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      Good Afternoon..Here are 12 ways to jump start your 2010 marketing plan before the New Year. 

• WIKI YOUR BUSINESS :Write a Wikipedia entry about your business or product. Wikipedia entries rank high with search engines, particularly Google. And they can garner extra exposure for your business in 2010. Considering there are more than 684 million Wikipedia readers on the Internet, it’s a great place to create a presence for your business or product.

• BOOST YOUR BLOG BUZZ: A leading Internet marketing research firm, there are more than 346 million people around the world who read blogs. While it’s essential to have your own blog, make sure that in 2010 you regularly read the top blogs in your industry. Post comments and helpful information with links back to your site on them.

• FAN OUT ON FACE BOOK :With more than 200 million users worldwide, Face book must be a key part of your online marketing strategy in 2010. If you haven’t done it already, create a fan page for your business or product. Promote it with ads on Face book, which are cheaper than those available through Google Ad words in most cases. Make sure all of your Face book friends know about your page and ask them to promote it to their friends. Be sure to distribute informative content on your page that always links back to your website.

• STAY ALERT: In 2010 make sure you’re signed up for alerts through Google to find out what people are saying about you, your brand and your industry online. Find out what consumers are saying about your business in the social media realm on sites like Twitter and Facebook.

• STAY FOCUSED: Don’t try to be all things to all consumers. It’s important that in the New Year you keep your marketing messages focused and brief. Pick the thing your business does best. Pick the product or service you sell the most and stay focused on getting the word out online about those things.

• TAKE THE TIME: There are no magic bullets when it comes to marketing your business online. It takes time. In the New Year, don’t rush to implement too many strategies at once. Take your time, make a plan and execute it logically.

• MASTER THE WEB: Before you started your online business, you may not have thought of yourself as a webmaster. In the New Year, it’s important that you do. Use the tools provided by Google Webmaster Central. Log on to the SitePro News websites for free webmaster tools that can improve your site.

• BECOME A MEDIA MAVEN: In 2010, make it a goal to ramp up your media relations plan. Increase your media exposure by using Google News to find articles about your industry. Then, make contact with the TV and print reporters who write those stories and offer to be a potential source for their next story. Reach out to bloggers in your industry and do the same thing.
  

• ANSWER LIKE AN EXPERT: Demonstrate your expertise by posting and answering questions on Yahoo Answers or Linked In Answers. Both rank exceptionally high with search engines and will results in increased traffic to your website.

• USE VIDEO TO TELL YOUR STORY: You can create great promotional videos for your business using simple tools like Windows Movie Maker. Google loves videos. When you make them, upload them to You Tube, Meta cafe and other video sharing sites for maximum exposure.