But I guess anything that was created by Mark Joyner (CEO of Aesop.com and guy who brought us ROIbot, Promote- Ivator, and all rest) would have instant credibility with webmasters everywhere.

Running a really effective StartBlaze campaign starts with design of target URL - page that you want other StartBlaze members to see.

Your page might sell a product for you, sign up subscribers for your newsletter, lead to an affiliate site - anything you want.

But to work on StartBlaze - it must load fast.

Scorchingly FAST.

No matter how convincing your copy is, regardless of how compelling offer - if they can't see it, they can't be influenced by it. If your target page isn't on screen before they have time to type in a URL or choose a "favorites" entry - you've crashed and burned.

So, in this article, let's look in some detail at what you can do to make fast StartBlaze pages.

Firstly, how long a web page takes to display is a function of several things:

1) The total amount of data to be transferred from host (the server)to client (the PC). Crudely, this is size of html file + size of all graphics on page.

2) The number of different connections that must be made to retrieve all files required for page. Each html file, graphic, external style sheet, server script, SSI, etc. is a separate connection - and each comes with its own built-in delay.

3) How complex page is for browser to render. Every page requires browser to make many decisions and perform calculations before it can deliver a page that looks right.

"Bid at pay-per-click search engines!"

"Publish a newsletter!"

These are common website promotion cries. Indeed, my own website promotion site states just that. There are other ways to promote your site, however, that may well suit you and your website better!

For instance, visiting newsgroups and joining discussion lists; setting up joint ventures; affiliate marketing; or using online auctions - all of these provide sensible, doable means to promote your site.

Many well-visited sites are promoted each and every day, and promoting little and often is really key in long run. Website promotion is never over. I know it's dull to say, but it's true!

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I recently developed a FREE 7-day email course. It covers basics of website promotion (as you'd expect), but it also provides new ideas, AND suggests a daily promotion schedule. The email course covers topics like:

* Post a newsgroup discussion

* Swap links with other sites

* Write a testimonial

* Be an expert, have an opinion

* Start a joint venture