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The 8 Social Media Sites You Need to Know About
The Internet Marketing Center Team
Today we’re going to tell you about 8 free sites that’ll help you explode your traffic…
AND get a better search engine ranking…
AND build a name for yourself as an expert in your field…
AND maintain better customer relations…
AND get new ideas for growing your business!
How To TEST Your Way To A Moneymaking Website
The Internet Marketing Center Team
Are you struggling to make serious (or any) money with your Internet business? Then it’s time to put your website to the test!
See, we know from years of experience that the MOST successful Internet businesses belong to people who are constantly testing and tweaking their sites, always on the lookout for changes they can make that will improve their results by even a tiny fraction.
That’s because, over time, these TINY improvements add up to BIG improvements… which lead to LOTS of additional profits in the bank.
And testing is SO easy to do, we’re shocked that so few people actually do it!
By now you probably know that including keywords on your site is a MUST if you want to attract visitors.
After all, over 90% of people looking for something online start by typing keywords into a search engine like Google. And if the words they type match the ones on your web pages, YOUR site will show up in the results for those terms.
There’s no question that including keywords on your site will get you visitors…
… but using the right words in the right places will get you SALES!
Follow these three steps to turn your site into a keyword workhorse that brings you the people who want what YOU have!
It’s clear there’s a recession going on. Costs of living are climbing, along with unemployment and bankruptcies.
But here’s some good news…
E-commerce is thriving in spite of these negative conditions according to Forrester Research. And throughout the remainder of this year and beyond it’s predicted to continue growing rapidly.
In fact, many e-business owners report increased sales over this same period last year.
Internet retailer Andreas Georgio, of AndreasInc.com, says, “[The recession] isn’t affecting me at all. Actually, my business has doubled almost every year since I started.”
Shawna Fennell, founder of 1Choice4YourStore.com, is equally optimistic. “I’m going into our Yahoo stores, and I’m thinking ‘Where’s the recession?’” she says.
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If your have a local business — like a service or a store — you know you MUST have a website.
But how do you get to the top of the search results when you have to compete with every similar business on the Internet?
YOU DON’T!
You only have to compete with similar businesses in your AREA.
Think about this… Erin lives in SoHo and needs to make some color prints during her lunch break.
She hops on the Internet, does a search for “color printing SoHo,” and Google Maps shows a bunch of businesses in her neighborhood.
It even shows her where they’re located.
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By Derek Gehl
Last week I gave you 6 tips on how to drive more paying customers to your site.
After that newsletter went out, a lot of people wrote me asking for more information about the strategies I mentioned.
… So today we’re going to delve down into two of the strategies I talked about last week, and give you even MORE hot tips on how to make these great traffic strategies work for you.
In this article, I’m going to give you some advice on how to promote your article in forums.
By Derek Gehl
Quality traffic — it’s the “Holy Grail” of online marketing.
After all, there’s not much point in having a website if your potential customers aren’t able to find it!
This week, we’re going to focus on some of the different ways you can drive quality traffic to your site. (And by “quality,” I mean visitors that are likely to BUY what you sell on your site!)
In this article, I’ll talk about 6 of my favorite ways to attract more customers to your site. (And all of them are cheap or even freeee!)
And in the article below, two very special “guest contributors” are going to give you ANOTHER hot tip – and talk about how you can use one of the ‘Net’s hottest communication tools to drive even MORE qualified traffic to your site!
So let’s get started with my top 6 tips — if you’re not using any of these strategies, the time to get started is today!
By Rosalind Gardner and Anik Singal
Blogging — both writing blogs AND reading blogs — has gone from being a “fringe” activity to one of the most popular pastimes on the ‘Net. In fact, blogging is now a global phenomenon. There are currently 112.8 million blogs in existence, with 175,000 new ones launching every day.
… But did you know that blogs are also a great way to drive traffic to your site?
Blogs, by design, are built to quickly and easily attract traffic, whether it be from search engines or from a rapid influx of links. The moment you publish a post, your blog goes to work for you letting the world know that you’ve made an update - the search engines come running and you find yourself ranking #1 for keywords in no time.
Here are 4 ways to attract traffic to your site using blogs (and 4 reasons why you NEED to start blogging):
By Derek Gehl
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about my “BeBiz Challenge” — in which I challenge YOU to build a money-making website from scratch in 28 days or less.
(If you follow my proven 4-step system, I guarantee you can do it!)
… Ever since then, I’ve been getting emails that say something like:
“A money-making website in 28 days??? Easy for you to say! You’re able to dedicate yourself 24 hours a day to your business — but me, I’m already working a full-time job that leaves me exhausted at the end of the day, plus I have a family who needs me.… With all these demands on my time, how can *I* ever build a profitable business in just 4 weeks???”
By Jen Blanchard
So you’ve found a niche and a blockbuster product, written your salescopy, and built your website…
… Now you’re ready to start counting your money, right?
Not so fast!
Before you do anything else, do this quick five-second test to make sure your site is EASY to use!
Just how important IS website usability?