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		<title>Automate Your Social Bookmarking Tasks</title>
		<link>http://imthelight.com/blogpost/internet-marketing-products/automate-your-social-bookmarking-tasks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Products]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Products]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Free Traffic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Bookmarking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in July, I showed you my experimental result, on bringing traffic from social bookmarking site.
As you can see in my blog post, the result is staggering!
&#8220;622 visits from a less than 1 minute work&#8221;  &#8230; and I did all manually.
Imagine what if you can automate the task and bookmark hundreds of your website [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in July, I showed you my experimental result, on <a title="Traffic from social bookmarking site" href="http://imthelight.com/blogpost/featured-posts/spark-of-free-traffic-from-stumble-upon/" target="_blank">bringing traffic from social bookmarking site</a>.</p>
<p>As you can see in my blog post, the result is staggering!</p>
<p>&#8220;622 visits from a less than 1 minute work&#8221;  &#8230; and I did all manually.</p>
<p>Imagine what if you can automate the task and bookmark hundreds of your website pages in no time.</p>
<p>Introducing, Social Bot, a powerful social bookmarking software that can help you automate your social bookmarking activities.</p>
<p>Even better, you can use this software to find clients that eager to pay hefty price, just to have their websites bookmarked (pssst &#8230; they won&#8217;t even know that it&#8217;s automated).</p>
<p><a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Automatic Social Bookmarking Software" href="http://imthelight.com/products/auto-social-bookmarker" target="_blank"><strong>Click here to get you hands on this powerful social bookmarking software</strong></a></p>
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		<title>Discover How To Register a Blog at Wordpress.com</title>
		<link>http://imthelight.com/blogpost/internet-marketing/discover-how-to-register-a-blog-at-wordpresscom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>10 Best Social Networking Sites In 2009</title>
		<link>http://imthelight.com/blogpost/internet-marketing/10-best-social-networking-sites-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The great thing about social networking is that it is changing how people communicate with friends, family, businesses and everyone else online, and it is even revolutionizing how people make money online as well. You can target new friends, old friends, family members and even new customers on the top ten best social networking sites.
You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The great thing about social networking is that it is changing how people communicate with friends, family, businesses and everyone else online, and it is even revolutionizing how people make money online as well. You can target new friends, old friends, family members and even new customers on the top ten best social networking sites.</p>
<p>You can also develop relationships and introduce people to what you have to offer. If you have never looked into social networking then it is time that you did. If you do not know where to start when it comes to social networking, you can look no further. Here are the top ten best social networking sites and what they can offer you.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>MySpace (<a title="My Space" href="http://www.myspace.com" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com</a>)</strong><br />
This is the biggest general social networking site, and is essential if you want to meet people and facilitate conversations online. There are millions of people using MySpace, are you one of them?</li>
<li><strong>Facebook (<a title="Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com</a>)<br />
</strong>This is another general social networking site that is similar in nature to MySpace. What it offers is unique in many ways, making it necessary to be a member of both for best results.</li>
<li><strong>YouTube (<a title="YouTube" href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com</a>)</strong><br />
YouTube is a social networking website that allows you to build a channel of self-uploaded videos that you can share with others. This is a great way to build relationships through viral video marketing.</li>
<li><strong>LinkedIn (<a title="LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com</a>)<br />
</strong>This is a website that allows you to network with professionals in your industry and others. If you want to get to know people with similar business interests, this is the way to do it.</li>
<li><strong>Twitter (<a title="Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com</a>)<br />
</strong>Twitter capitalizes on micro-blogging, allowing you to follow what your friends are doing and share micro-updates with the people who want to know what you are up to as well.</li>
<li><strong>Classmates (<a title="Classmates" href="http://www.classmates.com" target="_blank">http://www.classmates.com</a>)<br />
</strong>Classmates is a social networking website that connects you with friends from your past, allowing you to keep in touch with old schoolmates in order to rekindle friendships.</li>
<li><strong>Xanga (<a title="Xanga" href="http://www.xanga.com" target="_blank">http://www.xanga.com</a>)<br />
