Isn’t that just one of the problems most Internet marketers are struggling with on a daily base? So at times we need to take decisions we aren’t all that happy about but feel they are necessary in the “bigger picture”, like for example me not posting here as often as I should or better said, would like to.
There are of course also times that we just have to step back and see the bigger picture more clearly, and I have found a few months ago that having a break really ups my spirit and energy levels again, ready for more action.
Last week I took another break and went to visit my family and take part in the annual family reunion, had a complete blast seeing all of them again, and even though Saturday wasn’t the highlight of the minibreak I had hoped for (the Dutch team lost in the quarter finals of the European championship) it was still a well needed and productive break.
So now I am back to business, once again I realize just how thankful I am to have found Internet marketing on my path. Before leaving, I had set up a distribution of articles on set dates so even though I wasn’t “holding the fort” myself, my work did continue.
One thing I have learned finally is not to sweat the small stuff and have patience.
Before I could get really discouraged if a site didn’t start making money the minute it was set up but now I am really focusing on the long run. Building up a site, adding content after doing my research, and getting it to an acceptable level.
Once at the point of having a site completed to a certain standard it goes into my schedule of promotion and link building and I go on to the next site to get it to the point where I can start promoting it as well.
I wrote a few weeks ago about More Niche and so far I can only say I am still impressed with the program. I am actually following all the steps and even though I haven’t had a sale coming in from the sites I build for that program, I am starting to become a lot more productive in matter of my overall work level and focus.
Following the right steps is actually showing me an increase in organic traffic and I am confident sales will start to get in sooner or later, so I am not too bothered about that part right now because I am confident about the outcome.
A really cool thing though is that I won a 40% commission lock in for life on one of the products, instead of the 30% this product gives normally, by winning in their competition in the category of best copy/layout.
A little cheer for me there!
That was a really nice surprise to see, that the site I entered for this competition got this feedback and I have to say that I am really pleased with that result. Funny thing is that when looking at my stats for that winning site, it has an average visited number of pages per visitor of 4.8, average time spent is nearing 9 minutes, so hopefully sales will start coming in once promotional efforts are really starting to hit in.
I’ll keep you guys posted!
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on Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Mirjam:
Very nice! I am glad that you had good time and have won a great surprise.
Keep it going. I know you will be success. I am watching you!
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on Jul 3rd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Hey Mirjam,
This is my first visit to your blog so I thought it’d be good to say “Hi” to you. Don’t worry I don’t find your blog thru D-list so I’m not here to drop any one-liner.
I’m a new kid on the neighborhood and I think I could pick up a thing or two from your blog. Count me as your new subscriber.
Yan
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on Jul 4th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
OK ya caught my eye. I too have no problem “building”, but would love to learn a little more about your “schedule of promotion and link building”.
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on Jul 5th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
good blogging takes time and a willingness to work hard. you have a great start here and a good grasp on blogging in 2008. keep going your way.
thanks
on Jul 6th, 2008 at 7:37 am
moreniche is really a great aff.program.. I can say I made a decent amount from it especially from casino offers… I highly recommend it to everyone
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on Jul 8th, 2008 at 8:46 am
LOL Dennis, are you asking me to share my “secrets”?
Maybe I should turn it into an ebook and sell it for the big bucks ROFL (referring to my new post here, http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/07/07/what-is-more-important-the-product-or-the-sales-technique/
Just kidding there, basically it comes down to setting up a shedule for each website I run, and deciding which way to promote it, linkbuilding through comments, social bookmarking, article marketing, directory submission etc.
I am trying to build more consistency into my work shedule, so I believe it is just working for me, but I will write a post on it this week hopefully
thanks for the interest!
on Jul 8th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
OH GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Not another SECRETS ebook!!! LMAO!
I look forward to that post. I’m about to launch 3 new blogs making up a “mini-network” I’ve been devising and can use all the scheduling help I can find
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on Jul 9th, 2008 at 1:09 am
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on Jul 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Having cent percent sales is a very difficult thing. On m site, I received almost 5 orders a day but none of them was productive(It was almost 6 months ago). Now if only one user a day ordered something(I have many virtual products there) on my site, it is productive and I have 100% productivity. A huge traffic is difficult to be turned into successful sales.
on Jul 27th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Mirjam, You should reveal them, in whatever shape those would be, I think we are going to have ebooks with speed of light and it is difficult to decide. I am afraid that nobody will buy it if you will be too late.