Friday, April 17, 2009

7 Sentence For Online Marketing Plan

I always have the tools in mind (Twitter, Facebook, Delicious), but I start with the 7 Sentence Plan, which really is about the business goals.

1. The purpose of the marketing plan is [specific, measurable goal here].

2. The target audience is [Who does this campaign need to reach? Where are they online?].

3. The niche in the marketplace is [What’s special about this book, how is it different, what are its benefits, competitive advantages?].

4. My identity is [Who and how are we representing ourselves online? Is the author blogging and commenting and the publicist doing the research? Is the publicist representing the author and the house? Are we using our Facebook profile, website, blog?].

5. Our tactics and strategies are [list here the tools, based on what’s going to work best for the target audience].

6. We will devote [percentage or amount of time, people, money] to this project.

7. We are measuring [specific, measurable goals here] and we understand the value of our goal conversions to be [enter values here]

5 Online Tips for Ecommerce Site

  1. Get Back to the Basics: Write good website copy that resonates with your customers’ needs and desires.

  2. Understand Search Marketing: Can your customers find you online? People google, and they do not always know your brand or product name. Ensure your site is optimized to appear in results for the words your customers use to describe your product or service offerings.

  3. Reach Out to Your Fans: Your current customers are your biggest fans. Give them ways to spread the good word about what you are doing. Embed code, email newsletters, RSS feeds: each of these are ways that people can subscribe to your content, stay in touch, and forward on anything that is of value to their friends and family.

  4. Use the Whole Buffalo: Repurpose your content as many ways as you can. If you create a great whitepaper, use portions in your newsletter or as blog posts. If you write a datasheet for your sales force, re-work it as an end-consumer 1-pager. There are lots of clever ways to build on the materials you have already created.

  5. Ask for the Sale: Make sure that calls to action are clear on every page of your website. A website is not a sales brochure, it is your Number 1 Sales and Marketing Person. Make the site work hard to generate leads and conversions. Each page should have a purpose and move visitors to accomplishing a measurable goal, even if that goal is sticking around to read the next page

What is Internet Marketing?

Internet marketing ties together creative and technical aspects of the internet, including design, development, advertising and sales. Internet marketing methods include search engine marketing, display advertising, e-mail marketing, affiliate marketing, interactive advertising and viral marketing.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

List of Free Press Release Distribution Sites

Here is free press release distribution site where you can post your press release. some of the site require registration but it is free.

I haven’t submitted press releases to each of these sites. If I’ve made an error and a site isn’t in fact free, let me know, and I’ll remove it. If I’ve missed a free press release distribution site, please let me know, and I’ll add it.

If you’d like to distribute your press releases for free in a way that’s actually effective:

A) make sure you have something newsworthy to say,

B) make sure your press release is written professionally (or at least isn’t total crap or a blatant advertisement), and

C), follow the free press release distribution tips

the BIG list of free press release distribution sites: Remember, if you see something that shouldn’t be in this list, email me or leave a comment, and I’ll remove it. If you know of other free press release distribution sites that aren’t here, let me know that too, and I’ll add them if they’re appropriate.

Internet Marketing, A Useful Tool For Promotion

The marketing of a business, whether products or services online is referred to as Internet Marketing. The increasing use of internet in our daily lives makes Internet Marketing a very effective and beneficial way of promoting a business. The large numbers of users of the internet make the costs of Internet Marketing lower because the target audience is on a mass level.

With Internet Marketing, the response is relatively faster because the message reaches on mass level at the same time. One thing that makes Internet Marketing very popular and quick is that sales can also be made quickly. Internet Marketing enables businesses to have a global reach by conveying their message to a large number of people at the same time.

The most common concepts that are now part of Internet Marketing are targeted Web traffic and email marketing. Web directory submission and web linking are the other widely used aspects of Internet Marketing.

With Internet Marketing, businesses have an increased opportunity to generate leads and customers as they can target potential customers in a better way. Many companies provide great choices for businesses to promote their products and services. The companies that help businesses with Internet Marketing provide many options for different kinds of businesses.

Marketing Companies have directories of websites on which they place the business's advertisements according to the choices of the business owners. From amongst the websites in the directories, business owners can choose the ones on which they want their ads to be places. The selection of websites on which the ads are placed depends upon the nature of the business and the services or product being offered.

The popularity of Internet Marketing has greatly increased the choices of marketing companies for business. With this, businesses get a good chance for getting their customised needs fulfilled at reasonable prices. Businesses can also select their target market on the basis of geographic locations while deciding websites for placing their ads. After all the selections have been made, the ads don't take very long to run on the websites.

In order to ensure that your Internet marketing is successful, developing a good strategy is very important. After implementing the strategy and making choice of the website and the web traffic, performance measurement is also very important to gauge success.

In spite of all the benefits of Internet Marketing, it has some limitations. Non users of the internet cannot be targeted with Internet marketing. There may be some potential customers who don't have access to or don't use the internet which makes the promotion somewhat less complete. The hesitation of some people to shop on the internet may act as a barrier in some cases.