========================================== Business Marketing Bulletin ========================================== October 2, 2007, Issue #70 Terri Seymour, Publisher http://www.seymourproducts.com mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com © 2007 All Rights Reserved Worldwide ========================================== In This Issue ========================================== 1. Top Sponsor Ads 2. Privacy Policy 3. What's New? 4. Feedback 5. Freebies & Biz Helpers 6. Feature Ad 7. Article: 20 Sure-Fire Ways To Get People To Link To Your Web Site 8. Feature Ad 9. eCommerce Tips & Info 10. This 'n That - Little Bit of Everything! 11. Subscription Management & Contact Info ========================================== Top Sponsor Ads ========================================== Get Rich With Vitamins! Start a business in the Billion-Dollar health & wellness industry for under $30.00! $100,000 annual potential! 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You have a bigger plan option as well. http://www.icdsoft.com/?aff=terriseymour ========================================== What’s New? ========================================== Hello everyone and welcome new subscribers, Well, another month gone! I hope everyone had a great Sept.and reached all their goals for that month. October is a new month for new goals and accomplishments. Charles C. Noble once said, "You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures." If you do not accomplish all your goals, do not let that stop you from being a success. Re-evaluate your goals and do not lose site of your long term goal of success. 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If you would like to advertise in the BMB, please visit: http://www.seymourproducts.com/newsletter/advertise.shtml for more information. Advertising prices are as low as $2.00. I am also looking for ad swaps from other ezine publishers. BMB goes out to 625 subscribers. ========================================== Feedback ========================================== Please send in your comments, suggestions, questions, etc to mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com?subject=feedback We appreciate all feedback, good or bad! Thank you for all the help you have given me so far. 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Quality, Affordable & Friendly Ad-Writing Services! http://www.freewebs.com/suz1of6/ ========================================== Feature Article ========================================== 20 Sure-Fire Ways To Get People To Link To Your Web Site by Cynthia Minnaar 1. Offer other web sites free content to post on their web site. Include your link on all of your content. The content should related to your web site because it will be in front of your target audience. 2. When you visit a web site you've enjoyed a lot, write a review for the site. Write about the benefits you gain from the web site. Tell them they can publish it on their web site if they link to your web site. 3. Allow other people to publish your e-zine on their web site. Include your web site's ad and link in each issue you publish. This may also help you increase the number of people that subscribe to your e-zine. 4. Market your web site as a free web book. Design your site with a title page, table of contents, chapters, etc. Just allow other people to give away the web book by linking to your web site. 5. Give your visitors an instant article directory. Tell your visitors they can instantly add a free article directory to their web site by linking to yours. Just place your ad or banner ad on top of the article directory for your main web site. 6. Allow other web sites to use your discussion board for their web site visitors. Just have them link directly to the discussion board. Include your web sites ad or banner ad at the top of the discussion board. 7. Start a members only web site. Tell visitors what's in your members only site and what it costs to gain access. Offer them a free membership if, in exchange, they link to your web site. 8. Offer your visitors a free sign up to your affiliate program. Pay them commission to sell your products or services. Just give them an affiliate link to track their sales. People will link to your site to make extra money. 9. Create your own award site for other web sites. Give the winners a graphic or text link to place on their web site when they win. This will link your web site to theirs and draw more traffic to your web site. 10. Are you an expert on a particular subject? Offer people free consulting via e-mail if, in exchange, they either link to your site. People will consider this a huge value because consulting fees can be very expensive. 11. When you purchase a product and it exceeds your expectations e-mail the business a testimonial. Make sure your statement is detailed. Give them permission to publish it on their web site if they link to your site. 12. Create a directory of web sites on a specific topic. Give people the option of adding the directory to their web site by linking to it. Put your business ad at the top of the directory's home page. 13. Exchange content with other web sites. You could trade articles, top ten lists, etc. Both parties could include a resource box at the end of the content. 14. Allow people to download software at no charge from your web site, if they link to your web site. The software could be freeware, shareware or demos. 