Web Marketing Strategy Update

Even the most prolific writers run out of ideas every once in a while. But SEO allows no one any holidays. If you want to keep your website on top of the game, you need to continually publish new content. A great free tool to help you get article ideas on popular subjects and generate targeted keyword titles is Google’s autocomplete search feature.

Google Autocomplete: An Overview

You are no doubt familiar with Autocomplete. Whenever you type a word or phrase in the Google search box, the search engine attempts to complete it for you. If, say, you type “facebook a” it suggests phrases such as “facebook api,” “facebook apps” and “facebook ads.” Designed for searchers’ convenience, it inadvertently provides webmasters and internet marketers a valuable SEO tool.
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Having a website is obviously the first step in any online business venture. The second step is to target relevant traffic, and inspire them to take a look at your site. The third step is to get them to do something on your site.

This may be to purchase something, or to undertake some sort of call to action. But one of the most important things you can do, is to obtain their email address legitimately. This article will describe why this is important, and why developing an opt-in subscriber list should be the cornerstone of your business.

Each time a targeted visitor arrives at your website or blog, they’ll in all likelihood spend around 7 seconds before making the decision to stay or move on, and look at the next one. You really haven’t much time to grab their attention, and when they leave, it’s highly likely they’ll never return. The fact is, approximately 99.5% of your potential customers will leave your site without obtaining anything. Your site effectively attracts just 0.5% of your hits. Why not consider the huge majority?

But if you were to obtain their email addresses you could then communicate with them directly, providing even more information about your unique products or services. That’s the basis of developing an opt-in subscriber list.

However, you don’t get something for nothing, so you’ll need to present them with some sort of incentive to get their email address in return. It could be something like a free ebook or report, relating to the product and/or service you’re promoting. It could be a simple 7-day e-course, a free trial, or even a discount coupon code for a future purchase. Think of what ot would be pertinent to offer, that will inspire them to provide you with their email addresses.

As your site receives more visitors, your goal is to get more and more people on to your opt-in subscriber list, so that eventually, you’ll have an impressive list of prospects that you can contact on a continuing basis. These people are likely to see you as an expert in your field, and will therefore be far more willing to purchase anything you ask them to.

All the most successful internet and affiliate marketers utilize this strategy. It’s a basic marketing tool, but one of the most important tools you need to create an online business with long-term sustainability. All the major companies like as Amazon, Best Buy, Target, etc. use it as well.

Building relationships and communicating with your subscribers regularly is vital to your success. It makes the difference between a list of names and a responsive list of buyers — people who will not only purchase your own products, but others you recommend while taking a cut as an affiliate. Since your optin list is so essential to your business success, ensure you make regular backups of it. You don’t want to end up having to start all over again.

With the right strategy, you’ll be surprised at how simple and effective building an opt-in subscriber list can be. And it’s the only way to make money from 99.5% of visitors who intended to leave your website, never to return.

Discover exactly how to get (and keep) more visitors to your website or blog with a free 7-day e-course from Charles McDuffie’s List Building Academy and see how to create a successful online business by first building an opt-in subscriber list.

So you’ve got your ecommerce site up and running, it’s bringing in a steady stream of sales and you’re pretty happy with your profits; but is your site performing at its best?

Today I want to share some tips to increase your profits by carrying out conversion rate optimization.

The starting reality is that even retail giants such as Next are unable to safely say that their website has been designed, tailored and optimised to ensure the highest possible number of visitors turn into sales. Your first thought might be that if a company like Next can’t get it right, what hope can the small time ecommerce site possibly have?
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Considering your first crowdsourcing venture? Already seasoned crowdsourcing veteran? Either way, there are now literally hundreds of opportunities at your disposal. Here’s our pick of five not-to-be-missed crowdsourcing sites that you should pay a visit.

crowdsourcing.org

This is a one-stop shop for all things crowdsourcing. crowdsourcing.org is one of the most comprehensive crowdsourcing resources with a home page that provides a running, up-to-date log of literally hundreds of crowdsourcing stories, articles and case studies. You’ll have access to live chats, research results, industry event announcements and more. Best of all, here you will find the web’s largest and most comprehensive directory of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding web sites—totaling 1,801 and counting. Within that list you can drill down to find exactly what you are searching for including Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding, and more (with subcategories within each.)
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