Saturday, April 05, 2008

Best Ideas for Building Your List

Building a list can be a daunting task for some, but it can be accomplished fairly quickly depending on how much effort you put into it. Now, there are several ways to accomplish this and I’m going to try to go over some of the best techniques I have found in this article.

The first thing I suggest is setting up joint ventures. This is great because it gives you access to other’s lists when promoting your product. It also gives you a targeted captive audience who may also register on your site to receive more information.

However, before you start driving more traffic to your site you should make sure that it is easy for your visitors to sign-up. What this means is that you should include a registration form or link on every page of your website since visitors can find your site through any given page.

Article submission is another favourite of mine. The more quality articles you can produce and post to the multiple ezine and article sites the better your chances are of finding more subscribers. If the submission site likes your article and receives a lot of traffic because of it, they may choose to archive it, which will give you even more exposure! If you can’t or don’t like writing you can always hire someone to do it for you through a freelance site like elance.com. Either way, try to at least post an article a month.

Of course, Google Adwords is another option for building your list. However, this costs money and if your funds are limited you may want to try MSN. You will probably find that they are a bit cheaper, but do provide good value. If you choose to advertise this way always make sure you track and test the ads that are or aren’t bringing you the most amount of visitors.

Solo Advertising is also effective. This is typically when you write an email and pay someone to send it to their list(s). This is different from a joint venture because it is not a partnership and therefore all revenue generated is yours to keep. A good place to get started with this is ezines-r-us.com. When you go to this site just click on “targeted solo ads” and it’ll go through and actually tell you everything about it. They have several lists to choose from to help you target your customers better. They also vary in cost depending on the size of the list you are submitting to. You can search for more of these types of sites under the term “solo advertising” or “targeted solo ads”.

The last thing you can do is press releases through either PRWeb or PRWeb Direct. If you are not sure what press releases are or how to do them, just visit these sites to get a clearer idea of what is expected in a good PR piece.
Actively promote your site and you are sure to see an increase in your sites traffic and an increase in sales!

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Matt Bacak

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Article Submission – Do’s and Don’ts

Many people ask whether article submission is a viable solution to bring more traffic to a site. Well, the answer is yes, if some conditions are met.

If your articles are not filled with enough good content you are probably not going to get as much traffic as you had hoped for. So try to submit only good quality content because this will generate a lot more views through positive feedback from other readers. The more interesting and informative your articles are the more people will actually want to know more of what you have to say and click through to your website.

If your goal is to sell something then you really have to be careful that your articles do not sound too salesy. Keep your pitch to a minimum. Instead, offer unbiased information about why someone might need such a product or service. Talk about its features and benefits and then offer a link to your site to learn more. Remember, people do not like to be sold to and reject anything that sounds like a sales pitch. The more you can relate to your audience and make them feel as if they can trust you the better off you will be. So give them something of value and they will reward you with their loyalty.

Another thing you want to do is make sure that your articles are broken up enough. Try to write shorter paragraphs so that your articles are more legible and easy on the eyes. Many people find it harder to read from a monitor to begin with, so the more white space you have in your submission the more reader friendly it will be.
If your articles are being rejected by the publisher, don’t give up on them. Look at other submissions that were accepted and try to duplicate their style and format. This may mean rewriting the entire article, but it will help you for future submissions.

Something you may want to consider if you keep having problems or you just don’t feel like writing is finding someone else who knows how to write articles and have them write for you. A couple of places you may want to consider is Workaholics4hire.com or Elance.com. However, with Elance you have to be more careful and make sure you find someone that speaks proper English, otherwise you will spend a lot of time editing their work. This, of course defeats the purpose.
In all, if you follow these simple pointers when you write your articles it should be fairly easy to see the positive results of your efforts.

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Matt Bacak

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Friday, September 28, 2007

“5 Questions about the role of Articles in your Internet Business”

Articles are a powerful viral marketing tactic that can spread your presence across the web and bring in loads of sales. Many Internet businesses have questions regarding articles. For example, how should they submit articles to the Internet? Following is a list of common questions about articles that can benefit any Internet business entrepreneur from a novice to an old hand.

Article Question #1: How do I submit articles to the Internet?

Answer: Since you will be submitting several articles on a consistent basis you should invest in an article submission program. A top choice is Article Submitter Pro. Article Submitter Pro is automated article submission software. Another software program you can use is Article Announcer.

Article Question #2: Here’s my situation. I have written 10 articles and want to submit them to the Internet. The question is – Should I submit these articles through Article Submitter Pro or should I go to each website directly and submit the article?
Answer: The easiest method is to use Article Submitter Pro. In Article Submitter Pro you register for websites that are relevant to your website niche. You can submit 10 articles quickly to all these websites through Article Submitter Pro.

If you don’t use Article Submitter Pro then you can go to each individual website. Be aware that this will take more time. So submit to websites that have the highest Google page rank first.

Article Question #3: What days of the week are best to submit articles if you don’t have the time to submit articles every day?

Answer: The time to submit articles is to find a rhythm, a habit. The search engines really like it if you submit articles on a consistent basis such as every 3 days or submitting only on Wednesdays at 9am for example. Make sure to also submit the same number of articles each time.

Article Question #4: Here’s my situation. I have purchased Article Submitter Pro and have begun the process of registering for all the article submission sites. Some of the article submission sites are very specific to a niche. I am in real estate. My question is – Should I submit to all the article sites or just the sites that are in the real estate industry?

Answer: Only submit to the sites that are in your industry. Delete the other unrelated sites.

Article Question #5: Does AOL have any new rules regarding article content?

Answer: Article submission rules have remained the same for AOL. (At least for now.)

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Matt Bacak

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