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Online Marketing 4 Dummies
Weeding through the HOGwash, and delivering to you free advice articles and e-zines. My Blog covers every aspect and angles of Home Base and Small Businesses.
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Social Networking
2008-05-22 23:39:02
What is the new buzz these days? Good question.. It is Social networking. It is places to go and make new friends. It is basically online neighborhoods where you find people with similar interest, hobbies, sports, occupations, abilities, and or skills etc etc.. You make a profile, and you describe yourself as best as you can. This attracts people with similar profiles, or you can search for people with similar interest. You can write a blog of what you have done, accomplished, failed at, and or bought and sold etc etc, or just ramble. You meet new people and send emails back and forth. You join social clubs and introduce yourself. Most of the clubs have questions from other members with concerns or problems. You can a...
 
Multiple Streams of Income
2008-05-22 18:25:56
In my online adventures I have made money. The problem with some of the businesses is one stream of income. They have one product or one service. The best income makers are the ones that offer more then one product or more then one income stream. Multiple Income StreamsThe pros of more then one income stream is pay checks coming from different directions, different sources. As in Spiderweb Marketing They offer 12 income streams. They offer 22 and growing videos that teach you step by step. They practically take your hand and walk you through the process. So whats the down side, forgetting every thing you thought you knew about making money online. Not every multiple income stream service offers so many videos, so much training, or takes you by the hand lik...
 
For SEO Beginners: Twelve Definitions You Need To Know
2007-07-22 09:42:05
SEO is a trade that exists solely on the internet, and even then it is comprised almost entirely of the hot air of so-called "expert opinion." Plenty of it blowing around these days as search maintains position as one of the most important marketplaces in the modern business world. Many DIY webmasters will end up searching for blog entries, articles, informational web sites, etc to help get them up to speed. The problem is that in most cases certain key terms are flung around like household names while the people doing the flinging are way out of touch with the average web browser. What some of us don't realize is that not everyone knows even the basics of SEO.This líst of twelve SEO-related definitions in alphabetical order (with notes) serves as a ...
 
8 Tips To Create A Landing Page
2007-05-22 20:31:04
By Ayat Shukairy (c) 2007IntroductionYou need copy for your landing page but you're not sure where to start. First let's clarify what we mean by a landing page. A landing page can be a page that visitors come to after clicking on a promotional banner or link. Ultimately, the landing page must convince the visitor that they should stay on your site. You may also have a goal that you want accomplished, such as: * Signing up for a newsletter or filling out a förm * Buying a product * Reading informational pieces What's going to keep them there? The structure, the language, and the visual appeal all play a part of it. Chëck out these tips to create a great landing page, or reinvent the one you already have.The StructurePeople arrive at your site looki...
 
Have something to sell? get it seen by millions
2007-03-27 14:43:20
Do you have a blog or website? Auction Listing? Picture? Dating profile? Or just anything you want to get seen in a big way on the Internet? Want to make easy money doing it? What if I showed you a way to get traffic and make money at the same time? What if I told you it's FREE?Whether you're looking for a way to make money without spending money, or you're looking to advertise your webpage, - you've got to check out Clix Sense. ClixSense.com has revolutionized advertising by allowing advertisers to pay only when their ad is seen. Best of all, the payments go directly to those viewing the ads.If you advertise on T.V., radio, search engines, or banner advertising, who knows how many people you're reaching. Sure, the television or radio studio you're advertising with can give a rough estimat...
 
Rethinking Website Content: Content That Entertains
2007-03-12 21:10:46
In case you've missed it, the Web has changed; it seems like just yesterday it was good enough to take all your brochures and advertising collaterals and convert them to digital format, add a little search engine optimization, throw-in a little PHP programming and bingo, you've got a website. And if you wanted to show how cutting edge your company was, maybe you'd add a little dash of Flash animation, or some royalty frëe music. Well here's a bulletin from the frontlines, that isn't going to cut-it in the new multimedia Web-business environment.Almost daily I receive emails from people asking me to review their websites and tell them why they can't convert visitors to customers even when they are attracting significant numbers of visitors on a regular ba...
 
2nd Tier Affiliate Program
2007-02-20 19:10:25
You’ve been waiting for a long time and finally its here- an affiliate program that will blow all the others out of the water! The already popular TheSecondTier affiliate training center has undergone a complete information and visual makeover. As an affiliate you’ll get more tools and they’ll be more powerful than ever. This translates directly into cha-ching!Here are just a few things that make this affiliate program the most effective affiliate program out there: • Huge commissions on both first AND second tier sales!!!• Product tools for all types of affiliates.• Full training center with access hours of video and audio training.• Live affiliate manager blo...
 
