Advantages of Internet Marketing

• Internet range is obviously range and therefore marketing your business online would reach wider potential clients not only from one part of the world but to the different parts of the world. Approximately a couple of billion people are using the internet each day, so you see, the possibility of marketing your product to myriad of people is definitely great. Therefore all you need to do is create your own website and market your product properly.

• Gone are the days where you have to travel to sell your product. That would mean so much money being spent on transportation. However, now that we are already in the age of internet, many people can actually already transact and does business with other people across the globe with national boundaries.

• It is cheaper to advertise online than advertising through agencies where the prices are always skyrocketing. And since it is cheap, many people and businessmen are actually able to market and advertise their products without having to worry how much they need to shed out for the expenses.

• Internet marketing gives you the ability to stay connected with your clients even after your business with them. This will give you the chance to actually contact them easily in case you are having sales promotion wherein you can just include their addresses when you send an email blast. Speaking of email blast, this would mean that you can actually send multiple mails at one time and this can save time and effort because you do not have to do it one by one.

• Customer feedback is very important because this will give you the chance to address the needs of the customers easily and quickly. This would also mean that you would know immediately how your customers find your product and correct the mistakes that you need to address.

• Internet marketing is definitely something that everyone can do without having to exert a lot of effort and time. You do not need to have a customer service representative who will answer all the questions of clients because you can already include in your site a comment box where they can send you their queries and concerns.

Disadvantages of Internet Marketing

• Some people find it very perplexing to use this method of marketing. For them, it is something that needs someone who is adept with technical concepts to be able to set up their website properly.
• There is so much to learn that it seemed never ending. Anyone who is not interested with computer stuff would find this very complicated and inappropriate for their business.
• It is vulnerable to bogus activities and spam. More and more people are complaining about being a victim of fraud when they are doing business online. It is either the owner of the business is the victim or the client is the victim.
• There is no personal interaction with this type of marketing. People are not sure whether they are sincere with their business or not. Unlike interpersonal marketing, the two parties can discuss their business and options and will have a better understanding with regards to their service.

Writing Advertising Copy- most of the technically savvy entrepreneurs usually fails to give importance in this stage and therefore they fall behind. Many people usually concentrate on making the best product they could sell and putting up an awesome website. However, little do they know that no matter how amazing your website and your product may be, if you do not invest and put much consideration in advertising, your business will soon fail? Internet marketing campaign is a very serious matter which deserves a very big attention from the administrators of the business. Therefore this should not be taken for granted because a lot of businesses have already fallen flat due to this negligence. You can hire the best web designers out there to help you in creating a genius website, but mind you, writing the content is a complete different scenario. Writing the content of your website needs not only special technical skills but good writing skills with knowledge of your website’s goal. It is helpful to study people who are considered good internet market who have spent so many years in learning the proper way to write the content of their website to be able to succeed in advertising.

Generating a Website Traffic- this can be a little tricky. This is tricky because there have not been any stable rules that you can rely on. There are no books which can help you enhance your skills in generating a traffic because the trend seems to be changing from time to time and the techniques needs to be updated otherwise you will fall behind your competitor. However, this inconsistency can be considered a good thing because this would mean that big companies cannot really monopolize the business because they too need to compete with the new emerging businesses otherwise they would be overtaken. To be able to keep up with the pace of the unstable traffic of the web, it is very importance to be updated with the successful web marketers and see the latest trends.

You see, it is advantageous if you know more about how to actually run the technicalities of internet marketing, but to be able to start is something that can actually be performed by anybody. All you need to do is master these two steps and you can even be better than those who have more skills than you. Always make sure that you know what you really aim for and never lose track.

Below are some steps that you can use in planning for your internet marketing strategy.

• Create an Objective- it is very important that you have an objective in using the internet marketing strategy for you to be able to study your options very well. Making an objective does not only apply to putting up an internet marketing plan but in putting up your business in general. In this step you must already determine your target market. Who will you cater to? How many clients are you aiming? What does your site want to do? Does it inform? How much is your budget in making this plan for, let’s say, monthly or quarterly, depending on how often you want to update the content of your website.

• Understand Your Competition- it is very helpful that you do not study your business alone but the business of other people and learn from their strategies and mistakes. Make sure you understand how your business really works and make back up plans if in case your plans do not work well. Learning from the mistakes of others will help you avoid repeating the same mistake in putting up your marketing strategy plan. In addition, you must learn to enhance and use your creativity and not copy the style of others. Make your marketing strategy creative and distinctive from others to be able to make sure that your site will be noticed.

• Target Market- usually the target market varies depending on the product you are selling. Some people usually study first the behavior of the clients before determining the target market they want to concentrate on. Age group is very important together with the social status of your clients. Is it for the Class A people? Is it for Class B people?
• Branding- it is very important that your business has a brand because this will make your business stand out from the rest of your competitors. If you would keep a low profile people would think you are not really serious about your business therefore it is very essential that your brand name reflects the quality, class and style of your product. There are people however who choose to be brand-less and this usually makes them fall on the average.

