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Hunting for Niches

In the previous article we discussed the power of targeted offline advertising, and how to use it to lure in customers who typically do not shop online. Now, it is time to extend that tactic and give it a twist.Hunting for NichesNiche marketing is t...

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Why I Love L.L. Bean and How to Follow Their Lead Without Spending a Fortune

Before school started last fall, I bought a new, monogrammed backpack from L.L. Bean for my niece, Roni, for her birthday. She picked it out. It looked great. Lots of places to keep things organized. Pockets, zippers, places to clip things. When I ga...

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Promoting in Online Forums

Forums can be a useful tool if you`re doing business online. You can learn a lot by reading the content and actively taking part in the discussions. Reading a forum's archives can be a great way to get a basic knowledge about a topic, and it ca...

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Tantalizing Headlines Do's and Don'ts

Put yourself in the position of a newspaper or magazine editor scanning the newswires and the day's email and faxes for relevant content. How would you rate the following headlines, actually found on the Internet:New Slaves in AmericaHP Wheels O...

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Don't Pretend To Be An Expert - Become One!

Experts on the internet are created so fast thatmost of us totally discount the title "expert."We watch people log-in online one day... askingquestions about how to create a link in a webpage.A week later, this person has written a bookoffering to sh...

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How to Write an Attention-Grabbing Op-Ed in Five Steps

There are few better ways to attract new clients and customers than by becoming known as an expert in your field. And the fastest way to establish your expertise is by writing op-eds for newspapers, magazines, trades and the Web.An “op-ed” gets i...

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Internet Marketing Strategies Paying For Traffic

If you've been struggling with your website traffic and yoursales aren't what you had hoped, then maybe it's time tostart paying for traffic.Pay-per-click Search Engines provide an extremely effectivemeans of obtaining highly targeted ...

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When Avon Doesn't Call A Lesson For Internet Marketers

Probably most of you have heard of Avon Products, Inc. Founded over 100 years ago as a small perfume company, Avon has grown into a huge multi-billion dollar corporation that sells products ranging from cosmetics to clothing, jewelry and knickknacks ...

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Is It Easy for You

Is It Easy For You? Is it? If it isn’t, then consider doing something that is! Let me explain: if what you're doing isn’t easy right off the bat, don’t give up, and DON’T consider doing something else—I mean, there’s a learning curve...

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ALL WEBSITE VISITORS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

The first study of actual online behavior released earlierthis week by McKinsey and Media Metrix shows that only halfof online consumers are active users, logging on at leastonce a month. Furthermore, among those active users, sixdistinct segments ha...

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