet they fail to ask for or demand action from the
reader. If you want the reader to have your product, then tell
him so and demand that he send his money now. Unless you enjoy
entertaining your prospects with your beautiful writing skills,
always demand that he complete the sale now, by taking action now
- by calling a telephone number and ordering, or by writing his
check and rushing it to the post office.

Once you've got him on the hook, land him! Don't let him get
away. Probably, one of the most common and best methods of moving
the reader's to act now, is written in some form of the
following:

All of this can be yours! You can start enjoying this new way of
life immediately, simply by sending a check for $XX! Don't put it
off, then later wish you had gotten in on the ground floor Make
out that check now, and "be IN on the ground floor!" Act now, and
as an "early-bird" buyer, we'll include a big bonus package -
absolutely free, simply for acting immediately! You win all the
way! We take all the risks. If you're not satisfied, simply
return the product and we'll quickly refund your money! Do it
now! Get that check on its way to us today, and receive the big
bonus package! After next week, we won't be able to include the
bonus as a part of this fantastic deal, so act now! The sooner
you act, the more you win!

Offering a reward of some kind will almost always stimulate the
prospect to take action. However, in mentioning the reward or
bonus, be very careful that you don't end up receiving primarily,
requests for the bonus with mountains of requests for refunds on
the product to follow. The bonus should be mentioned only
casually if you're asking for product orders; and with lots of
fanfare only when you're seeking inquiries.

Too often the copywriter, in his enthusiasm to pull in a record
number of responses, confuses the reader by "forgetting about the
product," and devoting his entire space allotted for the "demand
for action" to sending for the bonus. Any reward offered should
be closely related to the product, and a bonus offered only for
immediate action on the part of the potential buyer.

Specify a time limit. Tell your prospect that he must act within
a certain time limit or lose out on the bonus, face probably
higher prices, or even the withdrawal of your offer. This is
always a good hook to get action.

Any kind of guarantee you offer always helps to produce action
from the prospect. And the more liberal you can make your
guarantee, the more product orders you'll receive. Be sure you
state the guarantee clearly and simply. Make it so easy to
understand that even a child would not misinterpret what you're
saying.

The action you want your prospect to take should be easy -
clearly stated - and devoid of any complicated procedural steps
on his part, or numerous directions for him to follow.
Picture your prospect, very comfortable in his favorite easy
chair, idly flipping thru a magazine while "half-watching" TV. He
notices your ad, reads thru it, and he's sold on your product.
Now what does he do?

Remember, he's very comfortable - you've "grabbed" his attention,
sparked his interest, painted a picture of him enjoying a new
kind of satisfaction, and he's ready to buy... Anything and
everything you ask or cause him to do is going to disrupt this
aura of comfort and contentment. Whatever he must do had better
be simple, quick and easy!

Tell him without any ifs, ands or buts, what to do - fill out the
coupon, include your check for the full amount, and send it in to
us today! Make it as easy for him as you possibly can -simple and
direct. And by all means, make sure your address is on the order
form he's supposed to complete and mail in to you - your name and
address on the order form, as well as just above it. People
sometimes fill out a coupon, tear it off, seal it in an envelope
and don't know where to send it. The easier you make it for him
to respond, the more responses you'll get!

There you have it, a complete course on how to write ads that
will pull more orders for you - sell more of your product for
you. It's important to learn "why" ads are written as they are -
to understand and use, the "master formula" in your own ad
writing endeavors.

By conscientiously studying good advertising copy, and practice
in writing ads of your own, now that you have the knowledge and
understand what makes advertising copy work, you should be able
to quickly develop your copyrighting abilities to produce order-
pulling ads for your own products. Even so, and once you do
become proficient in writing ads for your own products, you must
never stop "noticing" how ads are written, designed and put
together by other people. To stop learning would be comparable to
shutting yourself off from the rest of the world.

The best ad writers are people in touch with the world in which
they live. Every time they see a good ad, they clip it out and
save it. Regularly, they pull out these files of good ads and
study them, always analyzing what makes them good, and why they
work. There's no school in the country that can give you the same
kind of education and expertise so necessary in the field of ad
writing. You must keep yourself up-to-date, aware of, and in-the-
know about the other guy - his innovations, style changes, and
the methods he's using to sell his products. On-the-job-training
- study and practice - that's what it takes - and if you've got
that burning ambition to succeed, you can do it too!

QUESTIONS ANSWERS:

l) WHAT'S THE MOST PROFITABLE WAY TO USE CLASSIFIEDS...
Classifieds are best used to build your mailing list of qualified
prospects. Use classifieds to offer a free catalog, booklet or
report relative to your product line,

2) WHAT CAN YOU SELL "DIRECTLY" FROM CLASSIFIEDS... Generally,
anything and everything, so long as it doesn't cost more than
five dollars which is about the most people will pay in response
to an offer in the classifieds. These types of ads are great for
pulling inquiries such as: Write for further information, Send
$3, get two for the price of one. Dealers wanted, send for
product info and a real money-makers kit!

3) WHAT ARE THE BEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO ADVERTISE... All
twelve months of the year! Responses to your ads during some
months will be slower in accumulating, but by keying your ads
according to the month they appear, and a careful tabulation of
your returns from each keyed ad, you'll see that steady year
round advertising will continue to pull orders for you,
regardless of the month it's published. I've personally received
inquiries and orders from ads placed as long as 2 years previous
to the date of the response.

