Friday, December 19, 2008

Happy Holidays & All The Best For 2009

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Contents:


o Happy Holidays & All The Best For 2009

o 12 Days Of Christmas by Mark Hendricks

o Free Internet Marketing Courses
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In the spirit of the season, I would like to wish
you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I hope you have a safe and enjoyable Holiday
Season.

I am coming off my best year yet online so
I have a lot to be thankful for and I thank
you for being a subscriber and a patron of
my sites. If you're into web marketing,
I hope you experience the same success in
2009, or even better than what I have done.
Best wishes for the new year. Go get 'em!


o 12 Days Of Christmas by Mark Hendricks


Because of a technical glitch, last week
some subscribers got a blank email from
me - my sincere apologies.

So in case you missed it...














Again, best of the Season.



Kind Regards,

Titus


P.S. I have placed links to some of my sites,
blogs and social networks here:

TitusHoskins.com

Includes Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, LiveJournal,
SiteProNews Blog... and others.

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Friday, December 05, 2008

Let Google Do Your Spying For You!

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Contents:


o Using Google Benchmarks To Improve Your Site

o Simple Market Research With Google Trends

o Information Gathering With Google Alerts

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If you have a website, it's only natural that you
would like to know how your site compares with other
similar sites on the web. Now, we are not talking about
comparing apples to oranges here - we are talking about
comparing your site to others that are the same
in size and traffic.

Google Benchmarks which is a part of Google Analytics,
lets you compare your site to other sites on the
web that are similar to yours. It will tell you
how your site is performing compared to your
competition. This is enormously valuable information
because it gives you a clearer picture of how your
site is performing.

I find it extremely helpful in telling me what
parts of my sites are not working and where I
have to make improvements. It also tells me what
parts of my sites are working or performing above
my competition.

Things like bounce rates, pageviews per visit,
time on site... I can see how my sites are doing
compared with others in my area of interest.
This is vital if I want to keep my sites competitive
and "in the game".

If you're not using Google Analytics and Google
Benchmarks, I would strongly suggest you use this
free service from Google. It is a great way to
track your sites and visitors. It is invaluable
for improving your site's content.

You can also use the Website Optimizer to test which
content, headlines, graphics, page design... are best
for converting your visitors into customers or clients.
Simply find out what works best and use it.

If you're not already using Google Analytics I
strongly suggest you start using it. You can
sign-up here:

Google Analytics




o Simple Market Research With Google Trends



Another Google program that I use a lot is
Google Trends, especially when I am first
developing a site or looking for small niche
markets I can make profitable. Google Trends
tells you what things or topics are "hot" or
"popular" - ones being searched for by web users.

Google Trends can give you a good overview of
of things that may be worth your time and effort,
in regards to marketing. It also lets you compare
different items and it gives you a graph read-out
of how popular each one is or is becoming.

For example, if you're selling electronics on
your site, and you want to find out if you
should spend more telling selling PCs
or Laptops.... you can do a Trend search for
each one and compare your results.

What's even just as great, Google Trends will tell
you how popular they are in different countries
or regions of the world. Again, if you're marketing
on the web, this will give you some simple
market research into your area of interest.

You can check Google Trends here:

Google Trends




o Information Gathering With Google Alerts


Perhaps, one of my most favorite of all
Google programs is Google Alerts. This is
simply the most valuable tool for searching
for information on your site or topic.

You use Google Alerts to "tag" or "mark"
any subject or phrase you want Google to
email alert you - when any new content appears
on the web related to your topic or phrase.

These Alerts will give you the links to
the new pages so that you can check out
the information. It is a great way to
"keep up to date" on all your niche markets
and keywords you're targeting with your
sites.

This is also great for link building since
many of these Alerts will be blog links
and you can easily go and add your comments
with a link back to your site. Google will
send you email alerts when a new link or page
is created on your targeted keyword.

I also use this free service from Google to keep
track of my name so that whenever someone
is saying something about me anywhere on
the web - I know about it!

I do the same thing for my sites. You can also
use it to track your articles, keywords or just
about anything for that matter. Invaluable service
for gathering information on the web...

Get it here:

Google Alerts












Kind Regards,

Titus


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