What Is Bum Marketing

Pointing to your website is essential to high rankings in the search engines. However, you must know how to link to your website properly to get the full benefits of linking. If you dont link properly, they could kill your marketing efforts.

Often times, many writers make the same mistakes. They typically try to send someone to their website directly from their article. WithIn the resource box, they provide a raw link with the URL of the website. Below is one of the biggest mistakes that an author can make:

If you enjoy shopping find out how you can get cash back from your online shopping. ShopAyopahonline.com. They typically put their complete URL with "www." here. Big mistake!

Most often, writers will use the same generic resource box in all or their articles, no matter the topic of their writing. Unfortunately, because they use this resource box, the wrong way, they get very few benefits from their writing efforts.

Writers must understand that in order to rank high in the search engines for a keyword phrase, the most important factor that will allow them to achieve their goal is having links from external websites using keyword phrases linking to the writer.

If hundreds of websites say that your site is talking about Shoes, even if the keyword shoes is not on your site, search engines will believe the majority. When a searcher enters shoes, search engines will for sure show your website. This has been proven numerous times, you can try it yourself:

Open Google.com and enter the following query: worst president without the quotes. Have a look at the #1 website (www.whitehouse.gov/president), the text worst president doesnt exist in the page at all!

This tactic is so powerful that if you spent enough efforts into it, you could redirect people looking for Wendys to the Mc Donalds website!

Its VERY EASY to create useful links. Take the example of someone promoting a website about shopping online.

1. The first thing to do, is to use this keyword phrase or some variations of this keyword phrase in the anchor text of your link. If youre not familiar with HTML, it is done like that: This HTML code creates a link like: Anchor Text

2. Then in the resource box, you have to use as many related terms as you can because search engines, especially Google, take the surrounding text into account.

Take a look at the resource box at www.freetrafficbuildingreport for this article, you will see with I mean. There are several links to the website using related keyword phrases. The surrounding text is also using related terms, even if they are not links, they will help the search engines and tell them what your website is talking about. Creating such resource boxes when you submit your articles to article directories will increase ten folds the benefits of your links.

Another important point is to use different resource boxes and different anchor texts each time you submit a new article. Dont waste your writing efforts because of a poor linking strategy! Use this tactic right now and be amazed by the results.

Dornessa Harris is an online mentoring coach and trainer who gives a Free Trafficing Building Report to any entrepreneur who desires more traffic. She has used many marketing techniques and tools to get to the top of the search engines.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 10:04 PM 0 comments

If you are looking for ways on how you can amplify our article marketing strategies, I'd say start with the quality of your articles. Give your readers get reading experience by giving them content that they will find useful, well-written, and relevant to their pressing issues. When you are able to consistently do this, you will easily earn the trust of online users and you can quickly convert them to your potential clients.

For more nifty ways on how you can advance in article marketing, read on!

1. Quantity. The number of your articles plays crucial role in the success of your article marketing campaign because it determines the number of inbound links that you can obtain for your website. It is of outmost importance that you strive to multiply the number of your output so you can impart more knowledge to your readers and easily augment your page ranking.

2. No ads. I would understand your urge to promote your products in every avenue possible, but let me just tell you that pitching your offerings on your content will not do you any good. Why? When people open an article, they are expecting to get the information they need, answers to their questions, or solutions to their pressing issues and not blatant advertisements.

3. Make them interesting to read. Insert figures, numbers, statistics, researches, studies, or reputable resources as they add credibility to your content. Write in a conversational tone to put your readers at ease and strive to make them laugh or feel valued by connecting them to your content.

4. Continuously hone your writing skills. Never stop learning and strive to give your readers better articles each time you write through constant practice and by consistently reading articles and ebooks that can teach you how to improve on your craft.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 9:42 PM 0 comments

One of the most profitable marketing strategies any business can use is the strategy of repeat business. Most businesses I have observed made one fatal mistake. They try to sell to one client and after they are done, they will move on to the next prospect and forget the recent one.

This mentality of looking for new clients is not uncommon. Most businesses thought that, in order to survive in such a competitive environment, we need to constantly look out for new clients. While looking for new clients is important, its not as important as taking care of your current or past clients.

Because search proof that, a client well taken care of will come back and buy again and again. If they like what they buy, they will also become a source of referrals to you. Not only that, small business owners have to realize that marketing to past clients is much more cheaper than marketing to mere prospects.

So how can you generate repeat clients to your business?

Provide incentive for them to come back

Tested and proven. Send out an invitation and get all the past clients to come back and buy from you. You can give as much as 30% discount or freebies to entice them. Let your imagination flow if you intend to use this strategy.

Follow up on your client

Have they bought from you recently? How do they feel about your product? Follow up on them and find out. People tend to appreciate if a salesperson calls to find out how their products perform or how they could help their clients. Remember to tell them about your latest offer if everything goes well.

Layer Selling

Did your client buy a cheaper valued product? Do you have a product that can add more value to your clients experience? Why not let him know? Layer selling is a technique used the same way as add-ons. The only difference is that you sell them after they have bought your product.

Because bit by bit, you sell your client larger and more valuable product each time you contact him, thus the name Layer Selling.

Building Relationships First, Building Sales Later

Sometimes, you dont have to sell them the moment they step into your shop or patronize you. What you need to do instead is to build relationships with them. Make them your friend and make them feel that they can trust you.

Only than can you build a solid repeat business once they come to buy from you the first time.

Conclusion

Finding new ways to generate repeat sales is the best way to grow a business. If you have no system in place to ensure you have repeat sales, you are heading towards failure and farther from success.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 8:20 PM 0 comments

It is possible to earn thousands of dollars with article marketing when you know the exact steps, and this is what you are going to discover in this article.

