My Internet Marketing Story

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A lot of people ask me how I got started with online
marketing. I usually tell them in one form or other...
the following story. Hope you have time to read it,
it may help you write your own internet marketing story...




o My Internet Marketing Story

Four years ago, when I started my first website
- I didn't have a clue what I was doing!

I started from scratch. I didn't know html or how to even
send an email. I had to learn everything about creating webpages -
html, scripts, graphics, etc. It was like landing on another
planet with a blindfold on - calling me clueless would have
been a compliment back then. And I would have gladly taken it.

Today, when I checked my stats on that same website, I found
out that I had made over $180 while I was sleeping. Granted,
I don't make that much every day - sometimes it's less,
sometimes it's more. But that first website is bringing
in a regular income for me from Google Adsense, Affiliate
Sales and Advertising.

How did I go from a clueless webmaster to someone who is
making a full time living on the web. It's a story that many
online marketers can tell - we each have own stories. Mine is
not extraordinary. Nor is my story that noteworthy - I am not
making hundreds of thousands or even millions doing this - just
a steady stream of small checks that arrive each month. Checks
that pay the heating bills, car payments, etc.

Like so many webmasters before me, because I was starting
from scratch, I had a long learning curve. I had to learn
everything by trial and error. In other words, I learned
things the hard way - from experience.

Looking back on the whole struggle, and for me it was a
very long struggle. But it was also a very enjoyable struggle
for I love everything about the Internet. I find the whole
underlying structure fascinating to no end. I am easily amused.
I enjoy every second I am working online - it never becomes
boring or mundane. It always holds my interest. Guess that's
the main reason I am still working online.

The one strait you must have above all others if you want
to earn money online - persistence. You must keep at it -
success doesn't usually happen overnight - you have to work
at it. Day in, day out.

It took me three years before I saw any large amount of
income coming from my site. Until I built up enough traffic
to make those sales and earn money from advertising. So you
have to have persistence. Never give up - keep learning new
techniques. Absorb everything.

Create high quality original content, and create a lot of it.
And you will succeed. It's sort of an unwritten law of the
world wide web.

Looking back on the whole process, if I had to pick the one
turning point. The one eureka moment. The one factor that
changed everything for me and put my site on the road to
success. The key was always there, I knew about it for years
but never used it. It is really quite simple and I am sure
you have heard this a hundred times.

Article writing was the key.

It still is. Nothing was happening with my site until
I starting writing articles. This may sound a little old-hat
these days but writing articles is one of major ways of
marketing on the web. Never underestimate the marketing
power of simple 500 word 'how-to' article. It will work
miracles for any site.


Here's what happened when I started writing articles.

First, I found I had a lot of information to share. I had
all those first hand experiences of learning how to build
and market on the web. Years of learning in the marketing
forums made me aware of all the major marketing techniques
and the major marketing players. My website was on the subject
of Internet marketing, so I naturally learned everything
I could about online marketing for material to put on my
site. Over the years, I have absorbed a lot of marketing
knowledge that comes in handy when I do my own online
marketing!

Perhaps, even more important, I have an education background
- I know how to learn. I know how to teach myself what I
need to know. Never underestimate the power of self-education.
Many people downgrade it - don't.

I started writing articles and to my surprise over sites
picked them up and placed them on their sites. In the resource
box of those articles I had links back to my site. As more
and more links grew - I received more and more traffic from
the articles and from the search engines.

To my surprise, major directories/sites carried my articles:
www.ezinearticles.com, www.buzzle.com... - also some major
ezines like addme, sitepronews featured my articles...
resulting in major traffic but more importantly it helped
build my opt-in list.

Google started to rank more and more pages on my sites in
top ten positions. These were targeted to the keywords
in my articles and on my site. Once I knew how to pick
good high paying keywords and get those same keywords
ranked on the first pages of the search engines (SERPs)
- I had my own simple marketing system that worked.

Its a simple marketing system anyone can use to build a
profitable website. It's not rocket science or anywhere
near it. My reasoning, if someone like me, who started
from page zero, can do this, then anyone can. You can too.

But this marketing fun doesn't have to stop with just
one website, after you have built your first successful
site you will probably want to build more. Last week I
bought five more domains and I am starting to build
websites for them.

Unlike the first time, I now know exactly where to start,
what exactly has to be done, what tools I need to get the
job done, and I know all the design features I need for
a successful site.

Now where did I put that Keyword Elite...





Regards,
Titus Hoskins



Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
Finley Peter Dunne


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