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Business » Advertising | By Stephen Hall @ Saturday, 24th May 2008 @ 4:23 PM

Are you tired of giving your money to businesses that promise you Internet-marketing miracles, for a fee, and then fail to deliver? Then it's time you looked at free search engine optimization. When you're in business to make money, it's wise to save money by cutting operating expenses. Free SEO, or Search Engine Optimization can help you do that. What is SEO? It's improving the amount and quality of traffic to your website from search engines. This comes through sear... more...

Business » Advertising | By Robert Schumacher @ Saturday, 24th May 2008 @ 2:09 PM

Every day in every newspaper I see many examples of why most ads do not work . . . in the sense of getting customers to come in or call. Far too many ads fail because they had no chance to begin with. Avoid these 11 mistakes and improve your ads immediately: 1. Using the name of your company as the headline of your ad. The name of your company is about as exciting as watching paint dry. You have less than 3 seconds to engage the reader. No engagement, no chance. 2. Runn... more...

Business » Advertising | By juan durruthy @ Saturday, 24th May 2008 @ 1:02 PM

There are many business owners and entrepreneurs who unknowingly make simple mistakes that can cost them thousands if not millions of dollars before they realize what went wrong. Here are 3 reasons we found why so many direct response marketers go wrong. 1. Insufficient knowledge and experience in direct response marketing. They know their products profit potential but miss the point entirely when it comes to evaluating what their market universe or demographic potential really is.... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Friday, 23rd May 2008 @ 12:33 PM

Believe it or not, bulletin boards actually work as traffic builders for just about any small business. They serve to enhance the community relations image of a business, and the space required to locate a bulletin board can be written off as a tax deduction when listed as advertising or public relations expense. People use these "business provided" bulletin boards to advertise things they want to sell, home-based businesses, and whatever they might want to trade for or buy. The... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Friday, 23rd May 2008 @ 4:50 AM

The opportunities for getting free advertising for your product or services are limited only by your own imagination and energies. There are so many proven ways of promoting your own objectives without cost that it literally boggles the mind just to think of listing them. One way is to write an article relative to your particular expertise and submit it to all the publications and media dealing in the dissemination of related information. In other words, become your own publicity and sa... more...

Business » Advertising | By Amy Nutt @ Friday, 23rd May 2008 @ 2:20 AM

People always like free stuff. Sometimes they want free things for the sake of getting something free and other times they want something free in order to make an informed decision about a particular product or company. At a trade show, you want them to have a good impression of you and sometimes the way to their heart is through giving them something free that they can enjoy. You want attention to be drawn to your trade show booth and giving away free stuff is the way to do it. It is a g... more...

Business » Advertising | By Debbie Penner @ Friday, 23rd May 2008 @ 1:45 AM

Forums are concentrated communities of highly targeted prospects that are all interested in the same things. Why are they a great place to market your home business? 1. Forums are HIGHLY targeted. 2. You can learn great new tips and tricks on any particular topic. 3. Your links remain over time and increase in number with every one of your posts. The biggest reason that forums are a great place to market your business is that people that click through to your ads will ... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Thursday, 22nd May 2008 @ 4:41 PM

When finding radio advertising: Your first step is the initial contact after searching through the SRDS or Broadcasting Yearbook. Actual contact with the stations is by phone or mail. When turned down, simply say thanks, and go on to the next station on your list. For those who want to know more about your proposal, you immediately get a PI Advertising Package off to them via the fastest way possible. Don't let the interest wane. Your Advertising Package should contain the follo... more...

Business » Advertising | By Kevin Sinclair @ Thursday, 22nd May 2008 @ 9:59 AM

People who are in the business of marketing are well aware that the way that they market to potential clients is of the utmost importance. The right copy can make the difference between a making a sale and striking out. It all comes down to this - the smallest changes in a piece of promotional communications can make all the difference in it's effectiveness. The easiest and fastest part of your sales strategy to test out and retool is the headline of your brochure, sales lette... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Thursday, 22nd May 2008 @ 4:04 AM

The greatest expense you're going to incur in conducting a successful business is your advertising. You have to advertise. Your business cannot grow and flourish unless you advertise. Advertising is the "life-blood" of any profitable business. And regardless of where or how you advertise, it's going to cost you in some form or another. Every successful business is built upon, and continues to thrive, primarily, on good advertising. The top companies in the worl... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Thursday, 22nd May 2008 @ 1:58 AM

