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In
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At
12:33 PM 10/17/2008, Cindy Bittick wrote:
Hi Jim,
I have been getting your Bizweb Gazette over a year and a half. I read
the articles that I believe pertain to me. The main thing I have
struggled with most of the information out on internet marketing
seems to be directed to people/sites that sell info products or
services. None really address consumer products like mine. I am
a small manufacturer of table linens with an online store.
I
have purchased many online marketing products and subscriptions
to newsletters, to find most do not address my type of product.
Is there anything out there that helps people like me build
their business on-line (I don’t have a brick & mortar store)
without paying a fortune in pay-per-click advertising?
My website has been live since February and I am getting very
little traffic. . . only from my email list of friends, family
and acquaintances.
I would really love some advice. I am running out of money to do
much more with the business. I don’t want to shut it down after
all the work I have put into it.
Thank you in advance for your time.
Cindy Bittick
Dining in the Round, Inc
www.diningintheround.com
At 12:04 PM 10/21/2008, Jim Daniels replied with:
Hi Cindy,
Jim Daniels here. Thanks so much for writing. It's always nice
to hear from long time subscribers.
I read your email and understand your frustration. Lots of folks
run into the same problem you are facing -- lack of traffic and
sales. I think I can help.
I just spent some time at your site and let me first say it is
fantastic! Well laid out and very professional. And your prices
in my opinion are if anything, too low! But before you go
changing them, let's get a traffic plan together.
You mentioned that PPC is too pricey for you at this stage.
While you should not rule it out especially as profits rise, you
can hold off on that for now. Normally I tell folks on a tight
marketing budget to start writing articles about their area of
expertise or their site topic. Yours is a little tricky for
that. I'm sure there are lots
of people who will buy your great linens... but, well... getting
people to read articles about linens might be a really hard
sell!
So in my eyes, your best traffic source would be to get people
who are searching for linens to your site. The first solution
that came to mind is
StomperNet... have you tried that yet
Cindy? It has really helped a lot of people in your situation
and it works great with consumer product sites.
Cindy, your site is VERY well done and I really think you can make a go
of it. And focusing on organic search traffic may be your best
bet. The traffic is free and if very high quality.
Also, along with that program I think you should consider adding
some niche-specific offerings at your site. Along the lines of
your customized products. You could offer custom
party/shower/wedding/ linens, etc. for special occasions. Doing
this would help you generate more traffic via organic seo as
they show you in
StomperNet.
Jim Daniels
JDD Publishing
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At 01:56 AM 10/20/2008, Ed Janik wrote:
Jim,
What is the best way to promote an affiliate
site, where all I need to do is to get people to it?
This is the site...
http://water75.com
Of course I have no control over what the site looks like, so
should I do a safelist or other type of campaign?
What resources can you recommend?
Ed Janik
At 1:46 PM 10/22/2008, Jim Daniels replied with:
Hi Ed,
That's a tough one. One big problem is that the whole idea of
"water for gas" sounds too good to possibly be true. And that
will keep a lot of people from
But between you and I Ed, I KNOW it is works. That's because my
brother-in-law is doing it. This summer he pulled up to my
vacation cottage in Maine in his old Toyota and I asked him how
many MPG he got? When he told me "about 50MPG" I made him show
me how.
He popped the hood and showed me the small
bottle of water with an electrolysis unit and a few wires coming
out of it. He said "it makes hydrogen and boosts my MPG by 35%."
I was impressed to say the least and wondered why everyone
wasn't doing it!
Anyway, I digress. My point is this... I know your information
is real but convincing others may be your biggest hurdle. With
that in mind, I would promote the site with ezine ads (email
newsletter ads) like this...
Water For Gas? Give Me a Break.
You don't really believe that's possible, do you?
(Neither did I until I SAW how easy it was.)
See It For Yourself At: http://water75.com
Ed, I would start advertising in ezines that focus on "green"
topics as well as money-saving / frugal / coupon / thrifty
newsletters. That's where your best target audience would be. (Ezines
will usually outperform safelists by a wide margin.)
You can find those ezines by using the keyword search tool at
the top of
bestezines.com or
ezinehub.com. (There are other ezine
directories on the web as well.)
Ezine ads are a very inexpensive way to promote a product or
service. In fact, I practically built my business via ezines, so
I know they work.
Or, if your budget does not permit paying for ads, start writing
some articles about this water for gas topic and submit them to
those same newsletters. In addition, read this special issue of
the BizWeb eGazette on
article marketing...
I hope this helps you get started in the right direction.
Jim Daniels
JDD Publishing
At 12:36 AM 10/20/2008, Phil Alexander wrote:
Hi Jim,
I'm brand new to Internet marketing and have nothing in place. I
don't even know what needs to be in place. I need a course to
tell me the specifics of how to build an Internet business. The
course needs to tell me what to do with detailed specifics of
how to do it. Does your course do that? If your answer is yes,
I'll get started right away. I can't wait to get started. I'm
very determined to build my own business but I have no idea of
how to go about it.
A big plus to me is that you will work personally with your
clients when needed. In all the research I have done, no one
mentions that, so I'm sure they won't do it.
I look forward so much to hearing from you!
Thanks,
Phil Alexander
Weymouth MA
At 2:22 PM 10/22/2008, Jim Daniels replied with:
Hi there Phil, thanks for writing.
Starting from scratch can definitely seem overwhelming. And I'll
be frank with you. Although it is not the easiest way to succeed
online, the best LASTING business model is to come up with a
product or service of your own.
(While affiliate marketing can and does work, and it is
sometimes a good way to get your feet wet, you really need to at
least think of what niche you would be comfortable in if you
were to eventually create something of you own.)
Let me ask you this... is there knowledge you have gained over
the years that might be valuable to a niche market? Dig deep and
think of all your past experiences and knowledge. You may have
an information product or private site in you without even
knowing it! Heck, one of my clients developed a video on salsa
dancing and sold 180 before it was even completed! That's just
an off the wall real example.
Maybe your work related experiences can pay off... or perhaps it
is something in the way of your hobbies or interests that you
can help people with. As you consider ideas, do some research.
The first step is to make sure there is a niche market for a
product or idea you are considering. Here's a research technique
I use, which should work well for you too...
Start your research using this keyword suggestion tool...
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
At that page, enter a keyword relating to the ideas you have in
mind. Think along the lines of what your target market may be
searching for. The tool will show you the number of times that
keyword was searched on at the major search engines. This will
give you an indication of what your niche market(s) bear for
interest.
If you find a decent amount of interest, say a few hundred or
more combined daily searches on keywords directly related to
what you want to promote, then you may be in a solid niche. Keep
a file of the results of your keyword research.
As to your request for a course that walks you through each step
of setting up your new business, I have a software program that
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You'll find it at
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Phil, and you'll see some of their comments at the site.
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