Steve Weber  

One page websites require a strategy to succeed. There are only two ways that a single page website can, on its own, earn income. We'll talk about those 2 ways and also the strateghy used by most owners of single page web sites which make them profitable.

Many beginners to online marketing understand that article marketing can be a viable method for building traffic and back links for their website. However, there are many choices and styles of article marketing to choose from. Many beginners shoot themselves in the foot because they choose the wrong combinations of article marketing techniques. In this broadcast I discuss one of my favorite article marketing tools and how I use it. We’ll talk about what works and what doesn’t work with article marketing Also, here is the link to a blog post I did about this tool: http://stevesclassroom.com/blog/article-spinner/

I can’t tell you how many times I have told someone to get busy writing content for their web sites. Content seems to be the real stumbling block most beginning marketers have. It’s vital that SEO be used to optimize the site’s pages with in order to reach as many search engine searchers are possible. Search engine optimization can make all the difference for a new online business. There is even SEO going on in the background which the webmaster never indented. Listen to the broadcast and I will explain. New website owners either feel they can’t write the content well enough or they don’t like doing it in the first place. But website content really is king when it comes to getting traffic to young sites. Sure, quality back links trump content any day, but new sites don’t have the luxury of having those great back links. So in the beginning all a beginning home Internet marketer can do for their site is to create content. In this broadcast I offer some stats form my own website which are very telling as to why plenty of web content is important.

The numbers of people who dream about having an Internet business without having a website are quite high. I know this because I talk with many beginners in my business. Most of them have fallen victim to one or more of the Internet business scams out there that tout the gold mines of money awaiting those who implement their “no website” methods. Don’t get me wrong, there are some people who have done very well in their Internet business without having website…Maybe .0001% off all those attempting. The primary method of making money with an Internet business without using a website is a method called “Bum Marketing”. This involves buying domain names and redirecting them with one’s affiliate links. Then the owner of the domains writes articles on the topics of the affiliate products and submits them to the free article directories. The domain with the redirect is placed in the bio of the article. Although this method does work, it’s not as easy as it sounds. A good knowledge of niche selection and SEO are required in the first place. Secondly, the vast majority of articles created with this method will only, at best, result in a few sales per month. In many cases the numbers can be 1 sale every few months. This is fine, but in order to have any substantial income, many hundreds of articles must be written. Sure, every once in a while an article is written that does far better. But this usually results from the skill of the marketer…a skill that comes with much practice. Building an Internet business is not something that comes easily or quickly. Beginners must realize this and know that patience is required if they are to ever enjoy a successful Internet business.

More From http://www.StevesClassRoom.com -- Customer service is VERY important whether you have an online or off line business. It amazes me the number of times I witness poor customer service online. I wonder how some of those online businesses stay in business; I guess many of them don’t. What is about some business owners that cause them to totally drop the ball when it comes to customer service? Do they not realize how much money they must be losing because of it? I for one will not promote a product or business if the service is bad. I don’t care how great their product is either. When one goes to all the trouble of building an online business with a website and marketing that business, always go that extra ten miles when it comes to providing outstanding customer service!

What can I sell online? I hear that question a lot from my new Internet marketing students. Generally I tell them they are not to the stage yet of deciding what to market or how to focus their home Internet business. They often put the cart before the horse in this respect. When they ask me what to sell online, I point out to them that I had the same problem when I was at that level. Early in my online marketing career I too was without a clue as to what to sell online. But when I became familiar with how SEO worked and how proper online niche research worked, I rapidly had the opposite problem. Soon, many doors of opportunity were opening to me. I had to work at narrowing my focus down to just one or two internet marketing ventures as I built my home business. Choosing something to sell online is more of a function of picking something which you can get traffic to and make a profit with. It makes no difference if one has a great website selling super duper widgets if traffic can’t be directed to the site easily. What to sell online is solely determined by the Internet marketer’s current skill level for driving traffic, demand for the product, and the profitability of the product. These rules for online success apply to both affiliate and physical product selling. For more details, visit me at http://www.StevesClassRoom.com