</strong>Xanga is a blogging community that allows you to share blogs, photos, videos and a lot more so that you can network with people that have similar interests from all over the world.</li>
<li><strong>Squidoo (<a title="Squidoo" href="http://www.squidoo.com" target="_blank">http://www.squidoo.com</a>)<br />
</strong>Squidoo is becoming popular really fast, allowing people to create their own personal websites called lenses about any topic under the sun.</li>
<li><strong>Multiply (<a title="Multiply" href="http://multiply.com/" target="_blank">http://multiply.com</a>)<br />
</strong>Multiply is a parner of MSN that allows you to network with other people in a variety of different and unique ways to facilitate community and conversation.</li>
<li><strong>Friendster (<a title="Friendster" href="http://www.friendster.com" target="_blank">http://www.friendster.com</a>)<br />
</strong>Friendster is one the first social networking site. It has many features provided to its users.</li>
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<p>As you well know there are many other social networking sites out there. By understanding the terms of service for each of the above and other adult social networking sites you can become known around the globe. Not just from a social standpoint but also from an internet marketing and business standpoint.  Now it&#8217;s up to you to leverage your business and social life using the best social networking sites.</p>
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		<title>Dont Wait Profit With Social Network Websites</title>
		<link>http://imthelight.com/blogpost/internet-marketing/dont-wait-profit-with-social-network-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first step to getting the most out of social network websites is to understand what they are and what they can do for you. Social network websites are designed to facilitate communities between like minded people. Some of the more popular social networking websites are Facebook and MySpace.
These social networking websites are general networking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first step to getting the most out of social network websites is to understand what they are and what they can do for you. Social network websites are designed to facilitate communities between like minded people. Some of the more popular social networking websites are Facebook and MySpace.</p>
<p>These social networking websites are general networking websites that are designed to facilitate the communication between people all over the world through chat mediums, messaging mediums, communities and networking, commenting, photo sharing and more. This is not where the social network website concept ends, however, as there are social network websites for every niche and interest under the sun, including social network websites for dating, business networking, investing, sharing media and news, niche interests, music, art, students and so much more.</p>
<p>Everyone can benefit from community social websites if they enjoy communicating with other people. Businesses can benefit from social networking by reaching out to their customers through their profiles. Individuals can benefit from social networking by meeting new people, making new friends, and developing new interests and activities by gaining exposure to a completely new world.</p>
<p>MySpace, Facebook and other general social networks offer exposure to videos, photos, music, blogging, commenting, groups and networks and other forms of media sharing and communication. Niche websites like Ravelry, which is a community site for knitters or Deviant Art, which is an art based social website are designed to gather people with similar interests, aspirations or goals so that they can share their creations, ideas and other communication with one another.</p>
<p>Social network websites are opening up new opportunities for meeting and communicating with people all over the world. Most social network websites are worldwide sites, meaning that users can join from all over the world to communicate with people that have similar interests. These community sites also provide an excellent avenue for people to reconnect with individuals from their past, such as by searching for the names of old classmates or friends from extra curricular activities and viewing their profiles in order to re establish contact.</p>
<p>Social network websites are exactly what the name would have you assume: They are websites that encourage networking on a social basis, though business networking is also popular through websites like these. There are hundreds of social networking websites online, including social network websites that cater to specific niches and interests, specific age groups, regions, languages, religion and many other characteristics.</p>
<p>It seems as if everyday new community networking sites are springing up all over the internet for a multitude of different purposes. There are social network websites for book lovers, artists, scientists, doctors, gossip hounds, people that are interested in sharing news and media, people that are interested in sharing videos, people who live in a specific country, students attending a specific school, and so many more. While some social network websites like MySpace, Facebook, Flickr and LiveJournal are more well known than others, the possibility when it comes to social networking is virtually limitless.</p>
