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		<title>Link Building For Your Blog &#8211; What Are You Waiting On</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/list-building/link-building-for-your-blog-what-are-you-waiting-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you do not yet have a link building blog, then now is the time to start one. What you need is a strategy that will consistently have links coming into your blog. Internal links and incoming links are both very important to having your site rank as high as possible in the search engines. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you do not yet have a link building blog, then now is the time to start one. What you need is a strategy that will consistently have links coming into your blog. Internal links and incoming links are both very important to having your site rank as high as possible in the search engines. Due to how important it is, it&#8217;s something that is worth investing money and time into.<br /><br />There is more than one way to get links back to your blog. We will take a look at some of the ones you should be doing as soon as possible.<br /><br />Most blogs have a blogroll (a listing of links that go to, usually, related blogs). A common method for building backlinks is to swap links with another site&#8217;s blogroll. This is meant to be a fair trade, so be sure each of your links are displayed in an equally prominent way. However, not all blogrolls are the same. Some bloggers will be very selective about which sites they link to, while others will post as many links as they can in the hopes of getting links back themselves. <br /><br />This difference in the quality of blogrolls can make your link building blog trickier to maintain. For starters, you need to be sure that the sites you&#8217;re requesting a link on are being choosey. This can take some time. However, you also need to check the blogroll of any sites that are asking to be added to your list of links. This takes more time, but you are going for higher quality links over sheer volume.<br /><br />No matter what the pros and cons are of using this link building strategy, it can be a good way to build up a lot of relevant backlinks quickly. On top of that, you will become part of a larger network of sites that are all linking to one another.<br /><br />As long as we&#8217;re on the subject of blogs, another way to get backlinks is to be guest blogger. A lot of blog owners are happy to get a fresh perspective on the topic they cover. You can also return the favor and offer the other person a chance to be a guest blogger on your site. Not only will you get extra links back to your site, but you will also increase your status as an expert on the topic, which will add to your credibility in the eyes of your visitors.<br /><br />Joining and contributing to forums is another good way of getting other sites to link to you. Just add your blog&#8217;s URL (website address) as your forum signature. Be careful to read all of the rules regarding signatures before posting yours. For example, you may have to be a member for so many months, or have a certain number of posts before you can display your signature.<br /><br />Whatever methods you decide to use, the key is to start link building for your blog right away. The sooner you start doing it, the sooner you will start to see positive results.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to Make More of Your AutoResponder</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/list-building/how-to-make-more-of-your-autoresponder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[List Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autoresponder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[List Profit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve spent much time in the world of online marketing, then you&#8217;ve probably heard a variety of different people preaching about the benefits of autoresponders. Autoresponders can be extremely valuable, and profitable, tools to have working for you. But just because you purchased one service and set it up, doesn&#8217;t mean that you&#8217;re guaranteed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve spent much time in the world of online marketing, then you&#8217;ve probably heard a variety of different people preaching about the benefits of autoresponders. Autoresponders can be extremely valuable, and profitable, tools to have working for you. But just because you purchased one service and set it up, doesn&#8217;t mean that you&#8217;re guaranteed to succeed. Instead, use these quick tips and methods to make more out of your autoresponder.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>One of the first mistakes that people make is not getting started the right way, and that means list building. Sure, it&#8217;s tempting to buy some really huge, really cheap list of email addresses, and we&#8217;ve all thought about doing it at some point. But the truth of the matter is that this is only going to produce poor results, and could even doom your entire campaign. You&#8217;re going to get marked as spam by most people, and the people that don&#8217;t still won&#8217;t be interested in what you have to say, or what you want to provide them with in terms of opportunities, products or services.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Therefore, the only real way to succeed is to list build by finding high quality prospects from your own website, and from your other interactions. You can encourage people to join your list by tempting them with free eBooks, guides or reviews, special discounts or products, weekly tips newsletters and much more. In this way, you&#8217;ll grow your list, and it will be filled with people who actually will look at what you&#8217;re sending them.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Another huge mistake that people make with autoresponders is that every message they send out is another review, claiming product X is the best thing since sliced bread, and telling them to please buy it today. When this is all that people receive, they will quickly grow tired of your messages. Instead, you have to mix in some honest and legitimate reviews and recommendations, with other useful messages.