As autumn and cold crawl their way into Canada and the sun sets before 4 p.m., this darkness and quietness bring along a time of reflection for all of us. The assessment I want to share with you is about internet marketing. Although my list of things to do seams never-ending, I am very happy to realize all I have accomplished in less than a year ( over 40 active web sites, a hypnosis for childbirth program that already got international recognition, over 100 published articles on the net, etc)

I have been in internet marketing for a little less than a year and I have attended ten internet marketing seminars in 2006. I am the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things. I want to share my findings with people who are starting, thinking of starting or even stalling in the internet marketing business.

The ten biggest pieces of wisdom I want to share with you about internet marketing I have learned are:

1)The price of Internet Marketing products is highly exaggerated. Many marketers are comfortable taking hundreds of dollars for useless e-books or software. They are able to overcharge such big money for two main reasons: their customers believe their well-written sales letter promising them to become a millionaire by working only two hours per day. The second reason is that since other people have raised the bar before them, they feel comfortable with overcharging for their products.

I encourage everyone who is about to purchase any internet marketing product to take a deep breath, back up and do an internet search. Most probably, the product or its equivalent is already available for a fraction of the price on the internet.

My opinion is that no e-book is worth that much unless it provides me with the code of the safe at the bank for this internet marketer.

2)In the internet marketing business there are dreamers and there are doers. I have repeatedly met some people at internet marketing seminars who have not taken action and just keep buying the next product promising them a fast an effortless income. My experience is that it takes work (but then again I don’t see it as work as I enjoy it very much) at least in the beginning to secure a decent income in the internet marketing business.

3)Many internet marketers made their fortunes by selling products to people who want to make a fortune in the internet marketing business. Willie Crawford draws the parallel that the people who got the richest during the gold rush were the ones selling shovels and sticks to the gold diggers.

Anyone interested in internet marketing has to ask themselves if they have just been enriching the people selling them promises to make millions in the internet business.

4)There are basically three categories of internet marketers out there: the ones who just want your money, the ones who give you a good deal for your money and the ones that genuinely care about helping you making good money by sharing their efficient tactics.

I will, of course, not name any names here and I think that deep deep down people know what kind of marketers they are. I can tell you that upon trying to do a mental list of the genuine, caring ones, I had enough of my ten fingers to do the complete list.

5)The real successful internet marketers are often not on stage at seminars. I have met some very successful and knowledgeable people by talking to the person sitting next to me at seminars. I highly recommend you get to know the attendees at any given seminar; you will be surprised to sometimes find out that they know more than the speaker upfront and wiling to share everything with you…for free.

6)A masterminding group is a great resource to learn and share tricks and tips about internet marketing. The rule is to be part of a group that is about (or even better, a little above) your level of knowledge and accomplishments in internet marketing.

7)Action is power. Whatever piece of gold nugget you learn is useless if you do not take action on it. Many people are eternal course takers but have yet to get their first web site up. Even the best intended internet marketer will not make a penny if he doesn’t get his product out there. I have heard numerous times the advice to put out your product and fix the fine details later. It has been a little challenging for a perfectionist like me but, honestly, it works great. Often, customer comments allow me to go back and improve my product in ways that I would have never thought of.

8)Internet marketing is a number’s game. If you put all your eggs in one basket, you might rise very fast very high and then tumble down as fast. Diversity is the foundation for a solid business.

9)There will always be new things to learn. One cannot stay in their basement and hope that the world will not change. The internet marketing world is one that changes at the speed of light and one has to keep informed of the new trends and developments.

10)The Internet is here to stay. Internet has been growing at an astonishing rate and those who got in the game will be ahead of the pack in this exciting and powerful window to the world. The possibilities are infinite.

In ‘Article Marketing – 5 Winning Tips You Cannot Miss!’, my previous article, I promised to reveal more winning tips to increase your sales and traffic using article marketing. If you want to know why you should market with articles, please read the mentioned article. Otherwise, these are the few reasons why every online marketer and author should seize this powerful technique. Article marketing is absolutely free, for more details visit to www.newbies-copywriting.com drives laser-targeted traffic to your websites, pre-sells and warms up your audience and makes them ready to pull out their credit cards and buy your products or services. Are you ready for more gold article marketing tips?

Article Marketing Tip 1 – Post at Discussion Boards and Forums

Article marketers and other internet marketing folks often gather at forums and discussion boards to discuss about the latest developments in the internet marketing arena. Make it a habit to post regularly, for more details visit to www.perfect-ghostwriter.com even once a day would help greatly. You can post snippets of your article or the article title. But do not forget to include your signatory containing a link to your website.

Article Marketing Tip 2 – Compile Your Articles into an E-book

Since you have already spent so much time writing your articles, it would be good to recycle them. Compile the articles into an e-book and distribute them either through your website, via safe lists or to your list. Give your readers the right to distribute them as well. This is viral marketing at work.

Article Marketing Tip 3 – Write a Variety of Articles

The trick to reach as many people as possible is to create a variety of articles. Now, assuming your targeted niche is article marketing. People would be interested in topics like how to write an article, how to come up with attractive article titles, what is the right format and ideal word count, how and where to distribute the articles, how to submit to hundreds of article directories within the shortest time and etc.

Article Marketing Tip 4 – Proof-Read Your Articles

The surest way to know if someone would be interested in reading your article is to test it. Ask your friends or family members, especially internet marketing friends you have made online to proof-read your articles. You want their honest opinions about your article and how you can improve on it. Sometimes, what seems enticing to you may not be to another. Tweak a little and the effect can multiply.

Article Marketing Tip 5 – Bullet and Number Your Articles

Our minds are created to respond well to organized text. Appropriate bulleting and numbering of the points we are writing about makes our articles readable. It makes the experience enjoyable for our readers. From the angle of marketing, we are also cultivating their thoughts with a seamless flow of information that pre-sells our products and ideas. Guess what that means for your sales.

Article marketing is truly one of the easiest and most powerful ways of advertising your products. And it is free. Dig my blog for more powerful article marketing tips that would ramp up your sales.