Extra! Extra! Knowledge Is The Ultimate Power OnlineEveryone is asking the ultimate question, how do I get to have a successful
website in this highly competitive age? The answer is simple...
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In order to learn how to do it properly, we need to take a look at others
who are already doing it, and winning the never ending game of promotion.
Never ending is a bit of an understatement if you consider the vast opportunity
you have presented to you through promoting your business online. Millions
and millions of people log on every day, but what you don't consider is
that millions more have yet to log on for the very 1st time. If you've
ever questioned the fact about whether or not there is an opportunity
for yourself online, this small but powerful paragraph should end that
doubt.
To make it big online, you have to think big. The internet is no different
than real life... what you put forth, so shall you receive. There isn't
any greater statement than that.
So what does it really take to make it big?
Create something bigger than yourself! Bottom line. Creating something
bigger could be accomplished in a few different ways. I know there are
some of you who are thinking, I don't have the money to create a massive
website! Who ever said you’re "something big" has to be
owned by you?
For instance Authors a.k.a Writers / a.k.a Bloggers / a.k.a Columnist
are taking the internet by storm and for a good reason... This type of
promotion REALLY works.
With the vast amount of websites out there that accept articles, you're
practically guaranteed to create a resourceful website of your own. You
don't need to be the best web designer in the world to figure out how
to buy a domain name, create a blog or two (that is programmed by someone
else) and link to your articles that way. You can even talk about your
products and services within your blog, you have every right.
Go to http://www.blogger.com to create a blog.
That is the easiest way in. Let's also take a look at why you should
have a website and promote it through your knowledge, we can only do this
by taking a look at other peoples success. In this next small section,
I am going to randomly pick out a couple of authors that consistently
write articles and measure out their "visible" level of success.
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Halstatt Pires (www.marketingtitan.com): We consistently see this author
write articles and submit them to us. Halstatt is a good writer who talks
about a wide range of topics including web design & SEO.
If we take a look in Google/Yahoo/MSN to see how many times we can find
"Halsatt Pires", the numbers would look like this...
There are over 45,300 web pages listed within Google with the name "Halsatt
Pires".
There are over 18,500 pages listing in Yahoo
There are over 7,500 pages listed in MSN
Wouldn't you like to have over 71,300 pages online with your name on
it? I certainly would. Even if your articles get read a 10% of the time
every day or every month for that matter, it would mean on average over
6,200 people could possibly read your articles every single day.
MarketingTitan.com has an alexa.com ranking of: 171,746 best ranked website
out of millions of other websites.
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Let's now take a look at another author.. (all random)
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Joy H Gendusa (www.postcardmania.com) Writes a great deal about postcard
campaigns, direct mail campaigns and is quite good at it as well.
If we take a look in Google/Yahoo/MSN to see how many times we can find
"Joy H Gendusa", the numbers would look like this...
There are over 13,800 web pages listed within Google with the name "Joy
Gendusa".
There are over 24,000 pages listing in Yahoo
There are over 4,800 pages listed in MSN
In only 3 search engines, "Joy Gendusa" is found 42,600 times!
PostcardMania.com has an alexa.com ranking of: 76,065 best ranked website
out of millions of other websites.
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Again, it begs the questions, wouldn't you like it if that was your name
at the bottom of those articles with your website right beside it?
You DO NOT have to be a professional writer to start writing. In fact,
when I started writing, my grammar was so bad, people would actually call
me to guide me through my articles point out the mistakes within them.
The point is, people still called. Now thanks to my editors, my writing
skills are improving a great deal.
Don't be shy. Just start somewhere and don't stop. Before you know it,
you'll be writing 2-5 articles a week and won't be able to stop. That
is when the true power of your promotion will start kicking in.
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Just for people who want to know...
Let's take a look at my success as a writer. If you where to search for
my name within quotations like so "Martin Lemieux", here are
the results you would find. (In quotes to narrow down to an exact match)
There are over 65,600 web pages listed within Google with the name "Martin
Lemieux".
There are over 32,300 pages listing in Yahoo
There are over 17,600 pages listed in MSN
That is over 115,500 "registered pages" online that have my
name on it. Just remember as well, I haven't submitted an article in over
2 months due to illness. Only a fraction of those aren't me, they are
someone else. Again, I ask the question... Wouldn't it be nice if that
was your name and your website was right beside those tens of thousands
of pages?
Just for curiosity, if you do a search for Martin Lemieux without the
quotes within Google, you will get around 1,040,000 pages found. When
I started out, those search results weren't even close to that, maybe
even 10% of 1,040,000 because of "Claude Lemieux" & "Mario
Lemieux" two famous hockey players.
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Does something like this happen over night? Absolutely not. In the last
4 years, I've been able to write around 70-80 articles in total! That's
it. There are writers out there that have personally written over 1000
articles in a matter of years.
What else can you do to increase your popularity? Accept articles from
other authors of course! Why not share your success with others. Doing
so will only increase your credibility online and increase your visitors
a great deal. Not only will authors talk about you, your website will
increase every time you list another authors article.
Why do you think that many of the article directories world wide get
the most traffic on average beyond the Gorillas like Google, Yahoo, Ebay,
etc? They all have one thing in common, they're creating a community of
people writing their hearts out and exposing their business further online.
In Conclusion:
If you've ever doubted why people write articles, think again. The internet
favors the bold, the ones who are not afraid to speak their mind and put
their thoughts in digital format get rewarded. More and more authors who
have written actual books are now writing for the internet to get more
sales for their book. It's a proven fact that unique content is king and
so are your thoughts.
About The Author:
Martin Lemieux is the president of Smartads. We help authors to expose
their business further by listing 1000's of articles online.
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