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		<title>How To Profit Big By Promoting WSO Offers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WSO forum is massively popular&#8230; There&#39;s not another place on the internet where you get so many eager eyeballs in one place, ready to buy when an offer catches their attention. Since Warrior+Plus went live a few months ago affiliates are now able to promote WSOs. Many of the warrior+ affiliates are now making [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/how-to-profit-big-by-promoting-wso-offers/&title=How To Profit Big By Promoting WSO Offers&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>The WSO forum is massively popular&#8230; There&#39;s not another place on the internet where you get so many eager eyeballs in one place, ready to buy when an offer catches their attention.</p>
<p>	Since Warrior+Plus went live a few months ago affiliates are now able to promote WSOs.</p>
<p>	Many of the warrior+ affiliates are now making a killing promoting other people&#39;s WSOs&#8230; folks know the Warrior Forum is a great place to buy quality products at unbelievably low prices.<br />
	&nbsp;<br />
	Isn&#39;t It About Time You Got Your Share?</p>
<p>	Maybe you&#39;ve heard you can promote WSOs but you don&#39;t know how or where to start? Maybe you&#39;ve signed up to Warrior +Plus but you struggle to understand and interpret the stats, how to navigate around the site AND most importantly&#8230; select the right offers to promote.</p>
<p>	Well there&#39;s no need to be left out in the cold any longer because now there&#39;s the &quot;Warrior+Plus Affiliate Goldmine&quot; Video Training Series, which you can download and watch for FREE <a href="http://www.internetmarketingaddict.net/warrioraffiliategoldmine/" target="_blank">here</a>!</p>
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		<title>Pitfalls of Facebook Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook marketing can have a great effect on any business but there is a need to understand the pitfalls of Facebook marketing in order to know exactly what you have to avoid. If you know what can be done wrong you can easily learn what can be done correctly. One of the most common pitfalls [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Facebook marketing can have a great effect on any business but there is a need to understand the pitfalls of Facebook marketing in order to know exactly what you have to avoid. If you know what can be done wrong you can easily learn what can be done correctly. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">One of the most common pitfalls of Facebook marketing is not being able to differentiate between professional and personal approach. Through Facebook you can easily add personal touch and create a good link with a potential client. Unfortunately, when you are running a small business and you are the only person that deals with marketing aspects you can be faced with problems. You will need to find a mix between the professional part of your promotion and the personal approach that you use. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Another pitfall of Facebook marketing is building a profile page but not creating a fan page. Most people start with the profile page and simply forget or neglect the need of a fan page. The Fan page is highly important in Facebook Marketing. With a profile page you can only have 5000 people that are connected but with fan pages there are no limits. There are limits linked with marketing with the use of Profile pages. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">One mistake that few people realize is not changing status and not offering new information in profile pages. You have many options that you can use in order to contact fan base. For instance, you can post photographs, write notes or even upload articles. You have to be constant in posting new material. You can even ask for different opinions and start discussions. The bottom line is to encourage discussions and to interact with your Facebook network. Followers will thus be aware of what your company does and they are going to feel involved. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Out of all the pitfalls of Facebook marketing there is one that few understand. Never make the mistake of not inviting followers to pages that they should like and are interested in. This keeps people rooted to your business as you are offering them much more than something that you are promoting. You can even include an opt-in box on the fan page in order to gain email subscriptions. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Most of the pitfalls of Facebook Marketing are linked with not understanding what Facebook is all about. We are basically in front of a social network and you need to socialize in order to be successful. This is the most important thing that you need to consider at all times. All the mistakes that you can do are linked with your fans and followers. You want them to stay on board and you never want to harass them and ask too much. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more Facebook tips, check out the <a href="http://alluneed2succeed.net/fbmarketingsecrets/" target="_blank">Facebook Marketing Secrets</a> eCourse.