It is time for a change

Posted on November 27, 2010 by jennifera

Are you struggling in this tough economy? Are you stuck at a dead end job? Do you want to become more valuable to your current employer? Do you want the financial and lifestyle freedom that you have always dreamed about?

Internet Marketing Training Center is the answer. We have created an awesome Internet marketing school, the first ever in the world. All course material is under the strict guidelines of Internet marketing master Tom Antion. Go ahead, Google him, you will see!

This is a great time of year to make a change. The Internet is everywhere. With the right training you could be on your way to a better life for you and your family. Look into IMTC!

Free Internet Traffic For Your Websites

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Tom Antion

Getting free traffic to your website is easier than you might think! There are so many avenues to traffic that it can feel like your standing in the middle of the highway… the information superhighway that is.

Let's go over just a few of ways that you can get traffic to website without spending a dime.

* Social networking – we all have heard about this by now. Major sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter provide profiles that are searchable all over the Internet and can contain a number of valuable links to your websites. Over half a billion people are now members of social networking sites and the potential traffic stream is endless.

* Article sites – writing articles not only builds you and your business as the expert, the links you leave in the author's profile or resource box can help drive heavy traffic to your website from all over the Internet.

* Videos – free hosting sites such as YouTube and Revver not only let your searchers meet you face to face, leaving a link to your website in the profiles and even in the video itself as a watermark can help send valuable prospects your way.

* Leaving your URL in the comments boxes of other peoples blogs, social networking profiles and forums will let people easily click on your site to see what your business is all about.

* Discussion boards – There are hundreds of discussion boards on every subject under the sun all over the Internet. This is a great place not only to leave a link to your site, but also engage other readers and ask or answer questions about a subject that makes you the expert!

* Traffic exchanges – an exchange is a service that lets you click on a certain number of URLs in exchange for others clicking on yours. You can earn credits just by clicking on sites and trade them in for free ad space.

* Free classifieds – search for these free classifieds and you'll find amazingly that there are quite a few you can utilize. A site like Craigslist is an example.

In the old days of the Internet, you had to rely on getting good search positioning to get any traffic at all. But using these short cuts to driving traffic to your site will accelerate visits and make big potential money.

Grow Your Business With The Proper Staff Training

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Tom Antion

Running a small business can be challenging enough with the economic situation we face.How far could you grow your business if one of your staff members had the Internet marketing training to create a profitable presence on the web?

A staff member in your organization could skyrocket your business with the knowledge of blogging, article writing, web design, e-commerce, video marketing and online advertising. For a small investment in training, your small business could reach new heights of revenue by tapping into the ever growing marketing that the web provides.

Companies large and small are developing a vast web presence to reach their targeted customers, because that's where the customers are. Whether they are on their phones, surfing the web at home, hanging out on Facebook or researching information, a business that has an effective web presence gets a larger share of the business than one that doesn't.

Training a trusted staff member in Internet marketing is the best investment your company can make to insure that you have the tools necessary to compete in today's high tech world. Find out now how the training of the future is just a phone call away.

ISP, DNS and More…The Basics

Posted on October 22, 2010 by jennifera

Here is another one for all of you newbies. Just some basic information to help you understand the Internet.

What is an ISP? They are companies that give you an email address and access to the Internet.

What is a Web Hosting Service? This is a place that has one or many computers that store your website and make it available to the Internet. Your website is housed on a web server, which is basically a specialized computer.

What is an IP Address? Just as our homes have addresses to make it easy for our family and friends to find us, each machine on the Internet has a specific address. This is an IP address. It is represented by a series of numbers and dots.

For most of us, it is hard to remember a long series of numbers. It is easier to remember domain names, such as Google.com . Sometimes an IP address will change. Domain names work even if the server's numeric IP address changes. This is why we use domain names to represent the IP address of servers.

What is DNS? This stands for Domain Name Server. It is the central directory for the Internet. It directs traffic to the appropriate servers for the different functions of a domain, such as mail. DNS converts the domain name to the IP numbers so your computer can find the servers needed to display your website, blog or email. DNS ensures that people can find your website, etc.

Check out our curriculum at IMTC and see what else you can learn and use to be successful on the Internet!

Internet Marketing Jobs: Is Your Staff J.O.B. Unsatisfying?

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Tom Antion

Is working for someone else ungratifying?

The World of Work 2010 report from Randstad found that half of all employees feel their skills are underused and around 10% have been forced to take up work that did not make full use of their abilities. People are looking for work outside the job that may better utilize their talents, not just for the extra income but for the satisfaction.

Justin Myers, a freelance editor and consultant, was first pushed to self-employment through redundancy. After taking a few months off to “get his head together”, Justin started freelancing with some shifts at an online newsdesk. Now he's working on two distinct projects and enjoys the lifestyle.

“Being your boss is a magical feeling; you feel really empowered and I love having responsibility for myself. Additionally, being a consultant, I've found that clients really value my opinion and input. I don't think you get that perceived level of confidence when you're in a staff job.”

