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Online Marketing Techniques for Real Estate Agents and Brokers: Insider Secrets You Need to Know to Take Your Business to the Next Level

Author: Karen Vieira
List price: $24.95
Amazon price: $12.47   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 4.5 / 7 (7 reviews)
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) (15 October 2008)

In this groundbreaking new book you will learn the secrets of top producing real estate agents and brokers and how they use the Web to market listings and get new clients and listings. You will learn how top agents and brokers are taking their business to the next level by using low cost and highly effective methods on the Internet. Learn how to take advantage of new marketing systems so you can connect with today's Internet savvy real estate consumers. Learn what Internet consumers want most and how easy and affordable it is to provide. This new book will show you how to build, promote, get new clients and sell your listings using the Internet, with minimal costs. Let us arm you with the knowledge you need to make your business a success. Learn how to generate more traffic for your site with hundreds of Internet marketing methods, including many free and low-cost promotions. This new book presents a comprehensive, hands-on, step-by-step guide for increasing Web site traffic by using hundreds of proven tips, tools, and techniques. Learn how to target more customers and optimize your Web site from a marketing perspective. You will learn to target your campaign, use keywords, generate free advertising, search engine strategies, the insider secrets of e-mail marketing, how to build Web communities, co-branding, auto-responders, Google advertising, banner advertising, eBay storefronts, Web design information, search engine registration, directories, and real-world examples of what strategies are succeeding and what strategies are failing.

How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Web Site Design Business: With Companion CD - ROM

Authors: Charlotte Evans, Bruce C Brown
List price: $39.95
Amazon price: $19.97   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 4.0 / 8 (8 reviews)
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (20 April 2008)

According to a 2007 survey by Netcraft, there are more than 108 million Web sites worldwide. Every Web site needs to be designed. The Pricing & Ethical Guidelines Handbook published by the Graphic Arts Guild reports that the average cost of designing a Web site for a small corporation can range from $7,750 to $15,000. It is incredibly easy to see the enormous profit potential.

Web design businesses can be run part- or full-time and can easily be started in your own home. As such, they are one of the fastest growing segments of the Internet economy. This book will teach you all you need to know about getting your own Web site design business started in the minimum amount of time.

Here is the manual you need to cash in on this highly profitable segment of the industry. This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of Web site design. It should be studied by anyone investigating the opportunities of opening a Web design business and will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms, contracts, worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations, plans and layouts, and dozens of other valuable, time-saving tools that no entrepreneur should be without.

While providing detailed instructions and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success, drawing up a winning business plan (the Companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan that can be used in MS Word), buying (and selling) a Web design store, pricing formulas, sales planning, tracking competitors, bookkeeping, media planning, pricing, copy writing, hiring and firing employees, motivating workers, managing and training employees, accounting procedures, successful budgeting, and profit planning development.

By reading this book, you will become knowledgeable about basic cost control systems, retail math and pricing issues, Web site plans and diagrams, software and equipment layout and planning, legal concerns, sales and marketing techniques, IRS reporting requirements, customer service, direct sales, monthly profit and loss statements, tax preparation, public relations, general management skills, low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales, and low cost internal marketing ideas, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines.

The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. Business owners will appreciate this valuable resource and reference it in their daily activities as a source for ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied. The Companion CD-ROM contains all the forms in the book, as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use. 

The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web: How to Use and Profit from Affiliate Marketing Programs

Author: Bruce C. Brown
List price: $24.95
Amazon price: $12.47   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 4.5 / 14 (14 reviews)
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (20 April 2008)

