========================================== Business Marketing Bulletin ========================================== June 10, 2008, Issue #105 Terri Seymour, Publisher http://www.seymourproducts.com mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com © 2008 All Rights Reserved Worldwide ========================================== In This Issue ========================================== 1. Top Sponsor Ads 2. Privacy Policy 3. What's New? 4. Freebies & Biz Helpers 5. eCommerce Marketing Tip 6. Feature Ad 7. Feedback 8. Article: 15 Ways to Advertise for Free! 9. Feature Ad 10. This 'n That - Little Bit of Everything! 11. Subscription Management & Contact Info ========================================== Top Sponsor Ads ========================================== Free eCourses & eBooks for Home Business Owners and Seekers. Valuable Resources, Online Tools and Ongoing Training for Network Marketers, MLM, Affiliates, Direct Sales, eCommerce and Website Development. 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Seymour Products values your privacy. http://www.seymourproducts.com/privacy.shtml Seymour Products is hosted by ICDSoft Hosting. No set-up fees, 1000 MB of space, $72 per year, plus numerous features! Incredible support system...minutes, not hours! You have a bigger plan option as well. http://www.icdsoft.com/?aff=terriseymour ========================================== What’s New? ========================================== Hello everyone and welcome new subscribers, We have completed our move fairly smoothly so everything is back on schedule. Thank you for your understanding. I would like to try something a little different and fun. Let's all help each other learn more about marketing our business! For everyone who sends in a proven marketing tip, I will offer their choice of one free ebook. Just send in your favorite marketing tip to be published in next week's issue and let me know which ebook you would like and I will send you the link. Send your tip to: terri@seymourproducts.com?subject=tips Hopefully we will end up with many helpful tips! Thank you! In the News Major Advertisers Slam Google Over Piggybacking http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/19543.asp New Ebooks this Week: Resell Ebooks Just $1.00 Each! Multiple Memberships Site with Affiliate (scripts/software) Funny Videos & Pictures Site (scripts/software) Instant Membership Site Creator (scripts/software) Laws of Success Lesson (self-help) Remaining 15 lessons coming soon! Acres of Diamonds (self-help) (I will be back to 10 new ebooks next week) http://www.seymourproducts.com/ebooks-resell **Weekly Subscriber Special** Birthday Fun! If your birthday is on an even day, get 6 ebooks free when you order 5 or more. If your birthday is on an odd day, get 7 free ebooks with your order of 5 or more! Just let me know the date of your birthday and which ebooks you would like for free after you order! This special is valid from June 10 - June 13. NOTE: New eBooks listed above are not eligible for Weekly Subscriber Specials. Join the Seymour Products Trivia Challenge! Find the hidden trivia question and be the third person to send in the correct answer for a free feature ad in next week's issue of the Business Marketing Bulletin. Send your answer to mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com?subject=answer Congratulations to Emma Kesner for being this week's winner of the trivia challenge. Thank you Emma! Last week’s Q: What is the dumbest breed of dog? Last Week’s A: The afghan is rumored to be the dumbest. Join in the fun and try to win a free feature ad. Good luck all! If you know anyone who could benefit from this ezine, please feel free to forward them a copy in its entirety. Thank you. 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 $5.00. I am also looking for ad swaps from other ezine publishers. BMB goes out to 1100 subscribers. ========================================== Freebies & Biz Helpers ========================================== Post Your Ad for Free http://www.salespider.com/classifieds_main.php ****** Submit your articles or find great content for your site a nd/or ezine http://www.abcarticledirectory.com/ ******* Submit your site for free http://www.dmegs.com/ ******* Free Download: FileZilla FTP FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server. http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla ****** Write Better Ads - Do It Free! http://www.WriteBetterAds.com ========================================== eCommerce Marketing Tip ========================================== Be sure and put a Refer-a-Freind or Tell-A-Friend form on your webstie. This way is someone thinks your site will help someone they know, they can easily send them the link to your site. This is the same principle as word of mouth and it can be very effective. Put the form on every page of your site and make sure it is in an easy to see spot! We do have these in our store or you can find them free as well. They are usually a small, easy to install php script. ========================================== Feature Ad ========================================== Are YOUR Ads Making Money? Competition's High but My Prices are Down-To-Earth! Quality, Affordable & Friendly Ad-Writing Services! http://www.freewebs.com/suz1of6/ ========================================== Feedback ========================================== Please send in your comments, suggestions, questions, etc to mailto:terri@seymourproducts.com?subject=feedback