subject: What Are Your Priorities When It Comes To Marketing Your Online Business Opportunities? [print this page] If you have just recently started a business opportunity online then one of the first lessons you need to learn, and it is an important lesson, is what you should be focusing on that will make your business successful.
So what mistakes should you avoid making when first starting out and what is it that tends to absorb people's attention that does not help to earn them an income?
1. Are you spending an enormous amount of time on social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook? You can build a huge list of followers very quickly on these sites, but are they making any money for you?
2. There are many people who waste countless hours trying to build their lists with giveaways by surfing on traffic exchanges, but if this is not done correctly it is a total waste of time.
3. Thousands of people spend hours of their time chatting on forums which is enlightening but not achieving much benefit to their online business opportunities.
Although none of these things mentioned to this point are bad in themselves, as they all have a place when it comes to marketing your business online, they are not the sort of things that you should be making your main concerns.
Let's now discuss the types of tasks you should be focusing on to build your online business opportunities successfully.
1. Learn how to develop your own products or services. It doesn't matter whether these are physical or digital products or if you are offering a particular skill as a service, what your main objective here is that you will become known on the internet when you offer something of your own.
2. Once you have developed your product or service then you can if you want to, set up an affiliate program and offer it via either PayDotCom.com or Clickbank.
It would be worth your while when setting up the program to include a sales page, some banner ads and a series of email letters. This type of thing will encourage people to join your affiliate program and market it on your behalf.
3. Keep learning new skills by reading books and articles by other marketers who are successful. There are many books available both off and online from which you can benefit. The more knowledge you gain the better off you will be.
5. Consider outsourcing some of your tasks. There are many tasks that it is necessary to perform on a regular basis and unless you have unlimited hours to spend on your business, you would be putting yourself ahead of the crowd by outsourcing some of the tasks that you are either not very good at or that are necessary but time consuming.
As an example, if writing articles or sales letters is something that you dread doing and it takes you forever to get going with these, or if you find the technical aspects difficult, then consider outsourcing some of these so that you can concentrate on the parts that you excel at and enjoy doing such as promoting your online business.
Yes it is true that outsourcing does cost some money, but the fact that it will save you a great deal of time and increase your productivity in a big way is a major factor to take into consideration as it will bring you closer to the kind of success you want to achieve for your online business opportunities sooner.
So in summary if you want your business to succeed online then start focusing on the things that matter. Learn to manage your time and prioritize the important tasks first. Spend a little time each day on the less important tasks such as social marketing and you will see progress on a regular basis.