Affiliate marketing is a highly profitable online advertising method in which Web site merchants pay independent third parties to promote the products or services of an advertiser on their Web site. In other words, affiliate marketing involves posting a company s banner on your Web site or blog and attempting to send visitors to their Web site. If someone clicks on that banner or goes to that site and buys something, you will be paid a commission. While some affiliates pay only when a sale is made, some selling big ticket items like cars, credit cards, travel, and so forth have modified the model and pay for qualified leads. Affiliate marketing is now viewed as a key component of a company's online marketing strategy. Affiliate marketing is an advertising technique that originally was developed by Amazon.com. In this new book you will learn how to master the art and science behind affiliate marketing in a matter of hours. By investing a few dollars you can easily increase the number of visitors to your Web site and significantly increase sales. If you want to drive high quality, targeted traffic to your site, there is no better way than affiliate marketing. Since you only pay when a sale is made, your marketing dollars are being used more effectively and efficiently compared to any other advertising method. The keys to success in affiliate marketing are knowing what you are doing, devising a comprehensive and well-crafted advertising plan, and knowing the relationships between your Web site, search engines, PPC advertising, and campaign methodology. This groundbreaking and exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to know to get you started on generating high-volume, high quality leads. You will learn the six steps to a successful campaign: keyword research, software needed, copy editing, setup and implementation, performance analysis, return on investment, and reporting and avoiding PPC fraud. In addition, we spent thousands of hours interviewing hundreds of today s most successful affiliate marketing masters. This book is a compilation of their secrets and proven successful ideas. Additionally, we give you hundreds of tips and tricks to ensure your Web site is optimized for maximum search engine effectiveness, which will drive business to your Web site and increase sales and profits. You will find actual case studies from companies who have used our techniques and achieved unprecedented success. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to implement affiliate marketing, optimizing your Web site for maximum search engine effectiveness, developing a cost-effective marketing campaign, and ultimately earning enormous profits, this book is for you.

The Web-Savvy Writer: Book Promotion With A High-Tech Twist, Second Edition

Author: Patrice-Anne Rutledge
List price: $19.95
Amazon price: $19.35   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 4.5 / 14 (14 reviews)
Publisher: Pacific Ridge Press ( 2 November 2008)

The Book Called "Brilliant ...Indispensable ...and a Must Read" by Publishing and Publicity Experts! The Web-Savvy Writer: Book Promotion with a High-Tech Twist, Second Edition, shows you how to develop a cost-effective, targeted online book promotion campaign, assuming no prior technical skill other than basic computer knowledge. Filled with more than 200 pages of tips, techniques, resources, and examples, this essential guide will help you:

  • Develop a website that drives book sales
  • Create an attention-getting online media campaign that attracts both the press and potential readers
  • Plan and conduct a successful virtual book tour that reaches thousands more potential book buyers than any in-person tour
  • Profit from new media such as blogging, podcasting, and web video that enable you to develop and maintain an audience and your all-important author platform
  • Save time and money by choosing the most cost-effective products and services and automating your online book promotion campaign
  • Learn by examples, with dozens of sample scenarios that help you quickly put technique into action
  • Master the world of social networking sites like MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, and more to generate word-of-mouth buzz for your book
  • And much more!

Bonus Content to Help Enhance and Simplify Your Online Book Promotion Campaign
The Web-Savvy Writer contains bonus content to make your online book promotion campaign a success even faster:
Bonus #1: Ask the Experts: 12 Successful Authors Share Their Book Promotion Secrets. Detailed advice from 12 successful authors on the keys to their book promotion success.
Bonus #2: 90 Online Marketing Terms Every Author Should Know. This glossary will have you speaking and understanding the lingo in no time.
Bonus #3: Online Book Promotion Checklists. Detailed checklists to keep you on track with your online book promotion campaign. (edited by author)

How to Use the Internet to Advertise, Promote and Market Your Business or Website with Little or No Money

Author: Bruce C. Brown
List price: $24.95
Amazon price: $11.89   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 4.5 / 28 (28 reviews)
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company (30 May 2006)

Interested in promoting your business and/or Web site, but don t have the big budget for traditional advertising? This new book will show you how to build, promote, and make money off of your Web site or brick and mortar store using the Internet, with minimal costs. Let us arm you with the knowledge you need to make your business a success! Learn how to generate more traffic for your site or store with hundreds of Internet marketing methods, including many free and low-cost promotions. This new book presents a comprehensive, hands-on, step-by-step guide for increasing Web site traffic and traditional store traffic by using hundreds of proven tips, tools, and techniques. Learn how to target more customers to your business and optimize your Web site from a marketing perspective. You will learn to target your campaign, use keywords, generate free advertising, search-engine strategies, learn the inside secrets of e-mail marketing, how to build Web communities, co-branding, auto-responders, Google advertising, banner advertising, eBay storefronts, Web-design information, search-engine registration, directories, and real-world examples of what strategies are succeeding and what strategies are failing. **Award-Winning Finalist in the Business Category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards **Bronze Winner in the Computer/ Internet Category of the 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards

Small Business Web Sites Made Easy (Made Easy Series)

Author: Steven Holzner
List price: $21.99
Amazon price: $11.75   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 4.0 / 1 (1 reviews)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (19 February 2009)

Bring in more customers with your own web site!

