What I have learned in 8 months so far
I have been at this for 8 months and felt the need to share a few things that I have learned for anyone just starting out. I will be the first to say that I have made SOME money, nothing significant, but it is encouraging to be able to see that it actually can be done.
I have mostly been a sponge for information and have done plenty of reading on my own on various aspects of marketing and have realized a few things. The first being that after I have bought a few too many WSO like everyone else there really aren't any secrets to generating traffic with social media, article marketing, forum marketing etc.....the real secret is actually DOING something consistently enough to see results. After a while the information all becomes regurgitated and I feel like most people all know the same stuff, it is whether or not they are willing to apply the knowledge that separates those that are successful from the rest of us.
I have created three different websites in three different niches and as I said before, I have succeeded in making money but nothing close to being able to quit my job and live the dream. I do feel fortunate to have learned from each one of these websites, I have learned from my mistakes and they all provided great experience that can be applied in the future.
My number one mistake was not having a clear plan of action. This is what I will be sitting down and doing tonight. I had no business plan, I found an idea and tried it out and then found another idea and tried it out until my websites spun wildly out of control. I now know how to go about finding key words and niches, ranking keywords, creating blogs/squeeze pages and how to generate traffic.
I would consider my last 8 months with internet marketing as "playing around" and learning the tools of the trade. My next venture will be to treat this as a business and come up with a clear business model that I will follow and actually get work done daily. I think one of my bigger realizations was how much work is needed, rather than just set and forget a website.
Some other things that I need to change are my daily habits that are really just time wasters. This forum is a huge time waster for me even though I consider it "educational research" checking clickbank for hops and sales is another.
I am interested to see how many of you actually sit down and come up with a sound business plan and follow through with that plan. What were your experiences?
I have mostly been a sponge for information and have done plenty of reading on my own on various aspects of marketing and have realized a few things. The first being that after I have bought a few too many WSO like everyone else there really aren't any secrets to generating traffic with social media, article marketing, forum marketing etc.....the real secret is actually DOING something consistently enough to see results. After a while the information all becomes regurgitated and I feel like most people all know the same stuff, it is whether or not they are willing to apply the knowledge that separates those that are successful from the rest of us.
I have created three different websites in three different niches and as I said before, I have succeeded in making money but nothing close to being able to quit my job and live the dream. I do feel fortunate to have learned from each one of these websites, I have learned from my mistakes and they all provided great experience that can be applied in the future.
My number one mistake was not having a clear plan of action. This is what I will be sitting down and doing tonight. I had no business plan, I found an idea and tried it out and then found another idea and tried it out until my websites spun wildly out of control. I now know how to go about finding key words and niches, ranking keywords, creating blogs/squeeze pages and how to generate traffic.
I would consider my last 8 months with internet marketing as "playing around" and learning the tools of the trade. My next venture will be to treat this as a business and come up with a clear business model that I will follow and actually get work done daily. I think one of my bigger realizations was how much work is needed, rather than just set and forget a website.
Some other things that I need to change are my daily habits that are really just time wasters. This forum is a huge time waster for me even though I consider it "educational research" checking clickbank for hops and sales is another.
I am interested to see how many of you actually sit down and come up with a sound business plan and follow through with that plan. What were your experiences?
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