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Here’s Apple’s new “We Believe” ad, touting its iPad 2. No surprise, it’s pretty slick.

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Here’s Apple’s new “We Believe” ad, touting its iPad 2. No surprise, it’s pretty slick.

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Viral Marketing Ii

Free Advertising Part II.

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changes are made and the byline, copyright information, and the

resource box is included. Please let me know if you use this article

by sending an email to info@eastrovedica.com

Article Title: Viral Marketing – Secrets Revealed Part II

Author: G Kumar

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Viral Marketing – Secrets Revealed – Part II

Articles give us tremendous free exposure. This is the secret of Viral Markeing which is Free Advertising. If our article is good, it will be displayed in ezines and websites and the resource box at the end will proclaim who is the author of that article. Many a reader will click on the link to our website and we get phenomenal

amount of traffic!

When writing an article, it is the Resource box which pulls people to the site. The Resource box must be well written. I used to write like this

Article by G Kumar, Astrologer & Epistemologist of http://www.eastrovedica.com/ He is a good Viral Marketing expert & has made his dotcom successful through VM. To subscribe to his Free ezine, the Z Files, click here

mailto:zodiac20@vsnl.com?subject=subscribe. He is contactable at zodiac20@vsnl.com.

You should give your site’s name & your email address in the resource box. If you have an ezine, you should give the email address for subscribing to your ezine. In the Resource Box, it is better to give a short bio of yourself and your area of expertise. Those who are impressed by your article will definitely subscribe to your ezine as they thirst for more quality information.

Successful marketers never try to sell their products at the first instance. What they try is to get a free subscription to their Ezine! It is their sophisticated approach that sells !

The main principle of Marketing is Never Sell – Influence. It should not look like business. If you write an ad, it should not look like an ad.

Once people subscribe to your ezine via your Resource box, you can give freebies – free reports, free ebooks and free consultancy. They become your loyal customers ! They will refer more people to your site and your business will thrive.

Once the article with the Resource Box is finished, you have to market it to your target audience.

What I used to do is go to the search engines and type in “ezines” which deal with your subject.

Since I started writing articles on Astrology, I used to go to Yahoo, Ebay, Altavista etc and type in Astrology Ezine and search.

This search will give a list of Astrology Ezines. If your subject is Medicine type Medicine ezine and search.

Suppose it gives 40 lists. You go to these websites and write down their email addresses. Then you write a covering letter to the Zine Publisher and submit your article to be published by him/her.

I used to write like this:

Dear Zine Publisher,

I came to know about your esteemed Zine from the Net.

I am a writer on Astrology with a website – http://www.eastrovedica.com/

I have written an article on Astrology. Please publish it in your Zine/Site.

It is a win-win situation for both of us as you get good content and I get exposure in return.

Thanks and regards,

G Kumar

http://www.eastrovedica.com/

You can also submit your articles to Site Owners. They may display your article on their site. Site Owners are looking for quality content. If you can provide that, they will definitely accept your articles.

After writing articles on the subject, one should group these articles and compile them into an ebook.

After I wrote nine articles on Astronumerology, I compiled them into an Ebook called Astronumerology and distributed it free.

Article Banks

Article Banks are considered to be Net Marketing Gold. There are a lot out there and it will be better if you subscribe to them and post your articles regularly. I used to submit my articles to the following lists:

WriteitPublish_Announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

article_announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Cramp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

I_Need_Content-subscribe@yahoogroups;

ArticleReview-subscribe@topica.com

WriteitPublish_Announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

articles_archives-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

ArticlePublisher-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

clickforcontent-subscribe@topica.com

free-content-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

Free-Reprint-Articles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

Free_eContent-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

freezinecontent-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

FreeWrites-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

free-content-subscribe@topica.com;

Free-Reprint_Articles-subscribe@topica.com;

free_articles-subscribe@topica.com;

freeezinecontent-subscribe@topica.com;

netwrite-publish-announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

publisher_network-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

QC_Reprint_Articles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

ReadMyArticles-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;