Take your business online and start generating additional revenue with help from this highly visual, easy-to-follow guide. Small Business Web Sites Made Easy shows you how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and other tools to create a compelling site that's functional, flexible, secure, and ready for commercial transactions. The book also covers the fundamentals of web-based marketing, including search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising. Now you can establish a solid online presence without the expense of hiring a designer!

  • Learn essential HTML skills
  • Plan your site architecture
  • Add style to your web site using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Make your pages come alive with JavaScript elements
  • Increase leads, conversions, and sales using search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Set up pay-per-click advertising, including Google AdWords
  • Track metrics with hit meters
  • Market your site on Facebook
  • Create a shopping cart and enable credit card transactions

e-Marketing Intelligence - Transforming Brand and Increasing Sales - Tips and Tricks with Best Practices

Author: Noman Rana
List price: $16.95
Amazon price: $15.24   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 5.0 / 2 (2 reviews)
Publisher: Self-Help Publishers ( 1 January 2009)

E-marketing & digital communication channels have transformed the businesses in last decade. Many, who have outsourced their digital marketing relying on agencies only and those doing it in-house have achieved some kind of success. But as the markets & competitions have grown, the need is to implement another layer of e-marketing intelligence on top of these digital activities to achieve maximum results and get ahead of the competition. There is no publication other than this book that explains you practical methodology by explaining different scenarios with multiple tips and best practices of implementing e-marketing intelligence. This book also takes you to the journey from integrated marketing to E-mail, Search, Mobile, electronic PR and Social Media. It offers not only following innovative tips and tricks that you won't find in any other manual but much more to surprise you. • Marketing automation using the factory thinking approach. • Going green with digital marketing. • How to segment dead customer data in your CRM. • Promoting brand using E-mail marketing. • Successful deliverability and metrics for campaign management. • HTML rendering issues with Ms Outlook2007 and how to avoid them. • Mobile e-mail marketing. • SEM head and the long tail with bad, good and best examples. • SEO myths with keywords strategy. • Emergence of social media and its influence on consumer marketing. • Electronic Public Relations with Blogs. You can also learn and apply innovative tips and tricks on top of regular e-marketing process to become an e-Marketing Guru. This publication is also full of unique, rare and professional scenarios that a digital marketer may come across.

The Inquisitive Explorer's Internet Marketing Primer

Author: Michael J. Rener
List price: $17.99
Amazon price: $16.54   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 0 / 0 (0 reviews)
Publisher: CreateSpace ( 2 May 2008)

More and more people are turning to the internet to start businesses. In fact it is one of the fastest growing sectors in our economy as more and more people find themselves disillusioned with or released from corporate America. "The Inquisitive Explorer's Internet Marketing Primer" is a resource that shows the ways that a beginner can map out their marketing plan. The book shows how to build traffic to one's site using a variety of techniques, from Niche marketing to Search Engine Optimization and more.

The Essential Online Solution: The 5-Step Formula for Small Business Success

Authors: Rick Segel, Barbara Callan-Bogia
List price: $22.95
Amazon price: $9.49   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 3.5 / 6 (6 reviews)
Publisher: Wiley ( 6 October 2006)

With big-box stores dominating today’s business landscape, small business owners are facing serious challenges. But there is a way to level the playing field and win—and The Essential Online Solution will show you how. Written by industry experts, this book outlines a five-step formula that will allow you to harness the power of the online world and improve your company’s bottom line.

Pro ASP.NET 4 CMS: Advanced Techniques for C# Developers Using the .NET 4 Framework

Author: Alan Harris
List price: $42.99
Amazon price: $28.37   Book details at Amazon.com
Average rating: 0 / 0 (0 reviews)
Publisher: Apress (22 June 2010)

To be a successful ASP.NET 4 developer, you need to know how to apply the vast array of new functionality available in the latest release of the .NET 4 Framework and Visual Studio 2010.

This book will immerse you in a variety of advanced topics, including architecting different application data tiers, memory caching paradigms, data mining, and search engine optimization. Working through step-by-step exercises using P/LINQ, DLR, MEF, MVC, IronPython, Axum, and Ajax, you will learn a variety of approaches to building each of the key application tiers common to all web solutions.

Using a proven technique of illustrating advanced concepts with functional solutions, all topics in the book are modeled on a fully operational content management system (CMS), built from the ground up. This ensures that you’ll be introduced to real-world examples that demonstrate the full functionality of the .NET 4 Framework for ASP.NET, and that you’ll be able to apply your new skills to any web development situation.