Although it's the easiest way to promote a business on the Internet, and I mean any ind of business you can imagine, many people don't write or submit articles. And those who are submitting are doing it wrong.

What you really need to do to earn money from this incredible opportunity?

1. The right education.

The very first thing I recommend is to invest in your education. I don't care if you claim that everything can be found on the Internet for free because this is not true.

Your time does have a price tag on it, and it's much more valuable than money. Personally, I don't lie to take two days to find an answer I could have in mere minutes.

Anyway, if you prefer trading your time, do it. But you want to be sure that you learn the right steps.

2. Article directory sites.

There are thousands of directories out there.I have two directories myself, however I don't have the time to promote them. Anyway, just perform a search on your preferred search engine, and you will find hundreds of them.

It will take a lot of time to register to all these article sites at first, but it's only a one time work, so do it. If your day job don't allow you to spend time on this, you can outsource this process for $6 to $15 an hour.

More about these sites in part two.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 8:19 PM 0 comments

One of my favorite ways to drive traffic to my web site is through article marketing. What is article marketing? Article marketing is the process of writing articles about topics related to your web site niche ideas, adding links to your web site within the articles, and submitting them to the various online article directories for distribution online. One of the really nice things about article marketing traffic is that the leads generated are usually very high quality; another nice thing about article marketing is that there is generally no cost to submitting the articles to the article directories, so for all practical purposes, except for your time, article marketing is free to use to generate traffic.

So how do you do article marketing? Here is a step by step guide to article marketing:

1) Determine what types of ideas and topics are good for your web site? An easy way to do this is to write a list of ten things that people visiting your web site might be interested in. Once you have this list, write down 10 questions someone might have in reference to each of the first 10 things someone might be interested in. This will give you a total of 100 questions or ideas about which you can write.

2) Write 250-350 word articles about each of your ideas, questions, or topics, using the formula I am teaching in this article.

3) At the end of the article, you must have a call to action. Most article directories will call this your resource box, or your bio. I call it a call to action, because it must be more than a bio and a link. It must be a very specific directive that entices people to click the link and get to your web site. If they do not click the link in the article, your article has been basically unsuccessful, so you must learn to write a call to action.

The easiest way to write a call to action is to first create a free item or product that you can giveaway on your web site. Then tell the reader to click here to collect their giveaway. This will create just about the highest percentage of readers clicking through to your web site from your article and of course that is your primary goal when you are article marketing.

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 5:58 PM 0 comments

The quality of your articles remains to be the backbone of your article marketing campaign. If your articles are well-written, content-rich, and useful, you can be assured that your will reap great success in distributing them to various publishing sites.

Here are the 6 no-brainer secrets to accelerate your article marketing:

1. Improve your writing skills. As the success of your article marketing campaign largely depends on the quality of your articles, it is but a wise move to continuously hone your writing skills. By doing so, you will be able to produce better articles every time you write.

2. Master the art of writing great titles. Your article, no matter how good its content is, will be ignored if its title is lousy or too ordinary. You don't want that to happen, do you? So, learn how to effectively write titles that are powerful, intriguing, and attention-grabbing.

3. Write for your potential readers. Make your content targeted by focusing your writing in solving their pressing issues or teaching them to accomplish some things.

4. Widely distribute your articles. Search the web for article submission sites that are highly visited by online users. These are the best publishing sites where you should submit your articles to. You can also post your articles on your blog or website, or use them as on your email marketing campaign.

5. Produce only original content. Don't bother copying the content of other website as your articles will be rejected by publishing sites for duplicate content. If you are really an expert on your field, you should not have any problem writing articles that meet the needs of your target market.

6. Write an effective resource box. You need to device a mechanism that will effectively move your readers to click on your resource box. One of the widely used techniques is offering readers freebies, vouchers, ebook or free reports.

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Sean Mize is an internet marketing mentor who teaches people to generate over $15,000 per month online via automated systems and product funnels.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 5:20 PM 0 comments

Been reading up on SEO? If so, you know that there are one of two major strategies for bumping up your website on the search engines. One is onpage optimization, which involves plumping up your website's headlines, subheads, alt image tags and content with popular keywords. The other is offpage optimization, which, although not talked about nearly as much, will drastically improve your rank if done the right way.

Offpage SEO works like this:

To improve your SEO rank and increase traffic to your site, you need to get more popular websites to link to you. This is called inbound linking.

Websites are ranked 1 to 10 for Page Rank; one being the least popular and 10 being the most popular. If you're just starting out, you're probably a 1 or a 2, but you want to be at least a 6 and who knows... maybe one day a "perfect 10!"

Just like real-life office hobnobbers, your little website is going to have to do some shmoozing with those big league websites to get noticed. How can you give your site some help? Just as you feared: you must first research whose site is ranking higher than you are for your selected keywords. Then you must email them and ask if they'll place your website link on their site.

Now when you ask people with highly visible websites if they can add your URL to their list, what do you think they typically say? "Sure, for a small fee..." (But more likely a not-so-small fee). So now we're talking about money, and nobody wants to lay out cash, especially if they're just starting out.

For this reason, you may be interested to learn: there's a new wave in offpage optimization that does not involve researching other people's websites OR emailing people OR negotiating link placement fees.

It's Article Marketing.

Simply stated, Article Marketing is distributing keyword-rich articles that include your name, professional author bio and URL link to other websites that display the articles as content. Then, publishers come by and pick up that content to place on THEIR websites.

