Quick Tip#20 From Your Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant (Google Alerts)

Google Alerts is a free service offered by Google which notifies you by email, or as a feed, about the latest web and news pages of your choice.  It  allows you to register words or phrases that you want to track. So your probably wondering what does Google Alert have to do with Internet Marketing and my business? Lots buddy…

Here’s how you can use Google Alerts as a powerful Internet Marketing tool. You can use it as follows:

• To keep an eye on your competition by tracking their press releases, blog posts and product posts
• To stay current in your particular business industry news
• To know what your consumers are saying about your products or service (really important for tracking your online reputation)
• To track if your marketing efforts like your articles and blog posts show up in the Google top page results
• To participate in topic discussions by leaving comments which is good for backlinking to your site

Few people are using Google Alerts and it has proven to be an invaluable internet marketing tool for my virtual assistant business.  This free tool is a great way to stay connected to what is going on across your specific industry and to read about what leaders  in your market are saying. It’s important to stay ahead of the competition as much as you can to be a thriving business.

Set up your free Google Alerts account here now:  www.google.com/alerts