Sunday, August 12, 2007

FREE URL Submission Ver 1

I give you this link for FREE blog submission before, this time I will give you the link for FREE URL submission. What’s the different? Well, the URL for submitting blog is for submitting blog but the URL for submitting URL can both submit URL and blog. Anyway, here the link for the site:

http://www.nexcomp.com/weblaunch/submiturlfree.html
http://www.submitexpress.com/submit.html
http://www.uswebsites.com/submit/
http://www.allsitecafe.com/submitter/submit.html
http://www.dreamsubmit.net/
http://www.submitshop.com/freesubmit/freesubmit.html





Monday, August 6, 2007

Sandbox Effect

In reality, this is a child play. In term of Internet Search Engine, this is the term used to explain that websites with newly-registered domains or domains with frequent ownership or nameserver changes are placed in a sandbox (holding area) in the indexes of Google until such time is deemed appropriate before a ranking can commence. Webmasters have noticed that their site will only show for keywords that are not competitive. It appears this effect does not affect new pages unless the domain is in the sandbox.
The Sandbox Effect is a topic of hot debate among those interested in search engines and search engine optimization. There are many different opinions about it, including the view that the Sandbox Effect doesn't actually exist and that the search ranking behavior can be explained as a result of a mathematical algorithm, rather than a decided policy.
Although certain details of the Sandbox Effect are disputed by webmasters, there is general agreement that the Sandbox only applies to search results from Google, and that results from other search engines such as Yahoo or MSN are not affected.

How to Avoid Sandbox

* The best way to avoid sandbox effect is by using less competitive keywords. Websites that get into sandbox are sites which target highly competitive keywords. If you target less competitive keywords or long phrases then your chances of getting sandboxed is very less.

* Though not really recommended but don’t used newly registered website. Only new website get inside sandbox, used or expired domain never does.

* Used sub-domains and deep linking. Even though your website were dump and buried in the sandbox, your pages rank well. Try to get link from edu or gov. If you do this, you will earn trust from Google and avoid being sandbox.

How to Get Out From Sandbox

* Time is the only real escape from the Sandbox. Depending on the competitiveness of your most important keywords, that time can vary from one to six months, with three to four months being the average duration. In the meantime, continue to improve your site contents, and be prepared to make a rapid rise once the Sandbox probation ends.
* Adding fresh keyword rich content and new incoming links to your site. Adding inbound links will ensure that they lessen any possible new link dampening filter that might be in effect. The links would be well aged and ready to pass along their full value of PageRank and link popularity, as the site comes out of the Google Sandbox.

* Be sure to add as many incoming links as possible to get past the alleged new links dampening filter. Keep adding keyword rich content to your site. Anything that can be done to speed up your site’s appearance on the internet, including the purchase of an already existing domain, should be considered.


References :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_Effect
http://www.google-success.com/what-is-google-sandbox-effect.htm
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=67
http://www.allgoodarticles.com/article4206.html




Thursday, August 2, 2007

Vacation!

I will be on the leave starting tomorrow for three day straight. That means there will be no post during the three days since I'll be away from the computer and this borderless world. Until then, bye!

Email Marketing : Products

I have come across a few product on the Internet regarding my previous post. I hope it could help you with your email marketing.

Books

Sign Me Up!: A Marketer's Guide to Email Newsletters That Build Relationships and Boost Sales
Sign Me Up!: A Marketer's Guide to Email Newsletters That Build Relationships and Boost Sales.
Price : $28.95






The Quiet Revolution in Email Marketing
A revolution is taking place that will forever change the world of marketing. The strategies and techniques that have served marketers for years will not only decline in effectiveness, they will begin to quietly undermine the very brands and the customer relationships that companies have worked so hard to create. The Quiet Revolution introduces a new marketing language, written by the pioneers of the online world. Powerful new concepts like Customer Communication Management (CCM) and Email Brand Value (EBV) are becoming indispensable tools for marketers, regardless of their industry and company size. This book brings together the experiences of today's online marketing leaders like IBM, American Airlines, and the New York Times to help aspiring email marketing programs achieve similar success.
Price : $35.95



Email Marketing by the Numbers: How to Use the World's Greatest Marketing Tool to Take Any Organization to the Next Level
Chris Baggott (Greenfield, IN) is cofounder and chief marketing officer of ExactTarget, a leading e-mail software firm. A regular speaker on database and e-mail marketing, he has presented at such venues as the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference, Ad: Tech, the American Advertising Federation, and the American Marketing Association, among others. Price : $14.82


