Whether you're getting ready to launch your website or internet business, or if you've already launched your site, you need an internet marketing plan. As the saying goes, without marketing, something bad happens: nothing! Without marketing, you're not going to make a penny!

In this article, I'll assume that you already have a website setup to market your product or service, and you need to attract and convert customers to your website. I'll also assume that your website is user friendly, with good sales copy and easy to order from.

The first step in marketing is to identify your target customers. Who are your customers? How old are they? What gender are they? What websites do they visit? What do they search for on the search engines when they are looking for your product or se rvice?

When you first start out, you'll have to make educated guesses about much of this information, but as you go on, you'll start to get data you can use to answer the questions more accurately.

Let's assume that you're selling video games. Your prospective customers are probably largely young males. You can be pretty certain that they are visiting other sites about video games, computers and such. As for search terms, they are probably searching for things like "buy video games" or the name of the game they want to buy.

Now that you have a picture of your customer, it's time to get these prospective buyers to visit your site and make a purchase. Following are several proven marketing methods that are great methods to start marketing your site with. Read more by clicking here