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"Melissa" invaded our computers in late 1999, then "I Love You" in 2000. A year later, the "homepage.htm" attachment virus is wreaking…
The smart Internet marketer knows that she must go beyond the search engine to produce good quality traffic. Granted, search engines do help. But they are not a panacea. (And most people they are.) They're simply a lazy way to do so with results that can often be mediocre at best.
A new business owner called me recently with a question I hear often. She asked, "What can I do to build my business faster? I'm making a small profit but cannot seem to generate enough sales to make the real money in this business."
Chris Locke, co-author of the book "The Cluetrain Manifesto," claimed that the Web is not comprised of computers, companies, or even consumers for that matter, but of conversations. One of the best books I've read on Internet culture, Cluetrain is a "must-read" for all Internet marketers.
Surveys show that the one great challenge people have found -- as both online marketers and consumers -- is the lack of tangibility in transacting over the web. In other words, how does one sell let alone buy something that one can not touch, feel, taste, hear or smell (or even see in person)? When one comes to think about it, it's a great challenge…
Vertical portals (often called "vortals") are online directories and content-rich websites that provide information, tools and resources for a particular industry. Within a more focused environment, vortals typically provide articles, news, research data, statistics, discussions, newsletters, chat rooms, online tools and many other services pertaining to a specific niche.
