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7 Horrible Email Marketing Mistakes That Will Murder Your Profits

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:42:33 -0500

Email marketing is one of the most effective online business strategies for generating income. The theory is simple. You build a list of customers that subscribe to your newsletters and updates and you use an autoresponder service to promote your own or other people products. While the concept is simple it is nevertheless easy to get your email marketing strategy wrong. Make mistakes here and your business may die a slow and painful death. The 7 mistakes outlines below are mostly common sense but understanding these will be critical to your success as an email marketer. 1) Do not 'stalk' your friends If you email too much you will soon become a nuisance. If you treat your subscribers like a friend and do not abuse your welcome you are more likely to be rewarded. Imagine you make a new friend. Would you contact them every day, week after week. How long would it take before your friend got fed up of you? You'd become a pest and they would be looking for ways to avoid you very soon, no matter what you are offering. **End Summary** Topics: article marketing]]> email marketing]]> email promotion]]> ]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like more internet marketing tips and tricks go to: Peter Downs blog Also, it you want to learn how to write quality articles in 5 minutes flat go to: 5 Minute Articles

The Magnificent 7 Reasons To Start Article Marketing

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:22:23 -0500

There's no doubt about it - if you want to start to generate a consistent flow of traffic to your website for years to come then you need to get into article marketing. Successful marketers have been doing this for a long time. Now you can be part of this success. Why would you want to get into article marketing. Here are the 7 magnificent reasons. 1. It is easy! Ever since the start of the internet people have purchased things. With article marketing you can position yourself as an expert in your field and people will trust you and buy from you. 2. If you are an expert then you can start to lift your prices. It's that simple! 3. Good articles will not only rest within article directories. They will go viral and spread like wildfire all over the internet. Thus spreading your name and reputation far and wide. Imagine how powerful that is! 4. Marketing with articles is a good way to get friendly with the likes of Google, Yahoo and MSN. It is notoriously difficult to reach the top of search engine rankings with a regular website. **End Summary** Topics: article marketing]]> marketing with articles]]> marketing articles]]> article promotions]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like more internet marketing tips and tricks go to: Peter Downs blog Want to make article marketing work for you? It's easier than you think. Find out about the 7 secrets of successful article marketing and how to produce quality articles in 5 minutes

How To Start Building Backlinks For Your Blog

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:26:31 -0500

There's no doubt that possibly the best way to get traffic to your blog is through backlinks. Getting other sites to link back to your blog is one of the main things that people like Google look for in terms of ranking. But what if you don't have that many readers and your blog is relatively new, how do you start? One place to start your blog training is simply to start talking to other bloggers in your niche. Sounds simple! But pick bloggers who are in a similar position to you in terms of their size and readership. Establish a relationship with the blog owner and its visitors. In time you'll discover new blog owners and visitors. Take a look at those and start building new relationships with similar blogs. Soon you'll have a circle of like minded blog owners who are willing to insert links to and from all the 'circle'. This 'compounding' effect can be extremely powerful when it comes to building links and should be essential in your overall blog education. Make sure that you contribute and offer good advice, opinion and service when contributing to other peoples blogs. **End Summary** Topics: blog training]]> blog education]]> linkbuilding]]> backlinks]]> blogging]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like more internet marketing tips and tricks go to: Peter Downs blog

Where To Start With Your Blog Training?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:24:55 -0500

Weblogs, or 'blogs', according to Wikipedia are "a blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video." There are certainly many examples how people have made a very good living simply out of blogging. So how easy is it to setup and run a blog? What type of blog training, if any, do you need? Setting up a blog is easy and free. Free blogs are the way to go if you are starting out with blogs. You could go to http://www.blogger.com and start setting up your blog immediately. The advantage here is that Blogger is owned by Google so the chances of you being noticed by the biggest of search engines is good. Possibly a better option is setting up a Wordpress blog. Wordpress is the blog platform of choice for internet marketers. Simply because of the flexibility if offers and the scope there is to customize to your own niche and style. The technical requirements of setting up a blog are minimal but do still require some learning to maximise the effectiveness of your blog as a money earner. **End Summary** Topics: blog training]]> blog setup]]> blog education]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like to know how to set up your blog go to: Wordpress Tutorials