Now, let that sink in for a moment and then remember the goal of offpage optimization: to get better ranking sites to link back to your URL. Article marketing covers this easily. How so?

As an article marketer, you can distribute hundreds of keyword-loaded articles to top ranking article content sites like EzineArticles.com. EACH TIME you post an article on a site like this, your article gets indexed in their content BY KEYWORD and your URL is listed along with it. That's with EVERY article you write.

It's also worth noting, that when you choose to showcase your work on a highly reputable, top ranking site like EzineArticles.com, you get the added advantage of their expertly designed and fully search engine optimized website template to help push you higher on the search engines.

A third point: EzineArticles.com is the number one choice for real live internet marketers to post their articles, pick up other authors' articles to use in their emailed ezines, and generally affilate with for all things article marketing. So if you wanted to start getting your name out there and known by all the right people, posting your expert articles on EzineArticles.com might be a pretty good way to do it.

Still not convinced that article marketing with a top ranking site is an incredible offpage optimization tool for your site? Submit four articles and then do a Google search on your name. Tell me what comes up. Then... when you're ready to take full advantage of this incredible opportunity: create a full-scale article marketing campaign that includes keywords and highly targeted copy... submit to the highest ranking article distribution sites... and watch your website rocket up the ranks!

Copyright 2005 Dina Giolitto. All rights reserved.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 4:31 PM 0 comments

Article business marketing is one of the most powerful forms of marketing for your business. The reason for this is that it allows you to establish yourself as an expert in your niche It builds up your credibility and allows you to create trust with your subscribers.

The most important advantage of using article marketing to market your business is that it does not cost anything. This means that you do not need to budget for huge advertising costs like ppc marketing which can become prohibitively expensive.

Let us look at the basics of article marketing. The first and most important step is that you need to find a niche market that you are an expert in. You then need to write articles exclusively for this market.

The second important step is that you need to do keyword research. You can use a free tool like Wordtracker, Overture or the Google Adwords keyword suggestion tool. You then need to find keywords in your specific niche that have very little competition. Most importantly you need to include these keywords in your title so that your articles get found on the major search engines when you submit them to the article directories.

When you write your article you need to create a very good opening that will grab your readers attention and make them want to read the rest of the article. You also need to have a very good closing where you make it clear of the benefits of solving the problem you have described in your article. This will make your reader want to take action and click on your bio where you can present them with your squeeze page that will allow you to capture their name and email address. Consequently this will allow you to market to them over and over again.

Article marketing will help your business to succeed. As soon as you add this to your marketing efforts you will reap the benefits.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 4:30 PM 0 comments

Search Engine Optimization is broken down into two segments. Aspects of onsite changes to make your site more spider friendly and Offsite keyword text backlinking.

From an on site SEO perspective, consistency and placement of your keywords are important. Spider read a page top to bottom left to right. Therefore your major keywords should be consistent from your Meta tags all the way down to your footer page. Consistency in Syntax as well a prominence. Interlinking your site with keyword text links not only helps navigation of your site but it improves your keyword density.

There is much discussion in regard to the keyword density as to what is considered a non spam factor. Each page should have about 350-500 words per page with a keyword density of no more than 7-10%. Keyword density is also considered in your graphic alt text as well as hyperlinks.

Generally speaking, if your keyword looks stuffed, it is.

Basic On site SEO Factors:

Title Tag ( with Keyword)
Meta Description ( Consistent with Title Tag)
Meta Keywords ( Consistent with Title tag and Description)
H1 Tags ( with Keyword)
Graphic Alt Text ( with Keyword)
Keyword Hyperlinks
Keyword Density in body text
Keyword in Menu Links
Footer Page with Keyword Text Links

Off site linking is generally though of as the most effective way to raise in the search engine rankings. However if your on site SEO is not complete you are battling an up hill battle.

When planning your off site linking strategy you need to keep in mind that reciprocal links are considered devalued through the latest round of algorithm updates. Textual Keyword Rich links from various C-block IP address are the best links possible.

There are many ways to receive quality links.

Some of the top linking strategies to receive quality links come from the following venues:

Article Submissions
SEO Friendly directories
Blogs
Press Releases

Growing your links in a consistent manor is also relevant. Creating 1000s of links in a short period of time could set up red flags. You will receive many links via RSS Feeds from the sources described above and be successful in your linking campaign.

Getting Search Engine rankings can take time depending on your keywords, but consistency and effort both on site and off site will bring you the desired results.

About the Author:

Eric is a Business Analyst and Consultant. Co-owner of http://www.StmaDeveloper.com and SEO Richmond Virginia.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 2:11 PM 0 comments

If you want to start an internet business, it is always encouraged to have your own website. However, there is always a mislead that every internet business requires to have a sales page and opt-in page. No doubt, having an opt-in capture page builds your leads list and a good sales page with well-defined features and benefits of the product improve sales conversion. However, you can still create a passive income without a website.

Building a sales page and opt in capture page is mandatory if you have a product of your own which you want to promote and sell. This is definitely essential as your opt in and sales page serves as a communication tool to bring across your product's benefits to your potential prospects. If you have just started out or simply have zero knowledge in html programming and web hosting , which most of super affiliate experienced and gone through this initial stage, you can simply opt to become an affiliate promoting other people products that will still create a passive income without a website.

Registering yourself as affiliate is easy and there are plenty of good opportunities around on the internet. By simply do a quick search in the search engine for affiliate program, you will be spoilt with the wide selections. There are several good affiliates site around like clickbank, cj, richdadpoordad, marketingtips and many more. Registering yourself as an affiliate is usually free and for good affiliate companies, they will provide with all the essentials tools and resources to help you promote their products. For instance, marketingtips has a comprehensive layout plan for her affiliate in the promotion of their products. They give tips and pointers on the promotion strategies through articles written by top writers and newsletters to her affiliates through email. They have a wide selection of banner links, text links, pop ups and products reviews which are easily available to affiliates upon registering.

