Posting to forums brings fantastic results

To Start a Web 2.0 and Social Marketing Program go to www.MarketingMarbles.com

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You have decided to build your fortune with an online business and you have designed a fabulous website, produced a bunch of products to sell and now you are just waiting for the customers to show up and reach for their credit cards to make you dreams come true. You wait, wait and wait some more but no one shows up.

How discouraging it that? It seems that no one ever told the majority of new online business people that the most important aspect of internet business is not the glitz at all but the down and dirty chore of getting prospective customers to their site.

Advertise, Advertise and Advertise some more. Posting on Forums will bring visitors by increasing your sites rank and that allows those searching for your type of material to find your site.

Budgets are key to any business. A successful business man shared this one with me. Doesn’t matter how much you have to spend it is always the same If your budget is $100 the breakdown should be as follows:

1. Site $10

2. Inventory $10

3. Advertising $80

It didn’t make much sense to me then but I have come to realize that he was right. No advertising no sales but how do you advertise on the internet? One of the many answers to that question is to post on Forums that pertain to your product niche.

* Why use forums?

Think about it for a minute, where can you find the largest number of prospective customers interested in your product? On forums!Your products fit into their interests!

And there are lots of them, take a look at the forums for your niche. If you were involved in selling golf balls for instance, a Google search shows 1,840,000 golf forums that are filled with golf nuts that could be your customers simply by posting to the forum with a link to your site!

Could you handle all those customers.

You can use this method to bring prospects to your site no matter what you are promoting. Affiliate forum marketing, General forums, discussion forums, game forums, internet marketing forum, seo forums, software forums, video game forums all might be good places to get familiar with forums and posting to them.

Posting to forums takes too much time?

Lets be realistic, to post to just a fraction of the forums available would take a bunch of time. It is possible to eat this elephant a small bite at a time by organizing a list of forums and posting to a few per day. That would sooner or later have the desired effect of building the back links you need to bring customers to your site but if you are like me I want the results yesterday so you are going to need to have something that will accomplish this task in a quicker fashion.

* Is there a quicker way to post to forums?

Most are too expensive. I am cheap so I need a cheap software product to do the work.

There are several if not many software products that fill the bill but I use Forum Submitter Pro. It is very inexpensive and very easy to use.

* How do I use a posting to increase my back links

A simple link to your site with the sites main keyword does the trick. If you were posting to a golf site you might ask a generic question and place the link to your golf site below your name.

For example: “Question: Is it a good idea to recommend to have clubs fit to you? If so who should fit them?

Jerry Hubbard using a regular href link and the term Great golf tips

Your sites main keyword is Golf Tips and so Google really likes it when someone clicks the link. This builds the best links for ranking. Links like these are money in the pocket.

One other great benefit of creating back links through the use of posting to relevant forums is that so few website owners will take the time and effort to do it. You can be one up on most of your competition and run in front of the crowd instead of running to catch up.

Naturally, forum posting is only one of many methods to build traffic to your site but it is one of the very best. Try it.

Get more forum posting info here

Jerry Hubbard is a full time business owner of several websites and an interested student of all types of marketing methods.

Writing Headlines as part of Copywriting

The Unselfish Guide To Self Promotion is a self help book that will change how you see life, family and sociaty.  See the introduction in this blog…

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The headline is definitely the most important element in most advertising.

Likewise-it is also the most singularly important element of any selling message “live or recorded, in person or by phone, audio or video” your company ever uses.

It is the opening sentence or paragraph you use in any sales letter or written communication you ever send out to customers, prospects, suppliers or staff. It’s the first words you or your sales persons utter, when they engage anyone in a sales presentation or one-on-one meeting.

Likewise, the “headline,” or its “equivalent,” are the first phrases you begin your conversation with when a customer or prospect comes in or calls in. It is also the first paragraph you state when recording a commercial or when meeting people at your trade show booth display.

The purpose of a headline is to attract your prospect’s ATTENTION. When I say your prospect, I mean that your headline should target precisely whom you want to reach your target market. For example, if you wish to attract homeowners, put the word “homeowners” in the headline.

The headline should serve as an ad for your ad. It should tell the reader immediately and clearly the essence of what you’re trying to say in the body copy. The headline should give the reader a Big Benefit or Big Promise. So, create a headline that tells the right people the benefit you are offering them.

When you write or decide upon your headline-or it’s opening equivalent-you have spent at least 80 cents out of your dollar. Stated differently, 80% of your outcome-four fifths of your result… all but 20% of the success of your selling effort is effected positively or negatively by how and what you convey in the beginning.