4) ARE MAIL ORDER PUBLICATIONS GOOD ADVERTISING BUYS... The least
effective are the ad sheets. Most of the ads in these
publications are "exchange ads," meaning that the publisher of ad
sheet "A" runs the ads of publisher "B" without charge, because
publisher "B" is running the ads of publisher "A" without charge.
The "claimed" circulation figures of these publications are
almost always based on "wishes, hopes and wants" while the "true"
circulation goes out to similar small, part-time mail order
dealers. Very poor medium for investing advertising dollars
because everybody receiving a copy is a "seller" and nobody is
buying. When an ad sheet is received by someone not involved in
mail order, it's usually given a cursory glance and then
discarded as "junk mail."

Tabloid newspapers are slightly better than the ad sheets, but
not by much! The important difference with the tabloids is in the
"helpful information" articles they try to carry for the mail
order beginner. A "fair media" for recruiting dealers or
independent sales reps for mail order products, and for renting
mailing lists, but still circulated amongst "sellers" with very
few buyers. Besides that, the life of a mail order tab sheet is
about the same as that of your daily newspaper.

With mail order magazines, it depends on the quality of the
publication and its business concepts. Some mail order magazines
are nothing more than expanded ad sheets, while others - such as
BOOK BUSINESS MART! Strive to help the opportunity seekers with
on-going advice and tips he can use in the development and growth
of his own wealth-building projects. Book Business Mart is not
just the fastest-growing publication on the mail order scene
today, it's also the first publication in more than 20 years to
offer real help anyone can use in achieving his own version of
"The American Dream" of building one's own business from a
"shoestring beginning" into a multi-million dollar empire!

5) HOW CAN I DECIDE WHERE TO ADVERTISE MY PRODUCT... First of
all, you have to determine who your prospective buyers are. Then
you do a little bit of market research. Talk to your friends,
neighbors and people at random who might fit this profile. Ask
them if they would be interested in a product such as yours, and
then ask them which publications they read. Next, go to your
public library for a listing of the publications of this type
from the Standard Rate & Data Service catalogs.

Make a list of the addresses, circulation figures, reader
demographics and advertising rates. To determine the true costs
of your advertising and decide which is the better buy, divide
the total audited circulation figure into the cost for a one inch
ad: $10 per inch with a publication showing 10,000 circulation
would be 10,000 into $10 or $.10 per thousand. Looking at the
advertising rates for Book Business Mart, you would take 42,500
into $15 for an advertising rate of less than THREE TENTHS OF ONE
CENT PER THOUSAND. Obviously, your best buy in this case would be
Book Business Mart because of the lower cost per thousand.
Write and ask for sample copies of the magazines you've
tentatively chosen to place your advertising in. Look over their
advertising - be sure that they don't or won't put your ad in the
"gutter" which is the inside column next to the binding. How many
other mail order type ads are they carrying - you want to go with
a publication that's busy, not one that has only a few ads. The
more ads in the publication, the better the response the
advertisers are getting, or else they wouldn't be investing their
money in that publication.

To "properly" test your ad, you should let it run through at
least three consecutive issues of any publication. If your
responses are small, try a different publication. Then, if your
responses are still small, look at your ad and think about
rewriting it for greater appeal, and pulling power. In a great
many instances, it's the ad and not the publication's pulling
power that's at fault!

Karl Smith
Income For Life. $ GDI $
http://website.ws/machgoo

Advertising - Does it Matter?

2005-09-17T12:50:00.000-07:00

When advertising, you need to sell your opportunity, your products and yourself. What sets you apart from everyone else? Maybe you produce a newsletter with a specific content where there is a demand from a particular group of people, or you promote your own special product that no one have not yet seen.
That´s a huge benefit! That´s what you need to sell in your ad campaign, and those are the things you need to do in order to become successful.

You don´t have to be worried that network marketing prosperity is difficult. It isn´t. In fact, it has never been so easy to make a decent second income or even a full time. But it takes time, persistence and uniqueness.

The people looking at your ads and reading your follow up letters are going to judge you and your whole business not only by what the materials have to say, but also by their appearance.

Be sure you send a powerful, positive and convincing message. Invest some time and money on your marketing materials, the payoff will be well worth it. Look at others ads on the Internet, see what´s attracting you, this will most likely attract others too.

Do you see what I have in mind? Your advertising campaign will be the propel to your business success. By now you think "How do I create one of those successful ads" After all, It´s the words that sell your opportunity. Write a good ad and It´s taking you to the top. Read others ads, get some good ideas from it, don´t copy it, that´s theft. Just get some inspiration from it.Let your friends take a look at your new written ad and say what they think about it, honestly.

Now where to put your ad? If you place your ad in a pets publication and the ad is promoting toys for children you might not get a single response. But placed in the right publication it will be a winner. It´s very important that you from the beginning know exactly where to put your ad. Just think about you having spent hours on that ad and then you put it in the wrong publication and get no response at all, that´s a big waste of time and effort.

My best advise is that you always work on your ads. Write them down, leave them for some time, go back to look at them again, let others look at them and after a while you will see the picture of your ad and you will se if it´s working or not. If not then you have to start from the beginning and write a new one and follow the same procedure again. But now it´s easier because you are deeply involved in the process.

