Social Sites Are Expanding Marketing Opportunities

Social sites such as YouTube, Facebook and MySpace offer opportunities for internet marketing that cannot be matched with any other media. Sites like these allow an internet marketer to reach potential customers with a message given on a very personal level.

In a recent 2008 marketing study students were tested to see which sales delivery system produced better results. Each student was given a printed sales copy to read, the students then visited a sales website and lastly they were to view a sales video posted on YouTube. The results were amazing. The students were tested for information retention the following week. All of the students remembered the product pitched on the video, most remembered the suggested value of the product. Many of the students even remembered how to get back to the specific video. In contrast only 60% remembered the product pitched on the website and 30% remembered specifics about the printed material. This study may have been nonscientific and concentrated around a specific age and education demographic but its results speak volumes.

It is easy to see why a Nielson/NetRatings study showed the top 10 social networking sites witnessed a 47% growth in the year 2005-2006. This new media is not only capturing the attention of the casual internet user but major companies are marketing with the sites in growing numbers.

This new media is literally bringing the world together and opening doors to marketers in new countries every day. If you have not used the power of social sites you are certainly missing a huge target audience. If you want to grow locally or globally, you need to exploit powerful internet marketing opportunities as they appear. Social sites are relatively new and are experiencing growth like nothing seen before. The sites are not restricted to younger users it seems the growth is from all age groups and walks of life. Social sites have now found a solid following in most countries around the world.

If you are looking for top profits for your company you should consider branding your business on the web using social sites. You should create effective business profiles at as many free social networking sites as possible. The information you offer should be upbeat, positive and informative all the while keeping an eye to the ever growing international market.

Stay tuned because we will go over this superior media again showing you exactly how to make it work for your online business. This is one of the best ways to produce Top Web Profits.

Basic List Building

I think building a list should be your first objective. Having a product and not having a list is like having a store full of inventory and customers that do not know you exist. Internet marketing will require you to spend about 80% of your time building a list and 20% working on inventory.

I plan to cover a few of the more popular list building techniques in this article. To be successful in internet marketing you should start list building now and never stop. Marketing basically is a numbers game, presenting your product to as many prospects as possible knowing only a small percent of them will purchase.

Article Writing: I put writing articles at the top of my list for several reasons. Articles are sought after by thousands of website owners needing content. Writing an article with solid information will give you an opportunity to put your name in front of thousands that otherwise would not know you exist. Because the articles have your name on them they will build credibility for you as an expert in your field. The articles should also have links to your site and an invitation for the reader to gain more knowledge by staying in contact with you.

Start A Blog: Starting a blog is very simple. Sign up at one of the free services like Blogger, post the articles you wrote and list you blog on as many free list services as possible. This creates more back links to your site, puts your name and information in front of more people and allows you to build important credibility. If you offer quality information you will generate quality prospects on your list.

Craigslist: This is no more than free advertising, but it is huge. Think about it, millions of people look at Craigslist each month. Put an advertisement up offering a free product. Remember always give value, getting junk for free will drive prospects away from you. Always ask for an email address to build your list with.

Forums and Groups: Join all you can. Search for groups and forums interested in what you are promoting. Be kind, answer questions and show you are a professional. Always put your email address after your post. Members will start emailing you questions and that is when you send them to your sites. Never spam on a forum or group it will only hurt your reputation. These will be some of your best prospects you already know they are interested in your product.

Google AdWords: I am not going to go into this because there is so much specific information on the net about pay per click advertising. I will only say it works, it can be expensive if you are not careful, but it will add members to your list. Start low and put a limit on the amount you want to spend. I started with $ 50.00.

Ebay: Yes, I know the digital rules have changed but think of it as the cost of a lead or list member. Offer some of your information, articles or products for sale on CD. List your product at a very low cost. The people who buy your product will be targeted prospects for other products. These will add quality to your list.

In conclusion, start building a list now and never stop. Create high quality products and offer them to as many prospects as possible.

Free Traffic

This site will bring you free traffic. It is not going to flood you but it is going to bring a few new people to your site or blog. All you need to do is click on the link button, fill in your email and pick a pass-word. You then can post your web address and it will bring visitors. No Cost - It is Free. Another thing good is they don't spam your email.

Making Top Web Profits Step-By-Step

I am going to give you what I think is the easiest, fastest, and most reliable way to profit from the web. I can tell you it is not entirely free but it is close to it. I have used this system myself and I have helped several others implement it. So let’s get to it.

First: Pay attention to what is going on around you. VERY IMPORTANT. Gas prices are very high and are going higher, new game was just released on the market, electric bills keep going up, dollar value is low, no more analog TV, and many others. These are things people are interested in. That means they are searching for information on them.