You must be wondering where should you insert a banner link, text link, classified ads link or how to incorporate product reviews without web page? How should you make full use of the resources available to create a passive income without a website? Being an affiliate, your responsibility is to adopt marketing strategies to promote the products to the wide masses out there. Article marketing is an effective marketing strategies. If the affiliate company provides templates of their product's review, you can simply use their templates or modify the contents and submit them to article submission sites such as ezinearticles, ideamarketers, isnare, articledashboard and many more high ranking articles. The most important section is the resource box in the article submission sites and this is where you should write something about yourself to up your credential and insert your product affiliate link. You may include part of their text link or classified ads link in your resource box.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 1:31 PM 0 comments

Article marketing is considered as one of the best off-page SEO solutions in the internet today. It has the ability to drive quality, targeted traffic to your site, pull up your search engine rankings, boost your sales potential, dramatically increase your profits, and most importantly, position yourself as a key person in your industry.

1. Know your target market. Get to know the people to whom you are writing your content for. This can make you more effective in writing articles that are targeted to their needs and demands. This will also empower you to choose the best writing style and most appropriate words that your readers can easily identify with so you can get your message across quickly.

2. Pick the best article submission sites. To date, there are thousands of publishing sites but only few of them are highly visited. Don't waste your time on websites that cannot give your articles the exposure they need and stick with the ones that have impressive page views and higher page ranking.

3. Keep your articles focused. By this, I mean ensuring that all your data are closely related to your topic to avoid confusing your readers.

4. Your articles must be easy to understand. Communicate your ideas using the simplest terms and writing style. Avoid using never-ending sentences and check on your punctuations as these can alter your ideas when not used appropriately.

5. Have your articles automatically submitted. Manually submitting your articles can be tedious, time-consuming, and downright exhausting. Save your time and energy by taking advantage of electronic submission software that can help you post your articles in just few clicks in your mouse.

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Sean Mize is an internet marketing mentor who teaches people to generate over $15,000 per month online via automated systems and product funnels.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 12:42 PM 0 comments

Whether you run a website or a blog, traffic generation will be one of your primary goals. How do you go about increasing traffic to your site? If you search online, you will find countless gurus that have the magical solution and promise to bring 10,000 hits to your site. I say "hog wash".

It's clear that these gurus are not interested in you and only want to sell their ebook or software using as much hype as they can. Traffic building is done by preparing a marketing plan and putting it into action.

If you want instant mass traffic, then look into pay-per-click advertising. If you want to create a residual (and sometimes viral) network of backlinks that will generate free traffic for as long as you want, then you should seriously consider: Article Marketing.

Why is article marketing a great solution? Because it works and it's free traffic

Every article that you create can be submitted to many different article directories. Each submission results in a backlink to your site which will bring in free traffic immediately. This means that, not only will you benefit in other ways from submitting your article, but you will receive incoming traffic quickly. I personally use automated submission to submit my articles to hundreds of sites to maximize on this effect. Remember that not all automatic submitters are created equally and some are much better than others. To find out which ones are better, click on the link in the bio box below.

Another benefit of doing article marketing is better search engine positioning. Google uses a form of internet democracy to determine how relevant your site is. Each link that points to you site counts as one vote towards your site. The votes are not equal though and are based on the origin of the link. A link coming from a higher PR website will be worth more than one coming from a lower one. Also consider that a unique backlink is worth more than a reciprocal link. For a list of the best sites to submit to, check out the resource box below.

Article marketing also has a viral aspect to it. When you submit your article to directories, they become available to other publishers. If a publisher chooses to use your article, they must keep all backlinks intact. This results in many more backlinks, all from a single article. If a major publisher picks your article to run, then your in luck and your site will benefit from a huge increase in traffic that will trickle down.

Best of all, once you submit your article to a directory, it is there forever. You don't need to repost it like you would a classified ad, you just publish it and forget it.

You don't even need to be a great writer to use article marketing successfully to generate free traffic. If you can write at a 9th grade level, you can use article marketing effectively. If you really don't want to write, you can hire someone else to do it for you and it's not very expensive.

Article marketing can even be used for offline business and will help build your business' brand and credibility. It actually works very well for offline businesses since so few business owners use this type of marketing.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 12:41 PM 0 comments

Writing and submitting articles on publishing sites is one of the greatest sales lead generation techniques today. However, there are marketers who fall short in their effort to pull their readers to their website and their connection to the readers instantly end there. You wouldn't want this to happen to your article marketing campaign, would you? That is why you need to supercharge your marketing efforts to make sure that your readers will be converted to clients.

Here are the advanced steps to supercharge your article marketing:

1. Include a "bait" on your resource box. You would like your readers to click the URL on your resource box and you have to make it happen. You can easily do that by including irresistible offer that will excite your readers. Some of the effective baits that you can use are free special reports, free eBooks, vouchers, discounts or even free articles.

2. Establish your credibility and expertise. Briefly tell your readers about your experiences or your achievements so you can prompt them to visit your website and get more information. Make sure that you make your call to action statement strong and impacting, otherwise you will lose a potential client.

3. Do not bore your readers. Make sure that your resource box is no more than 3 sentences. Remember you are not writing another article. Make it brief, concise, enticing, and powerful so your readers will not have reason not to click your website's URL.

