Minisite And Graphics http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog Minisite and Graphics Services Mon, 10 May 2010 10:30:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mini Sites Come In A Variety Of Formats http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/mini-sites-come-in-a-variety-of-formats http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/mini-sites-come-in-a-variety-of-formats#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 10:30:57 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=146 Before you get eager about marketing on the Internet with mini-sites, I think you should be clear about the types of mini-sites that you can build. These mini-sites are different, depending on the objective of the site and also the structure.

In general, I consider mini-site as a website that is easy and simple and structure and very narrow (probably deep) in topic.

1 – Sales Letter Mini-Site

This is normally a simple 1-page website (not including download page, support page, etc). It contains a direct response sales copy convincing the website visitors to buy a product.

I am sure you’ve seen a lot of these. You can go to any websites from the ClickBank Marketplace and 99% of them are Sales Letter Mini Sites.

Whatever you do online, ultimately you want to have your own product. You make more money that way. And when you do, this is the type of website you want to have.

2 – Content Mini-Site

Some people build website to generate income from advertising programs like AdSense. These are the type of people that are very good and fast at writing articles. If you are somebody like that, you can consider building Content Mini-Sites.

A Content Mini-Site is a website that is very simple in structure and contain information on a very tight niche topic. I have always pictured Content Mini-Sites as a site with 10 to 50 articles. But I have seen marketers building a 200-page Content Mini-Site.

With Content Mini-Site, your objective is to achieve a steady stream of traffic from the search engine. With traffic like that, you can easily monetize with Adsense or maybe related affiliate programs. You can also try putting advertisement to small reports you own, those you write yourself or even from private label rights.

3 – Squeeze Page Mini-Site

A Squeeze Page Mini-Site has one clear objective – to generate leads.

What do you do with leads? Sell to them of course. If you are not very familiar with the concept, you may be wondering why you want to do this. Some products may require further convincing. Therefore, with a squeeze page, you can put your prospects into a sequential email system (autoresponder) and keep contacting them automatically day after day.

Plus, when you save your prospects’ contact details, you can contact them again when you have other products to sell. Those other products can be your own or other people’s where you have set a commission arrangement with. The simplest form of such arrangement is an affiliate program.

The structure of a squeeze page is simple. It contains information about your offer and a sign-up form for website visitors to take up on your offer.

Putting up a squeeze page is good way to get started online. You can create a simple report about something, and then start offering it for free. They would have to sign-up to your autoresponder first, of course.

And then, you can work on making your first sale in the email you send to your subscribers.

4 – Landing Page Mini-Site

Unlike Content Mini-Sites, a landing page Mini-Site does not have as many pages. The objective of a Landing Page mini-site is to pre-sell and then redirect the traffic to the website that you are promoting.

Both affiliates and merchants use this. If you are a merchant and you sell mobile phones, you may need to create different landing page for different models and brands. You do this because when you drive traffic, especially using pay-per-click advertising, you segment your traffic effort in models and brand.

You don’t want people who are searching for a Nokia N95 to just arrive at a general Nokia product page. Even worse, just a Nokia page. You want those who search for Nokia N95 to arrive at a page about Nokia N95. And those searching for a Motorola MotoRazr to arrive at a page specifically about that model. Once they are the, you can later redirect them to the actual product page.

As an affiliate, you may also use this technique. But there’s also a technique where you review and recommend products to your website visitors. As an example, you may create a landing page where you write your personal experience using an anti-virus software. And later down your story you can compare the software with 3 other similar products. You can strongly recommend one product, or you can recommend all three. Of course you are affiliated with all three.

Remember that I said Landing Page Mini-Site is about redirecting traffic. With a landing page, you always want to see how many traffic you get versus how many really proceed to the next page you want them to go to.

Happy selling

Dave
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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/mini-sites-come-in-a-variety-of-formats/feed 0 Drive Instant Traffic To Your Mini Site With 3 Easy Steps http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/drive-instant-traffic-to-your-mini-site-with-3-easy-steps http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/drive-instant-traffic-to-your-mini-site-with-3-easy-steps#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:36:12 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=141 I have to give Anik Singal full credit for this article and share it with you in order to help your efforts online.

Not all of us have the time or know-how to easily build large sites that do well with search engines. Most of us just want to put up a small site and start making money.

Here are the 3 traffic generating techniques I use everyday for traffic to mini-sites.

#1: Forums/Discussion Boards

The basic strategy here is that you need to find related forums and become active in them. Get yourself known, find out what those members talk about and find an affiliate product to fit their demand.

Then, make a nice, simple, yet captive site with a great headline followed by a review of the product. Test it and if it pulls well, you have a winner. If not, choose another product.

#2: Ezine Advertising

I would rate ezine advertising at the second best way to gather traffic to your mini-sites only because this technique can cost some money. Forum promotions have no cost (typically). However, ezine advertising can provide much better results.