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		<title>3 Proven Online Product Marketing Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to recreate the wheel every time you want to start a campaign to market your products or services.  Instead, you can look to the best practices of what other online businesses have done in the past for proven online product marketing tips.  You can learn both from the mistakes and successes of other [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not necessary to recreate the wheel every time you want to start a campaign to market your products or services.  Instead, you can look to the best practices of what other online businesses have done in the past for proven online product marketing tips.  You can learn both from the mistakes and successes of other businesses, so long as you effectively incorporate those ideas into your own marketing strategy.  </p>
<p><strong>Know Your Customers<br />
</strong></p>
<p>How well do you know your potential clients?  You first need to understand that no matter how valuable the products and services that you offer, they will not appeal to everyone.  Instead of trying to market your products to entities who will never be interested, you should instead set your sights on those individuals who will actually be interested in what you have to offer.  </p>
<p>Forget about segments of the marketplace that are yet untapped.  You may be able to go back later and find ways to reach out that will be effective to your overall marketing strategy.  But until you&#8217;re achieved success with your target customer groups, you cannot spend time looking at clients that are a long shot.</p>
<p><strong>Know Your Competition<br />
</strong></p>
<p>What do your competitors do well?  What do they do not so well?  You should constantly be observing how your competitors deal with their businesses.  You can rely heavily upon your own observations.  In addition, you can ask trusted friends or current clients to look at the offerings and practices of your competition to find ways to emulate their successes or change practices to avoid the ways in which they have not been as successful.  Proven online product marketing tips, can come from nearly any observation you make about the businesses of your competition.  </p>
<p><strong>Be an Expert<br />
</strong></p>
<p>Finally, you must be an absolute expert in the field in which you do business.  How else can you expect your customers and clients to trust you, if you do not know more about what you have to offer than any of your competitors?  Learn about your products and services inside out.  </p>
<p>If they are products and services that you have developed on your own, you should carefully document every piece of knowledge possible about them.  </p>
<p>If they are third party products or services, you should read all documentation that is provided, test out the products and services so that you know how to use them inside and out, and find the appropriate experts of whom to ask questions whenever they may arise.  </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s face it! In today&#8217;s competitive marketplace, you the small business person need every advantage you can come up with; in order to make a fair profit. By using proven online product marketing tips, you can be well on your way to achieving success for your business.</p>
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		<title>The Benefits Of An SEO Service Provider</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization (SEO)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO service provider]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A SEO service provider is an Internet savvy person or company who knows how to make your website be seen as often as possible when people search for your product or service. 
SEO stands for search engine optimization and the process involves proper keyword placement. Even the host you use for your website can affect how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A SEO service provider is an Internet savvy person or company who knows how to make your website be seen as often as possible when people search for your product or service. </p>
<p>SEO stands for search engine optimization and the process involves proper keyword placement. Even the host you use for your website can affect how many people see your site. The more people that look at your site, the more business or reputation your site will develop.</p>
<p>Having keywords that people would search for when looking for things that your site has will increase the possibility of the search engine they use bringing it up. Search engines look for the closest possible match to what the person has put into it. Because of this, sometimes keywords may seem like they&#8217;d be odd or out of place when you place them in your website. Consultants who work on SEO will know how to place keywords into your text without making them look awkward to read.</p>
<p>Too many keywords repeated in your site may be considered as polluting the search engine results and can actually deter search engines from linking to your site. Most search engines will show a clip of the text on your website and will provide insight into how your format looks. If it looks cluttered and uninformative because it&#8217;s just repeating it self, your site could be passed over. Chances are your SEO service provider will recommend you not take that route since most providers take pride in their job.</p>