4. Maximize your resource box. Most publishing sites allow you to use a maximum of 3 URLs. Take advantage of this and include at least 2 anchor texts using the most relevant keywords to your target niche. By doing so, you make it a bit easier for your readers to get to your website quickly.

Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, 'Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide'

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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 10:18 AM 0 comments

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So how do people eventually go on to earn huge incomes online? Well, the truth is that anyone can do it. With the Internet evolving so much, it's now possible for anyone with any level of experience to at least earn some extra cash online. What is important is choosing a mentor with a proven record...someone that will give you experienced guidance on what is a very dangerous, but extremely profitable business. Unfortunately, Jeff Paul won't do that for you, despite how appealing his shortcuts to millions might be.

Making money online certainly is possible, but let me tell you from experience that it doesn't happen overnight. If you're prepared to put in a bit of effort, you might one day find yourself in the position of earning a very comfortable income online. But do me a favour...don't ever fall for someone that tells you they will make you millions online because it just won't happen, and that definitely applies to Jeff Paul and his Internet millions.

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 9:40 AM 0 comments

Article marketing is one technique that doesn't involve any risk. Imagine driving traffic to your site for free and getting qualified clients by just writing articles. It's really that easy and there is no catch! However, in other to be successful, you have to make sure that your articles are worth distributing. They must be well-written, useful, informative, and interesting. If you really are an expert on your chosen niche and you have a knack for writing, you wouldn't have any problem reaching the ladder of success in this method.

Here are the advanced ways to amplify your article marketing.

1. Attention-grabbing titles make difference. To increase your clickthrough rates you have to make sure that your titles are enticing enough. They must communicate the gist of your articles and they must be focus on human interest. In addition, they must also be compelling, short, brief, and direct to the point.

2. Insert keywords on your articles. This will help your writing material fare well on search result when online users search for your information. Make sure that you put your major keywords on your titles, sub titles, and on every paragraph of your articles.

3. Keep your articles short. Online users prefer short articles than longer ones. So, if you can get your message across using fewer words, the better. It would help if you can make your articles scannable by using bullet or numbered lists when you are giving tips or instructions.

4. Write more articles. When you do, you will be able to obtain more link back for your website and that would mean increased in website traffic and improved page ranking.

5. Include a brief summary of your articles. This will be helpful in making sure that your readers remember the important points that were raised on your articles.

Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, 'Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide'

Download it free here: Secrets of Article Promotion

Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 8:51 AM 0 comments

Gone are the days when you need cash and manpower just to advertise your products and make a sale. Today, you can easily promote your offering by simply going online, write articles, and submit them to various publishing sites. It's free, you can do it all by yourself, and it works!

1. Know how to please the search engines. Your articles must be search-engine friendly, meaning they should contain just the right amount of keywords so they will be properly indexed. They must also be original, so you can avoid penalties that may arise due to content duplication. In addition, your content must be highly relevant to your keywords.

2. Know how to please your readers. The best way to give your potential audience with great reading experience is by presenting them quality, well-written articles. It also helps if you can make your content easy to understand, scannable, content-rich, flows logically, free from any grammar or spelling errors, and most importantly, your articles must contain accurate information.

3. Know how to please publishers. To make sure that your article will make it on major publishing sites, follow these universal requirements: your articles must run at least 300 words, they must not contain blatant advertisements nor hyperlinks on the article body, they must not abuse the use of keywords, and they must be well-written and highly useful to your target niche.

Succeeding in article marketing can be very easy as long as you know how to please the 3 major elements that will directly have an impact on your article marketing campaign and these are the search engines, online users, and publishers who are running the article submission websites.

To learn more, download my free guide, "How to Generate $15,000 Per Month Online" here: "How to Generate $15,000 Per Month Online"

Sean Mize is an internet marketing mentor who teaches people to generate over $15,000 per month online via automated systems and product funnels.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 8:48 AM 0 comments

Targeting New Customers and Encouraging Repeat Business

There are three ways to grow your business; 1. Generate new customers, 2. Encourage existing customers to become more frequent repeat customers, and 3. Increase the average amount your customers spend. In this article, I will outline a tried-and-tested strategy to generate new customers and encourage repeat business, allowing you to focus on boosting individual sale revenues through special product offers. The ideas I present have helped thousands of small businesses just like yours succeed through expanding their customer base and driving repeat sales. But before we get down to business, let's begin with a short story:

You've just arrived to your new home. Your living room is filled with boxes, and your mind is full of the excitement that comes with changing locations, changing routines, and maybe even changing jobs. You're ready to celebrate. But you don't know that much about your new location. You don't know which spots are hot, and which are not. Which clubs offer drink specials, and which have dress codes. You're ready to have funbut now if you could only decide on where.

Sound familiar? Many individuals have been in this situation after moving to a new location; they're eager to get out and explore the nightclub and bar scene in their new towns, but they don't know where to go or who to ask.

As a nightclub or bar owner, these new movers represent a perfect opportunity for you to draw new customers to your location, some of which will likely become your nightly "regulars." But how do you speak to these new movers? How can you attract them to your locale when they don't know anything about the area?

Simple. You make them an offer they can't refuse.

The best way to capture a new mover's attention is to speak to them directly. Send a letter your new mover's home, welcoming her to the neighborhood. Briefly introduce yourself and your business in the letter, and present the customer with an irresistible offer, such as a $20 gift certificate at your establishment. No-strings-attached, no "buy one get one free" offersjust a certificate inviting your new mover to have a night out on you at your establishment.

Chances are you'll see that new mover on Friday night. She'll walk into your bar, armed with your offer for a night of free entertainment, and present you with a chance to create a repeat customer.

