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By Shari Waters, About.com Guide to Retailing

10 Internet Marketing Tips

Wednesday August 20, 2008
When our website was first developed, we waited about six weeks for any sign of life. Nothing was happening. Then we did some intensive search engine optimization. Soon we began to see a little activity but still no sales. Another six weeks past and we began a pay-per-click campaign. What a mistake. Our inexperience with keyword purchases at the time cost us over $300 in one weekend with absolutely no conversions. We eventually learned what we were doing wrong and within six months of launching the website, the orders began flowing in.

Ineffective pay-per-click advertising and search engine optimization can be very time consuming, as well as expensive. Rapidly changing technology and the push for keeping up with competitors can also cut into a retailer’s bottom line. Before pouring a lot of resources into marketing your retail store online, try some, or all, of these Internet marketing tips for retailers.

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