Archive for January, 2010

I basically want to set up and online business where I can sell products and want to know if I can use Web Easy Pro 7 to do this. The site will need to be able to accept payments, be secure, have a shopping basket and allow buyers to enter their postal addresses. Is Web Easy Pro 7 capable of this?

processing payments is not for the faint hearted and i would not recomend doing it yourself, there payment processing companies out there that do it for you.

I have heard about social media optimization (SMO) but I guess I just don’t fully understand the concept. What are the advantages of it for someone like me who makes niche affiliate marketing websites?

Although it sounds confusing, social media optimization is basically generating traffic to your sites through social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and submission sites like Digg. This could mean that you sign up for a Twitter account and you add a Twitter feed on your blog or auto-post your new blog posts on your Twitter page.

It could also mean adding a Digg button on your website to allow your readers to submit the article to the social media community. The way that this works is that if it gets enough digs on the site, it will be featured on the home page or category page and more people will be aware of the article and will come visit your site.

Other social media optimization features could be YouTube, Ning.com, any forums, and blogging communities. The advantages of using these are that you draw more traffic to your website. More traffic to your website may lead to more affiliate sales for you.

Since you are setting up multiple niche websites, you most likely are not using your real name on the sites or not letting people know that you own all these affiliate websites (this is how most people do it). So some of these social media sites may not work for you if you want to maintain your anonymous site. Check out www.mattbacak.com as he has some great advice on social media and affiliate marketing.

I would like to market my train photos, but I don’t know where to start.

Yes I have looked on the internet myself before asking this question.

With the proviso that your work is technically and compositionally excellent, the following outlets suggest themselves:
Railway company marketing departments
Travel magazines
Stock photography
The specialist railway press

I am selling brass handicrafts through my online store www.onlinebkt.com since 2001 but my sales are $500 to $800 per month .I want minimum $5000 U.S.D per month SALE how can I improve my sale I am using www.overture.com marketing service to generate sales.

Thanks and regards
Rajneesh

Consider signing up for an affiliate program. These programs enable you to advertise on other’s sites (your affiliates) and once a sale is made to you, your affiliates & the program are paid a commission. We use ShareASale & pay out $25 to our affiliates once a sale is made & ShareASale takes another $5. $30 a sale is a pretty small price to pay for us. And I’m sure most programs like that allow you to set the commission rate (no point in your commission being half the price of a sale for you!)

I listed a couple of handy sites relating to marketing, promotion & advertising. I hope they’re helpful for you.

I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

I am in Bangalore. I would be thankful to u if u suggest me some institution where they provide training (short perioid) so that i completely learn about the share market what is going on in it. To be frank, I am nil aware of trading and am a newbie trying to enter into the market…

Kindly do reply…..

For a new investor to enter the market, Sharekhan are the best. They will send their representatives to your house to explain you everything and after your account opening, their one representative will be given charge to assist you further. You can ask all sorts of questions from him. I don’t know any kind of trading classes in India.

One sincere advice from me is that you analyse the risks carefully before trying to speculate in market. Investing for long term is fine.

If you do not have time to monitor your investments, mutual funds will be best way to invest in market for you.