The Internet are full of ads, start clicking around and read others ads, this is the best way to learn what is working or not. You probably can tell instantly when an ad is good or not at least after a while.

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The Lazy Man's Guide To Online Business

7 Secrets For Taking Your Business To A New Level

2005-09-17T12:49:00.000-07:00

Patricia Drain knew it was time to write a business owner’s quick
guide for building value in your business when she attended a
seminar with other business owners. A frequent question asked
among the group was, “Why did you decide to start your own business?”

Most said, “I needed to make a living.”

And Patricia remembered years ago that she would have responded exactly
the same. When she started her first executive recruiting
company she bought herself a JOB, actually a very stressful job ,
instead of creating a business with value that could someday be
saleable.

What changed her business? Seven things.

1. She gives all the credit to a business book she read that
stressed you should work ON your business not IN it .

2. She believes you should create a turnkey environment.

3. She started making the necessary changes immediately by
stepping back and looking at her business through the eyes of a
business broker.

4. She created systems that worked from the receptionist to the
marketing strategies.

5. She started creating marketing materials that made her company
stand out from the rest.

6. Her executive recruiting firm added the contract side to the
business to add more value and she created a business plan for
the company on what it would look like when it was done.

7. Now it was ready to sell because SHE no longer was the
business. It took on a life of its own and it had
value….finally.

Ironically, a buyer approached Drain after doing a due diligence
on her company. He said he was impressed with the “systems” that
were in place and the reputation the company had. He said her
company seemed “unique” and came through with an offer she
couldn’t believe.

“Sometimes we don’t realize our own value, and the value our
business might have” Patricia said.

She now helps other business owners build value in their
companies and has written a book that compliments those
consultations entitled, “7 Secrets For Building A Business That
Has Value,” a quick guide for entrepreneurs, business owners and
business leaders who want to take their business to the next
level.

She has consulted with business’s as small and varied as a
two-man basket company to The Del Webb Corporation to Universal
Studios .

“ I do prefer small to mid size companies however because there
is less politics and bureaucracy within. I also realized that
not everyone could afford one on one consultation, so I
developed Seminars that any business owner could afford. Each
seminar is focused on business owners, leaders, and
entrepreneurs, that want to add value. Different speakers, such
as a business brokers, tax accountants, business attorneys are
presenting material that will help owners think out of their
box,” explained Drain.

Her other books “Hire Me, Secrets of Job Interviewing” an
international best seller in seven languages, and “I love
Myself” a children’s book and tape on self esteem can be found on
her web site.

She is in the process of building three more companies,
Corporate Search Group another executive recruiting firm which
she owns with her daughter Pamela Mulroy CPC , Changing Times
Seminars A professional seminar and keynote speaking business
and Gilbert Thomas Press her publishing company that publishes
books tapes and a large product line. All of these companies are
dba’s under Patricia Drain and Associates Incorporated.

Patricia can be reached for an interview or keynotes for
Building business’s with value, Adapting to change, and Self
Esteem at www.patriciadrain.com or by emailing
patricia@patriciadrain.com or calling: (602) 653-6635.

Patricia Noel Drain is the co-founder of MAXIMIZING SUCCESS, INC.
The next Life changing Wealth Building Bootcamp will be held in
Phoenix AZ Oct 28-30 2005. For more information go to
www.maximizingsuccess.com and tell them Patricia sent you.
Ms. Drain is an international author and speaker living
in Arizona. Visit her at http://www.buildagreatbusiness.com and
check out her new book, “"HIRE ME! Secrets of Job Interviewing"
at http://www.patriciadrain.com

The Lazy Man's Guide To Online Business

Can YOU Really Make Money From Blogging

2005-09-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

Copyright 2005 by Willie Crawford

One of the questions I see frequently asked on
online discussion forums is, "Can You Really Make Money
From Blogging?" People want to know if there's some
way to profit from the time they spend maintaining
their weblogs or personal online journals.

My answer is an emphatic "YES," because I do it...
everyday!

Today I'll share with you how I do it.

Let me begin by saying that I don't make thousands per
month from MOST of my blogs. However, I do have many
making hundreds. Since I don't put in a lot of time
maintaining them, and I enjoy blogging, I consider the
money a bonus. I blog while sitting in my yard with my
laptop (on a wireless connection)... watching the clouds
roll by.

Another bonus I get from blogging is that it helps
my regular websites that are set up as my "money machines."

The search engines visit my blogs more often than they
visit my regular sites, and they follow the links from
my blogs pointing to other sites. Some of these links
point to my sites, and some point to sites of partners.
This does help the search engine rankings of these sites
MASSIVELY.

How Do I Monetize My Blogs?

I monetize my blogs by creating blogs on topics people
are searching for... and that they are spending money on.
I know which niches are hot to an extent based upon what
my research proves pay-per-click advertisers are willing
to spend their advertising dollars on.

I run Google AdSense ads on my blogs. I simply insert
these ads in my menu bar and other strategic places on
the webpage. I also experiment with other paid advertising
on my blogs.

I sell affiliate products from my blogs. I simply find
affiliate products at places like PayDotCom.com and
Commission Junction. I incorporate these into my blogs.
I do things like product reviews, how-to articles, etc.
You can also locate suitable affiliate products by typing
your target keywords + "affiliate program" at any major
search engine. This should point out numerous websites
with suitable affiliate programs to you.

