» Tony Tran

If you want to understand how to be successful online, study those who are already successful, and gain an understanding of “what they do” and “why they do what they do…”. Then mirror their actions. I have been very successful using Article Marketing to promote my online businesses, since early 2000. I have written and distributed many articles that went on to generate sales in the five figures. But for the sake of the FTC, “Very few people will make this kind of money with Article Marketing…” If you understand the “how and why” of wr...

Social Media on the Internet is over 40 years old! I know that’s a crazy statement to some folks out there but it is 100% accurate. Stick with me on this one it gets a little technical. “The earliest ideas for a computer network intended to allow general communications among computer users were formulated by the computer scientist J. C. R. Licklider, of the Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) company, in August 1962, in memoranda discussing his concept for an “Intergalactic Computer Network”. Those ideas contained almost everything that composes the contemporary Internet....

1. Direct Marketing Sending spam messages selling products on professional focused social networking sites. Yesterday I received an InMail on LinkedIn with a list of recommended holiday presents and links to purchase them from a fellow group member…seriously? How is this related to professional networking? 2. Inappropriate Jokes Sending personal anecdotes or jokes to people you do not know personally. Such as the email I recently received featuring a picture of Tiger Woods beaten up and then below it information on a financial firm – do I need to say more? 3. Flame Wars Writing dis...

I just finished off a large Starbucks Doubleshot and have now settled into my favorite chair to share with you some of my favorite traffic strategies. These aren’t your traditional, run-of-the-mill traffic tactics that you hear all over the web… article marketing, guest blogging, forum marketing, Twitter, etc… All of those are fine and good, but in this article, I’d like to go outside the box a bit and show you 5 little-known traffic strategies that I’ve been using to grow my blog. So, without further ado, let’s dive in… 1. Convert Your Content into Eb...

If you had to simplify internet marketing down to an equation it would be this: Traffic x Conversion = Sales. The Google Website Optimizer is all about the conversion part of that equation. Because it is free, easy to use and can make such an incredible difference in your profits, I believe its a more valuable tool than even the heavily used Keyword Tool for pay per click marketers. Keep reading to see why. The keyword tool will get you more traffic – your ads will show more often. This will get you more clicks, sure, but you will still be paying for those clicks. You will still be payin...

Next year may just prove to be one of the most challenging times for pursuing online or Internet marketing on the web. It may just be a watershed moment for many marketers struggling to keep abreast of all the different factors which have come into play in recent months. Most of these changes will stem from two main sources for potential upheaval: the first being the New FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Guidelines regarding Testimonials and Endorsements and the second being “ALL” the recent changes within Google. Actually, we already have the new FTC Guidelines which came into effect...

Everyone has heard about blogging – it is one of the most popular forms of sharing viewpoints and news on the internet today. But there is a problem. You have set up your blog and written entries on it, but no one is reading it and, therefore, no one is discussing it. Having something to say is not enough. You need to find people to read and discuss your subject matter or else you might as well be talking to yourself. So how do you get people to read and discuss your blog? How do you build a community around your site? 1. Be Interesting! First and foremost to get people to even start rea...

Long Tail Queries and Long Tail Keywords The number of words used in search queries has increased over the years, whilst the shorter search queries have decreased. This is the result of the ever-growing sophistication of people doing searches. The searchers attempt to minimise the number of Websites visited, before they find what they want. The competition amongst Websites for visitors who do searches with few words is ferocious, and with the growth of Websites on the Internet, getting fiercer by the day. Short phrase queries, although high in number, make up only 20% of potential visitors. Se...

I pretty much remember when talks about Google launching its own store for web apps started circulating before. But Google remained mum about it until now. The Google Apps Marketplace has been launched and is now open for business. So whats this all about really? According to the Official Google Blog, the Google Apps Marketplace [ TechDaring News ] is a new online store for integrated business apps. It will allow Google Apps customers to easily discover, deploy and manage cloud apps that will easily integrate with Google Apps. The apps currently available on the Marketplace are install...

Business blogging is all about promoting your business on the internet platform. Business blogging is gaining importance with every passing day because now, general public are interested in buying different product from the online resource. This change in the behavior of end users is diverting the mind of every small and big business to consider business blogging in order to give more exposure to their business over the internet. At the very beginning, blogging was consider as sharing your thoughts and views on different aspects with people over the internet. A blog provided the people with a ...