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There is a great
similarity between Hollywood and the WWW. Everyday thousands
come and few make it. If you don't believe me go back through
your book-marks (sights you've saved) and see how many are still around.
The Internet has been promoted in such a way to make people believe that
all they need is a web site to get rich. From personal
experinece we can tell you that it is simply not true!
Having a successful web site is a commitment of lots of time and lots of
hard work. There is always a learning curve involved and what works
for one may not work for another. However, the basic business principles
still apply and Traffic is the key. If you were to open a store front
and only had one customer a day you probably wouldn't be in business very
long. The same applies to a web site. The starting point
for developing traffic is getting listed with the major search engines
and directories.
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SEARCH ENGINES
WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW
There are lots
of companies and lots of software that will list you with search engines.
We personally feel that the old-fashioned way of listing site by site is
the best. Many of the search engine listing that companies
offer have nothing to do with the product or service that you are promoting
and sometimes the listings from this software does not show up at all.
Bruce Clay has a web site dedicated to getting listed on the Internet that
contains by far the most effective information that we have found and is
must reading for anyone that wants a high volume site:
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Search
Engine Tools
additional sites
to review
My
Postcards
Meta
Tags
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Get Paid Advertising for Your Web Site!
Whether you're looking to make money from the traffic your site gets, or
receiving more traffic for your site, we have some choice links to help
you
out!
Net
Ad Submission Station
Adbility's
Web Publishers' Advertising Guide
My
Postcards Revenue
Rebbekkas
Html Source - Banners
Media
Builder Banner Maker
Instant
On-Line Banner Maker
Banner
Generator
Need exposure for your web site? Join LinkExchange - The Web's Largest
Advertising Network! With over 1,600 web site categories, LinkExchange
is the best way to target your ads, increase exposure, and drive traffic
to
your site for free.
The Commonwealth Network - Interested in making money with your web
site? Check out Commonwealth Network's paid advertising plan to find out
how you can make money from your web site!
Burst Media - Also sells advertising for web sites. The percentage you
make depends on what kind of agreement (exclusive, non-exclusive) you
have.
Doubleclick - Advertising for High Traffic Sites - Advertising 101 -
What's an Impression?
An impression is an exposure to an ad, in advertise-ese. This would mean
every time someone visits your web page, and the web page has an ad, is
an
exposure. Why is this important? Because advertising on web sites is paid
for per exposure. If your site receives one million, that's right, one
million
impressions a month or more, then DoubleClick may be interested in
handling sales of advertising banners to your web site.
Internet Advertising Resource Guide -"Internet Advertising Resource
Guide" - sounds dry, right? A little like trying to open a geometry book
on
a sunny afternoon when the sprinklers are whirring, your eyes begging to
be closed for just a few minutes...
Well WAKE UP! This is the stuff that can turn your web site into cold hard
cash! This guide has links to sites where you can learn more about
acceptable advertising practices, information on ways to build traffic,
count web site traffic, sell advertising, publicize your web site, and
a lot
more.
NarrowCast Media - If you've gotten hooked on making web pages, then
actually making money from your web site can be a dream come true! This
company, NarrowCast Media, offers a variety of ways to sell advertising
on your web site, and you can exchange advertising here with other sites
as well. There are helpful tips and hints to boosting "click through",
or the
percentage of people who click on a banner advertisement. If you have a
high traffic web site, there's a special advertising sales section.
WebConnect - Making money on the web - what a concept! WebConnect
connects advertisers and web site owners to exchange advertising in
exchange for fees. If you're interested in how this work, select
"Participation Program" and find out the requirements for this interesting
program.
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