Archive for December, 2009
I know its possible to make serious money online, but for now I need to keep my day job. I am wondering where I can study Online Marketing? any suggestions?
There is not a set way common for everyone.
Start with Google webmaster official blogs and participate productively in reputed forums like webmasterworld.
People who have been in your shoes are kinder when they see sincerity and are open to guiding you down the right path.
Learning the basics is easy from forums like above or blogs like :
searchengineland.com
seomoz.org
seobook.com
toprankblog.com
etc; it is the practice that takes years in perfecting your skills.
And sorry to disappoint you but studying online marketing does not necessarily equals becoming a millionaire.
Best wishes for your success.
Hope this helps.
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Best,
OMZen
What is easiest way to draw up a marketing strategy for a small online business?
Is it not as simple as SEO’s, a bit of offline advertising ( flyers) and a few adverts out on the net?
In marketing strategy, we have many-many techniques to run this. But for me, if you are new, better you try invest a lot of money to purchase ads from top website. I like use pay per click technique especially from adwords, yahoo and adbrite..
Can you tell us about a music based marketing campaign (for an artist or compilation) that had an impact on you and why? I mean good or bad impact – old or new..
i look forward to hearing your answers..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ysyFqkHXusc
After hearing the ad I had to have a MasterCard
When I was a child I had to have Bologna after hearing the song. I will not eat bologna but I had to try it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=rmPRHJd3uHI
I do not drink soda but when a good Commercial comes out I will try the product and remember the jingle
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4RFEFtq2uqc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mi-koOafKOk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SkELRp4wKPs
i want to sell turbochrgers.
try google’s adwords and adsense program…
you can visit http://theadsenseinsider.blogspot.com for more details on this one
How does the product lifecycle and pricing strategies interact in the development of marketing strategies. Consider the depth and breath of a marketing plan and relate that to the decisions and marketing manager must make.
You may find this overview of the marketing strategy process to be useful in answering your question: http://www.easy-marketing-strategies.com/marketing-strategy-process.html
Product lifecycle and Pricing are two of the four key elements of the Marketing Mix, which includes Product, Price, Promotion and Place (distribution). Take a look at this overview of the marketing mix: http://www.easy-marketing-strategies.com/marketing-mix.html
Joanna
I would like to learn how to use affiliate marketing to make money. Where and how do I sign up
There are numerous websites on the Internet that offers affiliate marketing courses and are usually renamed "Home Business" or "Work from home opprotunites" but never the less it is still good old fashioned affiliate marketing. When I got into the whole affiliiate marketing world there were so many courses for sale. I actually bought more than I care to admit but they all had one thing in common, it was the same old "how to’s" just packaged with different covers. Affiliate marketing has been around for a long time. But there is a new way of learning this game now. With the invention of screen sharing, that is where usually an IT guy can log onto your computer and see what is wrong with it and fix it for you. The affiliate marketing gang has joined those ranks. Affiliatesitebuilder.net and so far the only one that offers affiliate market training right from your own computer. They can log onto your computer and take you by the hand and not only explain in real time but actually show you how to start affiliate marketing from A to Z.
Even though screen sharing has been around a couple of years
( gotomycomputer.com) and (gotomeeting.com) are the true pioneers. They have started a new version called gotoassist.com and that is the program Affiliatesitebuilder.net is using. It is 100% safe and secure. You sign onto a support site and then you are invited to a LIVE web session. The folks at Affiliate Site Builder take over from there.
A few of my friends have tried it just to see what it was all about. They told me I needed to check it out myself as I am an Affiliate of many products. I was actually inpressed. I acted as though I had no idea what I was doing and they explained everything very professinally and didn’t make me feel like an idiot. They even showed me how to create a website that was just for promoting products.
So if you are new to affiliate marketing and have no idea where to start, affiliate site builder is the first place you shoul start. It is a whole lot easier somebody showing you how to use affiliate marketing rather than trying to figure it on your own.
Oh and yes…I wish I had thought of this first.
www.affiliatesitebuilder.net is the website if you want to learn more. By the way, they even offer a phone number with a live person to talk to. Now there is a twist.
I was offered an opportunity to handle the west coast operations. It is to entail east coast sales and marketing/branding. The company is small but growing. I understand that my marketing/branding solutions would assist in creating a brand identity. What is a good offer for this position. I was thinking 30% commission. There is no salary involved… straight commission. Should i offer my marketing services on the side? Should there be increases on top of the 30% based on exceeding goals? and how much would be fair? thanks guys/gals….
You should be salaried for your marketing expertise (at least $50,000 annually). I think you have the right idea about the commission. A fair increase or bonus on top of commissions would be to have either a quarterly or annual bonus based on the percentage you went over your expected goals. Maybe something like 6 – 10% of total earnings for the quarter should be your bonus.
I have a meeting with a modeling agency in a week or so. I’m just starting out so the only pictures I have are unprofessionally done photos. She asked me to bring any marketing material I have. I don’t want to go in without anything, but then I don’t know what kind of marketing material I could bring since none of my pictures were done professionally. Any advice?
Marketing materials means photos, demo reels, headshots, etc.
For modeling, you just need to bring a few pictures (non-profesional is fine) – at least one headshot, one profile headshot and one full body shot in either fitted clothing or a swimsuit. Write your name and contact info on the back in case they ever get separated from your application.
If you are looking for representation as an actress you need to bring a professional headshot (amateur won’t cut it in this case), your resume and your demo reel (2-3 minutes of acting work you’ve done on a CD-Rom/DVD). If you don’t have this, you are in no way ready to be represented by a talent agency for acting – these are the minimum requirements for any agent to consider you.
I have absolutely no money right now to use for advertising my affiliate marketing website. I just paid a web designer to develop a coupon like site that promotes affiliate products, but I have not made any money on it yet (it’s only a month old) and now I don’t have money for advertising. What do you suggest I use for completely free advertising?
There are actually plenty of free ways to advertise your website. Things like article marketing and Squidoo are a great way to get backlinks to your website and advertise it. Write up a few articles that relate to your website and then post then on places like ezinearticles and other free article directories. You can also check out making a Squidoo page or a Hub Page that relates to your website.
Another way to advertise your website is to join any forums where you think people would be interested in your website and put the link in your signature. Just be sure that you don’t spam the forums and try to participate according to the rules of the forum.
A great way that you can advertise your affiliate marketing website is through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. These are free to make accounts on and then just spend a couple of days trying to find some friends that may be interested in your website.
If you want more options for free advertising I recommend that you check out the website www.mattbacak.com. He has great information on there and even has a newsletter and membership group that you can sign up for.
I was curious if the current recession is limiting work for freelance web & marketing persons
Freelance is really the only way I’m getting work any more. No one wants an on-staff web designer. You just have to target businesses that have old/terrible/out of date websites, and present to them how a new website could increase profits.