Here’s the schedule of the dates that the articles will be publish on this blog which consist of a total of 3 parts

- 22nd March 2010
- 25th March 2010
- 30th March 2010

So do remember to subscribe to this blog for email updates so that you will not miss out these articles If you like me to write on other topic fill free to comment below what you want Or if you wish to contribute an article click here.

Meanwhile I have already scheduled some articles to be released out while I am gone so do enjoy them while I am gone

The only problem I have it’s not avaliable yet in Singapore but I do hope they will start making it avaliable in more countries soon ( Maybe I can ask my USA friends to get one for me ) Anyways did you pre-order your iPad yet? If you havent you can do so at the link here.

You can employ website traffic tactics without spending dime. However, knowing how is the real deal. Here’s the score:

1. Link it

Of all the effective website traffic tactics that can get you best results, linking to and from other websites is the one of the most widely-used method. Just make sure that the Internet business you are exchanging links with is relatively if not utterly related to your own business. And of course, don’t overkill as this might ban you from search engines.

2. Meet Meta Tags

Another way of to acquire your desired traffic for your website is through having your Meta tags contain usually used keywords that target your business. Meta tags help search engines in describing your web page. If you’re quite adept with the HTML aspect of your web pages, manipulating your meta tags would be a breeze.

3. Keyword-rich AND sensible content

Writing or acquiring articles that provide solid information regarding your business is one of the best ways. Making use of free keyword suggestion tools such as Overture will help you on which keyword or phrases to work on to better lead more traffic to your website. Making these write-ups very readable and genuinely informative will make you many repeat visitors to subsequently become repeat clients.

Submitting these articles to various article directory listings will provide more visibility for your business as long as you keep your resource box in tact to create for yourself numerous back links.

These methods, if employed properly, will not only make your web site popular but will make you achieve your most desirable result – higher conversion rate.

Businesses would be so lucky to have these kinds of customers; the basic element needed to get these types of people is trust. When your customers trust you they will reward you with their loyalty. Many internet users have gone to great lengths in protecting their email accounts from spam mail. Some free-mail internet providers and internet service providers offer spam protection while there are also some internet based companies that screen your mails for you.

With an opt-in mail list, the mails you send containing your promotional materials such as newsletters, catalogs and marketing media will go through. Your intended recipient will be able to read and view what you have sent making it a successful transfer of information. To be able to be allowed to do so, you will need permission from your recipient, to get this permission; you need to be able to get their trust. With the great lack of disregard for privacy in the internet, getting the trust of an internet user you donít personally know is a big achievement.

To build a good opt-in list you need people to trust you, for a faster and quicker build up, you need to get your opt-in subscribers to trust you quickly. The faster you build your opt-in list the faster word about your site and company gets to be spread. The bigger the scope of your opt-in list the more traffic you get spelling more profits. Its easy math if you thin about it. Getting the numbers is not that simple though, or maybe it is?

Getting the trust of your clientele shouldnít be so hard especially if you do have a legitimate business. Getting your customers trust should be based upon your expertise. People rely on other people who know what they are talking about. Garner all the knowledge and information about your business. Ell, frankly if you decide to go into a business most probably you have an interest in it. Like how many basketball payers become coaches, you donít really venture into something you donít have any interest in.

Show your clients that you know what you are talking about. Provide them with helpful hints and guidelines that pertain to what you are selling. Talk about how to install a roof if your into hardware products or provide articles on insurance settlements if youíre a settlement lawyer. You donít have to be a big corporation to make use of an opt-in list. If your customers see you as someone who knows what he is doing and saying, they will trust you quickly.

Be true to your customers, if you want to hype up your products and services, provide guarantees. The more satisfied customers you get, the bigger probability there is that they will recommend you. Generally, people will trust someone they know, when that someone recommends you then youíre a shoo-in. They will go to your site and check it for themselves and be given a chance to experience what the other shave experienced from you, so make sure to be consistent in the service you provide.

Another tip in getting a customer to trust you quickly is to provide them an escape hatch. Show them that you are not there to trap them. Keep a clean list that would enable them to unsubscribe anytime they want. Elaborate your web form by providing information on how to unsubscribe from the list. Guarantee them that they can let go of the service when ever they want to. Many are wary that they may be stuck for life and would have to abandon their email accounts when they get pestered with spam.

Remember that when you get the trust of your clients donít lose that trust. Because if you do anything with their email addresses like sell them or give them out, you will lose many members of your list as ell as potential members. The true quickest way to gain the trust of your subscribers is when you are recommended by someone they trust.