How Do I Setup/Host My Blogs?

I have blog hosted on some of my own domains using Moveable
Type. This is just one of many great pieces of blogging
software. You have other choices... my programmer
recommended this one to me.

I also have blogs hosted for free on Blogger.com. I have
them on Blogger.com because they are incredibly easy to
set up and maintain. A secondary reason I have them on
Blogger.com is that Google OWNS Blogger.com and they
index webpages hosted on their servers OFTEN and FAST!

The secret to getting Google and Yahoo! to visit your
blogs often is a technique called "blogging and pinging."
It's a method of notifying all of the major search engines,
and blog directories, each time that you update your blog.
The search engines come to take a look and they follow
links from your blog to spider other blogs/sites. It's
very powerful.

I won't go into too much details on blogging and pinging
here. If you want more information on that topic I invite
you to drop by my free, Internet marketing discussion
board and ask any and all questions! It's at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Examples Of Profitable Blogs?

I know, you want to see examples of profitable blogs :-)

To show you how simple it can be I'll show you just ONE.
It’s less than 2 months old :-)

The problem is that as soon as I show a site to anyone as
an example, it's instantly ripped off. So, I'm going to
"sacrifice" one making me about $60 per day from
affiliate product sales and about $20 per day in AdSense
revenue. That site is at:
http://cure-nail-fungus.blogspot.com

The above site currently ranks Number 6 on Yahoo for the
term "cure nail fungus." It's a small niche but one
that makes me $2400 per month... just from that one blog.

If you searched on the same term at Google, this site
is not very highly ranked. However, THIS page is Num ber4:
http://www.chitterlings.com/no-more-nail-fungus.html

That happens to be one of my pages too :-) I won't tell
you what ALL I'm up to on that page... that's another
article. The technique involves using your own domains
to promote affiliate products rather than advertising
someone else's domain... so it improves your link popularity.

I'm not going to show more of my blogs because that just
invites competition. Instead, I'm going to answer another
question you have to be wondering...

"How do I find time to maintain all of these blogs, even if
they are profitable?"

Well, first of all, I don't really need a lot like the
"sacrificial lamb" that I showed you above to keep me
satisfied.

I do have a number of secret weapons though. One is called
AutoBlogger. You can check it out at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/auto-blogger.html

What AutoBlogger does is allow me to queue up a number of
posts for my various blogs in advance. It lets you queue
up "articles" which can really be anything you want. Then
you tell the software at what frequency to make a post.

My AutoBlogger account allows me to automatically post to
an UNLIMITED number of blogs.

WARNING: A program like AutoBlogger can get you in
trouble if you misuse it! If you use it to spam or abuse
the search engines, it's just going to get you banned.
If you use it to abuse the blog hosts, they're just going
to delete your blogs.

Here's how I use AutoBlogger:

I have sites where I discuss Internet marketing... as just
one example. On these sites I share many of my articles
and tidbits. I simply queue up these articles/tidbits to post
at a given frequency. This frequency can be a set number of
hours, days, weeks, or months. So theoretically, I can
set up a blog, pre-schedule 50 posts, and not touch it in
months, while it is automatically posted to for the next 50
intervals.

AutoBlogger even lets you set it to start rotating
through the posts again when they run out, if you want
to. I personally wouldn't do this since you'd just be
posting duplicate content.

AutoBlogger allows you to insert RSS feeds right into
your blog posts. So in addition to posting articles
you can also auto-update by adding new RSS feeds at
a set interval. Since I HATE sending my traffic to other
sites (without reciprocation), these RSS feeds generally
pull from MY sites. That way, my traffic is only sent
to my other sites.

If you don't even feel like queuing up a lot of posts,
you can go to a site like Elance.com and hire someone else
to do it for you... or just hired your kids to do it for you.
It can be as easy as you want to make it.

OK, I've just proven to you that you can make money
off of blogs. In-fact, you can make more money than
many people make off of their REGULAR websites. It
just takes a little thinking outside the box!

It also takes not being too greedy. What I just showed
you works for me because I'm not doing anything that's
likely to get me banned from the search engines,
Google AdSense, Blogger.com, or any affiliate program.
It's only when you get carried away, and do things that
harm the search engines that you "shoot yourself in
the foot."

Set up blogs providing useful content. Make regular
posts to these blogs but not in a manner that seems
unnatural. By that, I mean don't auto-post twenty
times in an hour, or post every hour for a month! No
human can possible post to a blog at these rates for
long, so the search engines detect something is "wrong."
They don't generally prohibit you from using tools to
make your job easier... just don't get carried away!

There are actually, thousands of people earning a
living doing things similar to what I just shared... but
with little twists. I'm meeting up with many of them
in New Orleans in September. You're invited to join
us. We'll basically be sharing how we make a fortune
off of niche websites and programs such as Google
AdSense. You can register today at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/meet-in-new-orleans.html

Willie Crawford has taught PROVEN Internet marketing
techniques to thousands of successful Internet
entrepreneurs since late-1996. Grab a free copy of
his comprehensive, 20-Lesson Internet Marketing Success
Course now at:http://WillieCrawford.com" target="_blank"> http://WillieCrawford.com

The Lazy Man's Guide To Online Business

Do You Want To Sell More? Then Stop Trying To Be Everything To Everybody!

