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Here are a few promotional strategies that
work -- especially when you DONT have a WEBSITE
of your own.
Find the one or two that feel easiest to
you and get started. Dont worry about making
a few mistakes as you go. You will -- we all
did -- it doesnt matter.
1. Write about how it helped you
One great way to get people excited about
buying the ebook or course that you are promoting
is to write a review explaining how helpful
it is. Explain in simple terms how it helped
you. Make sure you include your affiliate
link at the bottom with a few words to encourage
or entice them to click on your link. And
then post it to sites like EzineArticles
and GoArticles.
Here is a list of online
article directories where you can post
your articles/reviews (well, some of them
-- the list is rather long).
If you think you couldn't write to save yourself,
check this out. It's called the lazy
man's guide to writing articles and shows
you a simple system where the work of researching
and writing is reduced to a very do-able minimum.
If you're not that great on spelling, run
your article or report through a spell checker.
Your computer probably has one!
Articles
as a marketing strategy
2. Go blogging
Another good idea is to make a FREE blog
at Blogger.com.
Post your review or article on the blog with
your affiliate link. After that, "ping"
your blog at Pingomatic.com and the search
engines will pick up your new blog site. Write
something every 2-3 days, I'd suggest.
The great thing about blogging is... it's
very informal. Write like you
talk. Forget your English teacher. No need
to worry about perfect sentences or stuff
like that. Just imagine your buddy is interested.
Now what would you tell him? -- then write
it down and post it to your blog.
How to include a clickable link in
your posts
You dont have to know much about HTML
(which is the name of the code language
that computers read that tells them
how to display a webpage on people's
computer screens).
Here is a fragment of code:
<a
href="http://scambeater.com"
target="_blank">ScamBeater
-- the BEST protection for your investment
funds</a>
That bit of code looks like this when
it's copied into the code of a web page
and displayed in somebody's browser:
ScamBeater
-- the BEST protection for your investment
funds
Okay, let's take it apart...
<a
href="http://scambeater.com"
target="_blank">ScamBeater
-- the BEST protection for your investment
funds</a>
Now, simply replace the red
bit with the full address of the website
you want them to go to when they click
the link. And replace the green
bit with the words you want them to
click on. And you'll have a clickable
link saying whatever YOU want it to
say -- and when they click on it, it
will take them to YOUR site.
By the way, the target="_blank"
bit simply tells their computer to open
the new web page in a new blank window.
I always like to include that so that
folks dont click AWAY FROM my site when
they click but you can remove it if
you like... for example, if they are
going to another page at your site.
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3. Join forums
Here's a list of internet
marketing forums. Join one, or several
of them. Read for a while so you get the idea
of how they work. Then start posting. Either
ask questions, or add a comment into a discussion.
Include your link in your forum signature
(find the 'Edit your profile' section to insert
or change your signature). Every time you
post a reply or thread, your affiliate link
or banner will automatically get posted, resulting
in many different people clicking on your
link and some of them will buy.
4. Press releases
Sounds a bit scary, doesnt it? Well, read
a handful of press releases at PRweb.com
and you'll see it's not that bad. Find one
you like, copy it and use it as a template
for your own press releases.
Every few weeks, post a slightly different
press release where you comment on your product.
Most PR sites are free.
By Gary Harvey © www.eProfitNews.org
Gary has been helping people make money
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