Hi
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Thanks for
being here, I value every one of you
and truly hope that you become successful online!
I've been
working on a new site that has been very draining so this
edition is assuredly late...and I apologize.
The site
is a 'feeder' site that will be filled with articles and
will drive traffic to another site of mine that delivers
a consistent stream of income for me.
More on the
feeder site in the introduction.
And, I took
a few weeks off to get the house "baby ready"!
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There's
2 articles in this edition and an intro "Purpose
of a Feeder Site".
Enjoy the
issue!
Once again,
thanks for being here, your membership to this e-zine
is what matters most to me as an Internet marketer.
"The Regular
Guy"
Karl Augustine
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In
this edition of "Starting
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*Intro
by Karl, 1 topic - "Purpose
of a Feeder Site".
*Featured Article #1: "Free
Program Removes Spyware not Detected by Premium Security
Scan"
Copyright 2004 Ed
Zivkovic
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your web site and make money at the same time.
*Featured
Article #2: "Turn
One-Time Hits Into Repeat Visitors" Copyright
2004 Jim Edwards
*Welcome new subscribers!
*Copyright and Publisher Info
Intro
by Karl...
1.
The
Purpose Of A Feeder Site.
The concept
of using feeder sites to funnel traffic has been used
for years on the Internet. The purpose of a feeder site
is to send prospects to another main site and increase
sales from another traffic channel.
Feeder sites
can be a very effective way to increase targeted traffic
to your main USP (Unique Selling Proposition) site through
a 'similar' pretense. Once you have your main USP site
up and running, you may want to develop a feeder site
by doing the following:
1. Defining
what you want the feeder site to do. It might be used
to pre-sell someone, re-direct a visitor, or build your
list faster...its entirely up to you, just make sure you
define what you want the feeder site to do before you
do anything.
2. After
you've pinned down the focus of your feeder site, choose
the appropriate keywords to drive traffic to it just like
you would any other site.
Here's
an example: Suppose you're an attorney and your
site sells your services but also sells a distinct product
that people would use or purchase...let's say it is a
book on how to win a custody case for children. You may
want to develop a feeder site solely for the purpose of
driving traffic or pre-selling this book. You might put
custody case articles and other free resources on this
site so the site has value that costs nothing to the user.
Feeder sites seem to work best when they softly pre-sell
through free valuable information.
3. Of course,
you want to link the sites together and have each site
promote the other -- the feeder site and the main site.
Some feeder
sites are complex while others are merely a couple pages...choose
whatever will be best for your end goal...more sales.
Enjoy the
rest of this edition and thanks again for reading.
Karl Augustine
"The Regular Guy"
(c) Karl Augustine
*Featured
Article:
Free
Program Removes Spyware not Detected by Premium Security
Scan Copyright 2004 Ed Zivkovic
What is Spyware?
Spyware monitors your surfing
habits and sends the data off
to some remote server in cyberland. Your computer can
get infected with spyware easily by visiting a web page
or installing a software program. Kazza is a classic example
of a free software download riddled with spyware. More
info
here: http://compactURL.com/sdft
Spyware Detection Alert
Every week I do a full system
scan with Norton Internet Security Professional.
This version of Norton is
the top of the range when it
comes to detecting all manner of viruses including Trojan
horses, spyware, scumware, joke programs and other programs
which can cause harm or pose a security risk.
It is an excellent program
and I believe my computer would
be dead and buried if it was not for Norton.
My most recent scan detected
a Trojan Horse called Download.Trojan. This little meanie
will attempt to go to the originators site and download
more Trojans, worms, viruses and execute them. Scary stuff
but Norton nipped it in the bud before any problems were
created.
Also, every day Norton detects
threats contained within my incoming emails. It immediately
removes the threats by either fixing the infected files
or deleting infected emails. This can be a reason I can
be accused of not answering emails. Bad luck I say to
that.
Ever since I have been running
Norton, I have not been
scanning with Ad-Aware. I recently discovered that
Anti-Virus programs, as good as they are, sometimes fail
to detect all threats from a computer. So I did a full
scan with Ad-Aware and was surprised to discover even
more spyware on my system. So now I will also be scanning
once a week with Ad-Aware.
