<$Tuesday, September 25, 2007$>
Networking for the Fearful
If you read my post on being held back by fear, then you can probably guess how much I suck at things like networking and marketing. I'm never short on home-based business ideas, but they never seem to get off the ground because of that whole "too shy to go out and tell people about it" thing I've got going. I figure internet marketing is my best bet--I get to hide all safe behind my computer screen, and my writing skills are MUCH better than my verbal skills. So I'm thinking about signing up with Direct Matches. It's like LinkedIn for small business owners, a way to network with other business and get your name out there, safely, without having to deal with all the scary face-to-face or phone phobia. Their free membership looks like it has everything I need to help get the word out, and they even provide opportunities to get paid for advertising your own business--which means more cash in the debt-reduction kitty. I might as well go ahead and sign up my knitting shop--what have I got to lose? Labels: disclosure, entrepreneurship, marketing, PPP |
<$Wednesday, August 22, 2007$>
Marketing Strategies
| *Sponsored Post* I know that, like me, a lot of pfbloggers are relying on ad revenue as a means of creating extra income that can be applied to debt or savings. That usually means a lot of time and effort goes into marketing our blogs--often more time and effort than what goes into actual blogging. Those whose revenue streams are large enough might consider investing in Apogee Search's Online Media Planning program to increase your marketing efforts and take advantage of Search Engine Marketing to drive traffic to your blog and increase your revenues. They offer Pay Per Click advertising as well as Natural SEO Marketing. If I was in a position to divert my funds away from debt reduction and invest in marketing my blogs, I know it would be terribly tempting to hand over some money to let someone else do all that work for me. Labels: disclosure, marketing, PPP |