Today's topic is about 'Getting Traffic'

There are many popular methods, such as classified ads, Instant Buzz, Craig's List and Squidoo to name but a few... However, building a business and making money long term is made much easier when you master targeted techniques (such as article writing, forum posting and Pay Per Click) that have both instant and long term benefits. I'm not saying the other methods don't work. Some of them do... However, I firmly believe that these three methods are the most effective for the following reasons: 1. They will all bring traffic to your site quickly and if approached correctly will help you build a large subscriber or customer base. 2. This subscriber/customer base will form the basis of a successful long term business that can be both automated and eventually sold at a later date. 3. Pay Per Click takes care of receiving immediate targeted traffic and allows you to build your list quickly and effectively. 4. Article writing and forum posting, will create multiple backlinks from other sites which will.. (a) bring you traffic for as long as the internet exists. (b) improve your search engine rankings, which as a result will bring you even more traffic. I'll save Pay Per Click for another day so let's talk a bit about Article Marketing. The three main benefits of Article Writing are that you can: 1. Brand yourself as an expert in your field 2. Get free advertising through your resource box 3. Boost your sales and profits In fact, when you write a good article it gives you a certain amount of credibility and when someone reads your ontent and visits your site, they are far more likely to take action when they get there. I've talked to alot of people over the years who can't bear the thought of sitting down and putting pen to paper (or finger to key!) but it's actually far easier than it first appears mainly because of the plethora of information that is already online. Basically your job is an article re-writer. For instance, if I was promoting a site on dog training, I would go to ezinearticles.com, look up other articles that had similar content and just re-write them. A 30 minute job at the most. So how do you construct an article exactly? Well, there is an art to it and here are six tips that you can take away immediately. 1. In the first paragraph clearly state what the article is about. 2. Keep your most important information near the beginning of the article. 3. Organize your material in a point-wise fashion. 4. Explain your points in short paragraphs. 5. Give concrete examples and personal experiences to back up your points. 6. Emphasize the benefits of your product or service. Of course, if you don't want to do any of this yourself, you can always outsource both the writing and the submitting. OR If you want to automate things... Get a FREE trial of SEnuke The Best Search Engine Optimization Software Thank you for reading this post. Shirley Avila PS. Two other highly effective websites you can submit your articles to are scribd.com and Zimbio.com. Check out the website if you get a chance and be careful not to blatantly advertise or they'll ban you. Stick to the Ezinearticles.com rules and you'll be fine.

A Secret Weapon For Affiliate Marketing

The objective of this commentary is to make you aware about avoiding mistakes that are killing Internet marketers� success before it even starts. After reading this, you�ll be clear on the biggest challenges existing for someone who�s trying to learn how to build a successful Internet business in 2009. With any luck, it will enlighten you and guide you to the path of momentous profits. Welcome to the land of Illusion and Perplexity?Most new Internet marketers seem to be adrift� Overwhelmed... Don�t know where to start or what they should be doing from one day to the next. Are you in the same boat; experiencing the same thing? If you are, keep reading because this report will be your �lighthouse� in these rough waters of confusion � and will save you from �drowning�.Sadly, more and more Internet marketers are quitting and even more WILL be quitting in the near future. There are a few reasons for that and I�ll outline them in a minute. Please don�t see this as a �Doom and Gloom� report intended to alarm you � Just see this as a clarion call that�s going to rescue you from failure. My aim is to help you save years of agonizing and expensive trial and error � or worst having you quit from disappointment.Information OverloadThis is a real problem. When you�re starting, you clearly need to be taught. You need to teach yourself. So, you begin learning� You obtain a number of ebooks� You begin visiting forums and learning. You might even pony up a thousand dollars or more for a crucial course. And at first, it�s exciting. You feel like, �Wow, this is cool stuff.� But, after a while, excitement shifts to frustration. That�s a normal reaction when you are overwhelmed. And here�s where it gets truly horrible � information starts to cancel out information. Each course is promoted as the �missing link� or the �missing piece of the puzzle�. Yet the truth is, it just makes you conscious that you�re missing even more pieces. So your hunt for the holy grail continues and you keep getting more courses, which lead to more information to take on board and sooner than you know it you are in the "overload" mad house!It�s not uncommon for a newbie or intermediate marketer to waste YEARS in the �information overload zone�. One of the secrets to getting out of the "information overload zone" is to balance the learning with action. At the start you ought to use 50% of your time learning and 50% of your time taking action right away on the things you just learned. As you advance, your learning time should diminish slowly but surely as you grow to be more confident and take more action.Be OpportunisticMost Internet marketers today are spinning in the �make money quick� groove! Nothing wrong with that at all, but the catch is, opportunities come and go. The perfect case in point is after you grow to be a "Glutton for punishment" where you fall for the rip off artist advertising their "push-a button" - Build-100-sites - Make-$10,000-a-month-with-adsense or whatever... To crack this you need to be a smart marketer building REAL businesses that will make you prosperous.You must have a business-building mindset. The big winners online are the people who know how to turn an opportunity into a business. Most importantly, you should stop �reacting� and start creating. The Lack of a Comprehensive A to Z Internet Marketing Business Building CourseThis is one of the biggest reasons why most Internet marketers fail. PERIOD. Let me just say this� There are several Internet marketing gurus that I respect. I think they are exceptional at what they do and they have created extremely valuable products that have the power to increase your profits dramatically. The problem is, most of these great programs only benefit the intermediate to advanced marketer who already knows what�s going on.Here's a quick teaser for you. Will a car's engine start if you remove the spark plug? No. Just imagine that... 1 little part can prevent all the hundreds of other parts from doing their job if it's not in position. That�s the same thing with Internet marketing.And there�s a reason why no one is giving you all the pieces of the puzzle. The reason is� They want to be seen as �1 trick ponies�. They learn from other �gurus� that they should specialize in 1 thing. So, 1 guy/gal is the �Adwords boss�, the next is the �Traffic Dude�, the next is �The Product Launch Wizard�, the next is the �SEO Master� and so on�The dirty secret the gurus aren�t telling you is: They are pretty damn good at just about ALL OF IT. But, their belief in �specialization� prevents them from telling you this. That's bloody evil - especially when they band together in a "circle of friends" and JV each other's products.Go here for the full Internet marketing product review of Blogging To The Bank

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I have to plan on doing this right.