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Doing advertising well is more challenging than ever before. There are thousands of ways to target consumers, and the choices can be confusing and hard to navigate. Done properly, advertising has a powerful impact on your top line, and it leaves distinct marketplace impressions with your most important audiences. Done improperly, advertising can drain away valuable resources and make a questionable contribution to a company’s success.

If dramatic revenue gains are at stake, consider these five tips for doing the very best that you can with your advertising investment:

•Know you competitors, especially those who have a head start in your marketplace. Most companies do a poor job of tracking their competitors’ strategies and how they change over time. Take advantage of all their knowledge by tracking their programs and budgets. If your competitor is repeating a campaign, you can bet it is working for them. Learn from their success.

•Start every year by planning ahead. Challenge every assumption. Simply doing what was done last year and adding 5% leads to advertising programs of questionable value. Evaluate the success of each advertising initiative, look for ways to cut marginal activities, and concentrate dollars into programs that make clear contributions to your success.

•Avoid the 1000 drops in 1000 buckets syndrome. The smaller the budgets, the more things people try to achieve with them. There is a lot of comfort in doing many things. However, the feeling of being very busy is often mistaken for being very productive. Avoid wasting ad dollars on tiny ads that lack impact and don’t give your company visibility. Don’t spread your message too thinly across too many media. Concentrate your dollars on the few things that when done well have the power to move your market.

•Put the right person in charge of your ad program. The best advertising people are innovators by nature. They are also bridge-builders who work well with other departments and external partners. They look for ways to get more and more impact for the dollars you spend and have courage to try new things. Choosing someone with advertising experience in more than one industry leads to more informed decisions.

Bill Fritsch is president of Hydrogen Advertising, an award-winning, Seattle-based advertising agency emphasizing superb ideas efficiently produced. Reach him at 206-389-950o, ext. 24 or email bill@hydrogenadvertising.com. For more information, visit http://www.hydrogenadvertising.com.

Writing a press (or media) release is quite an art (and a science) but don’t let that scare you. Here are 10 tips to point you in the right direction…

(1) Make sure the information is newsworthy.

(2) Tell the audience that the information is intended for them and why they should continue to read it.

(3) Start with a brief description of the news, then distinguish who announced it, and not the other way around.

(4) Ask yourself, “How are people going to relate to this and will they be able to connect?”

(5) Make sure the first 10 words of your release are effective, as they are the most important.

(6) Avoid excessive use of adjectives and fancy language.

(7) Deal with the facts.

(8) Provide as much Contact information as possible: Individual to Contact, address, phone, fax, email, Web site address.

(9) Make sure you wait until you have something with enough substance to issue a release.

(10) Make it as easy as possible for media representatives to do their jobs.

Remember this, a news or media release is not meant to be a blatant self promotional vehicle - it’s meant to make the journalist’s job easier for them and be interesting reading for their readership. Keep this in mind and you’ll have a fair chance of coverage.

Author: http://www.JamesBurchill.com - James is a freelance writer and consultant

If you want to sell more ad spaces, you must read
and use the secrets I am revealing here:

1. Give your customers a discount when they spend
over a certain dollar amount for ad space. You can
also apply this tip to the amount of ads they buy.

2. Offer your customers a free bonus for renewing
their ad order. It could be an ebook, special report,
online utility, etc.

3. Sell advertising space between your content. You
just break an article in half and insert the banner or
classified ad between it.

4. Write content that’s tailor made to mention and
relate to the product your customers are advertising.
This is more work but, you’ll sell a lot of ads.

5. Tell your customers when they buy an ad you’ll
also add it to your free ebook and message board
for free.

6. Offer to endorse the product your customers are
advertising before or after their ad. In all honesty,
you would have try out the product first.

7. Write a review for your customer’s product to
place under their ad. This is similar to a testimonial
or endorsement but more in-depth.

8. Offer a buy 2 ads and get 1 free deal. With the
slow economy and advertising sales, most businesses
are bound to be looking for a good ad deal.

9. Give your customers a ton of free bonuses when
they buy ad space. It can be submission software,
an ebook full of advertising or copywriting tips, etc.

10. Guarantee your customer’s advertising results.
If they don’t like the traffic they receive, give them
a refund or another ad for free.

May these advertising secrets help you to make
a lot of money and succeed.

Warmly,

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Spanish property prices have risen dramatically over the past
three to five years, which has had a two fold effect. Firstly
from an investment point of view, people looking to provide an
income stream through property rentals, have begun to turn their
backs on the Spanish Costa’s. Secondly people seeking a home
from home in the sun, have also begun to look elsewhere, lured
for the same reason, property prices.

Investment opportunities have begun to appear in the former
eastern block countries such as Bulgaria. Villas and investment
properties in these countries have begun to look attractive from
both the investment point of view, and also to those people
seeking a new lifestyle. There are however, some major drawbacks
that should be fully investigated before one parts with any
money, in what could turn out to be a very costly investment
mistake.

