There is nothing wrong with learning as you go.Internet Marketing is an ever changing medium,so what worked for your home business last year or even last month may not give you same results now.You have to do your homework to keep up with many changes that are constantly thrown at you.The key to a success home business in any field is your ability to generate a mass amount of constant traffic for your opportunities.And there must be a demand for information,products or services that your home business opportunity provide.
When it come to traffic generation,you must be able to use all available traffic resources to obtain your goal - a work from home home business that produce a study income.
There are a lot of ways to market you business including Search Engines E-mail marketing Article Distribution Ad Swaps / Links at other sites Banner Advertising Signature Files
For sustained success and long term growth,you must build a mailing list.You should grow your optin list as you educate yourself and market your work at home business.
There is one traffic resource that is great for building a opt-in list if you want to do work and give away something of value - a freebie.Most internet marketer shy away from this traffic resource because you need a website to promote your freebie and a autoresponder to collect subscriber's information to growing your opt-in list.