A Featured lead marketing ArticleInternet Marketing For Online Business Newbies
Starting an online business has become very popular among many
people of all backgrounds throughout the world. It doesn't matter
if you are a high-school graduate, or you're completing your
third trimester of your second year in Chiropractic School. Any
person with the desire to work from home can start an online
business. Especially now more than ever with all the turnkey
websites, "all-in-one" marketing solutions and such, one can
literally have a business up and running within 24 hours.
It's well known that nearly 95% of all online businesses will not
succeed. So what exactly "makes or breaks" an online business?
Simply put, the type of marketing used.
Internet marketing is as hard as you make it. It can be very
hard getting past the "learning curve", but once you do, nothing
will stop the checks coming in month after month.
We'll begin our internet marketing lesson with 7 small, but very
powerful forms of advertising that can yield tremendous profits
for you if used correctly!
1) Article Submission
Writing articles are one of the oldest forms of advertising on
the internet. Whatever kind of business you do, write about it!
Most articles written are between 500-1000 words. The way you
advertise through articles is by having a "byline" or "resource
box" at the end of the article. For an example, please look at
the bottom of this article to see what one looks like.
After you have written an article of your business topic, you
will then want to submit them to Article Directories or Websites
that will publish the article you wrote. Here are some good
submission sites:
http://www.stickysauce.com/wanted.htm
http://www.webpronews.com/submit.html
http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml
http://www.powerhomebiz.com ermsofuse/articlesubmission.htm
http://www.promotionworld.com/pop/feedback/submitarticle.html
http://www.businessknowhow.com/newsletter/articleguidelines.htm
These should get you started, but if you would like more, or
these aren't towards your business, simply do a search at your
favorite search engine for "submit article".
2) Participating in Active Forums
In most forums or discussion groups, they allow you to include a
little "signature ad" following every post you make. If you are
fairly knowledgeable in your business area and post good answers
to help people, more readers will be curious about you and will
click on your link and be directed to your website.
Some great forums dedicated to internet marketing are:
http://www.ablake.net/forum/
http://www.howtocorp.com/forum/
http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
3) Pay Per Click / Google Adwords
If you're not familiar with this type of advertising, please
don't be completely turned of by the title. Yes, you do need to
pay for some advertising. And using pay per clicks (ppcs for
short) allow you to drive very targeted traffic to your website.
With a PPC, you literally "bid" on whatever keywords your
potential customers will search for.
Another great way to grab traffic before you have to shell out
your money is by utilizing Google Adwords. TO learn more about
this, please visit Google Adwords tips at:
https://www.adwords.google.com <-- Quick Reference
https://www.adwords.google.com/select ips.html <-- Tips & More
4) Search Engine Optimization
Let's face it.. The best kind of traffic is free traffic, right?
There are a ton of ways to get traffic to your website, but in
my opinion, this is the most cost effective. After all, it's
free! Search Engine Optimization requires a great deal of
knowledge of how search engines work, but it's definitely not an
impossible feat by any means. The basic rule of thumb is to
create a website in such a way that your visitors will want to
come back. Also, create a website that will make others want to
link to your site, without any required link back to theirs.
Some great SEO (search engine optimization) resources are:
http://www.highrankings.com
http://www.searchenginestrategies.biz
http://www.bruceclay.com/web_rank.htm
5) Paid Advertising On High Traffic Sites
Sometimes, you will find a website that allows advertising on
their site. For a reasonable price, they will display your link
and sometimes a description for a weekly or monthly fee.
One of the best ways to find websites that offer advertising is
quite simple actually. You simply go to your favorite search
engine, search for your businesses best keyword phrase and look
through the results. These are the people you will want to
partner with, especially if they receive a good amount of
traffic. A good way to know if they receive a good deal of
traffic to their site is by a neat tool called the Alexa toolbar.
You can go directly to that site and download this tool, or you
can simply go to :http://www.alexa.com and search for their site.
