Saturday, December 6, 2008

Promoting Heavy before the Holidays - NOT just for Retailers

Whether you wait all year to cash in during the holidays or you dread each week that brings you closer to the inevitable slowdown, promoting is your only option.

There are many businesses that can offer customers incentives to purchase before the end of the year tax breaks, insurance benefits or heavy discounts.Whatever the industry, there is usually something that can be done to capitalize on the time of the year.

What to offer?
A good way to market for holiday spending is to determine if you can offer a loss leader.A loss leader is something you offer that you either break even on or lose money on just to get a customer in the door.Many times the customer will buy more than just what was offered in the promotion, which makes up for the loss.Ever wonder why Wal-Mart can afford to have such low prices?Well, I read once that they bank on every person coming in the door spending an average of $45.00.So, even if someone came in to buy the super-discounted item that was on sale that week, they would end up buying more before they walked out of the store.

I can come up with a few ideas hereif you are an optometrist, you can offer a pair of sunglasses at 50% off with a purchase of one pair at full price for a limited time only.Someone could buy themselves a new pair and then one for their spouse for Christmas or Hanukah.Dont forget, there are many holiday shoppers that end up buying gifts for themselves when they are shopping for others I am one!

If you are a jeweler imagine having a sale where you offer the matching earrings for a designer ring for a whopping discount.Or if the jewelry designer does not allow discounts (many dont), you can offer some other non-brand piece of jewelry for a nice percentage off.Imagine all the men who would buy more just to get that extra bling so they can appear even more generous to the women in their lives (moms, sisters, wives, etc.).

If you are a dentist (and who really wants to go to the dentist for the holidays?), you can make sure your patients know that they might lose their medical benefits for the year if they have not used them before December 31st.Many benefit plans are able to be used during one calendar year and expire the last day of the year.Think of all the dental work people have been putting off thinking they had benefits to use whenever they wanted, only to find out they wont have those benefits if they dont use them before December 31st!What a flood you will have in your office!And you can go all out with a special Christmas offer of free teeth whitening or some other such offer.

If you are a business that promotes only to other businesses, think of what you can offer before the end of the year that would not only pad the books profitably, but allow you to deliver products and services well into the New Year by having companies gain an incentive to pre-pay for their next years business.There are tax breaks for some companies who do this and many will just so they dont have to report so much income at the end of the year.

Really, I could go on and on.But the purpose of this article is to get YOU thinking and solving your own holiday income problems.

Once you figure out what you are going to offer, get started on the promotion.Direct mail postcards mailed to your target market multiple times are not only cost-effective, but a very targeted method to promote your offer to the people that will be most likely to respond.But to make your new ideas come to fruition, you have to start early.Six months is optimum.Three months will do.And 2 months is still better than NOT promoting.If you have waited too long to get started, start planning for next years holiday campaign.

And remember, get ALL your staff excited about your promotion and offer so they talk it up with e-v-e-r-y single customer that they come in contact with.Excitement is infectious and even if one particular customer does not bite, they might just go tell another who will!

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah!Or whatever you celebrate!Get your new year off to a good start by promoting heavy and early to end this one off with a bang!


About the Author

Using a powerful, simple, extremely cost effective way of communicating with customers has earned Joy Gendusa Inc.

Magazines recognition as the nations fastest growing direct mail postcard-marketing firm with year 2007 revenues close to $19,000,000.Gendusa began in 1998 with zero investment capital.Today, her Clearwater, FL firm called PostcardMania, employs over 150 people and prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards representing 31,000-plus customers in over 350 industries each week.Visit http://www.postcardmania.com


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Pay Per Click Management - An Introduction To The Basics

All businesses must rely on some sort of advertising to get the word out about the products or services offered.During the last ten years, advertising has transformed from mysterious and difficult to track to being easily measured immediately.Businesses are no longer stuck with conventional channels of advertising today thanks to the technique of pay per click marketing.The main search engines offer plenty of online real estate to businesses willing to pay when someone clicks on their advertisements.However, this opportunity does have a few pitfalls.In this article, I'll describe the basics of pay per click management, from creating an advertising campaign to tracking conversion rates and sales.

The Basics Of Pay Per Click Management


Online paid search marketing has developed quickly along with techniques in search engine optimization.

New algorithms deployed in the main search engines ensure that searchers have the best online experience possible.This means that businesses should build advertising campaigns that match what searchers are looking for.Pay per click management includes finding the keywords searchers are typing into the search engines to find the solutions they seek.By building a seamless process where searchers can find the products and services they desire, businesses can effectively and cost efficiently make more sales, increasing their profitability.

A Disciplined Approach


When it comes to pay per click management, having a disciplined approach is crucial.

