Today, I begin to blog about creating an Internet marketing project
For a couple of years, I’ve wanted to use my web, blog, and video skills as well as social media to get into Internet marketing. I created a website called ExploringNewMedia.com and a business called Exploring New Media, LLC. I have presented a number of meetups where I expounded on a variety of topics including
wordpress, twitter, facebook, buddypress, Skype, mailing lists, screencasting, podcasting, mind mapping and more.
The word ‘exploring’ is the critical element in my process. I am not an expert in all these areas but I’ve found that if I commit to doing an hour plus presentation on a topic, I tend to learn more about the topic that I would normally do in anticipation of meetup attendees’ far ranging questions.
Problem is, I don’t have a product. To try to determine what product I could create, I took ideas from courses like Eben Pagan’s extended and extensive course, Jeff Walker’s Product Launch Formula, Andy Jenkins Video Boss, David Risling, Yaro Starak, Gideon Shalwick’s Video Blogging. And was overwhelmed by the many things that I COULD do.
Problem is when I get more than a couple of options, I become a decision basket case
So, after spending MANY hours watching these highly successful internet marketing gurus tell HOW they do it, I decided that I had to do things my way. That’s what it always boils down to. I live in my head 24 hours a day. I can’t call on these guys for advice whenever I want it, so I need to decide what it is I want to do.
I want to promote something that I’m passionate about. I need not to worry about what my real world contemporaries think but what my niche people think and like. Since I don’t have a product, I looked for products already in existence that promote my niche interest. I have found two that are really good and one that I’m still evaluating.
Stay tuned for more information on my progress. And comment on this blog. What do you think? What do you want? Let me know you’re out there and reading this blog.