2005-09-17T12:42:00.000-07:00

I know you’ve heard this a thousand times, but from the looks of things few businesses are following the advice…

Far too many businesses (online or offline) define their target market as “anyone with a pulse and a wallet.” (Not always in that order.)

You read their sales copy and it’s the same old, walking on eggshells “corporate speak”, devoid of personality, writing to a group style, as everyone else in their industry.

Sure. They’re not going to eliminate any “potential buyers”… But there’re not going to stand out from the crowd and get their message noticed either!

You need to define your target customer as specifically as possible. You should describe your customer in exacting detail. Not as a group, but as an individual. Get a laser focused, clear and precise image in your mind of one specific person. Know that persons sex, age, marital status, wants, needs, educational background, psychographics, demographics, geographics, technographics (level of technological sophistication), understand their psychological motivations, hopes, fears… Everything!

And then (and only then) write your copy directly to that person. Craft your message to your target customer in a one-on-one, person to person style, keeping this focused image of who you are talking to clear in your mind.

So… You’ve clearly defined your target customer. Great. Now you’re ahead of 95% of the business in your market.

Do you want to know how to jump ahead of the other 5%?

(This next tip is something that very few top marketers talk about… But it just may be one of the most important activities you ever do for your business.)

Clearly define who your customer IS NOT! Spell it out… Write it down… Let the world know, exactly who you REFUSE to do business with.

Eliminate the freebie seekers, bargain hunters, complainers, whiners, price shoppers, deadbeats and time leaches (Michel Fortin calls them “Vampires”… I love that…)

The first step in face to face selling is to qualify the prospect. So I’ve never understood why so many businesses are afraid to do the same thing when selling in print or on the computer screen. Cowards!

Guess what? An amazing thing happens when you “take something away”. By stating (unapologetically) in your copy that “This offer IS NOT for everybody…”, “…only a select, elite few will qualify…”, “…unless you meet the following qualifications, you can’t beg us to let you buy this…”, something magical takes place in the sales process.

The dynamic changes, from YOU trying to convince the PROSPECT that they need your product… to the PROSPECT trying to convince YOU that they are qualified to buy what you are offering.

So, stop worrying about eliminating part of your potential market by only focusing on your “ideal customer”, the ones you eliminate wouldn’t have bought from you anyway. And by adding a bit of “posture” to your copy, your conversion rates with your REAL market will skyrocket.

Just remember this…

If you try to be “everything to everybody”, you'll end up being “nothing to nobody”.

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2005-09-16T12:49:00.000-07:00

What You Need To Know About AdSense Stats

2005-09-16T12:38:00.000-07:00

By Joel Comm

When it comes to building great revenues on AdSense, nothing is more important than following your stats. The effect of any change you make to your site, to the positioning of your ads or to their layout or color is going to have a direct impact on the behavior of your users. That's going to be clear in your stats. You'll see it in your click-through rate and you'll see it most importantly in your revenues.

You need to check your stats regularly. A week after you've made a change to the way your site looks, you should check back in to see what that change did... and whether it brought you more money or less.

But your stats won't tell you everything. They might tell you whether or not you've made more money this week than last week but they won't tell you what you need to do to make even more money next week. If you really want to find out what your users are up to - and get more of them doing the things you want - you will need to use some additional tools.

Tracking Programs
The Internet is packed with tracking tools for AdSense. Some of those tools are just plain useless; others you really don't want to do without. In my book, Google AdSense Secrets, I give an introduction to each of the main programs and point out which ones you absolutely must have if you want to maximize your revenues. For now though, just bear in mind that the tracking program you use should let you see where your visitors are coming from, where your clicks are coming from and which keywords your biggest clickers are searching for when they find your site on a search engine.

Once you've got all that information, it's a breeze to use the various AdSense strategies to optimize your site and get more visitors clicking on the highest paying ads.

Graph Builders
In addition to tracking programs that tell you information that you can't find out any other way, you should also use graph builders that make your information a snap to compare and analyze. They convert your figures into graphs so that you can see with one look how your CTR is changing and how your revenues are improving. Some of the best tracking programs include this option but even if you've bought the wrong one, it's still worth downloading a graph builder - especially if you don't really have a head for figures.

Learn more about making money with Google AdSense Secrets
Click Here Now!

Copyright © 2005 Joel Comm. All rights reserved

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2005-09-16T12:25:00.000-07:00

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2005-09-16T12:23:00.000-07:00

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2005-09-16T12:22:00.000-07:00

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2005-09-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

How to Create Your Own Profitable Book---In One Hour!

2005-09-15T13:55:00.000-07:00

by Joe Vitale and Jim Edwards

Many years ago I stunning blonde woman stopped me dead in my
tracks at a trade show in Chicago for publishers. She thought
I was a book reviewer, and she was dead set on getting all
living book reviewers to see her client's new book.

I was next in line. I'm glad I didn't run. ;-)

As it turned out, her client had put together a collection of
inspiring quotes. I don't recall his name or the book's title,
but I do vividly remember that woman and what she told me.

"We've sold 100,000 copies of the book so far," she announced
to me.

Now stop and think about this. What you are about to realize
can help you became a profitable author in as little as one
hour---or even less.

That woman's client was selling a book HE DIDN'T WRITE.

