Making Internet Money Fulltime w/ Half the Risk!

By: Kehinde Ardrey

How many of you are sick of your nine to five job even if it's the career path you've chosen. Why has life come down to 95% of your life working for others, that don't support you, your family, or your community. How can what you like to do be the center of what you do 24 hours a day? Well join millions of us who are starving for this dream, but don't know the steps to take and what tools to use to get there.

What if you took all the hours of schooling and working for the man and put it into what you love to do? Well one way is the internet that has made things a bit easier. The internet is the fastest way people are starting their business everyday. Why? Because there is virtually no over head. Once you've designed your website it literally takes the place of a local store front. Not only that you can advertise for free world wide 24-7. The old way of getting the word out is being revisited, especially now with social networks that reach millions of people in real time. It's about who you know and what your selling is popular enough with half the risks of traditional businesses. Now the house wives are out producing their husbands at the law firm, by writing blogs, filling out surveys and selling products they don't even produce? lol That's crazy!

So where to start? Well for any business think of what you love to do and begin researching what people are into these days and can your business idea work.  Is it unique but popular among your peers and community? Then begin experimenting different ideas and concepts among friends and community through surveys or product trials. Be advised that some industries are very saturated and it may be very hard to get to the top as quickly as you would like. Please remember that when working for you self that you work just as hard if not harder as you would at your current job now, and over time is not just time and a half, but profitable today and the future of your business; thus happy that you're doing what you love!

Now you have your product or service, website and your ready to market. What to do now? Well start with your social networks, facebook, myspace, linkedin, forums within your industry, est. Make sure these forums and networks are ranked in the top 500,000 of ALEXA.com or it will be Worthless. Remember the larger the audience the more exposure! Join the conversation of relevant topics to your business and offer your suggestions and expertise; write a blog or 3 it will help to stir the conversation. If you give great advice people will begin to follow you. This is huge, RELEVANCY and GOOD ADVICE go hand and hand. Also find out how to sell other peoples products that are well know and relevant to yours, make sure you receive ad or money compensation! Ask your friends to post your products and services on their profile pages and websites. Don't forget to give them an incentive such as: posting their links, a percentage referred sales, discounts on your products or services, est. The greater the compensation usual gets the greatest results.

That's all for today and don't forget that when failing in the internet industry there is no lights to turn off, building to foreclose, or employees to fire, just hit the delete button and try again!

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About the Author

Kehinde Ardrey is a freelance website designer and has been successful in marketing websites for the last 4 years his experitize has caught the attention of his clients and now has a ne blog Maximum Web Exposure where he shares is know how of the latest strategies in Internet Marketing.

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How to Create an Affordable Web site and Online Marketing Campaign

Step1

One website per product or service

Getting started with a website is not as easy as it seems. When you’re in the process of building your website you must think of your target market. For example if you are selling shoes, what type of shoes do you specialize in? Who purchases those types of shoes? What age group or gender? What activities does your targeted market like to do online? All of these questions must be answered, before starting your website. Once you have this down your website marketing will be that much easier.

One you’ve figured out who you are marketing to, then think of a website name that correctly suits your product or service, but unique enough to set it apart from other websites. For instance if your shoe business is geared towards sneakers, most likely your website will have sneaker some where in the title of your website address. Also keep in mind that keywords are how potential clients search for your product or service. So your website name should have the keyword that will draw your client’s interest. Also keep in mind of uniqueness. In the sneaker business footlocker is your top competitor, so what sets you apart from them? Maybe you sell discounted sneakers, and your website name is discountedsneakers.com or cheapsneakers.com. This will allow your website to stay a top of the search engine, by using a key word that’s not so saturated that it will take big money ads to get to the top. Also be mindful that your keyword should be common enough so that people are searching for the keyword regularly, so try to find that balance between popular and unique.

Here are some tips on find your keyword or phrase that suits your business. First identify your service or product, give it a unique twist such as affordable, cheap, genuine, quality, est. and then do a search with your keyword or phrase on Google or yahoo. The top websites that come up should be reviewed in Alexa.com. If the site is in the top 500,000 ranking then is very popular thus your keyword or phrase are popular. If not those website are below 500,000 ranking find a more popular keyword or phrase.

Also remember to always gear your website to one keyword or phrase, because the search engine looks for how much content on your website has your keyword don’t confused the search engines buy selling to many different products and services. If you have 3 or more products or services you are selling create sub-domains for them and give them keyword or phrase focus. Give your meta tags, slogans, product descriptions est. your keyword or phrase as well. The more times you have a specific keyword or phrase on your site the stronger the possibility of your website being a top of the search engines for that keyword or phrase.