15. Trade other forms of advertising to people that link to your web site. You could trade e-zine ads, print ads, autoresponder ads, classified ads, ebook ads, etc. 16. Give away web space to people for free. Since you are giving it away for free, request they link to your site by placing your ad or banner to the site. 17. Join or create a web ring. A web ring is a group of web sites on a similar subject agreeing to link together. To f ind a web ring to join type keywords "web rings" into your search engine of choice. 18. Create an online club or association. Tell your visitors what's included in the membership and what it costs to join. Offer them a free membership if, in exchange, they link to your web site. 19. Allow people to use an online service or utilities from your web site if, in exchange, they link to your web site. The online service could be an e-mail account, search engine submission, web page design, copywriting, proofreading, etc. 20. Offer a free e-book to your web site visitors. The ebook should be related to your target audience. Allow them to give the e-book to their own web site visitors by linking directly to your web site. Cynthia Minnaar http://getresponse.com/t/7832946/566999/158834229/ ----------------------------------------------------------- If you would be interested in any of my articles for reprint or reference you can see the complete list at http://www.seymourproducts.com/articles/index.shtml Feel free to use any of the articles you feel are appropriate. Also, if you would like to be added to my personal mailing list for articles only, terri@seymourproducts.com ========================================== Feature Ad ========================================== Find out how you can put more money into your pocket instead of giving it to the store(s) you currently shop in We will show you how! http://www.moneysavedmoneyearned.com/ZR09402 ========================================== eCommerce Tips & Info ========================================== Important SEO Tip: Make sure the first paragraph, after your headlines, contains your keyword phrases. For example: If your keyword phrase is collectibles, antiques, wholesale Be sure you incorporate these words into the first paragraph of your web copy. Maybe something like: "Your Company Name" offers wholesale antiques and collectibles for collectors of any budget. Our wholesale prices are the lowest on the web. Feel free to take as much time as you like to browse through the wide variety of antiques and collectibles in our online catalog. Then sprinkle them throughout your whole page but do not write repetitive or senseless copy just to get them in more. What's the most intelligent creature on Earth after man? mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com?subject=answer ****** Tips to increase online sales: Offer your customers a discount or freebie for referrals. Have a contest - the most referrals gets a grand prize. Make your site a friendly, relaxing place to visit. Do not load it with flashy banners, overbearing graphics, loud music, confining frames, etc. Offer free tips, info, resources related to your products and/or services. For example: if you sell home decor, offer decorating tips, home care tips, etc. This will keep your customers coming back and increase the chances of their ordering from you. ========================================== This ‘n That - A Little Bit of Everything! ========================================== With over 200,000 profiles and growing you will find the best local contractor in your area. Using the #1 contractor locator directory is easy, fast and FREE! http://yourcontractordirect.com/ We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn't it time that we should take risks to secure peace? * J. Ramsay MacDonald Halloween Fun Stuff http://www.benjerry.com/halloween/ This week's riddle: The Grandfather Clock A grandfather clock chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. If you were in another room and heard the clock chime just once, what would be the longest period of time you would have to wait in order to be certain of the correct time? Answer at the end of the ezine. ========================================== Subscription Management ========================================== Subscriptions to this weekly ezine are free. To receive this newsletter: Send a blank email to: mailto:subscribe@seymourproducts.com To not receive this newsletter: Send blank email to: mailto:unsubscribe@seymourproducts.com ========================================== Contact Info ========================================== Terri & Terry Seymour Publishers, Business Marketing Bulletin Owners, Seymour Products http://www.seymourproducts.com mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com ========================================== Legal Disclaimer The Business Marketing Bulletin does not make any warranties, express or implied, regarding the use of the links that we provide in our advertising. We don't guarantee the accuracy, completion, usefulness or legality of any advertisements, resources, information, products, services, income processes or programs. We disclaim any responsibility and/or all liability arising out of, or relating to, any item listed in this ezine, and/or websites. ========================================== Answer to riddle: You would have to wait 90 minutes between 12:15 and 1:45. Once you had heard seven single chimes, you would know that the next chime would be two chimes for 2 o'clock.