How do you market in 2014?

simonp_ccfc

10 years ago

Anyone?

Just looking for a website that can tell you how to market your site.

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Tom Addams

10 years ago

Happy to help.

Things have not changed drastically in the last 3 years: many of the same traffic-generation principles still apply.

But since you want to develop an audience for your social network, look to other social networks for your traffic source. Consider the big ones - FB, G+, Twitter, etc - but also look at the smaller variety, where you'll have less competition from other marketers, and where you can upsell them - I would guess - to a superior social networking experience.

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jasondinner

10 years ago

Same way I marketed in 2013

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talfighel

10 years ago

Pay per click is the way to go. This is by far the fastest way to get the most traffic to your site that works really well.

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JordanAlexo

10 years ago

Well it depends on what you want to marketer. I like to use Youtube. I simply create videos explaining stuff, while I promote affiliate products. But it's definitely something that takes awhile to get traffic. Sure only if you use some shady tricks that I see other guys doing lol.

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EnterIn

10 years ago

If you are specifically looking for a website that will teach you online marketing methods, I recommend Charliepage.com. There is a free course there that will reveal several traffic generation strategies.

Here is one thing to remember though, and it took me a while to get this. If you plan to do any paid advertising, begin with the end in mind. In other words, the economics must sense.

What does that mean?

Well, if you plan to use pay per click or solo ads, you need to make sure that whatever you advertise will make you a profit. This way you can keep spending on advertising.

So consequently, if you don't yet have anything to sell, paid advertising can be used to build your audience fast but you will have to delay making profits until you have something to sell.

Hope this helps.

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celente

10 years ago

i will market the same way the vikings did back in 1801, and the same way they did it in teh 1950's ....chit! even what they were doing 8 years ago!

Build a list, and market to that list. Get new leads, and try to turn those leads into customers yes?

What were you expecting us to say? I mean.....really comon!

Time to build a business, not a money spinner yes? no? well I will leave that up to you.

OP. The more things change, the more they STAY THE SAME! Take these words to the bank please. :-)

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Taniwha 10 years ago

Originally Posted by celente

i will market the same way the vikings did back in 1801, and the same way they did it in teh 1950's ....chit! even what they were doing 8 years ago!

I totally forgot that the Vikings had email lists which sold penis enlargement pills.
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- celente 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Taniwha
  
  I totally forgot that the Vikings had email lists which sold penis enlargement pills.
  
  yes even the vikings had some downtime to get some good old fashioned SPAM :p:p
  
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  Taniwha 10 years ago
  
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  celente 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Taniwha
  
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  That would be a great e-book 4 back then. I would sign up.
  
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simonp_ccfc

10 years ago

haha thanks guys. Some good advice. Thanks for the charliepage link. I'll check it out. Just need a refresher course.

As far as paid for advertising is concerned it is something I aim to do but my main aim is to get people to sign up and use my social network.

This is free to do. My income will come from numbers using the site. The more members I get to use it regularly the more will hit the adverts. At least that is my thinking.

The problem is with paid for advertising I don't think I'll see a quick return on my money and that is a problem for me as monies are low. I'm thinking of concentrating my efforts on creating social media initially as this is free to do.

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EPoltrack77

10 years ago

well, social media is pretty much dominating right now.... Besides that ummm things havn't changed all that much.

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Randall Magwood

10 years ago

What made you want to start a social network... instead of just selling a simple ebook that could automate your finances?

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schttrj

10 years ago

If you ask me...

Social Media.

Niche forums.

Guest blogs.

Sponsored Reviews.

Website ads.

Pay Per Click ads.

And of course, email lists.

That should do it for you.

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celente

10 years ago

Originally Posted by schttrj

If you ask me...

Social Media.

Niche forums.

Guest blogs.

Sponsored Reviews.

Website ads.

Pay Per Click ads.

And of course, email lists.

That should do it for you.

A great list there

I would also like to add,

Also in 2014, we are already doing well by putting banner ads on high traffic forums. There is no better way to get high quality traffic, that is the most likely to join your list and bring in sales for you.

Basically you can work out deals with the owner, and for those of them that are not marketing savy, you can literally get these for under $100 sometimes less than $50.

Media buying is awesome.

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simonp_ccfc

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Randall Magwood

What made you want to start a social network... instead of just selling a simple ebook that could automate your finances?

Passion. Pure and simple. I started my business to solve a problem I saw in a market I love. I didn't aim to do a social network at first but through creating my business plan it became obvious that the answer was a social network dedicated to my market. Developing it has been a lot more work than I had planned but now its finished it was so worth it. I say finished. It's never finished but I now have a site that is ready to accept customers.

