The Tools To Start Marketing

As an online marketer you really need to know what you're doing, where you're going, what to expect, how to handle and how to find prospects. Wow, sounds like a huge task right? It's not if you have and use the right tools, the right training and take action daily.

What tools do you need? There are a variety of things you can use. Instant messengers - doesn't matter one or two you choose - just make sure they're a major part of your marketing strategy. E-mail is critical. A well-written e-mail can work wonders.

Use phone marketing even if you don't fancy it all that much. One quick call to sales prospect inviting them to a special online weight loss seminar (etc.) says lots about your commitment to your product and customer service.

As long as you use relationship marketing properly, it will guarantee you loyal customers that you will keep. Article marketing is smart marketing. YOU provide well-written and relevant articles you've written to other Web sites, blogs and eZines for free. This sets you up as an expert, gives you leads, increased site traffic to your web site and improved search engine rankings.

Blogging and SEO (search engine optimization) are two other tools. Blogging provides an arena to combine text, images, and links to other blogs, and web pages about your business, product/service. You can post updates on what you are doing, what new additions there have been to your product/services, any specials/sales and even product photos.

SEO here means understanding what human visitors might search for, and to help match those visitors with sites offering what they want to find. Pay careful attention to this segment as it is crucial to you when you come to write sales copy for your website.

If your business relies on cold calls, referrals, instant messenger communications, and e-mails, etc. you will know the importance of having good website copy. You learn about your prospect and their needs through your interactions with them and determine how your product can meet their needs. Then you market to those needs in language that gets their attention.