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Why Post Regularly
Aug 3, 2008 Selling Online 101 Leave a comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #30 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Keeping people interested in your blog, whether it is a business or personal blog, is key to attracting a lot of regular visitors. Many blogs have died because people have just lost interest. The main reason for the lack of interest is simply a lack of posts by the blogger. Regular, frequent posting, which will boost your blog’s ranking in search engines, is essential to the survival of any blog.
You might be asking yourself, what is frequent posting? How many blog entries should I make [...] Continue Reading…
No Competition On These Keywords?
Aug 2, 2008 Selling Online 101 Leave a comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #29 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
If you have been looking into pay per click advertising programs, you may have heard about the importance of keywords. You are often advised to choose high costing, related keywords. After all, they tend to be the most successful ones. While this is true, you may be concerned with the cost of advertising, particular with popular keywords. What would you say if there was a way that you could still use pay per click advertising to your advantage, but without having to pay [...] Continue Reading…
delivering video via e-mail
Aug 1, 2008 Selling Online 101 Leave a comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #28 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Being able to send attachments together with an email message is very helpful especially when you need to send important documents. The limit on the file size you can attach depends on the limit that your email service provider imposes on your email account as well as the limitation on the email account storage size that the recipient has. While it is now possible to send several MP3 files as email attachments because of the general increase in email account storage sizes, sending larger sized [...] Continue Reading…
Email Marketing Tips
Jul 31, 2008 Selling Online 101 Leave a comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #27 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Using email is a great way to market and promote your e-commerce business. With people being so busy and getting junk mail, how do you make your email stand out? Here are some helpful tips to get you the most benefits from this effective marketing tool. It is important to do some research and attempt to get your marketing sent to a target market that will likely be interested in the products or services you are offering.
Some companies randomly send emails to people who have [...] Continue Reading…
Core values explain a lot
Jul 31, 2008 news Leave a comment
I was writing yesterday’s post and something popped in my mind:
I always get a lot of flack when I tell people I’m going to help them for free, because I really like helping other people succeed, and I’m always happy to see people who were having trouble starting up become success stories that largely surpass and outlast my own success.
Whenever I tell “I like to help people”, I always get the “yeah, right” stare.
So, as I was telling you, last night I was writing the other post, the image of people cringing their teeth when reading it, popped in [...] Continue Reading…
how to make e-mail marketing simpler
Jul 30, 2008 Selling Online 101 1 Comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #26 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Email marketing is one of the most effective and least expensive methods of reaching large volumes of customers who are interested in your products or services. You will want your email marketing campaign to address each person by name to make it more personal. The customer will provide you with their name and email address but you will need to find the best way to store it and use it. Email marketing software is a great way to compile your data. It can also be [...] Continue Reading…
On (not) blogging and delays
Jul 30, 2008 news 2 Comments
I’m running late with the promised course on zero-dollar online startups, but bare with me. I’m writing like a maniac and I’m 10 lessons long already, but I still need to capture a few screen-shots to illustrate the whole thing.
I’m leaving nothing behind on this, so bare with me because it will be worth every extra-day.
Also, at the same time I’m unwinding from writing all the “make money” stuff by making a new layout for this blog. Many of you don’t know, but I’m a Photoshop freelancer, and porting my design to a complex platform like WordPress has been [...] Continue Reading…
Important Email Marketing Laws
Jul 29, 2008 Selling Online 101 1 Comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #25 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Email marketing is a very effective way or reaching your target market. It is less expensive than other types of marketing while allowing your to reach large volumes of consumers. By 2008, it is expected to be the most used method of advertising. Are you aware of the various email marketing laws that are in effect throughout the United States and other countries? It is important that you take the time to educate yourself on this topic before you procedure with an email marketing campaign. [...] Continue Reading…
Clickthrough Conversion
Jul 28, 2008 Selling Online 101 Leave a comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #24 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Are you interested in joining a pay per click program? If you are, are you interested in being an affiliate or are you looking to have your advertisements displayed? Whichever way you are looking to participate in an affiliate program, it is important that you familiarize yourself with click throughs. Click throughs are an important part of pay per click advertising, whether your ads are the ones being advertised or not.
If you are unfamiliar with pay per click programs and how they [...] Continue Reading…
what’s hot?
Jul 27, 2008 Selling Online 101 Leave a comment
Note: This article is similar to Lesson #23 of our ‘Selling Online 101′ email course.
Are you an article writer? If so, you likely know exactly how important it is to write fun, interesting, and easy to read articles. Unfortunately, there are many writers who fail to realize that not everyone has the same interests as they do. Of course, you are urged to write articles on subjects that you enjoy or are familiar with, but you are also urged to broaden your horizons. You may want to think about writing articles that cover “hot topics,” even [...] Continue Reading…
