Internet marketing is the process of using the Internet to promote and assist in the sales of goods and services. Email marketing, search engine optimization (both paid and organic), online press release distribution, and social media are all used for Internet marketing.
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Publishing on the Internet is different from publishing a book, magazine or newspaper. And it's different from presenting content/products on TV, at a live event or in a brick-and-mortar store.
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With a few judicious tweaks to this sales letter landing page, he might sell even more.
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Among
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Unlike most other sources used by the Mequoda Internet Marketing System to drive targeted website traffic, Google
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Even before the Internet took over our lives (and I mean that in a good and bad way) there
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While many Internet marketing professionals ignore direct mail as a viable means to increase targeted website traffic, one newsletter publisher devised a test that shows that direct mail post cards
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It wasn't long ago that Mequoda Daily contributing editor and copywriter John Clausen reviewed the landing page for the Internet Marketing Center, a very long and very well done sales
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It wasn't long ago that I was reviewing the landing page for the Internet Marketing Center, the very long and very well done Internet sales letter developed by late Web
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I have been involved in Internet marketing and publishing since 1995, when I was running an agency called Blue Dolphin Direct—primarily a print direct marketing and editorial consulting firm for
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The Internet is a competitive marketplace, and the late Corey Rudl, founder of the Internet Marketing Center, once told me the most important strategy for Internet marketing success is to
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Many publishers can accomplish an Earned Media Campaign using PR to drive traffic and do it very well, meaning that they'll do something newsworthy
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As we've mentioned before, a press release, tv spot, or any other type of public relations outreach should always include promoting a free product. Whatever the
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Getting on TV is just one of many ways to leverage other people's media and drive website traffic—people who will log onto your website, register to
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The Mequoda guideline for using public relations to drive website traffic comprises three basic elements that are simple to understand and easy to
In mid-summer, Sara Campbell and the editors of America Cooks decided to run a Christmas cookie contest; the winning recipes would be featured in the December issue. The call for
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The Mequoda Internet Hub is the heart of a high-performance Internet Marketing System that is fueling extreme growth for the handful of savvy information marketers that have one. Here are
While some Internet marketers use a single source to acquire new customers, others use an intricate Internet Marketing System of up to 13 programs to increase website traffic. What's driving
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An eBook author and publisher I met at a recent Internet marketing conference is a big fan of a simple $97 software program called eCover Generator that makes eBook covers,
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My brother-in-law, Randy, is always amazed at the website design elements I test when creating new sales letter landing pages. He thinks, that after running the test once or twice
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While chatting recently with the publisher of a large, circulation-driven consumer magazine, I was surprised to hear that until about 18 months ago, they had made no effort to generate
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