Secret Internet marketing techniques?!

[talk2christie]

Hey! I’ve just started a small Internet business (working form home)and am scared of wasting money on all those supposedly great promotion ideas.

While looking through some press releases, I came across this website megastake.com. It offers some secret Internet marketing techniques used by the pros. Looks promising…any ideas?

[Audrey]

It's really odd. You are the 4th or 5th person I've seen place this exact same "ad". I clicked on the link you provided and found no techniques, no tip. I found a box saying "pre launch" and requiring my name and email address.

I can't for the life of me figure out why so many folks are advertising this site.

[talk2christie]

Hey Audrey!

This isn an "ad"! I genuinely found the site...wanted to subscribe to its newletter seeing that it already has thousands of subscribers...

Wanted to know if anyone else has seen it or heard about it! :-)

It looked quite interesting to me

Christie

[Lori]

I always wish Internet Marketers would put more emphasis on the design of their marketing pages. This one looks amatuer -- so even if their marketing tactic of paying posters to create interest during the pre-launch would have been successful -- the look of the site immediately feels sketchy.

A little Internet Marketing Tip for the Pros out there :rolleyes:

[Lori]

Hey Audrey!

This isn an "ad"! I genuinely found the site...wanted to subscribe to its newletter seeing that it already has thousands of subscribers...

Wanted to know if anyone else has seen it or heard about it! :-)

It looked quite interesting to me

Christie

Hi Christie,

What type of business are you doing yourself? I'd be happy to point you in the right direction for promoting...

Lori

[talk2christie]

Hi Lori!

I'm goin into Affiliate marketing...

www.megastake.com already has thousands of subscribers in its pre-launch stage so I figured its something that might work! What do u think?

[Audrey]

Hi Lori!

I'm goin into Affiliate marketing...

www.megastake.com already has thousands of subscribers in its pre-launch stage so I figured its something that might work! What do u think?

As I already stated, there is something fishy. I don't know what, but there is something fishy. When 4 or 5 people use the EXACT same wording, there's something fishy. In addition, the only posts ever made by these folks were the ones saying "oh I found this site".

I know you are saying it's pure coincidence, that you first found their site, and then you found this site and then you posted the exact same words as others. I just still am not seeing anything on the site that looks like it "might work".

You said you are going to into affiliate marketing. Do you have any sites up yet? What affiliate programs did you choose? Have you begun marketing your sties yet?

http://www.associateprograms.com/discus/index.php While I hate to send folks away from this site, this is a great forum for those who are looking for tips and help in affiliate marketing.

[talk2christie]

Hey Audrey!

I really appreciate your advice :)

I see that the site also has a free newsletter...mayb signing up with that is a good idea?

Atleast we ll know more about this...

Christie

[Lori]

This is one way to create a buzz. That's for sure. LOL.

But no, I'm personally not in the least bit interested, mainly because I hate spam.

Besides, who is Andy? Never heard of him. There are plenty of awesome marketers out there to learn from.

[Audrey]

Christie,

Here is an article I wrote. Yes, the website you keep talking about does offer a newsletter. However the site owner offers nothing about him/her. I did a search and discovered the site owner is a person named Andy Michaels of Finland. Who is Andy Michaels? What does he do with email addresses he collects? What exactly will he send out? How difficult will it be to unsubscribe? Why does he offer nothing about him or his experience on his site?

I did do a google search for him to see what I could learn and my search brought back nothing.

As Laurie has stated, for some reason you and a few others have chosen to create a buzz about this site. I don't know why. I may never know why.

Anyway, enjoy the article

Audrey :)


Most everyone who owns a website wants to capture the email addresses of those who visit their sites. There are several ways to accomplish this “capturing”. One way is to offer a newsletter. When you offer free information on an ongoing basis, folks who are interested in the topic you are writing about will subscribe. I believe this is actually the best way to capture email addresses.

The other way to capture an email address is to require a “sign up”. This is done when you sign up with an article directory or when you sign up to take part in conversation on message boards.

This past weekend, I know of no other word but abuse to describe the amount of emails I received from site owners where “sign up” had been required. I spent a good part of the weekend deleting my accounts from both message board communities and also from article directories. The threat of “you won’t be able to submit articles here anymore”, or “you won’t be able to post anymore” actually had me laughing. My articles bring in revenue to the site owners. My posts actually stimulate conversation thus bringing in revenue to the site owner. When I unsubscribe from the site, it is lost revenue to the site owner. With hundreds of article directories and hundreds of message boards on the web, I’d much rather give away my articles and posts to those who respect my email address.

Christopher Knight (www.ezinearticles.com) should consider teaching courses on respecting member’s privacy. I only get emails from him that I have REQUESTED. Right on his site he offers opt ins to several mailing lists he distributes. Now, why can’t other site owners do this? Again, my articles are bringing in revenue to their sites. Why offend me with spam? Why not create a newsletter and allow me the option to opt in?

If you are a site owner that captures the email addresses of those who “sign up”, you truly might want to think about the pro’s and con’s of sending out unasked for emails.

Audrey Okaneko has been working at home since 1983. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com