Forum marketing requires you taking the time to make sensible responses or asking good questions. However, with ezine advertising, you just write a good promotion and let the publisher send it out.

An advantage of ezine advertising is that you know before you promote that you have a targeted audience that has already expressed an interest in your topic.

Also, the subscriber and the publisher most likely have a good relationship (considering the subscriber has not left) and so your promotion comes with credibility and may get more attention.

One of the keys to doing well with ezine advertising (for me) has been repeated ads in the same ezine. I have found that my results are best in the second of third promotion. However, if I get no results on my first mailing, I do not repeat that ezine again.

Warning: Not all ezines are the same. Some will be major winners and others will be major flops.

#3: Directory Sites

Alright, here is the controversial technique that I use very successfully. I know, I know, some of you will think that it is “wrong” – but in the end, my job is to teach you how I get my traffic; that is exactly what I am going to do.

Directory sites are sites created by software that automatically build you a site which is 500 or more pages. These sites are just simply uploaded to a domain name. Most (if done right) tend to do well with search engines. That traffic is then forwarded to your mini-sites.

As you can see, we’re holding fast to our policy of building a funnel system where we use the large sites to bring in the “no cost” search engine traffic (which is also highly targeted). However, all the “selling” takes place on our mini-sites.

Large sites = Traffic Gathering

Mini sites = Conversion Into Sales

Obviously there are many more techniques to use to attract traffic to your mini-sites such as banners, pay per click, link exchanging, etc… I just wanted to discuss the top 3 that are the easiest to implement and require the least learning curve.

Keep Moving and Take Tons Of Action

Dave

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/drive-instant-traffic-to-your-mini-site-with-3-easy-steps/feed 0 Mini Site and Graphics – Free Giveaway Promotion http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/mini-site-and-graphics-free-giveaway-promotion http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/mini-site-and-graphics-free-giveaway-promotion#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:01:31 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=132 It is amazing that there are often so many fellow marketers giving really quality products away for free. At MinisiteandGraphics we would also like to do our part and share these Giveaway’s with you to benefit from too.

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Until next time. Happy Marketing

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/mini-site-and-graphics-free-giveaway-promotion/feed 0 Minisite Design Is Easy With Minisite Video Tutorials http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/minisite-design-is-easy-with-minisite-video-tutorials http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/minisite-design-is-easy-with-minisite-video-tutorials#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:13:16 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=122 “I want somebody to show me how to design minisites and not tell me,” “I am tired of reading bunch of boring books and too many technical jargon.” If this is you then you need to read on because I have a very exciting solution at the end of this post. The Best Thing Is It’s FREE!

Truly, a picture is worth more than a thousand words. This aphorism couldn’t have been more true when it comes to minisite design skill . This is why and how minisite video tutorial is superior to reading books or listening to tapes on mini website design. Be ready to go through a steep and difficult learning curve without learning through minisite videos.

Narrated minisite videos bypass the natural inhibition of the rational mind and penetrate the subconscious mind where procreative powers, inventions, and productivity resides. This is because motion pictures as in minisite videos engage more senses (both audiovisual and tactile senses) and the more physical senses you engage, the more the video images stick to your deeper mind. This helps faster memory, retention, and recall of the materials presented in the minisite videos.

Also remember that pictures (motion pictures in the case of minisite videos) are much more direct, literal and honest language than words–whether written or spoken. Narrated videos have the power of shot-making. We remember 95% of what we say and do.

Another reason why minisite video is a more superior learning tool is proven by research scientists based on our primary connection to the world:

Approximately 65-75% of the population are visual learners. This applies to the majority.

Ten percent of the population are kinesthetic learners, feelers and touchers.

Another 10% of the population are auditory learners. In other words, they learn by ear.

Knowing how best you learn is critical to your minisite design skill acquisition. Going by the above statistics, minisite video learning combine all the three learning gateways. To be exact, minisite video learning increase interactive learning and improves retention and recall by 95% unlike reading or listening to tapes alone.

Majority of us are visual thinkers who must see and practice before the material can stick in our deeper mind where creativity, skill and decisions happen. This is how and why learning with minisite design videos is the best way to acquire web design skills.

Now for the exciting news! I have prepared a full set of videos called the “Webmaster Video Secrets” which comprises of around 15 videos to help you get started with getting your own business online and all the in’s and out’s about making your very own minisite. This package is absolutely Free to my readers

Just click, sign up and I will wizz the video series over to you as well as some fantastic graphics to get you started.

