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[M279]Marketing Your Online Business
by Jonathan Hook, Jon
The articles posted do not necessarily provide direct information about the products or services that the business is offering but should contain helpful information related to the company's line of business.

If the site sells children's toys, you can write about how toys affect the development of children. But how do this article help generate traffic to your site? Below are the different reasons why informative articles provide the extra edge to online businesses that implements this method.

1.Well written articles trigger readers' interests. If you have an article with valuable content, many people will read it and even spread it. Therefore, you will be able to reach more people and this thing becomes viral in nature. Reaching more people means generating more traffic to your site.

2.You can advertise your site for free by submitting your informative article to article directories, here are some of the high ranking sites:

Ezine Articles
Idea Marketers
iSnare
Go Articles
Article City

Make sure that you have embedded links that will direct the reader to your site. You can also promote your site through the reference box that is usually allowed with the articles. It should contain details about you, your business and what your site has to offer. Have your business URL or website included so that the readers can easily access it if ever they are interested. Think about the savings you have made in terms of paying for PPC campaign or Pay per Click advertising expenses.

3.It increases your link popularity. This is another factor considered by search engines in ranking results. Informative articles can directly help your site achieve the level of link popularity needed for your site to gain higher ranking in the search engine's list. Each time a site posts or shares your article (provided it has a link on it); the site becomes your link partner. The more link partner you gain the more "votes" you will have which makes your site more valuable and will be considered top rank.

Well written articles also generate good image for your site. If you have a good reputation, people will trust your products and business as a whole. This will encourage more readers and potential customers to visit your site which can mean good business conversion for you.

Video marketing is hot for your online business and for good reason. When compared to traditional sales messages, video is the hands-down winner for grabbing the reader's attention. If your return on investment (ROI) is not converting enough cash, you need a stronger call-to-action. Adding video to your website may just be the shot in the arm your sagging sales need.

Check it out: You've got about seven seconds to catch your website visitor's interest with an attention-grabbing headline. Every word counts. When a visitor scans the page and quickly clicks off the site, this is known as the ?seven second death.? Ouch! The way to avoid this from happening is to find a way to hook the reader and pull him into your sales message right away. You can quickly pique your visitor's curiosity by adding video to your landing page.

Video is powerfully persuasive in the buying process. In fact, some studies reveal that it is as much as 72% more effective than print media alone. Because it adds a face?your face? to the product, it also increases trust with your buyers. This is an absolute ?must? in internet marketing if you want staying power over the long run.

To supercharge your sales message, consider taking it one step further. Adding video testimonials from satisfied customers is another way to build trust with your target market. Call these video testimonials ?Success Stories,? and let your customers do the talking. By changing the word ?Testimonials? to ?Success Stories,? most marketers find that their profits increase significantly.

According to the Wharton School of Business, video enhances comprehension 50% in comparison to a live presentation. That's why videos work. For multi-channel marketing, they're powerfully effective. The next time you turn on your television, observe the number of advertisements that prompt the viewer to order a free, ?no obligation? video to learn more about a product. This tactic is not only effective for list building. It also increases the likelihood that the customer will view the video, and testing reveals that up to 97% of consumers will eventually watch it. Online marketers are now using what offline marketers have known for years: Video marketing works.

There are other ways to integrate video into your online business aside from adding it to your website. You can also offer it as an opt-in incentive to people who sign up for your mailing list. Once you've captured your site visitor's name and e-mail address, send a link to the video in an e-mail. The video should contain information that is timely and valuable to the target market.

When it comes to taking your online business to the next level, break free from the chains of one-dimensional selling. Studies have shown that online video significantly increases conversion rate over sales copy alone. Remember?Use the same sales strategies that you use with sales copy. Sell the sizzle not the steak, and end with a strong call to action that gives your website visitor a strong incentive to buy.
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