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Advertising posters have first become popular in the 1800s. The method of printing known as stone lithography was first developed for posters in this period. This printing method was an exciting form of art that brought out colors for people to see. Today, posters are available in all forms and sizes and are used for many different reasons.

At present, vintage posters are adorning the walls where fine arts used to hang. These posters, who have its roots in the later part of the 19th century, have been one of the most effective forms of vintage graphic design. They have been used in a wide range of fields from fashion and entertainment to advertising. Some people buy posters with a specific color scheme or subject matter but others look for the works of a particular artist. The price of a particular vintage poster will most likely depend on its condition, artist, and the image itself. Nonetheless, the size of the poster does not always determine the value of the poster; hence, the better the condition of the poster the higher its price.

People usually buy vintage posters for a number of reasons. Some buy them to use as decorations in their living rooms and others, especially business owners, buy them to display in their lobby or in conference rooms and showrooms. This way they can create an atmosphere pleasing to their customers and employees. Restaurants and hotels also use them to improve the atmosphere in their businesses.

There are several online stores today that sell original vintage posters. By original it is meant that if a poster reads 1920 it must have been printed in 1920. For a buyer, it is difficult though to determine whether the posters are really authentic original posters. The only thing you can do to be certain that you are indeed getting original prints is to buy from reputable and knowledgeable dealers.

As the first modern advertising medium, posters that have survived the years have proven to be striking decorations or advertising tool that is aimed at delivering a punch to passers-by. Be wary though for forgeries. Remember that as opposed to lithographic prints, forgeries can be revealed through careful inspection.

Thus, is you seek authentic original vintage posters always deal with vendors that you are familiar with. Keep in mind that vintage posters could be a wise investment and good collector’s items, so make the right choices and deal with the right people.

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An autoresponder service can be used on your website to capture emails and build a mailing list. This is a hugely important step to take, because it will insure your business’ long term survival and prosperity.
Just think, if your website has 200 visitors a day, and only %20 of them join your autoresponder. In one year, you will have an email list of 14,600 people that you can email with new offers and product endorsements! so this is defiantly worth doing.
Now, there is a difference between an autoresponder software ,and an autoresponder service. Au autoreponder software is one you install on your own server. An autoresponder service, is an outsourced solution - letting a specialized company do it for you. Let’s take a look at this option more closely:

1. You’ll never have to install anything on your server. Everything is done for you and you don’t install anything. This is good news to all you technically-challenged folks, as well as people that are new to the Internet.

2. No one time big expanse. Auto responder services offer their service at a monthly fee.

3. Email deliverability is very high - almost %100 - the people at this companies do this for a living and they know how to get past spam filters.

4. You can set up as many lists as you want, and move people automatically from one list to the other. For example, you can move people who make a purchase from your prospects list to your customers list.

On the other hand, using An autoresponder service has some downsides:

1. You share an IP with other people who use the service. If one of these people sends out Spam, your IP could be blocked and you will suffer email deliverability problems. In that case, just contact the admin at your service. They will know what to do.

2. If the company the hosts your list goes bankrupt, your list might go with it. That’s why it’s important to choose a well established, reputable company. It’s also a good idea to backup your information.

3. Costs are a bit higher long term speaking, as a monthly fee is usually charged with theses services.

Choosing an auto responder that suits your needs a very important step in building your websitesw future. Please do not skip this.

Want to know more about how to use a great autoresponder service? Dean Taylor has the answers for you at http://www.followup-autoresponder-101.com.

Email Marketing Campaigns

If I Told You the TOP Professionals Jumped off a Bridge, Would You Jump?

Email marketing campaigns can be very profitable if done right. However, with the advent of spam filters and the amount of email advertising received by people each day, email advertisement has become more of a challenge. There is still one avenue for email advertisement that seems to be stable and seems to provide sellers with good numbers of return visitors.

On your website, you should always have an opt-in form.
Your visitors should have the option to sign up for your newsletter, new product information, eCourses, articles, etc.

Send emails to these visitors every week or two and include information on these updates to keep these visitors coming back to your site. Sending mass emails to random people throughout the internet is not beneficial to anyone involved, but sending emails to your customers is very important for good
customer service. It’s very easy to determine what is over the line. By now, we have heard about jail sentences for spammers.

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Aweber is a service that provides an email marketing service that you can run on autopilot. Big name marketers use this service to generate tons of leads and sales. You set up the autoresponder system one time, and emails are sent to your customers on a regular basis. Aweber says that a visitor to your site usually sees a product or service FIVE times before committing to a sale. By sending email reminders about your products and services, you can get visitors to return to your site to browse and buy!