The E-Code: 32 Internet Superstars Reveal 47 Ways to Make Money Online Almost Instantly---Using Only Email
A proven collection of simple and effective ways to make money online by Internet superstarsThe E-Code reveals 47 simple ideas by 32 Internet superstars that anyone can use to make money on the ...
Price : $15.83








How to Win the Sale and Keep the Customer Telephone Sales Scripts Marketing Letters Voice Mail and Email Messages (Paperback (Trade Paper))
How to Win the Sale and Keep the Customer Telephone Sales Scripts Marketing Letters Voice Mail and Email Messages This book provides readers with time-tested telephone sales scripts and marketing letters, as well as examples of results-based questions to ask prospects. The book explains how to set the right objectives for sales calls and provides more than a dozen ways to ask for commitment and more than two dozen ways to answer objections effectively. How to Win the Sale and Keep the Customer is a how-to sales guide that brings together all of the following critical elements into one source BR Samples of real-world sales scripts plus step-by-step guides for creating customized scripts Easy-to-follow worksheets to help readers manage the sales process Effective examples of marketing and sales letters as well as voice mail and E-mail messages for winning the sale and keeping the customer.
Price : $21.86



Music Downloads

Range of music downloads available at $0.89 each except How to Write Emails that Make Money - An Email Marketing Guide that cost $8.90.


How to Write Emails that Make Money - An Email Marketing Guide
How to Write Emails that Make Money - An Email Marketing Guide


More People Are Responding to Email Marketing
More People Are Responding to Email Marketing


Marketing on the Internet, via Email and the World Wide Web
Marketing on the Internet, via Email and the World Wide Web


How to Test and Improve Email Response Rates
How to Test and Improve Email Response Rates


Elements of a Successful Email Campaign
Elements of a Successful Email Campaign







Email Marketing : Spam or Acceptable?

E-mail marketing is one of the best marketing techniques. The method is simple, send the mail or product information or news directly to the customer. However this concept usually will be recognizing as spam. Even I will trash an email that I consider as spam without reading it. Let me remind you, spammer will receive severe punishment. It's not my idea of marketing but to some people this technique is proven more effective that other technique. So, how can you practice the email marketing technique without being report as spam?

Opt-in email advertising

Opt-in email advertising or permission marketing is a method of advertising by electronic mail wherein the recipient of the advertisement has consented to receive it. It is one of several ways developed by marketers to eliminate the disadvantages of email marketing.

Permission email marketing may evolve into a technology that uses a handshake protocol between sender and receiver (Fairhaed, 2003). This system is intended to eventually result in a high degree of satisfaction between consumers and marketers. If opt-in email advertising is used, the material that is emailed to consumers will be “anticipated.” It is assumed that the consumer wants to receive it, which makes it unlike unsolicited advertisements sent to the consumer (often referred to as spam). Ideally, opt-in email advertisements will be more personal and relevant to the consumer than untargeted advertisements.

A common example of permission marketing is a newsletter sent to a firm’s customers. Newsletters like this are a way to let customers know about upcoming events or promotions, or new products. In this type of advertising, a company that wants to send a newsletter to their customers may ask them at the point of purchase if they would like to receive this newsletter.

With a foundation of opted-in contact information stored in a database, marketers can automatically send out promotional materials. The marketers can also segment their promotions to specific market segments.

Terms

There are terms regarding email marketing that you need to know :
Above-the-fold The top part of an email or web page that can be seen without scrolling. This is generally more desirable placement because of its visibility.

API Application Programming Interface that allows an outside system to have a well defined protocol by which they can access another system's functionality.

Append The practice in which a marketer leverages offline data to match profiles with users and contact via e-mail.

Auditor Third party to verify subscriber membership.

Blacklist List of IP addresses that are being used by or belong to organizations or individuals that have been identified as sending Spam. Blacklists are often used by organizations and Internet Service Providers as part of their filtering process to block all incoming mail form a particular IP address (or block of addresses).

CAN SPAM A law, which became effective January 1, 2004, that establishes requirements for those who send email with primary purpose of advertising or promoting a commercial product or service.

Click-through When a reader takes action and clicks on a link.

Click Through Rate The number of times all links in an email were clicked compared to the total list size, represented as a percentage. To determine the click-through rate, divide the number of responses (clicks) by the number of emails sent (multiply this number by 100 to express the result as a percentage).

Click To Open Rate The number of times all links in an email were clicked compared to the number of people who opened the email, represented as a percentage. To determine the click-to-open-rate, divide the number of responses (clicks) by the number of emails opened (multiply this number by 100 to express the result as a percentage).

Conversion Rate The number of recipients that completed a desired action as a result of an email message compared to the total list size, represented as a percentage. To determine the conversion rate, divide the number of recipients who completed the desired action by the number of emails sent (multiply this number by 100 to express the result as a percentage).