Pursuing employment with online training, whether for yourself or getting a better job elsewhere, starts with a school you can trust. A school with a staff that have put into place the real world skills that it takes to make money. The Internet Marketing Training Center is the resource you need to make an impact on a tough job market. An impact that you can trust to make your life more fun and interesting….

For the Newbies

Posted on October 13, 2010 by jennifera

Are you new to Internet Marketing? Don't worry, IMTC can help you too! Even if you do not have any websites yet, we can offer training customized for you.

Let's talk about domain names. Should you have your own domain name? If you have your own domain name, you can move and be hosted anywhere around the world and people will still be able to find you through all of your promotional efforts.

Having your own domain name gives you greater credibility. Domains and hosting are so cheap, there is no excuse in not having your own.

Also, if you have a good domain name, you can sell it. The domain name can be a valuable entity for you in the future.

Should you avoid dashes in your domain name? Yes, search engines are smart and they do not need the words to be separated. Dashes could hurt you, someone will forget to type it in and they will end up at one of your competitor's sites.

See what you can learn at IMTC! Tom Antion is a master at Internet marketing and he has a way of explaining it in a simple, easy to understand format.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Internet Marketing: The Business Owner’s Secret Weapon

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Tom Antion

If you own your own business or if you plan to launch a new business, Internet marketing is a tool you can’t ignore. While some of you may be thinking of entering the field of Internet marketing as your primary career, entrepreneurs can also benefit from learning how to market their products online. Whether a company sells cars, manufactures computers or provides image consulting services, Internet marketing can help target customers and generate sales.

Take a look at these successful business owners who applied the Internet marketing principles and methods they learned from Tom Antion to their own unique business:

Craig Duswalt teaches people how to market themselves using the out-of-the-box techniques he learned while touring with Air Supply and Guns ‘N Roses.

Denise Wakeman, an expert in blogging, writes about blogging and teaches others to blog.

Gloria Starr has achieved worldwide recognition as an image consultant, traveling the globe and training foreign princesses and the daughters of American presidents.

Janet Hall wrote an e-book and created a professional organizer system to help people simplify their lives.

Jeff Herring specializes in article marketing and teaches Internet marketers, authors, speakers and self-employed professionals to write and market their articles.

Joan Stewart teaches people about publicity and co-authored a book, How to be a Kick-Butt Publicity Hound, with Tom.

Ilya Pozin, a 27-year old entrepreneur, owns a web design company that is recognized as one of the top 500 fastest growing companies by INC, ranking #161 with 1,732% growth rate between 2006 and 2009.

Read their success stories at http://imtcva.org/alumni/success-stories.

Copywriting and Writing For The Web

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Tom Antion

Writing for websites, online articles and sales copy is far different than writing for magazines and newspapers.The web is a place where people surf fast for information and make decisions quicker than when they leisurely read print. Web copy is a visual medium, consisting of various colors and font sizes. The nature of computer screens and how our eyes adjust to them have dictated how we write words for websites. Over the course of the short life of the Internet, marketers, designers and writers have experimented with how to make web copy more “readable.” And what they have come up with is a science unto itself.

Along with readability, what we are also doing with web writing is trying to get readers to “click” out on links. The best web copy is usually trying to compel readers to visit another website or get them to buy something. Marketers have experimented with this as well. Web copy should be written to persuade your reader to take action through a psychological process. All of these things can be learned effectively and practiced to perfection.

Who do you trust to teach you this knowledge? The Internet Marketing Training Center has the expert staff that have been writing copy for years. Now they are bringing that knowledge to you. This is the kind of high level training that businesses are looking for or that you can use yourself to write for your own web business.

Internet Marketing Careers: Videos and Production

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Tom Antion

I'll bet by now there isn't anyone on Earth that hasn't seen a Youtube video.

People watch over 2 billion videos a day on Youtube and every minute over 24 hours of footage is uploaded. Not only is Youtube a fun place to just hang out and watch your favorite vids, it's a great place to learn stuff. If I want to learn to run a certain software program or even how to repair my car, I search Youtube for the answers. It's much easier to watch a video than to try and follow along in some document. The people who submit videos to Youtube come from all walks of life and varied age groups including 10 year old kids submitting skateboarding tricks to serious college students making independent films. But one group of video makers are growing faster than all of the rest…. companies.

From Target to Apple to BlendTec, companies large and small are using videos to market their products and services. Videos can create a brand name, answer customer service issues, advertise specials and just plain entertain the millions of people a day watching on Youtube. Video marketing has become one of the most cutting edge and powerful tools in a company's strategy to advertise themselves and they pay good money to make and market these videos. This opens up a huge opportunity for you to get in on the ground floor of a new career field.

If this interests you, you have the whole world in front of you. And a distance learning education school such as IMTC can be the ticket to your new career. We cover all of the practical nuts-and-bolts training for things like video marketing, social media, search engine optimization and tons more. Work for yourself or work for a big company… the choice is yours, but call us to find out just how easy it is to start!