Last Minute Villa Holiday

Written by Peter Hartely


Last Minute Villa Holiday

A Dream Business or A lot of work?

Have you ever thought of starting an online business? Have you thought of making money fromrepparttar Internet?

That is exactly what I was thinking when I started my first online business venture. My head was turned byrepparttar 135125 figures people were quoting of how much is spent onrepparttar 135126 Internet every year. I thought to myself that it would be an easy way of making money without leavingrepparttar 135127 house. In reality it couldn’t be further fromrepparttar 135128 truth.

It all started when I set up my first venture with a free website through one ofrepparttar 135129 online Internet Service Providers. I decided that I wanted my own slice ofrepparttar 135130 pie, so I set up a free website which can only be described as an embarrassing attempt at very crude web design. I knew exactly how to design a real website but didn’t haverepparttar 135131 funding to start. Anywayrepparttar 135132 website obviously did not attract anywhere nearrepparttar 135133 visitors I thought it would. I had to move to plan B.

I then decided to register a domain name forrepparttar 135134 business which did, and justly so, take a while to come up withrepparttar 135135 perfect name. I registered www.lastminutevillaholiday.co.uk and started to buildrepparttar 135136 website around this name. The first thing I had to do when choosingrepparttar 135137 name was deciding whom my target market was? And what sort of thing would they be looking for?

The First draught of this website was a lot better thanrepparttar 135138 first. It was designed using a software design program and was coded to attractrepparttar 135139 Search Engines. The only problem I had was I had no villas on my website therefore if anyone did findrepparttar 135140 site they would not stay on it. The problem was overcome when I contacted a few villa owners to offer them free listings on my site.

Now asrepparttar 135141 website grew it seemed easy enough to make a little bit of extra money here and there. I, however, was not interested in a little bit of money I wanted to offer a service to my customers and get as much business as I could. Two months had passed and I was adding more properties to my ever-growing list of villas for rent. Now withrepparttar 135142 database of villas that I had I was then ready to concentrate onrepparttar 135143 advertising ofrepparttar 135144 business. The best way I thought of advertising an online business would be to get it found byrepparttar 135145 Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, Msn etc. I plunged intorepparttar 135146 optimisation ofrepparttar 135147 website heavily. I made sure that allrepparttar 135148 pages hadrepparttar 135149 right keyword density andrepparttar 135150 content of every page was as accurate as I could get it (content byrepparttar 135151 way isrepparttar 135152 only true way to get a website listed on a search engine).

Eight Simple Ways To Use Promotional Products Online

Written by RICHARD C. CURRY


Withrepparttar increased competition onrepparttar 135124 Internet, it can be difficult to differentiate your company from your competition. One thing Internet marketers are failing to utilize correctly is promotional products. Promotional products are every day items that are printed with your company logo, slogan, web site address, or any other message you want to promote. The first thing that comes to most people’s minds are printed t-shirts… but there are many other items you can use to make your company stand out fromrepparttar 135125 crowd. The following are eight simple ways you can use promotional products onrepparttar 135126 Internet. Promote Your Company's Website This isrepparttar 135127 first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think of how they should use promotional products. But some people overlook this as an option. Every item you choose to promote your business you should include your web site address on it. Find Promotional Items That Fit Your Niche You can always find certain items that will compliment your type of business - items that you know your customers will use often. For Example: If you sell bicycles, it would be a good idea to include a free water bottle that has your logo on it. If you have an online drug store, you could give away pill organizers with your site’s name and web address printed on them. Free Contests and Drawings A great way to get more people to sign up for your newsletter is to hold monthly, weekly, or daily contest drawings. The winner ofrepparttar 135128 drawing would receive a promotional product with your URL on it. Since everyone loves to win stuff, more people would be willing to give you their email address. And if you makerepparttar 135129 product something that relates to your business,repparttar 135130 people who sign up are more likely to be targeted. Motivate Customer to Buy More You can use promotional products to entice your customers to buy more products than they normally would have. How? By bundling multiple products along with a promotional item. For example, instead of your customer buying one e-book, you also offer them a package deal of two e-books and a free promotional item. The promotional product can even be something related torepparttar 135131 products you’re bundling it with. If you’re selling weight loss information, why not use a “step counter as a bonus? If you’re selling cookbooks, offer an apron. There are hundreds of products that you can put your logo on… find one that compliments your products! Reward Your Best Affiliates Consider thanking your top affiliates by giving them a promotional product. This shows them that you truly appreciaterepparttar 135132 fact that they promote your products. You can send gifts to your affiliate partners when they reach a certain goal, or you can give gifts to your top affiliates duringrepparttar 135133 holidays. By rewarding your affiliates, you build a stronger relationship with them. They will thank you by continuing to promote your business.

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