Minimizing Internet Marketing Risks
How well you understand internet marketing risks will make or break you.
Despite rumors of all of the easy internet riches that await the entrepreneur, instant millionaires and DOT-COM legends, there is also a genuine ugliness to the web. Unknown to newcomers, the internet is not safe, and to the unprepared it can be outright dangerous. As an analogy, let us consider a fictitious hero facing peril, escaping danger and winning the day in the end. It makes for an exciting story, but in reality we should stick with the “safe and boring.”
People ARE out to get you on the internet. If you are not careful they can, and will, take your money and run. Deceit can come from both small and big internet businesses alike.
The first part of setting up any Internet marketing campaign is to sign a marketing agreement or contract. You will be legally bound to the terms and conditions of the agreement. If you are not careful, you may be legally bound to a disaster. Most importantly, do not risk more than you can afford to lose. For more details please visit these sites:- 7mgg.com
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“During the start-up days of my company, a PPC marketing contract was created with a Tier 2 PPC search engine company. The contract reserved key-word based search engine traffic to the websites I was interested in marketing. Everything was laid out in black and white – or so I though. Unfortunately through purposeful trickery on the part of search engine, and my hastily signed marketing agreement, this search engine socked us for thousands of dollars of unplanned expenses. Buried within the contract, they claimed that it could over-deliverdouble the amount of web traffic indicated. One simple line stated Campaign $15,000 -double’. When my campaign came due at the end of the month, the bill was for $30,000. The salesman did not inform me that the campaign would be doubled, there was no definition or explanation of what ‘-double’ meant, and I did not look closely enough at the contract to notice or ask what it was there for. I of course refused to pay ‘double’ and they immediately threatened with legal action. It was a mess.”
You must carefully read and scrutinize every word of your contracts. If you don’t understand everything clearly, then have it cleared up before signing. Below are other fundamentals in minimizing the internet marketing risks embedded within a contract.
Minimizing Contract Obligation Risks:
- Minimize Contract Duration – Approach every contract and agreement as if something could go wrong. Limit your risk and have a way out if things turn ugly. One critical step is to minimize the length of every contract. Most companies want you to sign a long-term agreement lasting 1-2 years. Don’t fall for it. Negotiate the shortest length of contract possible by asking for reduced obligation, such as 3 months or 6 months. If the campaign goes well, your vendor will be more than happy to renew, but if it does not you will need a quick way out.
- Performance Based Services – One miracle of the internet is the allowance of “Performance-Based” marketing campaigns, where you only pay the advertiser when a sale or request is generated for you. Hence, you don’t pay unless you receive a business acquisition. Many internet marketing companies allow performance based marketing campaigns, so seek these companies out first. Purchasing internet media, such as impressions, emails distributed, sponsorships, etc., are all a gamble and the odds are against you. There are exceptions of course, but wherever possible, implement campaigns where you pay only after you get what you want.