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Question For The Newbies?

by fedor50
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This is a question to the newbies here on this forum. What area in internet marketing do you feel that you struggle with most? What one area gives you the most difficulty in this business?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark T Lucas
    For me, it has been the 'techie' parts of internet marketing. How do you create landing pages, website, Wordpress, creating lists in an auto responder, etc. It is also difficult to know who to trust: a lot of people out there looking for your credit card number.
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    • Profile picture of the author fedor50
      Originally Posted by Mark T Lucas View Post

      For me, it has been the 'techie' parts of internet marketing. How do you create landing pages, website, Wordpress, creating lists in an auto responder, etc. It is also difficult to know who to trust: a lot of people out there looking for your credit card number.
      I can totally understand where you're coming from. But here's my tip for you. Don't let the technical aspects of internet marketing slow you down. Back when I began internet marketing I struggled with the technical stuff also but what I did to overcome that was outsource the technical stuff. I literally had someone else set up my squeeze page for me, my auto responder for me, etc. What I'm trying to say is don't let one aspect of internet marketing slow you down. Focus all of your efforts on what you CAN do and you will be successful.
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    • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
      Originally Posted by Mark T Lucas View Post

      For me, it has been the 'techie' parts of internet marketing. How do you create landing pages, website, Wordpress, creating lists in an auto responder, etc.
      There are many video tutorials available that will walk you step by step through all of this kind of stuff. You can find them all for free by doing some searching on youtube.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ernies
        I struggle most with SEO because it so complicated and there are alot of hard choices to make and it changes constantly.Some hard choices include choosing whether to manually make backlinks or use some kind of software like Magic Submitter.
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        • Profile picture of the author fedor50
          Originally Posted by Ernies View Post

          I struggle most with SEO because it so complicated and there are alot of hard choices to make and it changes constantly.Some hard choices include choosing whether to manually make backlinks or use some kind of software like Magic Submitter.
          I understand your question because I used to struggle with SEO as well. The thing about SEO is that you must be willing to adapt in order to be successful in the SEO world. In answer to your question, Do both. Do manual backlinks because it looks more natural in the eyes of Google, but also use softwares like Magic Submitter and Scrapebox to make your life easier. Vary your anchor text and try to avoid blasting your site with a bunch of spammy links. SEO is a long term business model that requires patience to see results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jian Lin
    I am not a people person. Also, I am an Asian born Asian raise Chinese who now lives in the U.S.A. Social media marketing is difficult to me.
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    • Profile picture of the author fedor50
      Originally Posted by Jian Lin View Post

      I am not a people person. Also, I am an Asian born Asian raise Chinese who now lives in the U.S.A. Social media marketing is difficult to me.
      You have 2 choices. 1) Don't focus on social media marketing. It is not necessary to do social media marketing in order to be successful online. Truth be told, I rarely do social media marketing nowadays. 2) Learn to be more outgoing and make better conversation with people. Become more interested in people, so that they become interested in you.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sleika
        for me its writing unique and compelling content
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      • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
        Originally Posted by fedor50 View Post

        You have 2 choices. 1) It is not necessary to do social media marketing in order to be successful online. Truth be told, I rarely do social media marketing nowadays.
        I agree with this.

        I think it depends on the type of personality you have. Some like it, some don't.

        I personally use Twitter,FB and G+1 as bookmarking sites. I don't interact with anyone on them. The only way I interact with people is through my lists, my sites and on forums like this.

        That's one of the advantages of IM, there is no right way. Take what you learn and adapt it to your way.
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  • Profile picture of the author WF90te
    Hi

    My main problem now is trying to get people to sign - up for a free offer to join my list.
    I am promoting an almost exclusive free product from a reputable marketer but I have only managed to build a small list. I think this is because I am mainly using free traffic
    methods and the traffic which I got was not targeted traffic. I will appreciate it if you can give me some tips on how to rapidly increase the size of my list.

    I am also trying to get people to share their experiences so that we can all benefit by
    learning from each other. But I must say, that although not many people have contacted
    me to share, I have found a lot of useful info in this forum and would like to thank all
    those who have contributed .
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    • Profile picture of the author fedor50
      Originally Posted by WF90te View Post

      Hi

      My main problem now is trying to get people to sign - up for a free offer to join my list.
      I am promoting an almost exclusive free product from a reputable marketer but I have only managed to build a small list. I think this is because I am mainly using free traffic
      methods and the traffic which I got was not targeted traffic. I will appreciate it if you can give me some tips on how to rapidly increase the size of my list.

