Archive for May, 2008

by Rosie Cottis

If you want to make money with Adwords, you will need to keep up to date with the new strategies that are constantly appearing, as well as keeping pace with the changes that Google makes to its Adwords policies.

In 2007 we all learned to ‘kill’ the competition with Day Job Killer. Hard on the heels of that ground-breaking ebook came the spy programs that let you track your competitors’ ads, copy them and (in theory at least) blast them off the face of the search engines. Unfortunately some of these systems charged a very high price for membership.

So there were a lot of advertisers who could not afford those systems or maybe simply did not want to spend all of their time tracking, spying and tweaking in order to cover the cost of their membership. They began to look around for a new direction, and early in 2008 we saw the first hints that marketers were rediscovering something that they had previously considered dead – the content network.

If you have come to Adwords in the last couple of years, you may not know that the search and content networks were once united. Google separated them to give advertisers more control in the days when click fraud was common. Most advertisers immediately (and rightly) turned off the content network for their ads.

However, times have changed. Click fraud is nothing like as common as it was, thanks to Google’s very heavyhanded measures in closing the accounts of any Adsense user who has any strange clicking activity on their site. This is a big problem for Adsense site owners because it means that any bored kid anywhere in the world can put them out of business by repeatedly clicking on their ads. But for Adwords advertisers, it means that the content network has opened up again.

Advantages of advertising on the content network instead of the search network include a cheaper cost per click, and a lot more control. You can actually pick the exact sites that you want your ad to appear on.

The last point there is very important. When setting up a campaign for the content network, always specify target sites for your ads. In fact, you should specify not only the site, but the exact pages of the site.

Just like with the search network, you need to avoid having people click when they are not really interested, and you do that by picking out pages that are very closely related to your product. For example if you are promoting a dog training ebook, you will want your ad on a site about dogs but only on the dog training pages.

It is also better to limit your advertising to sites that display their Adsense above the fold – that is, the ads are visible on the screen without scrolling down. Toward the top left of the screen is the hottest area, that’s where you really want your ad to be.

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by Daniel Beckett

Correct use of autoresponders can help increase the business of any web-based enterprise. A powerful tool used to create and maintain e-mail customer databases, autoresponders allow a business owner to custom tailor messages to help enhance the sales pitch provided on their web site.

How Automated Email Can Help Web Businesses

Reduce your costs. Autoresponders cut down on expenses otherwise necessary for customer service. Instead of paying large phone bills, direct postage, or additional staff, an autoresponder allows one individual to perform the tasks of multiple sales and customer support personnel.

Easy to Run: The number one complaint of most business owners is their inability to be away from the business. Your business becomes so much easier to run and you don’t have to physically be there when you use autoresponders.

Customer satisfaction. Modern customers expect modern business solutions, including the most modern techniques of email response. Most customers today aren’t satisfied with waiting for information, and their attention will wane if they aren’t provided with an email within minutes of sending out a request. With an autoresponder, you can guarantee that they’ll get that reply within minutes, if not seconds.

Sales, pure and simple. Your business is out there to make money, and autoresponders can help with that. A good autoresponder properly set up can help you properly tune your message to individuals, sending out customized information instead of the same boring message to all potential customers.

Autoresponders Give Your Business the Winning Edge

Autoresponders can help you get a significant advantage over your competitors. By providing better service, faster, and around the clock, you can autoresponders are a vital tool in any small business.

Services autoresponders provide

Distribute a simple, printable version of your main sales pitch.

Marketing studies have proven that repeat exposure to a product greatly increases sales. Multiple reminder messages will help ensure a visitor gives your product fair consideration.

Give the customers a reason to sign up by offering a series of emails on a business related topic.

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