Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The Importance Of Internet Marketing


For today’s business owners the shape of commerce has changed. No longer is the success of our businesses completely reliant on world-of-mouth and persuasive print advertising. Today’s savvy entrepreneurs understand that in order to be truly successful in today’s competitive environment it is absolutely essential to conduct comprehensive Internet marketing.
An online presence is critical for reaching your target audience in today’s Internet focused age. Internet marketing – an affordable alternative to pricey print and broadcast marketing – can reach the people you want without breaking the bank. Let’s face it; your audience is already online; now it’s just a matter of delivering them your message.

To do so, you can work with professionals who understand the complexities of Internet marketing. They will assist you in developing your message, orchestrating a plan, and implementing it. The result can very well be a high level of success and viability for your small business.

To find such professionals check with other small business owners – for whom you have a respect – to determine what Internet marketing professionals worked well on their behalf. It may be beneficial to find someone who has an understanding of your particular industry. This alleviates the learning curve when attempting to construct an appropriate message for Internet marketing.

Internet marketing professionals will also be well-versed on the legalities of marketing small businesses online and can guide you through the process with an eye towards boundaries.

You may also wish to conduct your Internet marketing on your own. No one knows the intricacies of your business better than you; who better to construct a specific message than you? Before embarking on any Internet marketing, however, be sure to conduct thorough research.

Your actual Internet marketing can be conducted right on your website with the use of surveys, give-aways, and a specific call-to-action.

It may be in your best interest to take some marketing courses so that you can best familiarize yourself with the importance of Internet marketing.

The beauty of Internet marketing is its mass appeal. It would take enormous effort and money to reach certain targeted audiences with specific messages delivered in a particular way. The Internet bridges the gap between all audiences and levels the playing field for those interested in marketing their small business.

Using Internet marketing to further the efforts of your small business can be vastly rewarding. With consistent and poignant delivery of messages through Internet marketing you can experience long term success and viability.

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Internet Marketing Ideas - 10 Web Advertising Answers


So you do you get your internet marketing project off the ground and bound for success? Traffic plain and simple is the answer. Traffic is the lifeblood of every business and even more so for an internet business where you cannot depend on walk in or drive by traffic. On the internet, your customers need to know you exist before they can find you. But the problem is that most of us have no advertising budget or at best a minimal one. Do not despair. Here are 10 web advertising ideas and most won't cost you a cent.


Idea 1 - Put up forms on your site offering free help and advice in your area of expertise. This is a great way to build a relationship with future customers.

Idea 2 - Start a newsletter to build even more of a relationship with those future customers.

Idea 3 - Set up surveys on your site. It is a great way to gather information about your potential customers. You can later use that information for very directed marketing.

Idea 4 - Write reviews for products in your field. A great way to get your name out there.

Idea 5 - Write press released regularly about your business and your field.

Idea 6 - Buy advertising. You don't need a big budget. There are lots of low cost opportunities available on the internet. Shop around.

Idea 7 - Make sure your web site is fully optimized for search engines and visitors.

Idea 8 - Write a tutorial and/or ebook related to your field. Either give it all away or give away a portion to teaser interest.

Idea 9 - Make sure that after you finish building your web site you continue to update and maintain it.

Idea 10 - Solicit testimonials to demonstrate what a great business or product you have to offer.


These are just a few ideas to help you promote your business whether you are just starting out in the internet business field or you want to see your existing business really take off. Remember you do not need to take every idea, but perhaps a smarter strategy is to select a few internet marketing ideas that really work well for you and your business and exploit those measures to their fullest extent.

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Internet Marketing For Small Business


Business history has an abundance of instances of business failures on account of lack of proper marketing planning. It is extremely important in the case of Internet marketing to plan marketing strategies properly. Marketing planning provides the framework for all business decisions of an enterprise – decisions on markets, decisions on products and decisions on manufacturing facilities, investments and organizational structure.

Marketing planning is the interface between the enterprise and its market/customers. Internet marketing places the consumer at both the beginning and the end of the business process and that any firm practicing marketing in the proper sense has to identify correctly the needs of the consumer, translate the needs into suitable products and services, deliver those products and services to the total satisfaction of the consumer and through this process generate profits for the firm.

Marketing planning is the instrument through which all these tasks get accomplished. The quality of marketing planning is revealed in the success of all marketing activities. Obviously, considerable thought, expertise and effort have to go into the process of marketing planning.

The marketing planner first scans the environment followed by an internal scanning of his unit, its strength and weaknesses and assesses to what extent his marketing organization is equipped to pursue the various opportunities emerging in the environment. Then he formulates the marketing objectives and marketing strategies. And finally, he formulates the detailed functional plans in each aspect of the total marketing task.

As the first step in the marketing planning process, the firm scans its marketing environment. The main purpose of this exercise is to find out the favorable and unfavorable factors prevailing in the environment and the specific business opportunities available to the business unit and their relative attractiveness. In the case of marketing planning, environmental scanning focuses on the environment of the business unit in question and its scope is limited to the business in question.

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Simply Outrageous



Simply Outrageous Entrepreneur Lessons 1 thru 5



Part 2 Simply Outrageous Entrepreneur Lessons 6 thru 10



Simply Outrageous Math Intro



Simply Outrageous Financial Lesson



Simply Outrageous Way to Getting Rich



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Multilevel Marketing Millions
By: Brian Tracy

Eight Keys to MLM Success
If you're looking at a multi-level marketing opportunity, here are eight key considerations. Look for a multi-level business that has, number one, quality products with a good reputation. Never waste your time trying to sell anything that is not of excellent quality. Quality products are the starting point of your success in business. No successful business can ever be built on an average or mediocre product.

