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What do you spend money on?

by hotftuna
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What to you spend your hard earned money on to promote your IM business?

I have been in the directory business for 6 or 7 years now. Still a good business but there is no question that it has seen a decline in demand in the last couple of years.

The reason I ask this question is obvious.

Here is what I spend money on right now:

*Article writing
*Blog set-up
*Directory submissions

Would you be willing to share?
#money #spend
  • Profile picture of the author Joe Benjamin
    Sure. I like spending money on things that get results,
    like solo ad's, PPC, paying money to distribute articles,
    backlinks, all the mundane tasks I don't care to do.

    Man, spending money to generate traffic gets a bad
    rap these days. Spending money get's you immediate
    results, and it allows you to find out what works and
    what doesn't almost immediatly.

    It actually, speeds up the learning curve. Because,
    waiting for traffic to get to your website by slower
    methods, makes adjusting your sails much slower.

    Only after I've done enough tests with paid traffic,
    do I consider to use free traffic. As in, only when I
    have a WINNING campaign on my hands.

    Went off on a tangent there, but you got my answer
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  • Profile picture of the author hotftuna
    "Went off on a tangent there, but you got my answer"

    Although you did not say it outright, I take it that you spend on PPC to test.

    What I am looking for are ideas of services that I could provide. That is why I want to know what you would pay for.

    I can not provide PPC but I wish I could!
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    More and more PPC.

    This is the year of PPC, I really want to be a good PPC marketer.

    Benjamim said it all.

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    People make good money selling to the rich. But the rich got rich selling to the masses.
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelbnielsen
    Originally Posted by hotftuna View Post

    What to you spend your hard earned money on to promote your IM business?

    I have been in the directory business for 6 or 7 years now. Still a good business but there is no question that it has seen a decline in demand in the last couple of years.

    The reason I ask this question is obvious.

    Here is what I spend money on right now:

    *Article writing
    *Blog set-up
    *Directory submissions

    Would you be willing to share?
    Hi Hottuna
    All good points. With all the media attention, I would start putting some money into videos. It often will make a good impression of you and build trust. Especially if you can make it entertaining at the same time.

    Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author hotftuna
    "I would start putting some money into videos"

    The question I am asking myself is- Can I make a business of creating videos for IM'ers to use in marketing?

    The answer for me, is no. Does not mean it is not a great idea for others.
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  • Profile picture of the author Imran Naseem
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    I spend money on Outsourcing and constantly increasing my business

    Best to keep the momentum.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Atkins
    Advertising - Direct advertising, PPC, CPM etc...

    Outsourcing

    Hosting

    Domains

    Useful software for my business

    Autoresponder

    etc... etc..
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  • Profile picture of the author JonAlfredsson
    Yeah I agree with PPC..
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Sheley
    I spend money on content and designs.
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    ..get off my lawn
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    • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
      I don't really outsource that much but I tend to spend money on automation and other types of software.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I spend my money on cheap fixer-upper websites to flip for profit.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin Riley
      Jameson whiskey. It powers my copywriting and video scripting.
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      Kevin Riley, long-time Warrior living in Osaka, Japan

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  • Profile picture of the author da1fitz
    I must admit that I've made my biggest spends recently on social media automation, article submission automation and a spinning tool so anything that provides an all in one solution for these things can't be bad if marketed correctly eg see Big Mikes stuff or SENuke..
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  • Profile picture of the author Wide
    Addicted to domains
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Tees
    Direct advertising mostly, domain names, hosting, informational products (which I also resell). I often find that free advertising isn’t all that effective in converting to sales, I tend to have more luck paying for it. I’ve also paid for traffic in the past.
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