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Profitable Online Marketing - Guaranteed!
When you boil it right down, there are really only three things that you need to do exceedingly well to market your business effectively online, and you should think of all three simultaneously with each new advertising campaign you entertain.
And they are,
Obtaining an Opportunity to Sell Lead generation, driving traffic to your web site.
Closing the Sale The sales presentation, online sales copy & order page etc., to close the sale.
Following Up on Your Maybes Follow up call, opt-in email, offline newsletter, mailing list etc. Think of your market as an orchard, with some ripe & ready plums, and many more green ones. Pick the ripe ones yes, but be sure to irrigate & fertilize the soil, prune & bug spray the trees with care, and nurture the fruit along.
Mastering all three of these activities is critically important to the profitability of your advertising campaigns, and online marketing in general.
But when youre starting a new venture, which one do you master first?
In my experience, the overwhelming tendency is to start at the beginning. That is, spending maximum time & effort attracting traffic.
Unfortunately, this all to common approach often results in failure.
Frequently, those that go this route never really get off the ground, because they cant turn a profit. They invariably discover, after spending boatloads of cash, that some of the estimates they made in their online marketing business plan were off the mark.
Speaking of getting off the ground, allow me relate a story to illustrate my point.
Im betting you all know the story of Orville & Wilbur Wright. They went down in history as the first human beings to really fly. But how many people remember Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley?
In 1896 the Wright Brothers, and Langley were engaged in a fierce competition.
Who would be first to conquer the skies?
Langley, a distinguished scholar and secretary of the Smithsonian institute was the clear favorite. He had already achieved impressive unmanned flight over the Potomac River with his steam powered Aerodrome No. 6.
Based on this success, Langley was able to raise $100,000 in funding, and set out to develop an extraordinary radial-cylinder internal combustion engine that would produce an astonishing 52 horsepower. In his estimation, capable of powering an aerodrome large enough for manned flight.
The Wright Brothers, by contrast were convinced that the secret to success lay in their ability to control the aircraft, once in flight. They therefore spent their time experimenting with gliders over the forgiving sands of Kitty Hawk.
For several seasons they worked on manipulating the wings, nose, and tail of the aircraft, so as to allow the operator to actively control it.
Wilbur, who most often piloted, suffered a multitude of minor cuts and bruises. But on each successive trial, much was learnt.
On October 7, 1903, it looked like the Wrights had lost, as Langley made ready his first manned launch. Langleys plane would go from a dead stop to the 60 m.p.h. flying speed in only 70 feet.
But the stress of the catapult launch proved greater than the flimsy wood-and-fabric airplane could stand, and the front wing was badly damaged on take off.
The nose heavy Aerodrome A then plunged into the Potomac.
A reporter who witnessed the event claimed it flew "like a handful of mortar.
Things went even worse during the second launch of December 9, 1903, where the rear wing and tail completely collapsed during launch.
Langley had succeeded in burning through almost all of his $100,000 in capital.
Just 8 days after Langleys spectacular failure, a sturdy, well designed craft, powered by a tiny 8 horse power engine, costing about $1,000, struggled into the air at Kitty Hawk, defining for all time the moment when humankind, mastered the skies.
Langley died in 1906 after a series of strokes, a broken and disappointed man.
What on Earth Does Flying Wooden Airplanes Have to Do With Marketing My Business?
The moral of the story is this.
Test, test, and retest your prime online marketing value proposition to be sure it converts customers, BEFORE committing yourself to major capital outlays, and the start of your advertising campaign.
Will your site, or sales presentation, or direct mail piece convert a high enough percentage of prospects into customers to make that advertising campaign profitable?
Cheap & Easy Online MarketingA successful online business takes more than a websitea lot more! When I ask people if they have an online business, many people tell me ..... Like the Wright brothers, who focused on control, versus brute force, you will dramatically improve your chances of online marketing success, if you make the development of a persuasive, & compelling closing pitch, your number 1 priority.
TESTED, to bring home the bacon! Dont even consider launching your production advertising campaigns until this is done.
And then, BRING ON THE TRAFFIC!
Its all about your ability to control, influence and motivate the minds of your prospects, once youve attracted them to your website. Just the way the Wright brothers were able to manipulate the wings, rudder, and nose of the aircraft.
Copyright 2005 Daniel Levis
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It appears that social network Sconex is no more.
Never heard of it? You're not alone. Admittedly, I am not familiar with it myself, but according to Silicon Alley Insider, it was around in the early days of social networks.
In what seems like an interesting (if not noble) concept for a network, Sconex's aim was to connect high school kids within their own school communities, as well as stay connected with school activities.
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:15:24 -0400
eBay is lowering its fees U.S. sellers on its site pay to list fixed-price items in an effort to attract new buyers and better compete with rivals like Amazon.com. Sellers will now pay a flat rate of 35 cents for a 30-day listed period, up from the previous seven-day standard. Sellers will be able to list multiple quantities of the same item for a single 35-cent listing fee. read more 
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:32:24 -0400
Local media sites have an advantage when it comes to producing results for advertisers, according to a new report by the Online Publishers Association (OPA). The study finds that consumers trust advertising on local newspaper, magazine and television Websites, and are likely to take action after viewing ads on these sites. Newspaper Web sites rank first, with 46 percent of consumers taking action, such as making a purchase, going to a store or conducting research after viewing a local ad, compared to 37 percent of consumers acting after viewing a local ad on a portal. read more 
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:16:25 -0400
With the first week of the 2008 Beijing Olympics completed, Nielsen Online has released a report on how fans around the globe used the Internet to follow the games. Fans in 10 countries visited Beijing2008.cn, the official web site of Beijing games, at a rate of 930,000 per day, with traffic surpassing one million unique visitors on a number of days, as they searched for Olympic results, news and video. read more 
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:21:04 -0400
Mobile this and mobile that - the news about Google and cell phone-related stuff just won't stop. Consumers should benefit, however, as Google is now asking the security community to make sure its Android operating system remains safe. read more 
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:08:04 -0400
AOL took the lid off of AIM Express 7.0 this morning, a Flash-based web version of AIM allowing users to chat without having to install software. So say goodbye to all previously annoying presumptions on the part of AIM software.
The new version, says AOL SVP David Liu, makes it so users can log in anywhere. "AIM Express 7.0 makes it even easier for AIM users, especially those on-the-go, to connect with friends whether at home, at a coffee shop, the library, or wherever they have web access."
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Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400
The Dow's had a bad few months; it lost around 885 points between April and June. Another market's doing fine, though, as Nielsen's statistics indicate that YouTube and several competing video-sharing sites experienced impressive amounts of growth in the same period. read more 
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:20:27 -0400
In an earlier article about Apple's domination of the American Customer Service Index (ACSI), it was touched upon that the overall dissatisfaction with Windows Vista may have been a key factor in propelling Apple up the charts.
I have not seen a Taiwanese equivalent to the ACSI, but it is pretty evident that some people in Taiwan aren't real fond of Vista either.
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Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:00:00 -0400
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