Changing Nature of Internet Marketing

One thing that has become somewhat obselete as far as Internet Marketing goes is 'Safelists'. Back about 5 or so years ago, everybody was using them, sending out emails to thousands of people in the group. It got to the point where if you were a member of a safelist or two, you would receive hundreds of emails from people daily. The problem was that all these people were trying to market to each other; fellow marketers. About this time they lost their effectiveness, and with the additional Spam laws put in place, you don't see Safelists being used as much these days.

Marketing With Blogs

One of the most effective ways to market on the Internet at present is blogging. You can set up blogs at Blogger at no cost, and have your blog up and running in minutes. While you can blog about anything, you're more likely to get more interest with a topic that has mass appeal. For instance, blogging about the latest Video games, Cell Phones, Ipods, or other popular topics is likely to bring you a ton of traffic if done right.

Once you have a blog up and running, you need to monetize it by placing ads on your blog. This can be done in a couple of ways. First, you can sign up with a site like Adsense. With Adsense, you make money when people click on Google ads placed on your blog. You can also market products from places like Clickbank and other Marketplaces. With a site such as Clickbank, when people click on the ads, they are taken to a Merchant's site. If while there the individual buys something, you receive a commission from the proceeds of the sale. This can range anywhere from 5% up to 75% depending on the price of the items. If you have your own website, you can also insert links that take them to your site.

One of the better sites to learn about Blogging is at;

Blogging to the Bank!

You'll find all the in's and out's of how to make money with Blogging by a guy who has been blogging for a couple of years and making a great living doing it.

Internet Marketing is a work in progress. Many times it seems to change faster than a politician's speech. For instance, there was a time when Hit or Click Exchanges produced good results for those using them. Now however, there are many more effective ways to spend your time marketing. Of course a lot of it has to do with how much money you have to spend. If your budget is small, then things like Hit Exchanges might be something to spend some time with. One of the key factors with using them is having something unique from the mulitude of affiliate sites that are shown on them. If you are able to create your own pages, and have something that would be of interest to the other marketers and webmasters using the exchanges, then it might be worth your while to use them.