mlm affiliate programA Business Guide For The Very New Internet Entrepreneur by: Francisco Aloy
Did you recently buy your first computer and just started surfing the Net? Isn't it fun? All the new websites and places to go, sights to see! Have you ever wondered if you can make money with your newfound toy?
I think that thought is something that comes into the mind of all Newbie computer users. I mean, there's no way you can miss all the offers from the heap of self proclaimed "Gurus" selling you get-rich-quick plans and schemes! Nonetheless, people that started out just like you are making a good living on the Internet.
I know the constant assault of ads and all the new technology must be intimidating; some of it is still intimidates me! That's why I've decided to write the present article and make it as simple for a Newbie to understand the basics of Internet Marketing. Please follow me as I give you a guided tour.
The first thing you should do, is this:
Don't purchase anything, at all! The previous sentence is so important because the pressure to buy all the assorted plans and schemes is so great. Look at it this way: Since you just got here, how in the world are you gonna know what to buy for your first step onto Net marketing?
Give yourself some time to get to know the Web, join many of the good forums and newsletters available. Discuss items that will help elevate your general knowledge of the Web and Internet Marketing, in particular. After a few months things will start to sink in and you'll be mere Internet savvy!
While going to the forums and gaining experience, keep these questions twirling around in the back of your mind:
What kind of Internet business would make me happy?
What activity have I seen on the Web that I would love to do or be a part of?
Think about it for as long as what it takes and start coming up with a general business vision or inspiration. Don't think you need understand all the small details or particulars of the technology. All you need is a guiding vision and principle that will sustain you through the good and bad times.
Once you feel up par with many of the concepts talked about at the forums and you start getting the itch to jump in with both guns blazing, consider these very basic items:
1- You are going to need your own website! Don't get a fr'ee website because you want to establish your own identity. Furthermore, they don't offer any services for a true business website. This point is very important because your website isn't just a container that holds products you sell. Your website is your FIRST PRODUCT !!!
2- The thing you really need to fill your website with is:
---- CONTENT! -----
It is provided mainly by the written word coupled with images and audio. You are going to do a bunch of writing. The source of content ideas is limited only by your imagination. If you need help with it, farm it out.
3- OK, so you've got a website filled with content, how do you let the rest of the Web know you're open for business? Answer: PROMOTION! You must live with the constant idea of promoting your website. It's done mostly through writing. Post articles at the forums with a link in your resources box. Offer your website to the Search Engines and directories. Write small informative booklets with links back to your website and give them away for fr'ee (BTW, that's called "viral marketing")
Hot Tip: When creating a user name at the forums, use your company name! I received that tip today from Mike Merz, owner of http://im4newbies.com
In closing I'm going to say the number of ideas presented within this article are just a few to let you know your own Web business is a viable idea! The ways to get visitors to your website are limitless. If you have vision, focus and determination you will succeed in Web Marketing.
About The Author
Francisco Aloy is the owner/creator of the Newbie Business Guide, for more articles go to: http://www.newbie-business-guide.com
(C) 2004 Francisco Aloy
newbie1@newbie-business-guide.com
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I work hard on my web site. In fact, I work on it almost daily. And I work hard on my weekly e-zine. But then I sit back and think, Hmmmm is anyone really visiting my web site?� And that�s all I do. I don�t think to track too much. This is really not a smart way to handle your business. Since I started I-MarketingZONE I have learned a lot about marketing. I have to. I have to keep up with all the current trends in Internet marketing and web site promotion. That�s what my visitors expect me to do. And I use most of the things that I learn. But I�ve forgotten the most important elements tracking and testing.
It�s very important to keep track of which affiliates are producing an income for you. And I don�t mean by waiting for a quarterly statement like I did. By then you�ve spent a lot of time and money on something that may not be working. What you need to do first is get a notebook or use a spreadsheet program. List any affiliates that you have signed up for. Write down your username and password for future information. Write down the link that you need to visit to check your stats. Every time you go to check your stats, write down what kind of activity you are doing. If it�s working, then keep it up. If it�s not working, you may want to either try a different approach to promoting it, or you may want to drop that affiliate program.
Affiliate surprise can be fun when you get a notice like I did today, but if you get a notice where you are producing nothing, then you�ve probably wasted 3 months on something that you could have been doing different.
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Marci Perrine is the owner of Marci�s Creations Online, a web site development company, and I-MarketingZONE, an Internet marketing web site.
Visit http://www.marciscreations.com for more information on how Marci can help you build your web site.
Visit http://www.i-marketingzone.com for solid solutions on how to market and make money with your web site, and subscribe to her weekly ezine today at http://www.i-marketingzone.com/subscribe6.htm
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MLM Home Business 35% Revenue Increase� from Your Website! by: Glenn Murray2 Golden Rules for an Engaging Website 35% of visitors fail to achieve their goal when they visit company websites! By following 2 simple rules, you can increase your web-derived revenue by 1/3 or more! Renowned website usability researcher, Jakob Nielsen, today (Nov 24) published results of his latest study. His test subjects used 139 websites. On average, they failed to find what they were looking for 35% of the time. Shockingly, 37% of users couldn�t even find company location details! What was surprising was that users didn�t give up. They generally found the information they were after � but they found it at a competitor�s site! So how do you stop potential customers falling into the hands of your competitors? Nielsen is right when he suggests user research. Yes, it�s imperative that know what your users need at your site. But what he doesn�t say is how to structure your website so it meets users� needs. There are two golden rules: 1) Write first, build later 2) Write to your customer Write first, build later The real message on most websites is in the writing. It makes sense, then, that the writing should determine the structure. Unfortunately, this is not the case for most businesses. For them, the writing is an afterthought. They structure and design their website first, then try to fit the writing to the structure. This flies in the face of common sense. When you speak to someone, you structure your speech around your message. You don�t decide on a structure, then change the message to suit! For a truly usable website, you need to plan what you want to say before you create the site � perhaps even write the whole thing. The message � the writing � should determine the structure. Write to your customer So how do you decide what to write? Firstly, don�t think, �What do I want to say?�. When you�re writing a website, you have to think, �What does my customer want to know?�. It�s a very subtle difference, but it�s the key to engaging writing. And that�s what you want to do� engage the customer. Most customers will want to know the basics:
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