How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle

Charles Washington · 08-05-2009, 03:45 PM

I thought it would be nice to create a thread that listed every possible piece of the "make money online" puzzle.

Here are a few to get started

Keyword Research
Niche Research
Competitive Analysis
Article Marketing
SEO
PPC
CPA
Product Selection
Product Creation
Domain Selection
Web 2.0 Marketing

Go ahead and add the things I left out. Let's see just how many aspects of internet marketing we come up with.

Alex Taylor · 08-05-2009, 03:50 PM

Copywriting.
List building.
Affiliate marketing.
Autoresponders.
Outsourcing.
Joint ventures.
Product launches.

Rob Thayer · 08-05-2009, 03:52 PM

PPV
Email Marketing
Domaining
Membership Sites
Blogging
Affiliate Marketing
Mailing Lists/Autoresponders
Joint Ventures
MRR/PLR
Site Flipping
Traffic Building
Copywriting
PPI

Just to name a few more...

Alex Taylor · 08-05-2009, 03:54 PM

This thread is gonna be terrifying for beginners.

Rob Thayer · 08-05-2009, 03:57 PM

I saw in a video once where the guy compared learning IM to becoming an athlete, but having to learn all sports at the same time. I liked that analogy.

Charles Washington · 08-05-2009, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Taylor

This thread is gonna be terrifying for beginners.

No doubt!

la dominatrix · 08-05-2009, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Taylor

This thread is gonna be terrifying for beginners.

Why restrict that just to beginners. Seriously though none of us can ever be experts in everything but online marketing is hard work and a constant education and beginners have to learn that as well.
La dominatrix

Alex Taylor · 08-05-2009, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by la dominatrix

Why restrict that just to beginners

Because there will be a few beginners who literally don;t know what anything on these lists is. That would terrify me.

(Not that it shoud, beginners! You certainly don't need to be an expert at all these things to have success.)

Keith Kogane · 08-05-2009, 04:08 PM

Wait, some of you guys actually KNOW all the pieces? I don't even know what the picture is supposed to be, lol.

I prefer to think of it as lego blocks. Computers can solve jigsaw puzzles - that implies it's easy and mechanical to get good at this stuff. It's not. You either need to be widely talented at things like computers, communication, business, and marketing OR you need to be good at assembling a team of people who are good at those things and managing them for a profit.

Hopefully it's both, so you can start as one and segue into being the other. But I think it IS scary for newbies and rightly so. 99% of everyone reading this is currently failing at internet marketing and will continue to do so.

The ones that succeed won't be because they have all the pieces of the puzzle. It'll be because they're willing to keep rebuilding something out of the lego blocks they have until it works. THEN they move onto the next thing, MAYBE go back and improve the first again afterwards. Most successful folks are the ones that build their own thing out of the blocks everyone else is doing, just in a unique way, or attacking it with the tenacity to keep at it until it works like you know in your gut it can.

Strange how seeing a list like this can give you the impression that even though it's an overcomplication, it's also an oversimplification, too...

DURR....

Really though, it's as simple as picking something BASIC that you can actually do and then DO IT until it works. Take what you learn, then do the next thing - as they say, rinse and repeat.

Hope that actually contributes instead of derails - I'm a little tired today.

Charles Washington · 08-05-2009, 04:12 PM

Hi Kieth,

I really like your use of the word "segue" in your response.

I just created this thread to see how many "nuts and bolts" there are in the online marketing world. I am in no way suggesting that we should use all of these items being listed.

I was just curious

Kelly Verge · 08-05-2009, 04:17 PM

Testing/Tracking

Keith Kogane · 08-05-2009, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Montgomery

Hi Kieth,

I really like your use of the word "segue" in your response.

I just created this thread to see how many "nuts and bolts" there are in the online marketing world. I am in no way suggesting that we should use all of these items being listed.

