If you are just starting out making money online, there is a great temptation to sell. This may have worked years ago when internet marketing was all new, but for the newbie in today's market using a sales page and trying to sell something straight off the bat is doomed to failure. It is much better to create a squeeze page offering people something of value for free and build your list!
The problem is that the newbie wants instant gratification straight away which is why people fail online. Okay, you may get the occasional sale, however you are not list building. You see, the big secret is to build your list, nurture it by building a relationship and offering products to them. Not just once but for the entire time they remain a subscriber, hence the money is in the list.
So, here is what you do.
1. Create your free product
First of all you want to create a product that you are going to give away. My advice would be to visit forums in your niche and find out what people want answers to. Solve their problem by creating free information; this could be a free PDF report. Remember you want to focus on over delivering and providing good quality content or people will just opt-out.
2. Create your squeeze page
To get the list building process going you will need to create a squeeze page; all you need is a compelling headline, image, opt-in form and a few bullet points. This is no sales letter, so no need to add your sales pitch that takes forever to scroll down. Keep it simple, this is something that you are giving away for free, not asking for them to get their wallet out!
3. Autoresponder
To build your list you will need an autoresponder. This will enable you to send out emails to all of your subscribers with one hit. Having an autoresponder will save you heaps of time and is quite simply essential if you want to make money online. If you want to succeed online I would only recommend Aweber.
There is a short learning curve in creating squeeze pages, once done you can start to generate traffic. Then just take some action and build your list!
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The money is in the list...
We continue to use as many different aspects of advertising as we can. As I have already said we use safelists and we also use software to send out many emails at one time. List Auction gives you credits when you click on members emails. Add these up and once a week you can send out an email promoting your business. When you join you add a link to your account and that is promoted to other members.
Your credits get used and you continue clicking to add more credits ready for the next mailshot. It is a good idea to change the email so that the recipient will not get bored.
Traffic Swarm is another such system. Promote your business, click for credits and the number of credits are reduced as other members of Traffic Swarm click on your ad. You can also join a lottery with Traffic Swarm and you could be a winner and then your ad will get a wider coverage as you will have more credits to use up.
We are also using a software system called Becanada. You can promote up to 15 websites and then in rotation you can send emails promoting your businesses to a variety of classified ads.
You receive confirmation of the ads sent. There may be 800 email addresses on the list but they are sent out to further lists and that 800 can finally be 1,400.
The cynics among you may say how do you know that the ads are being sent out. Well we have received enquiries from people requesting further information, which is confirmation that they do go out.
We spend a lot of time advertising in the hope that we will in turn be able to make some sales.
Your credits get used and you continue clicking to add more credits ready for the next mailshot. It is a good idea to change the email so that the recipient will not get bored.
Traffic Swarm is another such system. Promote your business, click for credits and the number of credits are reduced as other members of Traffic Swarm click on your ad. You can also join a lottery with Traffic Swarm and you could be a winner and then your ad will get a wider coverage as you will have more credits to use up.
We are also using a software system called Becanada. You can promote up to 15 websites and then in rotation you can send emails promoting your businesses to a variety of classified ads.
You receive confirmation of the ads sent. There may be 800 email addresses on the list but they are sent out to further lists and that 800 can finally be 1,400.
The cynics among you may say how do you know that the ads are being sent out. Well we have received enquiries from people requesting further information, which is confirmation that they do go out.
We spend a lot of time advertising in the hope that we will in turn be able to make some sales.
Friday, September 25, 2009
List Building Can Help - If You Do it Right
The saying goes that the "money is in the list." It is true that list building can be a great way to use internet marketing. However, there are some things to avoid when using list building. Avoid using these common mistakes to keep your internet marketing campaign from suffering.
1) Not offering a benefit. If you are simply trying to sell something all of the time, your readers are going to get turned off and then they're never going to visit your site. Instead, offer other benefits, such as practical information. You want to drive traffic to your site with your list building, not turn them away.
2) Paying too much money to find out the "secrets." If everyone knew the secrets to the success of list building then everyone would have great websites that made them millions on a weekly basis. Some practical advice does exist out there, but try not to spend your hard earned money listening to the ones who claim to know it all. Most of the information that is good is free.
3) Not knowing why people should join your list. This goes hand in hand with #1. You need to know yourself why joining your list is beneficial. If you don't know then your readers aren't going to know either.
4) Flooding. If you flood their inboxes, you're eventually going to go straight to junk mail.
5) Forgetting that people read them. Check for errors, as well as relevant information. If you're not credible then people will not take you seriously.
Are you really interested in driving massive traffic to your website?
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1) Not offering a benefit. If you are simply trying to sell something all of the time, your readers are going to get turned off and then they're never going to visit your site. Instead, offer other benefits, such as practical information. You want to drive traffic to your site with your list building, not turn them away.
2) Paying too much money to find out the "secrets." If everyone knew the secrets to the success of list building then everyone would have great websites that made them millions on a weekly basis. Some practical advice does exist out there, but try not to spend your hard earned money listening to the ones who claim to know it all. Most of the information that is good is free.
3) Not knowing why people should join your list. This goes hand in hand with #1. You need to know yourself why joining your list is beneficial. If you don't know then your readers aren't going to know either.
4) Flooding. If you flood their inboxes, you're eventually going to go straight to junk mail.
