Internet Marketing Continued

This is my second post about some of my personal experiences while getting into internet marketing.I am trying to give both good and bad points that may be helpful to someone else.

I subscribed to a lot of newsletters and read a lot of articles. Some of the newsletters were a farce and only wanted your email address to add to their mailing list or trade it away.

One subscription from a well know "guru?", over a 3 month period, consisted of 2 reference book ads with an explanation that he hadn't been able to write lately because his job on the internet had made it possible for him to take so much vacation. It seemed that talking about his vacation was an obsession. I don't think that he could believe that he was successful or he was using this as a selling point for his information. Needless to say, I cancelled this subscription immediately.

I also discovered that the best thing that you can do when you subscribe to newsletters is to start a free email account Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. just for this simple fact that you may start getting a lot of spam and junk mail and will not want to cancel your main mail account. All internet marketers may be created equal but just like anyone else, there not all honest and looking out for your wellbeing.

If your are planning to build a website for the purpose of affilliate marketing, decide what your main product is going to be and research different existing websites and check out the different approaches that each take. Read their articles and what information that they have provided. Always consider a website that sells a product or service that your you posess some about. This helps considerably when you start adding information or articles. If you write some of your own articles, you can post them in various article directories. You get credit for them and can add a link back to your site from them. These incoming links help your site ranking.

If your don't already have a Google tool bar you may want to consider downloading one for free and check the page ranks of various sites and compare their ranking to the information that they provide.

Thanks for reading this post and I will continue to post about this same subject in my next writing. Maybe I will bring up a point that you haven't thought of.

C. Oxford

The Reality of Internet Marketing

I have decided to write about my experiences of internet marketing in hopes that someone will find something in it that will be beneficial to them. I would also like for it to be interesting reading. In order to keep this from getting long and boring, I will break it down into several posts. This will also give me time to jot down some points of interest and information. I hope that someone will find this interesting and helpful.

The Reality of Internet Marketing
Sometimes you get to a point in your life when you have to start doing something differently. I came to that point when the textile industry took a huge turn primarily due to the change of governmental policies on foreign trade.This was the time in my life that I realized it was getting closer to my retirement but wasn't quiet yet.

This was also the time that I started looking into internet marketing. I knew just enough about the computer to search online for products and information and also use some of the office software for my job.

I searched the intros to a lot of marketing books and plans written by the "guru's" of the internet money making world. I read how each one of them had the key to success and had put it into print. I read how each went from rags to riches using the plan that they were selling. Each told how easy it was if you followed their plan of success.

I will continue to talk about this in my next post. Please feel free to leave comments or helpful information. The only thing that I request is that you don't spam or advertise.

Thanks,

C. Oxford

Making Excuses Again

I haven't posted a lot lately on my personal blog but still have been busy. I'm really excited about my affiliation with the program that I joined several months ago. It has been very helpful to me and my efforts in online marketing. Check out this site and the possibilities of its offers . Websites and Mini Websites. It's run by a real person that is reachable if you need her help.

Hope to get some time soon to do some personal writing. Check out some of the new endeavors through my profile page.

Thanks for stopping by,

C. Oxford