Tuesday, April 1, 2008 

The Power of Small Business Classifieds

There are a great many potential buyers out there on the internet and many ways to advertise your small business in America. This article deals exclusively with internet classifieds.

Writing small classifieds is superb training for creating all types of advertising. The internet has developed since the home computer. You can now start a small business from home and produce terrific returns.

Small Business Classifieds, when used effectively, can be one of the quickest and inexpensive ways to increase sales and customers. One or two, well-written small classifieds can generate thousands in sales. Most people in America, don't appreciate the pulling power of classified advertising. They think small classifieds are for selling unwanted items, or finding cheap bargains, not for developing a business. While it's true small classifieds are a good way to sell unwanted items, or find a bargain, it is also true that small classifieds can be used to launch and operate a multi-million dollar corporate or small business.

Many a successful Corporate and Small Business depend totally on small classifieds to generate all their sales. The reason is simple. Once you have discovered how to harness the power of these small classifieds, you really don't need to run expensive display ads.

Creating successful small classifieds is not a job for an amateur. You may become qualified to create killer classifieds, if you study and work hard at it. But without practice, you are unlikely to do a good job. And only good classifieds make money.

How to Write Successful Small Classified Ads

Your small classified ad must compete with other ads for the readers attention. Your small classifieds has no artwork or layout. The whole job of leading readers into and through your classified ad must be done by the first word or words in the advertisement. You must use exciting and interesting words to the potential buyers of your product. The lead words must go to the heart of the product.

Do not deceive people with your small classified ads. What you want are quality names of potential customers... not a large quantity of useless names. It would be easy to promise the stars in your small classified ads. But if it can't deliver, you will not only lose the initial sale, you will have alienated your buyer.

Place your small classified ads under the most appropriate heading. If you were offering something appealing to health, the classifieds heading would be HEALTH. If you're aiming at a specific type of sportsman such as cyclists, swimmers, or bodybuilders, you might find such a classifieds heading.

Small Classified advertising is a powerful tool. You must first become aware of the effective use of classifieds advertising as a business builder. Understand exactly what can be expected from small classifieds advertising and what cannot.

Stir Emotion with your Corporate, or Small Business Classifieds

Your product or service must contain the "emotional appeal" that is the key element of many display ads. This "emotional appeal" must have the power to attract the reader. After the lead words, the good small classified advertisement will contain whatever descriptive words are necessary to tell enough about your product to make your prospect want it and to convince him you are telling the truth and are reliable. Concentrate on benefits, not features. Include your contact details, so that you can follow up on leads from your small classifieds. If you are making direct sales, include the price. Study the small classified advertisements of your successful competitors.

Write the Best Small Classified Ad you can

Include all the classic advertising words: "news", "new", "discovery", "bargain", "free", "save", etc. Hone and polish your small classified ad. Try to use the most powerful and evocative words. Make your small classifieds ad look exciting and big.

Mail Order Classifieds in America make Big Money !!!

Are you ready to make lots of money in your Small Business in America? Do you want to spend little time and money? If you are prepared to fulfill your dreams and realize your goals, mail order classifieds in America are your best bet to success. You have what it takes - right now. Small classifieds in America are the best dollar for-dollar return in advertising, and you can earn a high profit on your product investment.

People in America read small classifieds for a purpose. They aren't interrupted - as in most advertising - and are specifically looking for products, services and information that appeal to them. Well-placed small classifieds in America will bring hundreds - thousands - of replies month after month, year after year.

Don't forget the value of the names of your customers and enquirers. Satisfied customers can later be sold other products and each customer's name can be very valuable.

Sandra Prior is an advertising marketing consultant. She runs her own advertising website at America Small Business Classifieds.

