Archive for October, 2009
Use Planned Ways For Blogging
Blogging is now turning into one of the most lucrative way to earn profits online and turn dreams into reality.You can make your blog section profitable in an easier manner. For this you need to work hard and make use of technology for that can elevate the quality of blogging. If you lack in these basic requirements you may not be able to extract the profit from your blog.
Usually expert bloggers have cited two main reasons that can be responsible why people fail to make money through their blogs.Some bloggers think that as soon as they would start blogging the readership will grow instantly and make money from immediate effect. When such unrealistic expectations are not met people loose hope in blogging concept. Another vital reason why blogging fails is lack of proper planning.Therefore prepare a good plan and follow it so that you earn profits out of blogging.
Having a strong readership is the key to churn out money out of blogging and is very important too. If you want more number of advertisers to pay for your blog then get more traffic on it.Although it may seem easy but its not an easy cup of tea to build up good readership. You would find many new blogs coming up everyday so in order to survive the competition you need attractive style and quality content. One needs to also know about effective ways for blog marketing.
Many times bloggers devote enough time in writing quality blogs but do not invest required time for marketing it. This sometimes despite being of good quality fails to get the intended readership.Although regular updating your blog is also essential as it keeps your blog content rich from SEO point of view. But if you dont get people to read to what you write there is no use of updating it.If you desire to increase the view ability and traffic at your blog section than start marketing it today and get the increased traffic.
But dont keep unrealistic expectations of achieving success overnight even if you hire someone expert in marketing.You need to invest time and hard work in order to establish yourself online. Work consistently in order to achieve your goal.You can also set some goals for your company so that you get the enough viewership and attract more. Thus blogging can serve your purpose and fetch profits if done with patience and in correct manner.
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Use Forums To Increase Traffic And Sales
Use Forums to Increase Traffic and Sales
There are many ways to promote your online business. To be successful you should use a number of different methods in your promotional efforts. Forums are one of the lesserknown marketing techniques that can be very productive.
Many people start out by adding useless posts containing nothing but selfpromotional material. Do not fall into that trap. People will steer clear of you your postings and your website. In addition constant selfpromotion could get you banned from the forum.
To benefit from forums you need to give as well as take. Answer questions in your area of expertise. Provide useful information. By doing this people will see you as an expert in your field. As people read your posts and see that you are very knowledgeable you will begin to see more and more forum members clicking on your links and visiting your site.
To increase sales or traffic join as many forums as possible. Make time to read and answer posts. Look for questions or problems that are related to your field of expertise. Everyone is looking for help on certain topics. By helping others you will actually be helping yourself. Following are a number of techniques to increase your traffic and sales using forums:
Develop a signature sig file that includes the URL of your website or sales page. Each time you enter a post to ask or answer a question include your sig file.
Forums are filled with people who are promoting products. Look through the various posts to find products to purchase or better yet get for free.
Forums are an excellent place to find a profitable niche for new product ideas. Examine post topics that have numerous questions. Typically these are topics that people are interested in. Take note of the types of questions asked and the number of people asking similar questions. This can alert you to the need for a particular product. Make sure to go through these posts thoroughly. If the topic is filled with people answering a question it is not a candidate for an ebook. If the topic consists primarily of questions you may have found a profitable niche.
Get others to evaluate your website or sales page. Many forums provide areas where you can ask participants to review your site. This is an excellent technique that can improve your sales dramatically.
I check my traffic regularly and I see consistent traffic to my sites from forums that I post to. Making frequent posts is a great method to improve traffic.
Forums provide a very good source to get information on a product service or company before you make a purchase. People are more than happy to give you their opinion on products or companies that they are familiar with.
Forums can be very beneficial to the experienced marketer as well as the newbie. The most beneficial forums are those related to your site or niche. Seek out those related forums and you will surely see increased traffic and sales.