Here’s the link: Dave’s Webmaster Video Secrets

]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/minisite-design-is-easy-with-minisite-video-tutorials/feed 0 Yes You Can Make Money From Mini Sites http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/yes-you-can-make-money-from-mini-sites http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/yes-you-can-make-money-from-mini-sites#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:13:19 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=118 Among the many great ways to profit from the internet is to manage several mini sites. It is now no longer a secret that internet marketers don’t need to construct websites with hundreds of pages to make good profits. Small online sites are all you need in conjunction with efficient SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques.

Small Websites

There is no concrete definition of what a small website is. In a lot of cases though, a small site means having more or less ten to fifteen pages. Each of these pages would normally contain good, quality information about a product, service or topic. What net entrepreneurs do first is pick a topic and then generate content that revolves around it with each specific page focused on a very specific aspect of it.

After website design and content construction, monetization comes next. There are several choices when it comes to monetizing sites. The usual modes of generating income are through PPC ads, CPA ads and affiliate programs. The key to achieving excellent profits from these techniques is to attract readers with good content.

Diversifying Sites

You don’t need to immediately have a boatload of sites. You can start off with just one. When you discover the ins and outs of managing a mini site, you can start building more. To make sure you will always have a steady income stream, you should diversify.

Diversification is a must for every serious online marketer. You stand to have a more successful network of mini sites if they are grouped around a variety of topics. This is because some topics have low seasons. Auto insurance for example can have a natural drop in user interest in the summer. The same can be said for vacation destinations during school season. If you focus on both topics or a similar pair, you are guaranteed to have interested visitors regardless of the time of year.

Offsite SEO

You can’t expect to become instantly rich with just a couple of websites. There are a number of steps that you need to take to lure in a regular stream of visitors. One very important step to take is offsite SEO basics. This is one way to gather not just traffic to your mini site but the kind of traffic that is interested in what you have to offer.

Off Site optimization can be performed in several ways. One technique that is quickly gaining ground is article directory submission. This entails writing articles that have a bearing on your site topic or specific page topic. These articles are then sent to article directories for publication. With this technique, you will be able to build strong, quality links and entice internet users with sensible information.

Content Type

You won’t survive if monetization is your top priority. The best way to make sure that your mini sites will survive for years to come is to make sure that all the pieces of information that you provide online in behalf of your sites are fresh, useful and sensible. This way, you will ensure that you will always be in the good graces of internet users and search engine robots. A good way to preserve the quality of your online work is to settle for mini site topics that you like.

Yes, you can profit by maintaining a couple of pages online with an excellent SEO campaign. Just remember though that you have a moral responsibility to anyone that lands on your pages. Prioritize quality over your desire to make profits.

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/yes-you-can-make-money-from-mini-sites/feed 0 How To Save And Upload Your Mini Web Page To The Web http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-save-and-upload-your-mini-web-page-to-the-web http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-save-and-upload-your-mini-web-page-to-the-web#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:10:19 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=92 The last two posts have given you all the ammunition to create and edit your own mini web page. If you haven’t watched them you will need to do that in order to use this final part in the trilogy to get your mini site up and live onto the web

Your mini-site and graphics should now be ready for you to start your online marketing campaign and drive loads of prospects to your mini site and with a bit of action taking and vigilance start getting some sales really soon.

Here’s your video:

I would love to hear from you so leave a comment and let me know what else you may be struggling with on your websites

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-save-and-upload-your-mini-web-page-to-the-web/feed 0 How to Build A Mini Site Web Page – Part 2 http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-build-a-mini-site-web-page-%e2%80%93-part-2 http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-build-a-mini-site-web-page-%e2%80%93-part-2#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:43:26 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=84 First I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very HAPPY EASTER. I hope that you are all getting some quality family time just like me and kicking back for a few days without the stresses and strains of working life.

That said, I do hope that you have watched my video from the previous post and most of all started putting your new found minisite page building skills into action. Statistics prove that 70% of people don’t act on new info they have been given. I hope that you are one of the 30% that have made an effort to drive your online business forward.

After following “How to Build A Mini Site Web Page – Part 1″ you will now have the beginning stages all in place of a mini site template with some graphics and text which you know can be edited using the FREE editing software called Kompozer. In part 2, you will learn a bit more about editing and adding stuff to your web page with the end result being your own web page to upload upload onto the live big world wide web.

Please watch Part 2 below:

Might sound all a bit scary, but I’ve got you covered by putting this web page building video tutorial together in a really simple and easy to follow format which you can easily copy as  I show you the step by step formula to get a web page built in very little time and no cost. You will need a mini site and graphics that looks professional and gives your prospect the very best possible first impression and eventually lead them on to purchasing your product or service.

Check out this second video and please leave a comment to tell me if this helped you. If you are struggling with any other techie things online, please feel free to share these with me and I can help with these too.

Until then, keep going and make tons of money online.