People are creatures of habit. If they go to a bar and receive quality service in a fun, friendly, and safe atmosphere, they will most likely think of the same establishment next time they feel like cutting loose.

It's your job as a business owner to make sure that each new mover that enters your bar or nightclub has a great time and leaves excited to return. Make sure your employees provide customers that present New Mover gift certificates with the best service and products available. Explain to your bar staff that these individuals have come to your establishment with a no-strings-attached gift certificate and will most likely tip their wait staff very well. The key is to give your customers a reason to visit you in the first place, and then show them such a good time that they will be eager to return.

While building new relationships with customers is an important part of running a successful business, learning how to drive customers to your door when you need them the most is equally significant. Youve already started to attract new customers with your New Movers program, but you must also begin to start reaching out to your current customers and encourage them to visit your business again and again during times when they normally may not. And heres how to do just that.

Next time a new customer presents a New Movers gift certificate, ask that she sign the back of the offer and provide an email address. Use these email addressesas well as those you should be collecting from existing customersto build up a database of individuals that you know have visited your bar or nightclub in the past and have most likely had a good time. Next time you're expecting a slow Tuesday or Wednesday night, create a special offersay, half price on wells and tapsand email a certificate to the customers who have previously provided you with their email addresses. While they may not usually go out on a Tuesday or Wednesday night, if you impressed and entertained them the last time they visited your establishment, most will probably think about stopping by for a drink with their colleagues on their way home from work that night.

And there you have it. You've turned a slow night into one that has filled your bar or nightclub with familiar faces.

Peter Drucker, a recently deceased marketing guru, said it best when he said that "the purpose of business is not to make a sale, but to make and keep a customer." You must aggressively market your business to customers by providing them with a reason to try out your services, and must impress them enough that they will always be eager to return. In addition, smart businessmen know that the best way to foster repeat business is to target previous customers with offers and specials that they will find hard to resist. Follow these strategies, and your nightly list of "regulars" will continue to grow and grow.

Jay Siff is the CEO and Founder of Moving Targets and Loyal Rewards and is a recognized expert on smart marketing strategies. Siff works closely with small business owners to help them attract new customers and build on existing customer relationships with targeted new mover marketing campaigns and customer loyalty initiatives.

Additional information about Siff, Moving Targets, and Loyal Rewards can be found online at http://www.movingtargets.com and http://www.loyalrewards.com

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 6:27 AM 0 comments

Article marketing is synonymous to improved traffic, impressive page ranking, increased sales leads, and amazing profits. It can also mean stronger online presence and credibility especially for those marketers who care to do the process right.

Here are the 5 advanced steps to multiply your article marketing:

1. Write from the readers' perspective. Before you write your articles, it will be beneficial to put yourself into the shoes of your potential clients first. This will make you better understand where they are coming from and identify the kind of information they need to either resolve their pressing issues or increase their knowledge about their areas of interest.

2. "What's in it for me?" This is the common question of most online readers before they read articles online. Communicate the readers' benefits on your headlines to let people know what is in store for them to make your articles even more appealing.

3. K.I.S.S. - This simply means keep it short and simple. As an article writer, you must understand that the audiences you serve have limited time to spend on reading various articles online. It can be greatly beneficial for your marketing strategy to post articles that run 300-500 words as these are the kinds of written materials that attract more attention online.

4. Submit your articles on major publishing sites. Increase the chances of your articles being picked up and republished by other online users by making them available online through the help of article submission sites.

5. Syndicate your articles. Aside from article submission sites, you can also post your articles on your blog and on your website to maximize their exposure. You can also use them as viral marketing tools, content for your newsletters, or compile them to create an ebook.

To learn more, download my free guide, "How to Generate $15,000 Per Month Online" here: "How to Generate $15,000 Per Month Online"

Sean Mize is an internet marketing mentor who teaches people to generate over $15,000 per month online via automated systems and product funnels.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 5:49 AM 0 comments

I recommend using at least 17 pre-written messages to load into your autoresponder.

After driving the traffic to the opt-in page, they will receive something for free.

For instance, I have included with no strings attached a free ebook available for download that will help you effectively increase your subscribers and build your list of opt ins using professional tips that are only known to a few internet marketers simply because I don't want to do anything online, unless it adds value to those whose lives I enter into business relationship.

When, after downloading the ebook for free, because you are a reader of my articles, my chiefest joy will be to know that you are increasing your business by at least double after just implementing the strategies provided.

After all, as internet marketing guru Doug Barger once said in his "Resurrection of Internet Marketing," "Tracking and testing are paramount to increasing profitability."

You see, the surest way to know that the effectiveness of your email list building is improving is the same principle. After applying the techniques, if you realize that you are gaining an extra triple the number of subscribers that you were before applying the strategies and tips, then you know that the credibility of the person who recommended them is one to be trusted and that the value of the recommendations are directly measurable in terms of the results that they have provided.

Include a download link that will help some access of your subscriber's marketing endeavor and business model with every prewritten email sent to them and include a suggestion (call to action) for them to send it to someone that they know will benefit from it or ask them to mention it in a forum when the subject comes up and you will see more evidence of the value of the service you provide and its impact on the community.

For instance after downloading your free copy of this ebook to follow, please tell at least three friends about it and always post a link to it in any marketing forum you are a part of when someone requests help in the area of list building.

This will show you that you genuinely care about your networking contacts and that their success is important to you. Other than helping me help them, and to help me keep these free for you, you just might find that you have won a customer for life and that really is list building gold.

