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Marketing on the Internet is a double-edged sword for most beginners. Although the concepts behind Internet marketing are very simple, executing these concepts successfully can be very difficult. With this in mind, this article will attempt to explain the in's an outs of Internet marketing and break down some of the various strategies available that can help beginners start their own successful marketing campaigns. We will cover techniques like, creating a website, email marketing, newsletters, optimizing your website for search engines and placing banner advertisements.

One of the basic tools for starting an Internet marketing campaign is having an attractive functional website. If you don't have a website or have a poorly designed one, you should really consider creating or re-designing your site to properly market your products. If you are not familiar with website design, there are software packages available that will help you develop a functional website. Hiring a professional designer can be very useful because they can make your website more attractive and suitable for your products. They can also help you add more advanced features on your site, but they can be rather expensive.

Email newsletters can be an excellent marketing strategy. Newsletters are simply emails that contain a variety of information, including articles, relevant advertisements and any other information that your readers will find interesting and useful. The good thing about newsletters is that if worded correctly they can generate a great deal of sales. Your approach needs to be a subtle one, you can casually mention any product or program you are promoting but you must not over do it, as your newsletter will be seen as spam. Always be sure to have plenty of good useful content in your newsletter and a small amount of advertisements, soon your readers will trust you and your judgment and they will begin to purchase from you.

Banner advertisements are another great way of advertising you business on the Internet. Banners usually contain graphics and text, these brightly colored flashing banners attract the eyes of the visitor and gets them to click the ad. When the visitor clicks on the ad they are taken to your website. This type of advertising can be very effective, but the banner must be placed on high traffic websites that attract an audience that may be interested in your products. Also the position of the banner is important, usually banners placed at the top of websites are the most effective.

Many say no Internet marketing campaign would be complete without the use of email marketing. This type of marketing involves sending out emails to a group of people who may be interested in your products. Care should be taken in sending out these emails to avoid sending emails that are unsolicited and will be viewed as spam. One way to do this is to only send out emails to users who have requested inclusion on a mailing list. Another way to do this is to provide value in the emails as opposed to just including advertisements. This can be done by offering relevant advice in your emails and other useful information that may be of interest to the recipients of the email.

Finally, search engine optimization is a critical part of any Internet marketing campaign.
Search engines rank websites according to quality and relevance for particular search terms. Many Internet users appreciate the effort by search engines and use these search engines to find the best websites on a particular subject. This means that Internet users are likely to only visit websites that rank well. Therefore if your website is not high ranking, you are not likely to generate a great deal of traffic from Internet users who use search engines. Top ranking websites are likely to obtain the most traffic from search engines and all websites falling on the first page of the search engine results will likely enjoy some degree of success in improving their traffic. Keep these points in mind when beginning any Internet marketing venture.