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New Orleans, LA – Today,
more than one billion* people surf the
Internet. And that number is
growing. So is the amount of revenue
being generated online.
For example, online
advertising expenditures are targeted to
reach an estimated $11.6
billion by 2010, according to a forecast
from Forrester Research**,
Inc., with ads specifically reaching
others via blogs and through
RSS. And online spending from
average Internet users is
predicted to generate revenues in 2006
of $1.8 billion and $1.7
billion just in the categories of online
games and digital music
alone, according to a report by Jupiter
Media Metrix.
What draws people online to
make these purchases? In a word,
content.
“People want the sites that
they visit to be information
resources, no matter what
the subject,” said Jack Humphrey,
managing partner in the
exclusive Content Desk Charter Members
publishing group. “Articles, reports, facts, tips,
newsletters,
forums, blogs, audio, video,
interviews, product reviews,
creative writing, public
domain information, RSS and much more.”
Content Desk has a variety
of tools to help members create and use
all types of content. The
exclusive online community focuses on
four things; community,
learning, technology and profits.
“Creating good, relevant
content has always been the biggest
problem in creating a web
site that can attract and retain
visitors,” said Sid Hale,
co-creator of jvAlert and charter
member of Content Desk. “With Content Desk's Content Site
Builder, I was able to
quickly find article content for a new
site I had launched only a
month earlier, and automate adding
that content to my site
within just a few days. That included the
learning curve…”
Hale signed up immediately
after reading a report written by
Humphrey entitled,
"Building a Content Publishing Empire." Being
a content publisher and
knowing how much work can be involved in
building content for a site,
he felt the decision to join Content
Desk was a “no-brainer.” For
a copy of the report and Hale’s case
study, both at no cost,
contact: http://www.contentdesk.com .
The Content Desk membership
community communicates via their
private forum, conferences,
teleconferences, email and support
desk. Some of their tools
are downloads, while others are online
applications and knowledge
shared through learning. Learning is
offered in the form of videos,
articles, help texts, tutorials,
member sharing and
seminars/workshops.
Content Desk membership fees
go right back into development of
new software and tools so
that members are always on the
cutting-edge and far ahead
of all the "point-and-click" site
builders out there.
Cyber-brains behind the
Content Desk scene are the “Power Trio;”
Jack Humphrey, Mark
Braunstein, and Peter Lenkefi. These three
renowned visionaries found
themselves smack dab in the middle of
the emerging, fledgling web
publishing industry.
“Giving (website visitors)
what they want is the first step in
building relationships
rather than one-time visitors,” said
Humphrey. “We feel it is
crazy to work hard on traffic that will
never come back to our
sites. Especially if the only change we
need to make to those sites
is adding good material that visitors
enjoy! First time visits are
expensive. Repeat visits are
free.””
To help others learn more
and earn more, Content Desk is hosting
a 3-day seminar / workshop
in New Orleans from Sept. 9-11, 2005,
with a full year of support
follow up afterwards. The focus is,
“How To Triple Your Income
With Irresistible New Content
Publishing, Traffic Building
and Sales Conversion Techniques -
The Three Proven Keys To
Internet Success."
"Son of a gun, we're
gonna have big fun, on the bayou…”
For more information, visit
Mardi Gras
http://presssuccess.com/MardiGras To learn more about Content
Desk and check on the
availability of limited openings at Content
Site Builder, visit http://presssuccess.com/csb . Join
hundreds
of publishers and writers in
creating and syndicating your
content at Content
Propulsion Lab http://presssuccess.com/cpl
.
Visit http://www.contentdesk.com for help.
* From “The Internet
Transforms Modern Life,” by Steve Almasy,
CNN, June 29, 2005.
** The Forrester Research
report includes data from an online
survey of 99 leading
marketers and four forecasts: US Search
Marketing Spending, US
Online Advertising And Marketing Spending,
US Email Marketing Spending
and US Online Classifieds
Advertising.
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By Diana Barnum, president
of
http://movingaheadcommunications.com
and CEO of
http://ohiohelp.net . For more help with
marketing, public
relations and writing, email
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or
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