I’ve noticed a growing school of thought that suggests online marketing is ‘free’. Well I guess it depends on how you define ‘free’. In my opinion, like any other marketing there is always a cost to online marketing, the difference is you can pay with time or money. The choice is yours! I’ve noticed over the years many small business owners tend to undervalue their time and then wonder why they are working 15 hours days with little to show for it. Trust me, I’ve been there too and I’ve found the solution is to count the cost of your time. You need to make a decision to outsource to the gifts and talents of specialists who can do the job quicker and better than you can do anyway.

Do Submissions to Article Directories Still Work?

Once upon a time, in a cyberspace long ago article marketing through directories was an extremely powerful tool to increase search engine traffic. Basically, people were submitting one article to hundreds of article directories with the intention of building a massive number of inbound links to their website. That was before Google included the ‘duplicate content’ rule. Now the question is, are article directories any advantage to search engine optimisation at all?

Three Benefits For Joining Web Marketing Forums

Although online marketing may require time and effort to get results, there are ways to make it a more enjoyable experience. Joining and contributing to forums on online marketing can be a great way to stay up-to-date with search engine optimisation and learn new strategies while having some fun. By being an active part of these forums, you will get the latest insider information about the industry. You will also develop relationships with fellow marketers with whom you can work with.

Search Engine Optimisation & Social Media

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and social media can be a confusing topics to address because they mean different things to different people. There are many tips out there to help you get more traffic to your website. Always ask yourself, ‘Is this strategy designed to trick search engines into sending me traffic I probably don’t deserve?’ If it is, stay away from it completely. It is what they call black-hat SEO and can get your website downgraded in the search engines, worst still blacklisted completely where you will be sent no search engine traffic at all.