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There are a few basic tips that internet marketers should take on board when starting a blog for their business. Here are some of these. By taking note of the following bits of advice internet marketers can save themselves some headaches later on.

Think business right away. Many internet marketers think that the money comes after everything else has been done. But that is not the case. You need to think making money from the very moment you start.

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Here are some invaluable tips for your opt-in page.

Always place the opt-in box above the fold. That means make it easy for your visitor to find the box where they can sign up to receive your emails. Don’t ask your users to scroll down to find the box.

Use the natural way that people read to your maximum advantage. That means that you need to put the opt-in box in the upper right side of the screen. People in the western world read from left to right. So the eye will automatically follow that path.
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In the offline world the company that has a list of loyal customers will inevitably be a profitable one. It has been proven over the years that the cost of finding a new customer far outweighs the cost of keeping a customer.

The same applies in the online world. Finding new customers is very expensive and requires a huge amount of effort and an investment of time. Keeping a bunch of people who are loyal to you is a lot easier.

This customer relationship process is often referred to as building a list or developing an opt-in list. This is a list of people who have allowed you to email them. That means you have a people who will be happy to hear from you and possibly even buy.

How do you get such a list of customers?

It’s the same process as in the real world. You offer value. If you offer value as a business in the offline world you will get customers and keep them. This could be the best mobile phone contract because the cost is reasonable and you have great service and reach.

It could be a clothing shop where the merchandise is reasonably priced and the service is super friendly and accommodating. It’s a place where you know you can take a faulty garment back for a refund without having to get into an argument.

What gets the customers to sign up to the mobile contract or to buy that garment? It’s either advertising or word of mouth referrals. How does this process convert to the online world?

It’s not that different a process. You need to persuade people to come to your site or opt-in page and you need to entice them to sign up to your emails. This means there are several steps that need to be in place.

Firstly you need to be able to drive traffic to your site. You can do this by advertising online through search engines or other sites. You can drive traffic by using search engine optimisation technique and you can post articles on other well read sites in order to get traffic back to you. These are just some of the traffic generating ideas.

The second step is that you need to offer an incentive to your visitors to opt-in to your list. This may be in the form of a promotion. It is the same principle that the supermarkets abide by when they offer loss leader products.

This means it’s a product that they practically give away in order to bring the customer into the store. They are hoping you will buy something else so that they can make up the loss on the other product.

Finally the opt-in page that offers the free enticement needs to be persuasive. It needs to provide information that makes the visitor want to sign up and get the free product. The page has to make the person want to hear from you and get the free product or service that is being offered.

All of these steps you have seen in the offline world. Have a look at the marketing tricks and tips that shops and businesses use to get you into their store and you will be able to use these very same ideas and concepts for your online business.

One thing you will do as an internet marketer that is almost guaranteed. You will fail. You will spend months working incredibly hard for absolutely no return. There will be much advice that you will follow that will give you no return. Guaranteed.

Welcome to the world of business. The world of internet marketing is no different to the world of offline business. As many people work incredibly hard trying to build a business in the offline world. Many never make it. They often end up losing a lot of money and going back to work for a boss.
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The concept of a free society has been at the core of some heated discussions and a recent book by Chris Anderson, he of the long-tail theory fame. Why would the price tag of $0.00 be so powerful?

So should you offer something for free? If you are a new internet marketing business person the answer to that is a fairly resounding ‘yes’. You need to offer something for free. This could be a reward for people signing up to your opt-in list or just to create an awareness of your business.
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Think of the internet as a shopping mall where the lights are out. No electricity is available. How do you find your way to a shop then if there are no lights? With great difficulty of course.

But what about the shop that puts out a path of candles to attract shoppers in and show them where to go? What about the shop that has banners all over the streets providing a graphic of the route to take?

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Participation is a key element of most successful online ventures. In fact this is the same as in the offline world. Businesses do far better if they build relationships with their customers by listening to their feed-back whether positive or negative and showing that they care.

The online world is very much the same playing field. It is always slightly surprising to see the so called internet marketing gurus discuss the basic principles of business for internet marketing businesses as if they are totally new and have never been used before.
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Have you ever walked into a cheese deli and not known what to buy? The choice was huge, yet it was all about one kind of product. The focus is one cheese. Sure there are other additional goodies such as olives and sundried tomatoes. But it’s all about cheese.

Treat your presence online with the same concentration. Be one thing. Whether you have a strong presence on Twitter, run Squidoo lenses or a blog that you are building up to become a business tool, you need to keep your concentration on your focus. Read More

Every business depends on its regular customers. This could be the pub down the road or the housewife who always buys the same washing powder. In fact some pubs even have a table reserved for their regulars. That’s to ensure that they come back often.

In business it has long been common knowledge that a regular customer is worth ten times more than a new customer. Or in other words, it costs you a lot to get new customers.
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Remember the saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’? Regrettably that is exactly how it happens. This is a universal truth. Looks count. How you present yourself and your persona will make a huge difference as to whether you are taken seriously or not.

How does this translate into the online world? Whatever part of you that is visible to people has to look good. Of course if you want to run a little blog just to tell friends and family what is going on in your life, then that basic design you threw together will do just fine.

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