 

How To Play Strategy Games

A strategy game is one in which thedeliberation abilities of the player and his decision-making skills combine to impact the outcome. Strategy games are a board, computer or video game. Recently, one can find and play online strategy games. Most games involve some subtlety of some sort, however, those classified as strategy games tend to rely on the decision-making skills of the player to determine more than half of the final scores. The word strategy is taken from the military, meaning military deliberation and tactics used to achieve results. This is in contrast to games in which players can rely to a large extent on probability to win.

Strategy games can differ a great deal and can be found with different themes. Some of the types include abstract strategy, war games, real time tactics or strategy games, simulation, building of cities and God games. In war games for instance, there is usually an extensive simulation of past military battles involving great leaders such as Alexander the Great, some Roman Emperors and even world wars I and II. The player is usually required to take on the role of commander or even an ordinary soldier who literally has an "impossible" mission to save rescue his comarades and save the day. Traditionally, strategy games are played with physical miniatures or on a board. With the advent of the internet, however, one can find many online strategy games to play or for those who prefer, they can download strategy games.

Real time tactics strategy games as opposed to real time strategy games, are usually military based, and require the user to handle all the aspects of warfare. For instance, you have to run into enemy lines without getting hurt. Such games include Warhammer: Dark Omen. With real time strategy games, on the other hand, the state of the game is continuously changing and the gamer has to keep up by making cautious decisions in order to win the game. Real time strategy games include Blizzards and NukeZone.

Simulation strategy games use real life situations as themes. Thus the player's choices and actions result in similar consequences as it would be in real life. Abstract strategy games, on the other hand do not necessarily use real life themes. The player must understand the logic to win the game. This includes games such as Go, Chess, Checkers. Many free online strategy games can be played on the internet as well.

Another type of strategy games is the economic variety, which tries to simulate the real life economic environment. Here the player is usually expected to plan in order to cash in some earnings or obtain the proverbial "gold at the end of the rainbow" The better your system the more you gain. Examples of economic strategy games include some famous ones such as Capitalism and Railroad Tycoon. Economic strategy games also encompass city building strategy games such as SimCity. These games allow the player to build and manage a city.

Strategy games have evolved gradually over the years. Although, for the die-hard traditionalists, there still exist the expensive stratey game miniature market, more and more people are seeking to play test their analytical skills online. More and more strategy games are now available to download online for a small fee. Better still there are some gaming platforms that are offering strategy games for free online. This is perhaps the best way to test out your strategy gaming skills without having to pay for fortune or having the need to download anything.

With more free online strategy games available online everyday. For the strategy game lover, this is surely the welcome prospect and future of promise.

By Jake Jenkins, Free Games Fan

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Social Marketing - Advertise for Free Is the New Wave for the Entrepreneur

It is getting to be common knowledge that the internet is going through a major shift right now. Over the last few years, with the advent of MySpace, YouTube and a host of other social sites the average Joe or Joanne can market themselves, their talents or their businesses with a relatively limited degree of computer knowledge or skill. For the entrepreneur, especially a beginner with a small budget , this is great news because participating in social websites is absolutely free.

Whether you are an experienced network marketer or a novice, in order to advertise effectively it is necessary to establish a presence with your target market. With pay-per-click rates ranging up to $5.00 or more in some cases, it makes sense to use all the free alternatives available. Why not go where all the prospects are going.

Statistics show that social site visitors earn more than the average consumer, about 20 per cent more discretionary income. Those consumers and prospects also spend one fourth of that discretionary income. If you are looking to expand your presence at no cost, cash in on this free advertising opportunity today.

Additionally, there are literally hundreds of sites where your membership and advertising is free. Two popular sites are Trafficswarm.com where you can earn credits to pay for the rotation of your ad among the members of the site, and Craig's List, which is a free classified listing. As the internet continues to expand, so do the many opportunities to catch the new wave of marketing and advertising. One thing is for certain, it can be an awesome ride if you know how to handle it.

Lorraine Serra is a network marketer teaching others attraction marketing in the Web 2.0 environment.

