Create Bonus Reports

Selling any product creates competition.  Your job is to find a way to attract customers to your product in spite of the others similar to it.  One way to do this is to charge the same price, but offer your customer just a littler bit more than the competition does.

Taking articles you have previously published, giving them a new twist and turning them into reports can be just the edge you need.  You can offer these reports as bonuses to buying customers.  You might even want to create reports specifically for this purpose.

The reports you offer must relate to the product you are currently trying to sell.  Maybe the customer would like to have more information on using your product or maybe it will benefit them in ways they hadn't considered, use this information in the report.  You can also use the same report to gain the customer's interest in another of your products.

The value of the product is greater when a bonus is included.  If you are just the affiliate of a product and not the actual seller, you can still benefit by letting buyers know that they can obtain your report once you have proof of their purchase.  This br5ings them to you.

Give your short reports the title of special or bonus and include information such as your name and a link to your website in the report somewhere. Add permission to redistribute the report and you have given your customer a bonus they will consider valuable.


It costs nothing to create these reports unless you hire someone to write them for you.  You gain an advantage over your competition by offering more.  This increases your sales and both you and your customer feel satisfied.

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Content Crazy by Duncan judson

Content issues today are very much an issues of either Tasmanian Article Submitters or Productive Elmer Fud Authors.  I write this article not because I want to slam anyone.  The sole purpose is to put the whole content issue with articles to a screaming halt; I hope.  I have read many reports claiming articles have a down side to the Internet, and that beast is Article Spam.  One interesting factor, Article Spam really is a larger problem than expected.  Article Marketing Spam has more components to it than just the (food) word spam.  As defined by Jason Potash in his recent report “Why Many Internet Marketers Are Dead Wrong About The Right Way To Use (And Profit From) Content In 2006 And How They Will Quickly Paralyze Their Businesses As A Result!.”

“Here's what happened: In 2005, the search engine optimization (SEO) community began to take notice of submitting articles as an easy way to generate much needed back links to their websites.

Google was cracking down on reciprocal linking (more specifically, poorquality incoming links generated from link farms or spam sites).  Everyone and their uncle began hiring ghostwriters, getting articles produced, and mass submitting them to dozens of article directories.  Their back links grew like crazy... so did their rankings, and suddenly their websites had "legs" since hundreds of other “authority” sites were one-way linking to them.

It worked like a dream for a few months... then article spam started to become a REAL problem.

Article directory owners across the world began to feel the pain of watching their weekly article submissions balloon by 400% (if not more).

The problem?

Up to 40% of the new articles they received were pure garbage and had to be deleted on the spot. And even some articles that were pretty good still got trashed because many of them made silly (amateur) mistakes that could easily be corrected.

So, while the article spammers continue to submit dozens of crappy articles per week, the jokes is on them.

Only a handful of their articles actually see the light of day.

In fact, some article spammers even developed custom scripts/robots that go out and plow through article directories and force feed their articles to them a few dozen at a time.  Their gameplan is quantity over quality. Keep submitting and eventually a few articles will stick.

Yes, some articles will sneak their way into the article directories. If you take shovels full of cow dung and repeatedly hurl them at a barn door, some of it will stick.” (“Why Many Internet Marketers Are Dead Wrong About The Right Way To Use (And Profit From) Content In 2006 And How They Will Quickly Paralyze Their Businesses As A Result!” Jolt Marketing Inc.)

Now Jason makes a very good point about the quality of reports written.  I must make a confession here, I attended a Siena Heights University, in Adrian Michigan and during the course of earning my education I wrote a bazillion and one half papers of all types.  I have learned to write and communicate my ideas in written form (I Hope!).  Now we are in the techno age, and writing is required from everyone who participates.  Basic knowledge of reading and writing is necessary to use the computer.  With a good word processor software on a computer to assist in the correction of basic grammatical errors anyone can write respectable article.

Respectable articles require some time and effort to think through what you are writing about.  Structuring ideas to text, and formatting to a legible compilation.  Now, the hard part is spell checking by using your word processors spell checker.  When the writer eliminates all the green and red squiggles under their text, read the article out loud.  Reading the article aloud is the easiest method for checking the flow of an article.  If an article can be read without problems, you have got the article ready for submission.

Submission is another point Jason makes in his report that creates article spam.  Like link spam the search engines do not like to see an excessive amount of back links added at one time.  Excessive back links is an unnatural progression to developing back links.  A successful strategy is to build your back links slow.  I personally choose about 10 links in 1 week.  Article Spammers do article submissions in bulk of 1000’s.