Look for Competitive Prices
Number two, look for a company that has prices that compare favorable with the competition. Remember, nobody's going to pay more for your product or service if they can get the same or equivalent somewhere else at a lower price. So check the price comparisons.

Demand a Money Back Guarantee
The third thing you look for is a 100 percent unconditional money-back guarantee. In other words, the product must be so good and the company must stand behind it so strongly that they're willing to give a 100 percent refund guarantee on anything that they sell. That's a very good rule for starting and building any business.

Carry a Small Inventory
The fourth key in finding a multi-level marketing opportunity is that there should be a small or zero inventory requirement. You should be able to get into a multi-level marketing business with very little money. Not more than a hundred dollars.

Keep Good Records
The fifth requirement is that the company provides prompt delivery and efficient internal bookkeeping. A multi-level marketing business that's well organized will be able to deliver your products within 24 or 48 hours for you to sell, or deliver to your customers. They'll also take very good care of the books and give you accurate financial statements each month.

Seek a Strong Support Organization
A sixth thing to look for is a strong support organization. This is perhaps as important, if not more important, than anything else. Look for a support organization that will offer you training, that will give you seminars on product knowledge, that will give you motivation, and give you opportunities for personal and business development. Many people who have started with multi-level marketing companies have gone on to be very successful in their own businesses because of the training they got from the multi-level company. If the company doesn't have a training system, try to find a company that does.

Honesty is the Best Policy
The seventh factor that you require is honesty and integrity. Make sure that the parent company has an impeccable reputation in the marketplace. Remember it has to be a company that you can be proud of. You should never have to make excuses for the company you're working for.

Product Should be Consumable
Products should be consumable, leading to reorders and repeat business. You should try to sell a product that people use up on a regular basis, so that if they're happy with it, they'll continue to reorder and reorder and reorder. And once you get a customer, sometimes you can have a customer for years.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do to put these ideas into action:

First, look for a product that you really like, use and enjoy yourself personally. You can only sell something to someone else if your heart is in it. And if your heart is in it you will enjoy using the product yourself.

Second, look for a product that has something new or special that makes it different and better than any other similar product in the market today. The number one reason that any product fails is because it is not superior to and different from the competition.

K.A.Janardhanan
Wellness Consultant
Trainer and Motivator

This is a clip which almost everyone of us shoould have in mind and take action upon viewing this clip. I believe not many people will understand the hiden meaning behind it but for those who do, I wish you good luck and congratulations if you manage to unlock the meanings behind this video clip :)

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Saturday, December 01, 2007

Why Building Affiliate Websites Are the Way to Go

It seems that everybody is into making money online these days. By far, the largest market place in the world is right there in front of you within the cyber world of the internet. But what is the simplest and easiest way to make money online? Well, affiliate marketing nowadays is the very common and the most popular method of earning money online.

In addition, affiliate marketing allows you to make money online by earning commissions off sub-affiliates, people you have brought on to be affiliates of the parent company. These two-tiered affiliates may seem like a pyramid scheme, but the point is, it generates a tremendous amount of traffic to your site as well as to your partners' sites, which helps everyone make money online.

So, what is the first thing you will need? It is to build your own website and decide how much you are willing to spend on your site. Nevertheless, to online your business is buried among millions of websites. As a start-up internet business, you have several options and several things to consider. Anything from setting up a free account on one of the countless blog sites, to paying thousands of dollars to professionals for the design and hosting.

Keep in mind that people can't just falter upon it accidentally. It's like spinning your wheels yet you are getting nowhere, or you are talking, but no one's listening. You have you establish your presence and make your own site. You need to advertise and promote constantly. Most importantly, make a lasting impression so next time a customer is in the market for your type of product, they will never forget your site over someone else with similar products. Remember that everyone from industrial giants to corner flower shops now wants to stake a profitable claim in cyberspace. Building affiliate website is just a much better in promoting products as an affiliate.

However, if you have an affiliate website, you can list other people's websites on yours and become an affiliate, making money online through sales commissions every time someone goes to their site through yours and makes a purchase. You can make anywhere from 5% to 30% just by advertising their link.

But if you have none, better yet build your own affiliate website. A website is not like putting a convenient store on a corner and every person will see it as they pass by, and stop. If you do not advertise your site in some form, no one will know you're on the web. The old saying "if you build it, they will come" just isn't true when it comes to opening a website.

Building and promoting affiliate websites is not an easy task. With the web these days growing at a substantial rate, juts about everywhere you turn on the web, you will see offers to own your own business. A lot of these offers are justifiable businesses with real products and items waiting for you to open on of their affiliate sites and start selling. They can sound very good and get you excited, tell you that you can make tons of money. But then, be very careful, you have to consider a lot of things before you can keep on.

Remember that there are also downfalls to having an affiliate website; bear in mind that you probably won't have much control over it, the bad thing is sometimes, none at all. First, you may not have the power to control over the ad banners that appears on your site, you won't have control over the content, links or text links and on some of them, you may not be able to control the keywords or optimize the site for the search engines, or maybe even see your daily traffic or check your status, like how many visitors have you gotten and how many items you have sold.

On the other hand, building affiliate sites can also be a good thing if you are looking for a low maintenance way to have a business on the web. Affiliate websites can also give you a reasonably good income once you become established and if you know where you can pick up some local traffic just through your friends of neighbors.

Getting some heavy duty traffic will become your main goal when you are about to open an affiliate website. However, building and advertising a website can be flat out expensive, even scary. So once you have your website, handle it wisely.

By: Jason Gazaway