This information can be seriously misleading and at times the myths may be hazardous to the health of your business.

Let's look at some of these pit falls before they happen to you. Here are some that might be a hazard to you and your web site.

More traffic translates to increased profits, wrong! Before spending money on aids, web directories, or pay-per-click listings to drive more visitors to your site, you need to be sure that they'll want to do business with you and return.

Ask your colleagues and current clients to critique your site. Do they understand what you are offering? Can they see concrete benefits? Revise your site based on their feedback.

Then personally invite prospective clients to revisit and touch base afterward for feedback. There's nothing better than honest critique!

Next, it all starts with a great web site...not so! The place where it starts is with a well-defined service. If you don't have a clear picture of what you are marketing and exactly what you're selling, the best web site won't get you clients.

You must know your target market, how to describe your specialty, and what specific benefits your work provides. The content of your site is so much more important than the design.

A dazzling graphic design won't pay off anywhere near as well as a clear explanation of why a client should work with you. The next misled strategy is "Do whatever it takes to build your list."

The quality of names on your list is more important than the quantity. Acquiring names through giveaways of other people's material, or purchasing them from a vendor rarely provides qualified buyers interested in your services.

The best strategies for Internet marketing to help you make money should be some of the following: blog and interact with visitors, publish articles, write online press releases, start with a web promotion plan and a development strategy.

Some other good strategies of Internet marketing to help you make money are: get ranked at the top in major search engines, learn to use email marketing, build a responsive op-in email list and dominate your marketing niche.

Additional strategies are: facilitate contests and giveaways via your web site, and request an analysis from an Internet marketing coach or consultant.