Web Marketing Strategies For Home Business Promotion

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                          Wed 19th Jan.'00


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1. INTRODUCTION
==>Two parts, web site stats, facelift, paid to surf, free
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3. SITES TO CHECK OUT
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2. FEATURE ARTICLE
==>"How to Turn a Passive Web Site into an Active Profit Center"
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Over the last few weeks I've been looking at many different
options for tracking traffic on a web site. In the near future I
plan to add a page to Now Sell! listing all the choices available
and where to find them. In the meantime I thought I'd tell you a
little about the solution I've implemented.

I've always had basic stats, telling me the number of hits, page
views, and allowing coded ad tracking etc. However, I found the
detail provided rather lacking. I needed to know more. I found
many great free scripts, only to discover that each had at least
one requirement that prevented me from using it on my site. Often
this was telnet access, which I don't currently have.

I had looked at Analog as a possible solution long ago, for my
first web site. At the time - I can't remember why - I wasn't
that impressed. However, checking out the latest version of the
program a few weeks ago, it appeared almost ideal.

Analog is a freeware application, that sits on your own computer
an analyzes almost any type of log file you care to throw at it.
It's available for most platforms, and is virtually
'plug-and-play', with minimal set up required. That
notwithstanding, it is extremely customizable. The beauty is that
you can run it 'out of the box' and then make changes via a
configuration file as you become more experienced.

All you need to do is download your log file (it can even work
with a Gzip file) and open it in Analog. The application will
then automatically create a html report, which you simply open in
your browser of choice. The processing is *extremely* fast,
unless you opt to have it resolve DNS numbers into their
respective domain names.

It's the DNS lookup which slows the process down. However, there
is a work-around, a little helper application by the name of
DNSTran. You simply run your log file through DNSTran first and
it will build a database of domain names. Each time you use
DNSTran, it will add to this file. When you run Analog, you
simply request it to reference this database, instead of the web.

So far I'm pleased with the results. I can see how much traffic
different search engines and other sites are sending. I can see
which search terms I'm being found under. I can see which ads are
pulling, and by incorporating a unique graphic file in the ad, I
can even get an idea of the click-through rate. Plus I can see
which pages get the most visits, which are the major entry points
and loads more useful stuff.

All you need to run Analog is a computer and access to download
your web site's log file. You can find Analog at:
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/analog/ and DNSTran at:
http://summary.net/soft/dnstran.html


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the new images. I've also added some of David Deeson's excellent
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On the 'paid to surf' front both bepaid and Maxref have been
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*** Meta Tag Maker ***
This handy little tool will generate meta tags for you to paste
straight into your page:
http://www.nowsell.com/site_promotion/meta.html

*** Free Search Engine Submit ***
Automatically submit your site to the top search engines (and see
the results) free:
http://www.nowsell.com/site_promotion/submit.html

*** Position Analyzer ***
Check the ranking of your site in the search engines:
http://www.nowsell.com/cgi-bin/position.cgi

*** Multi Search ***
Search for anything on all the major search engines and many
other resources:
http://www.nowsell.com/site_promotion/quicksearch.html

*** Assorted HTML Tools ***
Pop-up windows, frames and mouseover image code generators. CSS
template, Web colors, useful cut & paste Javascript, and more:
http://www.nowsell.com/internet_business/html

*** Free Business Consulting ***
A professional with over 30 years experience, David Deeson will
tell you how to tackle your business needs and problems head-on:
http://www.nowsell.com/internet_business/ask

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Listings of all the best paid to surf, read email and others.
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*** Rapid Manual Search Engine Submit! ***
You should always submit your most important URLs by hand. Use
this free tool to manually submit to the top 20 search engines
in less than 15 minutes! An incredible time saver!
http://www.nowsell.com/site_promotion/search-engine-submit.html


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http://www.leadspinner.com/
Service that asks site visitors if they may be automatically
added to your mailing list when they visit your site.

http://www.altaveesta.com
Anonymous Web surfing proxy. Surf without leaving a trail. FREE!

http://www.alerta.com
Service enables you to receive email messages on a text-capable
cell phone, pager or personal digital assistant. FREE!

http://www.bizland.com
Online co-op to leverage the buying power of small businesses.
FREE!

http://www.greatpromote.com/
Tips and advice to increase website promotion efficiency. FREE!

http://www.php.net/manual/
The official PHP manual. FREE!

http://www.weberdev.com/
Web Development with PHP. FREE!

http://www.scambusters.org/
Points the finger at scams to avoid. FREE!

http://50.lycos.com
Lycos listings of the top 50 searches on the Web. FREE!

http://www.ibizcenter.com
Rick Olson's Internet Business Center. Lots of articles, most
free some member only.

http://www.ccnow.com
Enables webmasters to accept online payment without a merchant
account or start up fees.


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