Social Bookmarking and Increasing Web Traffic
2007-02-20 18:04:24
By Lance Winslow One of the newest ways to increase traffic on your website and get your business ranked higher in the search engines is thru social book marking. In fact social book marking is all the rage. Moreover it is a natural tendency of to think in this way and it is helping smaller website entrepreneurs and Bloggers get their messages out to society.Bookmarking">Social Bookmarking and Increasing Web Traffic was recently the number one topic on the ezines of the top online website marketing consultants and already there are over 300 eBooks out on the subject and available online to help you develop your own Social Bookmarking Strategy to increasing your Web Traffic.Social Bookmarking is an evolution of the social networking revolutions occuring on the Internet with the next up and coming generation of Internet users and surfers. Although just recently social bookmarking has become popular it actually started in 1996 when the Internet was just really getting going.If your website has more people bookmarking it, your rankings will go up and it will drive more traffic to you, thus it makes sense to work with others doing the same thing to advance both you and them. Search: Social Bookmarking and learn all you can and then develop a strategy to insure your website is viewed and bookmarked by the most number of people.Social bookmarking works, do not let yourself be left behind, this train is leaving the station. Toot, toot, All Aboard! I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you."Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington internet advertising ...
 
Search Engine Optimization - It's All in the Writing
2007-02-05 13:19:25
I now propose to go right out on a limb and say that design has very little to do with Engine">search engine optimization. This is a sweeping generalization, I admit, and one to which my designer friends will take ínstant umbrage. But it is true to all intents and purposes. Design can certainly assist in achieving good optimization. By that I mean it will assist if it doesn't hinder the process with acres of code that the robots need to wade through in order to find the potatoes and gravy. Or if the navigation throughout the site is logical and easy to achieve. Or if the pages are designed to load quickly.Other than that, optimization is all in the writing<...
 
Find Your Niche - the Internet Marketer's Goldmine
2007-01-26 21:37:37
f you haven't heard the word 'niche' being batted around by Internet Marketers then you haven't been listening. Finding a niche has become the antidote to competing in overly saturated online markets.What is a niche?According to Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary a niche is described as "a place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted... a specialized market".Have you noticed that despite the closing of many businesses in these harsh economic times, the local hobby train store is still around? That the 'hole-in-the-wall' eatery is thriving? Or that trends such as scrapbooking can start with a bang and still close within a year when four similar busin...
 
Tips On Getting Your Web Site Spidered Quickly
2007-01-20 17:27:51
The world of internet marketing is a highly competitive place. As a beginning internet marketer there are some basic things you should know about how search engines spider and index your web site. Unless the search engines find your web site and index it, there is no way the general public will know that it is there.After you have created your web site and chosen the products or services you want to provide, you will be ready to get your site listed with the search engines. When developing your marketing strategy, it is important to include a plan to get your web site spidered quickly. In order to get your site indexed you must let the search engine spiders know you are there in the first place.You may have wondered if there are ways to lure the spiders ...
 
5 Simple Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Techniques
2007-01-15 01:27:49
by Noah Ulrich The lifeblood of any website/ecommerce business is traffic, and every webmaster knows the best type of traffic is natural, organic Engine">search engine traffic. There are two very important reasons for this: (1) it is extremely targeted, and (2) It is FREE! The hard part is getting top ranking for your sites keywords... or is it? The purpose of this article is to provide a few simple, effective, and most important, search engine friendly strategies to help boost your websites' ranking and ultimately your traffic. 1. We will start with the Meta Tags. I know you have already heard of, and are probably currently using meta tags on your site. This is great. I just want to make sure you are using them effectively...
 
5 Simple and Easy Ways to Advertise Online
2007-01-06 23:50:59
By Cody MoyaSome people say that advertising is everything!Regardless if you have a product, a service, a hobby website or just want to share pictures of your wedding, you have to advertise somehow to get the traffic to your site or blog.But not all traffic is equal. There are services that can help you drive tons and tons of traffic to your site and it won't do you any good at all because it's not targeted traffic.Take for example all of the many different 'surf for traffic' or 'traffic clicking' programs that are out there. If you have a website that is about your hobby, say model airplanes, then what good is this traffic really going to do you? Who's using these services?Webmasters and marketers that want traffic on their own site.So they most likely...
 
Internet Marketing For Sales Leads
2006-12-08 10:59:54
NO matter what business you are trying to build online, you will need sales leads if you are ever going to make sales, and sales leads are what you are trying to generate if you are marketing on the internet. In order to survive, any web site needs a steady flow of qualified leads.The aim of any lead generation campaign is to build your mailing list. Internet marketers often say "the money is in the list", which is totally true. A list of responsive buying customers that trust you is worth its weight in gold!While spam filtering has lessened the impact of email marketing, it’s still a viable means to getting your sales messages out there. In theory, email is marketing is free, althou...
 