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Top Facebook Marketing Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are dozens of professionals that are going to offer you top facebook marketing tips that you need to take into account. The problem is that there are so many different marketing methods that you can use when running facebook based campaigns that you can easily be overwhelmed by all that is offered. We are [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There are dozens of professionals that are going to offer you top facebook marketing tips that you need to take into account. The problem is that there are so many different marketing methods that you can use when running facebook based campaigns that you can easily be overwhelmed by all that is offered. We are basically in front of the biggest social network in the world and it is highly important to always focus on a personal approach because all people will react better when they see a person and not a business. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Out of all the top facebook marketing tips that can be handed out, one that is highly important relates to promoting businesses. You can promote them with the use of facebook but it is highly important that this is tastefully done. <strong>People basically want to know who the individual behind the business is before they are going to consider the actual business.</strong> Make sure that you tell people what you like and what your hobbies are. You can create a much better relationship with everybody if you are a real person and you look equal to those that are following you. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Every top facebook marketing tips page on the Internet is going to talk about <strong>Facebook pages</strong>. You need to create one in order to establish brand awareness. This will also help out a lot in ranking higher in search engines. Even if you have just one profile, you can always have many business pages that will be linked to it. Page rankings are increased in a direct link with how many fans you get. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It is highly important to <strong>establish yourself as unique </strong>because there are hundreds of people that are promoting businesses with the use of Facebook. Make sure that you highlight the reasons why your company is special and why people should watch what it is doing. Keep posting constantly but never talk just about business opportunities. We highly recommend that you also talk about yourself and try to create a good link with your customers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>The profile picture </strong>is also highly important. Make sure that you choose one that is clear and it features you happy. Make sure that you create photo albums and add pictures with friends and family. You want potential clients to see you as a person and not just a business. Whenever doing friend request we recommend that you introduce yourself so that you do not seem like you just want to gather numbers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Keep in mind that these top facebook marketing tips are basically just things that people forget. You need to learn as much as possible in order to be successful and we recommend that you always pay attention to all that this social network has to offer. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more Facebook tips, check out the <a href="http://alluneed2succeed.net/fbmarketingsecrets/" target="_blank">Facebook Marketing Secrets</a> eCourse.</span></p>
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		<title>JV Giveaways &#8211; Finding A Quality Gift To Build Your List Skyhigh</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve only just set up a new edition of The Niche Giveaway &#8211; which will be all about traffic and advertising &#8211; to allow you to build a targeted mailing list in no time. You can find out more about it and join as a contributor here Because the popularity of JV giveaways keeps growingevery [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/jv-giveaways-finding-a-quality-gift-to-build-your-list-skyhigh/&title=JV Giveaways &#8211; Finding A Quality Gift To Build Your List Skyhigh&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>I&#39;ve only just set up a new edition of The Niche Giveaway &#8211; which will be all about traffic and advertising &#8211; to allow you to build a targeted mailing list in no time.</p>
<p>You can find out more about it and join as a contributor <a href="http://www.newjvgiveaways.com/partners/niche5" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a></p>
<p>	Because the popularity of JV giveaways keeps growingevery week, I often receive mails from people who want to make the smart move to become a contributor and start profiting big time from every event, but are not really sure how to.</p>
<p>	For all those people, I&#39;ve created a JV Giveway contributor starter pack, which you can download for free. This package contains all the info and tools you need to get started and set up your first successful JV giveaway campaign.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://theonlinesellinggame.com/jvchecklist/" target="_blank"></p>
<p>	<strong>Get the package for free here</strong><br />
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	Now, people often ask me <strong>where to get original, quality gifts they can use to set up a giveaway campaign. </strong></p>
<p>	Of course you&#39;re always better off <strong>creating your own product</strong> to give away: you can give it away in your name and brand it in the process. <br />
	Creating your own gift doesn&#39;t have to be hard, however. You can, for example, write a 4-8 page report on a topic you know well. If you own a membership site, you can give a trial pass away or even offer a &ldquo;lite&rdquo; version. Pretty much the same can be done for software and scripts whereby you offer a limited time trial.</p>
<p>	Probably the easiest way to create your own product is to pick up a product with <strong>Private Label Rights </strong>and edit it to make it your own. </p>
