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Internet Marketing: Making The Rounds

  By R.G. Ramsey

You finally have your website up to par. You have your own domain name, forms are working properly, and you can accept credit cards. So where are the visitors?

What's that you say? You're dealing with a limited budget? Ok, the truth is after you bought all those books to teach you how to market on the net, monthly payments for hosting service and your Internet Service Provider your spouse wants to see some green coming back in for a change.

You listened to folks rave on and on about the top classified ad sites so you ran out and placed your free classified ad in each of them. Then you waited...and waited...and waited...

Then you heard how great FFA pages were! So off you went to the most popular of the FFA sites. Then they told you to get your own link page and add an auto-responder. So you did, then you waited...and waited...and waited...

STOP WAITING and Start Making the Rounds!

Yes, it's true that sales is a numbers game. The goal is to get visitors to your site and the good news is there are lots of vehicles to accomplish that goal.

The most successful sales people are minglers. They don't "wait" for customers to come to them. They never miss an opportunity to put their card in your hand. They're out there getting their name and business noticed. Successful sales people are continually helping others which naturally builds trust and confidence.

So, what are those "vehicles" to get visitors to my site? Glad you asked! Keep reading and even more important apply what you're about to read. It's not complicated and it certainly won't take up any more of your time than all of those other great ideas you've been reading about!

Subscribe to and Participate in Lists:

Lists are a tremendous source of information. They also offer the added advantage of providing you with FREE promotion! Here you will find details of 10 lists worth your time. Don't jump right in. Go to the archives or wait until you've read a few issues before you contribute. Be sure to read the FAQ page or for those that do not have one read the welcome message. Take particular notice of the use of signature files. Lists are a bit different than newsletters.

General Guidelines

1. No flames or personal attacks
2. Read previous posts before you post to the list
3. No blatant advertising
4. Be sure to quote correctly when responding to a post
5. Stay with the specified limit of signature file lines
6. Read FAQ page thoroughly if one is available, if not
instructions are usually included in the welcome message.

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Linkexchange - Moderated - Adam Audette

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 110,000+

Url: http://digest.linkexchange.com/

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ADLANDS' DIGEST - Moderated - Bogdan Fiedur

Frequency: 2 - 3 days a week - Circulation: 4034

Url: http://www.adlandpro.com/list.asp

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Biz Digest - Moderated - Paul Myers

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 450+

Url: http://www.talkbiz.com/bizlist/index.html

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The E-Marketing Digest - Moderated - George Matyjewicz

Frequency: Three days a week - Circulation: 3,000+

Url: http://www.webbers.com/emark

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I-Sales - Moderated - John Audette

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 11,000+

Url: http://www.audettemedia.com/i-sales/

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We Talk Business - Moderated - Nancy Roebke

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 200+

Url: http://www.listhost.net:81/guest/RemoteListSummary/WTB

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LearningFOUNT - Moderated - Paul Siegel

Frequency: 3 times/week - Circulation: 1,000+

Url: http://www.learningfountain.com/mailist.htm

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Affiliate-L - Moderated - Mark Welch

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 550+

Url: http://www.markwelch.com/lists.htm#Affiliate

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Direct Marketing Online - Moderated - Bill Greene

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 1300+

Url: http://www.directmarketing-online.com/

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I-Advertising - Moderated - Adam Boettiger

Frequency: Daily - Circulation: 10,000+

Url: http://www.internetadvertising.org

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Help Out At Bulletin Boards:

By now you've been around long enough to know a bit more about what's what and what's not. Share your knowledge with others. You can save new marketers months, maybe even years of misery by telling them what you have experienced. The good, bad and ugly.

You'll also learn plently yourself. Below is a list of well populated Bulletin Boards you should become acquainted with. Get your name out there!

1. CyberMarketing InfoBoard

http://bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/

2. Entrepreneurial Success Forum

http://www.ablake.net/forum/

3. Free Publicity & Promotion Discussion Board

http://www.free-publicity.com/cgi-bin/talk.cgi

4. Marketing Success Discussion Forum

http://www.jvmarketer.com/discussion/index.cgi

5. Get High (Traffic) Forums

http://gethighforums.com/bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

6. Web Marketing Forums

http://www.webmarketingtoday.com/hn/forum/

7. Profit Talk

http://www.profitalk.com/talk/talk.cgi

8. JGS Internet Marketing Forum http://www.profit.org/forum/

9. Friends In Business

http://www.friendsinbusiness.com/board/index.cgi

For a list of forums subscribe to this newsletter. They announce forums to their subscribers.

New Forums

mailto:new-forums-subscribe@onelist.com

Chat It Up

Get acquainted with others. Choose some favorites and hang out there. Don't post ads they're useless here. You'll shoot yourself in the foot before you even get a good start. Lurk for awhile and then add your 2 cents. Use the Search Engines to get a good variety of business chats. Be particular, only frequent busy chats.

1. Delphi Chats (Business & Finance)

http://www.delphi.com/

2. Access Business Chat Rooms (13 to choose from)

http://www.clickit.com/cgi-bin/rbox/chatz.pl

3. Talk City

http://www.talkcity.com

4. iVilliage (women networking)

http://www.ivillage.com/chat/

Get Involved With Newsgroups

Granted, most of them are filled with junk, but there are some that are moderated. You'll need a news reader. You can download a free one called Free Agent. The best one out there in my opinion.

Free Agent:

http://www.forteinc.com/getfa/getfa.htm

Subscribe to these moderated groups:

1. misc.entrepreneurs.moderated

2. misc.business.marketing.moderated

3. misc.business.moderated

Sometimes it's good to go where everybody knows your name.

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