Download My Free Report: "How To Quickly And Easily Build An Opt In List Of Hyper Responsive Subscribers Who Are Willing To Spend Money With You Right Now!"

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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 4:54 AM 0 comments

SEO or search engine optimization has always been mostly about developing good links. Getting more links means getting more people to get into the site and increasing the website's popularity. This is directly related to business success as it gets us more sales and fulfills business objectives. However developing links has to be gradual process and every link should be useful with a purpose.

Ok now what is DLR or deep link ratio? Well, first let us first define a deep link. Deep links are incoming back-links to any specific page within the website other than the home page. And DLR or deep link ratio is the ratio of deep-links to website root links. The total deep links divided by the total number of incoming links will give us the DLR that is expressed as a percentage.Thus a website's DLR is just the comparison of the number of backlinks that go to pages under the top level of the website to the total number of backlinks for the entire website." There are many free online DLR calculator tools on the web to calculate a website's DLR and it takes justr a few seconds to get a site's DLR.

There is no defined standard for DLR. But websites can have a high or a low DLR ratio depending on the type of content that they have. However generally speaking a higher deep link ratio is considered to be better especially if you have an SEO based link development program. Yes, one must make it look natural and blend it well.

There are many commercial websites that are built just like an online departmental store where everyone first gets into the home page and from there find their way to the required categories and departments. Probably such sites have a lower DLR as they usually need not have any great content on deeper pages and so a high DLR does not matter much for such sites. However one must note that a high DLR has been known to be associated with a higher page rank and thus is a considerable factor for search engine optimization.

The author of this article is Ricci Mathew of Outsource Strategies International (OSI), a US based company that offers services in Search Engine Optimization, SEM, PPC advertising for clients across the US.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 4:54 AM 0 comments

Writing articles is one of the easiest and most effective ways of generating free traffic to your website and getting free advertising. So without further ado, let's get into it and learn all about using articles to generate free traffic...

Now let's get down the root of your article. In this section, this is what we are going to cover

1) Determine the purpose of your article
2) Creating a compelling article heading
3) How to make your article interesting
enough so they click on your resource link
4) How to write your article quickly and make it a viral marketing machine
5) How to spit and polish your article so it looks like you re a professional writer

Let determine the purpose of your article. This might sound stupid, but if you do not know what you want your readers to do when they finish reading your article, how will they know what to do? Before I get too far into writing this, there is one thing you must do before you put pen to paper so to speak.

It does not apply to article writing on the Internet. The purpose of writing articles is to get a response and that sometimes means using unconventional methods of writing. If you cannot handle that your writing my look like it was written in the dark in some sports (maybe a bit harsh) and you are neurotic about it, forget writing on the Internet altogether.

This is meatball writing. We get straight to the point and give the readers all the information in less then 700 words.

Now back to determining the purpose of your article. Here are the usual options that the reader has.

1) Visit your website link in the resource box his is probably the most common response people seem to go to, even if it is the wrong one. People are so fixated with wanting their readers to go to their websites and buy straight away. Tell me something, how many strangers on the Internet have you brought something from because they just told you a great story? None right? You have to preheat the oven before you can ask for their credit card details.

Sending your readers to your website will usually result in a lower sales percentage straight off the bat. That is of course if you are selling them anything at all.If you were selling them something, the best bet would be to send them straight to your newsletter sign up link in your resource box, or even better yet, a free 5 day course via email, which I will talk about in a minute.

But if you are sure you want to send them to your website, the best way to do that is to tell your readers (in your article) that if you go to your website (in your resource box), there is a free gift (of value) they can get, just by visiting your site.

Make sure if you do this, it is not a blatant plug for a product and the gift is of real value, or very few publishers will publish your article, and fewer readers will respond to you in the future. No one likes being sold straight off the bat, and by giving them a free gift, or getting them to give you their email address some way is the best way to go.

2) Visit an affiliate link This one is quite tricky. For starters, some publisher did not allow you to put affiliate program links in your article at all, and if you do, they have to be completely in context and it must be one brilliant article, but that is not a problem. You can of course put an affiliate link in your resource box, which would be allowed straight away.However, if you want your affiliate links in your article here are a few tips.

1. Make sure they add value to your article and are not just blatant plugs.
2. Make sure your article is informative and to the point
3. Give plenty of free information away at your website and or offer a free course
4. Write a brilliant article!

3) Subscribe to your mailing list This is one of the better options? Why, because when they sign up for your mailing list, they are giving you permission to contact them via email on a regular basis. It would be very hard in your article to announce your mailing list in context of the article, as it would come off as a blatant plug, so the best bet would be to include your subscribe email address in your resource box.Do not make them go to a website and subscribe, this will cut your lead percentage nearly in half. All your readers should have to do is send a blank email to your auto responder or mailing list email address and subscribe from there.

4) Subscribe to your free course

This is my favorite way to really maximize your articles. Why?

1. They give you their email address just like they are joining your newsletter
2. They are in the buying mood straight away
3. You get to give them a sales message at the end of your free 5-day course and it won't look like a blatant plug
4. You can offer them more free courses for years to come
5. Just do it!

With a free 5-day course, you are really getting to know your readers better and you are giving them the chance to read more information from you straight away. A free course is just really 5 or so articles put together with an auto responder and sent out over a period of days.

Just like with the mailing list, put your free course link (not a website address) in your resource box.

5) Refer your article to others

If you want your readers to refer your articles to other people, here is what you do.(This is a good idea if you have affiliate links in your article) You send them to a website, with a refer a friend script. This website also has your previous articles on there as well in an easy to use site.You do not need fancy graphics or flash animation, just make it easy to navigate. As I was saying, send them to a page with a refer a friend script on it, and once they do that, give them a free bonus, like the chance to sign up for a free 5 day course you are offering!