The same strategy applies to article submission back links, build slow.  Article submission using Article Submitter with greater control of how many submissions you do in a day, and control of the category your article is submitted into.  Building your article back links slower, creates a more natural building progression, the search engines will not flag your website as suspicious.  Slow submission is difficult in a time when we are so geared to doing all of our tasks fast to get ahead of the competition.

Getting ahead of the competition does not mean submitting 3,4,5, articles a day to the article repositories.  How can anyone write 3,4,5, quality articles in one day?  I am sure it is possible, but I desire to think my articles through and write quality articles.

In conclusion, the natural way to build back links to your websites, also applies to article submission.  Good quality articles require some editing, and a little work but is necessary.  Article Spam can be avoided if submissions are done with quality tools, and submitted to a specific number of repositories in a single day.

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Choosing A Domain Name Effectively

ain name can spell your success on the Internet. A
good domain name is the best asset you can ever have. It can
make your business stand out in the crowd, or just float
aimlessly in space.

The need to provide immediate clues to an online business
led to the prevalence of generic domain names. Generic names
instantly provide the user with an idea of what a business
is all about, what to expect and look for in a site. For
instance, Etoys.com is a toy store.

The temptation of the generic name has been so powerful;
that some companies even paid ridiculously high prices to
get the name they want. The domains Loans.com and Wines.com
were both bought for $3 million each. Telephone.com was
acquired for $1.75 million, while Bingo.com sold for $1.1
million.

However, generic names do not necessarily create the “buzz”
that you'd like surrounding your website. Branding has
always been about proper names: McDonald's did not name
their store Hamburger. Hertz is not called Car Rental. FedEx
is not Mail Carrier. Kodak is not Photographs. Microsoft is
not Computer Software.

For better branding results, your domain name should be
memorable and easy to remember. Remember the following tips
when creating a domain name.

* The domain name should be short
* The domain name should be simple
* It should be suggestive of your business category
* It should be unique
* It should be easy to interpret and pronounce
* It should be personalized
* It should not be difficult to spell
* It should not be difficult to remember

Domain names can be registered through many different
companies (known as 'registrars') - a listing of these
companies is available at ICANN: http://www.icann.org. You
can register for 1 to 10 years - prices can vary anywhere
from $10 to $20 per year.

Most web hosting companies, as explained later,
will handle the registration process for you, but make sure
that you are properly listed as the owner of the domain when
it is registered. If you have registered a domain name for a
specific period, make sure you renew it in time.
You can be surprised at the number of cases, where
site owners have let a domain name slip by if they have not
renewed in time.

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Using expired domains to skyrocket your traffic
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At some point while you're building your website, you're
going to have to buy a domain name. This is the address that
users type into their browsers to reach your site. That
takes about five seconds, and depending on the name you want
and whether anyone else owns it, it won't cost you more than
a few bucks.

But domain names are also a golden opportunity to make some
easy money.

I'm not talking about Internet real estate, where you buy up
good names and sell them on for a profit—if you haven't got
into that now, forget it. The bottom's fallen out of the
market and the best domains are long gone.

I'm talking about expiring domains.

Thousands of webmasters invest time, effort and money to
promote their site and build up traffic. Many of them then
lose interest and move on, leaving their site active. That
means that although they still own the domain, they're not
actively promoting it. But they don't need to. All the
automatic marketing systems they've put in place are still
bringing in traffic. The site runs itself.

Now, at some point the ownership of those domains is going
to expire. If you snap up those domains once they come back
onto the market, you've got a pre-built stream of customers.
You can either rebuild the site, or redirect the traffic to
your domain. You could set up an affiliate program get paid
for users someone else paid for.

It's that easy.

There are tons of options, and lots of easy ways to make
lots of money with very little effort. Opportunities like
these are everywhere.

Websites such as www.expiredtraffic.com or
www.deleteddomains.com actually do all the legwork and let
you reap all the rewards. Expired Traffic even has an
affiliate program and www.snapnames.com allows you to
back-order a specific domain name.

Do be careful when using other sites though. There are some
swindlers out there that will sell you subscriptions,
provide you with outdated lists, take your money and keep
the good domains for themselves. It happens, and there's
little point in taking a risk when www.deleteddomains.com
does such a great job.

Warmly,

Kimberly Gordon

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Building Your List with Articles and Paid eZine Advertising

You can build your list simply by writing articles, whether you have thought of it or not.

Quite simply, you write and submit your articles on your topic of expertise or business nature to popular article directories where eZine publishers and readers are looking for the information you provide.