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If you send out lots of helpful advice and tips, for example, you&#8217;ll begin to win people&#8217;s trust and respect. Then when you try to sell them a product, you&#8217;ll be much more likely to succeed. Along the same lines, if you review things honestly and don&#8217;t claim that every single thing is amazing, you&#8217;ll also earn more credibility, leading to greater results even though you&#8217;re spending less time selling and promoting.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Autoresponders can be extremely effective tools and services, but you have to use them the right way. Failing to go about list building in the right way, and doing nothing but promoting all day long are two ways that are going to see you fail abruptly. These are just a few of the most common mistakes that people make, and a few of the easy ways that you can begin to make more out of your own efforts as well. The sooner you make these changes the quicker you can begin to enjoy more success for yourself.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Official &#8220;Tweet Button&#8221; Launched By Twitter</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/general/official-tweet-button-launched-by-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention web site owners! Sharing your content with the world just got a lot more simple. With Twitter&#8217;s launch of the Tweet Button,  users can now share links directly from the page they&#8217;re on. Instead of copying and pasting the link into Twitter&#8217;s website, or shortening links, users only have to click the Tweet Button, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attention web site owners! Sharing your content with the world just got a lot more simple. With Twitter&#8217;s launch of the Tweet Button,  users can now share links directly from the page they&#8217;re on. Instead of copying and pasting the link into Twitter&#8217;s website, or shortening links, users only have to click the Tweet Button, which prompts a Tweet Box to appear. In this box is a shortened version of the link that will be tweeted. A click of the button and BAM! A tweet is born.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This simplified process means that Twitter users will be even more likely to share web content with all of their followers. Which, in turn, means even more traffic for web site owners. And don&#8217;t think this option is only available to corporate giants. Bloggers and small businesses, as well as those corporate giants, all have the same access to the Tweet Button. Copy and paste a few lines of code into your website and voila. You have a Tweet Button.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>A Tweet Button may be a web site owner&#8217;s answer to the traffic they&#8217;re looking for. Each time a web site is tweeted, other &#8220;suggested websites&#8221; appear for the user. Yours may be among those suggested websites. Yet another way to spread the word on your web site quickly and cheaply. Twitter has a growing list of websites which has adopted the Tweet Button. Make yours one of them.</p>
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		<title>Basic List Building Ideas &amp; Techniques</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/list-building/basic-list-building-ideas-techniques/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[List Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Squeeze page]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many list building secrets that have proved to be successful for Internet marketing. It is impossible to get by this if you are an online marketer. You will at one point learn to build a list of potential customers as you go.   It is important to understand the dos and don’ts on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many list building secrets that have proved to be successful for Internet marketing. It is impossible to get by this if you are an online marketer. You will at one point learn to build a list of potential customers as you go.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It is important to understand the dos and don’ts on how to list build and by knowing some of the secrets they will make it an easy task for you.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In Internet marketing world, list building is a necessary part of the game. You will be compiling a list of names and email addresses you will use for your marketing purposes. This really is not a difficult task if you know how to start building but then again, it’s not an easy task and you will run into problems along the way.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As far as list building techniques and ideas go you are going to need an interesting and very convincing squeeze page. A squeeze page is just a web page that is designed to offer instant access to information on a website or some free gift in trade for visitor’s names and their email address. So creating an effective press page will be the key to getting the quality information you will need. In order to achieve success at this the text you will use should stand out and be free of any errors and should be persuasive in nature. People should feel that they are going to get something worthwhile in exchange of them giving up their information to you.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If you end up having a large list of names and email addresses and few that will actually belong to potential customers, then you will have failed the task. Make sure you are choosing quality potential customers over the number of actual ones on your list.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Having a small list, might mean that you can focus on what could turn out to be valuable customers and that in turn will make you successful in the world of internet marketing.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>There are many other techniques, ideas and secrets to list building and by doing a bit of research while at the same time talking to others that do this for a living will help you make a gold mine of a network list full of customers!</p>