Second: Write one down on a piece of paper and think of how you would search on Google for information about your topic. Write those searches down. If you have your computer close search for your words. See what you can find.

Third: This is where you are going to spend some money. Luckily it is a one time cost and you will use it over and over again. It is cheep and very easy to use. This is a software called Micro Niche Finder and it is under $ 70.00 dollars. Click the words Micro Niche Finder to go to the site. What this is going to do is allow you to type in your search words and it will tell you how many people are searching for that word, bunches of other words related to your search, how many people are searching for all those other words also and most importantly how many competitors you have in your chosen topic. You can’t believe how this cheep easy to use software helps. It will save you many hours. Note: I know of a couple of other software products that are expensive and a service that is very-very expensive and they don’t do anymore than this budget software. You can search this by hand and I will show you how but you can not duplicate what this software does.

Fourth: I will guess you found a few words that have a bunch of searches and don’t have a lot of competition. The software will have a green button next to the best ones. If you didn’t you need to email me, I will walk you through the process. I will even do a search for you and we can pick a word or a group of words together.

Fifth: You need to go to Click Bank and search your words. You can also go to Commission Junction and do the same. This is going to tell you what companies are marketing products in your area of interest. These companies will pay you to market the products they have. You will find everyone from Wally-Mart to anyone you can think of listed. I will go into detail on how to do this a little later. I will also explain the sign up process. These are the best in the business for finding products. You wouldn’t find the top companies on these sites if they were not top quality. IT IS FREE!

Sixth: This is where we get started making money. Go to Blogger and start a free blog with a name having your words of interest. I am going to make this up, I hope no one has anything close to it. Lets say you chose GASOLINE and you started a blog called Gary’s Saving Gasoline. Now lets say you were able to get http://www.garysavesgasoline .blogspot.com. What next??? IT IS FREE

Seventh: Now you have a good word everyone is interested in. You have found products on Click Bank or Commission Junction that can be used to save money on gasoline. That can even be a credit card that offers rebates on gasoline purchases. You simply put up a page write a short 200 to 400 word article about how prices in gasoline are going up and feature your gasoline cards that give rebates. The card companies will pay you for every person that signs up for the card. Many will pay you for just getting people to click the ad and visiting the site they have. Some pay $ 50.00 and more. WOW! IT WAS ALL FREE

Not so fast, you need people to find your site. They won’t buy if they never find your site. Also you want several items for them to choose from. Give them selections; you wouldn’t want to be pushing a card that they hate because it cut them off one time. Let them select from several you have available not just one. Oh yea, put Google Ad Sense advertising on the page. Every little bit helps. IT IS ALL FREE

Got the idea? That is all for this session. I will go into each line item in detail and then I will give you a step by step how-to on Click Bank and Commission Junction. Hint the gasoline deal has been done. Not saying you wouldn’t make some money with it, just letting you know it has been done and several times. But, if you had better keywords than the other guys you could out do them.

You can do this free and you can do it over and over again as many times as you want. Dozens of keywords, dozens of blogs, dozens of products all FREE.

If you have any ideas you want to kick around but don’t want to post them, just email me.

If you don’t understand how powerful this can be email me. gtrayler@sbcglobal.net

Who wants to make money on the internet?

I spend a lot of time looking around the internet for what is working and what is not. What I have noticed is just about every internet marketing site treats you like you are a newbie. Not only do they consider you a newbie but they all seem to think you are broke, out of work and you believe that giving them a few hundred dollars will get you millions. Oh yes, did I mention they think you are stupid?

I admit fully that money can be made on the internet and yes lots of money. Lots of people all over the world are making money on the internet. What I don’t want you to do is spend your hard earned cash buying a get rich system. Those get rich systems are designed by marketers to get you excited so you give them your money.

What I have found over the years is, most people looking for how to make money on the internet fall into a few groups.

1. Have a full time job and want to start a business on the net for extra income.

2. A mom at home wanting to make money between all the stay at home duties.

3. Baby boomers looking for retirement income. (The internet is great for this.)

4. Youth and teens wanting to start up an internet business.

5. People with products they want to market on the internet and are not sure how.

6. People who read all the get rich sales pages and can’t wait to get a big house, fast car and spend all day going from the mail box to the bank.

7. Older people, not OLD people, but people who have a fixed income and time to spend working on an internet business.

The internet is a great place to make money. All of the above people can make money and in some cases very good money.

The amount of money will be in direct proportion to the amount of research and work you put into it.

At Top Web Profits I am going to cover many of the ways money can be made on the internet. I will try to cover them step-by-step.

If you have any ideas or questions about internet marketing please join in.