To learn more visit http://sharpermarketer.com

 

5 Steps to Successful Online Marketing & SEO - Jump Start Your Online Business

With the increasing competitive market of the internet it is becoming more and more difficult to create a profitable website without extensive knowledge of search engine optimization, web page development and content writing. I for one have spent countless hours searching for the right combination of SEO to provide the optimal profits for my business. After extensive trial and error, spending money on pay per click (PPC) and optimizing my code I have made a list of the key SEO terms, their functions, and their results. I have ordered these steps in accordance to priority and the easiest to start with if you are new to the online industry. Please note I am including terms without their definitions since they can be easily looked on Wikipedia or any search engine.

1. Submit manually to search engines. Don't always trust the majority of organizations or make bold claims of submitting you to thousands of search engines without doing research first. The reason being is that all of the popular search engines require you to type in a randomly generated code of letters and numbers that are usually scribbled. I have most likely noticed this on many websites. That is to prevent automated submissions and spam. Find a list of the most popular search engines and do it yourself, or use my recommended piece of software at the end of this article. Contact me if you would like my personal list that I have created after experiencing the results.

2. Submit to directories for back links. Search engines now ranks your website on the amount of links from other sources that you have. Particularly highly ranked sources. A good way to determine if a directory is highly ranked is to look at their Google Page Rank. The higher the page rank the more important Google finds that website. I would recommend paying a company to submit you manually as there are literally thousands of directories out there. It is inexpensive and well worth it.

3. Submit articles that are relevant to your industry. Article writing has become more and more important in advertising and ranking your website. Let's say you sell car parts online. Write an article about how to find the best deals on car parts, how you started your car part business, or educational articles on specific parts and provide a link at the end to your website. This works in two ways. One you receive a back link from a reliable source. Two it is basically free advertising. Be sure you are submitting to reputable site with high traffic and page rank.

4. Start a blog. As crazy at this may sound it is one of the best sources of traffic on the internet today. Why? Because they are the type of websites that are updated most frequently. Search engines also rank a site on how often the content is updated and the addition of new content. Blogs satisfy both of these requirements. How do you get traffic from your blog to your store? Create links at the end of each post and create advertisements on your sidebars. Visitors that enjoy reading your blog are most likely interested in your industry and products as well.

5. Coding in your website is essential. Search engines no longer ranks your site based on the META keywords tag since it can be so easily manipulated. Instead they base results on the TITLE tag, ALT Tags and Heading tags (both H1 and H2 tags). For brevities sake I will not elaborate on these tags since you can look them up in a search engine, but they are extremely important. Content is also crawled, but you will want to place your keywords, with a heavy density, in their appropriate tags.

The bottom line is there is no magic bullet or quick fix to get you high rankings. Most often it just takes time, typically 3 to 6 months to get ranked. However, I have received good rankings after about 30 days of aggressive marketing, following the above advice, and using a program call SEO Elite. What I have mentioned in this article is a very brief overview of where to get started with your SEO campaign, but if you are looking for a system to provide you the resources to maximize your profits online, I would highly recommend visiting the link below where I have provided more details on this progam.

Rufus Shinra
SEO Elite - Online Marketing Software

 

The $500.00 A Month Plan

One way to make extra money or start a business of your own is by placing advertising which will pay a good profit. Selling printed information by mail can br financially rewarding. Classified advertising is the cheapest way to get into Mail Order and it is often possible to raise a fortune from these small ads. Just check any large publication such as Popular Mechanics, for their classified advertising section and you can see yourself the many ads.

These small ads, running month after month would not be there if they were not profitable and making money. according to some of the promotional material being sent around the country, you could make up to $500.00 or possibly more by running the following classified ads over your name and address. They ask you to pick up a top national publication and test either one or both under "Money-Making Opportunities" headings and watch the dollars come in. I did not run any of these ads myself but was told they really are both profitable. Here are the programs and the advertisements:

"How would you like to receive $25 daily and keep all the money? For complete set-up rush $1 to (Your name and address)"

"$500 monthly, work at home, receive money daily. For complete set-up send $1 to (Your name and address here)"

You are supposed to fill orders you receive with a copy of this sheet you are now reading. Make photocopies or get a supply printed to send as needed.

