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Saturday, February 6, 2010

I Am New to Online Marketing - How to Start an Online Business 

Did you just type into Google, 'I am new to online Marketing', or 'How to start an online business?' Then, this article is totally for you. Being new to online marketing means that you are interested in starting your own business online and are looking for information that will help you on the way.  Everybody that is new to online marketing and wants to start an online business needs to keep in mind that having your own home based business is not just a matter of throwing some dollars at PPC, in order to see traffic to your website flowing and watch the gold flood in - No Way! Any company that makes promises or guarantees about whatever income earnings, is since December 1st 2009, in breach with the rules of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and thus a RED flag.

When I was new to online marketing, all I did was find a good company, that has a marketable product, offers you a good compensation plan and ongoing trainings. Very important. They may offer you nice replicated websites and what not, but without intensive ongoing marketing trainings you will fail, like most do, about 97% as a matter of fact.  Ok, new person to online marketing, time to choose some funky domains. Choose a domain that reflects the company or the product. If you are selling chocolate or vitamins, I recommend you choose a domain that includes those words, or related words perhaps. Then you create some nice landing pages and upload them to your webserver. Some companies offer replicated websites, but if you have the knowhow, I recommend hosting and designing your own pages. You have so much more control over your website, including design, css, seo and site maps etc....Time to begin marketing your business! Drive traffic! Free marketing methods are a great way to start if your a new to online marketing, wondering how to start an online business.
I use the following FREE methods:
Video Production (YouTube)
Article Marketing (EzineArticles)
Blogging (Blogger)
Social Marketing (Facebook, Twitter etc..)
Some new people to online marketing have a budget to spend. The paid methods are:
1. Banner advertising
2. AdWords (PPC)
The foundation of all online marketing folks, is keyword research and analysis. You will want to master this as soon as you can because all your efforts, and your success, depend entirely on using and implementing the right keywords, or long tail keyword phrases into your pages. Whether that is video, web, articles, ppc or banner advertising. It all revolves around keywords.  Once you start receiving subscribers to your website or newsletter, it's time to follow up. If they leave you a phone number, get on the phone! The sooner the better. If no phone number, write a nice personal introduction message. And make sure to follow up! Follow up is KEY!
If you are new (or seasoned) to online marketing, and you want to master, learn, explore all the powerful, proven and successful marketing methods you can use to build your own online empire? Please visit http://www.2wealth-2freedom.com   My name is Mike Heesen, I'm a home-business owner and internet marketer, working with industry leaders from around the world. I coach and mentor people by teaching them and showing them how to build a successful business online. Thousands of people are earning money online. Why not you? To learn more about Mike Heesen and his team, visit http://2wealth-2freedom.com and receive 3 FREE Very Powerful Marketing Trainings that you can use right away to build your business.