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-build-a-mini-site-web-page-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed 0 How to Build A Mini Site Web Page – Part 1 http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-build-a-mini-site-web-page-part-1 http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-build-a-mini-site-web-page-part-1#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:53:54 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=69 I have spent the last week putting together a few videos on a subject that seems to come up in conversation a heck of a lot. That very subject is ” How Do I Build A Web Page?”.

Just the other day I was at a Platinum Group Mentorship meeting and some of the members came up to me and asked the very same question.

Lot’s of other mini site and graphics specialists will charge you a whole bunch of money to do these relatively easy tasks.

So, to make your life go a lot smoother, I whipped together a few short videos on how to do this.Video 1 is in this post with video 2 to follow.

How To Build A Web Page – Part One

As you know by now I’m a pretty straight talker and want you to know that although my video is quick and simple to follow, I would still recommend that if you’re not a techie person, to outsource niche mini site designing. What may take you days or even weeks, will probably only take me a few hours. I bet you would rather be spending that valuable time on marketing your product.

There is tons of stuff that I can teach you like how to change simple text in a header graphic video which at least gives you the advantage over someone that does not have access to the useful resource tools that I can give you.

Please leave me a comment on the value you got from the video and also if there are other mini site design issues you may have that i can help you with.

Reap all the rewards by taking action today.

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/how-to-build-a-mini-site-web-page-part-1/feed 5 Key Optimization Tips For Newly Built Mini Sites http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/key-optimization-tips-for-newly-built-mini-sites http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/key-optimization-tips-for-newly-built-mini-sites#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:52:29 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=63 Search engine optimization (SEO) is very essential if you want to successfully earn money online.

Because of the importance of SEO, many website owners spend a lot of money and effort improving their website ranking on search engines. This post outlines the key benefits of SEO to your website and to your online business’ success.

  • SEO helps to increase the ranking of your website on search engines. When your website ranks high on search engines, it means you get high volumes of traffic that is directed to your web site through the search engines. More traffic means more sales.
  • SEO helps you to save money on paid advertising. If your website is well optimized and receives large volumes of traffic through search engines, you get a large volume of traffic coming to your website through organic links on the search engines. This means that you do not have to spend money on other advertising tools such as Pay Per Click (PPC).
  • Optimizing your website for search engines and using your keywords and phrases in this process ensures that you get targeted visitors on your website. If you use all your keywords and phrases as part of your website content, it means that your website is visible on search engines for your relevant keywords. When people type your keywords on search engines, your website ranks high on search engines.
  • SEO helps you dominate your niche. If your website ranks high on all major search engines, and for all your keywords, you soon dominate the niche and become an expert in your niche or topic. This builds a good reputation for you, which further drives more traffic to your website.

With all these benefits of SEO, it is important that you start to optimize your website for search engines today!

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]]> http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/key-optimization-tips-for-newly-built-mini-sites/feed 3 4 Essential Traffic Tips For New Niche Mini Site Owners http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/4-essential-traffic-tips-for-new-niche-mini-site-owners http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/mini-site-and-graphics/4-essential-traffic-tips-for-new-niche-mini-site-owners#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:20:03 +0000 Dave and Mark http://minisiteandgraphics.com/blog/?p=49 So, you’ve got your niche product all set to go with mini site and graphics beautifully crafted to max your sales and live that life you have longed for since first dreaming about sunny beaches, voluptious women and bottomless exotic cocktails.

If you’re an experienced online marketer then getting targeted traffic to your mini site will be easier than slipping on a pair of your favorite slippers….Hold It!

If you are new to the whole concept of marketing niche mini sites online then you need to read the rest of this article carefully. Here are the key tips to making a difference between the success and failure of your internet marketing business:

  • Have unique content on your niche mini site. Search engine robots look at all niche websites on a regular basis looking for sites with fresh and new content. It is therefore important for you to have fresh and high quality content which will get your website quickly indexed by search engines.
  • Have all your keywords on your niche website. It is important that you have all the relevant keywords and phrases that relate to your topic on your web pages and any articles you post on your website. This will increase your website ranking on search engines which means that your website will rank high when people type keywords relating to your topic on search engines. You will therefore get many visitors coming to your site via the search engines. When people visit your website, the high quality content you have will make people spend more time on your site and ultimately buy some of the products or services you offer on your site.
  • New niche mini site means  you must submit it to search engines. Submitting your URL to the search engines is an important step towards getting more visitors because it means your website will be visible from search engines. Having your website URL on search engines means that when people look for information relating to your topic on these search engines, they will find your website.
  • Exchange some niche website links with websites that have a high popularity rank (PR). Exchanging links with popular and related websites is an effective way to drive traffic to your website, and improve the raking of your site. You will get some traffic coming to your website through other websites that you have linked to.

Please don’t dismiss these tips as “obvious” and make sure you include them in your marketing strategy to get bucket loads of traffic coming to your offer.

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