Secrets To Their Success

I just interviewed two online marketers whose businesses DWARF mine.

(And one of them is running a business I'd never advise people to start in a million years -- an online bookstore! With heavy-hitting competitors like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, who'd want to get into that market?)

These guys are both running businesses that started out small -- and now they're making $25,000,000 - $170,000,000 in annual sales!

So today -- in order to inspire you and keep you working toward your own online business goals -- I want to share some of the key strategies they've used to achieve their phenomenal success.

You can't NOT learn from successful marketers like these guys. After all, they've got the results to prove their strategies really work.

NOTE: These two businesses were recently featured in our our "experts tell all" online magazine, "Secrets To Their Success."
If you'd like to read their complete interviews, you can sign up for your own "Secrets To Their Success" membership by visiting:

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I hope their stories inspire you!

SUCCESS STORY #1: AbeBooks.com -- $170 million in sales in 2006!

Abe's Books started out as a small used bookshop in Victoria, Canada. When the original shopkeeper started complaining about how much time she had to spend tracking down rare or hard-to-find books for her customers, her "techie" husband suggested using the Internet.

Talk about a good idea. Just 10 years after going online, CEO Hannes Blum reports that AbeBooks.com is now selling $170 million worth of books a year!

Here's a rundown of some of the strategies the company has used to achieve its incredible success:
List segmentation: This company puts a lot of effort into splitting their customers and subscribers into different niche groups, and then presenting those groups with targeted promotional offers that speak directly to their needs.

Hannes says, "It's much more effective to contact our customers this way than with 'broad strokes.'"


Targeted newsletters: AbeBooks.com offers newsletters on a wide range of topics, so that people can get free information on their specific interests.

"We have specialist e-newsletters dedicated to textbooks, rare book collecting and niche genres like science fiction and fantasy," Hannes says.


Search engine optimization: "All of our sites are designed to bring in natural traffic when people are searching for authors and books," he says.

"Search engines are the roads people travel along when using the Internet to get places. If you're not putting out signs to capture their attention, they'll never find their way to you!"


Pay-per-click campaigns: Hannes says his company uses all the major pay-per-click programs -- Google, MSN, and Yahoo.

"Books encompass a massive variety of subjects, so we bid on a variety of keywords: titles, author names, genre names," he says. "You definitely have to know how your audience is trying to find you to use these programs effectively."
SUCCESS STORY #2: ToolKing.com -- $25 million in sales in 2006

Don Cohen's first online selling experience was on eBay. He and his 14-year-old son decided to list two items for $4.00 -- and they didn't even sell!

But Don didn't let that stop him. He recognized the profit potential of the Internet and took his retail tool shop online.

Turns out it was a great move. Don's site, ToolKing.com is now selling $25 million worth of tools every year!

Here are some of the top strategies Don has used to achieve his success:
Social networking: Don has built an online community site to support his sales site. People can go there to read free product reviews and recommendations, as well as industry information that's difficult to find anywhere else.

"They can come and get involved in various forums and workshops, set up blogs, connect with our staff, and access a ton of free information and product reviews on the tools and tool brands we sell," he says.

"The more value we can offer our visitors and customers, the more likely they are to return to our sites again and again, and give us the chance to market our products to them. And that's what we want!"


Search engine optimization: "Relevant content and relevant links are both very positive in terms of search engine optimization, and we're really providing them with both things on a consistent basis," Don says.

"You want to keep the spiders combing through your sites on a daily basis to see what's there. You want to know where people head once they've been there -- and how they got there in the first place!"


Dedication to customer satisfaction: "The bigger you get, the easier it is to forget that your customers are the bottom line -- not just your profits -- and that you need to satisfy THEM in the end, if you want to grow," Don says.

"We aim to provide the best product at the best price without sacrificing customer satisfaction, or putting a dent that all-important customer relationship."
... Of course, if you're just getting started, the idea of building a business that makes $25 million -- or $170 million! -- probably seems a bit ambitious.

But no matter what your goals -- whether you just want to make a comfortable $5,000-$6,000 income, or you want to drive around town in a brand-new Ferrari (because your Maserati's in the garage) -- the best way to achieve success is to model the strategies of people who are ALREADY running successful online businesses.

And that's why it's so great to learn about the strategies that successful marketers like Hannes and Don have used to achieve their incredible success!

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While article submission isn't anything shockingly new to the world of SEO, many people STILL don't do it... and for good reason. It takes so incredibly long to do manually.

I'll admit, I had tried article submission at one point, but after I finally found a few article dircetories to submit my articles to, and then after manually copying and pasting my information into the required textboxes on each submission site, I quickly realized that my time could be better spent doing something else.

Then I came across a free program created by Brad Callen and Bryxen Software, Inc. that allows you to automatically submit your articles to hundreds of article directories with a few mouse clicks. Basically all I had to do was input my article criteria into the software, ONCE! Then, the program would automatically fill in all of the required data at each of the submission websites. Pretty incredible if you ask me.

The only part I didn't understand was why the program is free... but I can't argue with that I suppose.

The software currently contains around 700 article directories, all free to submit your articles to. It is the most straightforward program that we've come across, in that all you need to do is:

1. Input your article details (i.e. title, article body, bio, etc.) into the software

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And then the program will automatically fill in your article details. Then, you simply click the submit button and your article is instantly submitted to the directory. Then, you can move to the next directory, go through the list, and by the time you're finished you'll have roughly 700 one way links pointing to your website.

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Editorial: "But the other gurus told me to not worry about Google!"

Recently I've been hearing about a handful of Internet marketing "gurus" who seem to be intentionally misleading people. They're saying you DON'T need to worry about getting good rankings in Google, Yahoo! and MSN.


That's news to me!


Apparently, these gurus are telling people to focus only on traffic strategies like pay-per-click search engines, free content, blogging, and viral videos. They're saying not to worry about organic search marketing because it's a waste of time.


Now all those other strategies are valuable sources of traffic... but they don't hold a candle to the free search engines!


I'm going to be blunt, and I'm sure I'll ruffle some feathers when I say this -- but the fact is, anyone who says that Google, Yahoo! and MSN are a waste of time doesn't know how to get good rankings for their own sites!


But instead of admitting they don't know how to market their own businesses in the search engines, they'd rather lie to their students and say it's not important. And that is doing a HUGE disservice to their students and damaging their chances of success.


I'll be the first to admit: getting top search engine rankings is not an overnight job. But it's not what I'd call exceptionally difficult.


With the right information -- and a systematic approach to building a solid SEO campaign that gives the search engines what they're looking for -- you will get good rankings eventually.


The more competitive your market, the longer this can take... but persistence will pay off.


Does the benefit justify the effort? Well, in my humble opinion... absolutely.


Research has shown that a listing in the organic search engines will get 3 times as many click-throughs as the equivalent pay-per-click listing. AND, it'll have a 17% higher sales conversion! Those numbers sound good to me :-)


Search engine marketing isn't rocket science. It's a process. If you follow that process and stay on top of the latest tips and tricks you'll definitely see a profit.


If you have no idea what the process is and what YOU need to do to get a top ranking for your site, learn more at:


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These comprehensive videos walk you through all the steps you need to take to get your site listed at the top of the search engines in the shortest time possible.


Happy Search Marketing!