A few years ago, a business could easily create a paid search campaign by throwing hundreds of semi-related keywords into an advertising group.By bidding a penny per click, a business could remain profitable for many months.However, those days are gone and today businesses need a disciplined approach for researching keywords, creating campaigns, tracking conversions, and measuring the return on investment.Since the process is much more complicated today, many businesses choose to hand all of these tasks over to an expert PPC firm.

The Fundamentals


The fundamentals of pay per click management include many options not immediately intuitive to beginners in the process.

It requires more than keyword research and building advertisements as todays paid search marketers must also design landing pages and sales procedures.Businesses need tracking systems to both analyze traffic conversions and the return on investment of a pay per click campaign.Some businesses explore even further by analyzing the return on investment for every keyword used and each landing page.In addition, businesses need a system for monitoring the problem of click fraud.

The Numerous Details


With each successful PPC campaign comes numerous details that need continuous testing, analysis, and consistent updating.

Advertisements can lose their competitive edge if left unwatched.Sometimes effective landing pages suddenly become less effective.Profitable keywords can unexpectedly become unsuccessful, sending the money spent flowing down the drain.Any business can build a paid search campaign, but the long-term profitability of a campaign requires continuous examination.Businesses who work with a PPC firm can outsource these tasks so they can focus on building their business.

Putting It All Together


A sizeable amount of work is involved with pay per click advertising.

The early keyword research, building campaigns, and constant tracking and testing requires persistence and attentiveness.When done well, it pays off considerably.Measuring the conversions for every landing page, tracking the success of each advertisement, and consistent observation of the competition can lead to profitability and a positive return on investment.Putting all of these details together in a systematic approach is vital to maintaining a profitable pay per click management method.While it does take time to accomplish, the benefits of pay per click advertising are worth it.


About the Author

Aaron Wittersheim writes informative articles for Whoast, a professional pay per click management agency.

They help their clients boost their ROI through the major search engines' paid listing platforms as an experienced PPC firm.

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Friday, December 5, 2008

Is There Really Quick Money In Online Marketing

Now as what my title has stated the most common question that you would get about online marketing is whether there is quick money in it.Now the answer to that is it depends on how you define quick money.Of course anyone would want quick money, but if you will not work for it then it is not a job after all and online marketing cannot give that money to you.

Online marketing is a job; it is a job that requires work for you to have that money.In short you have to earn whatever money that you would get out of this.But then if you will ask if money comes quick in here if you will work, then the answer to that is yes.

Online marketing is getting popular and more popular every day.This is actually the most common job or part-time job of people with computers and an internet access.Who will not be enticed to enter a work where in all the convenience seems to be presented at you.In online marketing you are the one who will set your working time, not only that you can choose where you will work.If you want to work at home definitely you can, while if you are on vacation still you can work there.Uncooperative co-workers are also eliminated, since you work here by yourself.You can work at night, wake up late and you can even work without showering.Just sit in front of your PC and do your thing.

Work choices are also endless in online marketing, whether you have your own products or not, or if you have your own website or not it doesnt matter.All you need is to be industrious in your work and it will yield income results that are tantamount to the work that you have put into it.Now you may be wondering where the income would come from online marketing.Well this industry is the fastest form of media at present.With the growing number of users worldwide and the wide reach of internet, big companies have started to invest multi-million dollars in just their advertising efforts or their products.This is where you can get your money from, a fraction of those investments made by corporate giants.The main work that you will do in this industry is to direct those users worldwide to the products that you are marketing at.The world is so huge that a product from one side can be a big hit to the other side if it could reach it, so you are the one who is going to build the bridge that would connect the consumers to the products.

Since this is work and as I have just mentioned that the money you will get here will be tantamount to the work you do, you would need to learn all things needed to be able to do your work efficiently.In short you have to take a crash course into the techniques and strategies in building the bridge.Most information is on the internet, so part of your crash course is to search for them.Either take a course or do self review its your choice.

Once you have the necessary skills, techniques and strategies it will now all boil down on how diligent you are in your work.Quick money will come pouring in if you are also diligent in working so better be well motivated in it.One thing to be motivated also is that hard work here comes only at first, when everything is settled quick money will pour even with just little assistance from you.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Poor Affiliate's Guide To Free Website Traffic

Lets face facts; no one wants to pay for every visitor that comes to their website.Of course, pay per click is an excellent aspect of marketing online but this requires a lot of know how and it has high risks.
On the other hand if you use free traffic you are forfeiting all of your precious time.

Since time is not something that we have an unlimited supply of we have another option to getting free traffic to your website which involves affiliating.

Affiliate Marketing
1.
Focus on one large market
The first step is to find a market that has a huge demand.
If you chose a market that has a low demand no matter what you do to promote your website you will never become successful and you will always struggle.
Never be afraid to go after the big markets.As long as there is a high demand you can benefit by taking a little piece and make tons of money.

