The New .me Domains On Sale Thursday
Filed under: Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Online Marketing, Web Sites
Overhyped? Maybe. But if you’ve ever been wanting to get that one fantastic two or three letter domain name, your next chance will be on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 at Noon EST.
There’s a bit of a history behind the .me domain concering the country of Montenegro and you can read about the history of this domain at Wikipedia.
Long story short, anyone can purchase the .me domains as of Thursday so if you want to get in on all the fuss and try to get that *perfect* domain name, Thursday would be the day.
It is kind of catchy too…a .me could be used for countless domain names such as:
- hear.me
- see.me
- live.me
- show.me
- fire.me
- etc.
You’ll have to use your own imagination to come up with a catchy .me domain.
GoDaddy by the way does have rights to sell the .me domains and their rumored to cost $19.99 a year as opposed to the paltry $9 or so you pay now.
Consider this a fair game warning and snap one of those domains up if you can.
Don’t Lose Your Shirt With Google’s AdWords “automatic matching”
Filed under: Affiliate Marketing Products, Affiliate Programs, Internet Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Online Marketing, Web Sites
When the automatic matching feature of the Google AdWords program initially launched, there were plenty of folks who sang out “foul!” at Google. When you understand how this works, you’ll understand why so many people were upset.
If you have a daily budget set up with AdWords, the new Automatic Matching feature will find new keywords for you that were NOT originally listed within your keyword list so that you use up your budget for that day.
A little sneaky in my opinion.
Here’s what this means for you if you’re an AdWords advertiser.
Let’s say you run a campaign promoting Eco-Friendly Shopping Bags. You’ve done your keyword research, entered these keywords into your AdWords campaign, and set yourself a budget of $20 a day.
Near the end of those 24 hours, you may have only used up $14 of your intial $20. So, to “speed up” the process and be sure you use that entire $20, Google’s “automatic matching” feature (and I use “feature” very, very loosely), may throw in other words related to your product which could be shopping, purses, bags, etc.
You can see why this would cause quite an uproar.
Now, rest assured, this “feature” isn’t available to everyone yet. They’re currently in beta with a very select few advertisers which in turn will give them feedback on how to improve the system.
No Website? No Problem.
Filed under: Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Online Marketing, Web Sites
here are countless numbers of people who want to get into affiliate marketing but simply don’t have the skills or the knowledge to create a website of their own and so they believe that there is no way that they can create affiliate income online.
Though it is true that having your own website will help you considerably when marketing a product, it is not the be all end all of Internet marketing. And yes you can be successful and make a living as an affiliate even if you don’t have the benefit of your own website.
If you remember from our other posts, affiliate marketing is nothing more than recommending a product to a group of people who have an interest in that product. You get paid a commission whenever someone purchases the product through your own, unique affiliate link.
Now, before you go thinking that I’m nuts, consider some of these strategies that you can use to market your affiliate products or services…
- Write some articles! Even if you’re brand new to online marketing, you no doubt have heard that a great way to garner interest in a product is to write an article about it and then submit it to article directories. When you write an article, you always place a link in your author’s bio which is often found at the bottom of the article. In most cases you’ll see article authors link to their own website. However, you can simply place your link to your affiliate product here just as easily. It’s important to remember though that not all article directories allow you to place affiliate links in your bio so be sure to read their guidelines first.
- Are you a member of a forum or message board? Online communities are also great ways to promote your affiliate links. Most message boards allow you to have your own unique signature which shows up every single time you post a message. Use this as a means to promote your links. Just remember to keep your posts relevant and useful. No one likes someone showing up just so their affiliate link is posted and to top it off, it could get you booted from the board.
- Create a free online blog. There are many options available to you here and they won’t cost you a cent. Whatever your specialty is, simply write about it, give good advice and respond to those who have serious inquiries about your posts. Every so often, you can place one of your affiliate links in a post you’ve made. Again, be sure you read up on the guidelines for the blog services before you use such a strategy.
Not having your own website should not stop you from being successful. Many of these strategies can be accomplished without spending a single penny.
Good Luck!