Spain has been the destination of choice for the sun-seeking
British tourist for many years and as such is geared up to cope
with investors in the property market. The tertiary
infrastructure is in place, evidence of which can easily be seen
in institutions such as banks, all of which employ English
speaking staff. This is also the case when one looks at
insurance companies, medical facilities and just about every
other service provider.

Investing in Spanish property is pretty much a safe bet. When
one invests in bricks and mortar in a country like Spain, you
know that it will return a healthy dividend.

Villas and investment properties in a country like Bulgaria
however, are far from a done deal. The infrastructure is biased
towards Bulgarians, so the first obstacle you are liable to
encounter will be the language barrier. When looking at property
from the investment angle, you only need to ask yourself one
question, which is how many holiday makers will go to Bulgaria
as opposed to Spain?

Property prices will reflect what is happening in a particular
region be it in Spain, or elsewhere. As an investment property,
whether it’s a villa or an apartment, it should be returning an
income at the earliest point in time from the property purchase.
Investing in Spanish property whether on the Costa Blanca, Costa
Calida, or the Costa Almeria is going to be a much safer option
to accomplish this criteria.

Property can be a fairly volatile market it is therefore
advisable to look at countries like Bulgaria, who are trying to
join the European Union. One need look no further than the
shenanigans taking place between Austria and Turkey, which is at
present trying to join the EU. So whilst Bulgaria is scheduled
to join in 2007, entry is by no means a forgone conclusion.
Investing in a country like Bulgaria could ultimately turn out
to be a very costly investment mistake.

Investing in Spain, when one looks at the property market from
all angles, doesn’t after all, look like the expensive option.
An investment in a recently democratised country like Bulgaria
could in fact turn out to be even more expensive, should the
country revert to communism and snatch back all properties owned
by foreign nationals.

Villas and Investment
Properties are realtors on the Costa Blanca and are among
the leaders when it comes quality of service and the selection
of properties they have to offer.

Villas, apartments, Town houses, land and all other types of
investment property can be found on their books. So if you are
serious about buying a property look them up, after all, it
costs nothing to look!

Many people who start a home based business have a limited
advertising budget However, for the life of your business it is
important that you get the word out as quickly as possible.
These tips will help you do just that without breaking the bank.

1. Word of Mouth is one of the best forms of advertising. It is
absolutely free and if done correctly, you will get a great
response. Talk to everyone you know about your business, Ask
your family and friends for referrals. Make an effort to meet
new people while you are out and about. If the internet is a
tool that you use to grow your business visit message boards,
you can meet a lot of people who will be interested in what you
have to offer.

2.Fliers are a great tool to build your business. Leave fliers
at the grocery store, laundry mat, parking lots, and other high
traffic places. If you are able to do this consistently, you
will have a great response.

3. Join a networking group. There are many great sites on the
internet that you can join that are absolutely free. You can
meet people that can possibly be interested in your business. If
you prefer networking offline, contact your local chamber of
commerce. Most hold monthly mixers that you can attend for a
nominal fee. This will give you the opportunity to meet local
business owners in your community.

4.Make use of your email. Be sure that every email that you send
out includes your signature tag. Make it short and catchy so
that it will arouse people’s curiosity.

5.Hand out your business cards. Include one in every piece of
mail that you send out, give one to everyone you exchange money
with, leave them at restaurants with your tip., and any where
else that you can think of

6. Get a web decal. These are great advertising tools and there
very inexpensive. Just come up with a catchy slogan and your URL
address. Every time that you drive, you will be advertising your
business.

7.Wear your business. Get t-shirt, hats or pins that promote
your business. This will promote interest and curiosity.

8.Write articles. Articles are a great form of advertising. Your
articles do not have to be business related. Write about topics
that you are very familiar with and passionate about. Attach a
resource box to every article that you write. A resource box
tells the reader a little about you and your business. Many
websites and e zines are looking for quality articles to reprint.

9.Start your own online newsletter. Newsletters are a great tool
to help you build your business. You are able to stay in touch
with people who have opted in to receive information from you.
Make your newsletter informative and enjoyable to read. There
are a lot of newsletters out there so you must distinguish
yourself from the crowd. Have Fun and be creative when creating
your newsletter.

10.Use postcards to market your business. Postcards are
inexpensive to mail and most importantly they get read. With
postcard you only have a small amount of space to write, so you
want to make sure that you have a catchy headline and an ad that
propels people to act. Offer a FREE gift or a discount.

Many people do not realize it, but it is the daily Adsense cash that tends to quickly add up to those huge checks some leading affiliates make. In other words, there is really no magic about it; your daily average Adsense cash is what will decide your monthly income. It is as simple as that.