His book was a collection of quotes by other people. He may or
may not have tossed a quote by himself in their, too. The
point is, he put together an entire book by not writing a
single word himself. And yet he not only is considered "the
author" of the book, but his perky salesperson is out there
selling it like it's the next Harry Potter!

I just looked on Amazon and there are 539 "quote" books
listed. Pretty impressive for books that aren't so much
written as they are collected.

The point here is that you can create your own profitable book
in far less time than you think. You can write your own book
in less than seven days. You write a short book in an
afternoon. And you collect quotes on any theme you might
imagine and have it done tonight.

What are you waiting for?

***************************
Joe Vitale and Jim Edwards are the
authors of

"How to write and publish your own OUTRAGEOUSLY
Profitable eBook in as little as 7 days... even
if you can't write, can't type, and failed high
school English class!"

Click Here

©2001 Joe Vitale. All rights reserved.

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2005-09-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Increase Sales By Flying Under
Your Prospects' "Radar Defenses"

- by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
=====================================

How do you persuade someone to do what you want them to do?

A whole world of marketing exists around us trying to do
that every minute of the day. Do you even notice it anymore
or, like your prospects, have you subconsciously set up a
system of "radar defenses" against the daily bombardment of
marketing messages?

Take a minute and count up the advertising methods which
fight for your attention (and money) every day. Just the
basic list includes:

· Yellow page ads

· Newspaper and magazine ads

· Postcards, catalogs, and direct mail circulars in your
"snail mail" box

· Radio pitches interrupting the flow of your favorite songs

· TV ads - about 20 minutes worth per hour now

· Hundreds of storefronts, "mega" malls, and strip malls

· Highway billboards by the thousands

· Circulars hung on your doorknob

· Illegal signs on stop signs and telephone poles

· Legitimate email messages

· Spam email or UCE (unsolicited commercial email)

Just these 11 sources can overwhelm your brain with
marketing messages. Like trapped rats, people develop
defenses against this never-ending onslaught. They throw up
a wall or a "radar defense" that goes into action the minute
they smell a "pitch" or a sales job. Don't blame them. We
all do it!

So how can you get around this psychological wall against
the constant sales and marketing messages? Well, the answer
does NOT lie in hitting people with more frequent and
obnoxious advertising or sly, sneaky tactics. You might get
them to trust you for a minute, but it will backfire in the
long run.

You must do two things instead:

1. First, you must establish credibility for yourself and
your business as an expert.

2. Second, you must reduce their fears about doing business
with you.

Doing these two things will get you past their defenses and
allow you the opportunity to persuade them to buy your
product.

So how do you accomplish these two "simple" things? What
will win someone's attention, raise your credibility, and
lower their fear factor all at the same time? The one-word
answer really applies to most everyone.

Trust!

If a seller can get behind your defenses with information
which makes you trust them, then that credibility will carry
over into a sale much of the time.

How can you get this credibility?

Well, take this next fact as online marketing "gospel," for
many people have proven its effectiveness.

Fact: Publishing and promoting with free articles gives you
one of the most powerful opportunities available to tip the
buyer's credibility scale in your favor.

How can we prove this works? Quite easily actually. Take a
break from reading this and go check out a newspaper or
magazine for a minute.

Which do you trust more, the ads or the articles? Most
people will choose the articles hands down. Why? Because
the articles don't try to "sell" you anything. Instead, they
hand out useful information for educational or other
practical purposes.

Most of us grew up in a culture which says we can believe
and "trust" what appears in the standard "news" or
"information" format. In other words, if it appears in
print, then we can believe and trust the author.

So go ahead! Use this lifetime of conditioning to your
advantage in selling your products and services!

Very few things will create an atmosphere of trust and
confidence in people as reading one of your articles on a
subject that greatly interests them. It shows you know your
business. It also demonstrates you will do more than just
try to sell them something.

Publishing articles literally lets you fly under their
advertising "radar defenses."

So remember these points when deciding whether or not to use
articles to promote your business:

1. Few things create as much trust and confidence in the
minds of potential customers as reading an article you wrote
on a subject which specifically and intensely interests
them.

2. Articles establish credibility quickly because, right or
wrong, we've all been trained to trust the "news."

3. An article, or series of articles, will differentiate you
from the competition, who bombard people with nothing but
sales messages.

4. Providing content-rich, non-sales-oriented articles will
also help build and solidify your relationship with existing
customers so they give you repeat business.

----

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-
author of an amazing new ebook, "Turn Words Into Traffic,"
that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly
drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or
affiliate link!
Click Here ==>
Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for using
FREE articles to drive Thousands of NEW visitors to your
website or affiliate links... without spending a dime on
advertising! Click Here>

Take advantage of this now!

15 Reasons to Become an Affiliate Marketer

2005-09-15T13:51:00.000-07:00

- by Rosalind Gardner

© 2004 Rosalind Gardner - All Rights reserved
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

There are HUGE benefits to promoting affiliate programs
with your own home-based Internet business, and I've come
up with a list of 15 great reasons to become an affiliate
marketer.

Let's look at each reason separately:

1. No Production Costs - The cost to develop and produce a
new product is prohibitive for almost anyone who wants to
start a home-based business. With affiliate programs,
production costs aren't an issue. The product has been
developed and proven - all on the merchant's nickel.

2. Low Cost Set-up - Compared with building a brick and
mortar store, starting a home-based Internet business is
relatively cheap. You probably already have a desk,
Internet-connected computer and word-processing software,
which is all the equipment you may need.