Creative (Email Marketing) Terminology used for copy and content of an email. Email creative can be in many different formats including HTML, text, images, etc.

Demographics Data about the size and characteristics of an audience.

Domain Keys Email authentication system designed to verify the DNS domain of an email sender and the message integrity.

Double Opt-in Email Marketing The process of collecting permission to email users whereby a submitted email address is not immediately added to a mailing list. Instead, an email is sent to the submitted address asking the user to take additional action to confirm that they do want to receive email communications from the marketer. If the user does nothing, the submitted address is not sent email communications. The user will only be sent email communications if they respond to the confirmation email.

Email Authentication Practice of validating that an email sender is legitimate to cut down on spam and phishing scams.

Email Frequency The intervals at which email marketing efforts are repeated: weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, etc.

Email List Manager Controller of email list or database entity.

Email Marketing Campaign Coordinated email marketing messages delivered at intervals with a specific objective or goal.

Email Newsletter An email message sent out to a group of subscribers with relevant information on a topic. Often used to capture Web site visitor's email addresses, they can also be used to keep in touch with existing customers, or simply as a means of distributing new product information.

From Name The name by which the sender of an email is known.

From address The email address from which an email is sent.

Geo Targeting The ability to target users by geography such as city, state, country and postal code.

Hard Bounce An email address that is rejected by the receiving server for a permanant reason (example: "email address does not exist"). Hard bounces are not vaild email addresses and should be removed from lists.

List Segmentation Breaking a list into smaller pieces for the purpose of targeting recipients with specific characteristics or demographics.

Multi-part Email An email that is sent with different versions - usually html, text and AOL. The recipient's email client settings determine which version is delivered to that inbox.

Opt-in Code Code posted on the webpage of a company's website that allows a subscriber to signup for email from the company and be automatically added to that company's email list.

Opt-in Email Marketing The process of collecting permission to email users whereby the user must take action to receive email communications


Learning Online

This video wil help you learn on email marketing. Thanks to jratliff for sharing this tips!



Books & EBooks

For printed material on email marketing, you could purchase this product under Amazon.com. Just click on any of the product.



If you're looking for ebook regarding the subject, I found a link that provide free ebook. However, I'm not sure whether the ebook is good or not. But since it's free, it will worth a try :p

Click To Get The eBook


References :

http://www.levison.com/email-marketing.htm,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_marketing
http://ezinearticles.com/?Email-Marketing---Avoid-Being-Labeled-as-Spam&id=601701
http://www.optinnews.com/email_marketing_glossary.html




Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Expand Your Business With Affiliate Marketing

If you want to sell your product more efficiently, affiliate marketing is another good option to choose. By using this method, your product could be sold more efficiently as other e-retailer will do the work for you. They will receive payment based on the rate that appointed upon the agreement for every product sold.

Starting Affiliate Marketing

You could register under affiliate networks like Commission Junction, Sharesale or Link Share. They will handle the tracking and money - and charge you a healthy percentage. Those companies charge a few thousand dollars to get your affiliate program established. However, there are smaller affiliate network to hire and they cost you less. Remember to choose wisely.

But you could start the affiliate program without the affiliate network with installing the affiliate tracking software under your server. You can buy a CGI tracking script - or you can start an affiliate program by writing your own script. If those two options aren’t applicable to you, you use a web-based affiliate tracking systems. They will charge you monthly.

Using Affiliate Networks

If you want to use the affiliate networks, here is the list to some website of affiliate network. Some will charge you bulk of money. So read the term and agreement and pick the right one for you.

Commission Junction
ShareSale
Performics
Link Share
ClickBank
PayDotCom
ClickXchange
Eaffiliatez
DarkBlue
Leadhound

Using Affiliate Tracking Software

To start with affiliate tracking software, you have to choose the right software that you wish to use. I give you the list of site that offers affiliate tracking software. Please choose the right one (the question is not about right or wrong but I don’t want to be blame if you make a wrong decision just because I recommend them. I don’t want you to come back to my blog and kill me if you pick the wrong one. That's why I'm repeating it over and over again)

Idevdirect
QuickPayPro
My Affiliate Program
Affiliate Scripts

Using web-based Affiliate Marketing

There is website that offers web-based affiliate tracking system with monthly charge. Each one difference from another. Usually the well known website will charge more but the connection is more secure.

