Internet Marketing Resources

Hi,

What do I mean by Internet Marketing Resources?

Well, if you search the Internet, a lot of related Internet Marketing information will be thrown at you; eg. services like mentoring you, IM tool and products, etc...

Through the workshop, I was introduced to a few sites and registered for a JV Giveaways. All you need to do is to register yourself and as it was in Dec 2007, it was named Christmas Giveaways. You will be given access to a website to download a lot of PLR articles, software, Free reports, etc....

Basically, the Internet Marketers participating in this JV Giveaway, are giving you something and enlisting you into their subscriber lists.

Get it?

You get something Free and in return they want you to submit your name and email address to them. Subsequently, they will email you to promote their other products.

If you are a newbie or novice and searching for the magic bullet to making money in IM, you are sure to get suck into it....Ha..ha...

Do not get me wrong, I am not saying it is wrong or bad but just sharing with you what I went through and preparing you for it.

You must try to be selective on what are the freebies you want and not spend your whole day registering and downloading all the stuff they offered. Yes, they all look attractive as it is FREE!

I think I have downloaded so much that I still have not look at all of them today.

And I was invited to participate in the recent Easter Giveaway too but I have nothing to offer as I still have no unique or own product to sell so no free report to advertise my product. I also stayed away from getting into it and spend my time browsing through all the giveaways.

Remember, stay focus on what you are doing and just do it!

Example. If you are working on Article Marketing then research and look into this area and not be distracted by SEO techniques, etc either in the giveaway or sale emails that you are receiving.

Do not get astray by all these freebies!

I believe that most of these giveaways are old stuff and the free reports are just marketing tools to get you interested or for cross-selling purposes. The target audience is really new Internet Marketers.

Maybe it is still good for you to go into one of them and be aware of it but remember to stay focus and take it as a learning experience.

After the December giveaway, I have to filter all the emails into junk emails or just moved selected ones into a special folder that I may one day want to look at else will be deleted.

Get what I am trying to say?

You only have limited hours to devote yourself to being an Internet Marketer, whether you are part-time or full-time so you must use the time wisely.

I also made a small investment in purchasing an Internet Marketing programme from one of the top IM gurus. I remembered that he was highly recommended during the workshop and there was a USD100 discount... some good sale gimmick that caught me off guard, looking back...ha...ha...!

Also, I was given a trial period to be part of their club etc.... but I lost track of it and was debitted for a few months until I queried and then terminated my membership. So do be careful as it may not be cheap! If you have your product set up and your site running by then, it may be worthwhile for you to be a member and get some advice or consultation etc....

The materials I received were impressive; a box containing 2 manuals in nice solid binders and a set of CDs too. To be honest, I tried to go through them but only 1/2 of the first manual and then went back to maintaining my sites and focusing on specific areas that I am exploring. I am now using them as reference instead but also seldom used...ha..ha....

So was it a bad investment?

Well, I am sure that there is a lot of information but then I cannot afford to be reading the manuals and viewing the CDs as I have to be hands-on too. If you have a budget and can afford it, then it is reasonable as you do need some assurance that what you are doing is in the right direction. So decide on what you want to buy to guide you and then use it accordingly.

You definitely need to resist from buying too much Internet Marketing resources as their sale page or sale letter is very seductive and you feel like buying everything eventhough they have a 100% refund policy.

Nothing to lose if there is a 100% refund policy or guarantee, right?

But if you ended up with so many resources and information to digest, you are likely to be lost and then forgot where you bought this from, and you may also feel guilty that it is your own fault and not the seller fault so not right to ask for refund..?

So in conclusion, there are many Internet Marketing resources out there so do be selective and stay focus on your journey.

Good luck and take care!