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1. Ask people to find a hidden link in your ad copy.
If they find the hidden link tell them they will get a
prize or freebie by clicking on it. This will increase
the chance that they will buy your product or
service because they will read your whole ad copy.

2. Start a members only web site. Tell visitors what’s
in your members only site and what it costs to get
access. Offer them a free membership, if, in exchange
they link to your web site, post your banner on their
home page or agree to advertise your web site in
their e-zine for a set period of time. Usually they will
agree to the free advertising to save money. This is
a powerful way to get free advertising.

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Just as an experiment, a friend of mine
subscribe to ten different opt-in e-mail
marketing lists to see which ones are
effective. Many websites and online
businesses have resorted to sending
promotional materials to people who have
subscribed to them in an effort to boost
their sales or traffic.

Opt-in email marketing sends newsletters,
catalogs updates and many more
promotional materials to website visitors
who have agreed to be updated whether
monthly, weekly or semiannually.

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Posting messages on online discussion boards
is a great way to get free advertising. When
you post a message include your signature file
at the end. Your signature file should be no
more than 5 to 6 lines. Include an attention-
getting sentence why they should visit your
web site or e-mail your auto esponder.

Some online discussion boards allow you to
leave text and graphic links at the end of
your messages. You will get a better click-
through rate with links than just a normal
signature file.

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Something that has become increasingly popular
since the Internet has grown are the email groups
that are available through Yahoo, MSN, and other
venues.

They are a great way to meet other people who
have a common interest, and are very similar to
the communities that are available through
blogging sites.

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Social bookmarking offers many opportunities
for marketers to collect information and learn
about the behavior patterns of their
customers, as well as firsthand reviews or
particular brands and products. 

Social bookmarking sites are chock full of
different perspectives and information, and
all of this is stored in an easily searchable
database.

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The Internet has fast become an efficient
and trusted way for companies to market
and sell their product. One of the reasons
for this has been the rise of “Affiliated
Marketing” – which is when a website
directs traffic to itself through adverts
on other (usually related) websites.
Affiliated marketing either pays the
affiliate through a pay-per-click program
(the affiliate receives money every time
an advert is clicked) or a pay-per-sale
program (the affiliate receives commission
every time a posted advert on their site
generates an actual sale or subscription.)
Generally, the pay-per-sale program (also
called cost-per-sale, or CPS) is the tried
and trusted form of affiliate marketing
used.

Affiliate marketing began just four years
after the world wide web was launched,
originally popularized by well known
companies such as CDNOW or Amazon.com.
Google’s Adsense is also a very well
known type of affiliated marketing, but
is not really considered as true affiliate
marketing as the adverts usually centers
around the theme of the website they are
displayed (known more as contextual
advertising.) Google does not also directly
sell a specific product, but generates
money in other ways.

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Do You Have Stinkin Thinkin?
If you are serious about succeeding
at running your own home based on
line business, you should considered
all of the following un-realistic
ways of thinking about your business:

¢- I’ll be my own boss, so I can work
as much as I do or don’t want to.
Stinkin Thinkin: Until such time as
you reach most of your primary goals
and are profitable, you will have to
work more hours every day in stead of
less.

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Having a blog on the Internet that gives
people some good informaton doens’t do
a lot of good if people don’t know that
it’s there.

If you want people to be able to find your
blog, something that is important is that
you have
good Search Engine Optimization, or SEO.

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No matter what type of blog that you have, one of
the best places that you can advertise your blog is
to join a blogger forum. After all, everyone who
posts there has a blog and thats the main subject.

It’s a great place to meet other bloggers and to
advertise your blog.

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If you have a blog that you are particularly proud
of, and that you want to share with other people,
there are a lot of free ways that you can get your
blog noticed.

One of those ways is something that you do every-
day, and that you may not even consider as a way
to share your blog. Put the link to your blog in your
email signature.

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