Kit Elliott is the author of The Traffic Toolchest. His ethical approach to marketing makes him one of the top experts in his field. Check out The Traffic Toolchest at http://www.thetraffictoolchest.com to get over 70 valuable marketing tools for free.

I love the Internet! Information about any topic that
piques my curiosity is just a few clicks away. Ezines on
almost any topic are available to all.

Yes, I have to admit it — I Am An Info Junkie. It has
become an addiction. I subscribe to dozens of ezines and my
browser’s bookmark list is huge.

Today, I fired thirteen ezine publishers.

It was hard. I didn’t want to let go of those threads to
information sources, but they all made the same mistake.

Maybe you were one of the thirteen.

Maybe it wasn’t just a mistake. It is more like a cardinal
sin on just plain ignorance.

Your ezine/newsletter didn’t contain any news.

There was not a sentence of content in it. You and the
other twelve publishers have not provided a lick of content
for weeks or even months. I have been hoping that “maybe
the next issue will be the one…”

That next issue that contained the content I was hungry
for never came. Yes, your ezine was always there right on
time. Yes, I even received your bonus editions.

You flooded my RSS reader and my email box with ads.

I realize that we are all in the business of trying to
make a buck or two and I can accept a couple of ads if I
get my info fix. Ads support your ability to provide
content and we info junkies of the world can tolerate that.

Your cardinal sin was to send ads to me without content.

That, my friend, is spam. That is why I clicked on the
“unsubscribe me” link and fired you.

Anyone who has been in the Internet Marketing business for
more than five minutes has memorized this mantra:

THE MONEY IS IN THE LIST

(I could go off on a tangent about ebook authors who hired
copywriters to provide wonderful sales copy for horrible
ebooks that I have bought, but that is a rant for a
different day.)

Back to this rant.

If you want the privilege of feeding ads to my RSS reader
or dropping them in my email box, please have the decency
to feed my addiction - I get real cranky if you make me go
into withdrawal.

Wrap your ad in some decent content!

Consider this - if you have no list, you’ll have no money.

Do you wonder why your ezine has such a low response?

Is it even being read?

Here’s another info junkie confession -

A lot of us are lazy! (I know … that is an earth-
shattering fact you never thought of … LOL)

It is much easier to click on “delete” than it is to
search the fine print for the unsubscribe instructions.
Lots of us have those cool email clients like Thunderbird
that let us click a “Junk” icon and never be bothered by
your spammy ads again.

It is sad.

A world full of info junkies that like to buy good stuff
from the ‘net and a world full of Internet marketers that
want to sell stuff - it looks like a match made in heaven.

You blew it. You and twelve of your colleagues.

You lost your focus. You forgot that the info junkies of
the world provide your Internet income. We are your
customers. Without us, where would you be?

Just give us our fix. Put some content in your ezines and
we’ll stay on your list buying more than we can rationally
afford forever.

@2005, John Gilger

John Gilger is a professional copywriter and technical
writer that has been paid to indulge his writing habit for
more years than he cares to admit. More info is available
at John Gilger, Freelance
Wordsmith

You Do Not Need To Be An Internet Marketing Guru

Just follow seven, (not so easy) steps to success.

1. emal campaigns:(followup, autoresponders, etc.) advertising copy (ad title and content). Be sure your campaign has an
eye catching title accompanied by well thoughtout meaningful content. Then follow up your campaign using autoresponders.

2. ad tracking: Without knowing the response rate to your
campaign, your “shooting in the dark”. This is probably the most important part of successful advertising and marketing.
It may take several attempts to “tweak” your ads for just
the right combination of title and content.

3. search engine placement (appropriate keywords with high ranking KEI value. (10 or more, the higher the better). Use
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
to find the right KEYWORDS relavant to your website.

4. Join forums and Groups: Ask questions and contribute your knowledge. (This will allow you to place your site URL in your signature line, which in turn creates an inbound link for you,
(important for search engine placement)

Forums, Blogs, and Groups provide an excellent source for
FREE advertising. Forum members share their experience with other members. This is not idle chat. Provide the forum with some quality input regarding your various experiences and opportunities. Watch for the feedback. Guess what? You can include your site’s URL in your signature line. This is a great
free advertising.

5. Traffic Exhanges, and Link Exchanges. Many link exchanges are free. Go to http://www.best-web-directories.com/ for a complete listing of link exchanges.

6. Publish Articles, ie., “How to bake the best cookies” or “How to repair a hole in the wall”. Just make sure you have your opportunity link included. Then submit those articles to Search Engines. This will lend credibility to your site.