There are other variations of this plan, but all serve the same purpose: to sell printed information to people who are interested in making some extra money. (they say it is truly possible to make money with this plan).

If you study the many classified ads in the big national publications, you may get a better idea of what the leading companies in Mail Order are doing. You will get a better idea of how classified advertising works. if you have limited capital, it would be wise to run your ads in smaller publications such as small newspapers, small Mail Order Publications and adsheets.

If you have sufficient capital, some good pulling national magazines or Tabloids are:

*Popular Mechanics *Money Making Opportunities *Salesman's Opportunities *Specialty Salesman *Mechanics Illustrated *National Enquirer And many others to numerous to mention.

Many such magazines tabloids and other good publications are available at your local news stand, library or through Mail Order. Many of them require a copy of the material you are selling with your ad and reserve the right not to print certain ads they feel may be injurious to the public or the image of their publication

Yes! You can start your own advertising and mailing business at home and keep finances ahead of inflation but be sure you are involved in the kind of program that gives you a reasonable chance to be a winner.

You can get more nation wide advertising resources at huge discount rate by visiting http://www.best-internet-businesses.com

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Why You Should Use Free Giveaways to Promote Your Business

Whether you're brand new to internet marketing, or you're simply looking Click to place an free classified

A free giveaway is where you offer a gift of some kind for signing up for your list. Your gift can be anything from an ebook or report you've written to a free subscription to your membership site.

Regardless of what kind of gift you offer, there are certain things you should keep in mind:

1. If you are offering a premium you didn't create, make sure that you can use this product in the giveaway. Although there are many products you can get resale rights to, it's important to make sure you read the terms of service first. Some product owners don't allow their products to be given away.

2. If you do decide to use some type of resale rights product, make sure that your offering is unique. You can do this by adding additional gifts to the offer, or you can even write some type of report to add to the package. Just make sure you're not giving away the same thing someone else is. Otherwise you won't get very many new subscribers.

3. If you do decide to give away some type of product you've created, do your homework first. In other words, do your research. You don't want to offer a giveaway gift that isn't related to the giveaway, or it's something no one would want. You can visit forums, Ebay, or the search engines to get ideas.

4. Once you've created your gift, get it submitted as soon as possible. Since there may be some type of waiting period before your gift is approved, you want to get it submitted as soon as possible.

5. As soon a you join a new giveaway, you should start promoting it. Although many will offer you prewritten emails for your lists, you should rewrite these, or write your own. If you don't have a list, you can always use other promotion techniques like free classifieds, Squidoo lenses, article writing, or some other technique you feel comfortable with.

Many giveaway site owners will delete your gift if you don't promote, so make sure you promote the giveaway and not just your gift.

Giveaways can help you jumpstart your business, and your profits, without the hassles of joint ventures. If you're looking for additional revenue streams and new customers, free giveaways might just be the answer.

Want more tips on how to market your business on the internet for free? Then grab my free ebook, "Internet Marketing for Free: The GUIDE." You can also see the latest free giveaways at my site.

 

Free Cell Phone Number Search - How To Find Free Cell Phone Numbers

Have you ever noticed how it can be impossible to find something when you most need it? Phone numbers are no different. this is why free cell phone number search services are so popular right now. But there is an art to using them, which is what I will be covering on this article.

The fact is, that it's not very straightforward to do a free cell phone number search. There are a number of reasons for this, but the main one is that all cellphone numbers are unlisted! As you can imagine, this makes it a lot harder to find a cellphone number then a regular residential number.