<p>	If you decide to give away other people&#39;s products:<strong> always check the license file </strong>before you do. Not all products you own the (Master) Resell Rights to can be given away freely.</p>
<p>You will find more information about choosing and setting up a gift in the JV Giveaway expert Package mentioned above.</p>
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<p>	<strong>Here are a few links to free sites that will supply you with PLR products, or giveaway products&#8230;:</strong></p>
<p>
	<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/plrdealer" target="_blank"><strong>PLRDealer</strong></a><br />
	Free membership site where you&#39;ll get 20 Articles, 2 Headers and 1 VRE Adsense Site on various niche topics with PLR every month. Compile your own package and give it away.</p>
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	<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/plrwholesaler" target="_blank"><strong>PLR Wholesaler</strong></a><br />
	Free membership site with loads of PLR and (M)RR content</p>
<p>
	<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/rrweekly" target="_blank"><strong>Resell Rights Weekly </strong></a><br />
	Two hot new products each and every week with either Private Label Rights,&nbsp; Resale Rights and/or giveaway rights!</p>
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<p><a href="http://spiceupyoursite.com" target="_blank"><strong>SpiceUpYourSite</strong></a><br />
	Free membership site that offers loads of free-to-download graphics, templates and more. Choose one, download and re-distribute.</p>
<p>
	<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/viralebookexplosion" target="_blank"><strong>Viral eBook Explosion</strong></a><br />
	Download quality ebooks which you can rebrand before you give them away</p>
<p>	<strong>Not Free, But Wit A $1 Trial Option:</strong></p>
<p>	<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/crazymembership" target="_blank"><strong>Crazy Membership</strong></a><br />
	Membership site that is constantly updated with new products with giveaway, resale or private label rights</p>
<p>	<a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/plrassassin" target="_blank"><strong>PLR Assasin</strong></a><br />
	Membership site that supplies the hottest products with Private Label Rights, Resell Rights and Master Resell Rights.<br />
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>	Stay up-to-date about new products that are being released &#8211; they might have giveaway rights<br />
	<a href="http://www.newlaunches.net/" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.newlaunches.net/</strong></a></p>
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		<title>7 Mistakes that Doom Your Membership Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting a membership site is a smart business move, but only if you do it right. Every month dozens of people start membership sites only to shut them down just a few months later. Often the failed site ruins their reputation because they didn&#8217;t deliver what they promised to members. In other cases, they didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/7-mistakes-that-doom-your-membership-site/&title=7 Mistakes that Doom Your Membership Site&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>	Starting a membership site is a smart business move, but only if you do it right. Every month dozens of people start membership sites only to shut them down just a few months later. Often the failed site ruins their reputation because they didn&rsquo;t deliver what they promised to members. In other cases, they didn&rsquo;t pick the right topic to begin with. Here are the top seven mistakes that you can make with a membership site and how to avoid them.</p>
<p>	<strong>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Picking the wrong topic</strong></p>
<p>	A membership site needs a wide customer base. Your topic should be specialized but not so narrow that you can&rsquo;t attract new members on a consistent basis. Unlike a short report or niche site, your membership site topic has to be large enough that you can produce fresh content month after month. Pick a topic that a lot of people are interested in but that also has the potential for evergreen content.<br />
	<strong><br />
	2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not actively contributing content</strong></p>
<p>	Members of your site are looking for fresh content every month. You need to give this to them or they&rsquo;ll unsubscribe in droves. You should develop an editorial schedule so you know exactly what you&rsquo;ll deliver each month. This will help you stay on track. Base your editorial schedule on the benefits that you promised in your sales letter and you&rsquo;ll have happy, satisfied customers that will stick around for month after month.</p>
<p>	<strong>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not taking the time to craft a good sales letter</strong></p>
<p>	Your sales letter is your 24/7 sales person. It doesn&rsquo;t matter how much traffic you drive to your membership site if your sales letter isn&rsquo;t doing its job. If you don&rsquo;t trust your own copywriting skills, hire a professional writer. The investment will be well worth it as you see higher conversions and more members in your site.</p>
<p>	<strong>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not marketing for new customers</strong></p>
<p>	You should always have new members coming into your membership site, but the only way you can do that is to market your site continually. You should be conducting pay per click campaigns, distributing article marketing articles and doing social networking to drive more traffic to your site. Work this into your weekly plans so that you can keep the flow of new members consistent.</p>