5) Forgetting that people read them. Check for errors, as well as relevant information. If you're not credible then people will not take you seriously.
Are you really interested in driving massive traffic to your website?
Here's the answer:
Secret Article Weapon - Download your free ebook now.
Would you like to know more about the magical marketing techniques that have helped me to quit my day job? I have just completed my new ebook.
Secrets To Make Money Online - Download your free ebook now.
Mark Abrahams is a full time internet marketer who has helped others to earn a living online.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The ABC's of List Building For Internet Marketing Success
The toughest thing to teach a business person who wants to get moving on Internet income is the concept of list building. The reason why is because it initially feels like performing blind archery.
If you are used to direct selling or consultation sales, you know that the process starts with a large group of prospects that then narrows as you eliminate the ones that do not fit the profile for your product or service. If you start with 100 prospects you might eliminate 90 and find 10 qualified prospects.
List building works in a similar fashion but slightly different. Your offer catches those who have an initial interest in your pitch. They make the first move by committing their information in return for your free offer. You build a narrative and a relationship with your prospects as you help them to make a purchasing decision. On average it takes over seven exposures to an offer or product before the average consumer makes the decision to purchase.
List building for your online program allows you to secure initial and ongoing sales from a large enough pool of interested leads. List building requires patience; it usually starts slowly and builds up with time. You will be required to know how to attract the right people and you'll need to know where to attract them to your site.
You'll also need to know the numbers it will take to make a profit in your niche and the number needed for escape velocity (that's when you've made a substantial gain in the lead generation business to make money with very little effort). The optimum goal is to use your list to generate more leads through referrals.
So what is the process?
There are about eight steps to list building that should be followed regularly and a few more once you get to a level of success that they will benefit you. Here they are primary eight:
1. Establish your niche and its profitability
2. Determine competitive strength
3. Calculate cost of doing business
4. Establish size for break-even point
5. Determine marketing strategy for your sales funnel.
6. Create offer and lead capture system.
7. Create follow up system sales system
8. Build a reward system for referrals
The sales cycle plays a crucial part in list building because your sorted lists will serve more than one purpose. The art of list building is not the same as traffic generation. Traffic generation is about casting a wide net of exposure to get people to your blog or website. List building is about collecting and managing your targeted groups of prospects that have specific interests and leading them through various sales cycles.
Michael Caporalini is an internet marketer who is also a student of the Alex Jeffrey's mentoring program and is dedicated to helping others build business online. Visit his blog for more free information and products that can help build your business online, that you can down load free immediately http://michaelcaporalini.com/.
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If you are used to direct selling or consultation sales, you know that the process starts with a large group of prospects that then narrows as you eliminate the ones that do not fit the profile for your product or service. If you start with 100 prospects you might eliminate 90 and find 10 qualified prospects.
List building works in a similar fashion but slightly different. Your offer catches those who have an initial interest in your pitch. They make the first move by committing their information in return for your free offer. You build a narrative and a relationship with your prospects as you help them to make a purchasing decision. On average it takes over seven exposures to an offer or product before the average consumer makes the decision to purchase.
List building for your online program allows you to secure initial and ongoing sales from a large enough pool of interested leads. List building requires patience; it usually starts slowly and builds up with time. You will be required to know how to attract the right people and you'll need to know where to attract them to your site.
You'll also need to know the numbers it will take to make a profit in your niche and the number needed for escape velocity (that's when you've made a substantial gain in the lead generation business to make money with very little effort). The optimum goal is to use your list to generate more leads through referrals.
So what is the process?
There are about eight steps to list building that should be followed regularly and a few more once you get to a level of success that they will benefit you. Here they are primary eight:
1. Establish your niche and its profitability
2. Determine competitive strength
3. Calculate cost of doing business
4. Establish size for break-even point
5. Determine marketing strategy for your sales funnel.
6. Create offer and lead capture system.
7. Create follow up system sales system
8. Build a reward system for referrals
The sales cycle plays a crucial part in list building because your sorted lists will serve more than one purpose. The art of list building is not the same as traffic generation. Traffic generation is about casting a wide net of exposure to get people to your blog or website. List building is about collecting and managing your targeted groups of prospects that have specific interests and leading them through various sales cycles.
Michael Caporalini is an internet marketer who is also a student of the Alex Jeffrey's mentoring program and is dedicated to helping others build business online. Visit his blog for more free information and products that can help build your business online, that you can down load free immediately http://michaelcaporalini.com/.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michael_Caporalini
Monday, September 21, 2009
Building a downline
We have been advertising our websites via a power submitter which has a safelist system.
A safelist is a mailing list where all members can send emails to each other. These emails are not considered spam because every member has agreed to receive them and confirmed their email address. A safelist can be used to advertise websites, business opportunities, promotions and so on.
We set up an email with email address and website address then send it out through the submitter.
It is FREE software that generates client and sales leads. You can literally reach millions of Internet users Daily with only a few clicks saving 100's of hours of tedious labour. Fully automated unlimited submissions to 1,000's of the most popular FREE Classifieds online that automates "getting the word out" to an unlimited number of websites [all types - worldwide] 200 times faster than you can do by hand - over and over again - effortlessly and automatically.
With this system you can submit your ads / promote your websites regularly to new websites as they come online automatically to reach even more people at no extra cost?