ReprintArticles-Paradise-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Free E Book Compiler

To compile an Ebook, you need a compiler and Keebo is a free compiler. We have used it ourselves, but at this price of zero dollars, it’s certainly worth checking out: http://www.keeboo.com/ENU/index.html

There are other paid ebook compilers. You can download a trial version from http://www.ebookcompiler.com/

In the ebook you should give links to your site. You can give links to your friend’s sites as well. You can tell your friends that you have given links to their sites in your ebooks. They will reciprocate by giving you links in their articles or their ebooks. They may even give you a link from their sites as well.

You can ask ezine publishers to give the ebook away freely to their customers. You can tell siteowners to give the ebook away to their visitors. This is known as Perpetual Marketing, wherein many publishers and siteowners market your site free for you!

You can give the ebook away as an incentive for subscribing to your Ezine. You can give the ebook away when a customer buys your product, as an added bonus.

You can tell your friends that you have given them links in your ebook. Inspired, they will distribute it free amongst their friends, relatives & customers.

You can post your ebook here

http://writers-bbs.com/inkspot/?forum=ebookpromo.

You can submit your ebooks to Ebook_News@yahoogroups.com

& majordomo@exemplary.net

You can give your ebook away as a free download at your site. Or you can give them as a paid download.

If people download your ebook, they will definitely visit your website & sign up for your newsletter or buy your products or hire you for your service.

I have created several ebooks that have been read by thousands of people all over the Net and this has resulted in massive traffic to my site.

Sheer hard work is imperative along with persistence, perseverance & lots of time to be successful as a marketeer on the Net. Because of the dynamic & ever changing nature of the Web, marketing becomes an everyday job. ” Promote or die” is the slogan. We have to market smarter, not harder.

Ebook publishing is the biggest money spinner on the Net. Many have become millionaires as a result of e-publishing. Rick Beneteau ,Jim Daniels & Monique Harris are some shining examples. So why dont

you try this viral method?

OTTAWA (PRWEB) April 2, 2007

Aydin Mirzaee, Founder and CEO of bOK Systems, a startup high tech company in Ottawa, Canada, has never been a fan of tradition. “We are in a new era of communication; boundaries are a thing of the past,” said Mirzaee when asked about his method of reaching investors. Aydin has recorded his pitch to investors (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n_bLaRqFXo) and a demo of his company’s product (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_PIfzOSgg ), and has showcased it all on the popular video sharing website YouTube (www.youtube.com).

bOK Systems is an ad-serving company, much like Google, Microsoft, and DoubleClick. The company’s patent pending technologies allow advertisers to serve targeted ads to users in multiple media including: online video, online radio, internet websites ( i.e. interactive ads), and mobile phones. bOK has 6 patents pending describing an end to end advertisement system that will give advertisers the ability to upload their ads through a web interface for insertion into any of these media as well as in any format, be it video, voice, text, image, or animation. bOK has come up with the answer to the woes of online advertisers everywhere through its technology and business model. Rumors are circulating that bOK has discovered the holy grail in online advertising and is ready to showcase it to the world.

“We are building bridges to a world that has never before existed in the eyes of online advertisers. The opportunity is clear; we are focused, and we will lead the way,” said Mirzaee regarding bOK’s innovative solutions.

Aydin’s goal is to be heard by venture capitalists and angel investors in Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Toronto, Waterloo, and other vibrant tech cities across North America. bOK Systems believes that sufficient funding will give them a more decisive edge in competing with industry veterans today. When asked about disclosing too much to competitors in his approach, Aydin said, “We are barely scratching the surface of what we have to offer. We are simply revealing enough to find interested parties that would like to learn more.”