<p>	<strong>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not being accessible<br />
	</strong><br />
	When you start a membership site, your members are looking for a lot of attention and care. Most of this will come in the form of an easy to use site with quality content. But you should also make it a point to be accessible through e-mail or a help desk function. There&rsquo;s a high level of trust involved in a membership site, so make sure you&rsquo;re there for your members.<br />
	<strong><br />
	6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not looking for opportunities for backend sales</strong></p>
<p>	Opportunities for backend sales exist in many different places in your membership site. You can sell advertising space within the site or create a platinum level of membership with special coaching. Just because the members are paying a monthly fee doesn&rsquo;t mean they won&rsquo;t be willing to pay for extra information on the site&rsquo;s topic.</p>
<p>	<strong>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not taking steps to increase retention </strong></p>
<p>	If you&rsquo;re concentrating on getting members but aren&rsquo;t worried about keeping them, you have a recipe for disaster on your hands. It takes much more effort to get a new member than it does to keep one that you&rsquo;ve already got. By posting consistent content, offering polls, running contests and getting involved the community in your membership site, you&rsquo;ll be able to hold onto the members you&rsquo;ve got.</p>
<p>	<strong>For the full guide on setting up your own membership site, along with 27 profitable membership ideas, check out <a href="http://www.dripfeedcash.com/?e=resalerightsmaniac@gmail.com" target="_blank">Drip Feed Cash</a>.</strong></p>
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		<title>Free Traffic: The Power Of Interactive Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing beats the power of an interactive video that can help you convey your message, get your audience excited about your offer, and leave an everlasting impression with your customer base. Videos offer the opportunity to truly communicate with your target audience in a way that very few other marketing strategies can, and thankfully, even [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/free-traffic-the-power-of-interactive-video/&title=Free Traffic: The Power Of Interactive Video&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>Nothing beats the power of an interactive video that can help you convey your message, get your audience excited about your offer, and leave an everlasting impression with your customer base.</p>
<p>
	Videos offer the opportunity to truly communicate with your target audience in a way that very few other marketing strategies can, and thankfully, even if you have never developed or produced a video before, it&#39;s very simple to get started.</p>
<p>
	One of these strategies is to simply use your existing content (such as the articles you created for your article marketing campaigns) and turn them into powerful presentations that capture the attention of your audience. </p>
<p>
	You can do this by creating simple slideshows from existing content and then uploading them onto popular video distribution networks.</p>
<p>
	Creating your video presentations doesn&#39;t have to be difficult. You can use online &#39;video development&#39; services to quickly create stunning slideshows from existing article material, with the most popular service available at <a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/articlevideorobot" target="_blank">http://www.ArticleVideoRobot.com </a></p>
<p>
	Article Video Robot will take your existing article content and transform it into interactive, talking videos in minutes &#8211; all automatically without you having to do anything but copy and paste in your content!&nbsp; </p>
<p>
	This is truly the fastest and easiest way of developing high quality video presentations with no technical experience needed.&nbsp; <br />
	You can also instantly submit your new videos into dozens of distribution channels directly from within your Article Video Robot account!</p>
<p>	<strong>Important Tip:</strong> </p>
<p>When submitting your slideshows into video distribution channels, always implement targeted keywords and tags into your presentations description fields, to improve your ranking and help people find your video. </p>
<p>
	Distribution Channels:<br />
	<a href="http://www.YouTube.com " target="_blank">http://www.YouTube.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.SlideShare.net " target="_blank">http://www.SlideShare.net </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.Scribd.com " target="_blank">http://www.Scribd.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.4Shared.com " target="_blank">http://www.4Shared.com </a></p>
<p>
	Remember, consistency, quality AND overall volume is the key for generating an unlimited amount of quality, FREE traffic so build a video campaign and rinse &amp; repeat!<br />