7. Be prepared to invest capital, money. If you think you can earn money without investing money, you’re dreaming.

Those “free” memberships are your “test period” to see first hand what the program offers, does it fit your need, will it produce leads, money, traffic, etc., if so invest. Here’s a warning though, stay within a budget. The quickest way to go broke is by being a PAID JOINER.

Make sure this program is what you need, you understand how it works, and you can utilize it within the skill level you have. If you are a “newbie, state of the art training is a priority. Find a program that provides FREQUENT state of the art training.

Does this work?

You bet!

When I launched my website on February 2005, I started with
600 hits. Now I am enjoying 3500 hits PER DAY, an astonishing improvement. That means my site is tracking One Million hits
on a year to year basis.

Babe Ruth gives us another clue. Babe hit an amazing number of home runs. His record of home runs was incredible, but, his record of striking out still stands undefeated. Therein lies another insight. Success is doing until you find what works. Failure is the by product of successful people.

I hope I offered you some helpful information. As I said in the beginning, it is not necessary to be an Internet Marketing Guru to have success on the Internet.

Happy Marketing, your online friend,

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in any major Search Engine.

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Make it a habit to always ask new clients for their email address and include a space for email addresses on all your contact forms and sign up sheets.

If a customer feels uncomfortable giving you their email address, remind them that it saves trees and keeps your costs down. Tell them you have a strict privacy policy and under no circumstances will you share their email address or abuse the privilege. Be adamant without being obnoxious.

Staying in touch consistently with customers and prospects is a lot easier these days with email. Good email practices can be a strong asset for businesses because of the low cost and ease of use.

A recent study from eMarketer reported that 67% of U.S. consumers said they liked companies who, in their opinion, did a good job with permission email marketing.

And even though some people are still reluctant to completely embrace this type of communicating due to SPAM and abuse concerns, the benefits far outway the negatives. It’s time that every business recognize that getting an email address from a customer is not an option! Email is now recognized as the number one preferred method of communication by consumers and businesses alike. By using best practices permission-based emailing as the primary method of correspondence,

Your customers can

Your business can

You are doing your customers, your pocketbook, and your environment a big service by transitioning from old-style paper correspondence to the newer, more energy-efficient email alternative.

Diana D’Itri is the Co-Owner of Ravebiz. An Internet technology company with a suite of online marketing tools to help small and mid-sized businesses get more sales through b2b cross promotions and consumer referral lead generation.
To find out more about Rave Technology and receive your free download “31 tips for Boosting Referral Business” go to http://www.ravebiz.com or email Diana at diana@ravebiz.com

Question: I have a sign-up box on my web site to collect names for my marketing list, but I am hardly getting anyone joining my list! I already get lots of traffic, but what can I do to get more sign-ups?

Answer: You’re right to be worried. After all, if these first-time visitors leave without joining your list, chances are you’ll never see them again, and all the time — and money — you spent attracting them to your site will go down the drain.

But I’m getting a sense of where the problem may lie from the way you phrase your question: Why would any of your visitors want to join a “marketing list”?

People value their privacy — and their information — so you have to offer them something compelling in return. A regular newsletter, aimed at their interests, for instance, or a free eBook on a subject they’ve told you they’re interested in.

However, let’s assume you are already offering something valuable in exchange for their e-mail addresses. If you’re still not getting many sign-ups, it’s likely your pitch that needs polishing.

To convert more of your visitors to subscribers, you’re going to need to write a really compelling subscription offer. I’m still astounded when I see a web site with an opt-in box that says “Subscribe to our Free Newsletter.”

What am I subscribing to? Why should I subscribe to it? How often will I get it? Who is it coming from?

Without answers to at least a couple of these questions, there’s no way people are going to sign up. So how do you convince them that your newsletter is worth signing up for? You have to promote it!

Say your web site sells football memorabilia. Here’s an example of some copy that’s guaranteed to get a great opt-in response:

The End Zone is a weekly NFL newsletter that’s absolutely jam-packed with all the week’s hottest news, stats, and stories. Interviews with your favorite players, the inside scoop on next week’s games, PLUS a chance to win an autographed jersey from the team of your choice. Click here to Subscribe Now!

That’s a little more compelling than “Subscribe Now,” isn’t it? And the best part is that it takes just minutes to pump up the copy!

Here are some more sure-fire ways to boost your opt-in rate:

Tip 1: Include a small link to your privacy policy when you’re asking visitors for information. This lets people know that you are committed to protecting their privacy and makes them feel safe leaving their e-mail address with you. It’s a small thing, but every little bit helps.