3. No Fees for Joining or Licenses to Buy - I often
compare doing business as an affiliate, with distributing a
line of products in the real world. The biggest difference
is that the distributor must often pay for a license to
distribute products within a limited geographic region.
Affiliate programs, on the other hand, are usually free to
join, and geographic market reach is limited only by the
affiliate's ability to promote his web site.

4. Choose From Thousands of Products and Services - What
isn't sold online? That list must be shorter than the one
describing all that IS sold online. There are thousands and
thousands of affiliate programs selling every product under
the sun. That makes it easy to find products related to
your current or planned web site.

5. No Sales Experience Needed - When I started my affiliate
business, I had absolutely no sales experience. That wasn't
a problem, however. The companies I affiliated with
provided excellent marketing material. Using their sales
copy, I was able to get my first affiliate site up in less
than a day.

6. No Employees - The largest expense of most businesses is
employee salaries. Although there might be times when you
need or want someone to work for you as an affiliate, it's
doubtful you'll ever have to worry about hiring full or
part-time employees. When you have a project you want to
hire out, it is easy to find specialists in every computer-
related field who can work for you from the comfort of
THEIR own homes. You pay only for the project, and never
have to worry about ongoing employee-related benefits and
deductions.

7. No Expensive Merchant Accounts Needed - Setting up a
merchant account for any business is a time-consuming and
costly business. It's even more tedious for Internet
businesses. However, merchant accounts aren't a concern
when you're an affiliate. The merchant bears that cost and
handles all processing of payments. You never have to lose
sleep over potential chargebacks, fraud or losing your
merchant account when you're an affiliate.

8. No Inventory to Carry - Even if you live in a small one-
bedroom apartment, as an affiliate you can sell large items
without storage concerns.

9. No Order-Processing - Forget the problems associated
with collecting and storing names, addresses, credit card
numbers, etc. The merchant does all that!

10. No Product Shipping - The cost and hassle to prepare
and ship products to customers worldwide could be
staggering. Affiliates never have to worry about packaging
supplies or postal rates.

11. No Customer Service Concerns - Do you hate the prospect
of dealing with nasty people or customer complaints? Don't
worry about it! The merchant handles the snivelers.

12. Make Money While You Sleep - What other business allows
you as a sole proprietor to keep your doors open and keep
making money even when you take breaks or after you go home
for the night?

13. The World at Your Doorstep - The Internet is the
world's largest marketplace. You can drive more visitors to
your online store in a day, than many small-town merchants
sees in his or her brick and mortar business in a year.

14. Minimal Risk - The product you chose isn't making
money? Dump it. Take down your links and promote another!
It's that easy. There are no long-term contracts binding
you to products that don't sell.

15. High Income Potential - If you have a job, your salary
or hourly wage is probably pre-determined. Maybe there's
not much, other than working overtime, that you can do to
increase your income. With your own affiliate business on
the Internet your income potential is limited only by your
desire, effort and imagination.

There you have them - all the good reasons to start your
own online affiliate marketing business. Start today and
benefit from this incredibly simple, cost-effective
business opportunity known as affiliate marketing. The time
is right, and the time is now.

--
Article excerpted from Rosalind Gardner's "Super Affiliate
Handbook: How I Made $436,797 Last Year Selling Other
People's Products Online". Rosalind is the 'Net's most
recognized expert on successful online selling as an
affiliate marketer.

Visit her site at:
Click Here

Top Secret Information

Increase Sales By Flying Under Your Prospects' "Radar Defenses"

2005-09-14T15:51:00.000-07:00

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
=====================================

How do you persuade someone to do what you want them to do?

A whole world of marketing exists around us trying to do
that every minute of the day. Do you even notice it anymore
or, like your prospects, have you subconsciously set up a
system of "radar defenses" against the daily bombardment of
marketing messages?

Take a minute and count up the advertising methods which
fight for your attention (and money) every day. Just the
basic list includes:

· Yellow page ads

· Newspaper and magazine ads

· Postcards, catalogs, and direct mail circulars in your
"snail mail" box

· Radio pitches interrupting the flow of your favorite songs

· TV ads - about 20 minutes worth per hour now

· Hundreds of storefronts, "mega" malls, and strip malls

· Highway billboards by the thousands

· Circulars hung on your doorknob

· Illegal signs on stop signs and telephone poles

· Legitimate email messages

· Spam email or UCE (unsolicited commercial email)

Just these 11 sources can overwhelm your brain with
marketing messages. Like trapped rats, people develop
defenses against this never-ending onslaught. They throw up
a wall or a "radar defense" that goes into action the minute
they smell a "pitch" or a sales job. Don't blame them. We
all do it!

So how can you get around this psychological wall against
the constant sales and marketing messages? Well, the answer
does NOT lie in hitting people with more frequent and
obnoxious advertising or sly, sneaky tactics. You might get
them to trust you for a minute, but it will backfire in the
long run.

You must do two things instead:

1. First, you must establish credibility for yourself and
your business as an expert.

2. Second, you must reduce their fears about doing business
with you.

Doing these two things will get you past their defenses and
allow you the opportunity to persuade them to buy your
product.

So how do you accomplish these two "simple" things? What
will win someone's attention, raise your credibility, and
lower their fear factor all at the same time? The one-word
answer really applies to most everyone.

