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		<title>What You Need to Know Before You Start Online Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting started with marketing can be a tall task considering the plethora of options. Online Marketing Can Be presented with specific information that is directly aimed at them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Getting started with marketing can be a tall task considering the plethora of options. When you are marketing online you can be presented with specific information that is directly aimed at them.</p>
<p>Picking a marketing method can be more effective than any other media because potential customers are searching for specific products and/or services. Marketing to the targeted audience can help you answer all of these questions; the results of an marketing campaign are measurable. Unlike traditional forms of marketing such as print, radio, or television, leads generated from online marketing can be tracked so well that there is never any doubt on if the campaign is successful or not.</p>
<p>This form of marketing is really nothing new from the traditional marketing; the only difference is it&#8217;s done on the internet.  Although in the online world it&#8217;s commonly called e-marketing or e-commerce. But marketing is a very dynamic yet very rewarding to. It is a changing field minute to minute, and there are many advantages and challenges to online marketing.</p>
<p>One of the main advantages of working involves SEO or search engine optimization. The search engine, like Google and Yahoo can promote your product or service directly to people who are actively looking for it!</p>
<p>Tracking your e-marketing allows you to know exactly how profitable your campaigns are running. This if vital to your success. Monitoring your efforts by tracking your results and then focusing on how to improve your online marketing is you key to making money online. Identifying your targeted marketing is the first step in effectively marketing.</p>
<p>When you decide that you need to start marketing online, offering something free like a newsletter is important and collecting e-mails to keep you customers up to date with your product or service. E-newsletters are much less expensive that traditional newsletters. And they work just as good or even better in a traditional newsletter. Getting your targeted market to sign up for you newsletter by offering a bonus offers for purchases made online is a great way to increase sales.</p>
<p>As with any marketing campaign ensuring that the customer is always satisfied is the top choice. Although, when you are marketing online there is no person interaction and this is one of the serious disadvantage. It is crucial to keep customers coming back, and that is why the newsletter that you offer is vital to successful campaigns.</p>
<p>Marketing over the internet can be time consuming&#8230; although well thought out campaign that uses the real world and online marketing can help to maximize exposure to your targeted audiences around the world. Your marketing can be especially successful considering it can be: Highly targeted; Inexpensive; easily track able are some of the factors of marketing. It can consist of a broad mix of components, from simply having a website, to creating and e-mailing newsletters, to aggressively advertising. A marketing campaign can help significantly at any budget and you can get started for as little as a few dollars a day to millions days.</p>
<p>Companies are increasing their use of e-marketing because it is more cost effective and every aspect of online marketing can be monitored.  It can seem complicated and not very transparent as an advertising medium.</p>
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<p>Author: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lance_Carver">Lance Carver</a><br />Article Source: <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?What-You-Need-to-Know-Before-You-Start-Online-Marketing&amp;id=863270">EzineArticles.com</a><br /><a href="http://netisbeautiful.com/smiling-shark/">Smiling shark</a></p>
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		<title>Pay-Per-Click Mistake #1 &#8211; Sending Shoppers to Your Home Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Viering</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When new local advertisers first begin using tools like AdWords or Overture, they usually grab a bunch of keywords, fill in a pay-per-click (PPC) ad, activate the account and wait for the new visitors to start showing up on their website and requesting their service. Rare is the advertiser who succeeds with such a simple, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When new local advertisers first begin using tools like AdWords or Overture, they usually grab a bunch of keywords, fill in a pay-per-click (PPC) ad, activate the account and wait for the new visitors to start showing up on their website and requesting their service. Rare is the advertiser who succeeds with such a simple, unrefined campaign.</p>
<p>There are several steps involved in creating a winning PPC campaign. Among them, detailed keyword research and well thought-out PPC ad design. But even if those 2 things are done exceptionally well, your chances of success still hinge entirely on your landing page, or what I prefer to call your Lead Conversion Page. A Lead Conversion Page is the web page that shows up when a potential client clicks on your ppc ad. For most new advertisers that page is the home page of your website. Unfortunately, most home pages don&#8217;t make suitable Lead Conversion Pages.</p>
<p>A good Lead Conversion Page is one that fulfills the specific promise of the PPC ad. When a client clicks on your ad, they need to immediately find&#8211;in obvious fashion&#8211;whatever it is they wanted when they clicked on your ad. What that means is that if you create an ad for $20 off carpet cleaning, you need to send them to a page that&#8217;s all about having their carpet cleaned for $20 off. Not the home page of your site that has information about carpet cleaning, upholstery cleaning, pet odor removal, water extraction or anything else. The key is you want to eliminate distractions, and make it easy for your visitor to respond to the offer you made in your PPC ad.</p>
<p>Creating a new and improved Lead Conversion Page doesn&#8217;t  require a major overhaul of your website, or special programming (in most cases). Usually you can just add a page or redo the one you&#8217;re already using. Don&#8217;t make the mistake of sending your visitors to your cluttered, distracting home page. Simple is good.</p>
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