3 Technique Writing articles and submitting them to article directory

In this technique, you write one 500 to 700 word long article that is related to your Web site. Do not sell your product in the article. If you make it sound like an ad, most article directory owners will reject it. Instead, offer good content and information. Remember: this is what most article directory owners are looking for.

At the end of each article, you can add a Resource Box. A Resource Box is a short description of yourself or your Web site and the product/services that you offer.
By using these techniques, not only will you be seen as an expert in this area but your Web site will get exposure on other Web sites (who syndicated the articles from the main article directory). I have used this technique to promote my Web sites and the number of links back had increased greatly (thereby bringing other traffic in).

The list of article directories that you can submit your articles are:

• ArticleCity
• Ezine Articles
• WealthMountains Articles
• Goarticles
• iSnare
• Articles Factory

If you need to find them, just go to any of the search engines and type “article directory”.
Do note that the above top 3 techniques needs time to execute and plan. Do not skip the planning part. It is critical to your success.

Any tips for newbies in Internet Marketing?

For newbies in Internet Marketing, remember the main objective of your Web site is revenue generation. Don’t lose sight of that! Many a times, I see newbies with killer ideas that don’t propose as they were too hung up trying to make their Web site beautiful/flashy. Don’t. I repeat: don’t fall into this trap. The most effective sales letter that I read online only had 1 graphic on their sale page. Remember that selling is your main objective. I will be covering this in my new eBook called “How to Write Your Killer Sales Letter.”

The following highlights the main key areas that a newbie needs to work on. This is not comprehensive but it does give an idea of what’s needed. You also need not implement all of them if they are not relevant for your needs:

1. Learn by being affiliates to others products
2. Have your own Ezine
3. Build your list
4. Write articles
5. Create your own products
6. Gather testimonials
7. Automate the business including promotion
8. Get affiliates for your products
9. Up-sell products
10. Cross-sell relevant products
11. Backend-sell other products
12. Form good long-term JV partnerships
13. Invest in good software (don’t save penny and loose the dollars)
14. Invest in good materials on Internet marketing
15. Be persistent and have fun

What is the biggest mistake (or some of the mistakes) you have learnt in the past few years as an Internet Marketer?
I made a few mistakes and I’m sure anyone would have. The main point is that we need to learn from them. Hence, I thought it would be good for me to share what I learned from my top two mistakes:

Lesson 1: Always have an opt-in option on your site
When I started, I did not have an opt-in option on my Web sites to capture email details of my visitors. This was a big mistake! From proven marketing studies, you would need at least 5 contacts with your visitors before you can make a sale. The odd of making a sale on first visit is small.

Offer either a free report or an eCourse on your Web site in return for capturing your visitor’s email details. Your sales revenue will increase if you follow-up effectively with your leads. If you need a compilation of ready-made follow-up ecourses that you can use on your Web site, check out my resources at http://www.wealthmountains.com/product/ecourses

Lesson 2: Always keep records of your opt-in list
Always practice double opt-in to capture your leads online. This will provide you with evidence that your visitors indeed do agree to receive emails from you.
In an incident on the same day, two members in AOL decided to unsubscribe from my list. However, for convenience sake, they decided to click on the SPAM button instead of clicking the unsubscribe link at the end of my email. Through conversations, I found that I was not the only victim. Several other Internet Marketers also fell into the same fate with their own AOL members.

This affected my mailing to some of my members as my domain was blacklisted. It was fortunate that I had kept records (e.g. his subscription IP and date) and was able to prove that my emails were not SPAM. Within 1 day, my ban to those affected members was lifted. A good and supportive hosting provider was critical in handling this sort of complaint.
If you are looking for a good hosting provider who is Internet Marketer friendly, I recommend Host4Profit at http://www.wealthmountains.com/go/host4profit.htm.
What are your plans in future?
As Zig Ziglar once said wisely, “You can have everything in life you want if you will