About bOK Systems:

bOK Systems is an ad-serving company that can serve its targeted ads into multiple media in all digital formats. bOK’s revolutionary technology empowers online advertisers by giving them the ability to accurately reach their target market while serving ads that are in line with the interests of end users. bOK aims to increase return on investment levels for advertisers by effectively creating a mutually beneficial harmony between consumers and advertisers.

Contact Info:

bOK Systems Corp.

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Ebooks and Eyeballs: Twitter Trend #SampleSunday Goes Viral

Canyon Country, CA (PRWEB) December 15, 2010

A new search hashtag, #SampleSunday, took Twitter by storm on Sunday, December 12, and quickly spread throughout the twitterverse. Market-savvy independent authors used the new hashtag #SampleSunday to let readers know about free writing samples posted on author blogs and websites. Participating novelists, short story writers, and poets retweeted each others’ links, commented on writing samples, and rapidly spread the new Twitter meme.

“It’s difficult for indie authors to compete with traditional publishers in terms of marketing,” said David Wisehart of the Kindle Author blog. “Free Internet promotions like #SampleSunday can help level the playing field.”

Enthusiasm for the project grew throughout the day on Sunday, with many positive reviews from participating authors:

“This #SampleSunday is a lot of fun!” tweeted cpolkinhorn.

“Loving #SampleSunday,” tweeted Kingdom_Scribe.

“Enjoying #SampleSunday!” tweeted par2323.

“#SampleSunday is great fun!” tweeted GroovyMystery.

“#SampleSunday is cool,” tweeted DahgMahn.

The #SampleSunday initiative was conceived and promoted by indie author David Wisehart, who first proposed the Twitter experiment on his Kindle Author blog a few days before it launched.

The idea quickly spread among author forums, blogs, and websites, with some writers scheduling their #SampleSunday tweets days in advance. At least one author started a new blog to take advantage of #SampleSunday.

“It was a big success,” said David Wisehart. “I was thrilled to see so many indie authors jump on the bandwagon to promote their writing. I was especially pleased at the quality of the writing samples. I didn’t have time to read everyone’s samples—there were so many—but most of what I read was of very high quality. Indie authors were offering up some of their best writing, and I know I’ll be seeking out more from these writers.”

Several authors reported that new readers from twitter were visiting and commenting on their writing samples:

“thanks to #samplesunday I had 32 visits to my blog. What an awesome idea and now i have too many novels TBR. a good thing,” tweeted theapatra.

On Sunday David Wisehart got 123 page views for his writing sample, chapter one of his new mystery novel, Cold Reading.

“I’ll definitely be posting more chapters in the weeks to come,” said Wisehart. “I’m hoping to build a fan base for Cold Reading before it’s released next year.”

Indie authors who wish to participate in next week’s #SampleSunday on Twitter should read the Kindle Author post that launched the event: “What Is #SampleSunday?”

About the Kindle Author Blog:

The Kindle Author blog helps readers to discover new writers. It features hundreds of interviews with indie authors.

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E-books are still the future and the future is now. The printed word on paper and bound into books used to be the only way information was given and received. They were great, you could take them with you and put them on shelves and they do still exist and will continue to for the foreseeable future but the time of the E-book has arrived.

The marketing E-book is a slightly different animal from just an E-book. Marketing E-books contain text, images, links to web pages and navigation controls. The marketing E-book has become a very important part of marketing on the Internet.

With a marketing E-book you can present your story in an effective way and include links to your web sales pages. Your E-book can become your best salesman.

First, your E-book needs to be interesting and informative. It always has links back to your web site or your Affiliate Site you are promoting.

Next, be sure that you have a prominent section telling readers that they are free to give your E-book away and they are free to modify the links to make them there own if they wish. Let them know that they can post it on their site as a free download, that they can use it as a bonus, and that they can bundle it with other products. This is the way to create viral marketing for your products or services. Remember those links back to your site contained in the E-book?

Prosperity Rising has taken the Marketing E-book one step further. This viral E-book allows you to modify the links before you download the book and redistribute it. It’s called “on-the-fly” re-branding and it works!

