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Internet Marketing Q & A: Your Questions Answered
I have come across many questions from people in the course of building a network marketing business online and I would love to share the answers and allow you to ask your own. Although I may never tout myself as a guru or expert, I have had many successes due to the lessons I have learned and the knowledge that I have about the industry and what works.
Q: Do I need to pay for my own website?
A: The short answer is no, you don’t have to, but it will definitely make your life easier in the long run to get started the right way. There are certain pieces of the website puzzle that must be in place first in order to run a successful online business. So unless you’re a marketing genius who has tons of time to write autoresponders and test conversion pages then it may be much simpler to pay a monthly fee for an all-inclusive website package that not only shows you how to set up your website (or system of websites), but also shows you how to market it.
Likewise, when it comes to blogs, you don’t have to pay for your own at first either, but I learned from experience that starting with a free site and then transferring everything to a hosted site can be quite the pain to do and if you use a different domain, then you’ve spent a lot of time generating traffic for nothing.
Q: How much money do I need to get started?
A. How much you have to budget is a personal decision. But I will say that if you are serious about any type of marketing business, then you will need to spend some money on marketing. Most everyone can find $100-$200 per month to get started with. And the money can be spent many different ways to help your business. It could be spent on straight advertising, outsourcing, or on learning resources. If you contact me personally I can give you a better idea of a dollar figure to get you started correctly.
Q: Do you advise against marketing offline?
A: No, I do not advise against advertising offline. Whether you are talking about newspaper and magazine ads or face-to-face marketing, only you can decide which methods make you comfortable and if they are within your budget. There has been a lot of talk in the industry about getting out of your comfort zone and that idea has a lot of applications. However, if you play to your strengths and your personality, you will see results faster.
Q: How long does it take to get set up and generate your first hundred leads online?
A: You can be set up and ready to generate your own leads in a matter of hours or a few days for the technically-challenged or less experienced. As for how long it takes to generate the first hundred leads, well that all depends on you. If you have a raging focus on lead generation, then you will get to 100 much faster than someone who is working sporadically or who has less time to spend on those activities. The most important factors to getting there are focus and consistency. Getting 100 leads could happen in one month or six depending on your focus and how often you are marketing. I have heard it said that once you have generated 1000 leads you will have created such a name for yourself online that your leads will grow without as much effort on your part.
Q: Where can I learn how about the best ways to market online?
A: That’s the age old question and there are tons of resources out there available to teach you. From a network marketing standpoint, though, you have to consider that if you have this question, so will every person you sponsor into your business and you have to be able to provide the answer for them. Otherwise, why should they join with you? So, the ideal would able to offer your team members a turnkey system to generate leads and learn how to market at the same time.
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