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		<title>Content For Free Traffic: Setting Up Your Article Marketing Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#39;re willing to exchange high quality content for traffic, there are a number of different traffic strategies that you can use to propel your promotional campaigns, and ultimately, flood your website with qualified visitors. One of these strategies involves article marketing.&#160; With article marketing, you simply create keyword-rich content, submit it into the popular [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/content-for-traffic-setting-up-your-article-marketing-campaign/&title=Content For Free Traffic: Setting Up Your Article Marketing Campaign&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>If you&#39;re willing to exchange high quality content for traffic, there are a number of different traffic strategies that you can use to propel your promotional campaigns, and ultimately, flood your website with qualified visitors.</p>
<p>
	One of these strategies involves article marketing.&nbsp; With article marketing, you simply create keyword-rich content, submit it into the popular article directories and wait for traffic to start flooding your site.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	The downside to article marketing is that it does involve a bit of time, especially if you plan to create the majority of your content yourself. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	However, there is one misconception to article marketing that has prevented many new marketers from exploring its incredible potential to deliver targeted traffic. <br />
	Many entrepreneurs believe that it&#39;s all in the QUANTITY of the articles you submit rather than the quality. In truth, while the more articles you have in circulation, the more traffic you&#39;ll receive, focusing first on creating rich, quality and relevant content for your niche will help you generate TARGETED visitors. <br />
	So, while you may have less traffic, the traffic you do receive will be genuinely interested in what you have to offer.</p>
<p>
	To create your first article marketing campaign, you should have 5-10 quality articles created. Your articles don&#39;t have to be longer than 300 words in length, but make sure that you have chosen a keyword-rich title for each article that you plan to submit into the article directories.&nbsp; The titles you use with your articles will ultimately determine the exposure you&#39;ll receive as both the major search engines like Google.com and Yahoo.com, as well as the article directories themselves, with categorize and rank your article content based on the keywords found within your titles.</p>
<p>
	You also want to make sure that you repeat your primary keyword in the first few lines of each article that you create. This will help you gain exposure within the search engines, who will pull and publish a portion of your article when someone enters related keywords into the search engines.</p>
<p>
	And there is also another important factor to keep in mind: &nbsp;<br />
	Many of the article directories will not accept duplicated content, which means that you will want to submit your original material into these directories first, wait for approval &#8211; and then submit the content into other directories.</p>
<p>
	The giant of all article directories online is <a href="http://www.EzineArticles.com" target="_blank">http://www.EzineArticles.com</a> , so you&#39;ll want to focus your attention on submitting content into this directory first, followed by other directories, in the following order:</p>
<p>	<a href="http://www.Buzzle.com " target="_blank">http://www.Buzzle.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.SearchWarp.com " target="_blank">http://www.SearchWarp.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.ArticlesBase.com " target="_blank">http://www.ArticlesBase.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.SelfGrowth.com " target="_blank">http://www.SelfGrowth.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.GoArticles.com " target="_blank">http://www.GoArticles.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.ArticleAlley.com " target="_blank">http://www.ArticleAlley.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.Amazines.com " target="_blank">http://www.Amazines.com </a><br />
	<a href="http://www.Web-Source.net " target="_blank">http://www.Web-Source.net </a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Also keep in mind that not only will you generate traffic from direct visitors who read your articles, but if webmasters choose to republish your content on their websites, you will also gain additional exposure from THEIR visitors, as well!</p>
<p>Now, one of the most critical components of a successful article marketing campaign is in your &quot;Author&#39;s Resource Box&quot;, which is a short author bio attached to all of your articles. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	This is where you will include a call to action, prompting readers to click your link and visit your website. You need to think of your author&#39;s resource box as you would a short commercial, highlighting the benefits of visiting your site and showcasing an incentive offer, which will motivate readers into taking action.</p>
<p>One of the most common ways of creating a compelling incentive offer is by developing a stand-alone product that you offer for free to those who visit your site. <br />
	Not only will this help to drive targeted traffic to your website, but you can set up your incentive offer to be delivered to those who subscribe to your mailing list.<br />
	Incentive offers can include many different things such as:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Free reports, sent to subscribers immediately upon subscribing.</li>
<li>Free ebooks, either full length or &quot;leaked chapters&quot; of a paid product.</li>
<li>Free video tutorials or guides that help your readers in some way.</li>
<li>Free newsletters, or eCourses that offer training sent out by weekly emails.</li>
</ul>
<p>
