Jim Minimizes Marketing Costs And Maximizes Traffic

Jondo just finished his net marketing for the day. He sipped his black coffee. He liked it bitter. He ate sweet cakes. Sweet cakes and bitter coffee made a good taste mixture in his mouth. His mobile phone rang. He smiled. He knew who would call him around this time.

Jondo :"Hello, this is Jondo the internet marketer. If you have a marketing problem to ask me, please do so after you have deposited 50k bucks into my account. Otherwise no more talk and adios."
Jim :"LOL, 50k bucks huh? Jon, how do I reduce my biz costs? I have spent quite a lot of a bit here and a bit there. They all add up pretty fast and big too."

Jondo :"Jimmy buddy, that happens because you want everything to be of your own. You want to do a one-man-show biz. That does cost huge. Why not start networking and trading stuff with other businesses? You could trade leads or marketing lists and barter your goods and services. This will reduce your marketing cost and get more exposure to your biz at the same time."
Jim :"That sounds like a lot of emailing webmasters. I suppose I could give it a go, eh? At worst I get ignored. If they respond well, I have mutually beneficial marketing biz relationships."

Jondo :"Right. It takes time, but well worth it. Make good use of internet thousands of sites offering freebies. There are free softwares, graphics, backgrounds, online business services etc. Why buy when you can get for free?"
Jim :"That I do often and will always do. I did find quality stuff in spite of the fact that they cost nothing."

Jondo :"For your biz equipments, don't buy those that you only need occasionally. Rent or borrow them, a lot cheaper that way. Only buy those that you practically use on daily basis. Do shop around and compare prices, check out online/offline auctions, quality second hand shops, shops having big sales. Those are things you could do to get yourself a good price for the things you buy."
Jim :"Good tips Jon. I bought my new laptop when on promotion. I saved something like 20% then. Jon, I can use some tips to make my websites attractive to visitors that hopefully become buyers. I often read about link exchange, how do I go about doing it?"

Jondo :"People don't just come to your sites because they look attractive. You have to do something to attract them to your sites. Link exchange is a form of cross promotion. You promote other's site by showing his site link on your site, he shows your site link on his site. Both of you benefit from getting more exposure the free way."
Jim :"That's a good win win. Cool."

Jondo :"One popular and effective way is to offer a freebie on your site. It could be an ebook, content, software etc. Give the freebie in exchange for people linking to your site. Over time the growing links will generate even more visitors to your site. Some of them will become buyers one day. Better still if you can get their names and email addresses to build your list."
Jim :"Yes, I give a free ebook in exchange for my visitor's name and email address. That's exactly how I am building my opt-in list. I think I will display links to websites with useful information and services for my visitors. Hopefully they find my site resourceful and make it their start page and become repeat visitors."

Jondo :"That's a good idea. Join affiliate programs that go with the theme of your web site. Display their links too. This way you provide relevant info and promoting your biz to your visitors at the same time."
Jim :"I am doing it already. Jon, I know that it's necessary to keep in touch and write to my list regularly. Often when I wanna do it, I don't know what to write. Do you have that kind of problem too?"

Jondo :"Keeping in touch with your list is good. It shows them that you are still around. I however only write them when I have something to write about. I don't have a fixed schedule. Sometimes I write them a few times in a week, sometimes once in 2 months. It's up to you really, do what suits you best."
Jim :"(Jim's daughter called :"Dad, time to go!") Oh Jon, I gotta drive Irene to her piano class now. Talk to you again later."

Jondo :"Ok, bye."

Author : Linggar Sentanu Japra
Blog : http://huge-traffic-marketing.blogspot.com

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