Use Forums Post useful and helpful posts on forums relevant to your market. After between 5 – 20 "useful" posts you will be able to add a signature file which you can use to add links back to your main website. If you have made useful posts you will find you will get traffic directly too! When you sign up to the forums you have some options to subscribe to certain topics or threads. Find the ones relevant to you and subscribe to receive a daily email, in this way you will find relevant … [Read more...]

Just a quickie to remind you we have a range of freebies that could be useful for you and your business in 2010 Free 52 Week Internet Marketing Course aimed at Insurance and Finance Brokers http:/www.insurance-marketing.co.uk Just visit the site above to sign up 10 Free Wordpress Finance and Insurance Calculator tools. http://www.speedieconsulting.co.uk/wp-calculators/ Visit the link above to find out more about the various tools and sign up to receive them directly via email. … [Read more...]

I have been meaning to write this post for a while.  It always amazes us how clients focus on getting one page one ranking for a chosen keyword then move on.  They fail to realise that they could dominate a page of results.  What would two results do for your web traffic, or three or even four results on page one of Google?  Utilising different techniques, you can really clean up.  Here is a screenshot of one of our campaigns for our own Holiday Property Insurance website,  which is a … [Read more...]

Taxback.com provides global tax refund services for people and businesses all over the world. We can organise income tax refunds refunds for your customers in both their home country and anywhere else they may be working in the world. We offer our partners a full range of content & creative tools including- An online Partner-Plus account to track your referrals in real time A full range of creative to suit your own website’s needs Banners available in multiple languages, … [Read more...]

We have finally opened the doors on our new Wordpress theme site for Insurance and Finance brokers. Aimed at DIY Insurance or Finance brokers who see the power of Wordpress to build their own websites, our themes are perfect to give then a slightly out of the ordinary template. Our templates come with all the help needed to get a site up and running very quickly and then once live, our complimentary marketing guide will help you attract visitors and potential clients to your new … [Read more...]

If you are thinking about running an affiliate programme as part of your online marketing strategy, there are a few things you need to think about before you start. Commissions What are you going to pay and for what? There are 3 main commission structures CPA – Cost per Acquisition CPL - Cost per Lead CPC – Cost per Click Each one has a varying degree of risk to your business but you need to think about what works for you. For example, you maybe want to run a CPA deal … [Read more...]

Just reading a very interesting post over at Social Media Explorer about US online advertising spends for the next 5 years based on research carried out by Forrester research which you can find here: http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,55668,00.html. The main bit of interest to me is the current spend in the Financial Services Sector, which showed the following: Search Marketing $11.00 Display Advertising $10.00 Email Marketing $3.20 Social Media … [Read more...]

Are you currently looking for new ways to add revenue to your website or email lists?  With Protectyourbubble on the AffiliateWindow network, you have a great opportunity to add a range of niche insurance offerings that compliment your existing website. With products such as Home Emergency Cover - Always a great peace of mind product at this time of year Gadget Insurance - Again with Christmas coming gadget cover could be that extra special present this year Life Insurance - … [Read more...]

Welcome to the November issue of Insights - Online Marketing ideas for Insurance and Mortgage Brokers. In this issue we will be looking at: Is 2010 the year of the Internet for your business? Coming Soon: Affiliate Marketing Network Coming Soon: Insurance Marketing Radio Is 2010 the year of the Internet for your business? With many companies planning their marketing for 2010, now is a great time to look at your Web presence. Do you have multiple projects on the go that you … [Read more...]

We get a lot of requests for building mini sites.  These can be used as link building tools, SEO tools or generally to add more virtual real estate to a business.  We recently created a powerpoint presentation. Minisites Here it is here on Slideshare.  You will also find more articles on this site under related articles below explaining all the benefits of mini sites. … [Read more...]