Blog Training Essentials - The First Steps

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:44 -0500

Blogging is one of the most effective ways to start an online business. But while many people dream and attempt to build their blogging business, relatively few succeed. Why? Few people invest in blog training. Most just jump in head first with little thought about their basic goals and objectives for starting in the first place. Blog training sounds a bit boring and, to some extent, unnecessary. But, in a business sense, blog training should be regarded as the first stage of creating a successful online business. So what is blog training? Step 1 Define why you would set up a blog in the first place. What is your purpose and what are your goals? Write these down first. You do need to have a plan otherwise you could drift from one internet marketing product to the next without clear direction for your online business. Step 2 What features in your blog will help you achieve your goals? DO you need to collect subscribers for a newsletter? Do you want to use affiliate products to earn an income, or Adsense or Amazon/eBay stores? All these decisions are critical before you even contemplate putting your blog together. **End Summary** Topics: blog training]]> blog setup]]> blog education]]> online business]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like to know how to setup your blog go to: Wordpress Tutorials

Page Rank - Your Blog Setup Best Friends

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:41:49 -0400

If you are in the process of doing your blog setup you need to consider your best friends! Who is going to make you popular for headmaster Mr Google! And don't think that because you have many friends that you will be the most popular. It's who your friends are that counts. Getting a top page rank with the likes of Google is often seen as make or break for many website owners. If you get on the first page of Google for any particular keyword or phrase then the traffic will come. But what really determines page rank? The main thing that helps determine how high you come in search engines is the quality of your best friends from other websites. When you receive a link back to your site from another site that is called an 'inbound' link. Google don't care too much about 'outbound' links and neither should you, apart from those going back to your good friends that is! When I refer to 'quality' of your best friends I mean those inbound links from sites that have high page rank themselves. This is critical in your blog setup planning. **End Summary** Topics: page rank]]> blog setup]]> SEO]]> search engine ranking]]> blogging]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like more internet marketing tips and tricks go to: Peter Downs blog

Blog Training - Where To Start

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:37:22 -0400

Weblogs, or 'blogs', according to Wikipedia are "a blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video." There are certainly many examples how people have made a very good living simply out of blogging. So how easy is it to setup and run a blog? What type of blog training, if any, do you need? Setting up a blog is easy and free. Free blogs are the way to go if you are starting out with blogs. You could go to http://www.blogger.com and start setting up your blog immediately. The advantage here is that Blogger is owned by Google so the chances of you being noticed by the biggest of search engines is good. Possibly a better option is setting up a Wordpress blog. Wordpress is the blog platform of choice for internet marketers. Simply because of the flexibility if offers and the scope there is to customize to your own niche and style. The technical requirements of setting up a blog are minimal but do still require some learning to maximize the effectiveness of your blog as a money earner. **End Summary** Topics: blog training]]> blog setup]]> blog education]]> blogging]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like learn how to setup a blog through video tutorials go to: WordPress Video Tutorials

Blog Setup the Easy Way

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:32:28 -0400

Most people know a good website when they see it, and anyone interested in starting to blog in an official online capacity will likely want a sharp looking well designed blog page in which to present their writings. However, if you do not have a few thousand dollars or more to commit to a qualified web designer or you do not posses the necessary skills to design one yourself, it is unlikely that your first foray into the world of blogging will be accompanied by a professionally designed blog page. That does not mean that your first blog page will be an embarrassment either. There are some important things that you can do in the initial blog setup process to create a blog page that will look good.With a free blogging site, which is very popular these days, once you have completed the sign up phase of creating a password and user name as well as picking a name for your blog, you will then need to choose what your page will look like. Most free sites will offer some general templates for you to use. **End Summary** Topics: blog setup]]> blogging]]> blog training]]> blog education]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like to learn how do a blog setup visit: WordPress Video Tutorials

Get Your Blog Setup and Make Some Money Too

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:29:27 -0400

When it comes to expressing yourself these days a blog seems to be the best way to do that very thing. It is not only the best way to get an idea or your thoughts on a subject down in written form, but it also opens the door for like minded people to share in your discourse. Add to that the possibility to earn a few dollars here and there and blogging looks a lot more appealing. While not everybody is going to make large sums of cash by speaking their minds in written form, it can be the start of something much more significant. However, money is money, and if you want to try your hand at trying to earn a buck or two by blogging, there are some important steps you need to take when you are doing your initial blog set up. The first thing you will want to do is to research before you even choose which blog service you want to use and before you attempt any blog setup. **End Summary** Topics: blog setup]]> blogging]]> blog training]]> blog education]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like to learn how to setup your blog through video tutorials go to: Blog Setup Tutorials

The Free Option and Blog Setup

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:34:59 -0400

What do many of today's journalists and writers have in common? Many of them got their start in writing by blogging. Blogging is a perfect way to hone your writing talents. After all practice makes perfect, or so it is said. However, regardless of you want to become the next big writer on the scene or you just have something to say that people would identify with and enjoy, blogging is a great option. For the beginner there will be many choices, however, what is recommended in most cases of people just starting out is to go with a free blog site to start. The great thing is they cost nothing and blog setup is a breeze. To start you will want to come up with a unique name for your blog. With the free sites, you will have to register the name and while you do this, the site will check to see if the blog name is available. Once your blog name has been registered then you will need to input a valid email address and then you will be prompted to create a password. **End Summary** Topics: blog setup]]> blogging]]> blog training]]> blog education]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like to learn how to start a blog then check out these 32 Video Tutorials: Blog Tutorials

