Of course there’s no single secret to success as an internet marketer but you can improve your chances of success with the right attitude. The laws of attraction are relevant to every single aspect of your life and if you apply the powers of positive thinking and surrounding yourself with positivity you’ll definitely be better off than someone who approaches everything with negativity and skepticism.

A healthy dose of skepticism is good for protecting yourself from scams but approaching new things with cautious optimism and approaching everything in life with a vision and passion for success will definitely impact your life.

In terms of internet marketing, treating your business with respect and integrity is vital. People will see through hype.  In terms of your business dealings, find mentors that demonstrate values and decency.

Tips for marketing (and life) success:

• Thou shalt not spam. Ever.
• Always provide value above and beyond monetary worth when you sell something and you’ll always have happy customers.
• Treat each customer as if they’re your biggest.
• Remember that dissatisfied customers will spread more hype than satisfied ones so strive for customer satisfaction always

Finally, get inspired to not only be more successful but to think as a successful person. You’ve heard the old adage, “Dress for the job you want instead of the job you’ve got.”

Well, how about also dressing  for the life you want?

Read Sean’s free new e-book The Secret Law of Attraction. Available free September 26, 2008 for everyone who joins the FaceBook group. No opt-in necessary!

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009

It’s great when you realize how sharing and giving the online entrepreneur community is. Many newbies have a lot of trouble getting advice when they delve into a new area but when you get into online networking, you can definitely benefit from the experience of others. You only have to ask and you’ve got loads of people willing to lend you advice or an opinion.  Those who find success online are often eager to pay it forward.

Tips For Using Free Online Advice

• Ask in a forum for someone to look at your site design
• Request in a forum for someone to give you feedback on your web site copy on a sales landing page
• Ask online buddies to social bookmark your sites and / or comment on your blog posts
• Read every free marketing e-book and special report you can get your hand on. Opting in won’t generally cost you anything and you can benefit from learning sales tactics of mentors
• Subscribe to information blogs such as SeanSEO.com and get free advice delivered to your mailbox

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009

Finding the best key words and phrases for your website or blog can help you in a big way. Not only will you have the most chance of getting traffic but you’ll write content that appeals to people because you’ll write according to what they’re looking for.  KWMap.Net is a free tool that will give you access to related keywords. It’s as if it instinctively “knows”  what people are looking for when they search for something.  Not only can you search once but you can drill down multiple times.

Write The LSI Way

Latent semantic indexing works really well. Instead of just striving for keyword density you’re looking to tell the search engines that your site is really related to all things “that” subject. If writing about marketing, the kwmap.net tool tells you that you can use words like:  website marketing, network marketing, internet, web, promotion and other words.  If you’re building a content site to sell or advertise marketing services this can be very useful in telling you other semantically related words to use in your content.By drilling down and choosing network marketing you’re then shown: multilevel marketing, work at home, internet marketing and home business.

As you can see, this can be very helpful in learning to write for a specific niche so the search engines will consider your site extremely relevant which will result in a better page rank, more traffic and could translate to more sales. This free IM tool gets a thumbs up!

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009

Last post we talked about list building and how important it is. Once you have a list, what can you use to communicate effectively with your clients?

Autoresponders

In order to best manage your customer list and guide them through buying from you, autoresponders work like a charm. There are free and fee-based programs and what you can do is program your customer list and set up autoresponder e-mails. Not only can you schedule scripted messages, each with a strong call to action but you can do ad hoc messages as well when you have something to share.

Some of the popular programs out there include GetResponse and Aweber. They allow you to manage a sequence of communications with the touch of a few buttons. New subscribers are automatically enrolled in that sequence. This is great and you can either write all your e-mails and newsletters ahead of time or pay someone to write them for you. Not only can you manage the communications but you might be able to get click through stats as well which gives you even more power when you know what’s working effectively for you.

Autoresponder Writing Tips

When writing emails to people, be sure that your email does the following:

• Offer value. No one will stay subscribed if they feel like they’re being spammed
• Offer a way out. Make it clear that they’ve opted in to receiving emails and make it clear that they can unsubscribe easily.
• Don’t forget a call to action.  The call to action tells them what to do next which might be to visit your site or click a link.

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009

Even in this modern era, there’s nothing as good as a customer list for those who are sales people. If you’re an internet marketer, your list is your lifeline to increasing your business.  A list of customers with e-mail addresses is something you can use in many ways.  For each sale you make, you should capture the e-mail address. Even when you don’t make a sale, see if you can entice an opt in because although someone might not be ready today, they might want to buy from you further down the line.

If your list is made up mostly of people that have bought from you, you know they’re not adverse to buying online and they have already demonstrated that they trust you a little if they’ve knowingly bought something directly from you.

Get them on the list!

Get people on your list by getting them to subscribe to a newsletter, offer a valuable free course or report or have a contest and offer a giveaway.  This way, you’ve got people you can do direct marketing to.

Sell stuff!

There are lots of ways to sell stuff to your list…

Here are a few tips:

• Offer a free newsletter. You can talk about your niche and enclose affiliate links to products.
• Talk about hot deals and specials
• Write product reviews about products you’re selling

Internet marketers should be careful with your list! Don’t sell names or spam people and always allow the option for opting out. When you treat the customer list with care, you can definitely use it to your advantage.

Have a most outstanding day.

Dana Prince
Internet Marketing Blog
www.SeanSEO.com © 2009