So all an Adsense affiliate needs to do is to ensure that the daily cash they make is as high as possible. To do this, there is one thing you must do at your web site or blog site. And that is you must research and find the highest possible paying keywords to use in your content that will attract the ads that will give you maximum possible returns every time somebody clicks on them.

There are various online tools, many of them free, that you can use to search for and find those valuable highest paying keyword phrases that will yield significant daily Adsense cash for you. Once you have identified the keyword phrase that you are looking for, the next step is to generate lots of content and create as many pages as you possibly can that use various variations of that particular keyword phrase. And as you do this, your search for even higher paying keyword phrases should continue.

That is how you ensure a healthy daily Adsense cash flow that will quickly add up to a significant figure by the end of the month.

Find out how you can learn more about the best Adsense make money secrets from an expert who makes over $19,000 a month from Adsense. Or discover an easy way to increase traffic to your Adsense blog using only free articles marketing.

Publishing articles on the Internet is a tremendous way to increase the number of inbound links to your site. As articles are assimilated into search engine indexes, they also begin to act as landing pages generating traffic for your site. Whenever possible, you should publish articles to promote your site.

Article Content

The content of your articles should be directed to the most basic elements of your product or service. Whenever possible, try to write “how to” or “introduction to” articles. Topics like these will garner the biggest interest and be picked up by other sites. Articles that cover finer points of a subject work as well, but you should expect a smaller readership.

Article Tone

Your articles should be packed with information, not sales pitches. When writing articles, one tends to concentrate on how to get potential readers to visit your site. This approach is a mistake. You have to think of both the readers AND webmasters that will be looking for articles.

Image you are a Webmaster that needs content for your site. You go to one of the article directories looking for material to add to your site. Are you going to select articles that are sales pitches designed to take your visitors to another site? No. You are going to select articles that provide your visitors with some valuable information. Don’t write sales pitches!

Links

Articles are a great way to quickly build the link counts for sites. The search engines universally appear to like them, a rare event these days. So, what’s the best strategy for using links in your articles?

The best linking strategy for articles involves putting not more than two links in your byline. This is admittedly a personal preference, but I find more than two links looks “clunky” and many depositories won’t allow any more than two.

Regardless, the two links in the byline of your articles should go to two distinct pages of your site. The first might be to your home page, while the second goes to a page that is related to the subject of the article. With each new article, you should change the links to new pages. This allows you to build link popularity for both your home page and internal pages of your site. I have found Google, in particular, heavily favors sites that multiple pages with high link counts.

HTML v. Text Links

With some depositories, you have the opportunity to place html code in your bylines. This, of course, lets you avoid typing out the URLs for your site pages, but should you? I would encourage you to type out the URLS for one reason. It is important to make it as easy as possible for Webmasters to republish your article on their site. Don’t make them figure out the domains of your hyperlinked text, particularly sub-domains.

In Closing

I have used article campaigns to market many sites. As long as you go about it correctly, you should be able to do the same thing for your site.

Halstatt Pires is with the Internet marketing firm - www.marketingtitan.com - a San Diego Internet marketing and advertising company.

Everyone knows what an article is, but how does an article help you promote your business? Here are seven reasons to write articles and use them to promote your business and get more clients online:

1. Promote Your Expertise Online. Writing articles really helps to further establish your expertise online. One thing that all experts have in common is that they have written something - articles, books, reports, etc. Writing articles is your first step to becoming a well-known expert in your field.

2. Get More Newsletter Subscribers. To increase the number of your newsletter subscribers, use the Resource Box of your articles to drive more traffic to your newsletter subscription page.

3. Reach More Potential Customers. When you submit your articles to article directories, they may be re-printed by other business owners in their blogs, newsletters and web sites. Many people will see your articles, thus, exposing you and your business to more potential customers.

4. Get More One-Way Links to Your Web Site. Since the Resource Box that is attached to your articles contains links back to your web site, you will gain many one-way links back to your web site when your article is re-printed. Now people who read your articles will be able to follow these links to your web site.

5. Get Better Search Engine Rankings. One-way links to your web site are great for improving search engines rankings and getting more search engine traffic. Since search engines put more weight on one-way links, than on reciprocal links, getting one-way links with your articles will help you with your search engine strategies.

6. Reach Out to More Segments of Your Target Market. As your articles are re-printed on different blogs and web sites, you are able to reach out to the segments of your target market, that you would have never been able to reach on your own. However, with other people using your articles on their blogs and web sites, you are able to reach out to these customers.

7. Make More Money. Last, but definitely not least reason for writing articles is making money. While you will not be paid directly for writing, publishing and submitting your articles online, writing articles and promoting them online will result in more newsletter subscribers, and, ultimately, more sales in the long run for your business.

Start writing and publishing articles online - this strategy will help you get more newsletter subscribers, get better known and sell more of your products and services online.

Get more newsletter subscribers and make more money when writing and publishing articles online. Submit your articles at the Business Articles Directory at http://internationalpractice.com/business to get more exposure for your business.