1. Developing a large list of followers gives you a market that you might not otherwise have had. There are millions of members on Twitter right now that you can follow and create as followers yourself.

The numbers alone suggest that marketing online this way will create traffic and potential business you might not have otherwise had.  Politicians such as John McCain and President Obama already understand the advantage of Twitter and have hundreds of thousands of followers. This alone should tell you that the possibilities for your business are astronomical.

2. Starting conversations on Twitter is extremely easy to do. Every update you make is similar to a micro-blog post and is known as Tweeting. You can get instantaneous feedback and create conversations very quickly this way.

This is where the social networking aspect really comes into play. You will meet people that you otherwise never would have known and develop personal relationships with them.

3. There is a strategy to doing this correctly. You do not want to constantly be promoting products and sound like you’re advertising.  Just as email marketing and discussion forums do not allow spamming neither does Twitter.

However by participating on a regular basis you can include product updates, useful information, blog posts, and so on to update your followers on what is going on with you. By doing it this way you avoid sounding like you’re advertising and you can market as well.

4. You can generate interest in things that are going on in your business by asking questions. This allows you to get the conversation going and easily increase the number of updates you are making. Major corporations are finding they can generate interest for their products on Twitter and so can you as a small Internet business owner.

5. Marketing online can be expensive but not so with Twitter. This is free and the only cost to you is the time it takes to participate in it.

6. Not only is it free but it can be fun. It can almost become addictive so you need to be conscious that you are not wasting your valuable time, but you are using it to benefit your business.

These are six reasons to market on Twitter. There certainly are many more but getting started and learning more about it will help you find out what those are.

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1. Leave comments on blogs in your related niche. This is a great way to increase links back to your site. Here is a great free tool to monitor popular blogs in your niche so you can be notified and make one of the first good quality comments. Check it out at Commentsniper.com

2. Go to Socialposter.com and fill in the exact url to your blog post then title,general summary text then your tags. Now submit to as many social sites as you can. If this is your first time to use these sites then you will need to signup.

3. Signup at technorati.com and add your blog then ping it when you update.

4. Get a free account at mybloglog.com and add your blog then join the communities and make friends. There is even a cool widget you can add to your blog like what you see on the right here.

5. Signup at Stumbleupon.com and make friends in your niche. You can then stumble your post and get your friends to also.

6. Join Squidoo.com and make a lens then add a link to your blog.

7. Submit your blog to as many blog and rss directories as you can. Here is a good place to start http://www.earnbonus.com/feed-directories/

8. Make sure and add your blog url to your forum signature on any forums you are a member. This can be a powerful way to attract visitors especially if you have quality forum posts.

9. Find one of the top bloggers in your niche then write a good review post of them. Let them know and they will probably link back to you.

10. Have an easy way for your readers to sign up for your RSS feed.

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Google will pick up your Squidoo page according to keywords you have used. You can create several of what is called lenses on their site. Use good tags and your lens might get featured. If you get “lens of the day” then you can expect a great amount of traffic. Another great feature is that they share their advertising revenue with you so making many Squidoo lenses can actually generate an income for you. You can create a lens in less than 10 minutes. Go to http://www.squidoo.com/first_lens and get started today.

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Once you have a profile setup, start a linking strategy by searching Myspace users and inviting friends that appear active possibly interested. You can also search for people willing to exchange links with you. Just search for you niche keyword. It won’t be long and you will have many friends. You will then be able to start posting bulletins and communicating with all these people which will bring alot of traffic to your site.  Here is a great tool to get started FriendBlasterPro .

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The smaller forums are harder to find but simply searching google for “forum” will help you get started. Get focused and search for your top keyword phrase and just add the word forum at the end.

What all these forums allow you to do is post what is called a signature. Most people will put their name or something about them in their signature. What you want to do is put an ad and a link to your url. Then every time you make a post in that forum your signature file will show up at the bottom of your post. The more free posts you make the more times your url shows up and the more likely someone will click on your link, especially if your posts are positive and helpful. This is also a way to establish yourself as a real person on the internet, which people seem to respond better to than just an ad.This is a great way to learn about marketing online as well as promote your url.

Goal: Make 5 quality posts in at least 1 forum a day.

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1. Write interesting content

2. Give that title some flare and make it stand out

3. Try to make the content as current as possible.

4. use Digg.com as network tool and use the “add friend” button on the users profile page

5. Create a top ten list. Digg users love these.

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There are hundreds of link directories out there so doing it manually one site at a time can be tough. Having software to help you do this can save a great amount of time.  I highly recommend that you get this free software that will submit to all the best directories. It can be upgraded to submit to more but the free version will submit to hundreds for you. Click here to download Directory Submitter. Make it a part of your marketing strategy for every website you have.

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It works great to place your ad on Craigslist. Select your city then look for “small biz ads” You should place your ad on at least the top 5 largest cities and make sure to change the ad because Craigslist doesn’t like duplicates.

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