Solve Big Problems To Make Big Money.
By: John Weisenberger
One of the fundamental truths I've learned about Internet Marketing is that no one really wants to pay for information. The truth is, the only reason people will ever pay you for your information right now is because you can solve their most immediate and important problems right now.
For example, promise someone your eBook will take away their fear or pain regarding some specific issue and they will gladly part with their hard earned cash to see if you have the solution to their problem.
So what does that mean to small online dating and relationship oriented Website operators like you and I? Essentially it means that people on the Internet will only pursue and pay for the products and services that solve their most immediate problems. For example:
So in our Online Dating & Relationship oriented businesses...
This is a very important point to remember when choosing the specific types of dating and relationship oriented problems you plan on solving for your customers.
The Bigger the Better.
Another important thing I've learned is, if you solve small problems, you'll make small money; if you solve big problems, you'll make big money.
Now think about that for a moment. Don't lawyers and doctors make more money than store clerks and waiters? That's because the problems they solve are much more significant and important to people's lives. Thus, people are willing to pay more for the services of these highly paid professionals.
By the same token, promising to help someone cope with the emotional turmoil of a divorce or relationship breakup is much more likely to make you more money than merely promising to find them a date for next weekend. Beginning to see my point?
As you look for specific subjects and niche markets to exploit within the online dating & relationship oriented marketplace, don't forget to look for those areas where you can solve someone's biggest and most immediate problems.
The good news is, as long as they are men and women on this planet, there will always be relationship problems to solve. Some problems will be bigger than others and offer innovative entrepreneurs tremendous opportunities for large profits.
So just remember, the bigger the problem, the bigger the potential for big profits.
Copyright 2004 John Weisenberger
About The Author
John Weisenberger is the author of "Making Money with Dating & Relationship Oriented Websites: The Facts, Statistics and Ideas You Must Know to Get Started in This Fast Growing Marketplace. For more information visit http://www.RomanceBiz.com/502
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Title: Out of Money with Loads of Time: 10 Ways to Advertise Your
Website for FREE
Author: Mitone Griffith
Article:
The best laid advertising plans usually contain a large sum of
money. But not every new “NETtrepreneur” has a big marketing
budget. Either you’re still working a “day job” and sitting
there hacking away online at night, trying to convince your
family you’re right, or you’ve been displaced from work in some
way, and so—rightly—you turn to the net. I’m not rich by any
means, but I haven’t punched a clock in over two years. Not all
my business comes from people I don’t know all over the
world—but a lot of it does. So this article will include local
and regional advertising ideas for your website as well.
I’m starting with order of importance here—the things that are
going to do more for you for the time investment. That’s the
thing about advertising—it either takes time OR money OR both.
And if you don’t have the money, be prepared to spend the time.
1.YOU MUST WRITE. I know you know something about your business.
Maybe there’s a little something you could teach me about what
you know? That’s what writing articles is all about. It’s just
sharing your knowledge FOR FREE with others who are interested
in that same subject. In exchange, you get to have a “resource
box” and byline. Your resource box tells others about your
business and has links to your website and email. You don’t have
to write a sales letter of an article—your resource box does the
“selling” for you. There are plenty of articles online that tell
HOW to write an article—but the basic formula I follow is an
intro paragraph, followed by “x” number of bulleted points to
back up my intro, followed by a summary paragraph. Once you have
your articles written, submit them to article directories. The
main four I use are: www.ideamarketers.com, www.goarticles.com,
www.fresh-articles.com, and www.valuablecontent.com. I know
there are others. Just do a search with the terms “submit my
article.”
2.YOU MUST OPTIMIZE AND SUBMIT. Again, there are tons of
articles on optimizing your webpages for search engine
submission. The basic premise is to fill your site with keyword
rich content, full meta tags and then submit your site once a
month to search engines. I have found a great and free website
service: www.submitexpress.com which only submits your site to
actual directories and engines, not all those free for all link
pages.