AffiliateShop
Interneka
AffiliateGuerrilla
CyberAffiliates
ProTRACK
Yahoo Stores
SalesDoubler
AffiliateWindow

PDG Shopping Cart software


Tips on Affiliate

If you're looking for printed material/books on affiliate marketing, I would like to give you this list that were sold under Amazon.com. Just click on any of the book to purchase.





sources from wikipedia.org and associateprograms.com





Monday, July 30, 2007

SEO Tools & Tips

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it "ranks", the more searchers will visit that site. SEO can also target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines.

As a marketing strategy for increasing a site's relevance, SEO considers how search algorithms work and what people search for. SEO efforts may involve a site's coding, presentation, and structure, as well as fixing problems that could prevent search engine indexing programs from fully spidering a site. Other, more noticeable efforts may include adding unique content to a site, ensuring that content is easily indexed by search engine robots, and making the site more appealing to users. Another class of techniques, known as "Black Hat" SEO or spamdexing, use methods such as link farms and keyword stuffing that tend to harm search engine user experience. Search engines look for sites that employ these techniques and may remove their listings.
The initialism "SEO" can also refer to "search engine optimizers", a term adopted by an industry of consultants who carry out optimization projects on behalf of clients, and by employees who perform SEO services in-house. Search engine optimizers may offer SEO as a stand-alone service or as a part of a broader marketing campaign. Because effective SEO may require changes to the HTML source code of a site, SEO tactics may be incorporated into web site development and design. The term "search engine friendly" may be used to describe web site designs, menus, content management systems and shopping carts that are easy to optimize.

Directed from Wikipedia.org

To help you understand further on what SEO really is, I embedded this video. Thank to primevisibilitymjs for uploadding this video.



To learn using video, I embedded to this video. It's the first video for SEO Basics. You'll find the rest of the video under mixer28's playlist. Again, thanks for uploading!



A lot website offers free SEO tools, you just have to choose which one. I gave you their list here:

- http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/free-seo-tools.html
- http://www.webuildpages.com/tools/
- http://www.seotoolset.com/tools/free_tools.html
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- http://www.iwebtool.com/
- http://www.seolinkpoint.com/

If you're having trouble with SEO and looking for some tips, this site will give you all the information that you need.

- http://www.ezau.com/latest/articles/0147.shtml
- http://www.web-inspect.com/
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If you're looking for printed SEO tips and such, I recommend you this books from Amazon.









Sunday, July 29, 2007

Socialize Your Website With Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to store, classify, share and search Internet bookmarks. On a social bookmarking system or network, users store lists of Internet resources that they find useful. These lists can be accessible to the public by users of a specific network or website. Other users with similar interests can view the links by topic, category, tags, or even randomly.All you have to do is register in a social bookmarking website and start socializing.

BTW, registration is free (as far as I'm concern, I haven't met one that require payment yet, if one exist) Here are the list of some of the bookmarking website for you:

- Digg
- Del.icio.us
- Stumbleupon
- Furl
- reddit
- Diigo
- Technorati

Some of this site will require you to install button or toolbar. So, if you want to do it right, you better have your own computer (so you can't blame me when your boss kill you)


sources from wikipedia.org





Friday, July 27, 2007

More Commission With Commission Junction

Commission Junction, a ValueClick company, is a global leader in the online advertising channels of affiliate marketing and managed search. Commission Junction offers market place for Advertiser and chance to earn revenue for Publisher.

As Advertiser

Commission Junction help advertiser to sell their product using Publisher. Advertiser may use banner, text link or product link on their Web sites or include them in e-mail campaigns and search listings in exchange for commissions on leads or sales.

Click To Register As Advertiser


As Publisher

Being a publisher or affiliate, publisher will refer, promote or sell product on behalf of Advertiser. Publisher will earn commission based on commission rate apply by advetisers. Publisher can choose advertiser and product that they want to sell. Registration is free.


Click To Register As Publisher




Thursday, July 26, 2007

FREE Blog Submission Ver.3

I've come to third version of this post. Well whatever. Like always, just click on the link below and submit your blog/website. Some require registration.

http://www.blogskinny.com/
http://www.dmegs.com
http://www.icerocket.com/c?p=addblog
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
http://www.google.com/addurl/

Link with yahoo and google will take time to crawl your blog/website, so be patient.





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I would like to recommend this to beginner (if you're already pro, you wouldn't need this seven day to write an eBook) The cost is affortable and small, you don't have to waste money on big book that probably means nothing.






Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Free Business Plan on Bplans.com

Need to write a business plan but doesn't know how? No need to worry. Bplans.com provide free business plans for you to use as reference or make it your own (I don't really recommended on this one). There's around 500++ templates to choose from depending on your subject.

All you have to do is choose from the list provided. No registration is needed. However, for better or wider range of choice, you have to use the Business Plan Software which available around $99.95 to $199.95.



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