Saturday 15 March 2008

Internet Marketing: The “Right Way”

Starting in internet marketing the right way your business does rely on timing and a great deal of luck, but it mostly requires know-how, just like anything else. This is why being well-informed is crucial to starting that online business.

Pre-conceived strategies, then, must be based on both a particular entrepreneur’s personal objectives(s) as well as the information necessary to obtain beforehand. This information includes background data regarding the field in question; business statistics; advertising options and resources; a working knowledge of computers and the Internet, especially web building and hyperlink initiation, and a full range of budget necessities.


Among the many strategies an entrepreneur may employ to promote an online venture are the following. Obviously, the list isn’t all-inclusive, but they are important to know just the same.

1) Networking versus random approaches. Although the random approach ensures quick distribution amidst a wide demographic, which is important in regards to advertising and becoming known, the networking approach is ironically the better way to go for success. Why is this? Networking focuses on those involved in a particular field, and this includes the interested public audiences. This weeds out all of the uninterested and cuts back on wasting time; focusing on target audiences will allow entrepreneurs to dedicate more time to those who really matter. Below are examples of both random and networking means of approach:

Random methods
Viral Advertising
TV Advertising
Pamplets
Coupon Booklets

Networking methods
Business conventions
Research articles
Pop-Ups
Specialist magazines

2) Rapid and courteous Replies. When addressing others in one’s field or the public—whether interested or not—quick and polite responses are not only preferred, they are mandatory. As a matter of fact, rude and/or delayed returns can and certainly will destroy a business before it even begins. For older businesses, a negative reputation will follow and is difficult, if not impossible, to overcome. This policy applies to online as well as offline business practices. Yes, it is a no-brainer, but so many businesses miss the target on this, which is really no surprise, since ego seems to have been given one up on the value of human integrity. People are the most important; without them, businesses cannot and will not work.

3) Honesty and Truthfulness. Honesty is the best policy, as the saying goes. This is truer than a lot of people want to admit. Unfortunately, the desire for money has superseded personal integrity. Scrupulous entrepreneurs presume that success is easier when “taking one for a ride,” but if and when their scams are exposed—and they eventually will be—they are destroyed permanently. Many lose their freedom as well, as prison removes these people from the game. Taking on the attitude that people are unintelligent except oneself will raise Cain in the business world, and such a venture with its goals will be brought to a grinding halt.

Doing internet marketing the right way means having a business that deals on the up-and-up and serves to value people, above and beyond everything else, is the likeliest way to become successful, simply because people make businesses possible; without people, money is non-existent, since the money that businesses need to achieve a profit comes from the people involved.

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