Luckily, there are a number of volunteer maintained cell phone number directories. These websites work on the basis of requesting the visitors type in their cellphone numbers so that other people can do a free cell phone number search later. While this is a good idea, the fact is that very few cellphone numbers exist on the sites, because they are fairly new, and most people have not visited these sites yet.

There is a way to do a free cell phone number search for numbers which are not listed in these directories, using search engines you already familiar with like Google. Believe it or not, many people actually publish their cellphone number on the Internet without realising it! There are a number waiters can happen, for instance, sometimes people list a classified ad in a newspaper. What they don't realise, is that this newspaper will be published on the Internet as well as on paper.

Another way that people can publish their information on the Internet he's when they register for discussion groups or message boards. They usually fill in personal contact details, which are then published on the website.

So all you need to do, is type details from the person you're looking for into Google and see what comes up. Now before you get your hopes up high, most of the time you won't get any result is doing a free cell phone number search this way. But at times, you will find everything you need just by doing this.

When all else fails, your best bet is to use one of the cheap reverse phone number search and unlisted cell phone number directories. These are websites which collect together information from a large collection of sources, to provide you with details about people and their phone numbers. They lists cell phone numbers and unlisted phone numbers, as well is a lot of information about the people who own these phones.

While it is true that this is not strictly a free cell phone number search, you're much more likely to find the information you are looking for on one of these sites. You can find out more about them by following the links below.

Well, that's the big picture. I go into more detail about the specifics on my site, so if you want to know more click on that link. Happy searching!

Matthew Burns is the author of Internet Guider. He has published a guide to cell phone search resources to help you locate cell phone numbers on the Internet.

 

Kick-Off Your Web Traffic Virus!

Have you noticed lately how savvy webmasters are using simple, content-rich articles to pull-in more targeted *traffic* to their Web Site audience without spending a dime on promotion or advertising?

It's a fact: content is KING on the Internet. Heavy traffic Web Sites and BIG Newsletter directories are on the lookout for FRESH, original content in the form of articles, interviews, news and reviews.

People need information desperately. They are eager to read something NEW and interesting that captures their attention. We live in the information age, and information sells, both in print or online.

Believe it or not, writing & publishing articles on the Web IS one of the BEST marketing strategies one can use to create an instant avalanche of 'FREE' quality *traffic* to their Web Site.

Here comes the most exciting part ... the type of *traffic* that you receive by publishing articles on the Internet converts far better than any other 'PAID' tactic you ever heard of (e.g. PPC, Classifieds, FFA links, Banners, Safe Lists, etc.)

Astonishing, isn't it?

And that doesn't take into account the fact that, once your article IS published online, it spreads like wild-fire, regardless the product, service, or information you promote / *sell* in your resource box - the signature line at the bottom of your article.

But there is just one small catch...

Your article should be informative, well-written, with no poor grammar, typos or errors. More than that, you should follow a set of guidelines before publishing it, otherwise most webmasters and Newsletter list owners won't accept your content, regardless its quality.

These rules vary from publisher to publisher, so it's a good idea to study each Web Site or Newsletter publishing guidelines before submitting your article to them.

Fair enough?

Ok, I must let you in on a 'secret' now ...

Writing & publishing articles online is the 'BEST' promotional tactic used by TOP marketing 'Gurus'. You'd be a fool not to ADD this powerful tactic to your overall marketing arsenal.

What makes this system effective and viral?

Usually, Web Site owners and Newsletter publishers will post your article to their Web Sites / Newsletter (they are really hungry for FRESH content!), the search engines (e.g. Google) will index those pages, and you end up getting traffic for days, weeks, months, sometimes even years - after you previously publish your content (article).

Listen, I'm not kidding around. Writing articles it really helps to ...

- boost your exposure on the Web and get more hits, sign-ups, downloads, trials, orders

- become an EXPERT in your field and form NEW alliances with better known Joint Venture partners while getting the BEST business offers & opportunities

- turn visitors into loyal, long-term customers who order from you again and again as well as recommending you to their friends and business partners.