	Your incentive offer can be nearly anything you feel is relevant towards what your intended audience would be interested in. You can create it yourself, outsource it to qualified freelancers or use existing private label content to develop a quality offer, it&#39;s entirely up to you. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Set up your squeeze page so that it showcases your incentive, and include an opt-in box (generated by an autoresponder provider like <a href="http://miekejanssens.com/tip/aweber" target="_blank">http://www.Aweber.com</a> ), so you can begin collecting leads. This way, you will always be able to follow up with potential customers later on, ensuring that your article marketing campaigns are helping you directly build your business.</p>
<p>
	Finally, be careful choosing relevant keywords within your articles. <br />
	Keywords are what will power up your article marketing campaigns and you need to make sure that they are all highly optimized and focused around the questions and concerns that your target audience have.</p>
<p>
	Think about what your prospective audience base would likely search for, what they are entering into the search engines, and what they are most interested in. Then, include those keywords in your article title and content itself.</p>
<p>
	<strong>Summary:</strong></p>
<p>
	You can optimize your articles a number of different ways, including:<br />
	1) Integrating keywords into the title of the article<br />
	2) Integrating keywords into the body of your article content<br />
	3) Using anchor text in your external links</p>
<p>
	<strong>Fast-Forward Strategy:</strong></p>
<p>
	The fastest way to distribute your articles and maximize your overall exposure is by using an article distribution service, including <a href="http://www.SubmitYourArticle.com" target="_blank">http://www.SubmitYourArticle.com</a> , <a href="http://www.ContentCrooner.com" target="_blank">http://www.ContentCrooner.com</a>&nbsp; and <a href="http://www.isnare.com" target="_blank">http://www.isnare.com</a></p>
<p>
	With <em>Submit Your Article</em> <img src='http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif' alt=':?' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Your articles are instantly published once you upload them.</li>
<li>You can syndicate your content to thousands of websites all over the world.</li>
<li>You will receive a personal RSS feed just for YOUR articles, which will help your content gain top ranking in the search engines.</li>
<li>You will be able to reach THOUSANDS of potential publishers, who will reprint your content giving you incredible exposure (and back links!)</li>
<li>You can even publish your article content within their high traffic article directory!</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Boosting Sales By Branding Yourself And Your Product Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating a brand identity is a way to build customer loyalty and to ensure that when customers are looking for a solution, they think of you first&#8230; Think of someone like Cesar Milano, and you automatically think &#8220;The Dog Whisperer&#8221;. When you think of home decorating, what name pops into your head?&#160; Chances are pretty [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/branding-yourself-and-your-product-line/&title=Boosting Sales By Branding Yourself And Your Product Line&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>Creating a brand identity is a way to build customer loyalty and to ensure that when customers are looking for a solution, they think of you first&#8230;</p>
<p>	Think of someone like Cesar Milano, and you automatically think &ldquo;The Dog Whisperer&rdquo;. When you think of home decorating, what name pops into your head?&nbsp; Chances are pretty good that it&rsquo;s Martha Stewart.<br />
	Think of cooking, and you&rsquo;ve got a lot of different options&#8230;Emeril Lagasse&#8230;Rachael Ray&#8230;and yet even there, people have found ways to distinguish themselves. Extreme eating, adventures in dining &#8211; Anthony Bourdain! Southern cooking &#8211; Paula Deen!</p>
<p>	If you&rsquo;re from the UK you might think of Jamie Oliver when you think about School Dinners or Barbara Woodhouse when you think of dog <br />
	training. If you think about money saving in the UK you think about Martin Lewis. When you arrive at his website the first thing you see is a picture of him. That tells you immediately you&rsquo;ve come to the right place. Branding!</p>
<p>	This branding allows them to build and build on their success. <br />
	Once you are known for producing an excellent product, people will come back to see what else you&rsquo;ve got available, and when you create a list of satisfied customers and notify them that you&rsquo;ve got something new, if you have established a brand for yourself, they are much more likely to want to purchase it. </p>
<p>	You can, of course, choose to design a single product or a series of unrelated products, but you&rsquo;re missing a great opportunity to build up buzz and repeatedly sell to the same customers when you do that. </p>
<p>	To create a brand identity it helps to have a consistent visual theme for your web endeavors &#8211; a similar design and color scheme for your website, your ebooks, your short reports, etc.</p>
<p>	If you don&rsquo;t have any design skills, no problem. You can go somewhere like elance.com, guru.com, rentacoder.com, or any other freelance website, and find a graphics designer to create a logo and website header for you that will represent your business.</p>