Step2

Get listed

When you’ve built a great website you now need to show it, and the best way to do that is to get listed in as many search engines and directories as possible. Google, Yahoo, the Yellow pages, est. gives you a way to list your website free of charge on their search engines. When your site is added to there search engine it allows people to search for products or services under your category by keywords. Also get listed in directories specific to your product or service. The search engine will associate your website with the directories that you are listed in. For example if you sell web design services you would list your website in a web design directory. Many of these directories are free, but require you to link back to their website in exchange for your listing. I would set a side a separate page for this, because your front page can get a little cluttered over time. Before being listed on a directory it is good practice to check out its popularity on Alexa.com to see how much traffic it generates daily. The better traffic on the directories that you are listed on, the more visibility and keyword search engine rankings for your website. This is very useful if you decide to pay for higher listings on a directory, because you want to maximize your money. If you pay to be number one on a site with a low Alexa.com ranking you are wasting your money!

There are also other factors that allow you to get a top the search engines as well. The search engines like Google look at how many times your website has been posted on other websites within the same category of your website. So you may want to do a link exchange with websites offering similar products or services. When you exchange links with fellow website owners, you may want to do it through web rings and forums geared towards your product or service. Web rings give you access to people who are doing the same thing you’re doing, and they’ll support you and your business in return. This will give you the greatest edge over any one who just lists their website in directories all day. Also look at the website’s Alexa.com ranking before linking to it. The higher it’s ranking the more prestige your website will get for being listed upon it for your genera of products or services. Again don’t waste your time or effort on exchanging links with a website with little to no traffic.

Step3

Right Articles, Reviews and Video

You can write helpful articles and reviews on blogs and article sites within the same genera of your website. When you give people valuable information they’ll tend to look for the source of it, thus giving your website more exposure. So go to sites like eHow.com, and Youtube.com or create your own blog on Blogger.com and share or RSS feed it within your social networks (facebook, twitter, myspace, est.) and e-mail. Search engines will list how many times your article and web link appears on the internet. You wouldn’t believe the quality of clients you will generate from this. It isn’t only how many clients you get, its how many clients that you retain. The successful business have repeat business from their past clients and referrals from their current clients, reserving ad money in the long run.

Also creating a How to Video on Youtube.com is very effective as well. In an age where people don’t like to read so much, video is very effective in giving people useful information, thus giving your business website more exposure. And remember to always use the same keywords of your website when posting your articles and video.



Step4

Give promotional incentives

The art in retaining clients is as simple as giving them something that they need as well as something that they will want but wasn’t expecting, thus giving them a pleasurable experience while visiting your website or purchasing your product or service. A great example is to give them a first time buyers discount on their next purchase, as well as a cash or free product or service incentive when they refer another person to your business. Whatever it is make it good enough that your client can’t refuse the offer allowing it to greatly improve the exposure of your business.

The most effective way in using your client as a tool for marketing is to introduce an affiliate program. Give your current clients an option to earn a percentage of the product or service profit when they refer someone to your website. This can be via, banner, link ads, TV, video, or radio commercials. Be creative in allowing your clients to advertise for you. This requires little effort on your part and lightens the advertising load on you and your staff.

Please take these tips seriously and I’ll see you on top!

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Creating an Effective Website Design

When it comes to effective web design it is important to research websites that have similar content as your website does. It is usually the websites that are at the top of the search engines that you should be looking at as your best examples.

Launching Your Business Online

When you are launching your business online do not forget about the basics of business planning. All of what you have learned in Business 101 applies to your online business.
So it is in your best interest to plan your business effectively before investing thousands of dollars launching a website.

Make Your Website Photos Attractive

When designing your website make sure the photos of the people using your product or services and the product itself is attractive. This is when that artistry of the business comes in. If you or someone you hire is a graphic artist, please design some banners and logos that are simple, catchy and new.

Create An Attractive Or Catchy Slogan

When posting your products in ads and directories use popular and catchy slogans that will attract people to view your ad. It is nothing like having the most popular slogan or quote headlining your product because it conjures a certain familiarity. You should always research the slogans that you are adding to your ad through Google and Yahoo before posting your ad so that enough top sites are using a similar quote as you are.

Colors Are Very Important In Web Design

Your website colors should be inviting and should fit the mode of the product or service. For instance if you offer massage therapy services on your site you should pick colors that are light soft and calm because your services are about relaxation.

Be Careful Of Putting Too Much Information

While it is important to give your customers a clear explanation on your product or service, it can work against you to add too much detail. When someone is buying a product or service they are looking for the pricing, what deal are they getting, and brief description of your product. If they would like to know more about the product or service, you can have a link to more info or have them contact you for further detail depending on what your product or service is.

Basic Marketing Strategies

Though it is the year 2009 nothing has really changed in the last 50 years in marketing strategy. It’s the technological tools in which to market that have changed. Everyone agrees that the more people that see ads about your product the more likely people will check your product out, and hopefully it is good enough that people will buy it. The same applies to you internet business.

The key question is where do you post your ads and how often and how much does it cost? Well that answer is quite simple but please put in hard work. Make sure your product is unique within its industry, and that enough people are generally interested in buying your product or services. Then design and place ads of your product or service in listings that are relative to your product or service. Find the most popular listings like, Yahoo, Google, and MSN, to place your website in. Finally, use directories such as www.dmoz.org that will list your site and slogan/ description according to relevant categories.

Thank you for reading this article good luck on designing your website, may your business be prosperous!

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