Catapult Your Marketing Success
2006-12-05 22:49:33
With Joint VenturesThere are many ways to make money on the internet. All methods however, come with a price-tag. For starters, you will probably need to purchase basic business software and relevant learning materials. Planning and developing your ideas will definitely require dedication and perseverance all along the way.One of the best methods for getting started is to partner with other marketers so that you can reach larger target audiences.These joint ventures or "JV's" can take-on many different forms. Some are as simple as promoting each other's newsletters, while others may be more complex partnerships with cross-promoting of complimentary products. Some JV's even involve starting entirely new projects from scratch.Joint Ventures are a powerful tool for expanding business in many ...
 
7 Steps to Creating Your Own Podcast
2006-11-21 22:01:25
Copyright (c) 2006 Donna GunterListening to podcasts isn't something I enjoy or take time for, quite frankly. I'm a visual learner and prefer to read something rather than listen to it, as I find reading a much quicker way to gather the info that I need. However, with the proliferation of audio listening devices, like the whole iPod family and other mp3 players, I have to acknowledge that I'm in the minority, I believe. The world is listening to a wide variety of audio files, much more so than ever before in history, and I need to get on the bandwagon or be lost in the dust.What is a podcast, anyway? A podcast is an audio file that you create in .mp3 format that is uploaded with an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) file to your server for your target market...
 
Niche Marketing - How to Contact Your Audience
2006-11-19 20:56:31
Is your website targeting a niche market?Whether you are following the advice of top Internet Marketers or if you just happened to have a business that caters to a very specific target audience, you must be able to find them, and they must be able to find YOU.One of the joys of niche marketing is the luxury of tapping into a favorite hobby, occupation or expertise and building a business around it.If you are expanding an existing off-line business by setting up a webpage you may find your most valuable contacts right in your store. Make some brochures or cards that announce your online presence, or ask customers if they'd like to sign up for your onli...
 
The Death of Internet Marketing...
2006-11-11 22:33:05
I just got an email about Mike Filsaime's Free Report called - "The Death of Internet Marketing"I will admit, like you may be feeling now, that I thought it was some hyped up offer to get me to join for free and get some offer......Turns out I was wrong. Way wrong.The bottom line is, this report really opened my eyes to what really is the death of Internet marketing. The good news is, the report also shows you what you need to know to succeed in the near future.The times are changing and I it would be a shame for anyone to not read this report and fail like many will.I read it, and I wanted to share it with you ASAP.I recommend you take a break from what ever it is you are doing if you can and get access to this report now. Consider your future success by going here now...The Death of Internet MarketingThanks,jamesPS - Mike says it will only be available for a few weeks at most so do not delay...The Death ofInternet Marketing internet advertising ...
 
How to Use Images,Graphics and Thumbnails to Promote Your Site
2006-11-11 20:59:14
By Titus Hoskins (c) 2006 Images, graphics and thumbnails play an important role in the overall look and feel of your website. They can greatly improve the usefulness of your site; making it more user-friendly and easier to navigate. More importantly, the visual images on your site can be optimized to improve your search engine rankings.Despite their importance, many webmasters ignore images or graphics when it comes to optimizing their web pages. Don't make the same mistake.There are some simple rules to follow when using SEO with your onsite graphics. Here are a few tips:First, you must know exactly what an 'Alt Image Tag' is in order to optimize for the search engines. You must a...
 
Use a Review Site to Build Your Commissions
2006-10-28 20:26:11
Every web site owner is looking for great ways to boost his or her commissions, but did you every consider the value of creating a review site to accomplish that goal? If you have not considered creating a review site before, you may at least want to consider it. A well designed and well executed review site can be a great way to boost your commissions and increase your monthly income.The beauty of a review site is that you can review a couple of merchants all selling items in the same category, and provide links to those merchants. That way, you get a commission regardless of where your web site visitor decides to buy.Another great thing about review sites is that they are highly sought after by internet users. Many internet surveys have shown tha...
 
Hanging Ten on the Next Big Net-Wave: Social Search
2006-10-21 12:14:09
Abstract: The latest frontier in search engine technology is social search. Born out of the social networking boom, social search will attempt to humanize search results thereby providing users with consumer driven answers to their queries. Considering that 50% of queries go unanswered, social search could be the biggest breakthrough since page ranking.As search giants, Google, Yahoo and MSN continue their fierce battle to become king of the search engines, internet marketers are faced with increasing challenges to dominate in the rankings. As algorithms and methodologies change, savvy entrepreneurs and Madison Avenue continue their heated battle for a coveted Top 10 spot in search engine rankings.Social search is n...
 