3.YOU MUST GET OTHERS TO LINK TO YOU. And not just anybody—the
websites that link to yours have to have something to do with
your website. It takes time to research similar yet different
sites, email the webmaster and request a link exchange. (Writing
articles and submitting them solves this problem too.) If time
is an issue, at the very least, do a search for “_____
directories.” The “____” of course is the topic of your website.
For example if you had a website about Old English Sheepdogs,
you might search for “Old English Sheepdog Directories.” The
first five actual directories in the search results are the ones
you want to exchange links with—they have the highest rankings
and this means something for you in making your rankings better.
4.YOU MUST WRITE A PRESS RELEASE. Is your website brand spanking
new—or have you done something really cool like donate a portion
of your sales to a local charity? Write about it and send it to
your local paper. Be sure and put your web address
somewhere—either in the release if the release regards the site,
or in the resource box if it’s a secondary issue. If your
message has a more global impact, consider sending out a larger
press release online. Do a search for “submit press release” and
you’ll find a bunch of places to submit your PR for free. One
site is www.free-press-release.com/submit/.
5.YOU MUST WRITE AN E-BOOK. After you have taken the time to
write a slew of articles, it shouldn’t take much to combine them
in some sort of congruent fashion, put a spin on it and compile
it into one PDF document. Give it away for free. There are
several sources (directories) that offer to list free e-books.
It will get downloaded and passed around—a “viral marketing”
scheme. One such site is www.free-ebooks.net/submit.html.
6.YOU MUST START A NEWSLETTER. Or, just collect leads somehow.
Newsletters, to me, do seem to be getting old and tired. But the
principle is still a sound one. Considering you’ve done steps
1-5, you now should start to get traffic to your website. Maybe
it’s not the numbers you’d like, but that’s okay—you’re just
getting started. Theoretically, you should have an email
newsletter built into your site from day one. You’ll want to
contact your sign-ups regularly with information as well as your
sales message. Offer your free ebook for signing up. Or give
something else away for free. You can host your newslist at
www.topica.com or www.groups.yahoo.com for free. Just remember
that SPAM is tightening up now. I just read about a NC man who
was sentenced to prison for 9 years for spamming. Make sure you
have permission to send newsletters. I’m pickier now about how I
advertise my newsletters. I usually just market to people who
have already purchased something from me. It is a fact that 80%
of your business will come from 20% of your customers. Good
customers will buy from you again and again if you run a good
business. Another idea I read recently is to publish information
in an autoresponder that people really want. The first thing I
look for when I go to a website is a price list. So, it makes
sense if you publish your rate sheet in an autoresponder that
you can collect good leads this way.
7.YOU MUST PUT YOUR WEBSITE ON EVERYTHING. It never ceases to
amaze me that the very people who think they need a website so
bad end up doing a lot of local print promotion and never put
their website on any of it! If they do put their website address
in their printed materials, it’s like a secondary thought, not
the main marketing message. It makes more sense to me to get a
smaller ad and put the focus message on “Visit our website.” And
then make your website do the lead collecting or selling.
Although this is technically not “free,” you don’t spend any
extra by adding or changing or your message to focus on your
website. If you’re already paying for print, put the website on
there. In Virginia, you can even get a “.com” license plate. I
chose MITONE as my letters, and the state provides a specialty
design that has a “.com” illustration after the letters. If you
can do things like this, you CAN increase your web traffic.
8.YOU COULD TRY BANNER AND TRAFFIC EXCHANGE SITES. You have to
be careful with these. Sometimes they work if you have a good
banner and you exchange with the right sites. Having banners on
your site and windows popping up behind your pages isn’t the
most aesthetic thing in the world, but it might work for a one
week blitz. One that looks more promising (and doesn’t mess with
mucking up your website) is www.instantbuzz.com. You actually
download a browser toolbar (like a google toolbar) that displays
one liner ads. For so many that you see, you can put up your own
for free. A few ads have actually caught my eye while surfing
around, so this one might be worth a try.
