Extra Paragraphs

Take two or three of these extra paragraphs and combine them
with one opening and one closing paragraph. 

Choose a title from the title file, make a few quick edits, and 
you'll have your own unique article that you can send your list,
post on your blog or submit to article directories. 

Some of these can also be used as  quick tips that you can 
send out a few  times a month.



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On the seller's end, advertising costs are greatly reduced with the number of methods available. An example of this would be email.  You can send costly postcards to thousands of people and may realize some success a week or two later.  With email, however, you can send out emails to the same thousand people and realize an increase in sales an hour from now-all for no cost.



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Pay-per-sale, or PPS, plans enable greater discretion. With this type of plan the seller only pays the affiliate if a sale is made. Whatever the commission rate is, the seller pays according to the price of the item sold.



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You'll also want to make a practice of including a little something in every newsletter that will encourage new visitors to you site. Free offers work exceptionally well. You will have to make certain the offer is good enough where current customers will pass on the information.


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Continued growth in internet technology is always giving new chances for businesses to add to their sales strategy and content. Also, growth in technology is providing less expensive to the consumer, therefore, many more people are using their computers daily. As more people go online, the demographic is changing, and focusing sales efforts on the rich isn't the only goal of internet marketing. Today internet businesses must plan to sell to all economic levels.



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People are spending more time on the internet daily, and their numbers are growing. This is easy to figure out why: the easy access to the internet, added to the increasing ability of the internet to aid completion of tasks, has allowed for all manner of business to be completed with the click of a mouse.


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Pay-per-lead, or PPL, is the last kind of commission plan. With this arrangement the seller will pay the commission to the affiliate whenever a lead is created. This can result from either directed traffic that visits the seller's site and registers for something, or is a lead based on a pre-determined criterion.



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Emotional involvement should be curbed. Sometimes you want something so badly you end up ignoring information that doesn't fit with what you seek. You have to step back and look at the whole picture objectively or you will end up failing and be confused as to why.



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Industries and marketers are now taking a more cautious approach to this.  The practice of advertising to a specific market has made the endeavors succeed. The internet makes it possible for almost any business to be represented. Many promotion firms give the opportunities a business requires to get their products out to buyers, Small firms often choose to take care of sales promotion on their own.  These companies can find inexpensive avenues for their plans also.



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The one biggest error made in researching a niche is not narrowing it enough. Keep in mind these are niches. A website devoted to books is not a niche market. However, if you narrow it down, you can create a list of the niches under the larger category of books. Examples of niche markets would be topics such as old books, or a site devoted to cookbooks and anything related to them. You want to narrow your search as far as possible. 



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Search engines read your search words and rank sites by the number and quality of match to the searcher's terms. Use the correct terms to describe what your site is about and you get a higher ranking with that search engine. These ranks are updated every week so you have an opportunity to move up next week if you aren't there today. The problem is, your competitors have that same chance of moving up. And the competition will constantly search for a way to rank above you. Don't let up on your efforts to stay on top. Change your site where necessary so you can keep your rankings higher and stay ahead of the competition.



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First, when designing your website, make certain that everyone who visits, regardless of how they get there, signs up for either a newsletter or some other form of regular e-mailing. Granted you can't push them to sign up, but you can enthusiastically encourage them to make use of all the benefits your site has to offer. In return, you will be reaping all the benefits that result from obtaining these all-important subscriber leads.


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If you research only "books" then you are going to believe there's a huge market full of waiting buyers out there. However, when you open up your store, you'll find instead that cookbook buyers aren't as plentiful as you believed!



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You need to visit your competitor's sites. Look for all the sites you can come up with that may be selling anything similar to your product, and then visit each one. Take note of those who top the search engine lists. You need to discover how these sites got to the top of the list. During your visits, notice design, keywords and anything else that might influence a search engine rank.


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Another way is to you e-mail your customers and request their input. The information you receive to your e-mail can be processed the same as above. This method will also leave your customers knowing their opinion matters.


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Pay-per-click, or PPC, plans are the type of programs you may have heard mentioned most often. This kind of affiliate plan, as well as the other choices, is performance based. The way it works is easy. A visitor to a website notices a banner ad or another kind link to a site. He or she clicks on that link. Every click is worth a certain amount of money to the web master of that site. While this is a wonderful plan, there has been some worry recently about "click fraud", which means clicks are being made with the only purpose being to generate more money for the host site.



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Now let's discuss tiers. Tiers work in an easy to understand manner. It all boils down to referrals. Let's pretend you set up 2 tiers. The first tier is affiliates who approached you directly. They will earn commission on both the traffic they generate and on the traffic generated by their referrals. The second tier consists of affiliates who were sent to you by another affiliate. These affiliates earn commission on their referred visitors, and the first tier affiliate also earns a lower commission, without having to do any work.


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The 1990s showed internet marketing go crazy. As with any totally new idea, caution disappeared in all the excitement. It never occurred to marketers that the same concepts could be applied to sales as were working in the rest of society. Failure to examine markets and come up with solid plans of action led to the failure of many new businesses by the end of 2000. Those who managed to make it through, and all those that came after started getting smart-and online marketing exploded.