A well written headline can make a 20 times improvement in response or acceptance by your prospect customer. Every headline or opening statement should appeal to the prospect’s or reader’s or listener’s self-interest. It would have to promise him or her a desirable, powerful and appealing benefit. If possible, try to inject “news” value or “educational” value into the headline as well.

You may Download a Free copy of the “100 Greatest Headlines Ever Writen” at Jay Abraham Book - www.JayAbrahamSystem.com and learn how you can use these headlines to improve your copywriting and maximize your sales conversions.

You can learn more about Jay Abraham the super consultant that charges $5000 an hour whom consulted the famous Anthony Robbins at website Jay Abraham Mastermind Marketing

Social Networking Explained

Social networking, we have all likely heard of it before, but not everyone knows what it means?  If you were asked to define what social networking was, would you be able to give an accurate definition. Unfortunately, most people cannot, even though they have join and sign up to social networking websites, especially online.

Social networking is defined as the grouping of individuals together into to specific groups, often like a small community or a neighborhood. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in schools or in the workplace, it is most popular online. This is because unlike most high schools, colleges, or workplaces, the internet is filled with billions of individuals who are looking to meet other internet users and develop friendships.

When it comes to online social networking online, websites are involved. These websites are known as social networking websites.Social networking websites are just like an online community of internet users. Depending on the social networking website, most of these online networking community members share a common passion, whether that passion be hobbies, religion, or politics.Once you are given access to the social networking website you register with, you can begin to socialize.This socialization include reading the profiles or profile pages of other members or even contacting them. 

Social networking is often grouping specific individuals or organizations together. While there are several social networking websites that focus on specific interests, there are others that do not. These websites are often known to be traditional social networking websites.  These types of websites typically have an open membership. This means that anyone can join as member, no matter what their hobbies, beliefs, or views are. However, when you sign in to this online community, you can start to create your own network and eliminating others that do not meet your criteria.

There is much to learn about social networking and how you can use social networking to promote your products and services. In this modern day, even politicians use social networking in their campaigns and they have proven to have been successful in providing candidates information, creating relationships and even winning voters online.

Social networking has infact become become part of the New Wave Marketing Principles used by many businesses, online as well as offline companies to learn and search for new markets.

There are many social networking sites available online and it is important to know which ones are suitable for your market. You can download a Free copy of Social Networking Directory of over 400 Social Networking Sites for your reference and learn how you can make full use of these social networking sites with Internet Marketing Specialist to enhance your business performance online at www.BOBmarketing.com

Some Rules for Unselfish Self Promotion in Social Networking and Web 2.0

Unselfish Self Promotion is very useful when applied to social networking. If you use an unselfish strategy in all your web 2.0 you will grow your network, attract new connections and accomplish your personal and business goal. If, on the other hand, you are just constantly talking about you, your products, your services, you will be ignored and your emails deleted.

Here are some great tips by Mike Fruchter you can find the whole article at http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/11/sharing-self-promotion-always-two-way.html?disqus_reply=4012679#comment-4012679

Just starting out?
Self promote as often as possible, express restraint and etiquette on how you self promote. If you don’t take the first step of informing the world that your blog exists, no one else will.

Self promotion starts with promoting others first.
Promoting your brand (you) and your content is the first step to getting noticed. This is easier said than done.

Find, establish and continually grow your network.
Building your network is not about adding as many followers on Twitter and Facebook as humanly possible.

Your network is a family and team, treat them as such.
Your core network online should be treated as a family. Always keep them on your radar, and be informed of their activities.

You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
When starting out, make sure to promote your best content only. People’s first impressions need to be reserved only for your home-runs.

Use the best tools possible to facilitate promotion for self and others.
Sharing starts with RSS. Google Reader is the main workhorse for sharing your content. It is also the place where your networks, team members content resides and gets promoted. Besides being the most easiest and common way to share content, it also takes it a step further by allowing you to add notes onto the content you share out.

 

My new book, the unselfish guide to self promotion explains how to use unselfish self promotion strategies for business, for work and for life.  You can find the book at http://www.UnselfishPromotion.com

 

 

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Video on Social Media, Social Networking and Web 2.0 from Keynote Speaker Jorge Olson

Motivational Keynote Speaker Video explains the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and how to use Web 2.0 for your job, for business and for marketing.

