World Wide Winners – Module 5
ByHere we are near to the end of Dean Holland’s great course “Starting with Marketing”.
As we know the key to any online business is your list and your relationship with your list. There are a number of ways of growing your list and one of them is to make the online community aware of you.
So how do you make people aware of you:
- Visit Forums and take part in discussions
- Visit Blogs
- Write articles
Forums
The benefits from using forums is huge.
- You can learn from them
- You can make new relationships from them
- Increase your reputation as someone with knowledge in this field
- Gain free traffic
- Make money
- Brand awareness
The Do’s of using a forum:
- Interact with other members
- Answer or Contribute to other posts
- Ask advice
- Ask questions (Search the forum first, so you are not repeating the question)
- Share your knowledge (It is a two way street)
The Don’ts of using a forum
- Do not write a post and include links to your stuff.
- Do not use affiliate links
- Do not lie
- Do not argue or create arguments
- Do not write posts that are clearly aimed at getting traffic
- Do not promote anything unless allowed
Blogs
You can find other blogs by using the following methods:
- Search Engines
- Forums
- Comments on other blogs
- Comments on your blog
- Social Media sites
So you have used these methods to find other blogs, what do you do with them now.
- Build a list of blogs on a spreadsheet or word document
- Get into the habit of of visiting each of them regulary and making constructive comments.
- After a few weeks of visiting these blogs check from Google Analytics which blogs are getting you the most traffic.
- Drop the poor ones and keep the good ones
- Find some new blogs and repeat the process
Articles
To find a subject source for your article use keyword research. If people are looking for solutions to their problems, write an article to solve the problem and in this way you have branded yourself as someone with knowledge in that particular niche. There are many online article directories click here to find the top 50.
Remember to use keywords in your title.
You can also outsorce your article writing but you should have a go at writing at least one article.
Believe and achieve is a good motto, if you believe you will achieve.
Hey there kerie, you know what? this post is such an eye opener for IM’S that need to be reminded for the does and dont’s of online marketing!
Spam happens endlessly and its definately what separates the pro’s from the beginners!
Im looking forward to seeing everybodies videos hey!:)
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I can’t wait to see the videos. I am busy doing a short script now.
Hey Kerie,
Very nice post. I’ve been getting stuck into a couple of those methods but I’ve always been a bit apprehensive in forums for some reason. Maybe I always think that other contributors just have more knowledge.
Something I need to get over quickly.
But then again I wasn’t too confident with the articles but now I can write one in about 40 mins and I have a few out there already.
Thanks again.
Andy
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Way to go Andy
Keep the positive thinking up. Don’t put yourself down, its all about confidence and having a go.
Cheers Kerie
Hey Kerie,
That’s an excellent list of do’s and don’ts.
Altough I will have to argue with you on the,
The Don’ts of using a forum…Just kidding
If everyone followed those rules there would be a lot less people getting themselves banned mainly for affiliate links.
The first post you should read in any forum is the, rules of the forum post. Most people tend to skip that and jump right in but quite a few forums have different rules so it’s always best to find out first.
Thanks,
James
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Hi James
It so true that everyone just skips the rules, its like the Terms and Conditions when installing new software most people and I include myself in this just tick the I agree box, so far I have given a full lung to Microsoft without realising it.
Cheers Kerie
Hi Kerie
I am ashamed to admit, I am one of those people that don’t read the rules in forums or anything else for that matter
. I did get myself in trouble on a forum once, but I have learnt my lesson 
Avis
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