What Do Most Newbie Marketers Struggle With?

by neda30

Posted: 13 years ago 19 replies

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I was curious to know what most newbie marketers struggle with. Is it technical things like building blogs or websites! Is it learning the different marketing strategies or mindset and self development. To be honest you don't have to be a newbie. Everyone has problems that need solving and I just want some feedback. What are your challenges?

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John Galt 13 years ago

Taking action. That and over-complicating things. Newbies tend to read voraciously, to the point where they don't know what to do first. So they do nothing or very little.
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eWebCats 13 years ago

I remember my biggest struggle was with who can I trust; but my wife thought I struggled with addictive shopaholic behavior from buying every offer that found it's way to my wallet. :-)

What did you struggle with when you were a newbie? And what are you struggling with now? I've probably got a book on it and would be happy to answer any questions if you want to pm me.
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- neda30 13 years ago
  
  We struggle with PPC even though we don't use it much. The main reason of course is losing money. This is a marketing method we haven't mastered yet.
  
  When I was a newbie it was all about being overwhelmed! Too much info destroyed me so I had to focus on one thing at a time.
  
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eWebCats 13 years ago

BTW I like your website.
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- neda30 13 years ago
  
  Thanks! It's my husbands website and I'm one of his partners in crime! I've learned alot from him but I too have teach him every now and then.
  
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tmthirty

13 years ago

Newbie here. It's definitely the amount of methods to choose from and which is "best". It's taken me 1 month to find what works for me. I HATE quitting, so that's why I stuck with it. But, sheesh, for other people I can definitely see why they would give up

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neda30

13 years ago

Originally Posted by tmthirty

Trust me I know how you feel. My husband and I were very close to quitting. But I'm happy we kept with it. Not to offend anyone but JOB'S SUCK!!!

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ekramos 13 years ago

One word! PROCRASTINATION
That's why many of us struggle to earn money because of this and that includes me. Until one day I found a website that teaches me as a newbie to focus and learn the basic skills of Internet Marketing.
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zantonsus 13 years ago

Im a newbie, only been grinding away for a week or so. There is a lot of new information and its amazing fun at first. Guess after that initial excitement the reality of the massive amount of info to digest sinks in. Add to that the knowledge that it has "been done before" and a feeling of "ive missed the boat" and it can seem a daunting mission.
I am struggling with website building, i built a crap landing page via a walkthrough, then tried to build a site with a hosts sitebuilder. Then i bought a turnkey and am trying to market that. Thoughts atm are that i will outsource website design in future and focus on marketing well.
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- anakinhk 13 years ago
  
  staying focused
  
  newbie marketers tend to suffer from information overload as well as the shiny object syndrome where they switch from one niche/product to another
  
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Mr Steve 13 years ago

I think they mostly struggle with focus and planning.
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- beatlechan 13 years ago
  
  For me, as newbie, it's over-analyzing (analysis paralysis) everything then not taking any action, especially during the research phase.
  
  I would spend hours researching product or niche, getting keywords and such only to find that it's too competitive or not enough traffic. Instead of going for it, I just move on to something else.
  
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salamony86 13 years ago

Top 3 of newbies problems
1. Taking Actions
2. Procrastination
3. Winning Mindset

But technically many newbies are stuck in getting traffic.

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Acemck 13 years ago

I would quote but it will be much less of a resource hog to just say... ALL OF THE ABOVE.
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neda30 13 years ago

Thank you all for the awesome feedback!
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mejohn1 13 years ago

i think newbies struggle with link building
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Clara H 13 years ago

For me it was finding the right method that worked for me... I tried a few methods and just couldn't stick to them because they didn't suit me at all and I had no motivation... finally found something that suits me. And discovered I can outsource the stuff that makes me lose motivation...

Picking the right niche/keywords has also been a challenge for me, as has gaining traffic. I've been building websites since I was 12 years old so the technical part of it was the only easy part!
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Eduard Stinga 13 years ago

For me it was actually starting to do something, as I knew most of the stuff but didn't apply anything :p
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King Seesar 13 years ago

For me, still a newbie in my mind, I have been completely overwhelmed with choices and methods, none of which have worked for me. I have trying three different methods (with some parallels) and stuck with each of them for one to three or four months, and only once have I made a penny from any of these methods. With one channel, I make about $22 every six months. I get so discouraged by this that I quite regularly and only come back when I'm eating slices of plain bread for weeks at a time, like this week. I have no idea how others make this work out for them and I'm digging around the forum to try and figure it out and try again for a fourth time...
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