Comments on: Five Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

By: Boilers

Boilers — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:01:23 +0000

Thanks for the tips guys. I general make the first mistake. I try to advertise with limited budget in multiple places. You advice will help me a lot in future. I will try to market my website by avoiding the mistakes you mentioned above and come back and inform the results.

Thanks

Rahul
http://www.plumbtraders.co.uk

By: shannon

shannon — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:32:14 +0000

These are great major things to avoid. There are also many other problems of marketing. The idea of marketing a business sounds easy but there are many little things that can be done to increase business.

shannon
Marketing
http://www.eighthorses.com/

By: Authority Networker

Authority Networker — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:41:30 +0000

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By: Ian Taylor

Ian Taylor — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:46:49 +0000

Hi Darren,

I started reading about 1 post a day from this blog but I have to say its grown on me im now reading 3-4 posts a day and have created a few blogs of my own.

Thank you

Ian Taylor

http://technopreviews.blogspot.com/2009/04/worlds-smallest-camcorder-samsung-hmx.html

Feedback would be appreciated, Thanks

By: Megan

Megan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:15:04 +0000

Great points in the article! Word of mouth advertising is great for a small budget. I would consider low cost viral videos created through crowdsourcing. Several companies like GeniusRocket are using crowdsourcing to develop various forms of media. Great results on a smaller budget.

By: Mikes

Mikes — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:27:31 +0000

For now really i’m flying solo. *sigh. but really as of now, this is nothing professional or something but maybe in the future. we’ll see… we’ll see…

By: Mark Madsen

Mark Madsen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:25:43 +0000

I’ve made all of these mistakes, even being warned ahead of time. Another challenge that I see bloggers make is when they try to find their voice vs. just speaking to the needs of their viewers. It is also much easier when you have a niche blog with a well defined purpose and target audience.

By: Wayne Sharer

Wayne Sharer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:36:49 +0000

I particularly agree with the bullet about flying solo. Online, like in a store, joint ventures are your most profitable methods of gaining customers and targeted website visitors.

By: Mona

Mona — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:07:17 +0000

John you did a great job !
Perfect tips for people to develop their sense and concentrate on right direction. The point i liked the most is the functionality of the website must be proper.
Thanx

By: Bhavika

Bhavika — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:41:31 +0000

I have changed the design 3 times at least, tryin to get the best to go with the theme and subject of the blog…ya, and one thing at a time wud be the right approach.

By: Belkis

Belkis — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:14:35 +0000

A little of this and a little of that. I think this is the best advice. Everyone is trying to be everywhere and nothing is getting done. Great point.

By: Lee Ka Hoong

Lee Ka Hoong — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:47:59 +0000

Thanks John for the post. I do agree with you for the point #2. Without analytics, we’ll never know where when and how our readers come from, and we’re not able to decide what our readers like to read.

I think SEO is very important for a blog and I’m on the way of learning process.

Regards,
Lee

By: Greg Churilov

Greg Churilov — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:11:31 +0000

Good post.

Beyond Ad frequency, I would even say reliance on Ads, whereas content, articles, linkbacks, guest-blogging and tweets should bring a healthy dose of free traffic.
If that’s not enough, there’s JV, affiliates and other initiatives that only expend with an attached ROI.

Greg Churilov
http://wootheweb.com @}~`~,~~~
“Marketing is a courtship, not a battle”

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:59:47 +0000

Well I think it is not possible for anyone to follow all the tips for marketing, one may definitely skip any of the step.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:04:02 +0000

Great post with some good advice. I think it’s a hard first step for new bloggers to reach out and interact with the community. Especially if they feel that they don’t really know a lot about what they’re doing and are still learning.

By: axel g

axel g — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:35:59 +0000

Some really great advice there John!

Not tweaking things that aren’t broken, is an excellent reminder +_+

By: Hate Master

Hate Master — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:20:07 +0000

I noticed that beginner bloggers forget that they’re part of a SOCIAL network and they think they can get far by simply flying solo. The most important part of blogging and marketing as well IMO is learning to build relationships with other bloggers. It’s funny how I have my friends in the real world and then when it comes to the internet I have a totally different friendbase that I got from blogging.

By: Make Money Online

Make Money Online — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:29:00 +0000

I know John and I must say he knows alot about SEO. Big or small, all bloggers need to build relationships with other bloggers.

By: Sylvia Haney

Sylvia Haney — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:48:52 +0000

Many Internet marketers have to maintain a traditional job for at least two years while building their business

Sylvia
http://freemoneytalk.blogspot.com

By: Balbir

Balbir — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:38:35 +0000

nice post, but i think this is worth for bloggers who have some experience, but people like me who are new to blogging, what is the best and sure shot way of marketing and that too cheap

thanks