Do’s and Don’ts for the Internet Marketing Newbie (Part 2)Written by Debra Hamer
You are now reading Part 2 of my article “Do’s and Don’ts for Internet Marketing Newbie”. Part 1 covered Do’s and this part will cover Don’ts. · Don’t throw your money away! Unless you have lots to throw away and can afford to buy whatever gets thrown at you. Budget yourself and keep within your budget. Only spend when you need to. You will come across plenty of sites that want you to spend your hard earned money for an internet marketing course, E-book, or piece of software guaranteed to make you money. Don’t fall into trap. First investigate, ask questions from other marketers to see if they are familiar with product and recommend it. That’s where forums come in handy and are beneficial. · Don’t believe all of hype you will encounter. Example. BUY THIS SOFTWARE NOW! YOU ONLY HAVE TILL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OR THE PRICE IS GOING TO DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE. YOU’LL SAVE $200.00 IF YOU BUY RIGHT NOW! Don’t believe it, price will be same tomorrow and next. Or here’s another good one. I’m only selling this to first 50 people who visit my website. Yeah, right. I really believe that one. · Don’t forget you are a potential customer to every marketer out there, so they will try to sell you their service or product to make money. Remember you are now a marketer and your purpose is to sell your service or product to others, not for you to buy theirs. · Don’t get me wrong, some services or products are worth buying. You just have to figure out which are right ones for you and your business. Remember you’re not trying to line someone else’s pockets. You’re trying to line your own. · Don’t get frustrated and give up because things don’t happen right away. You have to have mindset that you can do it and succeed. Granted you will have good days and bad days. Every accomplishment is a victory. Every defeat is a learning experience. No business is an overnight success. · Don’t limit yourself and your thinking. Be willing to try different things and when you find one thing that seems to work, build on it, but keep trying other things as well. · You’ve had your business up and running for a couple of months and you’ve only made one sale. Don’t quit because you think it’s not working. Think in these terms instead. If you’ve made one sale, then you can make 2 sales, and if you can make 2 sales, you can make 3 sales and so on. Many of top marketers on internet today took years to find formula that led to their success.
| | Do’s and Don’ts for the Internet Marketing Newbie (Part 1)Written by Debra Hamer
I, myself, being an internet marketing “newbie” (endearing term used to refer to people who have just started their own internet business and don’t know what ---- they are doing) have learned a few things and would like to share my observations, tribulations, and triumphs with my fellow “newbies”. In sharing my experiences I hope I can help you avoid some of pitfalls and obstacles you will face. Let’s try to avoid some of those “Information Overload” headaches as well. I don’t want you to walk through same mud puddle if I can point it out and help you avoid it. First, in article which is Part 1, I will list some important “DO’s”. Part 2 will cover DON’Ts. · Do take your time, one step at a time. Do understand that building your business is not something than can be done in a matter of days, not even months in most cases. It’s going to take time, lots of time. · Do practice Patience! I know it’s not one of my virtues either and it’s really hard to put into practice, but to save your sanity, try to be patient! · Do understand in beginning you will be suffocated with so much information and resources your head will hurt (that’s where Information Overload headache comes from) and you will not know which direction to take first. You’ll just be spinning your wheels if you try to go off into 20 different directions at once. Remember, concentrate on one thing at a time! · Do use your best judgment when weeding through all of information. Throw away obvious hype and keep what you feel is resourceful and useful. · Do make it a goal to accomplish one task each day. Later when you can handle it add one or two more tasks. Progress slowly. · Do look for free resources, there’s plenty out there on internet to help you build and promote your business. There’s also a lot of hype and misinformation and just plain bad information, so definitely use number 4. · Do join some good internet marketing forums. You will find a lot of advice and tips on how to promote your business. Many people there are also “newbies” and you can bounce ideas off of each other. Many will post what has worked or hasn’t worked for them. Learn from internet marketing experts, they were in your shoes at one time, benefit from their experiences.
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