Increase and/or automate your profits, website traffic, sales and leads generation without it costing you a dime of your "ad dollars" - now or ever?
Effortlessly and automatically promote/advertise an unlimited number of products, services, opportunities, websites and more at the same time using state of the art automation that only increases your advertising reach over time?
Take unlimited advantage of free advertising opportunities worldwide on unlimited number of websites using state of the art automation on a repeat basis - daily, weekly, monthly...?
Instantly send your classifieds ads to 1000s of worldwide and local classifieds websites online everyday free and have your ads seen instantly by millions of people worldwide?
Reduce your daily work load and save 100s of hours or more of your time in manual work on a regular basis?
Automate sending your ads / "getting the word out" to an unlimited number of more websites - all types, in any language with no added costs - now or ever?
Add your own choice advertising/promotion sites automatically without limitations of any kind to laser target your audience and reach more people plus increase this advertising reach daily, weekly and monthly?
Submit your ads / promote your websites regularly to new websites as they come online automatically to reach even more people at no extra cost?
Drastically reduce your advertising budget / business costs?
Once the email has been sent, you receive an acknowledgement email at the email address you have used when you set up the email confirming the email was sent and it gives you information i.e. website, email, an extraction from the email and lots more.
A great tool to use.
A safelist is a mailing list where all members can send emails to each other. These emails are not considered spam because every member has agreed to receive them and confirmed their email address. A safelist can be used to advertise websites, business opportunities, promotions and so on.
We set up an email with email address and website address then send it out through the submitter.
It is FREE software that generates client and sales leads. You can literally reach millions of Internet users Daily with only a few clicks saving 100's of hours of tedious labour. Fully automated unlimited submissions to 1,000's of the most popular FREE Classifieds online that automates "getting the word out" to an unlimited number of websites [all types - worldwide] 200 times faster than you can do by hand - over and over again - effortlessly and automatically.
With this system you can submit your ads / promote your websites regularly to new websites as they come online automatically to reach even more people at no extra cost?
Increase and/or automate your profits, website traffic, sales and leads generation without it costing you a dime of your "ad dollars" - now or ever?
Effortlessly and automatically promote/advertise an unlimited number of products, services, opportunities, websites and more at the same time using state of the art automation that only increases your advertising reach over time?
Take unlimited advantage of free advertising opportunities worldwide on unlimited number of websites using state of the art automation on a repeat basis - daily, weekly, monthly...?
Instantly send your classifieds ads to 1000s of worldwide and local classifieds websites online everyday free and have your ads seen instantly by millions of people worldwide?
Reduce your daily work load and save 100s of hours or more of your time in manual work on a regular basis?
Automate sending your ads / "getting the word out" to an unlimited number of more websites - all types, in any language with no added costs - now or ever?
Add your own choice advertising/promotion sites automatically without limitations of any kind to laser target your audience and reach more people plus increase this advertising reach daily, weekly and monthly?
Submit your ads / promote your websites regularly to new websites as they come online automatically to reach even more people at no extra cost?
Drastically reduce your advertising budget / business costs?
Once the email has been sent, you receive an acknowledgement email at the email address you have used when you set up the email confirming the email was sent and it gives you information i.e. website, email, an extraction from the email and lots more.
A great tool to use.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Aggregator!!!
Reading an article recently it led me along a slightly different direction towards a Blog Aggregator which is used by online communities to aggregate community blogs in a centralized location. I chose this route thinking that I may be able to find several blogs with the theme being "internet business". Initially I have opened an account and further along the line I will be able to submit my blog.
There are several blog aggregators out there. Some are easier to use than others. If you have more than one blog it is a place you can manage all your blogs with ease. Once you have subscribed to the RSS feeds of your favourite blogs it updates you each time there is a new post.
It downloads the new content into "My Feeds" so that you can read all the new posts. The updates are downloaded as linkable headlines and this saves a lot of time, you won't have to spend a lot of your valuable time visiting each blog's net address individually.
I have looked at a few and I have signed up to one Blog Aggregator. A few have lots of topics totally unconnected to business so do look closely at these communities. I searched the communities for topics on home based business and online business. There aren't many communities dealing with either subject.
Of course this blog, the newsgroups, marketing, advertising, using traffic sites, press releases, social networking and now the introduction of a blog aggregator are all designed to give me more coverage to promote my business. I use all these methods and many more. It takes a lot of time but I have learned a lot since my journey began and I know that I have much more to learn.
There are several blog aggregators out there. Some are easier to use than others. If you have more than one blog it is a place you can manage all your blogs with ease. Once you have subscribed to the RSS feeds of your favourite blogs it updates you each time there is a new post.
It downloads the new content into "My Feeds" so that you can read all the new posts. The updates are downloaded as linkable headlines and this saves a lot of time, you won't have to spend a lot of your valuable time visiting each blog's net address individually.
I have looked at a few and I have signed up to one Blog Aggregator. A few have lots of topics totally unconnected to business so do look closely at these communities. I searched the communities for topics on home based business and online business. There aren't many communities dealing with either subject.
Of course this blog, the newsgroups, marketing, advertising, using traffic sites, press releases, social networking and now the introduction of a blog aggregator are all designed to give me more coverage to promote my business. I use all these methods and many more. It takes a lot of time but I have learned a lot since my journey began and I know that I have much more to learn.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Xom Reviews
In my previous post there was information about newsgroups. I typed interbulletin into google and it came up with a site called xom reviews. It is the most amazing website to help me advertise this blog.