To conclude ... if you need tons of NEW visitors to your Web Site for weeks, months, even years... without spending money on advertising, then start writing articles right away.

You have no excuses, start your own *traffic* virus now and receive lasting *traffic*, expert status and more income than you can handle.

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5 Super Cost Effective Advertising For Maximum Results On Minimum Budget!

When you are starting out in business, you need to get yourself known. It's advertising. Telling people that you exist and that you have a useful or attractive product or service for them. But how do you get the message across without breaking the bank? Here's a checklist of possibilities.

1. E-advertising
Whether your business is done over the Internet or face to face, the web is an increasingly big part of all business activity. Customers appreciate the convenience of looking at a provider's offering on their website and of corresponding by email. It's fast and convenient. It's also a great place to start for your advertising. If you already have a website, you can advertise it in a number of places. Ezines that target your market, classified ads via Google, Yahoo and MSN for example and free web advertising are all available options.

2. E-mailing
Start with the basics. When you send out an email, make sure that your signature (how you end your email, normally your name and perhaps your phone number) also includes a short "tag-line" to promote your business. For example, "XYZ widgets - specialist range for the automotive sector". If you have a website, include the site address as well.

3. Signs, Stickers and Sweatshirts
These apply to face to face and internet businesses alike. Make the most of the chance to put your tagline and your website address (or at least your phone number) on a sign in your yard, on a bumper sticker for your car or on clothing like sweatshirts, tee shirts or hats. Start thinking laterally as well. If you are providing a service for business, particularly for offices located in tower blocks, then consider having a (big) sign painted on the roof of your car. Yep, that's what your customer sees when they look out of their window!

4. Classic Mail
It's still there. That's how printed brochures, proposals and bills get sent out everyday. Get inexpensive flyers printed or use your business cards to put one in every envelope that you send out. You can also check with owners of facilities such as launderettes if you can leave your flyers for customers to pick up. Just make sure that where you want to leave your flyers corresponds to your business target market.

5. Word of Mouth
When people know you, like you and trust you, they'll talk to other people about you. Seize every opportunity to make this work for you. Remember that if they don't like you, they'll still talk about you but negatively. So make sure that they only have good things to say about you and turn your network of contacts into an enthusiastic advertising machine for your business.

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Beef Up Your Internet Marketing With 2 Of The Biggest Cold Hard Truths

Internet marketing is really dead simple. It really is! Notice I said simple, not easy. Most people confuse the two. The concept of profitable marketing is simple, but carrying it out is not easy. Here are 2 of the biggest cold hard truths about Internet marketing:

1. You Need To Work Hard

Pictures of 'gurus' lazing on the beach have many people thinking that Internet marketing is an easy road to success and riches. Nothing could be further from the truth. You need to work hard to make your online business work, that's undeniable. Sure, this allows you to make money while lazing on the beach. But what is the cause for that effect? It is putting in the hard work in the beginning. You can work 3-day weeks with Internet marketing if you want to, but make those 3 days ultra productive. That's the beauty of owning your own online business; you can work when you want to. But when you work, make sure you really work.

2. You Have To Spend Money

If you don't invest in your business, you won't be seeing any groundbreaking results anytime soon. Sure, you can get so-called free traffic from forum marketing, article marketing and even free classified ads. But it's not totally free. You have to put in time in all of these. And your time is worth something. After all, you are or were paid by the hour at your workplace, weren't you? And getting traffic from free sources alone is not enough. Using free tools for your important stuff like autoresponders and web hosting is practically Internet business suicide. So spend money when you need to.

Fabian Tan is the author of the free 51-Page Report:

"Murder Your Job: How To Build Cash Sucking Autopilot Businesses In 30 Days Or Less!"

Head over to http://www.MurderYourJob.com to get your free copy now before it's gone!

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