Stay Focused, Diversify And Grow Your Business

I suggest netrepreneurs expand/diversify with more sites and unique angles of content to complement their key business and activities.(Nelson Tan)

How do we diversify, stay focused on our market, find a unique angle, test and implement profitable strategies then repeat these steps over and over again? First off, having multiple websites can be an administrative nightmare. Not only do you have to:

1. check email
2. reply to email
3. keyword research
4. create content
5. add new content for your website
6. create content for your email campaign
7. send out emails to your email list
8. upload ad placement code to new pages on your website and blog
9. affiliate product
10. optimize ads
11. update site maps
12. update rss feeds
13. back link strategy (posts to forums, blogs, etc)
14. article directory submission
15. search engine directory submission

At some point you will have to test different page elements, ads, layouts, content, etc to see which performs better, then change your other campaigns to match it.

All of this will need to be done at least once a week. But, you need to check and respond to email every two days.

Whew....

Once you have done this for a while one of five things will happen (or all five):

1. your websites updates will slowly start to "fall by the wayside”
2. email questions don’t get answered in a timely fashion
3. email lists start to opt-out
4. you will go mad
5. you will outsource

Number 5 isn't bad; actually, outsourcing can be your way to effectively grow your business. Lets face it, it takes time to be successful online (far less time than it does in most other industries).

Having “too much on your plate” can overshadow your creativity.

So turn off the TV, turn the Jazz and start researching keywords as a foundation for your next killer web site and/or Blog.

Some people don't feel that Internet Businesses are worth the time and the mental workout you get from analyzing enormous amounts of data. That being said, what most don't realize is that even with all of the above responsibilities you still work far less and have the potential to make more money than you would have ever seen if you'd been going from job to job and waiting on a pay raise.

Until next time

Will

p.s. Sometimes you can find an excellent niche, write a how-to ebook, create an awesome landing/sales page, start an Adwords campaign and drive targeted traffic to your sales page. This method can draw you an amazing amount of daily income. This is slightly harder than it sounds.

p.s.s. Life deals us a great deal of responsibility but you have to realize when to ask for help (and that all help is not free but still worth paying for).

:-)

Internet Marketing Site Creation And Implementation

Boy is it hard to get things organized when you have a ton of stuff going on and even more ideas that you want to implement. While trying to optimize my current websites I'm constantly using my keyword research tool from Nichebot.com to come up with content that is in demand with the search engines. Simultaneously I'm:

1. writing articles,
2. submitting articles to over 400 article directories,
3. updating my websites (weekly) with advertising content & articles,
4. organizing my website ad content,
5. searching for relevant affiliate products,
6. posting to forums and blogs
7. looking for Niches that I can create a website and an ebook to sell
8. working on my email marketing strategy

I'm sure there are other things I'm doing to grow my Internet Marketing Business but these are the top dogs right now. I must admit Internet Marketing can be overwhelming at times but when it takes a toll on me I find relief in sharing what part of it drains me the most. I'm looking forward to the day when I can pay someone to do the grunt work while I come up with the strategies.