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		<title>E-shopping and Ecommerce</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/seo/e-shopping-and-ecommerce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has become a common thing in this day and age of e-shopping to have an ecommerce website. It takes a little bit more effort to get one designed. However along with that work you will be in harmony with a prospective customer.   You can have the perfectly designed and user friendly website, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has become a common thing in this day and age of e-shopping to have an ecommerce website. It takes a little bit more effort to get one designed. However along with that work you will be in harmony with a prospective customer.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>You can have the perfectly designed and user friendly website, but if people don’t know you there it’s a fruitless effort to say the least. There are hundreds of ecommerce websites, but to attract a larger target of clients and customers, you have to use exclusive marketing techniques and use the right tools with that. Without those you will be left running behind your competitors.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The most effective thing that you can apply is search engine optimization. SEO experts will insert relevant keywords and or phrases into your site and they will link this back to your ecommerce site. However, this is not enough to get noticed by the search engines. By customers typing in related words to your products and services will get you those high ranking results.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Also, the value of your web content in terms of getting the web traffic from those search engines is very high. People that visit your site once won’t do it. You have to get them to keep coming back to your website. So make the site informative and useful. Search engines will prefer those websites with the best quality content.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Another tool is having a promotional subscription to various forums and blogs which must be relevant to your site’s content . You will obtain many opportunities to get in touch with the people of your community and can then inform them of your website. If you own a website, sign up for the discussion forums. These will have discussions which will be in connection to your website business. Register at any forum and remember to put the link at the signature area. A new ecommerce site can most definitely be marketed online if there are banners that are being displayed in a few websites with heavier traffic flow in place.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing &amp; Strategy Tips</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/affiliate-marketing/affiliate-marketing-strategy-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://dotcomreport.com/affiliate-marketing/affiliate-marketing-strategy-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affiliate Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Linking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate Marketing Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These days, online marketing is extremely important for any business that wants to be successful on the internet. By creating advertisements for your products or services a company will get recognized however it is doesn’t end with just advertising and promotions.   Online internet marketing methods differ and no matter which choice you make to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These days, online marketing is extremely important for any business that wants to be successful on the internet. By creating advertisements for your products or services a company will get recognized however it is doesn’t end with just advertising and promotions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Online internet marketing methods differ and no matter which choice you make to promote your business, they all their pros and cons.</p>
<p><br /> With affiliate marketing, most web masters will choose this way of promoting products and try to generate sales. Though, not all marketers will succeed with affiliate marketing. Many will make unintentional errors which will lead them to failing with their internet marketing plan.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The biggest mistake is not doing your research and studying the market and your different options that would work best for your business. This will take time and many end up wasting money for their efforts.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>With affiliate marketing the biggest thing is to make sure you are using links properly.. One has to decide what the appropriate places to put their links. These links are important for people to find your website and that is always the ultimate result you are looking for. No site is worth having if people aren’t visiting it.</p>
<p>You will have to post links to websites that are reputable and make sure they are appropriate to your own products or services and at all times we have to steer clear of the sites that have a poor reputation. Having an association with a bad website can pull your website down faster then you can blink your eyes.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>With advertising having all details ready and having them make sense as your potential customer reads through your website is always a must. Offering clients as much knowledge regarding your products and services without overloading them are important tips.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Keeping up to date on how the world of affiliate marketing tactics and methods are going are important because you never know if you will require the information in the future.</p>
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		<title>Being Effective in Building Links to Get High Rankings</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/list-building/website-linking/being-effective-in-building-links-to-get-high-rankings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Linking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably already know that links to your website are import to achieve high rankings. But why are links to your website so import? The major problems we face with search engines are that they are have always been based on the responses to the most relevant web pages to their queries. Take a major [...]]]></description>
