Internet Marketing Terminology For Newbies

As you start to educate yourself in the Internet Marketing world, you need to understand some of the basic terms. The focus of this article is to just run down the most important terms and give you a non technical definition.

The first thing you’ll need when you start in IM (internet marketing) is a Domain name. A domain name is any.com,.net,.info,.org etc. For example my site for newbies is www.newbiesystems.com. Domain names will be prefixed by www.

The second thing you need to know about is hosting. Hosting is the place on the web where your sites files will be placed to be shown when your domain name is typed in to be searched for. For example, godaddy is a place where you can buy a domain name and then also host your domain also.

The third term is SEO (search engine optimization). Things you need to do to your website to get the search engines to see your website. Optimzing your site for the search engines can be a bit confusing when you’re a newbie. In a future article I will get into the details (it’s not as hard to do as it sounds)

The fourth term is Autoresponder. An autoresponder is an automated way to use an email service that you set up on your website. Most of the major autoresponder services work like this: You sign up for their service and you will have access to forms you can apply to your website. The form I’m talking about(opt in form) are the ones you see on websites that ask you for your name and email address. Once this form is installed on your site(easy to do) you have the ability to collect email addresses on your website. Within the autoresponder service you can set up as many messages you like to send to the folks that did opt in on your site to receive messages from you.

These are some of the key terms you need to know as a newbie. Internet Marketing is a constant learning process that will take some time to absorb, but as you continue in your education and application of the things you learn you’ll be amazed at your progress. Take it from me, not that long ago I had no clue where to begin. Once you get started stay focused and learn something new everyday. I’ll keep adding materials to this page

Have a great day!

Steve DAngelo

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If you need help as a Newbie, don’t worry you’re not alone. Most newbies seem to try to figure things out on their own until frustration sets in. There are plenty of free tutorials and plenty of people who have been where you are that are willing to help the newbie (don’t forget where you came from)!