How-To Market Your Website on the Internet
So you have built your website using my 8 steps as stated in a previous article. Now it is time to face the INTERNET and begin marketing and driving continuous traffic to your site. Continuous being the key word! There are many ways to market using the internet, just depends on how you want to go about it. I am going to discuss just 5 of the top way to use internet marketing.
Why Internet Marketing?
To be able to market your website on the internet, you have to know and understand what Internet Marketing is and how it works. When most people think of internet marketing, they think of this foreign area stuck at the corner of the internet populated by all these "Make $30,00 working Part-Time" schemes, or crap is what I call it, and don't really understand the usefulness of this area of marketing. In fact, Internet marketing is used by many professionals who work hard and spend time to promote and sell quality products or services that they offer. With the users on the internet amounting to over a billion, there is a lot of marketplace to take advantage of. With the ever growing popularity and familiarity of the Internet, Internet marketing is a viable solution. Now that the Internet is virtually available to any person at any place in the world, there is no reason why you shouldn't take advantage marketing area. There are a huge number of ways that you can earn an income of the Internet. The path you choose will determine on you. Here are just 5 forms of Internet marketing that you can use to your advantage.1. Online Information Source
Many business owners use their website as a "Online Billboard" so to say. Allowing customers or potential customers to gather information about what they have to offer before they buy.2. Providing Services
You see on an everyday basisĀ that many businesses have begun to provide their services online. Heck, you can bank online, book flights, date, and handle many other tasks online. This can provide a great extension to your business.3. Marketing Gurus
There are many experts out there that have perfected the techniques of marketing online. Techniques that consist of opt-in mailing lists, joint ventures, pay-per click, and many others. This industry has grown around the whole "How-To", web seminars, and other ways to teach "average joes" how to market online.4. Advertising Online
Services offered by Google Adwords and many others provide viable solutions to advertising online. Keywords (words that are typed into search engines) provide a large amount of activity on the web. Grabbing a piece of this marketing form, can be a major force in driving traffic to your site.5. Affiliates
Still one of the least understood but the most profitable form is affiliate marketing. You can join a wide variety of affiliate programs and promote a companies products or services. You promote or market their services or products, find potential customers and get a paid commission for each sale. These commissions can range from 2% all the way up to 75%. Some of the major affiliate programs out there are LinkShare, Amazon, and Clickback. They represent major companies such as Dell, HP, Apple, Microsoft and many others. Using Internet Marketing can provide you with a great income while you enjoy life.Over to You
Maybe you have used these forms of marketing before or are still using them. I would love to hear your experiences! ~ Kyle ReddochSign up for my newsletter and get more great information that will "Help YOU Gain Success on the Web!"