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Search Engine Optimization is an important method you can use to efficiently compete with others in your field. In order to compete, however, you need to know and understand whom you are competing with. You have to understand competition even more than you know your business. And, luckily, there are methods available to help you do this.



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Replacing the traditional form of buying and selling is not going to happen with internet marketing. Pretend for a minute that you are looking for a new car. You go online, look through picture after picture and find one you like and can afford.  That's where you stop. You can't touch that car, nor can you take a test drive. You have only a small idea of what the car will be like when you drive it. Are you going to pay potentially thousands of dollars for that car, or will you go to a local car lot instead, where you can get a much better idea of what you're buying?  This is a major limitation to internet marketing for many items.


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Using search engines can provide sellers with an idea of what products people look for.  This offers a big chance to know what is needed on the market. To emulate the advertisements shown on television or radio, markets use pop-up windows and advertising placed directly on a website. E-mail has proven to be a wonderful means of selling, but this usually only proves successful after a business has established a good relationship with the customer.


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The most crucial element of your proposal is your ability to write well. Even if you're unbeatable in your field, if you can't get that point across in writing you're apt to get passed over. While preparing your joint venture proposal you will have to be clear and to the point. Let them know of your interest in joining forces. Detail what you have to give and how they will benefit. Try not to overwhelm with details in your first contact, but be certain to provide at least two ways for them to contact you if they want additional details or have any questions. 


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When putting together your newsletter, be certain to include informative articles that peak the interest of your subscribers. However, don't forget to include important information on your site, special offers, or freebies. Keep in mind your newsletter's purpose is to get customers to visit your site.



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Once you've completed your research, search for ways to increase the quality of your own site. Think about different kinds of content, more effective keywords, and any other changes that will make your stand out above the competition. Keep in mind, that this is an ongoing process. You will need to do this on a regular basis to stay above the competition.



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Another often-committed error is stopping before you have enough data. You want to invest enough time on this now so you aren't sitting around later wondering what went wrong. What often happens is people look for various keywords on the internet.  This leaves a huge gap in the data you are collecting. An error like this could make you omit half the information needed.


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Another method for collecting subscriber leads by doing surveys. Put survey ads on your website. When the person checks it out, tell them all the details of the survey and how they can profit from it. Then make certain the only way they can respond is by signing up. This is a smart way to gather leads, and most visitors will be willing to give at least an e-mail address for the chance of getting to respond to the survey.


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In addition to looking to others for ideas, try to come up with methods that others haven't tried yet. New and different will increase your position. Just make sure whatever you try that is new or different has a test drive before you depend too much on it.


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For this collection process you will be required to get an opt-in program and an auto-responder. These two programs will let you gather the information you need and instantly send out a confirmation e-mail to the new subscriber. I would adamantly suggest that you not be too fussy about demanding that every field be filled in. 


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Another method of collecting leads is through affiliating. When you are part of an affiliate program, you will realize the benefit of acquiring leads that an affiliate will create and forward to you.


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First, you need to include in your proposal everything you can to show the benefits of joining into a partnership with you. This is important, for the main reason that this is meant to be beneficial to both partners. You'll want to relay to your proposed partner all the ways he'll benefit. Detail the ways your business will make his better and he will be more apt to listen.



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Some people will be nervous about giving a name, or a street address and telephone number. So don't push the issue. Having sufficient information from the subscriber to be able to contact them at least one way, is better than having no contact information because you made them feel pressured.



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One of the unarguable advantages of the internet is its convenience. If you have a computer and internet access, you can conduct business anytime and anywhere you please.  Now that many people have laptop computers, this becomes even truer.


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Next, it is important that you give your proposed partner a sample of the merchandise you sell. If you sell services, show them samples of work and let them read testimonials from happy customers. Allow them to see why teaming up with you would be a good thing.

  
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You aren't going to make tons of money in little or not time on the internet. Granted, a very small number of people have been lucky enough to develop a money-making endeavor, but these are the exception to the rule.  There are a larger number who have failed miserably at online businesses.  Most of the business realities of the brick and mortar world still apply to the virtual world, you still will have to put in endless hours and effort to make it succeed.  



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Suppose your business runs with no online marketing, and you just found out one of your products will be discontinued. You want to run a sale to clear your stock, but it will take a few days to reach your customers with the news. Now, the guy down the street also has this product and has gotten the same news.  He, however, markets online.  You can send one mass mailing out and have the customers at his store tonight.  You end up being stuck with the product while he has moved onto the new, improved model.


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When you begin planning to send out your newsletter you must think about what you want in it. You must give your readers what they want. Take the time to discover what your subscribers are interested in receiving from you. This can be accomplished in a couple of ways. 



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First you might want to conduct a poll or add an opinion box on your website. Question your visitors about what they'd like to see in a newsletter. Use the answers to develop your newsletter content. Asking will make your customer know you care about their opinion and it will answer your questions.



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As with all innovations, we soon become wrapped up in the newness, the easy access, and the excitement we feel with something that has not existed for us before now. Internet marketing is no exception. Online marketing does have its pitfalls in spite of all the good things it offers. We often put more store in something new than it is really worth. Below are some of the things that internet market lacks.


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Even though it seems like common sense, it is necessary to mention that you need to get your customers to sign up for your newsletter.  Sending unsolicited e-mails will make people angry-and that defeats the purpose of your newsletter.






