Internet Marketing Is Very Hard. Don't Try It!!

Haha! You've got me on that title. Actually, it's true that Internet marketing is very hard. There's a huge learning curve in IM. If IM is easy, everybody will be millionaires overnight.

People who say that IM is easy are usually those who have succeeded in this field. It's just like lawyers saying that writing a legal document is easy, or mechanics saying that fixing a broken car is easy. It's easy for them because they've mastered their professions/careers. Once you get over the hump and master the intricacies of IM, then this field becomes second nature to you.

Twitter is simply a micro-blogging or public texting tool. It is just one added avenue for announcing your content and creating low-value backlinks.

RSS Feeds are newsfeeds of your blogs or content sites. By submitting them to RSS submission sites your feeds are distributed and create additional backlinks to your sites.

Posterous is not a social bookmarking tool, but a content distribution tool. It includes a blog on their site, plus the ability to autopost to Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Wordpress, Flickr, Picasa, Buzz, Xanga, LiveJournal, and other platforms for your content.

For Social bookmarking there are tools like Onlywire, IMAutomator, SocialBot, and others to speed up the process. I only bookmark content on a handful of sites most commonly. It helps speed up the discovery of new content and leaves more trails towards your content funnel.

Web 2.0 sites would include Squidoo, Weebly, Tumblr, and a wide range of other sites. In the most part they are "free" locations to put content and point links towards your money pages.

Creating videos does not always require your voice. You can use creative commons music or sound effects for the audio and tell your story using a powerpoint slideshow you record using a program like Camtasia or Camstudio. You can even create decent videos using Microsoft's Live Movie Maker.

As Caliban told you, the most important component of any of this is to observe where your traffic comes from, do more of it, and less of what does not work.

I have niches where a majority of my traffic comes from YouTube videos even though I think they are tacky. Other niches have almost no traffic from YouTube, but get traffic from phrases I targeted and am now ranked on Google. Another site gets almost every bit of traffic from articles at this point.

I watch my Google Analytics very carefully to see where traffic is coming from and then try to analyze why. Google Analytics will help you track down when your content gets syndicated and where the traffic is coming from. (Good time to send a thank you note to the blogger who is using your content. You may be able to do a guest post for them and increase your exposure.)

Hi Beatrice,

Keep in mind this is a startup business you are attempting. In the offline world, most Venture Capital firms wouldn't expect a startup to make money for several years in a typical scenario, and IM beats that if you work at it consistently.(most people don't)

Remember, the learning curve is very steep, but if you make the climb, you'll never have to do it again. Starting your own business is always extremely tough, but the internet allows you to do it with less money and experience than ever before.

Hang in there, keep digging, and the gold will come!

As for the fake come-on's and "instant profit gushing overnight riches"...ignore them for what they are...nonsense!

Neal

This is true, and this is why you should never quit your regular job to do IM full-time unless you are making more than your salary consistently (for at least 6-12 months!) Quitting any earlier could cause you to seriously regret your decision later on.

Find new ways to go in your path.If you feel the road is not good,change it and think of something better.

I'm not saying here to feel down after you get wrong and let down your work.What i'm saying is updating is important.Good luck.

Thanks for your kind words. Merry Christmas to you too!