Celtnet WebInfo eZine
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
In This Issue
- Window on the Web
- Featured Article:
What does it take to Succeed at Internet Marketing - Classified Ad Board
- Comment
- Business Tip
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Window on the Web
Within the next few weeks sales will begin to flag and they will remain depressed for the the next few months (probably until mid September). Despite this, now is the time to go all-out with your advertising campaigns. It is also the time to plan the next moves for your website. To determine which additions and improvements to make to your website and to take the opportunity to implement them. Remember that the lucrative Christmas period is only a little over six months away and now is the time to begin planning for that very busy sales period.
With the holiday season approaching, however, do remember to actually take a break this summer. I know it's very tempting to keep going, to improve and extend your website as much as possible (I know that I've been guilty of this in the past). Yet, if you actually do take a break from your website you will return refreshed and full of new insights and ideas.
On a personal note, one of the articles I've written to the ezinearticles.com website (about website internationalization) has just earned me 'expert author' status at Ezine@rticles. This now allows me to display the logo below on all my web pages:
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Feature Article
What does it Take to Succeed at Internet Marketing?
by Jeff Casmer
The Internet is full of many opportunities for making money. The market is unlimited - millions upon millions of customers. Your business runs 24 hours every day. Use of the internet continues to grow. Basically, the sky is the limit with internet marketing!
All the people who have been successful online have applied hard work and determination. Building an internet marketing business takes a lot of effort, dedication and commitment. You can not become successful online overnight; instead, sheer hard work, dedication, focus and commitment can help you become successful with your internet marketing business. It will take you an estimated couple of years of constant effort for you to start earning a significant amount on the internet.
Although anyone would like to start earning huge profits fast, the fact is that you have to take the necessary effort and time to create the base for your internet marketing business.
The first thing you will need to do is to set down your goals, and these goals will guide you as you work your way towards your dream of becoming an internet marketing millionaire. These firm goals will help you consistently work on your internet marketing business without giving up. You will need to be very focused and persistent for you to achieve your goals.
So what does it to take to succeed in internet marketing?
· Clearly defined goals and action plan of all the activities which you will need to do in order to succeed with your business. Never lose your vision keep focused on it no matter what setbacks you encounter along the way.
· Each and every day, take an action on your business. Never neglect your business. As soon as you decide to start your internet marketing business start working on it and developing it. Get started with whatever you have. Promote your business everyday. Every little action you start counts towards building your business.
· Treat your business as a potential million dollar business and do not treat it as a hobby. That means all aspects of your business must show professionalism. If you treat your internet marketing business like a serious full-time million dollar business it will become one.
· Be optimistic. This is very important — you must always be positive and enthusiastic about your business. Have confidence in yourself that you can do it and you will.
· Develop yourself. All that matters in being hugely successful is having the right mind set. There are various resources you can use for personal development and motivation. You must read classic books such as The Science of Getting Rich or think and Grow Rich. These will help you develop your potential, stay motivated and focused on your goals. Learn as much as you can about your internet marketing business and prepare yourself for success.
· Be patient. A lot of people give up because they start with some unrealistic expectations of overnight success with their internet marketing business. It takes time to build your business. The first 6 months to a year are the hardest because you must work hard and your rewards will be little.
· Never ever give up. This is very important a lot of people leave their dreams and walk away from huge potential because they give up. Handle any setbacks you encounter and keep on focused on your vision.
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About the author:
Jeff Casmer is an award winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and internet marketing consultant with career sales over $25,000,000. He is currently featured as a "Top" Affiliate of ThePlugInProfitSite. His "Top Ranked" Earn Money at Home Directory gives you all the information you need to start, maintain, and prosper with your very own Internet Home Based Business in the 21st century.
Classified Ad Board
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Comment
Make more Money by Focussing your Marketing
OK, I'll paraphrase the title above: Make More Money by Marketing to Fewer People. I must be crazy, right? After all the more people you can get to your website, however you get them there, the more that will buy something from you, right? In reality, if you focus your marketing efforts on a select group of surfers or consumers it will make your life easier and will, ultimately make you more money, as long as you do the right prep work.
What you're trying to do here is to focus on a niche market, one where you're deilivering content to a group of people in such a way that you are ultimately acknowleged as the expert on that subject. This results in a much higher profile for your website which climbs in the search engine rankings, which gives you more hits and ultimately results in your making more money. In effect, because you're writing and creating content about something you love and care passionately about your content comes across as if you're speaking directly to the person reading your article. They are engaged by your words and come to trust you.
Now, as an expert in the domain you're writing about put yourself in the position of your clients. What are their dreams, their hopes and their wishes? What would you, as a client, wany your website to provide for you? Once you have a list of these requirements create your copy to respond to and to directly address these requirements. Now create a plan or a roadmap of where you want your business to be in five years' time. Use this as a roadmap of something to strive towards yourself.
Of course, once you have created one website about one of your passions, there's nothing preventing you from doing the same with another and then another once again...
Business Tip
Do something you love
Continuing from the themes of the other articles and comments in this issue I have only one final tip for you this edition: Do something you love! If your website is based upon soething that you truly love and enjoy then your enthusiasm for the subject matter will emerge in what you write. You will come over as an authority in your subject which will make visitors to your site trust you more which will increase your all-important click-through rate which will mean that you earn more. Enough said...