Internet Marketing Secrets Explained: 01/05/2007

2. Submit an article to article directories.

You can submit an article with your link included to an article directory and when people read or use the article you will then get your link spread about.

A few good article submission directories are:

www.bestezines.com

www.articleplanet.com

www.goarticles.com.

Your article has the possibility of being used by others, for websites, other article directories, e-zines and more.

The best bit is that your link will always be there.

If you struggle for article content try splitting Private Label content and add your own spin on it.

Try to be as unique as you possibly can.

3. Exchange links with other websites to promote each other.

This is another great FREE way to promote your website or product.

All you have to do is to come to an agreement with another site owner, that will benefit BOTH of you.

Try to pick a website to exchange with that is featuring the same niche as yourself.

That way you will gain the most benefit as the customer will be targeted to BOTH sites.

The more links you trade, the more potential traffic you could gain!

4. Write or update newsletters or blogs.

The more people know about you and your partners, the more you will find loyal readers recommending you to others.

Try to make your newsletter as informative and interesting as possible.

The more people that are interested, the more they will hopefully recommend you to others, gaining you more subscribers.

5. Email Signatures

This is another excellent FREE method of getting traffic without even lifting a finger.

once you have it set up, every single email that you send out to friends, family, business clients or even your auto-responder could be a potential visitor to your website or product.

If the emails are then forwarded on to others, the potential traffic is excellent for the amount of work involved.

Almost every email client has the 'signature' option.

Simply set it up with the text/html you require that might attract people to your site and that's it!

Once it is set up you can just forget about it.

Email signatures are a great way of letting people know that you still exist!

Be careful not to spam people with this one.

6. Join Forums or Chat

Ok, so you don't have to be a chatterbox to use a forum.

You can read posts and have as much time to think of a reply as you like.

If you are a chatterbox however, you can also utililize chat facilities.

Choose a forum that is related to your chosen niche and then try to contribute in any way possible.

You will gain respect and a reputation and therefore you will gain trust.

Trust is a very powerful thing to have earned.

As many people are new to things, they are wary of subscribing or purchasing.

You should also utilize the signature tool in forums, gaining you that extra link.

7. Use search engines to promote.

This can be a costly method, but if you do it right it could make you a fortune from the amount of traffic they can give you.

The most popular methods of search engine promotion are Google's Adwords and Yahoo's Overture.

These are both excellent ways to guarantee traffic to your website or product.

I know most people are reluctant to spend money on PPC (pay per click) advertising but it is a sure fire way of getting traffic and therefore making purchases.

8. Find JV Partners

You'll create a traffic rush if you can find a good JV (joint venture) partner.

you will need to attract a JV partner by offering them something that you normally don't, such as 50% commision.

You will also have to give the JV potential partner full access to what you are selling or a copy of the product.

This way they can decide whether or not it is worth promoting.

There are many ways to find a good JV partner.

Basically you need to try and find somebody who is popular or who has a list on your chosen niche.

Forums, ezine directories (such as the ones listed before) and even search engines are a great way of finding potential partners.

Look for people who generate lists and don't be afraid to ask.

9. Good Keywords

Search engines just love good keyword content, the more unique and targeted on your niche the better!

Finding the right keywords or keyword phrases is not as hard as you might think.

Say, for example, you chose 'dogs' as your chosen niche, your keywords could be:

puppy dogs, dogs breeds, pet dogs, Labrador dogs, Beagle dogs, breeding dogs ... and so on!

There are many keyword choosing tools out there.

Google has a great tool to help you - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal?defaultView=2

10. eBay

Yes, you heard right, eBay.

This is an excellent method for creating traffic that is often overlooked.

I'm sure you know that you're not allowed to have external links on your eBay listing.

You ARE however, allowed to link to your own websites from your 'about me' page in eBay, tens of thousands of eBay users swear by this technique.

To create your 'about me' page you need to log in and click on 'community' at the top of the page.

Near the bottom of the page you need to click on the 'create an about me page'.

You then get the option to either follow the eBay step by step process or simply add your own HTML.

You then just need to write a short paragraph on your own website and place your link to it there!

This is a very good method of traffic as all the traffic is targeted, this means that they were attracted to your listing so they will be attracted to your website.

12 Two Important Key Keys To Being Successful With Online Marketing

To be successful with internet marketing you need to remember to do two things:

Promote yourself first and your product second
Build trust with potential buyers

Think about this, who are you most likely to accept a recommendation from? A friend or a complete stranger?

To anyone that visits your website for the first time, you are that stranger. To go from being a stranger to being a friend usually takes a couple of meetings and, in the online world, that means getting people to revisit your site.

The best way to do that is to offer practical, informative and helpful information that they can't find anywhere else on the internet.

After all, it's one thing to have a boat load of 'unique visitors' to your website but it's another to have 'return visitors', because they're the ones that really count.

So, how will you get your 'return visitors'?

13 Google AdSense

Google AdSense has become the most popular online contextual advertising program.

They automatically deliver text and image ads that are precisely targeted to your site.

Ads are so well-matched, in fact, that your readers will actually find them useful.

AdSense rewards you for creating sites rich in high-quality, focused content.

Remember though -- content first, design second, and Google is, in a big way, third.

Adsense for content automatically crawls your pages and delivers ads (you can choose text or image ads) that are relevant to your audience.

Ads placed near rich content and navigational aids usually do well because users are focused on those areas of a page.

Skyscrapers and vertical banners do well when placed next to the content in the main body.

How much you earn depends on a number of factors including how much an advertiser bids on your site -- you'll receive a portion of what the advertiser pays.

Payment can be by paper check or direct bank payment.

You are paid monthly once your payment exceeds $100.

However, Google will pay all earned revenue, even if smaller then $100, when the Adsense account is closed.

Google AdSense is a free and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant ads on their websites and earn money.

Free Charts generated on your AdSense account page include:

1) Total earnings
2) Clickthru-rate
3) Earnings per click
4) Number of clicks
5) Earnings per impression
6) Number of page impressions
7) Earnings by day of week
8) Earnings by day of month

To sign up for an account and start earning from your websites or blogs just click here

14. Keywords

This article will provide you with information about keywords and the importance of choosing the right ones for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

You will improve your traffic by choosing the right keywords and keyword phrases.

Keywords can be generic, such as "photograph" or "vector," to more specific, such as "steamships" or "sunset".

Using "meta tags" is one way you can add keywords to your website (more on this later).

A great, free keyword generating tool to use is Good Keywords v2.0 as it will give you an idea of which are the best keywords to drive more traffic to your site.

Be aware of "keyword stuffing" though, which refers to the practice of loading a web page with keywords in an attempt to manipulate a site's ranking in search results.

Filling pages with too many keywords results in a negative user experience, and can harm your site's ranking.

You just need to focus on creating useful, information-rich content that uses keywords appropriately and in context.

Creating a paid search engine ad is another way you can use keywords

How it works is you create an ad and then bid on keywords and keyword phrases related to your business, then when somebody types your chosen keyword into a search engine your ad will show up according to how much your bid was.

This method can become quite expensive if you go after the top position but as long as you are within the top ten you should do alright.