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<p>They may also recommend not using a link system to receive more hits on your website as it can get your site ignored by some search engines. A link system is when you connect a lot of different sites to each other so that they&#8217;ll appear higher on the list the search engine provides. This is also referred to as link farms and while it can be effective it can also do more harm than good.</p>
<p>When you are first making your site it may be a good idea to hire a consultant or service provider to make your site for you as they can include SEO in the initial site. In some cases it may be important to have your keywords on the home page of your site since some search engines can take into account how far into your site the keyword is found. They&#8217;ll also help you find a host and name for your site that will have the maximum search results for you.</p>
<p>Sometimes other sites may have the same information that you&#8217;d like to have on yours, and it can be hard to know whether or not you&#8217;d be stealing their information by using it. There are writers who are skilled at rewriting articles to make them different enough that you can use them to provide the same information on your site. If you choose to hire an SEO service provider to help you, they should be able to do this service for you or find someone else who can.</p>
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		<title>How To Put Money In Your Pocket With Article Marketing</title>
		<link>http://imthelight.com/blogpost/internet-marketing-terms/how-to-put-money-in-your-pocket-with-article-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new concept in article marketing that is receiving a lot of attention, and what it involves is learning how to use article marketing to put money in your pocket on a fairly regular basis. Article marketing is becoming an extremely big thing, with thousands of different people publishing articles across the internet [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a new concept in article marketing that is receiving a lot of attention, and what it involves is learning how to use article marketing to put money in your pocket on a fairly regular basis. Article marketing is becoming an extremely big thing, with thousands of different people publishing articles across the internet as a viable means for promoting products, websites, eBooks and numerous other concepts. In addition to providing valuable links to the website belonging to the author, there are a number of other benefits that come with publishing articles in article directory websites. </p>
<p>By publishing articles containing links to your website, your website will enjoy a much larger number of incoming links. One-way incoming links like these are absolutely excellent when it comes to SEO. And when your articles are syndicated out to other blogs and syndication sites, the number of links is only going to increase. Luckily, there are other ways to make these articles work hard for you; especially ways that help put money in your pocket.</p>
<p>There is a brand new article marketing concept, which is to use power articles on revenue sharing article websites. When power articles are published by an author, he or she has full control of whatever advertising space is placed on the pages displaying them. So rather than dealing with the site owner&#8217;s Google ads or other ads, the author&#8217;s ads are displayed instead. Not only is the author getting the benefits associated with publishing their articles, but they are also earning additional chances to make revenue from advertising on the pages where those articles are displayed.</p>
<p>Many article sites rely heavily on advertising revenue, so they offer as many as seven different places for advertising on a single page. Advertising may be from Google AdSense, Yahoo, or a number of other advertising servers, including the author&#8217;s own advertising, should he or she decide to implement it. Even better, if the author chooses, he or she may sell this valuable advertising space to third party advertising companies. The important thing to keep in mind however is that this advertising space does not come free. Luckily, the costs associated with this free control advertising is far outweighed by the sheer amount of revenue that you can earn from having access to so many different advertising spaces.</p>
<p>There are numerous opportunities like this available on the internet, allowing article marketers to make excellent use of their article submission space. Not only will they be allowed to use their articles in proactive ways by creating links, building authority and optimizing for search engines, but these authors will also be able to manipulate advertising space to earn a significant income through ad revenue. </p>
<p>If you are looking for a way to put money in your pocket through advertising with articles, consider joining article marketing submission websites that allow you to have control over the advertising space. This will give you an excellent opportunity to generate income beyond what traditional article marketing offers.</p>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing In Plain English</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably read the term affiliate marketing dozens or maybe hundreds of times online, so what is affiliate marketing?  Affiliate marketing is simply an agreement between you and a merchant in which you help promote the merchant&#8217;s product for a share of the profits of each sale.  