Now I need to market the hell out of it which is why I am back on warrior forum with my marketing hat back on again. I've gone full circle from where I started but being back in marketing game is where I feel most comfortable and why I got into internet marketing in the first place.

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mpollak450

10 years ago

Originally Posted by simonp_ccfc

Passion. Pure and simple. I started my business to solve a problem I saw in a market I love. I didn't aim to do a social network at first but through creating my business plan it became obvious that the answer was a social network dedicated to my market. Developing it has been a lot more work than I had planned but now its finished it was so worth it. I say finished. It's never finished but I now have a site that is ready to accept customers.

Now I need to market the hell out of it which is why I am back on warrior forum with my marketing hat back on again. I've gone full circle from where I started but being back in marketing game is where I feel most comfortable and why I got into internet marketing in the first place.

Congrats on sticking to something that is actually useful and with the intention of helping others. I would go where your niche goes and put your ads there. Pretty vague I know but at the same time, if you really know your niche, you'll know where they hang out too.

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mikeink 10 years ago

You market mainly the same today as was done in the era of the flintstones. Only it is now done by word of mouth, flyers, INTERNET, TV, etc.

Marketing has changed over the years. The techniques have changed a lot that all.

You to figure out want will work for you, and adapt it to how you need to use it.

WE NEED TO ADAPT!!!!!
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cyberzolo

10 years ago

Blog commenting and forum postng

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himanuzo

10 years ago

For 2014, I mainly focus SEO. Then PPC.

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Anthony La Rocca

10 years ago

Facebook PPC and creating WSO's -- rinse and repeat!

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johnben1444

10 years ago

Don't try to re-invent the wheels.

The same stuff that works years back is still working. The only changes is on SEO/linkbuilding, you'll need glasses this time.

Goodluck,

John

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TimothyTorrents

10 years ago

Guest posts, social media, video marketing, and email list marketing.

Focus on those four techniques and you will have a killer website in no time.

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multiplecloud

10 years ago

For me, branding is more important than link building

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simonp_ccfc 10 years ago

Originally Posted by multiplecloud

For me, branding is more important than link building

I've built a brand too and have little interest in SEO so ranking for keywords is not an important part of my marketing strategy. Instead I aim to use another strategy, probably social media, to get my brand known. Could you expand further on what you said above as I would be interested to hear your thoughts?
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sanmal

10 years ago

Blog commenting and forum postings and far the best is quality and unique content writing.It will boost your traffic in the long run and it will be sustainable taffic.

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Ripster

10 years ago

Video Marketing with YouTube will be an effective way to market in 2014.

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ChrisDouthit

10 years ago

I am going to stick to the basics, PPC, SEO, articles, media, and email marketing. I will try to mix in some video marketing as well. I plan to spend more time on SEO in 2014, for many it has gotten harder, but my Google traffic only increases with every algorithm update. I no longer have to fight blackhat SEOers, they have all been removed.

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Eric Lovelace 10 years ago

Hey Simon

Did some digging around and this seems to be a great resource for ya

https://www.elance.com/q/blog/market...king_site.html

The two main points that stick out to me is clearly defining a target market and having a group of beta testers in place.

Hope this helps

Eric
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PeckhamPirate

10 years ago

I think I'm annoying the hell out of my real friends, but it has to be Facebook all the way, Pinterest's well worth a look, Twitter's tougher than it was.
Just go Facebook mate.

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10 years ago

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leisurexperience 10 years ago

What is this actually? Look like it required lot of things to do
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- thefuture4321 10 years ago
  
  Affiliate marketing and SEO was and is still big, won't go away anytime soon, why fix something that's not broke?
  
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Lightlysalted

10 years ago

I'd opt for promotion on other social networking sites personally as it's most connected to your target audience.

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bradleymatthews

10 years ago

I use all the major Social Media Networks. But Facebook is the best place to directly connect with your leads. I'd say I make about 90% of my online money using Facebook. Although with all their changes they've tried to make it more difficult. They want you to pay for the things you used to get for free. The follow feature is nice because they only allow 5,000 friends so even if you're maxed out people can still follow you.

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Trey Morgan

10 years ago

Try Youtube/Video Marketing. It's working for me.

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leisurexperience

10 years ago

Still don't know yet..hahaha

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carlamae

10 years ago

Fight fire with fire...promote your social network with other social networks. I think someone up above made a comment that explained this better, but you can't go wrong with social media these days....that's where everyone is...also, the model of building relationships will never change...I think you'll do just fine!

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10 years ago

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