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Are you looking at using internet marketing for your business, service, product or opportunity but would like to do so without paying for it, then the following article will help you immensely.
1) Building your list - The phrase "the money is in the list" has been floating around for some time now on the internet and it is true to some extent. A better reflection of that statement is to say the "money is on the relationship with the list". When using internet marketing the first aim should be to build a list. Whatever happens as a business owner you must have a database of name and email addresses that you can market to. To not have one makes the game ten times harder. In order to build a list you must offer something that will benefit the person in exchange for their name and email address such as a free report or series of videos. This is creating value and building the relationship with the prospect right from the off.
2) Key Word Research - You must know what your target market is typing into the search engines when looking for what you are offering. By knowing these terms you can build your promotional material and content around these key terms and you will in effect gain free traffic from them. Failing to do key word research is planning for your business to fail online, guaranteed.
3) Email marketing - Now you have a list of email addresses and you are continuing to build the list (this is an on-going process) you should start to send valuable information and content to your subscribers to help them in their cause. Build a relationship, offer extreme amounts of value and every now and then include a call to action with your sales pitch. Because you have given value and built the relationship, they are now twenty times more likely to buy from you.
4) Forum marketing - When using internet marketing this technique is a fantastic one. Online forums are great place to find out information about your target prospects. People will generally go to Forums when they are looking for specific information, or the opinions of others. Forums offer a great opportunity for you to network with your target market, answer their questions and offer a possible solution. When you post in a forum you have the opportunity to have your link to your website contained within in your signature, this will help drive traffic back to your site or lead capture page.
5) Writing articles and blogs - Position yourself as an expert by providing quality content that others can use by writing articles and blog posts and publishing them on the internet. When using internet marketing as a method of getting your message in front of your target market, consider creating content such as articles and blogs as the back bone of your campaign. If you are happy to write about your specific area of business then there are hundreds of sites in which you can upload an article to the web. Make sure that your content is key worded so it can be found by your target market.
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