Article Details| Internet Marketing: 3 Profitable Steps In Ezine Marketing |
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By: Bill Achola 1.Classified Ads The first you want to do is start small! Place 2 4 classified ads in the online newsletters/ezines... and wait for the results. How were they? Good Results: See which of the ads gave you good results and make a note of it. What you can do next is continue to place more ads in the newsletters/ezines that were profitable... or go to the next level and try out a sponsor ad (if it is offered). If a classified ad is profitable in a particular newsletter/ezine, chances are a sponsor ad will make you even MORE money! Bad Results: If one (or all) of your ads were not profitable, then it s time to evaluate the situation. Did your ad even go through properly (sometimes, the publisher forgets to place your ad and it never gets sent out)?. Did you place the correct URL link in the ad (I ve misspelled my own URL on numerous occasions!)?.If you ve done your damage control checks, and everything in the ad was fine, then chances are that the newsletter/ezine you placed your ad in was either NOT targeted well, or it just sucked! 2.Sponsor Ads After you ve done the above step one, you can start experimenting with sponsor ads. If you recall, sponsor ads are similar to classifieds, except that they are all by themselves, usually at the very top of the ezine so they don t get lost with all the other classified ads.Because they get the spot light, they are a more effective form of advertising... but they are also more costly. So, once you ve tried and experimented with the above classified advertising tactic, and you are more comfortable, more confident and have made some of your investment back, proceed to sponsor advertising. Test small only 1 3 sponsor ads, wait for the results and depending on if the results were good or bad, you ll know if you have a winner or loser on your hands.Follow the same steps as I mentioned above for the classified advertising tactics. 3.Solo Mailings One last tactic you can use is to have the editor/publisher of an ezine, send out a special solo mailing to all of his current subscribers. This is by far the most effective tactic... but with everything else, it also costs a lot more money. Not all ezine publishers offer solo mailings. In fact, most don t. So, chances are after you ve done all of your research and testing, you ll probably need to contact the publisher directly and ask them if they do offer such a service. NOTE: With classified ads... or even sponsor ads, repeated advertising bring in MORE sales. Usually, the potential customer needs to see your classified/sponsor ad a few times before they order. But, with solo mailings, one shot is all you need. Sending out too many, too often is counter productive. As always, TEST... TEST... TEST!
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