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IN THIS ISSUE:


1. HeadLine Article - Reciprocal links - Who/How to target

2. Editorial - by Debbie Solomon

3. Grins and Giggles 

4. COOL Biz Site - ECommerce-Guide.com

5. E-Zine Advertising Details

6. HOT Biz Tip - Don't Lose Your Download

7. "TOP Pick" Classified Ads

8. MarketingTrendz Directory

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1.)  HEADLINE ARTICLE
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Reciprocal links - Who / How to target
By David Callan

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Reciprocal linking is one of the most effective ways of driving
targeted mass numbers of people to your website, however in order to be successful you have to carefully target and choose the sites you want to link with.

What you need to be doing is focusing on linking to similar
high-traffic, quality sites, which will interest you visitors and
which complement you site, not compete with it. Sending visitors
to a competing site with a similar product is a big mistake
because chances are they'll buy their product.

Try not to down-link, which is what I call it when a site links
with a site with far less traffic than it. Always aim to up-link
with a few high traffic sites, rather than a bunch of low traffic
sites. The results are much better.

My favorite and first thing to do when looking for sites to
target is to try to take traffic away from my competition, I do
this by visiting altavista.com or any other engine which will
tell me which sites link to which.

Say for example you knew your competition was WWW.XZY.COM, you would go to altavista and type in link:competition.com (leaving out the http://www. part). So to follow the above format you would type in link:xyz.com and do the search, altavista would return all the sites in its database that link to www.xyz.com. These are the first few sites you want to link to because you know they are sending traffic (and business) to your competition and you want a piece of action too. Chances are if these sites link to your competitor they will link to you too.

Depending on the industry of your business and your competitor,
he or she could have hundreds of links, so be prepared to be held
up for quite some time. However it's well worth it because you
are effectively taking visitors away from your competitors site
by having you link wherever their link is.

The next way you can target sites to link with is by visiting one
of the major search sites, either Yahoo.com or Google.com. The
advantage these two sites have over other search sites when it
comes to targeting links is that usually results from these are
of a very high standard. In Yahoo.com's case it's because all
sites are reviewed by a human editor, and in google.com's case
it's because they use link popularity as one of the main factors
of relevancy when returning results from a search, meaning only
good quality sites are returned.

So you're on either google.com or Yahoo.com. Now enter keywords and keyphrases which relate to the theme of your website. Remember, you don't want to link to competitive sites so try not to be too specific on your search terms. For example if I was doing this I wouldn't enter 'Internet marketing articles' because chances are most results would be competitive sites, I would enter in 'Internet marketing' because it's a wide area but still one which is related to my website theme and not necessarily competing with me. The sites that show up for these results are prime targets. Ask for links with these guys, and next you can target the guys who have links to them. 
The possibilities are endless.

Article by David Callan - admin@akamarketing.com
David is the webmaster of http://www.akamarketing.com.
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3.) GRINS -N- GIGGLES
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STOCK MARKET DEFINITIONS
 
STOCK: A magical piece of paper that is worth $33.75
until the moment you buy it. It will then be worth $8.50.
 
BOND: What you had with your spouse until you pawned
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BULL: What your broker uses to explain why your mutual
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MARGIN: Where you scribble the latest quotes when you're
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COMMISSION: The only reliable way to make money on the stock market, which is why your broker charges you one.


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6.) HOT BIZ TIP
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Don't Lose Your Download

One of the commonest emails received by our Support people
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Hey, it happens to everyone - especially when you're new to
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So what do you do when you can't find the file you just
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Use the Find Files feature built into your computer.


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been taking with that new digital camera.

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I downloaded your free e-book, and can't find it on my
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DISCLAIMER-

THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
The information contained in this document represents the current view of MarketingTrendz on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because MarketingTrendz must respond to change in market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of MarketingTrendz and MarketingTrendz cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of 
publication. Information provided in this document is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from infringement. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and the use of this document.

All opinions and viewpoints in each editorial of The OnLine Exchange Ezine is expressed solely by
the editor and writer, Debbie Solomon. The opinions set forth by the editor is not necessarily an interpretation of viewpoints made by the company.

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