Tip 2: Sell the benefits, not the features. If you said “Download our FREE eBook, written by a state-certified housing inspector,” you’d be advertising a feature. You’d be telling your visitors a fact about your free newsletter.

Here’s how it reads if we decide to emphasize benefits instead:

Certified Housing Inspector John Smith reveals the 10 things you MUST look for when buying a home — to avoid costly repairs down the road! Click here to read this FREE eBook!

That’s a pretty dramatic difference, isn’t it? You’ve hooked your visitors by letting them know how they will benefit by signing up for your offer. In this case, you’ve promised to help them avoid costly home repairs.

Tip 3: You’ve got to give your offer prime real-estate if you want to draw in subscribers.

So what’s the best location? If your homepage contains a long sales letter, you’ll want to put the opt-in box somewhere around the second page. You should have grabbed your visitors’ attention by then and shown them that your site has some valuable information.

If your homepage doesn’t have a long sales letter, you’ll want to place your opt-in box “above the fold” (i.e. the first section of your web site that is visible to a visitor without scrolling). People’s eyes are generally drawn to the top left-hand part of a page first, so the top or left is a good place to put your opt-in box.

Here’s a powerful third option to double your daily newsletter subscriptions! Set up a pop-up window that prompts your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter right when they enter your web site.

Remember: This is not a question of where your opt-in form looks best. It’s all about where it works best, so I would encourage you to test a few different locations. Whichever pulls the most opt-ins is the best place for your offer.

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Last year while researching a book on memorable speeches and essays, I stumbled across an ageless writing technique that continues to captivate readers.

Advice articles first appeared several hundred years ago. Some were submitted to papers and magazines anonymously. The question-and-answer format probably appeared a little bit later.

While opinion articles have been around for years, few develop the loyalty and following of advice columns.

Test this for yourself by gathering newspapers and magazines from the last several decades. My guess is: you’ll find the old question/answer columns still ageless and vibrant.

Advice features generate return readers. Why? Maybe it’s because people love to share problems and possible solutions.

Want to start your own “advice” column? Here are three simple ways to begin:

1. Survey your readership for the two or three industry issues perpetually discussed.

2. Find out all you can about those issues.

3. Prompt questions from readers about those issues, and answer them regularly in a column.

Current popular syndicated features, for instance, offer advice on personal relationships, do-it-yourself projects, and travel.

In a professional or trade magazine, your question/answer feature might cover the history of your profession, provide an open forum where readers share information, or follow a how-to format. That’s your decision.

Personal note: Lots of times I get questions whose answers I don’t know. That’s when I ask the advice of an expert in that field, and ask for his/her permission to include their response and name in the answer. If I don’t know the answer, I tell the questioner I simply don’t know.

Bottom line: If you want to connect better your readers, you must also give them the opportunity to reach you.

Rix Quinn wrote the new book Words That Stick, which offers lots of writing tips for professionals who hate to write. The book’s available at your local bookstore, or http://www.tenspeed.com/catalog/all/item.php3?id=1661

Rix can be contacted directly at 817-920-7999.

Sometime in the fall of 2005, a British lad by the name of Alex Tew sailed into a perfect storm. As the web world watched, his “Million Dollar Home Page” quickly lived up to its audacious title and left its mark on internet history. Armed with uncanny marketing instincts and a good dose of luck, Alex took his novel idea, added a personal back-story, and sold a million dollar’s worth of advertising in a matter of months.

Understandably, countless copy cats have gone online, but success has proven difficult to duplicate. A quick survey of these so-called “pixel-ad” brings up a large number of woefully blank screens. The uniqueness of Tew’s website was what drew the crowds and justified the value of his site. The second generation of pixel pages is struggling to create the same excitement.

One problem is that the concept for the Million Dollar Home Page is so simple that there is little room for technical improvement. Not that people are not trying. For example, website http://www.izoomzoom.com touts the ability to display a thumbnail image of the target URL as the mouse cursor rolls over a pixel ad. This feature is interesting, but it is unclear whether the thumbnail images will encourage or discourage viewers to click-through to the advertised site.

Another site with a twist is http://www.millionpixelsart.com. Instead of the standard rectangular billboard, the pixel blocks are arranged in different shapes (including a beer mug and dice). Again, the idea is interesting, but the lack of sold blocks should serve as a warning to others that success will require true ingenuity.

One of the more successful pixel-ad sites can be found at http://www.pixmeup.com. This website takes a multi-level marketing approach to pixel selling, innovating the business model rather than the format. PixMeUp currently features several densely populated pixel pages, proof of its ability to find customers.

