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7 Tips I Wish I Had Known 6 Months Ago About Online Marketing
(c) by Laurie Meade
1---The importance of a schedule and staying focused.
Keeping on
task.
schedule promotions Plan and make a task schedule for
project ideas.
shcedule purchases -- (don't buy on impulse, the
offer will still be there in a day or so! ) schedule time --
(remember to schedule time for family members as well :o)
schedule breaks from the computer -- (not just physical breaks,
take your mind of your business and have some fun --, you'll be
more fresh and productive when you go back to work! )
2---The importance and value of keeping good records, Financial
Promotional Backing Up Files Affiliate Information Passwords
Contacts
3--- Don't try and run an online business with AOL.
I personally
have nothing against AOL It is a great service for the computer
illiterate newbie.
However, once you get the basics down, you
can be much more prodcutive with a different ISP. AOL does not
allow you to filter e-mail the way it needs to be filtered.
When I was diong my business through AOL, I sometimes would be
dealing with over 500 emails a day. No way to send them to
different folders as in Outlook Express, MailWasher or many
other e-mail programs. Unlses they have drastically changed
things in Version 8, it is one of the few that doesn't work with
third party e-mail programs.
This just leads to wasted time and
frustration.
4--- Spekaing of wasted time.
Get a DSL hook up.
The extra cost is worth it in the matter of time saved.
Instantaneous downloads.
Web pages that come in as fast as the click of a mouse.
It means more productive time spent on the computer. More
productivity means more money.
5--- Laern what a great tool Yahoo can be. I have read good
comments and bad, about Yhaoo. All I know is from my own
experience. When I fisrt started online, I exchanged a review
for a copy of FrontPage 2002. Wihle reviewing it, I put up a
"practice site" on geocities.
You can visit it here:
http://geocities.Com/laurieslegends
I read where you had to have a domain name for people to take
you serioulsy. I agree.
However, I learned that a free web site is
very benefiical to your business as well. Putting links on a
free web site will bring traffic to your domain name.
If you use
Geocities.Com, it will help you get listed in the Yahoo
Directory eventulaly. Two of my pages at the above mentioned
site, are listed in the Yahoo Dircetory. They are also the two
that get the most traffic. By putting links on these pages to my
other domain names, I can take avdantage of all that free
traffic.
You will also able to access this web site from any computer, even
when yours is down.
You can strat and manage groups easily. I love the convenience
of running AutoRseponse Plus right at my website. However,
having a group to promote articles on Yahoo, makes more sense.
Once somebody has signed up for one Yahoo Group, it is a simple
click of a button to add otehr groups.
This is where the power of numbers cmoes in. Don't try and
reinvent the wheel. Jump in and join the success by following
those who came before you.
6--- Take the time to learn how to use Ebay. Even if your plan
doesn't entail becoming a powerseller, by putting up a few
auctions, you can dierct traffic to your web site and increase
sales. You can learn everything you need and more from the
ebooks offered at this site:
http://www.Makemoneyonline.Us
I had wanted to learn Ebay but kept putitng it off.
To many
other things to do.
Because of a palnned move, and the necessity
of getting rid of valuable stuff, I started researching the
ebooks I had about how to go about putting up an auction.
I sold more in one month, July 2002, than I had from Feb.
through June, usnig Ebay.
I also received my first affiliate
commissions, several of them, from both my geociteis and domain
name websites that same month. It was definitely worth the time
invested for my business. It can be a great traffic builidng for
your business.
Email me at ebayqtn@gentlyused4kids.Com if you have questions on
Ebay auctions. I will help through emails any way I can.
7--- Don't be afraid to do a press release. I had read many
articles about how they could bring you monstrous traffic. I also read
how difficlut they were to get read.
I worired about too much
publicity, invading my privacy.
I researched and stuided how to do it, and took the plunge. It
worked. The very first time. I got my perss released published
at PRWeb.Com
http://www.Prweb.Com/releases/2002/12/prweb52227.Php
8--- Write it down when you think about it.
Too often, I have
written an artilce in my mind. Then it never seems to make it to
paper.
Bieng a single mom of three, I am busy. I have found by
talking into a digiatl recorder or tape recorder, I can be more
productive.
Use that waiting time.
This article was generated in
my mind while waiting at a bus stop with my almost 2 year old.
(He was strapped safely in his stroller with a snack, of course
:o)
This article promised 7 tips--- I give you 10.
These are my
bonus tips.
9-- Alawys give more than you promise. Everyone loevs freebies.
Put something for free on your web site.
It will generate more
traffic. Then incorporate that freebie to generate sales.
Writing articles is a great way to do this.
10-- Promote free artilces. After you have written sveeral on
the same topic, you can create a free ebook.
Offer it as a tool
for webmatsers to customize and give away for free.
You can
offer this customziation for free or charge a fee for it. Put
affiliate links in your ebook artilces to promote backend sales.
If I had known all these things 6 months ago, my business would
be bringing in more sales everyday. Learn from my msitakes so
you can profit faster.
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