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Five Good Ways To Promote Your Web Site

Posted by Online Mentor on December 12, 2009 in Traffic Generation with View Comments


1. Holding a contest or sweepstakes is an proven way to promote your web site. You can announce your site to hundreds of web sites that list free contests and sweepstakes. Send out a press releases about your contest or sweepstakes. Ask entrants to your contest or sweepstakes if they would accept offers from your business in the future by e-mail.

2. Use online chat rooms to promote your web site. Find the right chat room where your targeted audience would gather. Announce to everyone in the chat room something interesting or free that’s offered on your web site. This will draw visitors to your web site. Always be aware of chat room rules before engaging the visitors in a sales pitch that could be considered spam.

3. Cross promote your web site with other sites. I try to find other web sites. that have the same target audience, but are not in direct competition with my business. Doing cross promotions with other businesses increases your profits, sales, and beat your competition. You can find businesses to cross promote all over the Internet.

4. You can easily promote your web site by using traffic generators. It could be a free e-zine, service, e-book, contest etc. Giving away traffic generators gives you the opportunity to get free advertising by including your ad on them . There are online directories that will also let you submit your freebie information. You can even let other people give away your traffic generators.

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Using Surveys To Attract More Network Marketing Prospects

Posted by Online Mentor on December 11, 2009 in Traffic Generation with View Comments


Do you have a list of e-mail addresses of your customers or prospects? Do you have a list of e-zine subscribers? If you have their permission, send them an e-mail survey to conduct market research. See if customers are satisfied with your products or services, or see if they enjoyed their visit at your web site.

You can learn things you didn’t know about your business by surveying. Maybe your customers buy your main product just to get the free gifts. Your visitors may think it’s to hard to navigate through your web site. You may find out that most of your customers make over $100,000 a year. By knowing this type of important information you can improve your web site, products/services, advertising, and marketing.

3 Popular Types Online Business Surveys

Customer Satisfaction Surveys – what did you like or dislike about our product or service, what can we improve or add, how satisfied are you with our customer service, etc.

Web Site Feedback Surveys – did you find it to easy navigate through our site, did you find the information you wanted, what did you like or dislike about the site, how did you find our
site, etc.

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Is It Better To Work Your Network Marketing Business Opportunity From Home?

Posted by Online Mentor on December 5, 2009 in Network Marketing with View Comments


Network marketing is a legitimate and potentially lucrative way to work from home for your own home based business opportunity.

By directly selling products while creating your own upline, downline, you can work your Network Marketing business opportunity part-time, from home, and at in your own hours. Even with all the potential for making money, you should decide, if it is for you.

Many people are blinded by all the benefits of network marketing when determining if this type of business is right for them. You do not need to have a college degree or any experience to get into the industry.

The products are already manufactured and are usually shipped by the company directly to your customers. Plus, you choose your hours and your work location. In fact, many Network Marketing business opportunities are taken by people who work from the comfort of their own home.

Other benefits of an Network Marketing business opportunity that is worked from home is that you have leverage; you continue earning commissions on a single effort. You do not need to come up with your own business or marketing plan, because the company does it for you. Also, recruiting and training systems are provided for you by the company.

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