<p>	You don&rsquo;t have to get any fancier than that. People aren&rsquo;t looking for fancy website design when they land at your website. They want to know that they&rsquo;ve arrived at the right place &#8211; and will be instantly reassured when they see your familiar looking banner.</p>
<p>	&nbsp;<br />
	Then, they want the information that they came here to find &#8211; how to save money with coupons while shopping at grocery stores, how to litter train their cat, how to flatten their abs, etc. </p>
<p>	And they want the site to be easy to navigate &#8211; they don&rsquo;t want to have to hunt around to find what they are looking for.</p>
<p>	So all you need to help establish your brand identity is a custom designed banner and logo that visually tells the customer at a glance what you and your products are all about. You can adapt that logo and banner and use some version of it for all of your products.</p>
<p>	Let&rsquo;s take the coupon example, for instance.<br />
	You decide that you want to be the coupon queen. An obvious thing to do would be to get a crown logo designed; perhaps a crown sitting on top of a pile of coupons. From then one when anyone sees that logo and the phrase &ldquo;The Coupon Queen&rdquo; they know it&rsquo;s one of your products.</p>
<p>	You would want to include your brand name in your product title if possible. &ldquo;The Coupon Queen&rsquo;s tips for getting groceries FOR FREE!&rdquo; or &ldquo;The Coupon Queen&rsquo;s 50 delicious low cost recipes!&rdquo; </p>
<p>	Or, to use a more masculine example, say you are an expert fisherman and hunter and you want to create a series of information products that will teach people to fish and hunt. </p>
<p>	You could create a brand identity like &ldquo;The Good Ole Boy&rsquo;s guide to Bass Fishing.&rdquo; This could spin off a whole series of ebooks, instructional videos, product endorsements and so on. </p>
<p>	The possibilities are only limited by your imagination.<br />
	Some of it sounds clich&eacute;d, and perhaps even tacky. But it works beyond your wildest dreams!</p>
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		<title>Presell To Profit Strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fact: preselling is one of the most effective forms of marketing. This is because almost all business transactions can now be conducted through the online marketing. People look to the Internet for a lot of reasons. They use it to search for information, find entertainment and purchase products everyday. That is why virtually every business [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/presell-to-profit-strategies/&title=Presell To Profit Strategies&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p><strong>Fact: </strong>preselling is one of the most effective forms of marketing. This is because almost all business transactions can now be conducted through the online marketing.</p>
<p>	People look to the Internet for a lot of reasons. They use it to search for information, find entertainment and purchase products everyday. That is why virtually every business is taking the time to build their presence and advertise through online media outlets.</p>
<p>	If you have an online business and want to increase your profits then learning how to presell products and services online is an important aspect of your marketing process. One way that this can be done is through your website. To be effective you want to make sure to make the site as organized and as informative as possible. Here are some of the most effective preselling and online marketing tips that can help you improve your website&#39;s performance and profits.</p>
<p>	The first place you should start is <strong>attracting traffic to your site</strong>. It is important that you consistently and regularly track the volume of visitors that go to your Web site. Make sure that the content you provide is very interesting and helpful to visitors. When visitors trust the information on your site, they will keep on coming back for more. This will also build your credibility so that visitors will trust your opinion and<br />
	recommendations.</p>
<p>	This is an important factor when it comes to preselling!</p>
<p>	Next you need to work on getting<strong> links to your website</strong>. There are many different ways that you can do this. You can do it by contacting the website owner directly, by hiring a firm or freelance expert to do it for you or by joining one of the many free or paid link building directories available.</p>
<p>	You would be surprised that regardless of how competitive the online market is for both advertisers and businesses, Webmasters understand the importance of building links and are usually open to helping each other out by making good link exchanges. Exchanging links will help you establish a good network of links. In return, when other topic related sites ask links from you, return the favor. This can<br />
	also help you build a beneficial relationship with peers in the online industry.</p>
<p>	You will also want to <strong>start an article marketing campaign</strong>. To do this all you have to do is write a few articles about your product or service and submit them to article directory websites and publishers. Did you know that it is estimated that almost half of the overall content that readers and online users consume is in the form of articles. A few well written promotional articles on a particular topic or problem related to your product or service can be an extremely effective preselling tool.</p>
<p>	It is also important to <strong>make your website visually attractive</strong>. Design your Website in a way that the reader will be motivated to read the content,&nbsp; for instance, avoid using small, hard to read fonts and bright colors that make the content hard to read. It doesn&#39;t matter how informative you content is, If it is hard to read you will lose more visitors than you keep.</p>
