MARKETING BASICS: Gather it all up!

Written by Joe Bingham


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First off, though, you'll need to make decisions aboutrepparttar different ways you can promote. Go throughrepparttar 121828 list below, and decide which ones you want to work with.

*FFA/Classified Sites *Opt-In Lists *SafeLists *Search Engines *Ezines *E-books *Bulk Mail *Discussion Forums *Lead Generating Programs *Your Own Affiliate Program *Offline Promotion

Keep records and keep track of what works for you and what doesn't. You're not going to be a whiz at everything right off, but you can make progress as you learn. Keep a file ofrepparttar 121829 sites or ezines you use to promote. Keep it where you can find it easily without having to search through a bunch of old emails to getrepparttar 121830 URL's again. Even keep track ofrepparttar 121831 things that didn't work for you, so you won't forget later and waste time and money on them again.

EDUCATION

You don't know everything. I don't know everything. You absolutely have to keep learning and progressing. Don't let it take time away from your promotional efforts, but schedule time to read up on your market and marketing tactics. Know your product well. Think about where to find others who may be interested in it. Always be looking ahead for better and more efficient ways of promotion. Make a continual effort to 'gather up'repparttar 121832 information you need.

Look for other sites and programs that have good information gathered up already and take advantage of them. You can often benefit greatly fromrepparttar 121833 work of others. Hey, if they are offering it, take them up on it! Anything that will save you time inrepparttar 121834 gathering process can put you further ahead toward your goal of making money that much quicker!

Set uprepparttar 121835 BASICS, continually work on PROMOTION, and further seek to EDUCATE yourself to do it all better.

Gather it all up and organize it to work to your advantage.



Joe Bingham, editor of the NetPlay Newsletter. http://www.netplaynewsletters.com/netplay.html


Mastering the Internet's Two Sales Methods

Written by Joe Bingham


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Sometimes, visitors may be interested, but in a hurry, or short of cash, or just not inrepparttar mood to read atrepparttar 121827 time. By placing an auto responder link atrepparttar 121828 top and bottom ofrepparttar 121829 page, you may get visitors to requestrepparttar 121830 information, and be able to follow up with them even after they leaverepparttar 121831 site. Notice, however, that all of these links to extra information still relate strictly torepparttar 121832 product or service you are trying to sell. Each of these other pages, or auto responder letters, should still link back directly torepparttar 121833 sales site, andrepparttar 121834 order link. Always direct all information torepparttar 121835 order link. Give peoplerepparttar 121836 benefits of your product or service, and then show them how to get it. Offering an ezine subscription related to your business, isrepparttar 121837 only non-strictly related link that should be allowed on your sales site. This will still allow you to keep in touch with your potential customers and further promote your business. You may at times choose to link to other sites that have content that confirmsrepparttar 121838 information you are giving at your own site. This may be acceptable ifrepparttar 121839 other site does indeed confirmrepparttar 121840 benefits of what you are selling, and does NOT offerrepparttar 121841 same or similar product or service that you are selling. If you choose to do this, link directly torepparttar 121842 page you want visitors to see, and be sure to relate how they will want or need to come back after view this other site. Even then, however, you are taking a chance by allowing them to leave your own site. It would be better to just quoterepparttar 121843 same information and place it on your own site if possible. Integration ofrepparttar 121844 two sales methods, Instant Excitement and Earned Association, will give you a complete sales site that will appeal to all types of visitors and their own individual ways of looking at things. Completing this step will put you much further onrepparttar 121845 road to Internet Marketing success.

Joe Bingham, editor of the NetPlay Newsletters. NetPlay brings you Online Business Information, News, and Opportunities -- with one Unique sense of Internet Humor. Education and FUN! Free ad to New Subscribers Visit http://www.netplaynewsletters.com/netplay.html


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