You see how many possibilities there are. By giving them something in return with value, like a free 5-day course, you get them to refer your article/website to their friends.

6) Contact you personally

If you want people to contact you personally, do not make them dig through a website to find your contact details. At the very least, put your email address in your resource box, if not your business phone number.

7) Do nothing

Do not be disheartened if a lot of people do not visit your website or take an action from your article, they could just be freebie seekers looking for free information and are not willing to take an action no matter how good your information is or would be.

The secret to article writing is volume. The more articles you have out there being passed around, the more traffic you will end up getting.

8) Flame you

There are some idiots, and yes they are idiots, who would rather send nasty emails to you instead of giving constructive criticism. If you are one of these people, find a better hobby, because it can really hurt a person's feelings. When I was first starting out, and I got some flames, they really hit me hard, but then I realized I was the one making money on the Internet and they were probably spending all day abusing people over the Internet.

Zaiful Zin was a beginner internet marketing from Malaysia. You can view his blog for more internet marketing tips and strategy to make money online at
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posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 2:36 AM 0 comments

Article marketing is an excellent method of increasing traffic to your site. There are a lot of writers out there who are talented and can write articles for your site. With a large pool of potential employees who usually work free-lance, this is a marketing campaign that a site can undertake with little financial risk. You hire a person to develop creative content that will draw online surfers to your site. This small investment is an opportunity to increase site traffic as well as your search engine rating.

Article marketing, is placing your articles in online article directories for everyone to read. These articles usually will have a link to your own website at the bottom, with a photo and a short biodata about you. If someone reads your article and clicks on the backlink, your website gets traffic. Your article has to be impressive enough to induce the visitor to click on the backlink.

You can be successful if you remember a few things. You have to compose copy that reflects your readers' concerns. Perhaps you can inform your audience about a previously unpublicized service or give them pointers on how to do something for themselves. You want to create one-of-a-kind articles to get their attention, and unique content is what accomplishes that.

Use words that are easy for your readers to comprehend. Avoid flowery phrases that may tax the ordinary person's vocabulary. Avoid complicated concepts as well. Define any words you think will stump your audience. You can render copy more readable if you use boldfaced headings and bullets in front of the items on your lists. You want to offer your audience useful information and communicate to them that you have expertise pertinent to the topic.

As soon as your copy is prepared for publication, put it on a popular article directory. This is a kind of site that solicits columns from authors of all nations throughout the globe. It provides room for your contact information and for a backlink. It is crucial to post your copy on more than one directory at a time in order to raise your internet profile and generate more visitors to your site.

Article marketing can periodically fail to generate the funds it promises. A poorly written article will not attract viewers. The writer must possess rudimentary literary skills. The abrupt disappearance of the writer from the internet may also contribute to lack of income. Article writers must consistently provide new articles with fresh ideas. For a productive and gifted writer, article marketing is a great way to make a living.

In today's technologically driven world there are many ways to earn money through Internet and article writing is one of them. Many article writers are happy writing content for websites. If you engage yourself in article marketing, then your article will pay you as long as it is present on the site. Write something your reader is interested in. Your subject matter can be about a little-known but useful service or a self-help guide, a how-to article or handy hints about something. If your unique articles contain stimulating information, their unique content is sure to arouse your reader's interest. Write in a reader-friendly language and style.

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 2:03 AM 0 comments

One of the services search engine marketing companies provide is Link Building. This is where the firm actively seeks out links by finding websites that are on a similar topic to yours and approaching them on your behalf to ask for links. However as the search engines have become more sophisticated they have been able to distinguish between sites providing good high quality relevant links and other less reliable websites. As a consequence its become increasingly important for search engine marketers & optimisation agencies to learn which links are most valuable.

One of the first things to bear in mind when asking a site for the link is if its relevant. The best way to tell if a search engine would see you link as appropriate is to think like the linking websites target audience. If a reader of the site you are approaching would find your web page useful then so will the search engines.

Its also important to see who else the potential link partner is linking to. A site with a few high quality links is a lot more valuable as a link resource than a site with links to some of the more grubby neighborhoods on the World Wide Web.

The older the site you are approaching to build links with the better. The more established a site is the more valuable its links are. A link from a site thats been around since the early days of the internet can really help a search engine optimization campaign and move a website up the rankings result page.

As well as the age of the link partner its worth looking at which Top Level Domain (TLD) the website is hosted with. .edu & .gov sites are best. Unless its a high quality well established reputable site .biz & .info pages are best avoided. The less desirable domain extensions are more prone to spam so their links offer less trust.

Its always best to try and find links from proper editorial pages rather than directories. While it may be more time consuming and require a personalized email its worth the effort. The search engines view a link from a content site as a better recommendation than a web directory that is full of links.

Another top tip is to avoid sites in foreign languages its easy for the search engine to see these as irrelevant links, so youre better not wasting your time perusing these links.

If you are trying to market and promote your site; a well organized link campaign as part of a varied search engine marketing strategy can provide real tangible results. You can quickly move up through the results of search engines like Yahoo! & Google and drive more traffic to your website.

Kelvin Newman is a search engine marketing consultant at Site Visibility Ltd. Site Visibility is a UK based search engine marketing company that helps clients increase online customer acquisition and retention using search engine optimization, pay per click and online marketing campaign measurement techniques.

You can read his regularly updated blog Site Visibility - Search Engine Marketing

posted by legitimate-internet-jobs99617  # 1:04 AM 0 comments