| THE SECRETS OF INTERNET AND ONLINE | | | | continually placing ads in "loser" categories that |
| MARKETING | | | | don't provide any sales. ALWAYS keep track of |
| | | | every ad you place. Make a note of what it said, |
| There are a plethora of things you can do online | | | | where and when it was placed. You will be |
| and of all the things you can do online, there is | | | | pleasantly surprised when you analyze your "ad |
| one that you should definitely know how to do. | | | | data" and see some positive trends developing. |
| MARKET YOUR OWN BUSINESS ONLINE! | | | | Just repeat these trends and it will help you to |
| Now with the incredible power of the Online World | | | | make more money! |
| to reach millions of people, online marketing is | | | | Wouldn't you like to have a name list of several |
| definitely an amazing tool that every business | | | | hundred (or even thousand) people who might be |
| should utilize. The simple fact that advertising is | | | | interested in the particular product or service you |
| can be very low cost and sometimes even | | | | are selling based on their jobs or interests? |
| practically free. The ability to get the results of | | | | Wouldn't that be great!? Well, you can! And the |
| thousands of dollars in free publicity is practically | | | | Online Services supply this service as a part of |
| unheard of in the business world today. Only | | | | your regular membership. |
| recently have more and more people figured out | | | | This little unknown tool is called the "Member |
| how to utilize the ever exploding online world to | | | | Directory!" You can do searches in the directory |
| market their business ventures. | | | | for other users with certain characteristics. For |
| There is probably isn't a business in existence that | | | | example, if you were selling fishing equipment, you |
| wouldn't benefit from free publicity! The fact that | | | | could do a search by "fishing." All of the people |
| properly utilizing free and low cost advertising | | | | that were registered in the directory and had |
| raises net profits to unbelievable levels! Using any | | | | listed fishing asone of their hobbies would show up |
| or all of the major online services can help you | | | | on that search list. You could now send each one |
| market your business efforts. | | | | of those people an e-mail message telling them |
| Let's begin with plain advertising. For example, on | | | | about your product or service, it's just like using a |
| AOL, they will let you place classified | | | | mailing list, but you have no postage! (*Make sure |
| advertisements for free! They have a variety of | | | | you check with your online service to see if they |
| classifications and categories to choose from. By | | | | allow unsolicited email.) |
| placing some of these free ads you can generate | | | | The bottom line is that you "test" and record the |
| some very quality leads that can turn into sales. If | | | | results of your Online Marketing efforts. Then just |
| you are an excellent marketer you could sell | | | | repeat the steps that are making you money and |
| something straight from your free ad. | | | | expand on them to reach more people. You |
| There are other services that offer free | | | | should conduct split-testing on your site. A |
| advertising from time to time. When they do | | | | method were you have two different pages, |
| charge for classified ads it is usually a very low | | | | performing the same function but with different |
| cost, and they are still a great deal considering | | | | copy so you can tell which one is converting |
| how many people may see them. When you | | | | better. |
| place any ads you should always "track" your ads. | | | | You will also find hundreds of articles on the World |
| This means put something in each individual ad | | | | Wide Web. By searching one of the WWW |
| that will tell you, if you get any business from it, | | | | search engines like Webcrawler you can find all |
| which ad it came from. This way, you will | | | | the information you can read. Use search strings |
| probably find that some sections are better | | | | such as: "online marketing", "internet advertising", |
| producers than others, and you will want to | | | | "selling online", and so on. |
| concentrate on these sections and not the ones | | | | You can also find many books on the subject at |
| that weren't making any money. | | | | your local bookstore or being advertised online. |
| To track an ad you could make them request a | | | | ================= |
| certain "report" for more information. You should | | | | Wayne Van Dyck is a former venture capitalist |
| give each report different tracking links for each | | | | and builder of offline technology companies. He is |
| ad. Such as: "ask for report #1tv" , this way you | | | | the founder and developer of Simple Money |
| would know that this request came from the ad | | | | Machines. Simple Money Machines is all the money |
| on television, for sale category, and so forth. If | | | | making technologies in one, easy-to-use, hosted |
| they send you an order straight from the ad, | | | | application… enabling non-technical people |
| make them give you an order #, which wouldbe | | | | to set up online businesses in less than 30 |
| different for each ad. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE | | | | minutes. It's made for people with 9-5 jobs, |
| WHO | | | | retired folks, stay-at-home moms and college |
| ARE ADVERTISING ONLINE ARE NOT USING | | | | students. To get a FREE copy of "STARTING A |
| THESE AD CODES!!! | | | | HOME BUSINESS MADE SIMPLE", go to: |
| THIS IS A MAJOR MARKETING MISTAKE!!! | | | | ================= |
| If you do not track exactly which ads are making | | | | Permission to reprint this article in unchanged |
| money, then you are wasting your time by | | | | form, including author bio. |