It is called http://www.xomreviews.com/. I typed in my 24 hour business domain name but it would not accept it due to the fact that there is a forward slash in the address so then I decided to enter my blog domain name, hit the enter tab and a few seconds later up came my blog website address. The post came up with a description about me then information on my last post and the previous post. For me this has been a wonderful revelation.
I have looked at all the websites listed in the post by Peter Garant and there are quite a lot. This is how I came across xom reviews. I am also still searching for free newsgroups sites as there is such a lot to learn before I start spending my hard-earned cash and from the newsgroups I have already joined and looked at, some groups do not have a feature or discuss home business.
So you need to look very carefully at the topics and only post where there is a group specifically dedicated to your interests.
The search continues....
It is called http://www.xomreviews.com/. I typed in my 24 hour business domain name but it would not accept it due to the fact that there is a forward slash in the address so then I decided to enter my blog domain name, hit the enter tab and a few seconds later up came my blog website address. The post came up with a description about me then information on my last post and the previous post. For me this has been a wonderful revelation.
I have looked at all the websites listed in the post by Peter Garant and there are quite a lot. This is how I came across xom reviews. I am also still searching for free newsgroups sites as there is such a lot to learn before I start spending my hard-earned cash and from the newsgroups I have already joined and looked at, some groups do not have a feature or discuss home business.
So you need to look very carefully at the topics and only post where there is a group specifically dedicated to your interests.
The search continues....
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
How to Access Free Alt Newsgroups
If like most users you are having a hard time looking for and using free alt newsgroups, it is likely because you are not utilizing the right software. To get these posts, you need to be properly equipped with the correct applications.
For those who are not familiar with newsgroups, they can be likened to an Internet forum with a broad range of subject matters. What makes free alt newsgroups different is that there are no moderators, so anyone can say pretty much anything. They can be created at any time and for any subject, so you can expect them to be chaotic, a little confusing but always interesting.
The first thing that you need to do to have access to free alt newsgroups is to install a news server, the software that will download these newsgroups. Some of the most popular ones are Usenet Unlimited, GigaNews and Astraweb.
Before downloading these news servers though, check your local Internet provider, because it may have its own Usenet application. It is unlikely that it will have the free alt newsgroups though, as they consume a lot of bandwidth.
Whichever news server you download and install, you will be required to create an account and you also need to install a news reader, which will be the application that will read the free alt newsgroups. You can try out Grabit and Alt.binz, both freeware.
An alternative way of accessing free alt newsgroups is through Usenet. Here you will need to use your web browser and through services like Interbulletin, Google Groups, Randori News. http://NewsOne.Net and many more, you will be able to enjoy the services of newsgroups.
Whichever type of software you use, there are a few things that you need to be aware of. First is that you can subscribe or unsubscribe anytime. Second, if this is your first time to access them, do not be surprised if the discussion (or thread) veers away from the subject matter; that is par for the course in a lot of newsgroups.
Another thing that you will notice is that people get emotional about a subject (this often happens). If this irritates you, feel free to just drop out.
Another thing that you should know about free alt newsgroups is that because they can have a lot of users at the same time, you might have to wait a while before you can log in. If you cannot access it right now, just try again a little later.
You might also be interested to know that these free alt newsgroups are not just about discussing things, but there are also some dedicated to pictures. Some groups are devoted to posting images of computer fractals, animals, celebrities, etc. Downloading these images are done the same way as you would the messages, as most of the software have a picture decoder installed.
Free alt newsgroups can be a lot of fun, and now that you know the ways and means of accessing them, you will be able to join in the discussions too.
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Peter Garant is an Internet consultant and computer expert who has written many articles about online services such as Free ALT Newsgroups Info and Watch Movies on the Internet for Tech FAQ Web Site.
For those who are not familiar with newsgroups, they can be likened to an Internet forum with a broad range of subject matters. What makes free alt newsgroups different is that there are no moderators, so anyone can say pretty much anything. They can be created at any time and for any subject, so you can expect them to be chaotic, a little confusing but always interesting.
The first thing that you need to do to have access to free alt newsgroups is to install a news server, the software that will download these newsgroups. Some of the most popular ones are Usenet Unlimited, GigaNews and Astraweb.
Before downloading these news servers though, check your local Internet provider, because it may have its own Usenet application. It is unlikely that it will have the free alt newsgroups though, as they consume a lot of bandwidth.
Whichever news server you download and install, you will be required to create an account and you also need to install a news reader, which will be the application that will read the free alt newsgroups. You can try out Grabit and Alt.binz, both freeware.
An alternative way of accessing free alt newsgroups is through Usenet. Here you will need to use your web browser and through services like Interbulletin, Google Groups, Randori News. http://NewsOne.Net and many more, you will be able to enjoy the services of newsgroups.
Whichever type of software you use, there are a few things that you need to be aware of. First is that you can subscribe or unsubscribe anytime. Second, if this is your first time to access them, do not be surprised if the discussion (or thread) veers away from the subject matter; that is par for the course in a lot of newsgroups.