The Basics of Blog Setup

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:17:39 -0400

In the past, when it came to writing for the public, a person was relegated to writing in a newspaper or a magazine or a book. If you did not have a job in one of these media outlets, then you were flat out of luck. That was then and this is now, and now there are blogs. Blogging has become a very popular thing to do. Everyone from the serious writer to the ones that just do it in a weekend warrior capacity can write a blog and post it on the Internet. When blogging first came on the scene, you would likely need a dedicated website to display your blogging skills. A website could often run you a pretty penny both then and now. However, with the advent of blogging sites, a person with something to say will not have to break the bank to get the opportunity to present it to the masses. The first step in blog setup and in getting your blog out there is to look for a blog hosting site. In this respect, you will have many options. **End Summary** Topics: blog setup]]> blogging]]> blog training]]> blog education]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like to discover how to do a blog setup through 32 video tutorials go to: WordPress Video Tutorials

Email Marketing Disaster - Don't Let This Happen To You!

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:22:43 -0400

Internet marketing promotion through email marketing is a constantly evolving art form. If you have been in the internet marketing world for any length of time you will be familiar with this sort of email (extract from actual email): "My friend Dave needs your help... In this video Dave pulls back the curtains on some super secret, ninja tactics, never before taught on finding [subject] deals... This is truly earth shattering stuff..." The email is also littered with the word 'FREE' and has a couple of 'call to actions' through an affiliate link. Now, I am sure I am not alone in my reaction to this kind of email promotion - straight to Trash. Why? In the saturated market that is internet marketing these old style hype promotions are increasingly getting less and less credibility. They are instantly recognizable as straight internet marketing promotions that, inherently, carry no credibility with the experienced reader. But what about the inexperienced reader? Are there clues to help detect the uninformed internet marketing promotion? Let's examine this real email (I've changed names to protect the guilty!). First, anything that starts with "My friend... **End Summary** Topics: blog education]]> email marketing]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like more internet marketing tips and tricks go to: Peter Downs blog

How To Use Article Marketing For Successful Internet Marketing Promotion

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:45:03 -0400

There's no doubt about it that article marketing is one of the best, yet often overlooked, methods of internet marketing promotion. It is partly overlooked because of the fear that many people have - putting pen to paper and writing quality articles for publication. Effective internet marketing promotion is critical for any small business. Despite peoples fears writing articles is not hard if you stick to some basic principles. The four basic 'rules' below will help you get started. Where to start? Well, rule number one: 1) Put pen to paper! While this may seem too simplistic, if you are fearful or procrastinate about starting your article, just start writing about your business. Do not worry about worry about your title, your ending, even your exact topic. Simply start writing the words that come into your head and would like to tell people about. What is your business about? What service or product do you offer? How do you market your product? Imagine you are talking to your best friend and trying to explain to him/her what you do. The detail of your article and what your internet marketing promotion will look like is not important at this stage. **End Summary** Topics: article marketing]]> internet marketing promotion]]> blogging]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is a blogger, internet marketer and addicted scribbler. If you would like more internet marketing tips and tricks go to: Peter Downs blog

Blog Education 101 - Where To Start?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:54:35 -0400

More and more people are getting into blogging. Whether it is for personal or business reasons millions of people see blogging as their gateway to the world. It is easy to see why. With blogs you can instantly inform, educate and inspire people in every corner of the globe. A good solid blog education therefore is essential for anyone starting out. Having a successful blog is not so hard. But it does require some thought from the outset. Below are 7 tips to kick-start your blog education to help your blog setup. 1) Be sure about the purpose of your blog. Choose a niche you are interested and passionate about. You'll find it much easier. 2) When choosing your blog platform and theme do not over elaborate. Stick to the 'Keep It Short and Simple' principle. Check out the look and feel of other blogs in your niche first. This is an essential step in your blog education. 3) While blog setup and maintenance is not hard make sure your blog education keeps evolving over time. There are many ways to keep improving on a blog so keep searching around for functionality. **End Summary** Topics: blog education]]> blog setup]]> blog setup tips]]> good blog education]]> blog training]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Peter Downs is an internet marketer, blogger and writer. If you would like to find out how to setup a WordPress Blog through Video Tutorials go to: WordPress Video Tutorials