2.Articles that target the right people
Obviously one of the best ways to get traffic to your website is to write articles.
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when writing articles is that they do not target the correct people for their affiliate offers.

In order for you to avoid this make sure that you pick out keywords that relate back to your site and use them in a strategic way throughout your article.Write the article based on the keywords that you choose and make sure that they relate back to what you are promoting.

In order for you to have tons of free traffic as an affiliate that utilizes writing articles, it is not necessary for you to write tons of articles.You should focus on writing quality articles that people will share with others, link to, and most important click through to get to your website.Remember the old adage that quality is more important than quantity when you are writing your articles.

3.Links
Another technique that will bring your more traffic from search engines is links.
The more inbound links that you have give you more listings on all of the search engines.This then means that more people will see your site thus increasing your traffic.

This is another method that takes some time for you to see traffic but the traffic that you receive is well worth the wait.In order to do this you need to do the following:
Write more quality articles


Comment on other peoples blogs


Write articles that have other websites content and then include a link to your website


4.

Use social networking sites
Social networking sites are one of the best ways for you to get traffic based solely on the fact that many people visit them every day.
Sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube have the people who are interested in purchasing the products that you are marketing and promoting.

Go on these sites and start adding your links, content, and primarily just get involved.This does not have to be the main thing that you do day in and day out but in order to get more people to see your site you need to let them know that it is out there.

All of the above mentioned techniques will increase the traffic to your site which then increases your profit.Make sure that you use these tips to ensure that you have continued success.


About the Author

Melissa is an established online marketer who has learned many tips and techniques about online marketing and she wants to teach you what she knows.

For more information please visit http://www.thesecret2onlinemoney.com


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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Potential Profit You Can Earn With Affiliating

This page tells you all about what the top affiliates earn and the affiliate programs they join.
I only selected the best programs which super affiliate use.These programs are designed to make you the most earning potential.

googlenemesis, The same guy who made day job killer is doing a new program.We all know how well he did with day job killer and how much the top affiliates made so this one is a sure winner.If you want money advertise this product.

sixfigureyearly, This is still a winner and has been for a little while now.He has a great site with decent information.I have heard of top affiliates making around $19,000 in one month just promoting him.

topsecretmagiccode,Again this is a new product which seems to be talking the affiliate market by storm.The top gurus love to promote all the new a good products and this one is both.If you are a newbie definitely check it out.

How to become a super affiliate?
You need to know how to advertise with adwords.This is a must if you want if you want to make the most money as possible.All the gurus are masters at this and that is why they are so successful.

This first thing you need to do to have successes with this is find your niche.The best niche in my opinion is the how to get rich one.The reason why it is the best niche is because everybody wants to get rich and everyone needs more money.

There are a couple main things that I will talk about on how to be good with google.But you have to remember I can only say so much on here you should still educate yourself by getting as many ebooks and informational videos on google adwords.You should definitely checkout the book I talked about earlier google nemesis.I read it and it is probably the best on the market for this niche.Here are the main things that you should focus on:


1.

Finding good keywords- Finding profitable keywords There are many tools out there to help you find good keywords for your niche.The best one is google adwords.People overestimate how good this is.You can see how many people actually hit each word and how much the minimum bid is for that word.

2.Adcopys that sell- Adcopys are what internet marketers use to write text with ads.If you do not have a good one then there is a big chance you will not make it.You want to make sure that you always put a price in your ad.Because if you do not then you will get a lot of people that are not buyers.You do not want that because the more people that come to your site the less ratio you have.

3.Quality score- This is how much google will charge you for your ad.A site with a good quality score might be able to get in the first position and pay less money than the guy who is in the 3 position.It also makes the ranking of the position where it shows up on google.This is the internet marketers dream system.

I told you a little about the programs but I can not tell you everything.You are going to need to find the information on your own but I can not stress it enough educate yourself.


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Melissa is an established online marketer who has learned many tips and techniques about online marketing and she wants to teach you what she knows.

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Dental Website Designs -- Getting A New Client's Attention Through Search Engines

Dentists often associate the success of dental website designs directly with their price.While having an effective website for dentists is certainly part of the formula for profitable online advertising, it will be almost impossible to find without a bit of help.One of the most effective ways of driving new patients to your website is through the search engines.

Search Engine Optimization For Dental Website Designs


Search engines such as Yahoo!

and Google are a powerful tool online advertising.Unfortunately, they also create another problem.Currently, Google has more than 42,000 sites listed for 'dentist' and you need to put your website on one of the first two pages in order to be seen.Being link number 42,000 means it is almost impossible for anyone to know you are there.

These Internet search tools use a set of complex algorithms to evaluate each page.The search engines finds and arranges websites according to their 'value' for a specific term.The ones it deems most relevant rise to the first two pages and the rest are lost in oblivion.This means search engine optimization is needed to show the 'bots', 'spiders', and 'crawlers' used by these sites that your page deserves to make the top of the list.

