Your biggest asset when becoming an internet marketer is to know how to get free targeted traffic to your web sites. It doesn't matter how many web sites you're promoting. Your primary goal should be to keep the cost down. It feels great to have monthly sales well into the thousands, but it also can ruin your day when you realize that most of this money goes right back into your advertising costs.
Yes, there's a rule that you need to reinvest 75% of your profit into advertising and marketing. I like this rule, but it also needs to be timely constraint. I think this rule is good for your first 3-6 months of business. After this you should be able to pull back the cost for advertising without impacting your income streams.
My philosophy in internet marketing is that if you have to spend a lot of money to keep a positive cash flow, the competition is probably too intense for this market segment. You will be better of to research a new niche market.
On the topic of free advertising, there are many free classified ad providers, but only a few sites offer truly free advertising. They all want something in return, there's no webmaster out there who promotes your stuff for free just because he/she feels like it today. One way to get free advertising is to tap into a startup company. There are hundreds of web sites that want to be the next Google. To attract new customers they give away free pay per click credits. Sometimes up to $100 worth of clicks.
Another way to receive free quality advertising is to give these webmasters what they want. In most cases it's a link from your website to their website. This can be a problem, especially if you want to keep your home page clean from too many flashy banners.
In this case try to figure out of the link back is required to be on your home page or any page from your website. If there's no requirement to have the link on your homepage, create a collection web page that is not necessarily part of your whole web site and put link back from this site. To keep the flow put a tiny link from your home page to this page and you're done.
Don't even think about to put the link on your web page and a few days later you will remove it. These days the link back verification is done automatically and they will check from time to time if you keep your promise or not. Your free ride will suddenly stop and you will gain a reputation as cheater.
For more information about free advertising visit my web sites.
Copyright ? 2005
Peter Dobler is a 20+ year veteran in the IT business. He is an active Real Estate Investor and a successful Internet business owner. Collect more free software and bonus content for your own web site at http://www.online-business-idea.com or send a blank email to http://www.online-business-idea.com
shuttle to Midway Beardstown .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareIn this article I discuss some ineffective and/or unethical website... Read More
Are you interested in empowering your website so it will... Read More
When you build your website you need to have a... Read More
1. Use reward programs to keep people revisiting your web... Read More
Website owners and webmasters who are trying to improve their... Read More
I doubt that anyone reading this article hasn't at one... Read More
Fresh Web Content Yields Better Search Engine ResultsAll too often,... Read More
Do you have a website or are you planning on... Read More
If you are not getting traffic at your website and... Read More
Writing and distributing articles is fast becoming a popular method... Read More
Web analytics. Don't worry, it's not as boring as it... Read More
Joe Nogood owns a small but thriving gift store. He... Read More
Well I started out with seven, Free and low cost... Read More
Everyone likes to read or get a referral about something... Read More
Search engine optimisation ? it's the holy grail of website... Read More
Cross promoting is when two or more businesses promote their... Read More
Now that you've built your new website you can sit... Read More
1. Start your own internet radio station. It could be... Read More
Every good marketing plan should have a section on ongoing... Read More
Bring those visitors back for more, applauding you and saying... Read More
The internet has the capacity, sometimes, to divorce not just... Read More
There are 3 basic components to capturing leads on free... Read More
Some Internet marketing experts have claimed that the best way... Read More
Holding a contest or sweepstakes can draw a lot of... Read More
If you are a small business owner with a website,... Read More
Green Bay Hummer H2 SUV rentals ..What is link popularity?The quantity of links in different websites... Read More
Every day, on line marketers are dreaming up new ways... Read More
1. Create a free ebook directory on a specific topic... Read More
Congratulations! You and your designer have just finished creating your... Read More
Are you happy with your website? (Does your business even... Read More
When it comes to website marketing and promotions, you need... Read More
Until recently, audio, video, Flash, and static graphics were all... Read More
Acquiring relevant backlinks to your website is one of the... Read More
Writing articles for submission and distribution on the internet is... Read More
1. Give Away An Electronic Information Product The product could... Read More
You have permission to publish this article electronically or... Read More
After the incredible success of Hotmail.com, the use of signature... Read More
I created my first website in 1995 - it was... Read More
Good Ideas.They are the stuff that form the foundation of... Read More
Writing effective web copy begins with an understanding of what... Read More
Website advertising, the unending quest of every website owner. And... Read More
Keeping it clean could give you a boost.By Mark White... Read More
Here are 5 questions to flex your mental muscle to.... Read More
In the current competitive climate, tourism-dependant businesses in Coastal Maine... Read More
Contests and Sweepstakes.They are web advertising magnets that draw huge... Read More
The Internet can be a confusing place to do business.... Read More
Recently one of my students asked a great question: We... Read More
If you're having problems generating a lot of sales at... Read More
There are 3 basic components to capturing leads on free... Read More
Five Nifty Ways to Make Your Site Sticky!'Stickiness' is one... Read More
Web Site Promotion |