8. Major indexes. Get listed with popular large human- reviewed indexes such as Yahoo! ( http://www.yahoo.com/ ) and Open Directory ( http://www.dmoz.org ). This can result in a significant boost in targeted traffic - up to several hundreds of unique visitors each day!

9. Article submissions. Write about what you know and offer your articles to other editors and webmasters in your market. Offer article for reprint in exchange for an author byline. Some sites also run syndication networks, where your article may appear on dozens or even hundreds of sites! There's always a demand for fresh, original articles. Ezine directories such as http://buildyourhomebiz.com/directory.html are a good source for finding editors that accept articles.

10. Create a free eBook. Give it away to your visitors - and to other editors or webmasters within your market. Encourage them to pass it on. Your business will profit from free publicity. Free eBooks are an excellent viral marketing tool; read more in article, '10 Quick Tips on How to Create, Distribute, and Profit from Free eBooks', http://onlinebusinessbasics.com/articles/ebooktips.html .

11. Joint ventures. Partner with other editors or webmasters within your market to help promote each other's businesses. This is one of easiest and most profitable marketing methods! Examples of JVs include: ad swaps, newsletter co-opts, barter agreements, special affiliate commissions, and offering discounts of your own products/services to each other's customers.

The key here is *consistency*; writing an occasional article or placing an ad once in a while isn't enough to give you targeted traffic necessary to build a solid, steady online income.

There are lots of ways to market -- start today! Pick something and just do it. If you don't feel like writing an article, find some potential link partners. Don't feel like doing that? Then check your pay-per-click campaign and make any necessary changes.

Commit yourself to marketing your business -- and hold yourself to it! After all, it would be a real shame for a great product to go to waste.

In other words, these tracking codes tell you how many hits and unique visitors you get from each of your advertising campaigns. By analyzing this information, you're able to instantly see which of your campaigns are successful -- and which are not.

Ad trackers don't cost much at all ... yet this small investment can yield huge returns! Two of most popular are:

= ROIbot, http://www.roibot.com/r_r.cgi?R46886_article - this is tracker I use most. It's easy to set up and to manage, and it comes with a whole bunch of other features including an autoresponder.

= AdTrackz, http://www.buildyourhomebiz.com/rd/adtrackz.htm . This powerful CGI script is installed on your server, and you only pay a one-time fee for its use (unlike most of others, where you pay monthly). Once set up, it's very easy to use.

Using an ad tracker really opens your eyes. I had always thought, 'The more people I reach, more sales I'll make' -- you know, usual traffic hype that we all hear.

Instead I found out real truths about what was working for me and what wasn't. For example, my ad tracker taught me that it's not size of ezine that counts ... it's how many people actually *read* it. It also taught me that just because a website gets a lot of traffic, it doesn't mean that advertising on that site will give you *results*.

By testing everything you do, you'll get solid proof of what doesn't work, what works well, and what can be improved. You know which ad campaigns to continue ... and which ones to dump for something more profitable.

So track your marketing efforts -- every single one of them. You'll gain valuable insight about where your sales are coming from, and be able to learn and grow from these insights. Your bottom line will thank you!