There are several major catalogue sales companies that sell subscriptions to school libraries, government agencies and large corporations. These people usually buy through these catalogue sales companies rather than direct from the publisher. The publisher makes about 10% on each subscription sold for him by one of these agencies. Co-op mailings are generally piggy-back mailings of your subscription offer along with numerous other business offers in the same envelope. Smaller mail orde... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Wednesday, 21st May 2008 @ 7:59 AM

If you undertake the publication of an ad sheet, be sure to consider the possibilities of sending out 100 to 1,000 copies of your ad sheet to other mail order operators to rubber stamp their names/addresses as co-publishers and mail out for you. Thus, if you had 50 other mail order operators sending out 100 copies each of your ad sheet, you'd be talking about a circulation of 5,000 copies plus the number of copies you mail out. If you can get this kind of program going, you'l... more...

Business » Advertising | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Wednesday, 21st May 2008 @ 7:37 AM

Publishing and distributing a mail order ad sheet can be very profitable. They are simple and easy to produce, with most quick print shops able to handle the printing at fairly low cost. The important consideration is that you can use them to pull in advertising dollars for yourself, as a free advertising media for your own products, and as an exchange medium with which to get greater exposure for your own ads. Before starting an ad sheet, you should plan it all out - decide on an inter... more...

Business » Advertising | By Carael Knight @ Wednesday, 21st May 2008 @ 5:31 AM

When one thinks of being rich, they most often think of money. However, money is not the only thing by which wealth can be measured. In fact, there are a good number of things that can be considered to make a person rich. Whereas some people think that money is the only important thing and is the only way in which someone can be rich, others may think that something such as a large family or owning a business that they care about is more important. When you make money online, your success will n... more...

Business » Advertising | By Carael Knight @ Wednesday, 21st May 2008 @ 5:13 AM

If you ask any business owner what way is the best way to make money online and make their business grow, they will tell you that advertising is the key. Without advertising, very few people will know that a business even exists. Customers will not know that this business will be able to fulfill their needs and they will not know what the business offers. As long as a business advertises as much as they possibly can, the business will have customers. Having customers means that a business is suc... more...

Business » Advertising | By David Ogden @ Wednesday, 21st May 2008 @ 4:04 AM

It is good that you understand the fact that an opt-in list is your lifeline when you are in any type of business. For the next step, you need to find ways to build a healthy and large opt-in list; the larger this is the better are your chances to make it big in your business. This is because, generally speaking, the conversion rate would be anything between 35-50% of your opt-in list; therefore the more the number, the more the profits. There are two ways to build your opt-in list: (A) f... more...

Business » Advertising | By Debbie Penner @ Monday, 19th May 2008 @ 10:58 PM

If you have been involved in internet marketing for any amount of time, you have most likely heard the term E-zine Advertising. This is definitely one of the top ways to get traffic to your capture page. An e-zine ad is simply an advertisement sent out to someone else's email newsletter. Publishers sell various types of E-zine ad spots. Solo ads are the only spots you want to run. This will give you the highest return on your investment dollar. Don't waste your ti... more...

Business » Advertising | By Debbie Penner @ Monday, 19th May 2008 @ 1:35 PM

One of the great things about press releases is that they get your URL's all over the search engines IMMEDIATELY. Yes, Immediately. No waiting 3-6 weeks. Your releases could get indexed within 24 hours. Top 10 search engine listings are very common. Submit your releases Thursdays and Fridays, so they are released on Saturdays and Sundays in the media. There is a two day delay if you use PR Web. Your strategy is not for media publication, which might include a release being put... more...

Business » Advertising | By Francis Lua @ Monday, 19th May 2008 @ 9:23 AM

Malaysians are quickly moving into online e-commerce business. Broadband users are doubling every few months or so. Wireless and mobile broadband use is on the increase. People used to surf the Net in places like Star bucks and Coffee Bean. But today you can easily find surfers on roadside stalls. Thats how fast the rate of change is blowing in todays business in Malaysia. Those that are still not aware of this trend will be seriously left behind. Businessmen are quickly learning how to d... more...

Business » Advertising | By Scott Riefler @ Monday, 19th May 2008 @ 9:04 AM

Classified ads are a great way to promote your website or product. There are several online and offline classified websites and newspapers that you can advertise in. A small classified ad in the right place can generate several responses or leads a day. Many classified ads on the internet are free and other are paid. Some newspapers and local newspaper or penny savers will allow some free advertising in some categories. For this article, I will advertise a product for free using 100% free advert... more...