Choosing Keyword Phrases To Target


This is the single most important step in having a website for dentists noticed.

For example, a search through Google for 'dentists' reveals more than 52,000 pages, which is ten thousand more than the singular term.An online expert will research to see what competition exists and how many people use that phrase to find services.They may use keyword phrases that include a geographic location (Chicago dental practice), specific services (iBraces), specific areas of the industry (cosmetic dentist), or a combination of these.Then these words will be used in your dental website designs and marketing plans for your website for dentists.

Increasing Page Rank


Search engines give a page rank when they have evaluated a website for dentists.

Keyword phrases play a part in this, but the number and quality of sites linking to and from your dental website design are also important.Niche blogging and article marketing are some of the more popular methods used to grab attention.Submitting press releases and adding a news section to your dental website design is also effective.

These methods spread your URL and information throughout cyberspace to provide links and attention.They can also keep online search tools returning on a regular basis to have your website for dentists reevaluated.Other techniques include submitting to niche directories as well as adding information to forums and other websites.As an added benefit, these catch the attention of customers themselves.

This is an extremely simplified exploration of online marketing for dental website designs, but it provides dental professionals an idea of what this type of advertising involves.Getting your website for dentists to the front page is only a portion of the work involved.Because your competitors are after the same goal as you, the rankings change on a consistent basis meaning that your online practice will need regular maintenance and updating to ensure it stays competitive, particularly in markets that have a large amount of opposition.Armed with a basic knowledge of online marketing and an expert Internet marketing specialist, your online practice will get the attention it deserves, and your dental chairs will fill up.


About the Author

Christine O'Kelly writes for the award-winning company, Officite, who specialize in dental website designs.

These experts create innovative website for dentists and medical professionals that build profitable practices.

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Moving Visitors Of Dental Web Sites Onto The Best Customer List

Promotion is the main focus of dental web sites, but this isnt going to help you transform visitors into long-lasting patients that make your practice profitable.There are real, root problems that prevent current patients from visiting when they should.Failing to keep these same issues in mind when building a dental web site design also prevents visitors from scheduling appointments.This can essentially cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Surface Excuses For Postponed Appointments

Dentists hear patients tell them all the time why they waited to come in, but they are rarely the real reason.

Unfortunately, these excuses are what many dental web site designs use.While they make work somewhat, they cant provide you with the results you were hoping to get from your dental web sites.

One of the most common is stating a fear of the dentist.This does prevent some patients from making appointments.Many professionals combat this with sedation techniques.This helps, but it isnt the only answer and often not the best one.Insufficient money and time as well as a lack of knowledge about particular problems and treatments are other frequent excuses.Options such as patient education, convenience, and financial help are all beneficial.However, these rarely translate into a fuller daily schedule.

Mistrust In Dental Professionals

Dental professionals are one of the most underappreciated professions in todays society.

This is the biggest reason clients fail to make appointments or postpone them as much as they can.Before the arrival of the Internet, dentistry experts were trusted to a higher degree.This is because most patients found their dentists by receiving a recommendation from a trusted friend or family member.Oral care professionals also had the chance to get to know their patients beyond their teeth.Today, a sharp increase in expenses means that doctors need to get more patients through their office in one day to make their practice profitable.

Dental web site design shouldnt resemble that of a used car lot and be filled with exaggeration and huge deals that arent so big after everything is said and done.Use dental web sites to make online visitors feel welcome and attempt to build a trusting relationship from the start.Explain problems and provide all of the available options giving an honest review of each rather than just pushing the most profitable options.Focus on your knowledge and expertise.Once you have developed trust, your clients will be more likely to make their recommended appointments and will be more likely to accept the treatments you recommend.Be sure to continue building trust once the patient arrives in the office as well.

Think Preventative

Online visitors and current patients often postpone their visits because they just dont realize the benefits of preventative treatments such as checkups and cleanings.

The importance of dealing with problems before they get worse is frequently overlooked as well.Patients often think that as long as their teeth arent bothering them they dont need to worry about it.

Dental web sites and offline communications need to emphasize the importance of preventative care and why problems should not be left unchecked.Be sure to explain the results of ignoring their oral health and the advantages of proactive care, such as cleanings and regular checkups, in your dental web site design plan.It is also effective to connect these methods with the financial savings that come from them.This allows you to promote regular business in a way that is beneficial to everyone while eliminating excuses such as a lack of time and finances.You can then invest time and effort in an effective manner allowing you to work smarter and not harder.

Profitable dental web site design boils down to relaying your message to consumers effectively.You just need to be sure you are sending the right messages with your dental web sites.Start by dealing with the biggest excuses right from the first contact with a client and integrate these beliefs throughout every aspect of your practice.
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