The power of complaining (politely)

Recently someone gave me a generous Amazon gift certificate and I have been ordering items here and there. Unlike my experiences with Ebay, on Amazon the merchants appear to actually care about the customer's experience. One of the items I ordered was a DVD of The Secret. I have and enjoy the book and sometimes it's nice to have positive reinforcement going on in the background, so the DVD playing would be good for that. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the DVD and it wouldn't play past the half-way point. Just as the site recommends; I contacted the seller about the issue before leaving feedback. They apologized and removed the charge right away! Of course, I left good feedback after that. So keep in mind, happy customers are your best advertising.

Here I go

Having been a stealth marketer for some time, I have decided that a good way to demonstrate how it works is to create some real-time examples. Starting with this blog on a free blogging platform, marketing my services using the same techniques I show other small business owners how to increase their online presence and show that search engine optimization is not the be-all end-all of Internet marketing. Yes, having a website that is search engine optimized to show up in the top searches for popular and commonly-used terms is important, but developing a relationship with potential customers and being noticed by these people is even more important.

So it begins, marketing my service using the very low-cost techniques I show you.