If you have opened up the Straits Times yesterday, if you haven’t noticed I had placed an advertisement yesterday for my blogging workshop. Here’s the advertisement I created below:

If you have yet to come to my blog workshop please do because it’s FREE anyway For people who live in the USA or other parts of the world I am sorry I cannot have any workshop there but I do have plans to go there just that I do not have an organizer to organize one for me

Anyways got to run to prepare for the workshop tonight hope to see you guys there

The demand for online marketing tips and strategies have drastically grown and a new form of business has been born, internet marketing strategies. While there are companies that are all too eager to help your site and business build a clientele for a fee, there also many ways that can spread the word about your sites subsistence in a more cost free way. One of this is Opt-in email marketing, also known as permission marketing.

Opt-in marketing requires the permission of a willing customer to subscribe to your marketing materials, materials that take form in newsletters, catalogs and promotional mailings via e-mail. The more opt-in marketing mail is sent, the more chances there is to bag sales and more sales. To do this, you must build a list of all those who wants to subscribe to your opt-in marketing list.

From your list, you will get your targeted customer, this is a good list since they already have shown interest in what you have to show and sell since they have willingly signed in for your list. These are the people who have liked what they have seen in your site and have decided they want to see more and maybe even purchase what ever product or service your company and site has to offer.

Many people would think that building their lists would take hard work and a lot of time to build and collect names and addresses. This is not so, it takes a bit of patience and some strategies but in doing this list, you open your site and your business to a whole new world of target market. Take the effort to take your business to a new level, if traffic increase and good profits are what you want, an opt-in list will do wonders for your business venture.

There are many sources and articles in the internet available for everyone to read and follow in building a list. Sometimes they may be confusing because there are so many and there different ways. Different groups of people would have different approaches in building an opt-in list, but no matter how diverse many methods are, there are always some crucial things to do to build your list. Here are four of them.

1) Put up a good web form in your site that immediately follows the end of your content. While some may say this is too soon to subscribe for a website visitors application, try to remember that your homepage should provide a quick good impression. If somehow a website visitor finds something that he or she doesnít like and turns them off, they may just forget about signing up.

A good web form for subscribing to an opt-in list is not hard to do. Just write a simple short statement about how they would like to see more and get updated about the site. Then there should be an area where they could put in their names and e-mail address. This web form will automatically save and send you the dataís inputted. As more people sign in, your list will be growing.

2) As mentioned in the first tip, make your homepage very, very impressive. You need to have well written articles and descriptions of your site. Depending on what your site is all about, you need to capture your website visitorís fancy. Make your site useful and very easy to use. Do not expect everyone to be tech savvy. Invest in having good programming in your site, make your graphics beautiful but donít over do it.

Donít waste your time making the homepage too overly large megabyte wise. Not all people have dedicated T1 connections, the faster your site gets loaded, the better. Go for a look that borders between simplicity and sophisticated knowledge.

3) Provide good service and products. A return customer is more likely to bring in more business. Even then and now, a satisfied customer will recommend a business always. Word of mouth and recommendations alone can rake in more business than an expensive ad. As your clientele roster grows so shall your list. With more members on the list, the more people will get to know about what you have new to offer.

4) Keep a clean and private list. Never lose the trust your customers have entrusted you. If you provide e-mails to others and they get spammed, many will probably unsubscribe to you. Remember, a good reputation will drive in more traffic and subscribers as well as strengthen the loyalty of your customers.

In fact, you may be losing money. You maybe hiring writers to help you out, or there are some expenses incurred, even if you have a big list, but only a very small percentage actually buys from you, your still losing profit. Youíll realize that after a few months when you see your statistics and sales figures.

So what could have gone wrong? Why have others succeeded where you have failed? The most common mistake is that you dived straight right in. You chose a topic where you think could be quite popular and would earn you money. This just not the case. Just because you wrote people from the list doesnít mean they are going to buy instantly.

Here I will offer more advice, for those who have started an opt-in list and have failed, you can rejuvenate your failed venture. For those who are starting, here are three quick and easy ways to build a profitable opt-in list.
1) Get your customers to trust you and your products first. Just launching your opt-in list would not make you an expert and a believable seller. Put many articles first before you start an opt-in list. Write about the topic you know and have started and used for your site. Try to put forums first to gain knowledge about your customers about their wants and needs and target those wants and needs.

Join forums from other sites as well. Provide expert advices and recommendations. When you feel that people trust you already, you will be able to start your own opt-in list. You can build a base as well with other forum users. You can ask them to join your list. Friends are always good customers. Put up a link to your site so that they may be able to see what you’re business is all about.

