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10 Online Marketing Mistakes

By: Steve Weber

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Novice internet marketers commit the same mistakes over and over again. I have worked with a lot of them, and I see them committing the same mistakes that I once did when I was starting. I realized that the quicker you learn how to focus and weed out the dead ends, the quicker you will become successful.

1. There are a myriad of hosting plans available where domains are hosted for not more than ten dollars. Actually, I believe that you should never pay more than six dollars for your hosting. I have even spoken to one beginner who paid $19.95 to host one simple site, when there are a lot of different options and plans available.

2. Beginners usually put many affiliate links and AdSense ads on their pages. Although, this is respectable, we believe that less truly is more. Do not make your site look like it was made for the sole purpose of acquiring money. Offer interesting, quality content and lesser ads.

3. If you do not have a website, Goggle AdWords is a good way to promote affiliate products. Google makes it easy to get your campaign running in a few minutes. However, AdWords requires a lot of money and practice to become somewhat successful. Some people have even woken up one day to find that they had a two thousand dollar bill from AdWords. If you do not know how to avoid this happening to you, do not even start thinking of using this.

4. Original content is key. Novice internet marketers often think that Google can identify whether the content is already found on another sites or from purchased private label rights articles. One must write his/her original content or pay a writer to do it for them. Plug your page's URL into copyscape.com to find out if any of your content is duplicated.

5. It is very aggravating for someone to take an image from your site and use it on theirs. If you need high quality photos, istockphoto.com is the best place to get any picture you may need for your site for a couple of dollars. For this low price you are given legal rights to use the photos.

6. Focus. Sometimes, novice internet marketers have too much information at hand, that they do not know where to give their attention to, and they start a dozen different projects all. Do not spread yourself too thin. If you want to succeed, give your projects ample time and attention. Focus your efforts on a few projects you could actually manage.

7. If you are still beginning, use the free PayPal shopping cart system first, instead of investing your time and effort in a high-end shopping cart system. If you are trying to sell physical items on your site, the PayPal shopping cart is ideal because it does not require you to create a merchant account and setting it up is easy as pie. Once you have started making several sales per day, you may look for a more robust cart. Instead of wasting time on setting up an advanced shopping cart, use it to market the site.

8. Many beginners give in to the allure of "get rich quick" offers, which, unfortunately, turn out to be scams. Do not spend your money on information products just yet since it is easy for you to fall into some of these scams.

9. Do not pay to be listed in a lot of different search engines. All you have to do is get in the top 5 search engines. Get some one-way links to your site, if you wanted to get listed fast. Submit to article directories or regular link directories. These methods actually work better than submitting your link directly to Yahoo or Google.

10. Do not expect to have income straight away. That is near impossible. It will take you several months of dedicated work to receive a steady income.

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Learn more about building an Internet business at Steve's Classroom. Beginning marketers learn there the methods and principles for how to build a successful online business at home.

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