SEO Tips for MSN
2006-10-11 23:54:12
MSN may be the most complete search engine out there. It seems to me that every web site that I look at in order to find the number of pages that it has listed has the following fallout: MSN has the most results, Google comes in second, Yahoo! comes last. Other search engines will generally fall somewhere between Google and Yahoo!This is a result of some very extensive work by the team and MSN. The beautiful thing about MSN is that you can find results for just about everything. If you can’t find it at Google, can’t find it at Yahoo! head on over to MSN and you’ll find something even if it is nothing more than a forum posting.It’s still quite easy to figure out what you need to do to your site to rank highly at MSN. MSN generally indexes every page that it can find anyway and is a ...
 
SEO Tips for Google
2006-10-05 08:48:23
Google is still the most popular search engine out there, and they’re not showing any signs of slowing down. It’s important to know how to get on the right track with your SEO for Google. It is also important, however, to remember that Google is not the only search engine out there and that Yahoo! is also a highly rated search engine which actually has more pop culture usage.Before you can truly understand Google you must understand a little bit of the history behind Google. In the beginning, Google was considered by many to be the “Geek’s Search Engine.” This changed as Google started delivering better and better results.Google slowly evolved into the most trusted search engine around, but Yahoo!’s advertising strength and popular usage has st...
 
Search Engine Ranking Factors
2006-09-28 02:51:37
Engine">Search engine algorithms are becoming increasingly complex and they keep changing every day. Not everyone can be expected to do the hard work, keep up with the details and figure out exactly what the search engines want – in fact most people are still unclear on what the basics of search engine optimization are. Asking regular people who are trying to establish a business online to figure all of that stuff out is too much.This article will do two things. First, I'll discuss what search engines are aiming for when they rank and index web pages (in the search engine wars you have to be familiar with the battlefield). After that, I'll give you a rundown of the most important search engine r...
 
Internet Glossary- helpful terms and meanings
2006-09-25 20:20:30
I found this on my computer. I do not remember where I got it from, but I have added to it. I will add to it more... I hope it is usefull.... enjoyBackgrounds Images which sit in the background of a web page. All other information (text, pictures, etc) sits on top. Bandwidth The amount of information that can flow through a given point at a given time. This is usually measured in bits per second (bps).BETAThe stage a software program goes through before a final version is released. BombA bomb is when someone sends you a virus via email, or a rude hateful email. Often folks say will say, "Don't send SPAM or you'll get "bombed". Bookmarks Pointers that take users directly to web pages that they visit frequently. Sometimes referred to as favorites.BounceThe term used to describe e-mail that f...
 
3 FREE Programs that will Explode Your Website TRAFFIC
2006-09-22 22:50:49
Thousands of website and ad veiws everyday. everyday for FREE. Dont wait join each one follow directions and get traffic. 1.http://www.AdGizmo.com/?u=207802.http://MyViralads.com/index.php?affiliate=75813.http://www.InstantBuzz.com/r/?mikewithsfiIncorporate these free programs, and you will receive thousands a day. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Making $100,000 a year is as easy as making $15,000 a year if you have the right resources.http://www.rocketstart.com/woods internet advertising ...
 
Untapped Advertising Hot Spots
2006-09-16 14:23:48
Online advertising is exploding. By 2007, online advertising spending is expected to reach over 20 billion. With such growth, a multitude of opportunities have opened up for the online marketer. Unfortunately, not all of these are worth your time or your ínvestment. That's why I would like to show you some of the untapped advertising hot spots that are currently available to you.As an online entrepreneur, it's not enough to have a great website with quality information. You must also position yourself in front of a qualified audience of people who are hungry for what you have to offer.So, let's explore 4 of the most lucrative online advertising spots that are currently available to you. They include CPA programs, ...
 
10 Shortcut Secrets To Closing The Sale In Print
2006-09-13 22:20:00
Ask any salesperson the hardest part of making a sale and they'll tell you that it's closing the sale and gaining acommitment from your customer.And in a sales letter or advertisement, it's even more important you get it right? Why? Because it's so easy for your reader to forget about you. All they need to do is put your marketing piece aside... and you're a dead dog.And that's why, over the last few weeks, between 6 and 7 am I've been rewriting some of the world's best closes in my own handwriting.I've written virtually dozens of closes, trying to find the common bond between each of them.It's been an insightful exercise. And now you can use all the hours of my hard work to construct your own.Here are the 10 'closing steps' you should consider factoring into any sales letter or advertisem...
 
Submit Your Site The Right Way
2006-09-10 03:39:00
Are you going to submit your site to the search engines the right way or the wrong way? To do it right, you need to know what you’re doing, and your site needs to be optimized before you take it anywhere near a search engine.How can you know if your site is ready? You consider these things before you submit. Have you included your keywords in your title tag, description, and content? Make sure you’re tightly focused on only one or two keywords. You should also check for broken links, as these can cause big problems with search engines’ spiders.Once you’ve submitted your site, you need to be prepared to wait. The chances that you won't be added to any engine's database for at least a month.The Rules of Submission.1. There’s no need to submit more...
 
 
 
 
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