9.DON’T FORGET YOUR SIGNATURE FILE. It may not seem like much,
but how many emails do you send, networking, every day? Explore
your “Tools” option in Outlook and fix up a dandy little
signature file. Put in a “call for action.” And link to your
website.
10.AND THEN THERE WAS A FORUM. If you find a few forums that are
well visited—and you visit and contribute regularly, then this
can help you. You can’t just go to a forum or message board and
start advertising your site. You have to get to know the
“regulars” and become a regular voice yourself. And jump in when
you actually have something to say. Use your signature file to
link to your website. And try and pick a forum that is related
in topic to your website.
Whether you’re investing in a huge pay per click advertising
plan—with a side blitz of magazine advertising or not—it is
still a good idea to do as much of these freebies as possible.
It can only help build up your reputation and drive home your
name brand. Remember YOUR GOAL in all of your advertising is to
first just get people to your website. The goal of YOUR WEBSITE
is to capture a lead or make a sale—or maybe both. Don’t sell in
your ads—just get them there and let your site do the selling.
About the author:
Mitoné Griffith has been designing websites since 1999. Her
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An Internet Marketing Mentor Can Help You Create Steady Income By: clive harman |
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A mentor does not buy, sell or negotiate. A mentor provides a service. In essence, mentoring is simply helping someone else play their cards right and become successful in internet marketing. So defined, mentoring has been a business practice for a long time. Recent estimates indicate that many successful internet marketers have used a mentor as a standard business practice. Mentors choose to help others reach their goals for various reasons, the most common reason being to gain support and help for their own projects and from a true desire to assist others. After all, what good is knowledge and information if you don't share it with someone who needs your help? Many mentors help a peer or friend become a successful internet marketer in order to achieve personal satisfaction and develop friendships. Also, you've probably experienced a friend saying, "I helped you, and now I need help too..." Basically, being or having a mentor is an exchange of services and friendship. One reason mentoring is popular, especially in the internet marketing industry, is that it provides free training that normally would be provided through special training classes which could cost a lot of money. Mentors willingly provide this service, as it is simply the bottom line method for a large number of internet marketers. In times of little or no cash flow, mentoring is a highly desirable commodity, and mentoring is becoming even more widespread. Mentoring offers a way to hold onto cash while continuing to get advice and training regarding internet marketing. In addition to saving costs, mentoring can improve cash flow and liquidity by avoiding the high cost internet marketing seminars and online training courses. For anyone who is starting up a home business, this is vitally important. For the individual who is lucky enough to have a mentor, it makes it possible to save existing funds and apply them to advertising and web site development. To successfully become a mentor, you must think in terms of a trainer, a financial guide, and a technical advisor if you want to help someone succeed in internet marketing. After all, that is the precise reason for mentoring - to bring together an individual with success. Your first task is to determine exactly what the individual hopes to accomplish. As a one-person training staff, you will need to know everything about the potential home business as well as get to know the personal hopes and dreams of your prot?g?. In effect, you are providing your expertise and/or time to help another person achieve their goals as an internet marketer. Having a mentor to help you successfully start up your home business is a stroke of luck if you are on the receiving end. You explain your wants or needs to your mentor and he/she will provide you with suggestions based on their past experiences. You will be wise to listen to these suggestions, as they are mostly methods that have already been tried and proven to work. Your home business mentor can help you with advice on start-up costs, technical advice, and guide you through the process of establishing sales leads, getting the funding you need, and most likely provide you with the names of others who are specialized in their respective fields. Why go it alone, making the same mistakes that have already been made by others? Let a mentor help you on the road profitable internet marketing by giving you the benefit of their experience and expertise. |
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About the Author: Clive Harman is a professional trainer with 38 years experience and has just published a no-holds-barred, tell-all, never-revealed before training programme that will lead you Step-by-Step through the mine field of Internet Marketing but http://www.cliveharman.com/t/im.html |
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