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<h1><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;"><strong>You probably already know that </strong><strong><a href="www.dotcomreport.com/">links</a></strong><strong> to your website are import to achieve high rankings. But why are links to your website so import?</strong></span></h1>
<p><strong>The major problems we face with search engines are that they are have always been based on the responses to the most relevant web pages to their queries.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Take a major search engine such as the Yahoo Directory. This was basically the first practical tools that were used for searching the web. What was the directory built on? It was built based upon human based directory. We would go on the search engine and find new sites making new entries in the directory. As the web grew, humans could simply not keep up with the demand.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Then came the following of search engines like Info-seek came into the picture and it did not rely on human editors. They used software programs to do the searching for humans and to discover all the pages out on the web. Then of course more humans discovered a way to abuse this, they are known as spammers. These spammers engulfed the keywords into pages and they even found a way to hide keywords from users but still making them visible to search engines. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Google uses HTML <a href="www.dotcomreport.com/">links</a> it finds on the web to fill the role of the extinct human editors. Since each link requires website publishers to take the time to go in and modify HTML on the web pages, they usually only are likely to do that if they think that the page they are linking to has potential interest for visitors to their website. So in turn the link is treated in an editorial judgment.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Those nice people called spammers then couldn’t resist and got into this act as well by creating a marketplace for buying and selling links saying that they were improving search engine rankings. The problem with such actions is that the accuracy of the algorithm depends on the concept of citation or links that are editorially given. Another way to look at it is that a purchased link is NOT a true citation. That link was implemented because the publisher got paid to do it not because of publisher content.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Well ok then how does one get links to their website? Several things need to happen to succeed in obtaining the links from sites to yours.</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Build a website that has unique value and content</strong><strong>.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Actively promote your site to other website publishers</strong></li>
<li><strong>Never stop getting more links to your site</strong><strong>.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Link building is a major core to the marketing function and something all web publishers should be pursuing. In knowing this basic theory,  you know how to build <a href="www.dotcomreport.com/">links</a> effectively</strong></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to Benefit from List Building</title>
		<link>http://dotcomreport.com/list-building/how-to-benefit-from-list-building/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dotCOMreport Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[List Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[List Profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mailing List]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[List building remains one of the most profitable and successful means of online marketing. When done properly, you can see some fantastic results, both immediately and over the long haul as well. Learn how to list build properly and take a look at all of the many great benefits to getting started for yourself.   [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>List building remains one of the most profitable and successful means of online marketing. When done properly, you can see some fantastic results, both immediately and over the long haul as well. Learn how to list build properly and take a look at all of the many great benefits to getting started for yourself.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>One of the key things you have to remember about consumers and particularly online shoppers is that people aren&#8217;t always ready to make a purchase right away. They need more time to evaluate, or they need to be swayed in a certain direction. Therefore, list building is a way to capture these individuals from your website or from other areas who aren&#8217;t immediately ready, but still may be interested down the line.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Once you grow a list, you can then continually reach out to these individuals to help entice them into making a purchase. By providing them with helpful tips, free guides, relevant news and information and more, you&#8217;ll build up a great amount of trust. Then when they are ready to make a purchase, they will surely look in your direction to do so.</p>
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<p>You will be building your relationship with them over time, and gaining their trust and respect. This also means that they will share you and your business with their friends and colleagues who need help as well. List building and effective email marketing work together to grow one another naturally, and you&#8217;ll be converting prospects all the while.</p>
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<p>You can also showcase all kinds of new products and services you have. This is great for both prospects on your list, and existing customers. If you have 200 people who already bought product A from you, and product B is very closely related to that, then there&#8217;s a good chance that a lot of those same 200 people will buy product B. Think about how quickly you can generate sales simply from list building and reaching out to your audience!</p>
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<p>With list building, you&#8217;ll also be able to provide more incentives for people to make a purchase. Once again, you&#8217;re just trying to push these existing prospects and repeat customers over the edge, and you have a direct means of communication to do so. Offer discounts, special sales and incentives, freebies and more, and you&#8217;ll greatly increase your sales with these limited time offers.</p>