Creating an internet marketing plan is something which requires time and concentration not to mention the knowledge that one can actually apply in their business. If the business owner has less knowledge on this area, they can ask for help from those adept to this field who can help them achieve the maximum potential for their website.

An efficient internet marketing strategy can be consisting of short term and long term strategies. The most important thing is that they would be able to provide the best service and give the best quality of product to their customers. Both strategies should not be ignored. Short term marketing strategy may not last very long but if done accordingly, it will have a great effect on the entire marketing scenario. On the other hand, long term marketing strategy will allow the business owners to put up a more comprehensive content on their website explaining how it exactly works, elaborate the design of their website which will reflect the identity and image of the entire company. In addition, this will also help the customers to be connected to the other links that the website is advertising returning the favor of one company to another and spreading their business information from one person to another depending on the amount of users the website actually has.

To be able to make sure that your business is using the internet marketing strategy properly, it is wise to begin with an effective and very interesting web design which will gain the attention of the users. It is also very important to have a good background and knowledge regarding email marketing or others call it email blast. This will help you put across your message faster and to a greater number of users. Moreover, it is very important to publish the articles as well as press releases that you have made online. It is likewise very essential to interact with the visitor, which is why an interactive website is more preferred by users. Lastly, it is important to include tags, description, meta tag, body content and keyword meta tag into your website.

Having an internet is definitely something that can be advantageous to businessmen because it can offer them a lot of opportunity to market their products and narrowing their target market to ensure that they are not wasting their effort marketing their product to the wrong person. In addition, internet marketing strategy can also help in positioning one’s business accordingly. However, this will be considered the first level in the sales procedure, although it cannot be denied that it is indeed very important in the success of one’s online business. One thing that businessmen need to consider and remember though is that, traffic marketing is different from sales and therefore cannot be considered as sales.

If you wish to increase the traffic, there are several ways to do. One is through search engine optimization; another is through pay per click or marketing through advertising campaigns. Once you are able to accomplish the marketing step, you can now consider focusing your attention in selling your product to the visitor that visits your site. It is very important that the marketing strategy be as convenient and as user friendly as possible because this is the only way you can actually win customers. Once you are able to gain good feedback, the client can possibly spread the news by mouth and through recommendation.

Another thing that you can do is by promoting your site through social networks. The more people learn about your product and your website, the more chances you will gain from people who are likely to become a potential client. It is very important that you determine your target market so you will not be all over the place without a specific goal and target. Many people fail despite having the best product to sell because they do not know how to market their products properly. It is therefore very important that businessmen consider their target market.

Nowadays, internet marketing strategy can be performed in different ways. It is very helpful to study first the preference of the target market, so you would be able to cater them well and will surely get their attention. It is very important to always be creative so that the strategy will not be similar to the existing internet marketing strategies. In addition, it is also advisable to seek help from those who are more adept to this field to enhance and ensure that the quality of the marketing strategy is effective.

Check if a URL exists.

function url_exists($url) {

//in this case: check if url contents is not null then return 1
if(@file_get_contents($url,0,
<div id=":10w">NULL,0,1))
{
echo "Url exists";
}
else
{
echo "Url does not exist";
}
}

EXAMPLE:
$url_here = ‘http://www.google.com‘
url_exists($url_here);

it prints-> Url exists.

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<form action="<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr</a>" method="post">

Set the “cmd” variable to “_cart”

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">

Add a new variable called “add”
* add – Add to Cart buttons

<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
 <input type="hidden" name="business" value="<a href="mailto:paypal.testing@gmail.com" target="_blank">paypal.testing@gmail.com</a>">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
 <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="PayPal Shopping Cart">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="24.00">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.htm" target="_blank">http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.htm</a>">
 <input type="image" src="<a href="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" target="_blank">http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif</a>" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">
 </form>

You can use the same code in your live site by changing the URL of the action line to point to the live PayPal site.
You must first be logged into your Sandbox Developer Account to test your PayPal Shopping Cart button code.

DEMO:

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2. Elite SEM Calculator
This application is perfect on the marketing side of SEO. It gives you multiple calculators for daily Search Engine Marketing equations.
a. CPM calculator – this calculator calculate impressions, dollars, & Cost Per Thousand (CPM) Rate.
b. Display Campaign Cost Per Action (CPA) – you can check your CPA based on your Click thru & Conversion rate.
c. Allows you to figure out how successful a banner or email campaign will be by allowing you to enter numbers which will give you different scenarios.
d. CPC to CPM Calculator – allows you to enter your CPC price & your CTR which will calculate your CPM, so you can decide if a CPC or CPM buy is more effective.
e. Max CPC to PPC Calculator - allows you to enter your CPO goal & your site conversion rate, which will show you the max CPC you can spend on a search or banner campaign.

Other features is a DMA lookup in which you can enter DMA number to learn what city that DMA is for, or the opposite. You can enter a city name to learn the DMA number.

3.  iSEO
iSEO is a very convenient application that enables you to check the keyword density, email the results to anyone, and you can tell a friend about the application. It provides website statistics and graphs. It includes information how many pages are indexed with major search engines.