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When it comes to our online businesses we tend to think in a limited way. Although, online/internet marketing is arguably the best form of promotion for your business, it is important to remember the great benefits of marketing offline as well.

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For those of new at monetizing our sites, I thought I would give a real brief explaination of what a CPA network is and why everyone should look into adding CPA ads as part of their monatization strategy.

So what is a CPA network, isn't it just another type of affiliate network? Well, yes and no. Like affiliate networks, CPA ad networks count on publishers like us to promote their offers. They uaually call us affiliates just like traditional networks.

Traditional affiliate networks focus on sales, however, many CPA ad networks focus on lead generation. What do I mean like that? Have you ever seen credit card offers? You can make some serious income just by getting people to inquire, put in an application and get accepted. Many of the new CPA networks give you a choice of both, payment on sales, and payment on lead generation. 

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Here is what I would call the most classic mistakes many small independent online Businesses owners make. While this is not a comprehensive list, avoiding these mistakes may save time and money as you venture into the world of marketing and building your business online.

1. Trying to do it all and not spending enough time networking with people in your niche.
2. Not having a laser like focus on your niche or target audience.
3. Content to be the same as your competitors. How often I hear people say if I could only be like so and so or get the traffic as so and so. Domination of your niche and striving for excellance needs to be all of our goals.
4. Failure to implement a plan, or not having a specific concrete marketing and monetization strategy.
5. Relying on one or two strategies or tactics to market or monitize your biz. Multiple streams of income is key.
6. The idea or belief that just having a business out there, or a web presence will get you business. Once you reach the publishing phase, a full 50 to 70% of your time should be spend on marketing and monetization, the rest on publishing and research.

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Real estate is usually touted as the best investment you can make. You can leverage your money, derive tax benefits and generate a significant passive income. Here's why I believe investing in virtual real estate is better:

1. Low cost of entry. You don't need credit, partners, or a truckoad of cash. You can buy a domain name for less than ten dollars.
2. You aren't held hostage by contractors or tradesmen. You can do it yourself or have a professional build your site and deliver it to you ready to go.

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I took some time today and brainstomed a list of tasks that I do when I create a niche or authority site. Of course each task can be an article or book in itself and will very based on what type of authority or niche site you are developing. I hope this list will be a useful resource of some of the things to do and take into consideration when developing a site.  This is by no means a complete list but contains most of the basics. Everyone should make their own list. Here is my checklist:

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The web has changed, we all know that. Gone are the days of eye-catching visually trancing movement that once had us glued to the screen, we'd say, how'd they do that. I think with those websites, even if you wanted to know what they were selling or about you could not find one stitch of content or product promotion. Sites of long ago did very little for us as information gatherers or researchers.

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By now almost everyone has heard the term Niche Sites. It is a very popular, and manytimes overused buzz word amongst internet marketers. It seems that almost everyone who wants to build a site is jumping on the bandwagon an building niche site in hopes of dominiating the search engine rankings for their particular niche and making tons of money. And for good reason. Before I go into that lets define the term a bit further. A niche site can be defined as a site that focuses on a narrow subject or market. Examples might include pets, fishing, landscaping, parenting, etc. The biggest advantage of focusing on a particular niche is that big businesses usually don’t bother and the competition is less fierce. The trick to finding a good niche is to find one which is rich in keywords that people search for, has high monthly volume, and is not satuated by big competition. 

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Social marketing is something that we all need to be using to effectively market our content. In fact, most recently the web has not only integrated social networking and social media in its content distribution methods but has become a social network in itself. Quality user-generated content is just as important as traditional advertising methods. This integration has allowed the users of the web a voice rather than giving the control to the advertising media.

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Yes, this is true any niche can be yours. Sound interesting? Wordpress coupled with Semiologic Pro creates an unbeatable publishing platform. The SEO benefits inherent in each system are standalone awesome, but when you have the capability to manually administer SEO tactics it is all you need. So, with that said there is absolutely no reason why with this system that you cannot get on the first pages of every search engine for the most saught after keywords in your niche. 

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Lead generation is one model of online marketing that will always be in fashion. Other marketing techniques may come and go, but every business' lifeblood is leads. No matter how well a business takes care of its customers, there will be some attrition. Potential new customers should always be in the pipeline.

Imagine having a constant flow of prospects landing in your email box. You didn't have to man a table at a trade show, make cold calls, or advertise. These leads come to you pre-screened and interested in what you have to offer. They come to you from your friendly online lead generation specialist. 

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