I was reading an article the other day about a gentleman who has done nothing but traffic exchanges to promote his Internet business for the last eight years. I came away from reading that article very impressed for two reasons. In this article, I want to talk about Web marketing techniques and what those two reasons were.
My personal opinion of why people fail in with their own Internet marketing business is because they never master traffic generation techniques. Web marketing is really more than just getting traffic to your website however.
Once you get traffic to your website, you have to convert some of that into a positive response. A positive response can be anything from getting somebody to subscribe to your newsletter, getting them to buy a product, getting them to bookmark your website, or getting them to refer you to a friend.
Here are the two things that impressed me about the gentleman who would build a full-time income with Internet marketing, doing nothing more than traffic exchanges.
1. He did master one form of traffic generation
2. He was consistent in his efforts on a daily basis
It has been said that if you enjoy what you do you’ll never work a day in your life. So it is with Web marketing techniques. Take the example of the gentlemen who became an expert in traffic exchanges.
He was fascinated with the way traffic exchanges worked.
He devoted every day to getting more traffic to his web pages.
He understood the ins and outs of traffic exchanges because he knew from a first-hand experience what worked.
This is another reason why most people fail on line. They never master even one traffic technique and they never learn Web marketing techniques that allow them to earn enough money to want to stick with it.
Hopefully, you are mastering Web marketing techniques that involve doing something that you enjoy to move your business forward.
Originally posted 2008-04-08 11:13:18.
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May 20th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Internet marketing all comes down to building links, and thus traffic. 99% of people fail because they don’t take this business seriously. They stumble upon a garbage MMO site, fall under the impression that they can start a blog and begin making loads immediately. People, if it worked that way everyone would be rich. Unforunately, it doesn’t and hence why many are still struggling at internet marketing (many have been struggling for several years)
May 20th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Thanks for taking the time to comment on our blog. we love any and all input. you are correct about the failure rate of internet marketing. However, I have to disagree with the reason. I believe that most folks do take their online business serious. The problem most folks fail is that it is har to find material that actually provides a step by step for things like how to set up your blog, or how to write landing pages that will convert and stuff like that. In mu opinion that’s why most folks fail. They don’t know how to market to their audience or they keep on buying crap form the so called “Guru” or Newbie turned Guru in 30 days. All that stuff just confuses folks.
Ok, I am off of my soap box, again thanks for taking the time to comment on our blog…
Best Regards,
Joe Justin