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Turning Your Direct Mail Campaign Into An Online Lead Generating Machine
Here’s a GREAT way for you to save time save money and increase your sales leads. Let me tell you a quick little story…
I have a client for whom I run a lead generation direct mail campaign. I’ve been trying to persuade him to move some of the campaign online in order to cut down costs and increase conversions. He’s been a pretty hard sell but I’ve finally managed to convince him.
So what was it that got him to step out of the Stone Age and into the 21st Century? It was simply a matter of running the numbers. Let’s take a look at some of the hidden costs of his direct mail campaign that he hasn’t been considering:
Additional Hidden Postage Fees
With the recent postage hikes the additional cost of mailing is an obvious factor. But my client didn’t consider how his campaign was fully impacted by the rate increases. Now that shapedbased postage is in effect his overall campaign cost is more expensive because he’s using the less expensive padded envelope. His campaign is already in need of an overhaul to maximize the savings that are available to him. So now is a great time to make the changes I suggested.
Man Hours
My client never realized how much time his employees are spending on packing and printing and shipping. He considers payroll as a human resources expense and never allocated a payroll line item in figuring out his direct mail ROI. When we actually sat down and looked at it he was amazed at how many payroll dollars this direct mail project is eating up.
Storage Space
My client has tons of space dedicated to housing his cases of padded envelopes which by the way take up a lot of room video tapes I told you he was in the Stone Age audio CDs and the rest of the items for his campaign. Yet when he hired a new administrative assistant he couldn’t find anywhere to put her desk. And just between you and me he did get in trouble once with the fire marshall for having boxes stacked too high near the ceiling.
Opportunity Costs
A lot of time and money goes into his direct mail campaign time and money that could be spent elsewhere.
So he agreed to move the campaign on line. I suggested we start small and test it out for a few months. Here are the steps I followed that you can easily recreate with your own campaigns:
1. Redesigned the ad that had been running in a specialized magazine. Instead of telling prospects to call a phone number to request a direct mail package I sent them to a special landing page.
2. Created a landing page to be used only for this ad. The page mimicked the look and feel of the magazine ad and focused strictly on the lead generation device. Check out my free report on maximizing lead generation for more details on how this works.
3. Broke the direct mail package into several smaller steps. The original physical product contains a welcome letter a brochure an audio CD a videotape a checklist and several miscellaneous printed pieces. All that material can be overwhelming to a brand new prospect. I decided to deliver each piece individually over time.
4. Digitized each piece. The printed materials were turned into PDF files the audio was turned into an MP3 file and the video was turned into a flash movie.
5. Opened an autoresponder account. My client decided to use the same autoresponder service that I use in my own business because it’s easy to use and extremely cost effective.
6. Created the autoresponder messages. Individual email messages were created to automatically deliver the pieces over time. This was much less overwhelming than having a huge package loaded with tons of materials land with a thud on the doorstep. And because the email messages are very warm and personal the prospect feels like he is really getting to know the company.
So how did it all work out? Well we’re still midway through our sixmonth testing period but my client is already foaming at the mouth to move the rest of the campaign online. He’s noticed a huge increase in the conversion rate of the online prospects versus the direct mail prospects. His current direct mail process involves mailing out the lead generation package then following up with the prospect by phone a few days later. Usually that phone conversation goes something like this:
Company Rep: Hi this is Jane Doe from XYZ Corporation. I’m calling to see if you received our super duper lead generation package.
Prospect: Yeah I got it the other day but I haven’t had time to look through it all yet.
Company Rep: Well I’m sure that after you’ve reviewed it all you’ll agree that we offer the best widgets on the market. So please give us a call as soon as you’re ready to make a purchase.
Prospect: OK sure. Goodbye.
Not very productive is it? With the new online system I was able to totally revamp that process. Now a company representative contacts the prospect personally only after all the individual messages and pieces have been delivered. By this time the prospect has been receiving several personalized email messages and he’s already warmed up to the company. Plus because the pieces were gradually delivered over time the prospect has had time to review them all. The follow up phone calls are warm and friendly and the conversion rate has increased dramatically.
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