Ecards as a marketing tool

Written by Dessy Oundian


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OK, so now you know you need an ecard section on your site. What do you need next?

Content: Custom content: If you have a larger budget you can have an well-known artist create custom animated ecards for you. On average, a Flash animated ecard costs $350. Leased content: A much cheaper way to obtain high quality content is to userepparttar services of a company like Cardsup Greetings (http://www.cardsup.com). Their ecards have been used by such sites as Yahoo Greetings, Regards.com, ecards.com, etc. For a very reasonable price you will get:

GREAT CONTENT for your existing web site, made by some ofrepparttar 120641 best animators/cartoonists inrepparttar 120642 business. TIMELY UPDATES -- you will receive monthly Flash ecards! Each month you will get from 5 to 30 additional ecards at no cost. SCREENSAVERS -- you will receive all additional animations as screensavers too, and you will be able to sell them to your customers.

Ecards software: There are a lot of very good ecard programs onrepparttar 120643 Internet. I highly recommendrepparttar 120644 following:

- MyPostCards Platinum (http://mypostcards.com/platinum/) - ECardsPro price U$299 (http://www.ecardspro.com/) - Greeting Card PRO price U$249 (http://www.greetingcardpro.com/) - Greeting Cards Pro price U$249 (http://www.all-yours.net/software/)

Web Hosting: If you do not have a web host for your site, be sure to check out Fullservehost.com (http://www.fullservehost.com). They have plans for ecard sites owners that come with card software.



Dessy Oundian is a the marketing Guru behind etoon.com -- one of the largest searchable cartoon databases in the world. Find T-shirts and other custom apparel, get information about licensing our cartoons or send e-cards.


Creating Your Internet Marketing Plan

Written by Megan Corwin


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What strategies will you use? - Contests - Forums - Free reports/e-book - Newsletter - Pay per click advertising - Banners - Articles/content - Viral marketing

Timeline Assign a project date to each ofrepparttar strategies. Will they be one time events (contest) or something you need to do frequently (forums)? While you are thinking about it, schedule your projects in your time management system or planner.

Analysis - How will you trackrepparttar 120640 success of your marketing plans? What is your ROI?

Budget - What is your total yearly internet marketing budget? - Assign a $ to each ofrepparttar 120641 strategies you will use.

A successful internet marketing strategy begins with a plan. The time you take to put together your "micro-plan" will be well worth it to your business.

Megan Corwin is an internet marketing coach who helps work at home professionals grow their businesses. For more articles and advice about online marketing strategy and solutions, become a member of Megan’s online community for work at home women: http://www.wahwoman.com/membership.html


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