Leveraging your viral marketing efforts on article writing can be rewarding, if done right. In the real sense, you are actually proving your worth and demonstrating your expertise about your business through the articles you write.

So, how can this method in effect build your mailing list? The answer: the resource box you attach to your articles. In your resource box (also known as bio box), you include a brief detail about yourself and your business site together with its URL.

It is strongly suggested that your resource box URL links to your mailing list’s landing page where you can get your visitor’s name and email address, which will in turn help you build your mailing list at no cost.

If your articles are found worth sharing, eZine publishers will republish your articles together with your resource box for their readers and subscribers. The wonderful result: viral marketing without effort on your part!

You can start by writing and submitting your articles to trusted article submitter sites such as free article pro and begin your article marketing journey today.

You can also build list paid eZine advertising

Some Internet Marketers can get clueless when it comes to unleashing the full potential of paid eZine advertising. One of the most common dilemmas is that whether should the Internet Marketer advertise the product or service he is selling directly to the subscribers of the eZine he is paying advertising for?

This can be a wise method, but with ifs and buts. For one, the advertisement must be compelling and attention grabbing. Secondly, there is no telling if the eZine’s subscribers constantly practice a buying habit until you put some money to find out.

Investing even a small sum of money can be risky to a number of Internet Marketers who are on tight budgets. But in spite of the risk factors, eZine advertising can still be rewarding, if done right.

Thus the solution: the marketer would be wiser if he or she uses eZine advertising to build his or her mailing list. It makes sense, anyway. Since some eZines display more than one sponsored advertisement, you can grab the subscriber’s attention by giving a free or risk-free product or offer through your ad.

When the subscriber clicks on your ad, he or she can opt into your mailing list in exchange for the free offer, which can be a free report or even a trial service.

While you are not making a hard sell through your advertisement just yet, building your list by getting other eZine’s subscribers subscribed to your eZine allows you to follow up with them in the future, as and when you have new offers.

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Types Of Autoresponders For Internet Marketing

There are several autoresponders available on the Internet, although they are divided into three main types – remotely hosted, locally hosted, and desktop hosted.  For many Internet marketers, locally and desktop hosted are far preferred over remotely hosted.  Although remote hosted are good, locally and desktop hosted autoresponders will allow you complete control – as you are running the program on your own site.

If you have a domain name, you can use as many autoresponders as you like, all of which will match your domain name.  When you use a remotely hosted program, you won’t be able to use your domain name with the autoresponder.  Instead, you’ll receive an address from the provider that resembles their link.  This can be great for some, although many prefer to have their own domain names listed in the autoresponder.

If you use your own domain name with your autoresponder, you can normally keep it secret that you are using an autoresponder.  When you send out emails using your autoresponder, it will display your website email, making it very hard to detect an autoresponder.  This can be a great way to use your autoresponder, especially if you don’t want your customers to know that you are using one.

If you use a remotely hosted autoresponder, those you send messages to with notice that you are using an autoresponder.  You should think of this from their prospective – if you were their customer, you probably wouldn’t want to receive messages from an autoresponder.  Instead, you would want to receive your emails and messages from someone real, giving you complete individual attention.

If you are just starting out with your company and happen to be on a tight budget, a remotely hosted autoresponder may very well be the best solution.  You can use it until you get more money and get back on track, although you shouldn’t use it long term.  Remotely hosted programs can get expensive very quickly; as the monthly charges will add it quick each month you use the program.

You can find remotely hosted autoresponders all over the Internet; all you have to do is run a search through a search engine like Google or Yahoo.  One of the best on the net is www.automatic-responder.com - Once you have found a website you can read more about them and what they have to offer.  If you like what you see, all you’ll need to do is sign up and then you begin using their services with a remotely hosted autoresponder.

Although locally hosted autoresponders are preferred, they do have disadvantages.  Some types will limit how many domains you can install them on.  If the vendor doesn’t provide free installation, you could have a problem installing the script, as most require some degree of technical experience.  Although you have complete control over the program, locally hosted programs don’t have as many features as remotely hosted programs.

Desktop hosted autoresponders are also great, although they too have disadvantages.  Some types will limit how many copies you can install on different computers.  To get the most from them, you’ll need a computer that is always connected to the Internet.  You’ll also need some experience to set them up, and they aren’t recommended for those who have large mailing lists.

Although there are 3 main types of autoresponders, the type you choose should depend on your website and your needs.  What’s the best idea for you may be completely useless to someone else.  When you make your final decision, you should always decide on what you need for your company – then pick an autoresponder that works best for you.

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