You won’t see Prosperity Rising marketing this money-making e-book on the front page of the website but once you log into the site all members can access this exciting feature.

Last but certainly not least before you send your E-book out to the world, double check spelling and grammar and be sure that you have tested every link to verify that it goes where it is supposed to go. Obvious errors will reflect badly on you and will not be of much value to you, it could even be damaging.

Post your E-book to some of the E-book directories. Many let you post it for free, or will let you post a link on their site to your E-book.

If you are excited about giving away a viral marketing eBook for free, why not write it yourself, do not panic, it is actually an easy process and you will greatly benefit from it. In this article we will give you some tips on how to write a good viral marketing eBook.

Viral marketing eBook tip number 1: proof reading
Have someone you trust go through your viral marketing eBook looking for grammar and spelling mistakes. Even a good book can be rendered unpopular by overlooked mistakes; these mistakes make your eBook look amateurish and untrustworthy. Read it out loud and check if it makes sense and flows smoothly.

Viral marketing eBook tip number 2: Style
If you are handy with graphics and photo editing software, consider creating a cover for your viral marketing eBook. People will react more positively to it and will see it as more valuable because it looks like a real book. Forget about “Don’t judge a book by its cover”; because people actually do. If you are not good at graphic design, you can always outsource that, it won’t cost much.

Viral marketing eBook tip number 3: length, size and format
Keep your viral marketing eBook short, between 13 and 18 pages seems to be the ideal amount of pages. Do not make your eBook hard to download by making too large. Do not create it in a strange format or you risk alienating your readers.

Viral marketing eBook tip number 4: viral marketing
Put the link to your affiliate product in several different places throughout the viral marketing eBook, but do not over do it. Also don’t forget to put a call to action and a link to your sign up page on your site, you need those new subscribers!

Sometimes giving something of value away for free is one of the best ways for you to make money. This is one of the best-kept secrets of successful affiliate marketers. Follow it and you will soon see your success on the rise as well. For more articles about viral marketing eBooks and other related subjects please visit www.doubleurincome.com

In order to be effective an internet marketer you must start using viral marketing e-books as a tool to build your online business. These e-books should contain text, images, and links to web pages and navigation controls. The use of these marketing E-book will become a very important part of your marketing on the Internet.

Your viral marketing E-book can present your story in an effective way and include links to your web sales pages. If done properly it can become your best salesman.

Using viral E-books as a marketing method is cheap. They don’t take you long to set up and are even faster when you use re-brandable e-books written by other authors. Use your favorite search engine and do a web search. You will find loads of re-brandable e-books that are available on whatever subject you are interested in and that apply to your online business.

E-books are capable of reaching a large audience and are limited only by the enthusiasm of the participants. One of the best ways to distribute these e-books is to offer them to your visitors in exchange for them subscribing to your newsletter or e-zine.

Viral marketing e-books are fairly easy to create. It’s possible to produce your own E-books by combining articles that you have written or have gotten from public domain sources, such as directories.

Your E-book Must Be Interesting And Informative

You should always provide interesting and valuable information to your readers. It is the first view that the reader has of you and it should impress the reader that you are an expert in the field you are writing about. Remember your e-book should always have links back to your web site sales page.

Allow You Reader To Freely Pass Along Your E-book

You should be certain that your viral marketing e-book has a prominent section informing your readers that they are free to give your E-book away. Let them know that they can post it on their site as a free download, that they can use it as a bonus, and that they can bundle it with other products. This is the way to create viral marketing for your products or services.

Make Sure Your E-book Is Ready For Publishing

Before you send your E-book out to the world, double check spelling and grammar and be certain that you have tested each and every link to verify that it goes where it is supposed to go. Obvious errors in your viral marketing e-books will reflect badly on you and will not be of much value to you, it could even by damaging.

Post your E-book to some of the E-book directories. Many let you post it for free, or will let you post a link on their site to your E-book.