Hi all,

Have you heard of Squidoo?  It is a powerful and easy way to create new web pages for the Internet (They call them lenses).  You can create a Squidoo lens in only 5 minutes if you wish…they are very easy to create.

I recommend you take some time and familiarize yourself with Squidoo because creating lenses is a good way to get listed in search engines quickly and gain top search engine placements. There are many strategies you can use for your Squidoo lens too, for example: you can create a lens to promote your products, you can create your lens you drive traffic to your main site, you can build a lens with the purpose of selling affiliate products, or you can just create a lens for the fun of it or to educate others.

Don’t underestimate creating Squidoo lenses in your marketing efforts because they are:

1. Simple To Create
2. Easy To Maintain
3. Not Hosted On Your Server (Thus, does not consume your bandwidth)
4. Able to be monetized easily! (You can make money with Squidoo lenses!)

I just created one myself and will be updating it whenever I can.  You can check it out at:

http://www.squidoo.com/small-business-website-marketing

It is built around small business website marketing so in the future you will be able to learn tips, tricks, techniques, and have access to resources that will aid in your marketing efforts. If you visit my lens please leave me a comment letting me know what you think of it and what direction you would like to see it take in the future…in terms of content I mean.

To Your Success!
Mark Garland
AnalyzedMarketing.com

This blog is meant to help you with your marketing of your website/small business and as such I feel it important to introduce you to BlogRush.

If you have noticed, just recently I added a new addition to this blog. It is located towards the bottom of the right side and has the title “from the blogosphere”. This handy little addon itself brings me some quality traffic to my blog and if you have a quality blog yourself it could do the same for you too, and all for free!

You see, in order to be successful online, it is an absolute must that you receive quality traffic. No, I didn’t just say high quantities of traffic, I said high quality. I am not interested in high quantites because all that does is rack up my bandwitdh. It is quality visitors that really matter because it is those visitors who ultimately allow the site to be monetized and remain.

You can read all over the net that high quantities of traffic can make your site popular…which I can’t argue with…but high quality traffic is what makes your site truly incredible. The addon I talked about above delivers me high quality traffic because the traffic that it provides come directly from related websites. This means that the visitors it refers to me have a good chance of being interested in Internet marketing and are most likely interested in learning to make their website or small business more successful. This obviously ties directly in with my Total Marketers Handbook and The Analyzed Marketing Business Area that I operate too!

So if you are interested in generating high quality traffic to your blog then I highly recommend you check out BlogRush. It is free to signup and is easy to integrate into your site.

To Your Success!
Mark Garland

Article directories are an important method for distributing your articles to your potential customers. Their popularity has been on a constant increase since their release and they will continue to be popular for years to come. Why is this? Because information is one of the most sought out things on the internet, and article directories provide a place to learn information on literally almost any subject imaginable. If you can’t find an article on what you are searching for, you may have found a niche market that you yourself can target!

Typically, article directories house free articles that have been submitted by the copyright holder. The author’s information is placed either underneath or above it so the reader knows who wrote it; it is a good idea to include a link back to your main website in your details so that interested readers will be able to locate your website and possibly more of your work.

Submitting to article directories is an effective way of building leads for any product you are selling. Why is this? Because content relevant to the product they are interested in acts as an interest builder to help build potential sales for your business. Some articles can be so effective that the reader wants to purchase a similar product that the article talks about immediately following their read, so a definite tip is to include a direct link to a product or service that you promote at the end of your article, but make sure you follow the rules of the specific article directory when doing so, some allow multiple links, some only a single link, and some have very strict regulations as to the nature of the link itself.

Submitting to article directories is an excellent way to establish yourself as an expert on the subject, and with constant articles of high quality, even an expert in the industry. This provides your readers with a sense of safety and quality when viewing products and/or services you have recommended, and also builds credibility for your website.

To get the credibility point across, think of the following example. Let’s just say that you are experienced in some field (This could really be any field that you want to write about as long as you have done your research). Now, a potential customer of yours searches for something specific in the field you have written about. They search for a subject, if their search matches your articles subject or keywords then they will find your article and then read it. They will then see that you have the knowledge that they are seeking and will then follow your website link. Then it is all up to your website’s layout, customer focus, content, and many other factors not relating to your article itself. The main point here is that you have received your potential client that is highly interested in the field that you offer your products or services in which can easily lead to ongoing customer sales!

Also, to help gain credibility, you should post the articles you have created on your website. This allows your readers to be able to easily locate other articles you have written along with providing a place for them to become active visitors to your website.

Now, if you don’t have a website of your own article directories can still provide you with the ability to make money. How is this? Through recommending others products which you receive a commission for when a sale is made. However, instead of directing your visitor to your affiliate’s website in this case, many article directories ask you to link to a website that you yourself own that is a top-level domain name and not your affiliate link itself. You will want to read the specific site specifications as to what is allowed when promoting affiliate products through your articles at the directory you are submitting to. You are usually able to provide a link to a page of your website that then has affiliate links on that page however, and is how many people promote their affiliate programs. Some don’t allow affiliate pages to be referred to directly, but some still do!

Also, since you have submitted your article, others in the same field as you who offer similar products will use it to promote their products, but your tagline with your author information and website link will still be attached to the articles they use and thus, will generate you ongoing traffic to your website through the traffic they generate through their website! Just imagine how much traffic even one article of yours can potentially generate through this power.

So ultimately, an effective way to generate profits for either your own products, or other products that you gain affiliate commissions from is to post articles to article directories and then simply reap the rewards that your work will bring you!

If you enjoyed this article and are interested in website marketing and/or small business marketing then you will love my new free report that will show you The Exact Business Marketing And Website Marketing Strategies That Will Allow Your Business To Achieve True Long Term Success. You will also be able to learn about his marketing eCourse that will help you market your website or business more effectively.

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http://www.AnalyzedMarketing.com/newreport.html

To Your Success!
Mark Garland