When Email Marketing Is Not Enough
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If you have already entered the world of email marketing you
likely already realize the potential this type of marketing has
to offer. However, you also likely realize it is not reasonable
to expect your business to thrive if email marketing is the
only marketing strategy you choose to utilize.
History: Article Written - November 5, 2006
Edited by: Lonnie Amirault - March 22, 2009
This is not unusual as most businesses do not typically have
a great deal of success unless they make the decision to
incorporate more than one type of marketing into their overall
marketing strategy. This article will examine a few other types
of Internet marketing which may be used in conjunction with
email marketing.
Email marketing in itself can be multi faceted. It may
include sending out mass emails, distributing e-newsletters and
even offering correspondence courses via email. Implementing
only one of these email marketing strategies may resulting a
small increase in either website traffic or sales but
implementing more than one strategy at a time can create a more
pronounced effect.
Similarly it is definitely worthwhile to incorporate other
types of Internet marketing into promoting your business online
if you are not already doing so. This can help you to enjoy a
greater degree of success if you apply the strategies
correctly. Some of the other types of marketing strategies you
may wish to employ include placing banner ads, participating in
industry related message boards and starting an affiliate
program.
Of the other types of Internet marketing available, placing
banner ads may be the most expensive option. In many cases your
business will have to pay another website for the privilege of
placing your banner ad on their website.
Choosing a website which sells products which complement,
without competing, for your business is worthwhile. However,
there are some free options for banner ads including exchanges.
However, you may be required to place more than one banner ad
on your website for each time your banner ad appears on another
lineup.
Additionally, with this type of agreement you may not be
able to control the type of website which displays your banner
ad. For this reason it is worthwhile to pay for ad space so you
can have more control over where your banner ads are
displayed.
Participating in industry related forums can be another way
to promote your business online. Message boards are online
meeting places where individuals who share an interest can get
together to discuss their interests as well as pertinent
issues. They can also ask and answer questions.
Most message boards allow users to place a link to their
website in their signature line. If you regularly participate
on an industry related message board and include a signature
line with a link to your website you can reach a high
concentration of members of your target audience.
When using message boards to promote your business it is
important to follow all message board guidelines and to avoid
techniques which may be deemed as spam such as posting your
link when it is not appropriate.
Affiliate marketing programs are another type of online
marketing which can be used in conjunction with email
marketing. Affiliate marketing involves allowing website owners
to place advertisements for your business on their website.
These website owners are known as affiliates. Each time one
of their advertisements causes an Internet user to click
through the advertisement or purchase an item the affiliate is
compensated. This compensation schedule makes affiliate
marketing incredibly cost effective.
Essentially you do not pay your affiliates unless the
advertising generates a specific reaction form Internet users
such as making a purchase or generating website traffic. The
amount of compensation should be determined beforehand and may
be based on a flat fee or a percentage of the sale.
Business owners have to embed code into the affiliate ads to
determine which ads are generating profit or traffic so they
know which affiliates to compensate but this information is
also useful for determining which advertisements are most
effective. This information can be used to fine tune the
marketing effort.
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