Its important to have a plan right?
Well indeed it is
Im sure you have heard the saying ” If you Fail to Plan then you Plan to Fail”
Thats why Ive decided to use my plan in combination with my 2012 challenge….
Ive been meaning to post about my 2012 internet marketing challenge for a while but today I will eventually tell you exactly what it is all about and why its a very exciting time.
The way this challenge will work is over the next 12 months I have 12 monthly income goals which I must hit, each one being a little higher than the previous month, you can see the income targets below:
2012 Monthly Targets
January – $100
February – $200
March – $500
April – $750
May- $1,200
June – $2,000
July – 3,000
August – $4,000
September – $5,000
October – $6,500
November – $8,000
December – $10,000
At first glance some of these targets may seem quite high especially towards the end of the year but If you have been in internet marketing for any length of time then you would know that to hit the big numbers Its just a case of finding a system which is “scalable” and has a good sales funnel in place and there is plenty of traffic available in the market.
Well… the internet marketing niche has plenty of traffic there is no problem there. I have a good sales funnel set up which Ive proven works very well and is profitable. I will be promoting my own products and also my business model is “scalable” meaning if i want to increase the income then I only need to increase traffic to the start of my sales funnel (thats it)
I will be promoting my adsense and amazon squeeze page by sending lots of traffic to it both paid and free traffic
At the start of january 2012 my list was at around only 230 but over the next 12 months i will be increasing that by a lot
My Main Targets For 2012
- Hit Every Monthly Income Goal
- Build My Internet Marketing List to at Least 10,000 by 31st of December 2012
- Create More High Value Internet Marketing Products
PS: I will be posting how Ive done at the end of every month with screen shots showing you the income proof
I will post Januarys figures at the end of january
So… does this sound like the sort of challenge that you would like to give yourself??
You DONT HAVE TO have the same targets as me, but more importantly you have some kind of a system in place for making the money not just an idea and a bit of excitement
Remember… the key to being able to scale up your profits and traffic is having a sales funnel in place, NOT slogging away for 8 hours a day building back links, writing content and doing lots of manual intensive tasks all day long. If you do this you will just end up burning yourself out within a couple of months
Im very excited for this year because Im more than confident that I will hit every income target and the best thing is… I will be documenting all of my progress on my blog so you can see.
Stay tuned for januarys income update which I will be posting on the 1st of Feb 
Let me know if you are doing a challenge for 2012 or what sort of goals you have set yourself this year
Paul
What ever type of business model you are using there is always one important ingredient that you must have, and that is TRAFFIC.
Traffic is always the lifeblood of your business, because even if you had terrible conversions and a badly designed website as long as you still had traffic then you would at least still make money.
Over the last 4 years I have tried many different traffic methods both free traffic and paid traffic. Some were a success and some were a complete failure. I will reveal to you below one of my most powerful and effective traffic methods that I have been using which has delivered great results
Number 1 Free Traffic Source:
Ezine Articles
To some this may be a bit of a shock because submitting articles can be quite time consuming but believe me, it will definitely pay off in time. You see.. the way I look at my online business is I always like to make the most of my time and only use the most effective, profitable and time efficient methods which return the best results in order to build my business. When building traffic, using articles is a very good idea because you will be putting the work in only once, but you will be seeing the results of your efforts for a very long time to come afterwards.
There are however some things you must consider before writing a tonne of articles.
You MUST be sending the traffic from your articles to a squeeze page.
If you are not sending the traffic from your articles to some form of squeeze page then in my opinion it is a complete waste of time using articles to drive traffic because you are NOT using your time efficiently to build your business. You need to make sure that all of your traffic that you drive from your articles is being sent to a landing/squeeze page so that you can build your email list (This is vital)
I know some people use articles to make one off sales for affiliate products etc. This is all well and good but these are only one off payments and your not building yourself a real business.
I use ezine articles as an example because I always get plenty of traffic when i submit my articles with them. You also need to remember that you cant just submit a few articles and hope to generate lots of traffic. Sure… you could get lucky and one of your articles could start to rank high and starts to get lots of views but you should not just rely on a small number of articles to send you traffic. You need to be submitting a lot of articles. The more you submit the more traffic you will get to your squeeze page.
Remember though, the traffic is permanant traffic and it is a great way to guarantee you a constant steady stream of traffic to your squeeze page.
A quick tip: You will not only be getting traffic from people reading your articles but also people looking at your author profile and as long as you have links in there you can receive a fair bit of traffic that way too. If you contine to submit lots of articles and you manage to get in the top 10 authors for your niche then this will also send you more traffic.
If you are really serious about using ezine articles as a steady traffic stream then start pumping out articles every day. You can either write them yourself or get them outsourced. Which ever the case try to aim at submitting over 100 articles for your particular niche topic (obviously the more the better) but 100 will be sending you some good steady traffic each day.
Submitting 3 articles per day for only 1 month will be 90 articles. It soon mounts up if you submit them every day!
In summary of using Ezine Articles:
- You get to build back links from every article
- The traffic is good quality
- It is all free traffic
- It is all permanant traffic
- You can also receive some good traffic from your author profile page
- Your articles can get picked up and distributed around the internet building you more back links and also sending you more traffic to your squeeze page
BONUS TIPS:
These are some tips which will help you to get more views to your articles (These do really work well, i use these myself)
Bonus Tip 1
Use “POWER WORDS” in your article Titles. After all this is the only information people can read to make them want to read your entire article
Here is a list of some “POWER WORDS” Which can be used for article titles, email subject lines or on sales pages. These “Power Words” will all help with open rates and user engagment…enjoy!
Power, Fast, Whopping, Ultimate, Blasting, Crazy, Burning, Overdrive, Warp Speed, Profits, Secrets, Closely Guarded, Proven, Free, Discover, Blueprint, Insane, Explosive, Exploit, De-Bunked, Forced, Sky Rocket, Extreme, Jaw Dropping, Mouth Watering, Weired, Boosts, Super, Extra, Jumpstart, Killer, Surprising, Little known, Melting, Blazing, Unleash, Avalanche, Tsunami, Hot, Power packed, Spark, Mind blowing, Mesmerising, Incredible, High powered, Electrifying, Awesome, Blockbuster, Rocket-Launch, Turbo boost, Explode, Ignite
Bonus Tip 2
Use Numbers in Your article Titles. Any numbers work great and much better than just plain old boring text
For example
- 3 secret ways
- 2 killer tips
- 5 blazing hot
- 7 weired
I think you get my point
Bonus Tip 3
Here is an example of an article title that is bad and then an improved title using power words
Boring Title – “how to lose weight, build muscle and bun fat”
Exciting Title – “3 Killer Excercises for Blasting Fat, Building Muscle and Transforming Your Body into a Fat Burning Furnace”
Now which one looks more interesting??
I hope you can see the power of using compelling titles which attract attention
I hope you can now see the power of using ezine articles but using them effectively rather than wasting your traffic
PS: If you have any traffic sources that you like to use and are effective then leave a comment below I would love to hear what they are
PPS: Look out for more posts over the coming days and weeks where i will reveal to you the rest of my closely guarded and effective traffic methods
Thanks
Paul