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<p>Remember that with list building and subsequent email marketing, you are really building yourself a captive audience. You can reach out to them directly and individually, or segment your list by groups to deliver highly targeted messages. The result is that it&#8217;s an extremely cost effective, quick and efficient way to get in touch and stay in touch with a lot of prospects and customers.</p>
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<p>The benefits to list building are clearly pretty widespread. You can increase sales directly, work on converting those prospects into customers and customers into repeat clients, showcase new products and services, advertise sales and discounts and more. For all of these reasons and even more, list building offers businesses and websites a great array of advantages and it certainly will be here to stay.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Top 5 Free Linking Building Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building links is an essential part of building a growing blog into complete success.  Links will provide your blog with more popularity on various social bookmarking sites such as Digg and Technorati along with a higher page rank with Google. With both the Google page ranking and the higher authority on the social bookmarking sites [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Building links is an essential part of building a growing blog into complete success.  Links will provide your blog with more popularity on various social bookmarking sites such as Digg and Technorati along with a higher page rank with Google. With both the Google page ranking and the higher authority on the social bookmarking sites will make your site be more attractive to interested advertisers willing to pay higher rates to have a pay-per-click spot on your site.</p>
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<li>Write compelling content that people will enjoy reading is the best way to get others to link your site to their blogs and websites. Figure out who your audiences who will be on your websites and blogs. Look into your primary and secondary audiences to determine the type of content that will be of interest.  Identify your main goals for your site and the possible expectations your blog will contain. </li>
<li>Submit your blog to blog directories such as MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog which provides many ways to increase the amount of income traffic to your site.</li>
<li>Comment on other blogs however be sure to leave a helpful note and don’t forget to leave your URL blog address in the comment form. Over time the SEO (search engine optimization) efforts will be well paid off with more traffic coming directly to your site.  When others will see your comments they will take the time to visit your blog and read your content. </li>
<li>Post regularly on your blog which can improve your search engine traffic as each new post will be captured by the search engines to be filtered and found on their searches. </li>
<li>Use Twitter and Facebook as a means of putting the word out about your blog and the content your blog provides too. Keep in mind to not overdo it by posting the same link too often.  People who would like to share your blog posts will repost your links to their friends, family, and colleagues. </li>
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		<title>The Top 3 Effective Email Marketing Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email marketing is one the original starts of marketing online and is still a useful tool to use.  A survey completed by eMarketer found that this year would be the best year for email marketing. Missing out on this opportunity could prove to be detrimental to a website owner&#8217;s website.  Email marketing consists of communicating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Email marketing is one the original starts of marketing online and is still a useful tool to use.  A survey completed by eMarketer found that this year would be the best year for email marketing. Missing out on this opportunity could prove to be detrimental to a website owner&#8217;s website.  Email marketing consists of communicating through email with proper permission from the interested leads. The most important thing to not do is spam your contacts as that will have reverse effects on your sales, products, and overall reputation.</p>
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<p>1.  Utilize Opt-In Forms</p>
<p>Opt-In forms are important as it protects not only you but your potentials leads too. The way it protects you is that the leads will need to comply with providing their email address and they will receive emails from your company.  Sending messages to email users who did not request it will cause many problems and can even lead to problems with breaking local laws.  The opt-in form will be able to protect you from being accused of sending spam.</p>
<p>2.  Try out email messaging tools</p>
<p>Trying out email list programs to send out mass quantities of emails can be done without automation but let&#8217;s be serious here, doing that will be a lot of work and time consuming.  Some of the most popular email service tools are Aweber, Constant Contact, and Mail Chimp.  For instance the top email service client AWeber contains services such as sending email newsletters for subscribers who have opted in receiving email from your site.  Also they a signup form to publish onto your website, autoresponders, managing unlimited email campaigns, colorful html email templates, superb email deliverability, free customer service support, email web analytics, RSS to Email (sending blog newsletters, easy shopping cart integration, and more.</p>
<p>3.  Create innovate email marketing campaigns</p>
<p>Putting together a well-written email marketing campaign will help in attractive leads to purchase your products and services. Sending an email at least 1-2 times a week will help increase the chances of your leads of remembering you, building up a relationship, and increase sales rates.</p>
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