Trust!

If a seller can get behind your defenses with information
which makes you trust them, then that credibility will carry
over into a sale much of the time.

How can you get this credibility?

Well, take this next fact as online marketing "gospel," for
many people have proven its effectiveness.

Fact: Publishing and promoting with free articles gives you
one of the most powerful opportunities available to tip the
buyer's credibility scale in your favor.

How can we prove this works? Quite easily actually. Take a
break from reading this and go check out a newspaper or
magazine for a minute.

Which do you trust more, the ads or the articles? Most
people will choose the articles hands down. Why? Because
the articles don't try to "sell" you anything. Instead, they
hand out useful information for educational or other
practical purposes.

Most of us grew up in a culture which says we can believe
and "trust" what appears in the standard "news" or
"information" format. In other words, if it appears in
print, then we can believe and trust the author.

So go ahead! Use this lifetime of conditioning to your
advantage in selling your products and services!

Very few things will create an atmosphere of trust and
confidence in people as reading one of your articles on a
subject that greatly interests them. It shows you know your
business. It also demonstrates you will do more than just
try to sell them something.

Publishing articles literally lets you fly under their
advertising "radar defenses."

So remember these points when deciding whether or not to use
articles to promote your business:

1. Few things create as much trust and confidence in the
minds of potential customers as reading an article you wrote
on a subject which specifically and intensely interests
them.

2. Articles establish credibility quickly because, right or
wrong, we've all been trained to trust the "news."

3. An article, or series of articles, will differentiate you
from the competition, who bombard people with nothing but
sales messages.

4. Providing content-rich, non-sales-oriented articles will
also help build and solidify your relationship with existing
customers so they give you repeat business.

----

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-
author of an amazing new ebook, "Turn Words Into Traffic,"
that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly
drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website or
affiliate link!
Click Here ==> http://hop.clickbank.net/?siebooks/ezarticles

-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?
"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for using
FREE articles to drive Thousands of NEW visitors to your
website or affiliate links... without spending a dime on
advertising! Click Here> http://hop.clickbank.net/?siebooks/ezarticles

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The Top Seven Mistakes eBook Authors Make

2005-09-14T15:31:00.000-07:00

By Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel

© 2002 Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel

eBooks are the hottest thing going on the Web right now!

Authors with the entrepreneurial instinct are making
anywhere from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars
per month - that's right, per month - by selling ebooks
online.

Why are some authors doing so much better than others?
We've discovered seven key mistakes that most ebook authors
make (and in doing so, hold themselves back from major
success):

1. They don't write to a specific, target audience.

The biggest mistake most ebook authors make is they don't
clearly define, identify and visualize who they are selling
their ebook to. On the Web, to be successful, you must
write to a specific group of people who have specific
interests. Make sure that you know exactly who is going to
buy your ebook, and where you can find them online.

2. They don't automate as many of their business activities
as possible.

Selling ebooks, though it is highly profitable, is not a
business where you make hundreds of dollars per sale.

Automate everything you can - credit card processing, ebook
delivery, as much technical support as possible. If you
can't automate a function, delegate it to someone else.

3. They don't have a compelling title for their ebook.

Use words that convey the benefit of what's in the ebook, as
well as words your audience is familiar with.

A bad title for an ebook: "Online Marketing for Newbies." A
good title for the same ebook: "97 Ways to Promote Your
Website - No Experience Required."

4. They try to cover too much ground.

Many ebook authors convey a lot of information but don't
cover anything in-depth. As a result, they never fully
explain anything in enough detail to provide any useful
value to their readers. This is a very bad mistake to make,
especially when it comes to how-to ebooks, which happen to
be the best type to write.

5. They are not proactive in their marketing.

It would be nice if marketing for your ebook simply happened
on its own - but it doesn't. You have to do it yourself.
After you've promoted your ebook to the people on your own
mailing list (if you have one), then you have to contact
other Website owners and persuade them to be your
affiliates. You should do this continually.

6. They don't differentiate their ebook from its
competitors.

When you choose your topic, even if there are a hundred
other ebooks out there on same general subject, choose an
angle for yours that will make it easy for yours to be
distinguished from the others.

For example, right now job-hunting ebooks are very popular.
There are dozens that are big sellers. "Secrets of Breaking
Into Pharmaceutical Sales" has a very specific title that
sets it apart from the competition, and is aimed at a
clearly identified target audience. Incidentally, it's
selling very well itself.

7. They write ebooks that nobody will pay for.

Many ebook authors write about information that either
people can get for free, or that people are not actually
interested in enough to pay for the information.

Before you invest weeks or months into the writing of your
ebook, invest a little time investigating whether other
ebooks in the same subject area are selling on the Web.

So, there you have it - the seven big mistakes to avoid.
Remember, the opportunities are plentiful - and huge - right
now for anyone who wants to become a best-selling ebook
author. Simply use common sense, follow our advice, and let
your literary career flourish!

Jim Edwards and David Garfinkel are co-authors of "eBook
Secrets Exposed: How to Make Massive Amounts of Money in
Record Time With Your Own eBook (whether you wrote it or
not!)," the authoritative guide to publishing and marketing
ebooks on the Web.

Guerrilla Marketing author Jay Conrad Levinson says, "If
there ever was a 'must-read' for this century, it's this
book." For more information
Ebook Secrets

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