When you get the results, it will say something like "Traffic
Rank for ________.com : 2,445". The main thing to remember is,
the *lower* the traffic rank, the *more* traffic that website
receives.So, a site with a traffic rank of 26,983 receives more
traffic than a site with a traffic rank of 76,990.
6) Joint Ventures
A Joint Venture (JV for short) is just that. It's a venture that
you do jointly with one or more parties. This method isn't only
limited to those with their own product, as many people think.
The way this works is by setting up a deal with a person who has
a very large customer base already. What you do is literally
"tap into" their resources. You see, they have already done the
hard part (creating a list of people who have already bought
from them). Now all you do is simply email them with a special
proposal, and have them recommend your product/service to their
list. This alone can product thousands of website visitors to
your website. And in the end, can yield massive profits for you
if done properly.
7) Having Your Own Affiliate Program
Generally speaking this form of advertising typically applies to
those with their own products or services to sell. For example,
if you create an information "how-to" digital ebook. Many times
your merchant account will have a built in affiliate program
manager that will allow people to join, and promote your product
or service for a certain percentage that you determine.
Some great affiliate program managers that I have personally have
used and recommend are:
http://www.clickbank.com
http://www.quickpaypro.com
http://www.homebasedbusinessindex.com/webhost.html (built in
web hosting as well)
The main thing to remember when marketing your business is to
keep your potential customers/visitors in mind. Build a website
that caters to their needs and wants. If you utilize these
resources for internet marketing, you will see the success that
most individuals never truly see. Even though what is listed
above gives a great starting point, don't limit yourself to
what's listed above only. If you truly want to succeed with your
online business, study the "Art of Internet Marketing". Give
yourself room for improvement, and never think you know enough to
"get by" either. Internet Marketing changes as time does, so
keep the ball in your court, and have fun while playing ;)
people of all backgrounds throughout the world. It doesn't matter
if you are a high-school graduate, or you're completing your
third trimester of your second year in Chiropractic School. Any
person with the desire to work from home can start an online
business. Especially now more than ever with all the turnkey
websites, "all-in-one" marketing solutions and such, one can
literally have a business up and running within 24 hours.
It's well known that nearly 95% of all online businesses will not
succeed. So what exactly "makes or breaks" an online business?
Simply put, the type of marketing used.
Internet marketing is as hard as you make it. It can be very
hard getting past the "learning curve", but once you do, nothing
will stop the checks coming in month after month.
We'll begin our internet marketing lesson with 7 small, but very
powerful forms of advertising that can yield tremendous profits
for you if used correctly!
1) Article Submission
Writing articles are one of the oldest forms of advertising on
the internet. Whatever kind of business you do, write about it!
Most articles written are between 500-1000 words. The way you
advertise through articles is by having a "byline" or "resource
box" at the end of the article. For an example, please look at
the bottom of this article to see what one looks like.
After you have written an article of your business topic, you
will then want to submit them to Article Directories or Websites
that will publish the article you wrote. Here are some good
submission sites:
http://www.stickysauce.com/wanted.htm
http://www.webpronews.com/submit.html
http://www.boconline.com/sub-art.shtml
http://www.powerhomebiz.com ermsofuse/articlesubmission.htm
http://www.promotionworld.com/pop/feedback/submitarticle.html
http://www.businessknowhow.com/newsletter/articleguidelines.htm
These should get you started, but if you would like more, or
these aren't towards your business, simply do a search at your
favorite search engine for "submit article".
2) Participating in Active Forums
In most forums or discussion groups, they allow you to include a
little "signature ad" following every post you make. If you are
fairly knowledgeable in your business area and post good answers
to help people, more readers will be curious about you and will
click on your link and be directed to your website.