Just as the general stores of the American West profited from the California Goldrush, it may be the suppliers of the prospective pixel sellers that are reaping the greatest rewards. Domain registrars and domain hosts are also profiting from the uptick in websites coming on line. Tool developers are cropping up left and right, offering would-be millionaires the picks and shovels needed to stake their claims. Other sites exist for the purpose of providing news and links related to the pixel-ad phenomenon.

The pixel-ad market appears to be saturating, as evidenced by the going rate for these tiny squares of advertisement. How far has the market fallen? I found one answer on a humorous site http://www.ihatethemilliondollarhomepage.com. Its author nicely captures the jealousy and dejection felt by entrepreneurs who have failed to come close to the success of the MillionDollarHomePage. And, to spite Alex Tew, these pixels are being given away free of charge!

In time, the pixel-ad concept will continue to evolve. A mere months after Alex Tew’s financial trajectory shot through the stratosphere, creative descendents of the original concept are already heading off in new directions. Affiliation pixel-ad sites, such as http://www.christianmilliondollarhomepage.com/, cater to specific causes or audiences. The pixel-selling concept takes a creative turn at http://www.WorldWideArtStudio.com, where artists can participate in the creation of art by buying the right to control portions of a “digital canvas.” Furthermore, WorldWideArtStudio.com turns its back on the marketing roots of pixel selling by prohibiting the display of advertisements in its artwork.

With recent Internet news coverage centering on large companies like Google and AOL, I had forgotten how easy it can be for the individual to leverage the power of this global communications network. Thank you, Alex Tew, for rekindling the flame of youthful innovation that was once the dominant force on the web. I confess I’ve got one or two million-dollar ideas bumping around my brain at this very moment…how about you?

Gary U is envious of Alex Tew and frets that the BillionDollarHomePage domain has already been taken.

Inexpensive online press releases are a wonderful vehicle for getting your message out to the marketplace. They create visibility, enhance credibility and live on forever. What’s more, implementing a sustained campaign of online and printed press releases is an economical means of driving qualified traffic to your Website. In short, press releases are one of the best sales tools a small business can embrace.

Using inexpensive services like PRWeb to distribute a press release online is an excellent means of capturing widespread coverage for a product announcement, big sales win or an upcoming event. PRWeb even offers a free press release process! Other online press release agencies include 24-7 Press release, WebWire, XpressPress and Send2Press. All provide a variety of services, from simply distributing your press release online to utilizing their inhouse expertise. Some can even help you develop professional podcasts.

For small businesses, online press release solutions are a “do it yourself” inexpensive alternative to PR firms. Typically, these services offer free tutorials to help you create your release, along with sample formats and templates. Anyone with some writing skills can send out a professional-looking press release. And if you still have some trepidation, employ the service’s optional expertise to help you create or edit your release.

The beauty of online press releases is that you can embed links which drive interested traffic back to your Website! And online press releases float around the Internet forever. Getting picked up by press sites, newspapers, magazines and email newsletters, they provide a plethora of one-way links to your site and thus also drive up your search engine ranking.

Don’t just send out your press releases online. Local newspapers and industry periodicals are always eager to get “filler’ materials. If you email or fax your press release to them with a cover letter, they will likely print it. Include an electronic photo if you like. Be sure your Website URL is spelled out somewhere in the release.

For best results in getting your release placed in printed publications, edit it to fit the target section (e.g., “New Products”), then look up the relevant editor and contact him (her) directly. You can also directly access an industry publication’s editorial schedule online to ascertain the focus of each issue and time your release with a relevant issue for added mileage.

Don’t forget to set up a “News” section on your website to archive your press releases. This let’s visitors catch up on your company activities. It also builds company credibility. And if you create an RSS feed for your press release section, you will see even more traffic traveling to your site.

So, one simple document gets a lot of attention. Try accomplishing one online press release monthly with embedded links. Develop contacts with local newspapers and relevant industry publications for printed placement too. You will be surprised at the jump in your Website traffic. And these are people who, having read your release, are already interested in what you offer.

Press releases - they are a cheap way to boost your Website traffic, enhance your industry image and generate qualified sales leads. You gotta love them!

About the Author

Al Kernek is a marketing consultant and the author of Put Your Business Online, a step-by-step guide written for entrepreneurs and small businesses that explains how to successfully create and promote a low-cost Website. You can learn more about Internet marketing and affordable consulting at his Website, http://www.smallbizsmartmarketing.com