Free Spyware Removal Software
Ad-Aware is so good and yet
it is free. It is available
from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/
There is more good free spyware
detection programs
available here: http://www.spybot.info/en/index.
Find out what Scumware is
here: http://www.scumware.com
Symantec has an Online Virus
Encyclopedia which after a little browse, should be enough
motivation for anyone to get some kind of anti-virus and
security program installed on their computer. Find the
entire A-Z known viruses encyclopedia here: http://compactURL.com/qhdf
Conclusion
Do a full system scan at
least every week. Download the latest Anti-Virus definitions
as soon as they become available. Use more than one program
to ensure all threats are detected and removed immediately.
Always enable your anti-virus and security program to
scan all incoming and outgoing emails.
If you do not have the very
best anti-virus protection, do not complain if your emails
get no response. I allow my anti-virus program to delete
all infected emails along with any attachments.
About the Author:
The author, Ed Zivkovic is
a self-taught webmaster.
His website contains articles
with all sorts of tips for work
at home webmasters. Here is the site: http://www.ezau.com
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*Featured
Article #2:
Turn One-Time "Hits" Into
Repeat Visitors
- by Jim Edwards
© Jim Edwards - All
Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
Every website owner faces
the same challenge: How to get more traffic to their website.
"Build it and they will
come" worked for Kevin Costner in "Field of
Dreams," but that approach leads to bankruptcy and
a failed business when it comes to your website.
Any savvy website owner knows
that it takes a lot of work, time, and money to bring
a visitor to your site for the first time.
Smart marketers also know
that it rates a lot easier and cheaper to get people to
come back for a return visit than to attract them for
the first time.
The following tips will help
any website owner convert more one-time "lookers"
into repeat visitors and customers.
** Surveys **
Hold an interactive poll
or survey on your web site.
Ask your website visitors
questions about a topic of intense interest to them.
Not only do people enjoy
giving their opinion, but they'll also want to read the
results as you compile them and update them on your website
over the next day or week.
One way to get their email
address is to tell them you'll email the final numbers
once the results are compiled.
My favorite survey tool is
www.oneminutepoll.com,
though you can easily do a poll for free by just having
people email you their responses to your survey questions.
** Free Prizes **
If appropriate, hold an ongoing
prize drawing on your web site.
The prizes you give should
fit with the interests of your target audience and enable
you to showcase what you offer for sale from your website.
For example, if you sell
computer cables, give away something like Velcro cord
ties with your web address on them and avoid things like
teddy bears or bumper stickers.
** Original / Hard-to-find Content **
People go online first and
foremost to get specific, relevant, timely information
in areas that interest them.
For some that means news
articles, for others sports scores, and for others it
means current prices for things like stocks or commodities.
Whatever content they want,
give it to people in a way they can't find anywhere else
(or at least not very easily) and make it easy for them
to see that your site rates a bookmark in their browser
so they can return often.
** Brain Teasers **
People love a challenge,
especially in an rea that holds great professional or
special interest for them.
If you can provide a quiz,
trivia questions, puzzles or some other "brain teaser"
for people, many will take up the challenge.
You get them to return to
your website by posting the answers and making that the
only way they can see if they got it right.
** Breaking News **
People crave up-to-the-minute
news on subjects about which they feel very strongly.
Some investors, for example,
spend hours combing the Web for nuggets of information
to help them evaluate specific markets, companies, or
stocks.
One way to make your site
invaluable to your audience members is to simply post
a news bite, tip, or current "nugget" of relevant
information on your site daily.
(Gee, kind of sounds like
a BLOG doesn't it?)
If the information you give
makes people jump up and holler "MORE! MORE!"
then you can quickly build up a regular following.
** Resource Directories **
Few things keep people coming
back to a website more than a constantly updated directory
they can tap for industry- specific resources any time
they need them.
This technique works especially
well if it's hard to locate good resources related to
your topic because people place a higher value on hard-to-find
information.
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