Some great forums dedicated to internet marketing are:
http://www.ablake.net/forum/
http://www.howtocorp.com/forum/
http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
3) Pay Per Click / Google Adwords
If you're not familiar with this type of advertising, please
don't be completely turned of by the title. Yes, you do need to
pay for some advertising. And using pay per clicks (ppcs for
short) allow you to drive very targeted traffic to your website.
With a PPC, you literally "bid" on whatever keywords your
potential customers will search for.
Another great way to grab traffic before you have to shell out
your money is by utilizing Google Adwords. TO learn more about
this, please visit Google Adwords tips at:
https://www.adwords.google.com <-- Quick Reference
https://www.adwords.google.com/select ips.html <-- Tips & More
4) Search Engine Optimization
Let's face it.. The best kind of traffic is free traffic, right?
There are a ton of ways to get traffic to your website, but in
my opinion, this is the most cost effective. After all, it's
free! Search Engine Optimization requires a great deal of
knowledge of how search engines work, but it's definitely not an
impossible feat by any means. The basic rule of thumb is to
create a website in such a way that your visitors will want to
come back. Also, create a website that will make others want to
link to your site, without any required link back to theirs.
Some great SEO (search engine optimization) resources are:
http://www.highrankings.com
http://www.searchenginestrategies.biz
http://www.bruceclay.com/web_rank.htm
5) Paid Advertising On High Traffic Sites
Sometimes, you will find a website that allows advertising on
their site. For a reasonable price, they will display your link
and sometimes a description for a weekly or monthly fee.
One of the best ways to find websites that offer advertising is
quite simple actually. You simply go to your favorite search
engine, search for your businesses best keyword phrase and look
through the results. These are the people you will want to
partner with, especially if they receive a good amount of
traffic. A good way to know if they receive a good deal of
traffic to their site is by a neat tool called the Alexa toolbar.
You can go directly to that site and download this tool, or you
can simply go to :http://www.alexa.com and search for their site.
When you get the results, it will say something like "Traffic
Rank for ________.com : 2,445". The main thing to remember is,
the *lower* the traffic rank, the *more* traffic that website
receives.So, a site with a traffic rank of 26,983 receives more
traffic than a site with a traffic rank of 76,990.
6) Joint Ventures
A Joint Venture (JV for short) is just that. It's a venture that
you do jointly with one or more parties. This method isn't only
limited to those with their own product, as many people think.
The way this works is by setting up a deal with a person who has
a very large customer base already. What you do is literally
"tap into" their resources. You see, they have already done the
hard part (creating a list of people who have already bought
from them). Now all you do is simply email them with a special
proposal, and have them recommend your product/service to their
list. This alone can product thousands of website visitors to
your website. And in the end, can yield massive profits for you
if done properly.
7) Having Your Own Affiliate Program
Generally speaking this form of advertising typically applies to
those with their own products or services to sell. For example,
if you create an information "how-to" digital ebook. Many times
your merchant account will have a built in affiliate program
manager that will allow people to join, and promote your product
or service for a certain percentage that you determine.
Some great affiliate program managers that I have personally have
used and recommend are:
http://www.clickbank.com
http://www.quickpaypro.com
http://www.homebasedbusinessindex.com/webhost.html (built in
web hosting as well)
The main thing to remember when marketing your business is to
keep your potential customers/visitors in mind. Build a website
that caters to their needs and wants. If you utilize these
resources for internet marketing, you will see the success that
most individuals never truly see. Even though what is listed
above gives a great starting point, don't limit yourself to
what's listed above only. If you truly want to succeed with your
online business, study the "Art of Internet Marketing". Give
yourself room for improvement, and never think you know enough to
"get by" either. Internet Marketing changes as time does, so
keep the ball in your court, and have fun while playing ;)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Article written by Jason Gazaway, webmaster and owner of
http://www.homebasedbusinessindex.com and publisher of the "HBBI
Newsletter". To subscribe to this free home business newsletter,
simply visit his site listed above or send a blank email to:
hbbi@inetmarketing101.com for more details.
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