Not Common But Effective Free MarketingWritten by Tracy Finney
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What can you write about? Anything!! Write about anything you can. Maybe you have some good cooking tips. Write an article about your tips. Find appropriate web sites, newsletters, and ezines to submit article to. Or maybe you are a mechanic, and can give some do it yourself tips. Write out your tips, and again find appropriate places to submit your article to. Maybe you don't feel like you have anything to write about. How about vacation spot you visited last summer? Write a review! You see there is so much information on web. There are so many sites looking for content about such a variety of topics, you can write about anything and find places to submit your article. Now stop and think about it! If you know anything about ezines, you will know some of them have 1,000's and 10's of thousands of readers. Some may only have hundreds of readers, but multiple that by 5 or 10 and number of folks being exposed to your web site is quite alot! Now maybe your are starting to see why writing articles are such a good source of free traffic! So Get Started! Gather your thoughts Write out notes Check your spelling and grammar Write using details and descriptive word. Search for editors and webmasters wanting your article Submit you article to databases Place article on your own web page and advertise free info! Be creative I hope this information has been helpful to you. I hope you will put this information to work for you. I hope you will discover for yourself wonderful marketing tool writing articles can be for you. Above all I hope you can look back one day and say like I do, "Boy am I glad that guy shared this information with me!" I am so thankful for that person taking time to teach me about writing articles. He spent time and effort teaching me. Now I hope with time and effort I have taken to write this, I have taught you something you will appreciate. Please keep in mind, keep to be a success in any business you need patience! A business takes time to grow.You must be willing to stick with it. Begin your business with giving it at least 1 year. One full year of dedicated commitment. Work and Patience will pay off! If I can be of any help to you in your online marketing endeavors, drop me an email taffin@tnni.net All Success to you + God Bless, Tracy Finney

*********************************************************** Tracy Finney has been learning the do's and don'ts of online marketing since the year 2000. She is a Stay at Home Mom, and successful Marketer. Check out her web site http://www.fig-alg.com/a1299 ***********************************************************
| | Ten Unobvious Ideas To Pull Visitors to Your Real Estate Agent Web SiteWritten by Catherine Franz
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6. Glow in dark banners, stickers and auto stickers. Home signage like: Visit [URL] for complete information on this property. Make it a glow in dark for night time visual effectiveness. 7. What about times that you don't have office duty? What about setting up a table for 3-4 hours outside grocery stores. Add a nice table cloth, balloons, and a large sign, "Ask me anything about buying a home." Or, "Ask us anything about selling a home." Switch approaches every few hours to see which one fits best. I don't suggest place both out there unless there are two of you. Create tee- shirts with same action request along with URL. Use a table covering that is same color as tee-shirt to help support your message and attractiveness. 8. Transit ads. What type of transportation is available in areas you focus in? Is there massive transit like buses or metro? Don't forget taxi cabs, inside and out, as well as taxi stands. Find out where their direct phone lines are. Sometimes, yet rare, you can place an Avery sticker next to. One sign works with well if you have this ability on your web site: "Take a virtual tour of our latest properties [URL]." 9. This one is something I dreamed up and it really works. Rig a button that people can press on side of your car window that gives off a recording of latest houses you available for sale. Then park in obvious places for people to see button. Add a sign on inside of window giving them permission to press button. Caution, this doesn't work with some car alarm systems. 10. Merchants. Where do you get your dry cleaning done? Hair cuts, massages, or other frequented stores. Do you have some favorite restaurants? Can you stock a business card holder by cash register? As a previous owner of restaurants, one I like best is when real estate agent paid for part of or whole cost of menus. In exchange we allowed them to create some marketing information on menus. Testing is always important when trying new things. In selling real estate, uniqueness is key. As said in latest National Association of Realtors 2003 survey, most people perceive all real estate agents as being same. But you know you aren't. Yet, how are you showing it? Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Create play and fun and stretch with your marketing. Let it be as unique as you are and then smile all way to bank.

Catherine Franz, business coach. Previously a real estate agent and exec with National Association of Realtors. Additional articles and ideas about marketing to attract business: http://www.abundancecenter.com Blog: http://abundance.blogs.com
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