Put some dynamite in yer tunnels
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A lot of people seem really focused on what they’re doing… sure, that’s a good thing but you’re leaving money on the table.
What I’m talking about, more specifically, is methods of marketing - whatever - on the internet.
As I hang out on the DigitalPoint Forums, (in the CB section)
a lot of people are totally focused on… wait for it…
EzineArticles.
Seriously, it’s all so narrow minded. EzineArticles isn’t the end-all be-all solution to article and bum marketing on the internet. Read the report to find out the difference between the two… Definition of a Bum report.
Alright, I admit… the other ARTICLE DIRECTORIES aren’t perhaps that important and I don’t really use any other directory too much.
But guess what?
There’s more than article directories.
HUB SITES!!!
Yes it’s seriously worth a triple exclamation mark.
What’s a hub site?
Well, I’ll tell you a few, and we’ll see if you get it.
- Squidoo
- HubPages
- Blogger
- Wordpress.com
- LiveJournal
- Tumblr
- Xanga
Yes, I know you’ve probably heard of… well at least the first four?
If not you REALLY SHOULD HAVE!
Just because some of them are blog platform doesn’t mean you have to use ‘em like that.
A single post could be enough, actually a single post is all you want in some cases.
All these places rank well in the search engines and that’s all I need to know.
Imagine a site, where you could place whatever freaking kind of content you wanted to… for free… and no pesky *coughexpertcough* reviewers… instant approval… bitchin’ high PR… sometimes a 12 hour google indexing.
Seriously, the last wordpress.com blog I set up was indexed (and brought immediate traffic) in less than 12 hours.
Sure, EzineArticles is great, I use them all the time… but DIVERSIFY!
Seriously, what would you guys do if EzineArticles were your only source of traffic, and one day they maybe got in legal trouble, or had to close down for any other reason?
It’s not too likely, but is it a completely crazy idea?
No, it really isn’t so “out-there”.
Now I don’t think that it WILL happen, but I’m not saying that it won’t.
This was pretty much the entire point of me coming online to make money, in a long term sense anyway.
To not be dependant on one source of income… to not be dependant on one source of traffic… to not be dependant on anyone else for any reason!
I really hope I got my point across in this post, so you EA fanboys can have something else to occupy your time with.
Also, I’ve heard that people said “I’ve tried using Squdioo, it didn’t work!”.
You know what?
Some of the most popular marketers on the planet use Squidoo… Squidoo was the place where Bryan McConnahea from Players With Money generated a $6000+ affiliate payday with no website, no list and no money.
And to say that Squidoo don’t work would be the craziest thing I’ve heard when it comes to bum marketing. Complete and utter bullshit.
They rank in the Big G and other search engines just as well, if not better, than EA.
“Maybe it’s not the car, maybe it’s crap behind the wheel” as we like to say here in Sweden.
The only thing that prevents Squidoo from working is yourself. Hell, they even allow affiliate links!
Actually, I’d say that Squidoo and Hubpages are better than any article directory.
And you know what?
This does not only apply to article and bum marketing. It applies to any way of marketing, whether it’s PPC, email marketing or whatever you do. Think about it…
Now I’ve been typing for way longer than I had intended to, so I’ll just end it with this next period.
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