Another thing that you will notice is that people get emotional about a subject (this often happens). If this irritates you, feel free to just drop out.
Another thing that you should know about free alt newsgroups is that because they can have a lot of users at the same time, you might have to wait a while before you can log in. If you cannot access it right now, just try again a little later.
You might also be interested to know that these free alt newsgroups are not just about discussing things, but there are also some dedicated to pictures. Some groups are devoted to posting images of computer fractals, animals, celebrities, etc. Downloading these images are done the same way as you would the messages, as most of the software have a picture decoder installed.
Free alt newsgroups can be a lot of fun, and now that you know the ways and means of accessing them, you will be able to join in the discussions too.
(ArticlesBase ID #1198932)
Peter Garant is an Internet consultant and computer expert who has written many articles about online services such as Free ALT Newsgroups Info and Watch Movies on the Internet for Tech FAQ Web Site.
More about Newsgroups...
I am determined to join another newsgroup...but will I ever achieve this aim? There are a lot of sites to look at, some are now obsolete, others are way too technical for me. They say you need to have an account but then won't let you get an account.
The sites I have signed up to are not appropriate there are no threads about home-based businesses.
I have looked for an article and have posted it today and I suggest that we all look at it as there is a lot of useful information in it...and perhaps our task will be a little easier.
The sites I have signed up to are not appropriate there are no threads about home-based businesses.
I have looked for an article and have posted it today and I suggest that we all look at it as there is a lot of useful information in it...and perhaps our task will be a little easier.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Newsgroups - a continuation
Well I have subscribed to another group called earn-while-you-learn. It is really confusing as I subscribed under business opportunities and now I am being inundated with sexy emails. Sex sells I know that but I am trying to promote the 24 hour website and the two are not really mixing all that well.
So to combat this I am in the process of making a second post, this time for the webcashstore site, the second website with Global Cash Flow Network aimed at the shoppers amongst us.
I subscribed to the earn-while-you-learn group thinking I would be able to exchange tips with other entrepreneurs, to learn what the movers and shakers are doing, but my post is falling on deaf ears so I am now looking at changing the category.
I have placed the second post and can't wait to see if this has a better result.
In the meantime I am still plugging away, advertising, promoting the sites, promoting adsense which I have to tell you has now produced £19.00 earnings. Which is fabulous. I just need to get more traffic.....this is SOOooo important.
So to combat this I am in the process of making a second post, this time for the webcashstore site, the second website with Global Cash Flow Network aimed at the shoppers amongst us.
I subscribed to the earn-while-you-learn group thinking I would be able to exchange tips with other entrepreneurs, to learn what the movers and shakers are doing, but my post is falling on deaf ears so I am now looking at changing the category.
I have placed the second post and can't wait to see if this has a better result.
In the meantime I am still plugging away, advertising, promoting the sites, promoting adsense which I have to tell you has now produced £19.00 earnings. Which is fabulous. I just need to get more traffic.....this is SOOooo important.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Newsgroups
The other day I talked about joining newsgroups.
Go to http://www.newsgroups-1.com and set up an account. I used a google account. If you are interested in groups about business opportunities then click that link which will take you to a page with the headings Usenet and Yahoo groups. Below Usenet click on alt.business.home.pc. This takes you to another page. Under Messages per month click on 1 - 9 (1) and this will take you to alt.business.home-pc, click this link and you will go to the topic that I placed on September 8th.
This newsgroup is free to join. I have sent an email to the recipient of one of the posts and am awaiting his response. You have to login to participate.
So a little bit of success. Now I am going to tackle more newsgroups. As I have said I only want to join free newsgroups at the moment so that I can learn and understand what needs to be done to promote my business.
Go to http://www.newsgroups-1.com and set up an account. I used a google account. If you are interested in groups about business opportunities then click that link which will take you to a page with the headings Usenet and Yahoo groups. Below Usenet click on alt.business.home.pc. This takes you to another page. Under Messages per month click on 1 - 9 (1) and this will take you to alt.business.home-pc, click this link and you will go to the topic that I placed on September 8th.
This newsgroup is free to join. I have sent an email to the recipient of one of the posts and am awaiting his response. You have to login to participate.
So a little bit of success. Now I am going to tackle more newsgroups. As I have said I only want to join free newsgroups at the moment so that I can learn and understand what needs to be done to promote my business.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Press Release and Newsgroups
Last week we submitted a press release to anounce the new business we are involved with called http://www.24hourwebcash.com/baker0870. This was relatively easy to do and we shall continue to announce it in various countries.
We have had a friend to stay over the last week and are now catching up with the blog. We need to start a thread in a newsgroups. Easier said than done. I have never submitted anything to a newsgroup and don't know where to start.
We have googled newsgroups, again it says free but only for 14 days. Now I haven't a clue what I am doing or how I get started so to me a 14 day trial isn't really going to do much for me. I would like to have more time than this so that I can see how I can make a submission, the category will be business opportunity or home-based business but as to what and how I will submit is beyond me at this moment in time.
When joining a newsgroup you do need to read the terms of use and privacy policy. You appear to need an account or membership to participate. Let me say straight away it does not seem to be an easy process to join a newsgroup. One company is asking for a minimum of $2.50 USD monthly up to $125,000 USD (I hope this is annually). Then others say that you can have up to 8 connections, unlimited access which means nothing to me. I don't appear to be able to even get started or to sign up. So this is a none starter for me remember I don't know anything about newsgroups. Nothing seems easy at first glance. So onwards and upwards with my journey.
