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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Linkbait - Linking on Steroids
Linkbait articles are vital to any link-building campaign. They provide valuable information to your readers, the cornerstone of building an authority site. Here are some ways to make your blog posts reel in readers and other bloggers:
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July 22, 2007
Get Your Site Built
Alert: Before you even THINK about setting up your first or even your next website business – read this! You’ll want to STOP wasting your valuable time, energy & money and START taking action once and for all with this VALUABLE information for your online traffic and income right away. Read on…
Finally, You Can Forget About Learning the Latest Web Design Software and Updates. And you can STOP Spending Precious Time, $$ and Energy with Website Software, Tools and Maintenance.
Now You Can Get Your Website Custom Built, All the Bells and Whistles You Need
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Turn your passion into a money-making business…fast and easy. It really is cheaper than you think!
Dear Online Friend,
Having a web presence today is a must. And having a good one is even better. But don’t take my word for it. Consider these facts* and see how important a website could be for you:
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More then 8 billion web pages have been tallied on the Internet as of March 2007
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Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company tracking Web growth since 1995, reported some 106,875,138 Web sites with domain names and content on them in the year 2007, compared to only 18,000 Web sites in August 1995.
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Turning a basic website into an income source is a popular practice today.
People are turn websites into money-making opportunities. And they are doing so by focusing on one of two main types of sites:
1) An information site drawing visitors via freebies – free reports, downloads, articles and more, then earning through clicks and other revenue-generating streams.
2) An online shopping cart - where shoppers can purchase products and services at their convenience 24/7.
However, building websites and turning them into money-making opportunities isn’t easy. And if you don’t watch out, your costs could soar too high, leaving you in the red or with little to no opportunity to even cover your initial expenses back in a reasonable amount of time.
Let’s take a quick look at what you need in a website plus average costs. Then you can do the math for yourself and see what fits in with your budget and basic business plans.
What You Need In A Website
Your website needs an excellent overall presence, more than just a software solution. Your site needs:
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A focused theme. There are more than dozens of site types out there ranging from A to Z from Affiliate sites to Blogs, to Community sites and Database sites and Web Portals and more. A good design team will help you pull your “passion” together into a tight focused business.
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A good design with strong color and font combinations that don’t cause people headaches. Large digital images / graphics, tiny fonts, too many colors and too many bells and whistles loading all at once can overwhelm many website visitors. Don’t risk people clicking away. A good web design team will coordinate just what you need on your site.
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Good navigation and functionality. Your website visitors need to be able to move around your site, place items in your cart, post messages and be able to take care of any number of interactions on your site – fast and easy. A good design team will make sure your site has menus, buttons and other features that work – and work well.
Average Web Design Costs
Web designers can charge a bundle, that’s for sure. Here is a small sampling of online designer fees:
- Sites with bells and whistles like plug-in support, unique page designs, and extra graphics run the base price plus an additional $1800-$2000 range
- Third party service providers charge $3,000- $5,000 for a blog design package that includes:
1) Graphical comps produced in Photoshop
2) Graphical splicing for optimal CSS/XHTML structure
3) CSS/XHTML production in standards-compliant fashion
4) Unique CSS/XHTML adaptation to CMS platform of choice
5) Bell-and-whistle functionality to meet client requirements
- Individual web designers charge $2,500 for a signature website design that has bells and whistles for you, possibly earning $100 per hour.
But Beware Of Web Designers. Their Sites May Look Great, But Do The Sites Bring In Traffic - -And Keep It On Your Site For Awhile?
This is important! Your website MUST attract both Search Engines AND People to your site - -and keep them there for awhile – so that you can make money from their visits. You want others to enjoy your content, refer their friends, bookmark the site and return over and over again, using your site as a valuable resource tool.
And not all web designers are experienced at making valuable sites like these:
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So save your MONEY, TIME and ENERGY!
Invest WISELY
Benefit by turning your web design investment, your passion, into your own money-making business:
1. Our experienced team of professionals will design just what you need for your online business. Your site will be full-featured, boast excellent navigation, color scheme, fonts, graphics and more. You don’t need to learn any software or waste time messing around with FTP, HTML or anything.
2. We will create a custom header just for you to coordinate beautifully with your new site while presenting your business and website to the world in an awesome full-color display.
3. We will also give you 1 hour of basic training and consulting. We will show you how easy it is to publish articles, create categories, upload graphics, and even change the contents of your sidebars in minutes without needing to upload anything or any knowledge of an HTML tool.
In short, you’ll get it all: a beautiful, professional, custom-built web site, tried and tested means of generating search engine and human traffic and proven money-making opportunities. You’ll have everything you need to increase your traffic, leads, sales, referrals, repeat visitors and … your ROI (return on investment) of your time, money and your team’s effort.
Remember: fail to plan, and you plan to fail...
So the time to plan is NOW. Sign up and plan on getting your own website up and running and start turning your passion into your business - -your own money-making business - today! Click here: ___________
Sincerely,
Karen, Kevin and Melissa
P.S. – Order NOW and download our FREE GIFTS to you with your purchase (list gifts if you have any - -like freebie report with IM tips…).
P.P.S. – Only a limited number of web design packages are available at this low rate. Once we complete them, our rates will increase for the upcoming year. So STOP wasting your valuable time, energy & money and START taking action once and for all with this VALUABLE web design package right away!
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Websites
Testimonials
"“Melissa is very detail oriented, hard working, knowledgeable, and thought provoking. Melissa has developed several of her own sites and has also partnered with other sites and is remarkable at what she brings to the table as far as her knowledge and understanding of building sites rich with content. Melissa has also shown her ability to provide great research, publishing and marketing skills, which in web site development is few and far between.” Anissa Wardell......www.Scrap-N-Craft.com
Karen is a key component of our coaching program. Since graduating our Elite coaching series she has become an integral part of our consulting business. She coaches with authority backed by solid experience in authority site building, research, and marketing - Jack Humphrey.......www.FridayTrafficReport.com
Kevin has been doing a fantastic job. I am really lucky to have such an excellent coach. He understands how to take you through the steps and at what pace. He knows the subject of web 2.0 thoroughly well. He has been an excellent motivator for me. He knows how to give enough pressure to a student so that the pressure is still pleasurable and motivating instead of becoming oppressive......V.K. Rajagopalan.....www.theassociatereference.com
Coaching You To Success....
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July 28, 2007
CPA 101 and Blog Monetization
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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July 19, 2007
Use Icons To Make Your Content Stand Out
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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August 5, 2007
Generating More Traffic For Your Site With Google Alerts
We all know that fresh content is important in getting picked up by the search engines. They don't want to pick up and rank old rehashed information. Not only that, but the content needs to be relevant. Do you know about Google Alerts? It is a great way to have google email you the latest news in your niche to your email box. Google alerts helps you keep up with the latest news in your niche and I highly recommend using google alerts for your main keywords. You can go to http://www.google.com/alerts in order to signup for your main keywords.
One way to use this infomation is to use these alerts in order to help provide fresh and relevant content. The way to do this is through social commentary. An example was late last year there were reports about a certain celebrity driving around with her young son on her lap and no seatbelt amongst other things. So I did a post on my parenting site and expressed concerns and opinions. Just remember, proper social edicate dictates that you mention and link to the source of the information and if you quote from any article give proper credit. It is very important that you not just rewrite the article or news but make it your 'own' by providing valuable commentary and opinion. Google will love you for it.
However, where does google get their news from? Can you beat google to the punch and get a jump on them? Its hard, but well worth it if you can. Here is one ideas that many people overlook.
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October 18, 2007
Why Your Offline Business Needs A Lead Generation Specialist
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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