I was just curious

Heh, thanks.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to shut down the listing - I was just adding to the fear that this list would be disheartening to anyone that they should take courage - you can just start with what you know, and don't learn more than you need to get started on the plan you settle on as your first.

Once you settle on it, don't quit until you make it work. Of course, it helps if you focus on the basics so you make sure that you're not wasting your time on some newfangled "gimmick" marketing, so for beginners: It's all about:

Building Pages (so you have something for your visitors to look at)
Getting Links (so new visitors can find you)
Providing Value (so your visitors are glad they came)
Making Offers (so you can profit from their visit)

There's my "big 4" lego blocks. Everything I do has got to fit into one of those 4 categories, or else it's not contributing in any way to my income.

Notice "hanging out on forums all day" isn't in there, so with that, I should go get some work done, right?

Wonderful thread. I imagine it will double as a nice "what to make a WSO about" list for many folks as well.

08-05-2009, 03:45 PM	#1
Charles Washington Highly Actionable War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 1,585 Thanks: 340 Thanked 261 Times in 177 Posts	How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle I thought it would be nice to create a thread that listed every possible piece of the "make money online" puzzle. Here are a few to get started Keyword Research Niche Research Competitive Analysis Article Marketing SEO PPC CPA Product Selection Product Creation Domain Selection Web 2.0 Marketing Go ahead and add the things I left out. Let's see just how many aspects of internet marketing we come up with.

08-05-2009, 03:50 PM	#2
Alex Taylor HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 476 Thanks: 30 Thanked 60 Times in 48 Posts	Re: How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle Copywriting. List building. Affiliate marketing. Autoresponders. Outsourcing. Joint ventures. Product launches.

08-05-2009, 03:52 PM	#3
Rob Thayer HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 439 Thanks: 27 Thanked 76 Times in 49 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle PPV Email Marketing Domaining Membership Sites Blogging Affiliate Marketing Mailing Lists/Autoresponders Joint Ventures MRR/PLR Site Flipping Traffic Building Copywriting PPI Just to name a few more...

08-05-2009, 03:54 PM	#4
Alex Taylor HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 476 Thanks: 30 Thanked 60 Times in 48 Posts	Re: How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle This thread is gonna be terrifying for beginners.

08-05-2009, 03:57 PM	#5
Rob Thayer HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 439 Thanks: 27 Thanked 76 Times in 49 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle I saw in a video once where the guy compared learning IM to becoming an athlete, but having to learn all sports at the same time. I liked that analogy.

08-05-2009, 04:08 PM	#9
Keith Kogane BadMotherShutYourMouth War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The South, USA. Posts: 686 Thanks: 75 Thanked 845 Times in 161 Posts	Re: How 'bout a Thread Listing Every Possible Piece of the Marketing Puzzle Wait, some of you guys actually KNOW all the pieces? I don't even know what the picture is supposed to be, lol. I prefer to think of it as lego blocks. Computers can solve jigsaw puzzles - that implies it's easy and mechanical to get good at this stuff. It's not. You either need to be widely talented at things like computers, communication, business, and marketing OR you need to be good at assembling a team of people who are good at those things and managing them for a profit. Hopefully it's both, so you can start as one and segue into being the other. But I think it IS scary for newbies and rightly so. 99% of everyone reading this is currently failing at internet marketing and will continue to do so. The ones that succeed won't be because they have all the pieces of the puzzle. It'll be because they're willing to keep rebuilding something out of the lego blocks they have until it works. THEN they move onto the next thing, MAYBE go back and improve the first again afterwards. Most successful folks are the ones that build their own thing out of the blocks everyone else is doing, just in a unique way, or attacking it with the tenacity to keep at it until it works like you know in your gut it can. Strange how seeing a list like this can give you the impression that even though it's an overcomplication, it's also an oversimplification, too... DURR.... Really though, it's as simple as picking something BASIC that you can actually do and then DO IT until it works. Take what you learn, then do the next thing - as they say, rinse and repeat. Hope that actually contributes instead of derails - I'm a little tired today.
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