subject: WARNING: 2 Humiliating Article Marketing Mistakes That Cost Me Thousands of Dollars [print this page] WARNING: 2 Humiliating Article Marketing Mistakes That Cost Me Thousands of Dollars
Everybody makes mistakes when they first start out in business. When I learned about article marketing a few years ago, I truly thought I had found a mistake free strategy for generating tons of traffic, that simply could NOT be fouled up!
Believe it or not, I was wrong. And if you are also trying to build YOUR business, or brand, on the broad shoulders and firm foundation of a content syndication strategy, you surely understand what I'm talking about.
The GOOD news?
I've since figured out a pretty foolproof system for delivering an avalanche of traffic, almost on demand, and it pretty much works in any niche under the sun. Let me share with you the 2 BIGGEST mistakes I made early on, simply because I see so many people making the same one today.
Filed Under: The Ridiculous Resource Box
I used to write all about MYSELF, too. My business background, my awards, my favorite hobbies, and all in THIRD person, too. The truth is, you'll waste more traffic writing about yourself in your resource box than you can possibly imagine. Once I figured out the KEY was to reward folks with something THEY were interested in, rather than blather on about myself, my click through rates went from 10% to 30% in some markets, which was the very first breakthrough, and "a-ha" moment I experienced online.
Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis
Everyone is guilty of this to some degree, but many of us have wasted weeks, months and even YEARS studying online marketing strategies. When it comes to creating copious amounts of killer content that converts like crazy, the KEY is not to over think it, or over-learn it, and simply DO the work. (i.e. - write the actual articles!) If I could go back and time and change ONE single thing in my own upward trajectory, it would be the amount of time I spent learning how to do something I learned in 2nd grade: How to write a short article on a topic I was passionate about.