Some newsgroups have what you call bandwidth plans!! They also talk about 200+ day retention (I presume from this that if you get to the point where you are able to make a post that it will be around for at least 200 days). I could be barking up the wrong tree here!!
They talk about downloading software. The sites talk about gigabytes anything from 1GB to 150GB. What do I want with gigabytes? I am looking at usenet masters free trial accounts and it says Guaranteed no subscription! No costs!
Just enter your email address and you're off! So I am going to give it a whirl... The site says
Thank you for downloading the Usenet access software!
Best regards
Your Usenet.to team
If your download doesn't start automatically within the next 10 seconds, please click here: Start download.
I have saved this to my desktop so I am going to look at the desktop and see if it is there. The icon is on my desktop and it is downloading. This process is completed and I have looked around the software, clicked on business opprotunities, downloaded a list and guess what ... it is in cyberspace as it hasn't reached me. I have downloaded the list again but to no avail. I cannot get started so I am going to leave this and come back to it with a fresh eye.
30 minutes later and I am still looking around the software, clicking on the headings and the wizard - nothing is happening here, he must be asleep.
Beware.... after all that I do not think this particular newsgroup is going to be beneficial for me as there is a lot of erotica on it and I would like home-based businesses or business opportunities.
The search is on and I will continue my quest to find a suitable list of newsgroups.
We have had a friend to stay over the last week and are now catching up with the blog. We need to start a thread in a newsgroups. Easier said than done. I have never submitted anything to a newsgroup and don't know where to start.
We have googled newsgroups, again it says free but only for 14 days. Now I haven't a clue what I am doing or how I get started so to me a 14 day trial isn't really going to do much for me. I would like to have more time than this so that I can see how I can make a submission, the category will be business opportunity or home-based business but as to what and how I will submit is beyond me at this moment in time.
When joining a newsgroup you do need to read the terms of use and privacy policy. You appear to need an account or membership to participate. Let me say straight away it does not seem to be an easy process to join a newsgroup. One company is asking for a minimum of $2.50 USD monthly up to $125,000 USD (I hope this is annually). Then others say that you can have up to 8 connections, unlimited access which means nothing to me. I don't appear to be able to even get started or to sign up. So this is a none starter for me remember I don't know anything about newsgroups. Nothing seems easy at first glance. So onwards and upwards with my journey.
Some newsgroups have what you call bandwidth plans!! They also talk about 200+ day retention (I presume from this that if you get to the point where you are able to make a post that it will be around for at least 200 days). I could be barking up the wrong tree here!!
They talk about downloading software. The sites talk about gigabytes anything from 1GB to 150GB. What do I want with gigabytes? I am looking at usenet masters free trial accounts and it says Guaranteed no subscription! No costs!
Just enter your email address and you're off! So I am going to give it a whirl... The site says
Thank you for downloading the Usenet access software!
Best regards
Your Usenet.to team
If your download doesn't start automatically within the next 10 seconds, please click here: Start download.
I have saved this to my desktop so I am going to look at the desktop and see if it is there. The icon is on my desktop and it is downloading. This process is completed and I have looked around the software, clicked on business opprotunities, downloaded a list and guess what ... it is in cyberspace as it hasn't reached me. I have downloaded the list again but to no avail. I cannot get started so I am going to leave this and come back to it with a fresh eye.
30 minutes later and I am still looking around the software, clicking on the headings and the wizard - nothing is happening here, he must be asleep.
Beware.... after all that I do not think this particular newsgroup is going to be beneficial for me as there is a lot of erotica on it and I would like home-based businesses or business opportunities.
The search is on and I will continue my quest to find a suitable list of newsgroups.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Grow Business With Better Website Traffic
Every business has an online presence today in the form of a website. This site could just be announcing their products and services. It could also enable customers to carry out complete business transactions online. What ever the case may be popularizing a website and increasing the traffic is crucial.
Only when people know about your business can they decide to utilize your services or carry out the actual sale with you. To achieve web promotion there are several methods that are being successfully tried out through the online community. Though some of these methods are easy enough to be carried out by the website owners themselves their success can be guaranteed if you take the services of professionals who are dedicated to online marketing.
A website that has informative content organized in an intuitive manner can be said to be user friendly. Further more it should load fast and not have too many confusing options for navigating through the various web pages. Such web sites once they attract a visitor will have no difficulty in retaining them. They will not only revisit but also are very likely to talk about it to their circle of friends thus creating word-of-mouth free advertising for you. Now that the importance of web site appearance has been well established you know to place the right priority for your site design.
Search engine traffic is the most sought after by website owners because usually it is top ranking in terms of the number of hits it generates. To make your site search engine friendly you have to make your web pages keyword dense. Keywords are the words that are most often used by people who search for a particular product or service they need.
When your website has those words or phrases naturally they will appear on the search engine results page. There is another method to improve your ranking with search engines which is known as link exchanging. In this technique you make deals with other website owners to reciprocally display their URLs on your site while they display your URL on theirs. So people who visit those sites will most probably visit your site. Not only this - a search engine takes into account the number of inbound links into a site and their importance to assign a ranking to a website. So if you choose the right sites - which are popular, relevant to your niche and have reciprocal linking with them your search engine ranking just goes up.