      I am also trying to get people to share their experiences so that we can all benefit by
      learning from each other. But I must say, that although not many people have contacted
      me to share, I have found a lot of useful info in this forum and would like to thank all
      those who have contributed .
      Focus on commenting on high traffic blogs in your niche. Join the popular forums in your niche. Get involved. Get your name out there. This will bring you targeted traffic. Success in internet marketing requires 3 things. 1) Driving Traffic 2) Building Your List 3) Testing Your Conversion Ratio. If you can master those 3 simple things, you WILL be successful.
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  • Profile picture of the author NeverFaded
    Hello BHT,

    PLease fill me in on the Do's & Dont's ?

    wondering how can i generate some nice income selling products. such as wsos
    i already have jvzoo,click,cl, etc

    but cant seem to generate any money.

    please advise & thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author easternodyssey
    Either finding the time to write content to bringing regular viewers, keyword research or maximising revenue from cpm or cpc advertisers who pay penies for your hard work and time.
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  • Profile picture of the author NeverFaded
    No i am really trying to find out sir.Thank You For All your help. -_-
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  • Profile picture of the author HimanshuS
    Focus on commenting on high traffic blogs in your niche. Join the popular forums in your niche. Get involved. Get your name out there.
    Thanks for the exact advice. I want to add a small thing here. Before going for forum commenting, one has to ensure that his blog/site has enough number of posts of better quality. The "list magnet" should be something people will desire.

    About "content writing" I must say that sooner or later one has to learn this. If you don't intend to write your own content, then at least you must learn to evaluate the quality of content you received from your ghost writer.
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    • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
      Originally Posted by HimanshuS View Post

      About "content writing" I must say that sooner or later one has to learn this. If you don't intend to write your own content, then at least you must learn to evaluate the quality of content you received from your ghost writer.
      This is well put and exactly right.

      I think any one can learn to create content, it just takes practice and study. Study copy writing while your at it and you will learn to sell through your content.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikoeyal
    Traffic its not easy and its a problem for lots of people.
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  • Profile picture of the author DylanC
    Originally Posted by fedor50 View Post

    This is a question to the newbies here on this forum. What area in internet marketing do you feel that you struggle with most? What one area gives you the most difficulty in this business?
    Focus and procrastination.
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  • Profile picture of the author Merden
    I believe getting rank in search engine is easy compare to social media marketing where you have to involve there 24*7 hours. If you invisible you dead...
    Originally Posted by fedor50 View Post

    This is a question to the newbies here on this forum. What area in internet marketing do you feel that you struggle with most? What one area gives you the most difficulty in this business?
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    • Profile picture of the author lovecareshare
      Originally Posted by handymoney2 View Post

      for me it is seo and backlinking there is so much contradicting information i really dont know what to do.
      Originally Posted by nehadas87 View Post

      Seo: i struggle when i chose keyword. it is very difficult for me to chose right keyword for the web page. can you give me any idea ?
      I use Stealth Keyword Digger & Stealth Keyword Competition Anaylzer. I find the Google keyword Tool not up to date. I also use KeywordBlaze Tool. Hope that helps. cheers & all the best, Bob
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      • Profile picture of the author salegurus
        Originally Posted by NeverFaded View Post

        Hello BHT,
        Wrong Forum :rolleyes: I think you took a wrong turn somewhere...
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  • Profile picture of the author handymoney2
    for me it is seo and backlinking there is so much contradicting information i really dont know what to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author lovecareshare
    Hi,
    My greatest struggle is choosing a niche with the many available keyword tools. Though , I've tried PPC/CPA and affiliate mktg, I think driving traffic is my greatest challenge! Setting goals and following up on my goals is my current priority. Thank you all Bob
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark T Lucas
    As a newbie, I would have to say that the 'techie' part of marketing gives me the most headaches. Squeeze pages, html, wordpress, graphics, web design to name a few.
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    • Profile picture of the author NeverFaded
      Originally Posted by Mark T Lucas View Post

      As a newbie, I would have to say that the 'techie' part of marketing gives me the most headaches. Squeeze pages, html, wordpress, graphics, web design to name a few.
      ill second that........HELP!
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      • Profile picture of the author Sleika
        the techie side of things is going to depend on what your doing, there are many free or paid services available

        if your looking to build a squeeze page ( which i have not done ) , ive seen optimize press recommended, there may be a free version some where, not sure

        for wordpress, its normally a free install from your host provider, you can use free wordpress themes and customize it ( check out youtube or search the forum for help on what you want to do ) or you can go the paid route with a theme, check out theme forrest, elegant themes, woo themes, etc ..

        its not as overwhelming as you may think, pick a direction on how you want to monetize, be it squeeze page etc and move forward
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  • Profile picture of the author JackCronfield
    Finding the right niche is difficult.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bootfit
      I'm a web-designer, my strengths being front-end design through to building the xhtml/html5.

      I've partnered with a brilliant php developer and a top SEO/Google adwords account manager who deals with accounts where he's in charge of managing adwords accounts worth tens of thousands of pounds each month.

      We all play to our strengths and we're happy to put in the hours together and reap the rewards together. I know damn well I couldn't do this without the other two and a third of what I'll make with them will be a hell of alot more than 100% of what I could make on my own.

      Recognise your strengths and partner with people who you trust and whose skill sets are outside of your own.
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