You will see the main elements of Web 2.0 and how you can start using it immediately. Technology that was millions of dollars only a few years ago is now free.

See how in the future, all websites will have to be Web 2.0 or social websites in order to survive. Discover the 3 S’s of Web 2.0: Social Networking, Social Media and Social Bookmarking.   More Keynote Speaker Videos on www.JorgeSpeaks.com

 

Thanks,

Jorge Olson
All this material is covered in detail in my new book “The Unselfish Guide to Self Promotion” available at www.UnselfishPromotion.com

 

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LinkedIn Marketing

Add Thousands of Contacts on LinkedIn & Learn How to Use the Network for Business & Marketing

Use your new Connections to find your Dream Job, Dream Employees, to find and close New Business and as one of the most powerful Marketing Strategies of Web 2.0 and Social Networking.

Yes, LinkedIn can be one of you most powerful Marketing and Business Strategies. With 25 million users, most of them professionals and executives you are bound to find new business, a new job, or the perfect addition to your team. Read more

LinkedIn GON Group

GON - Global Open Network - a LinkedIn Group

Join the LinkedIn Group here: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/977707

The GON LinkedIn group is the center of all Open Networks Groups on LinkedIn. You will be up to date on all other open network groups and open networkers so you can get the most out of your LinkedIn Professional Network. As you know LinkedIn is the leading Web 2.0 or Social Media site for professionals.

This is an Open Network on LinkedIn for people who want to fill up their network and learn how to use LinkedIn for business and marketing.

What is an Open Network?
An open network on LinkedIn is filled with members who are open to all invitations. Members of this group will not refuse or say they don’t know a member. If you as a member choose not to accept a specific connection just “archive it” and you are done.

Membership is FREE for all and the benefits and immense.

Group Benefits
-Fill your network with thousands of connections
-You will get lists of other open networkers
-Get free Videos to learn how to be a LinkdeIn power user
-News on every single Open Group on LinkedIn so you know what groups to join to get the most connections
-Teleseminars to learn even more on LinkedIn business and marketing

GON - Global Open Network is an Open Network for Business & Marketing on LinkedIn. This Group is the most important part of your LinkedIn experience because it will keep you up to date on everything that is LinkedIn. I will send you lists with hundreds and even thousands of open networkers, information on how to add more people, close business, even find a job on LinkedIn. You will also receive podcasts, articles and videos on how to use LinkedIn for business and marketing.

Join the LinkedIn Group “Open Network for Business & Marketing” at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/977707

Lists of Networkers
Every 2 weeks you will get a list of all the members of the group who are open networkers and are want to accept all invitations. You can upload this list to your LinkedIn account and send invitations immediately.

Remember, besides being a Global Open Network this group is also an active Business and Marketing network helping users do business and get jobs on LinkedIn. Furthermore, it is an educational group showing you the best strategies on how to use LinkedIn.

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How to Close $100,000 in Business With LinkedIn Using 4 Quick Steps

Learn how to get 4,000 + contacts quickly to help get a great job, expand your business or close $100,000 worth of business

Last week we awarded a $100,000 deal to a company who posted a question on LinkedIn. They didn’t even contact us. They just used one of the 4 steps we will list here today. LinkedIn has 25 million members. Learn how to tap this great Web 2.0 Social Network Resource.

We were also contacted by another firm looking for $800,000 worth of powdered baby formula. All this came after adding almost 4,000 people to my network with a reach of more than 35 million people in just a few weeks.   Find more ways to be an expert at self promotion wiht the book www.UnselfishPromotion.com Read more

Marketing Patience

If you have a business you need a website and a blog.  But a website does not mean leads, traffic or sales.  You need more.  As you can see here my websites is also a blog.  I also changed most of my websites to blogs and recomended it to all the companies that work with me.  Since I changed from a straight website to a blog / website my traffic grew by 300%

To have traffic, leads and sales into your website you need very basic things:

-Content

-Links to your site

-To capture emails, names and phone numbers

-Patience

Yes, you probably heard of having good content, links and capture emails but not patience… More to come…

For now, visit www.MarketingMarbles.com where I got my blog

 

Jorge Olson

MTV Uses Social Networking Marketing

Social Networking Marketing is now for everyone, not just the executive or online marketer.

This blog shows how MTV is using You Tube for Social Marketing.

I think in the future if you are not online usingn these strategies you will not be online.

Check it out: http://www.e-strategyblog.com/2007/09/mtvs-online-mus.html

Thanks,

Jorge Olson