There are more methods like writing articles on your niche and mentioning your website URL subtly at the end and publishing them on popular sites, posting comments that are content rich in popular blogs dedicated to your field of service, creating and maintaining your own blog, social networking to promote your site, video promotions by putting up videos on your own site and at other sites like youtube - the list can just go on and on. Using these varied methods available at hand and being consistent in your implementation you can easily increase traffic to your site and grow your business.
Mark West invites you to increase your website traffic with our Free Online Smart and Safe Backlink Building Guide. Your source for FREE Unlimited Backlinks. Get your FREE copy today at http://etraffichub.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mark_West
Only when people know about your business can they decide to utilize your services or carry out the actual sale with you. To achieve web promotion there are several methods that are being successfully tried out through the online community. Though some of these methods are easy enough to be carried out by the website owners themselves their success can be guaranteed if you take the services of professionals who are dedicated to online marketing.
A website that has informative content organized in an intuitive manner can be said to be user friendly. Further more it should load fast and not have too many confusing options for navigating through the various web pages. Such web sites once they attract a visitor will have no difficulty in retaining them. They will not only revisit but also are very likely to talk about it to their circle of friends thus creating word-of-mouth free advertising for you. Now that the importance of web site appearance has been well established you know to place the right priority for your site design.
Search engine traffic is the most sought after by website owners because usually it is top ranking in terms of the number of hits it generates. To make your site search engine friendly you have to make your web pages keyword dense. Keywords are the words that are most often used by people who search for a particular product or service they need.
When your website has those words or phrases naturally they will appear on the search engine results page. There is another method to improve your ranking with search engines which is known as link exchanging. In this technique you make deals with other website owners to reciprocally display their URLs on your site while they display your URL on theirs. So people who visit those sites will most probably visit your site. Not only this - a search engine takes into account the number of inbound links into a site and their importance to assign a ranking to a website. So if you choose the right sites - which are popular, relevant to your niche and have reciprocal linking with them your search engine ranking just goes up.
There are more methods like writing articles on your niche and mentioning your website URL subtly at the end and publishing them on popular sites, posting comments that are content rich in popular blogs dedicated to your field of service, creating and maintaining your own blog, social networking to promote your site, video promotions by putting up videos on your own site and at other sites like youtube - the list can just go on and on. Using these varied methods available at hand and being consistent in your implementation you can easily increase traffic to your site and grow your business.
Mark West invites you to increase your website traffic with our Free Online Smart and Safe Backlink Building Guide. Your source for FREE Unlimited Backlinks. Get your FREE copy today at http://etraffichub.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mark_West
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Get Website Traffic (Free!)
We have to ask ourselves,"are we going to keep paying for traffic, or are we going to learn how to get it for free?" There are many systems that will show you how to get lots and lots of traffic, if you pay them of course. Don't go and invest in another course until you have read this article.
There are countless programs on the Internet that all claim to help us find the holy grail of traffic. Well, in a way they are right, we are helping them to buy their 'holy grail' but not our own. I must confess, I have helped some of these sites make a lot of money, my money that is. What is needed is more simplified approach. I found I was spending way more than I was making. I had to start doing things that actually worked.
You can actually start to build up your website traffic on an extremely small budget (if any at all). There are a few ways to get lots of free traffic, we just have to ask the right questions.
Take it from one who has spent the last few years searching for the perfect way to get website traffic. I have finally found (it was staring me in the face) that it is true that by writing and publishing your own articles, your traffic to your website will increase accordingly.
Even if you do not have any writing experience, all you need to do is imagine you are talking to one of your mates and explaining something to them. There are people out there that are now starting to travel on the same path you started a while ago, they could use some of your knowledge. The thing is that this is a win-win situation because you get to offer some advise and in return you will be rewarded with free website traffic.
It is also important to put your website signature on every article. As a rule of thumb, 10% of your readers will visit your web site and some will purchase your goods. These are averages that are worldwide.This is a great low cost way to get website traffic.
Rob Hillman is a Free Web Traffic enthusiast. To find out more about how to Get Website Traffic please visit http://www.getsitetraffic.me/get-website-traffic/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Hillman
There are countless programs on the Internet that all claim to help us find the holy grail of traffic. Well, in a way they are right, we are helping them to buy their 'holy grail' but not our own. I must confess, I have helped some of these sites make a lot of money, my money that is. What is needed is more simplified approach. I found I was spending way more than I was making. I had to start doing things that actually worked.
You can actually start to build up your website traffic on an extremely small budget (if any at all). There are a few ways to get lots of free traffic, we just have to ask the right questions.
Take it from one who has spent the last few years searching for the perfect way to get website traffic. I have finally found (it was staring me in the face) that it is true that by writing and publishing your own articles, your traffic to your website will increase accordingly.
Even if you do not have any writing experience, all you need to do is imagine you are talking to one of your mates and explaining something to them. There are people out there that are now starting to travel on the same path you started a while ago, they could use some of your knowledge. The thing is that this is a win-win situation because you get to offer some advise and in return you will be rewarded with free website traffic.
It is also important to put your website signature on every article. As a rule of thumb, 10% of your readers will visit your web site and some will purchase your goods. These are averages that are worldwide.This is a great low cost way to get website traffic.