The certain truth is, the money will only come in when the consumers and subscribers believe and trust in you. They want a product or service that could be a good exchange for their money. People are not going to buy something out of your recommendation if they donít know you.

2) Find a product or service that people want and need. Although it may not be your forte, if you provide a service and product that you have researched and learned about well, you can carry it on forward. Invest your time, effort and money that you could sell as well as the buyers or subscribers of your opt-in list can use.

While it is true that it is best to sell something that you have interest in, there are not many people who have the same interest as you if you decide to sell something that is not entirely popular or profitable. Do your research well and you would see the profits come in. Also provide your subscribers with promotional material that they could actually use and spread around.

3) Make friends with other opt-in list users. This is basically beneficial especially if it is someone who has already launched a successful opt-in list. These are people that have the experience in this venture and experience is still the best teacher. While there are many articles available for you in the internet to use, there is nothing like getting a first hand account from someone you trust.

Experienced opt-in list users will be able to tell you what to do and what not to do because they have gone through it. While different situations occur for different people, the general concept can still be very helpful. There are many things to avoid and these people will be able to tell you which ones.

Building a profitable opt-in list donít just happen overnight. There are many preparations and effort to do. Opt-in lists are built from scratch, as your list grows, you should also maintain the quality of your list. Keep it organized and manageable. Get or hire help if need be, just make sure that your subscribers are happy and satisfied and they will be willing to buy from you.

As usual at the end of each month I will generate a sales report to track my progress. Here’s What I Got In The Month Feb 2010

Sales Stats:

Ad Sales And Private Programs – US$549.89
Affiliate Sales From Affiliate Products – US$4,556.16
Google Adsense – US$44.88

Grand Total : US$5,550.93 (SG$7,211.30)

I got to admit Feb 2010 was a slow month for me as I did not do much stuff and also had a chance to take a short holiday trip By the way I will be heading to Bangkok again next week As my wife and I love shopping there for stuff together with my parents this time

Anyway while I was compiling my sales report, I found a new service created by Clickbank. It’s called the Clickbank Master Account. A really useful tool if you have a lot of Clickbank accounts like me It helps to compile a summary of all the total sales and earning from each of your accounts. Here’s a sample screen shot of mine in Feb 2010

From the image above, you will be able to see on which days of the month and which accounts generates the most amount of sales for you and I think it’s a great way to monitor your progress If you have sign up for a master account yet, you can do so by clicking here (it’s free anyway )

I started doing this million dollar goal since I got started and just updated the latest figures till now as shown below

If you like the widget above, you can customize the number in it and place it on your blog too

Internet marketing can be difficult. No, strike that. Internet marketing is difficult. Not everyone who goes into this field of business is destined to succeed. A complete beginner starting on his journey to internet success may find himself lost and thus needs to follow a plan to guide his efforts. The most important thing is to get your blog or website up and running. This process can be broken down into several phases. Here’s a systematic approach to doing this:

1.    Planning

This phase involves keyword research, deciding a name for your blog or website, creating an outline for the direction of your posts, and searching for potential affiliate products to promote. Depending on your timeline, this phase could take from a week to several, and ensures that you have a clear vision of what your blog is going to be.

However, do note that you should not take more than 2 weeks for this. At the end of that period you should make a firm decision about the important aspects of your blog. With the advent of Wordpress, you can make any changes to your blog as you go along. The important thing is GIOT. Get it out there! Many businesses never get off the ground and remain trapped in the planning stages.

2.    Implementation

This phase involves the actual actions you take to launch your blog. This includes getting a domain name and hosting for your blog. This can be challenging to a complete beginner, but there are a lot of tutorials out there on how to get your website up and running. Do not be daunted by this, and don’t worry if your blog is not going to be perfect the first time you launch it. Let’s face it, no one will be reading anytime soon anyway. The important thing is to GET IT OUT THERE. As soon as you do this, this will provide you with a certain impetus to make sure you’re moving in the right direction.

3.    Writing Content / Monetizing

This phase can be happening simultaneously along with the planning stages. You can pre-write your content prior to the actual launch of your blog. After all, you want to provide your first time visitors great content and a good reason to come back. At this stage you may also want to explore ways how to monetize your blog. Adsense is one way to do this. You can also look at affiliate programs to promote as long as they are related to your niche. Just type in “affiliate programs” in Google and you will get a lot of ideas.

Now that you have your blog up and running, you are on your way to taking your first steps in making money online. Internet marketing is hard. But once you get the ball rolling and your blog continues to grow, the results can often be rewarding.

About The Author

Ermel Nolan is a freelance writer whose other interest is internet marketing. Visit his site here at www.biznetmind.com and http://rheumapages.biznetmind.com