We all want overnight success, yet I often see sites languishing with low traffic, low sales and low profits for years.
I wanted to help you avoid that.
Here are three simple rules that, if followed, will help you to avoid many of those pitfalls and “fast-track” your way to business success.
1. Study and Plan First
I am a “do-er” while in most cases that is a plus, sometimes I need to stop “doing” and plan a little more strategically.
My friends Andy Jenkins and Audrey Kerwood have *several* medium and high traffic sites listed at the pinnacle of Google for great, targeted keywords.
Their sites are all a very well thought-out strategies of combining a market niche, high demand, low competition and affiliate or drop-shipped products.
And every time I talk to them they have just banked another $10,000 from a new idea.
Lucky for the rest of us, they are willing to “share” some of their most lucrative secrets so you can profit from the same careful planning and preparation:
http://all-in-one-business.com/ysb
[While you are there, take a second to sign up for their newsletter–it is one of the best on the net.]
2. Take time to read “the good stuff”
I typed “internet marketing” into Google. Up popped almost 5 MILLION results. Let me help you narrow the field.
Any time you are looking at purchasing a marketing product, take a look at that site’s Alexa.com rank. (You can download a toolbar there which will give you a rank on every site you visit.) Here’s what you can tell about the site BEFORE you trust their materials:
(1) Does the site itself get traffic? If it’s Alexa rank is 50,000 or above, the site is not getting any significant traffic. As I write this All-In-One-Business.com has a 3 month average Alexa rank of 9,790 and our weekly rank is 5,665.
(2) Even if it has a low Alexa number, is the site a Subscriber site? If so, Alexa can be artificially low because the same subscribers are visiting again and again.
(3) What are people on the net saying about this product and/or “marketing guru”? Type the suspect’s name into Google and see what pops out. A few negative comments and pages out of hundreds of positive comments is fine, if half the comments are negative, you should avoid this product like the plague.
(4) Do trusted sources recommend the product? While almost every product has affiliates who recommend it these days; people like myself, Allan Gardyne, Andy & Audrey, Ed Thorpe, Shelley Lowery, Chuck McCullough, Rosalind Gardner will only recommend products we believe in.
These four questions will give you some idea of what will be profitable for you and what will simply be a waste of $$. If you would like to see the resources I recommend, go to:
http://all-in-one-business.com/rec-rec
3. Get to know a successful person (or two.)
The single most important thing you can do to ensure the rapid success of your business is to hook up with someone who is ALREADY successful. While it is difficult to just “barge in” to their often already busy lives, there are several ways you can contact them:
(1) Try the phone. While many do not take phone calls, some do. Give them a call.
(2) Become an affiliate. Successful affiliates are ALWAYS noticed. Make a few sales and you will likely be a person they notice and spend time with.
(3) Offer or ask for help. If you have a skill that can be of service to them, provide it. If you need help, ask. While the latter is less effective than the former, both can get your foot in the door.
(4) Pay for it. Many of us offer in-depth help. Whether it is an hour of their time or a full-blown seminar, it is worth the money if it gets you “into” their circle. Over a very short period of time a mentor can make you thousands of dollars. To get an idea of how mentoring works–at least with me–go to:
http://all-in-one-business.com/mentoring
Follow these plans and you are likely to see your success skyrocket–and in less time that you think!
Kevin Bidwell is owner of
http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/cg-bin/at.cgi?a=274293
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