Rob Hillman is a Free Web Traffic enthusiast. To find out more about how to Get Website Traffic please visit http://www.getsitetraffic.me/get-website-traffic/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Hillman
Friday, September 4, 2009
Traffic Analysis - Easy and Cheap
There are a multitude of different methods you can use to do a comprehensive traffic analysis of your site. There are also thousands of Internet companies that can do your analysis for you, for a small fee that is. I was almost going to pay some of these sites until I found an easy way I could quickly check my stats for free.
If you conduct a search for any free traffic analysis sites on your search engine, you will quickly discover that there are heaps of them. To fine tune your search, you may wish to put some quotation marks around your search phrase. This has the effect of getting the search engine to return only finely tuned search results to you.
Checking your traffic analysis is something that should be done regularly, it is important to monitor your websites progress. Therefore it is far better to do this yourself instead of constantly paying someone for the task.
Once you get into your website main control panel, you will find a folder called 'Awstats', click on this folder which will take you through to see which domain you wish to check. This folder can be in the 'Log' section of your cpanel.
Now that you have opened your Awstats folder you will be able to see your domain or sub domains that you can check the stats on. Just click on the appropriate 'view' icon to check your statistics. Have a good look around, there is a wealth of information to be found here.
It is great, because of the wide range of information that you now have access to, this makes it possible for you to check your figures against other campaigns you are conducting and check the accuracy of them. It is also a good idea to have a look at some of the traffic analysis tools on the google website. These are all free and with compliment your traffic details.
Rob Hillman is a Traffic Analysis enthusiast, for more information on Traffic Analysis please visit http://www.getsitetraffic.me/traffic-analysis/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Hillman
If you conduct a search for any free traffic analysis sites on your search engine, you will quickly discover that there are heaps of them. To fine tune your search, you may wish to put some quotation marks around your search phrase. This has the effect of getting the search engine to return only finely tuned search results to you.
Checking your traffic analysis is something that should be done regularly, it is important to monitor your websites progress. Therefore it is far better to do this yourself instead of constantly paying someone for the task.
Once you get into your website main control panel, you will find a folder called 'Awstats', click on this folder which will take you through to see which domain you wish to check. This folder can be in the 'Log' section of your cpanel.
Now that you have opened your Awstats folder you will be able to see your domain or sub domains that you can check the stats on. Just click on the appropriate 'view' icon to check your statistics. Have a good look around, there is a wealth of information to be found here.
It is great, because of the wide range of information that you now have access to, this makes it possible for you to check your figures against other campaigns you are conducting and check the accuracy of them. It is also a good idea to have a look at some of the traffic analysis tools on the google website. These are all free and with compliment your traffic details.
Rob Hillman is a Traffic Analysis enthusiast, for more information on Traffic Analysis please visit http://www.getsitetraffic.me/traffic-analysis/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Hillman
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Traffic...
Continuing with the course of action to bring in more website traffic to my sites I have started using a system where I am able to place an ad which then sends it to lots of websites at the same time. It is an Ad Blaster and it sends to 100 sites in the one blast. I have used it once so I am looking to see if this has an impact on the numbers viewing my website before using it a second time.
Don't do too many different things at the same time or you won't be able to track what is and isn't working effectively.
Have you heard of a Link Directory Submitter? Well I am looking at using one as I would like to have some one-way links and reciprocal links to my websites. A reciprocal link is a website that will exchange their link with yours and so when you get traffic they will go to both sites. This would probably be easier to get and does have many benefits. Explore other websites that are similar to the one you have got and then contact them stating the benefits of exchanging links. What information have you got on your site? What do they have that you would like access to? They should compliment each other. This is all geared towards making your site a credible site, and a credible site as we know means that people will gain confidence in you and in time will purchase from you.
On the other hand a one-way link is much harder to get. If you have a lot of valuable information then you will be able to get one-way links easier but you should approach websites that are in the same field as you. It is no use mixing cats with cushions, there will be no benefits to exchanging links.
We have found lots of paid and free Directory Submitters and intend looking at the pros and cons over the next few days to start using these to promote the website. There are benefits to using all of these systems alongside the traffic sites and we are determined to keep pursuing a more intensified flow of traffic to our websites.
Don't do too many different things at the same time or you won't be able to track what is and isn't working effectively.
Have you heard of a Link Directory Submitter? Well I am looking at using one as I would like to have some one-way links and reciprocal links to my websites. A reciprocal link is a website that will exchange their link with yours and so when you get traffic they will go to both sites. This would probably be easier to get and does have many benefits. Explore other websites that are similar to the one you have got and then contact them stating the benefits of exchanging links. What information have you got on your site? What do they have that you would like access to? They should compliment each other. This is all geared towards making your site a credible site, and a credible site as we know means that people will gain confidence in you and in time will purchase from you.
On the other hand a one-way link is much harder to get. If you have a lot of valuable information then you will be able to get one-way links easier but you should approach websites that are in the same field as you. It is no use mixing cats with cushions, there will be no benefits to exchanging links.
We have found lots of paid and free Directory Submitters and intend looking at the pros and cons over the next few days to start using these to promote the website. There are benefits to using all of these systems alongside the traffic sites and we are determined to keep pursuing a more intensified flow of traffic to our websites.
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