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| Three Steps to Marketing Success |
| Posted: 01-04-2006 | Views: 152 |
| Author: Edward Rizzo |
There are three important steps
you need to take to ensure your web
site succeeds. If you follow these three steps your web
site will
get visitors that will come back time and time again.
These steps will also
assist your website in getting noticed by the search engines,
and you
should be able to earn money from your web site.
One constant theme that emerges from the most successful
businesses and organizations is simplicity. Keep your
website simple
and easy to navigate. Don’t try to do too much, or complicate
things
or you'll more than likely fail. So, the three step process
for
Internet success is simple, making it much more likely
that you
will succeed.
Step 1, Decide exactly what your web site will be about.
For
example, say your interest is in cars. If you produce
a web site
about cars, you'll be competing against millions of others
and
You will have a hard time getting noticed. Narrow down
your
focus to something more specific, perhaps something like
"the design of Italian cars". Or possibly tips on
getting better
gas mileage. The more specific your theme, the better.
Don't
try to do too much, a single narrow theme is what you
need for
success. If you want to cover a broad subject, break it
down
into several narrow themes for separate web sites. This
is also
referred to as a Niche Marketing. Being very specific
and
focusing on a special area of interest will considerably
cut your
competition way down, resulting in a higher demand and
increased
targeted traffic to your website.
Step 2, Fill your site with content. The information you
provide
needs to be focused directly on your theme. You may need
to write
the main pages yourself, but there will be articles you
can use
from ezine directories and from private label sites that
will
help you fill out your web site. The more content you
add, the
better. Plus, be sure to add articles and information
to your
site every week. That will get people coming back to your
site
and it will also make sure the search engines notice you.
People
crave information and the more free information you provide
your
visitors the more they will see you as the expert. This
builds trust.
You get your readers and visitors trust and your chances
for
success will triple!
Step 3, Get links from other sites, but don't try to get
links
from just anyone. Instead, get links from relevant sites.
In our
example this would be other car sites, or sites relating
to import
cars, exotic sorts cars etc. A link from a friend's site
on another
subject is of no value. So, search the web for web sites
that are
relevant to your interest and then ask the webmasters
to link to
your site, in return for providing a link to them on your
site. Link
exchanges show the major search engines that your site
is relevant
to a specific subject. This in turn, builds your sites
popularity and traffic.
A word of caution about building your link campaign. There
are many
places on the web that are referred to as link farms.
Try to avoid these
as search engines can tell if your links are generated
through a mutual
exchange with another relevant site versus getting hundreds
of links to
your site very quickly. Using a link farm will generate
many, many links
virtually overnight and the major search engines will
pick up on this.
Sometimes these major search engines will even ban your
site from their
index as they review link farms as Spamming!!
One more thing to consider about links. Search Engines
view one way
links as much more relevant and will get you a more favorable
position
with the way your site is ranked.
With these three steps you are assured of online success.
That's
because these are the key steps taken by all of the most
successful sites you encounter.
One other thing, by adding in Google Adsense elements
to your
pages your web site will generate cash for you. The more
content
rich and highly focused your site, the better the response
you'll
get to the advertisements you carry. And that means more
money
paid to you by Google, which is another subject.
About The Author:
Ed Rizzo has written many courses and articles relating
to
various aspects of Internet Marketing including starting
a
Home Based Business and Link Strategies. For more
Information Visit his website at
http://www.dpdhomebusiness.com/
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