If You Don't Like The Weather...Just Wait Ten Minutes

Written by Kirk Bannerman


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A generation in Internet marketing seems to last 12 months or less and therefore it is very important for online marketers to reassess their marketing plan frequently. It wasn't too long ago that popups and banner ads were allrepparttar 124597 rage and now they're about as welcome as a telemarketer or a lawyer.

In earlier times, just getting traffic to your website could spell success. That just is notrepparttar 124598 case today. Inrepparttar 124599 current environment, Internet marketers have many tasks before them including increasing traffic, maximizing traffic quality, and improving conversion ratios. Much simpler said than done, but repparttar 124600 key element is to understand that we are dealing with a dynamic marketing landscape where change is almost a continuous process. A successful Internet marketing campaign will always be a work in progress.

A dynamic internet marketing campaign will be a continuous process of monitoring & analyzing, followed by tweaking & experimenting, followed by measuringrepparttar 124601 impact (more monitoring & analyzing) ofrepparttar 124602 changes made.

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The Top 4 Ways to Profit From The Hidden Revenue In Your Blog

Written by Tinu Abayomi-Paul


Most webmasters and online business owners know that a blog can bring you additional revenue from advertising, and more traffic from search engines. Then there’srepparttar additional benefit of having a great way to spark productive dialogue between you and your prospects.

But did you know that your blog itself may be worth thousand of dollars to you in its present form?

The day I learned that my blog held such hidden treasure was one of those happy accidents that can make life such a fun adventure. All I wanted to do was find out why some of my newsletter subscribers had not crossed over to my blog audience.

In an informal poll, I found that many ofrepparttar 124593 fans of my newsletter were overwhelmed withrepparttar 124594 amount of free information on my site, and felt that they’d never catch up to reading it all.

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If your blog has export capabilities, you can use any of these techniques to generate revenue from your blog and make both your newsletter and blog subscribers deliriously happy.

Method One: Monitor Your Popular Blog Topics as Ideas for Future Products

As you begin to monitor which topics haverepparttar 124597 most responses, you’ll be able to see a pattern that tells you what your audience likesrepparttar 124598 most about your site. These themes often give you clues about what your next product could be.

For example, as I continue to cover free Google tools, tips and news in my blog on Tuesdays, I’ve noticed that this isrepparttar 124599 day that I tend to haverepparttar 124600 most subscribers reading every entry. With that information I was able to create a free Christmas gift for my audience that they’ll be able to use as a reference guide.

Your next best selling software idea, book or tool could come as a result of watching topic popularity, if you learn how to track audience response.

Method Two: The Subscription Model

When you’re blogging daily, sometimes several times a day, and much ofrepparttar 124601 information on your blog continues to be useful months after you publish it, your audience is probably aware of this.

Search engines may be doing a fine job of helping your fans findrepparttar 124602 information they’re looking for at your site, but you’ll also find that a cross-section of them would rather digest a periodic collection of your posts for use at a later time.

Should you find this to berepparttar 124603 case, instead of purging your archives, you can create a “Best of” compilation on a weekly or monthly basis, and charge for electronic distribution. Or you could charge advertisers to be featured in these periodicalsrepparttar 124604 same way you would a newsletter, and offer them to your audience at a discounted rate, as a premium version of your present ezine.

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