<p>	Last but not least make sure that you <strong>include a good call to action</strong>. When it comes to preselling, it is important to be direct and to the point. You must directly state your call to action and tell your readers what step they need to take next in order to get the results they are looking for. If your goal is to convince readers to purchase your product, or sign up for your list then tell them exactly how to do it. Avoid using<br />
	misleading or confusing statements.</p>
<p>	If you take your time to design and promote your website using these simple preselling techniques you will be sure to increase your business profits.</p>
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<p><strong>If you want to find out more &#39;preselling for profit&#39; tips, check out the <a href="http://internetmarketingaddict.net/preselltoprofit/" target="_blank">Presell To Profit PLR Crash Course</a><br />
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		<title>Traffic Triggers: Search Engine Optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mieke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setting your website up for success all begins at home, and before you work to develop offsite marketing campaigns, you need to first focus on optimizing every square inch of your website so that you are able to generate organic traffic from the major search engines. Organic traffic is the cr&#232;me de la cr&#232;me of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wpbuzzer_button" style="float: right"><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://miekejanssens.com/blog/traffic-triggers-search-engine-optimization/&title=Traffic Triggers: Search Engine Optimization&srcURL=http://miekejanssens.com/blog&srcTitle=Blog Of An IM Addict" title="Share with Google Buzz"><img src="http://miekejanssens.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/plugins/wpbuzzer/wpbuzzer-google-buzz-big.png" alt="Share with Google Buzz"></a></div><p>Setting your website up for success all begins at home, and before you work to develop offsite marketing campaigns, you need to first focus on optimizing every square inch of your website so that you are able to generate organic traffic from the major search engines.</p>
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	Organic traffic is the cr&egrave;me de la cr&egrave;me of traffic, as it&rsquo;s natural, targeted and organic &ndash; coming directly to your site after a user enters in relevant keyword phrases that the search engine has identified as being associated with your site.</p>
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	Once your website is securely positioned within the search engines, you&rsquo;ll be able to generate unstoppable traffic, absolutely free &ndash; and with no further effort required.</p>
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	Optimizing your website is relatively simple but it does involve editing different areas of your HTML pages. To start, you need to<strong> include a title for every page of your site</strong>, each one<strong> including relevant keyword strings</strong> based on what your website is about.<br />
	You want each page title to carry a different keyword phrase, so that you are able to rank for various phrases within the search engines.</p>
<p>	Next, you will want to<strong> include a meta description</strong> that includes important information regarding your website. Meta descriptions provide a summary to those visiting your website from the search engines but also help spiders identify what your website is about.</p>
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	You should also <strong>use the &lt;h1&gt; tag</strong> throughout your pages. H1 instructs search engine spiders to pay particular attention to text located within the tags, and also helps visitors identify important areas of your site.</p>
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	Another very important element to SEO is<strong> including a site map on your website</strong>. What a site map does is helps both visitors and search engine spiders navigate their way throughout your pages and categories, by outlining all of the different areas of your site.</p>
<p>You can create a sitemap very easily by using free services such as:<br />
	<a href="http://www.XML?Sitemaps.com" target="_blank">http://www.XML?Sitemaps.com</a></p>
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	When it comes to developing your content so that you are optimizing your website for the search engines, you should pay attention to <strong>keyword proximity</strong>, prominence as well as the order of your content itself. The prominence of your keyword is based on the first instance of where it appears within your content.<strong> A keyword phrase that is used at the end of your content will be considered less relevant than a keyword phrase that appears in the first portion of your content or article.</strong><br />
	This means that you need to ensure that you implement your primary keyword phrases into the first half of your content, so that it is given more weight when search engine spiders index your website. Keyword proximity is also very important in terms of search engine rankings because it indicates to the search engines that these keywords are related to one another.</p>
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<p>Find this and more Traffic Triggers in the Traffic Trigger report, available <a href="http://alluneed2succeed.net/3plrreports" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
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