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For 2009, I’m keeping it simple, so that my Internet Marketing plan is easy to implement and I can monitor the results.

Video

Video is a must for 2009.

This will be my main communication tool in 2009, it’s far easy to show people what to do than try to write about it.
I have everything ready to start using video and I would have started today, but I’ve the Flu, so I’ve decided to wait until I sound human again.

Keyword Research

I spent a lot of time (and money) learning advanced Keyword Research skills in 2008, so they will be another big part of my Internet marketing plan.

I’ll be doing Keyword Research for Video, Blog posts, SEO, Adwords and some deep long tail Keyword Research.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

This year, SEO has dropped from my number 1 slot to number 3, mainly due to the fact that it’s now far easier to do, when the correct Keyword Research has been done.

My Blog

Yes, my Blog is going to be a major part of my Internet marketing plan

Social Networking

I’m a member of more that 50 social networks and this year I’ll start to get active in the social networks that I’ve identified are worth my time.

Pay Per Click Advertising

I’ll be doing more pay per click advertising this year, using Google Adwords™ and a few more that are reportedly getting good results.

It’s time to use the advance pay per click advertising skills I learned in 2008.

That’s it, nice and simple. Each of these main headings have many elements to them and I’ll gradually go into more detail about them in the next few months.
Keeping it simple has allowed me to plan my marketing to fit into my week very nicely.

I’ll be posting about what I’m doing as I progress, so make sure you are getting my updates.

Eoin

I’ve finally finished my marketing plan for 2009 and before I start posting about it, I need to update my progress so far, so that no one misses out on information.

Note: I’ll be adding all my Internet Business Building posts to my “Categories”, (on the right side of screen), under the category Internet Business Building, so clicking on that will list all of my Internet Business Building posts.

OK, to get started with your Internet Business you need;

1. A researched idea for your business
2. A Domain Name, (which is basically your business address on the Internet)
3. A Hosting account. (To store your web pages etc.)
4. Software to build your web pages.
5. Software to build your mailing List

1. A researched idea for your business

I’ve already researched my business idea, I’m going to pass on my Internet Business knowledge to people interested in starting an online business.

If you don’t have a business idea yet, be sure to sign up for my updates, as I will be covering how to research Internet business ideas and what Internet business work.

2. A Domain Name

As you can see, I already have my domain name, which is my own name, and I suggest that you do the same.
Even if you decide later that a different domain name is better, you can use this to get to grips with everything.

Some rules for Domain names.

• Always get a .com domain name.
• Never use a dash, (-) in your domain name
• If yourname .com is taken, get a domain name with another word included, like yournameblog .com

3. A Hosting account

A hosting account is needed to store your web pages, images etc., and no matter what business you are going to be starting, a blog is a nessassity.

Therefore is is best to use a web hosting company that uses software called cPanel, to manage your hosting, as cPanel makes it easy to install a blog, make e-mail addresses and makes hosting your business far easier.

I’ve been using HostGator for many years and I highly recommend them.

4. Software to build your web pages

If I was building web pages, I’d need software like Dreamweaver or NVU, but I would recommend that you use Blog software called Wordpress.

The main reasons for this is that Wordpress is far easier to learn to use, it’s easy to use and the search engines seem to like it.

If you follow my advice, and get hosting that uses cPanel, installing Wordpress is as simple as a few click of your mouse.
I’ll be making a video of how to install Wordpress using cPanel, so if you are having problems, just wait for the video.

5. Software to build your mailing List

By far, the best software to use to build your mailing list in Aweber. The web site actually walkes you throught the process, so you can easily be set up in a few hours.

So there you have it, this is where I am at the moment, and I’m just about to start to get visitors (generate traffic) to my Blog.

Any questions?

Feel free to comment below

Once you have your Wordpress blog installed, you need to add some “PlugIns” to it.

PlugIns extend the functions on your blog.

For example, when I wanted to make it easy for people could easly share my blog on Social Networks, I found a PlugIn that adds the icons to the various Social Networks to the bottom of my blog posts … (you can see them in this post, beginning with FaceBook),

The PlugIn is called “Sociable“.

Try it … look at the bottom of this post for the line of small icons ….
move your cursor over the icons and click on one of the Social Networks you have an account in …
LogIn to your account and watch what happens … it’s nice an easy.

Other PlugIns I use are;

Google XML Sitemaps, to automatically build a Google Sitemap for my blog.

Google Analyticator, to automatically add Google Analytics to every page.

All in One SEO Pack, this is a Search Engine Optimization PlugIn that has replaced three older SEO PlugIns and is working well.

Twitter Tools. If you use Twitter, this is a great tool.

What Would Seth Godin Do, Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and another to return visitors.