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Viral Marketing & the Internet

Viral marketing increases online sales! That concept seems to pop up everywhere on Internet marketing resources. So what exactly is viral marketing? The simplest way to explain viral marketing is to think in terms of mainstream networking. Your contacts know about you and your site and you hope to that they pass that information on to someone else. But hoping is not a good way to approach web marketing, you need to be pro-active in promotion. By implementing viral marketing strategies, you provide an incentive for web site visitors to carry a sales message. This incentive is usually a free "carrier" tool for that marketing message or a means by which it is easier for people to spread the word about your products and services. The idea is not to push your visitors into delivering your sales message to others, but as a side effect of them gaining benefit from a utility or service that you offer. Free email services = free advertising A good example of viral marketing is many of the free email services available on the internet. The messages that you send from these free services invariably contain promotion for the company providing the service. This form...
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Good writing is an absolutely essential skill for doing business online. Whether you're writing a newsletter article, an ebook, website copy, a special report, or an advertisement, your primary goal is the same: you want to GRAB and HOLD your reader's attention. Here are some "tried and true" methods for improving your business writing skills: Know your intentions -------------------- What is your goal in writing this particular piece? Do you want your reader to click on an advertising link? Visit your website? Subscribe to your newsletter? Whatever your goals, make sure your copy directs the reader toward the action that you want them to take. Providing appropriate links is a foregone conclusion. But your copy should focus the reader on your goal and make them want to take action. Know your readers ----------------- Who are you writing for? If you're working on ad copy, your title and the medium in which you advertise is all- important, and will determine who will be reading the ad. If you're writing for newsletter publication, know the publication and the kinds of people who are likely to subscribe to it. Instead of using the same pre-written ad material for many different situations, change the...
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