Web Marketing For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 6, 2009 - Business & Economics - 408 pages
By implementing effective Web marketing strategies, you can quickly build a successful Web site and business. But how do you take on search engine optimization and search engine marketing to achieve the results you want? Web Marketing For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows you how! This guide helps you apply your marketing knowledge to the Web world, taking you on the path to online marketing success.

In this book you’ll find out how to use online tools to spread your marketing message; establish a strong Web presence; promote your site with e-mail marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click, and social networking tools; and measure your marketing success. You’ll also discover how to:

  • Craft an online marketing plan, set site goals, and define your market
  • Uncover what makes an effective online storefront and what your site must offer to encourage shoppers
  • Use e-mail marketing effectively and spread the word via e-newsletters
  • Safeguard copyrights, link legally, and use disclaimers, terms of use, and privacy policies
  • Entice customers with video blogs, Webcasts and podcasts, or widgets and gadgets on your site
  • Track site activity with Web analytics, interpret sales statistics, and determine where problems originate
  • Take advantage of search engines where you can submit your site for free
  • Encourage visitors to come back and find subscribers for your online newsletter

Utilizing the right online marketing strategies can dramatically boost the success of your Web site and build your business. Web Marketing For Dummies, 2nd Edition makes it easy!

 

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Table of Contents
Getting Going with Online Marketing
Taking the First Steps to Your Online Presence
Building a MarketingEffective Web Site
Creating a MarketingEffective Storefront
Pulling Repeat Visitors with Onsite Marketing Techniques
Exploring Online Marketing Basics
Marketing with Online Buzz
Generating Leads with an Affiliate Program
Spending Online Marketing Dollars
Marketing with Paid Online Advertising
Capturing Customers with New Technology
Maximizing Your Web Success
Staying Out of Legal Trouble
The Keys to Maintaining Your Web Presence
The Part of Tens

The Art of EMail Marketing
Expanding Your Web Presence
The Ten Most Common Mistakes of Web Marketing

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About the author (2009)

Jan Zimmerman owns Watermelon Mountain Web Marketing, which has provided Web marketing and site management services for more than ten years.

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