Internet and Web Marketing Tools

I have been asked numerous times about the necessity of having a website. After asking the same questions I developed a quiz. Not all questions have the the same value but answer each question honestly before looking at the scoring criteria. (For scoring, go to www.easywebdesignbasics.com and click on the Quiz link.)

Here are the basic questions:

Question 1 - Can you spare a couple of hours a week to learn something new?

Question 2 - Do you have a product or service you are currently selling or plan to sell in the near future?

Question 3 - Are you interested in saving time and money?

Question 1 - Can you spare a couple of hours a week to learn something new?

Designing a website will require you to learn some new skills. Don’t worry, these are not difficult skills to learn but it will take time. There is a minimal financial investment. You can use free editors and free software to upload your web site. All you would have to pay for is a domain name and hosting. However, if you go with a blog you don’t have to spend any money!

Question 2 - Do you have a product or service you are currently selling or plan to sell in the near future?

If you answered yes to this question and do not have a website, then you need to get started now! Whatever you sell, a website is a great way to advertise. You can target your website to the specific type of client you are looking for. You direct your prospect to your website and let it presell your product.

It does not matter whether you are local or worldwide. Let your website expand your business.

Question 3 - Are you interested in saving time and money?

Whether you use a website to help others or advertise your products and services, you can leverage the Internet to ave you time and earn extra income. Website can save you time by information access. For example, I am asked the same questions over and over and now just send people to a special page where they can find the answers. This save me a lot of time.

You can provide great detail about your products and services for others to read and even buy without taking your time.

As the saying goes, “Saving times saves you money.” You also save money by consolidating resources and increasing you use of free online advertising

To score this quiz, go to www.easywebdesignbasics.com.

Here’s an honest user review of WhyPark.com as a way to make extra dollars from your unused domain names …

Every couple of years we seem to get hit with a new “domain name gold rush”. I remember many years ago when I was just starting out on the Internet, I got an email from Corey Rudl, one of the first true Internet Marketing gurus, announcing the “new” domain name gold rush that was about to hit the World Wide Web. At that time, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization responsible for managing and controlling the use of domain names world-wide, had just announced that we could register very long domain names (i.e. 60+ characters).

Corey’s email advised us to register long, keyword-rich domains as a way of dominating our niche market. So … while everyone was getting ready for Christmas, I locked myself in my room, pulled out my already abused credit card and spent about $5,000 registering insane domain names such as “tropical-island-resort-vacation-rentals-romantic-getaways-villas-hotels-budget-family-travel.com”.

I confess that I went nuts and got into a lot of trouble with my wife for spending money that we didn’t have. I promised her I would never do this again.

My promise lasted until the Google AdSense wave hit. Before I knew it, I had my battered old credit card out again, and was embarking in some serious new domain name registration adventures.

This time, however, I didn’t register ridiculously long domain names. I kept them tightly focused on specific niches that I wanted to build monetized blogs and profitable websites around.

Towards the end of 2006, Google began dumping sites that offered no value to visitors but were specifically designed to attract AdSense clicks. Many internet marketers refer to this event as the “Google Slap”.

As many of my sites began to disappear from Google’s index, I was left with about 200 domain names that were bringing me $0 and costing me about $9 a year in domain renewal fees.

Many of the domain names I owned were actually very good names, however, and so I was reluctant to let them go. Around this time, I also started building quality, content-rich websites for long-term profits. Building quality, authoritative sites, however, takes a long time.

So … what to do with all of the unused domain names I owned in the meantime?

Well, at first, I did nothing. I just let them sit there, costing me money.

Then I discovered the concept of domain name parking …

Read the complete review here: Parking Domain Names For Profit

Autoreponders are very powerful automation tool for making money through the internet. This article outlines some of the ways autoresponders can be profitably used.

12 Ways You Should Use Autoresponders

Autoresponders are amazing, and do so more than just automatically answer your email. Here are a few ideas that will help you productively use your autoresponder to transform the casual visitor into a profitable customer.
You should use autoresponders to:
1. Publish a newsletter. Quality autoresponders will manage subscriptions and follow-up with interested prospects. Your newsletter can keep your visitors informed about your services or products, while building your reputation as a credible expert in your particular enterprise or business.

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