10 Common misconceptions about marketing on the Internet

Written by Pam Renovato


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7. It will only require 2-3 hours a day. At some point you will be able to automate most of your efforts. Inrepparttar beginning, long hours are not unheard of. I have spent many 18 hour days in front of my computer.

8. This is not a real job. Yeah right! You will come across many skeptics. Or worse than that, people who do not reveal skepticism but merely look at you funny. Believe me this is a real job. You will be just as exhausted from working and researching all day as you would slinging 50 pound sacks of flour all day. When you are mentally exhausted you will be physically exhausted. You work hard, don't allowrepparttar 121700 people who minimize your efforts get to you.

9. The only good reason to do this is forrepparttar 121701 money. That could not be further fromrepparttar 121702 truth. There is a lot to gain,repparttar 121703 money is a plus of course. Learning will always make you a better person. If you are happy with your self, everyone else will be to. You can't beatrepparttar 121704 hours.

10. It takes years to learn online business. Not true. The best suggestion is to study hard. Read your newsletters andrepparttar 121705 articles in them. Listen to those who are already successful. They are already telling you what to do and how to do it. Now you just need to listen and learn.

Pam Renovato is the web master of http://thefreeadnetwork.com Your Internet Marketing Power House. She is also editor of a free ezine featuring 7-10 free business resources in each issue. mailto:good_thing_better-subscribe@listbot.com


Help Yourself to a Great News Release with "The 3 I Technique

Written by Paul J. Krupin


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Describe what each sentence is all about and whatrepparttar editor is writing, and how he or she is communicating with his or her audience.

Step 3: Innovate with your own information.

Usingrepparttar 121699 success model as a guide, you now write sentences, one at a time, which matchrepparttar 121700 length, tone and function ofrepparttar 121701 sentences and paragraphs you see inrepparttar 121702 article you are using as a model.

As you do this, something very interesting and magical will happen.

You will come really close to matchingrepparttar 121703 editorial interest, readership interest and style of USA Today, or whatever publication you are aiming at. You are putting yourself inrepparttar 121704 position ofrepparttar 121705 writer as if one is writing a news release so that an editor can use it for an article.

Atrepparttar 121706 top you place “News Release” or “For Immediate Release” andrepparttar 121707 contact name and phone number.

To this you addrepparttar 121708 name or title or description of whatever you are offering, price and ordering information plus words. You also express offers torepparttar 121709 media for free media kits and review copies, high-resolution color photography, and contact information withrepparttar 121710 statement “available for interview”.

Then you are done. You can transmit your news release. You can send it to your specific target media and every other media inrepparttar 121711 similar and related categories of potential interest.

You can uncover some very interesting trends when you do this exercise on a particular publication.

You will learn whatrepparttar 121712 editors want. You will find out whether they like it long and wordy or short and punchy. You will find out whether short means good, or long means bad, or visa versa.

You will learn whether they need to knowrepparttar 121713 number of pages andrepparttar 121714 publisher ofrepparttar 121715 book,repparttar 121716 ISBN and other contact and cost and ordering information.

You will learn whether or not you should even make any mention of how your product, service or book is being marketed. Some publications will provide contact information in articles and some won't. Most ofrepparttar 121717 biggest ones won't. Is this a surprise? It shouldn't be. However it is disappointing. You getrepparttar 121718 publicity because you’ve persuadedrepparttar 121719 editor that you are newsworthy, but you don't always get your toll free number mentioned.

Userepparttar 121720 “3 I Technique” to assessrepparttar 121721 best way to design a news release and adapt your approach to any publication you want to be in or any broadcast show on radio or TV you want to be on.

Listen to radio talk shows or watch key TV shows and learn whatrepparttar 121722 producers want and demand of their guests. Then userepparttar 121723 3 I Technique to design your news release and create an approach that will be persuasive withrepparttar 121724 decision-makers. Match their needs and do your best to give them what they want. Use your news release to show them you've done your homework and prepared to address their needs. When you gorepparttar 121725 extra mile, they are far more likely to respond favorably.

Userepparttar 121726 “3 I technique” to evaluaterepparttar 121727 style, editorial interest and readership or audience interests andrepparttar 121728 nature ofrepparttar 121729 information your target publication needs. Factor what you uncover into your news release and approach.

This technique can help anyone create a really great news release. Use it. You giverepparttar 121730 editors exactly what and they in turn will give you what you want .

Free publicity.

Paul J. Krupin (author of the incredibly valuable ebook "Trash Proof News Releases") Direct Contact 1-800-457-8746 509-545-2707 (Need Publicity? Click Here!) http://www.imediafax.com http://www.book-publicity.com http://www.publicityforum.com http://www.dcnewswire.com http://www.cbitoday.com http://www.emailtothemax.com http://www.trashproofnewsreleases.com




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