We appreciate all feedback, good or bad! I am in love with your store. I have just started my online e-book store which is doing pretty good. You have a wonderful collection of e-books. Now I know where to buy my products from:) * Leon I just finished your free HOW to build your online business and was very impressed and thankful for all the great information. * Leslie A million thanks to you for your "One Time Offer" which came just when I was thinking of calling it quits--bye-bye money wasting and elusive Net marketing business. Then I met you, so to speak! I can't wait to sell my first ebook. * Andrew ========================================== Feature Article ========================================== 15 Ways to Advertise for Free! © Terri Seymour of www.seymourproducts.com Starting and building an online or home business is not an easy task, but it can be done. It takes work, time, commitment and passion. This is not a get rich quick career! You want to start by letting everyone know about you and your business and by building your reputation. Fortunately, there are numerous ways to do this online. They do not cost anything but time! 1. Message Boards - Do not blatantly advertise, but join in the conversations, offer advice and support. Your signature will do the advertising for you. Always, follow the boards guidelines for posting. 2. Email Discussion Groups - Similar to message boards. Follow guidelines and participate in the conversations. 3. Ad Swaps - Contact other ezine/newsletter publishers to arrange an ad swap. You run their ad in your ezine in exchange for them running your ad. This is a great way of advertising and networking. Ezine directories are a good place to find other publishers. 4. Link Exchanges - Similar to ad swaps, but you exchange ads on your website. This not only advertises your site, but will improve your ranking in the search engines. Be selective in choosing sites to swap with. Do not submit your link to the FFA (free link sites), or link farms. Choose quality sites that are rich in content. Contact the webmaster personally to see if she/he is interested in an exchange. 5. Ezine Publishing - Ezine publishing is very important for your online business. Keeps you in contact with your potential customers and helps build trust and respect. 6. Write Articles - This is one of the top methods of free advertising. You do not have to be a writer to write good, informative articles. People want basic and useful info, not fancy words and psychological theories. 7. Guestbooks - Visit quality sites and leave feedback in the Guestbook along with your url. This will not make you rich, but it is free advertising and provides some good networking opportunities. Take the time to look at the site and leave sincere feedback. 8. Sigtags - Always have a short but effective sigtag in all your outgoing emails. This is very effective advertising. Try to keep it about 4-6 lines maximum. Example: To our success, Terri Seymour Free Report: 77 Ways to Get Traffic mailto:subscribe@seymourproducts.com Make Money with eBooks - Just $1.00 Each! http://www.seymourproducts.com/ebooks-resell This sigtag will help you get subscribers which you can keep in contact with via your ezine. 9. Signature Buddies - Another form of ad swap, where you would contact associates and swap sigtags with them for a period of time and then swap with another associate so your sigtag is consistently revolving around the web. 10. Testimonials - Be free (but not too free) with testimonials, but make sure they are sincere. The publisher or webmaster will often publish these testimonials on their website/ezine along with your url. 11. Newsgroups - Similar to email discussion groups. Build your reputation and your business by offering your expertise to help others. 12. Welcome Letter - When someone subscribes to your ezine and then confirms, it is time to send them a welcome letter. Make full use of this letter. Tell them about any freebies or specials that you offer. Give them a quick background of your site and the purpose of your site. Point out the highlights of your site. You can say so much more in your welcome letter than just Welcome. 13. Webrings - Join several webrings for more traffic. Make a specific page on your site for others to join them as well. http://www.seymourproducts.com/webrings.shtml 14. Group Subscription Pages - Similar to group pop-unders. Join together with about 10 fellow publishers and promote each other on your subscription thank you pages. This will benefit the whole group. 15. Online Directories - There are all kinds of free online directories where you can submit your ezine, website, business opportunities and so on. Do a search for free directories, ezine directories, etc. and get started. It will take some time! Some of these methods are, of course, more effective than others, but they all provide free advertising. Do all of these consistently and in time, you and your business will become very well-known. ************* Terri Seymour has over ten years online experience and has helped many people start their own business. Visit her site at http://www.seymourproducts.com for resources, $1 resell ebooks & software, free tutorials, affiliate programs, and a free ezine with bonus report: 77 Ways to Get Traffic! mailto:subscribe@seymourproducts.com **************** 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 for your business. 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