Thursday, September 11, 2008

Promotional Strategies For Your Internet Marketing Campaign by Peter Brittain

If you want to earn a good amount of money from your Internet marketing campaign, putting in lots of hard work is of extreme importance. Plan promotional activities as part of your strategy. Blogs, discussion boards, exchange of links etc., are some activities that you have to keep in mind to work your way towards achieving success. Promotional activities are important to generate visitor's interest and arouse interest in your product, which lead to product sales.

Building website traffic is central to an Internet marketing campaign. It is not necessary that you use highly advanced tactics only, you can use simple tactics that cleverly brings in lots of traffic. You can use certain tactics that are as helpful without having to spend anything at all.

* Quality article submission: attract visitors with quality articles. You may publish articles, which may be relevant to your product. This helps when the customer is searching for unique information, these articles may have a link to your product site and which directs visitors to your website. Moreover, if you create an image of being expert in the field, visitors feel assured about the reliability of your products. These articles can bring in traffic and successfully divert them increasingly to your website. If you regularly update your articles with latest information, visitors may rely upon your articles.

You may also submit articles to article directories.

* Participation in discussion forums: participation in discussion forums, blogs etc., is a free promotional tool, which can be highly helpful in creating customer contact. If you have customer details, you may request them to participate in such discussions and get their feedback, which can prove useful in building your product credibility. You may paste a link to your product website into the comments that you insert on these sites.

* Exchanging links: can be good idea to promote your website along with similar other website. If you exchange links with such sites, you can benefit by traffic that they pull.

* Emails and bookmarks: If you have customer database of names and email addresses, you can build up customer relations. Keep them updated them about new products you may be launching, new schemes etc. You can also send them regular newsletters to interest them. Encourage them to bookmark your site so they can come back whenever they feel the need.

* Headlines and press releases: Headlines can be useful to create a good first impression of you and your product. It is similar to writing a catchy subject line for emails that you send your customers. Press releases can also be used to optimize your website for search engines like Google. You can put a few links to your websites, which can be helpful in getting search engine spiders to rate your websites higher.

* Freebies: It can be interesting for visitors if they find interesting products on your website as well some freebies that go with it and make it seem financially beneficial for them. If you have seasonal special promotions and offers, offer them, as that can be good strategy to attract customers. You can also communicate such offers via emails or newsletters.

Put in some offers so that they take immediate action after going through the website. Such promotional tactics help build up a customer base. A good service on your part can benefit you with further sales and customer retention.

About the Author

Peter Brittain is a director of an Australian internet marketing company - Slinky, and is an expert in SEO.

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