Marketing Online Secrets

Finally, My Site is on Google and Yahoo!

Yippee! After a long agonising wait, I am finally indexed by both Google and Yahoo! For weeks I had been tweaking my web-site here and there, wondering why it was not indexed when my wordpress counterpart was already up and running. Last week, I think I found the source of my problem (long story, so i’m not going into it). Once I made that change, my website is indexed the next day.

And best part is, believe it or not, you can locate it on the first page of Google search (for the time being). Just search for ‘marketing online secret’ and it is somewhere at the bottom of the page. Yeah! That means I’m no longer lost in cyberspace! Haha…

Pardon me for the bragging and temporary insanity. Really need this to vindicate my hard work If you are a newbie, hope yours will be indexed soon too. Will share more resources on that in my future post.

Marketing Online Secret: Check Out These Domain, Hosting and PPC Promotion!

To start an internet business, you need these 3 essentials: a domain name, web-hosting and advertising for your business. Being the typical kiasu (local dialect, means ‘afraid to lose’) Singaporean lady, I have to compare prices before I buy anything. I actually spend a week researching for the best web-hosting deal, simply because there are so many. And some internet marketers are not necessary promoting the best deal, just the ones that give them the fattest pay-out. For me, I recommend only stuff that I myself will buy

Best Advertising Deal
Yahoo has launched its answer to Google’s Adwords, called Yahoo! Search Marketing. You can now promote your website with pay-per-click advertising through Yahoo! Search. The feature includes targeting your customers from selected countries and budget setting. Right now they are giving away free $25 credit for all new sign-ups! Yahoo! Sponsored Search lists your business on top sites like Yahoo!, AltaVista and CNN. Sign up and get a $25 credit.

Best Domain Deal
Remember I mentioned about the $1.99 domain in my previous post. The $1.99 domain (usual $9.90) is still available here. I’m so happy that I got one for my current domain. Yeah! Too bad they are limiting it to one per person…
Register your domain at Yahoo! Only $1.99/1st yr.

Best Web-Hosting Deal
This is definitely one of the best value-for-money web-hosting service.
For $6.95 per month, you get everything that you need for an online business
- 1 Free Domain for Life,
- Unlimited Domains Hosting,
- 300,000 MB Hosting Space,
- 3,000,000 MB of Transfer,
- 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts,
- Lots of Features (including PHP, MySQL, Cpanel Fantastico…) ,
- Free Site Builder,
- 24/7 Sales/Support.

I am recommending them because of the awards they are getting every year and the positive feedbacks from users. Check out the details here.

There, hope the above tips will help you in your decision-making for your online business!

Marketing Online Secret: Planning For Your Internet Business

How do I start my internet business? That’s the question probably all newbies would be asking. Well, before you start, you need to plan, just like any other type of business. If you jump in without a plan, you will lose focus very soon and end up spending a lot of money with no return in sight. Like the saying by Benjamin Franklin:”If you fail to plan, you will be planning to fail”.

I recommend reading up. Lots and lots of readings so that you understand the business and what is involved. There are plenty of free information on the internet that helps you to learn. Subscribe to mailing lists. If you are worried about being spammed, register with a free email account from yahoo or gmail. But so far, nobody has spammed me and even if I do get the occasional unsolicited mail, I can unsubscribe from them effortlessly. I must say that most of the freebies and information that they have given out are really good, high quality stuff. Not only that, you can also learn how the experienced marketers carry out their email campaigns.

Here’s my favourite list of sites that provide solid, beneficial content:
Stuart Tan - internetmarketingsingapore.com
Derek Gehl - marketingtips.com
Daryl Hannah - andrewanddaryl.com
Ewen Chia - newbiecashmachine.com (just download one of his freebies and you’ll be in his mailing list)

So go out, subscribe and start your learning journey! To your success!

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