You can promote the products a variety of ways, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve probably read the term affiliate marketing dozens or maybe hundreds of times online, so what is affiliate marketing?  Affiliate marketing is simply an agreement between you and a merchant in which you help promote the merchant&#8217;s product for a share of the profits of each sale.  </p>
<p>You can promote the products a variety of ways, but the links that take potential customers to the merchant&#8217;s website are coded to notify him or her that the customer came from your efforts, and you&#8217;re paid whatever the agreed upon percentage of the sale might be.</p>
<p>If that sounds simple, maybe even too good to be true, consider that affiliate marketing is one of the top ways to make money online, just because it is so simple. </p>
<p>There are also different types of affiliate marketing programs that require different things. </p>
<p>What is affiliate marketing if it&#8217;s pay-per-click?  This means that each time a potential customer clicks on your link to the merchant&#8217;s website, you earn money. </p>
<p>What is affiliate marketing if it&#8217;s pay-per-lead?  Each time a potential customer clicks on your link and then registers at the affiliate website, you get paid. </p>
<p>What is affiliate marketing if it&#8217;s pay-per-sale?  This is the most common.  When someone clicks on your link and makes a purchase at the merchant&#8217;s website, you get paid a percentage of those profits, or your commission. </p>
<p>Many people who want to make money online try to take a traditional store model and transfer it to a website.  This involves handling physical products, storing them somewhere until they&#8217;re purchased, shipping them once they&#8217;re purchased, having expensive merchant accounts to enable you to accept credit cards, paying hosting fees for a business website account, and many more expenses and hassles.</p>
<p>And just because you set up a store online, doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;ll succeed.  You have to promote to bring in new business and you have to do it correctly to target the right people.  </p>
<p>Online stores, with their ease of set up, fail at a high rate because many people don&#8217;t understand all the things they need to do to succeed. But affiliate marketing requires none of that hassle.  You don&#8217;t even necessarily have to have a website in order to make money affiliate marketing.  By posting advertisements online or writing articles you can use your links to direct people to the product you&#8217;re marketing and make money that way. Of course, if you already have a website, then placing an ad to the products is an easy way to get people to click and purchase, and shouldn&#8217;t be overlooked.  </p>
<p>Not only does affiliate marketing benefit you by earning you profits for products you don&#8217;t have to handle, store, pay for or ship, but it&#8217;s good for the merchant, too.  They get free advertising from you, and increased sales that make it well worth the commission paid to you.</p>
<p>So, what is affiliate marketing?<br />
Great, easy way for anyone to make extra money online. </p>
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		<title>5 Factors You Must Now When Using An Article To Drive Traffic To Your Internet Marketing Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to increase the amount of traffic that is visiting your website, then the key is article marketing. Are you looking to attract additional visitors to your website? One of the most powerful ways that you can achieve this is through article marketing, which will allow you to generate a significant traffic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are looking to increase the amount of traffic that is visiting your website, then the key is article marketing. Are you looking to attract additional visitors to your website? One of the most powerful ways that you can achieve this is through article marketing, which will allow you to generate a significant traffic increase to your website.</p>
<p>However, not all articles created the same. I&#8217;d like to show you 5 factors you should keep in mind to make this form of internet marketing works. Putting some efforts to this detail can help you attract a steady stream of potential customers and other visitors to your website effectively.</p>
<p><strong>1. Write Clearly</strong></p>
<p>The first important factor in article marketing is to develop a clearly written informational article. This article should provide value in some form, and should be written strongly enough that it helps to build credibility. A clearly written article is one that makes sure your readers won&#8217;t just skim it. By providing an easy read, you will be able to engage your potential customers, giving them a reason to want more.</p>
<p><strong>2. Give First</strong></p>
<p>In order to keep the attention of your reader, your article needs to be capable of offering some form of value. This is the basic principle behind the concept of online article marketing. One example of this concept may be to write an SEO-themed article talking about how to write effective title tags for search engine optimization. A valuable article on this subject would explain the concept and provide numerous examples, giving readers something to take away from the article.</p>
<p><strong>3. Show Your Credibility</strong></p>
