Comments on: Traffic Pain Relief: Would a Map Help?

By: victor

victor — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:45:30 +0000

The first thing I believe is to have a product one you can stand behind, that will keep your interest over a long period of time; then as one of the other commenter so wisely advised – get going – take one area of web marketing you are interested in and apply your self. Let people know what you are offering. Concentration of effort with patience is one of the principles of success that can be applied to any of life.
Regards
Victor

By: Mark Widawer

Mark Widawer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:20:18 +0000

Neil, Donna, and everyone else…
You’ve hit the nail on the head, I think.
And I’m working on it. I’ve got some ideas…and some unique leverage…that I’m going to exploit on your behalf.
–Mark

By: Neil Stolmaker

Neil Stolmaker — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:18:19 +0000

Greetings Mark;
I like the idea of a flowchart/roadmap. But what would be even more useful would be step-by-step tutorials on the best way to use the various techniques for generating traffic.
Like your Landing Page Cash Machine templates, for example, but for sites like Squidoo, Stumbleupon, etc. They would not necessarily duplicate what you can learn in the tutorials on the sites, but would provide tips and shortcuts to make using them more effective.
I like where this is going!
Regards,
Neil

By: Donna Amos

Donna Amos — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:50:06 +0000

Mark,
Everything you say is the truth. I took the month of July and did some of the very suggestions you made and my traffic actually tripled. Now that sounds great but what tripled means is I went from 400 unigue visitors to 1200. So the numbers are not huge but I see that if I continue the same efforts it will not take long to generate great numbers.

I use a kitchen timer every day for 60 minutes to ensure I consistently do the important things to get traffic.

My next challenge is turning the traffic into paying clients.

Thanks for your honesty.

By: Peg

Peg — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:32:35 +0000

Since I am primarily interested in keeping the costs down for small business entrepreneurs, I started a discussion group on MySpace that I call Action Steps for Business. I had hoped other small business owners would share online marketing strategies that had worked or failed. One of the members asked about Craig's List. I was immediately interested in seeing you list it here among your other free back link strategies, Mark. I have only managed to attract other marketers from my ads on Craig's list and to my knowledge, my postings in forums there has produced no traffic to my site. That doesn't mean, of course, I used that site correctly! Pegs last blog post..Aug 10, 7 Habits

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:39:39 +0000

PS Forgot to add: “work” is a good 4 letter word. Margaret.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:37:29 +0000

Good Morning Mark:
The idea of a flow-chart/map is a great one. It would be a treat to see it mapped out – start here, then do this and so on. Not everyone would need the first parts but they could hop and skip to the parts where they are stuck and go from there. Thanks for all your help and it is so nice to hear the truth – even if we don’t really want to hear that mostly it’s work, work, and more work. We really knew that all along but didn’t want to admit it. Keep up the good work and thanks again. Have a great day. Margaret.

By: Bill S.

Bill S. — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:13:48 +0000

Yes! Another vote in favor of the “road map” for us (relative) newbies! A good “hit list” of the BEST thing to do first, then the next, and next, etc. Add in some knowledge about how to accomplish that step (doesn’t have to be a lot – there’s plenty of info on that sort of thing already out there…). All that would be VERY helpful and mucho appreciated.

Thanks;
Bill

By: Carm Paynter

Carm Paynter — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:17:36 +0000

Mark,
Work isn’t a problem, disappointment is.
I have spent countless hours reading how-to’s, and trying to apply them, then looking for other, simpler how-to’s.
Thankfully my searches led me to your information. I keep reading what you have to say because you have an air of truthfulness that I like.
I have tried to follow plans before but they assumed I was a computer genius (I have discovered how false this is long ago). So as Miks says, we need a simple process with a clear legend and a solid, already tested step-by-step process.
Know anywhere we can get such a thing?

By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:37:27 +0000

I Think alot of people that have been honestly
trying hard to make it, I`m talking 2-4 years of spending money on rippoff scams and no good promises , Working ,Studying And just trying
to make that first 100 dollars online, They aren`t really looking for the magic pill ,But Totally frustrated and tired , The next new product comes along the marketers sales letter sounds honest
Tells him how everyone has ripped him off, But now
help is here Finally some one honest is going to save the ship. Make it so easy for him to Start earning right away. Its Not the shortcut the newbee is looking for,Its success, Because 2 – 4
Years of failure and being scammed is no shortcut.
Thats my Take On It.

Rudys last blog post..THE 7 DOLLAR WAY TO BIG PROFITS