Monday, January 10, 2011

Internet marketing trends for 2011

In my previous articles on 'Internet Marketing Basics' I discussed the need for a basic understanding on the fundamentals of how money is actually made online, and the assistance finding a 'mentor' can provide. In this article I wish to focus on the importance of gaining the correct mindset for internet marketing and setting realistic goals via the assistance of a 'learning structure'. Confidence in attaining riches is definitely a concept which originates in the mind, and is a key attribute of the successful internet marketer. Planning and setting goals are vital with learning internet marketing online as there are so many distractions- which are in fact often examples of effective internet marketing.

Affiliate marketing is a marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about by the affiliate's own marketing efforts.
Affiliate marketing overlaps with other Internet marketing methods to some degree, because affiliates often use regular advertising methods. Those methods include organic search engine optimization, paid search engine marketing, e-mail marketing, and in some sense display advertising. On the other hand, affiliates sometimes use less orthodox techniques, such as publishing reviews of products or services offered by a partner.

Search Engine Optimization:Search engine optimization, the use of various techniques to improve a web site's ranking in the search engines and thus attract more visitors.

Social Media Optimization:Social media optimization ( is the methodization of social media activity with the intent of attracting unique visitors to website content. SMO is one of two online methods of website optimization; the other method is search engine optimization or SEO.