This will shave 3 months off your learning curve or your money back...

Lot's of new folks around, and I want to share what made the biggest difference in my understanding of "IM" and I use that phrase loosely, because 95% of what's talked about here has nothing to do with marketing...

Anyway... Most people are starting out either building small sites for affiliate marketing or adsense. And that's great, there's nothing wrong with that. But they seem to all get stuck on the same thing, wondering what they're supposed to do with the site to get traffic, promote it, etc.

One day I had a breakthrough. It was probably 9 months ago. But I asked myself, what would I do if were opening a real business in a month.

And I came up with a simple little list:

1. I'd tell everyone I knew and ask them to tell folks they knew - online this can done via facebook, twitter, or other social marketing. Basically generating some buzz.

2. I'd write a press release and submit for syndication. (not some junk press release site, use webwire .com and pay for the $20 option)

3. I'd actively participate on forums and blogs that were related to my business and build relationships with the bloggers. I'd start establishing myself as an authority.

4. I'd write high quality relevant articles, and work to get them published on those blogs I talked about in number 3. I'd also look for offline publications that make sense.

5. I'd publish relevant videos on you tube driving people back to my site.

I could go on, but I want to make a point and I think most people have stopped reading by now. If you treat your little MFA site or small affiliate site like a real business, and think of it as such everything else starts making sense.

You realize that link building in a silo makes little sense. You soon realize that filling out a forum profile and never participating on a forum is dumb.

And at some point you realize what you need is a simple strategy, not a random assortment of techniques that you hope will work.

So I have a challenge for all those struggling to make it click.

Ask yourself what you would do if you were a HVAC repair man getting ready to open a new business. Now translate your answers into how you can promote your website about wooden wine corks (which I happen to have one sitting on my desk that my wife gave me as an anniversary present).

Hope that helps. If not, make sure to call my refund dept. We're here 24/7 and haven't had give one out in years for this kind of offer.