<p>The result of a clearly written article providing value is credibility. Credibility may be a subtle concept, but it is absolutely vital if you are looking to drive large traffic numbers to your website or to your affiliate products. Some of the best ways to build credibility through your article marketing is to inject your experience into the articles that you write, provide references to findings from professional studies, offer facts, provide industry expertise and quotes and so on.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an example from my own article, where I show my readers <strong><a title="Free Traffic From Stumble Upon" href="http://imthelight.com/blogpost/featured-posts/spark-of-free-traffic-from-stumble-upon/" target="_blank">how to get tons of free traffic using Stumble Upon</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>4. Show Them What&#8217;s Next</strong></p>
<p>Once a compelling article has been written for this form of marketing, you can weave in some kind of reference to your products or services. It is important that you take this step in a modest way if you want your article marketing efforts to be taken seriously. You should not have to incorporate in a hard sell, because this doesn&#8217;t seem to work. Don&#8217;t tell people what to do, what to use, or force them to take your opinions. Just write a clearly written, informative article, provide something valuable to the reader, and then use your newfound credibility as a way to generate traffic to your website.<br />
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5. Search Engine Optimization</strong></p>
<p>Now that you have written your article, you can implement on page optimization such as using your keywords in your article title. Your title should be 7 main words most of the time. Your keyword should also be used in most of your paragraphs, though not all are necessary. At least once in the body of your article you should bold your keyword. You may also want to emphasize or italicize your keyword at least once as well, because these text signals tell search engines which phrases are important.</p>
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		<title>What Is The Definition Of Internet Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fidens Felix</dc:creator>
		
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In the past few years, everyone has been going on and on about marketing businesses and products online, but what exactly is the definition of internet marketing?  Is it as simple as throwing up a website and emailing a few people about it?  Well, yes and no.  So far, the definition of what constitutes internet marketing isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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<p>In the past few years, everyone has been going on and on about marketing businesses and products online, but what exactly is the definition of internet marketing?  Is it as simple as throwing up a website and emailing a few people about it?  Well, yes and no.  So far, the definition of what constitutes internet marketing isn&#8217;t really set, but there are some things people agree on.</p>
<p>First, it&#8217;s not always necessary to have a website to do internet marketing.  It&#8217;s very useful, yes, and you&#8217;ll get many more customers if you have one.  </p>
<p>However, you can send out emails, participate in message board discussions, and even join chat rooms to market your products and services without ever making a website.</p>
<p>One aspect of internet marketing that doesn&#8217;t really work, despite what your email inbox might show, is spam.  Well, spamming messages and emails, anyway (there are other types that are somewhat useful).  Yes, emailing people about your products is a good marketing idea, but if the recipient doesn&#8217;t want to know about what you have to offer, he or she will simply mark your email as spam.  Be sure the people you email actually want to get your emails before you send them.</p>
<p>So what&#8217;s good spam, then?  It really depends on how you look at it.  One popular practice of getting your site out there is to read people&#8217;s blogs and post comments, then add your site link in either the name area or at the end of your post.  Since you&#8217;re actually responding to what they say, it&#8217;s not exactly spamming.  On the other hand, you&#8217;re writing a comment more or less just to get your site&#8217;s link on the blog, so it is spam in a way.  </p>
<p>Is spam even in the definition of internet marketing then?  Again, it&#8217;s really hard to say.  Certainly sending mass emails to people who don&#8217;t care about your service isn&#8217;t useful and a waste, but sometimes posting on message boards and blogs brings people to your site.  </p>
<p>Another dubious method of internet marketing lies with social networks like MySpace and Facebook. Starting a profile on these sites for your products or services can bring in hundreds of new customers since these sites have millions of people on them.  However, adding people to your friends list just to get your name out there is, to some, more obnoxious spamming that isn&#8217;t welcome.</p>
<p>What it all comes down to is that you want to get your name and website, if you have one, out to as many people online as you can, but you don&#8217;t want to be annoying about it.  That&#8217;s where internet marketing is really different from offline marketing.  Flyers, billboards, and ads in newspapers are much more easily ignored than popup ads, spam emails, and hundreds of friend requests on MySpace.  </p>
<p>Basically, when it comes to online marketing, a good rule to remember is that if you wouldn&#8217;t want to see it, don&#8217;t send or post it.  If you&#8217;re selling pet related products, for example, you probably shouldn&#8217;t send a friend request to someone who says they don&#8217;t like animals.  All in all, &#8220;Don&#8217;t spam&#8221; seems to be perhaps the best definition of internet marketing out there.</p>
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