Bad Marketing Ideas
It doesn’t matter how many times we say this, the bad tips keep getting passed around. It amazes me really, how people that have been online for so long can keep saying these are GOOD ideas. They’ve tested them, and know they aren’t really getting anywhere. So why pass them along?
So here’s the top three list of “bad ideas” I saw today.
#1. Join surfing sites
People, these DO NOT WORK. Yeah you get visitors, but you don’t get customers. Go spend your time doing something more productive that WILL bring you customers. Like SEO work.
#2. Use keyword tags
You want to stuff your site with 50+ keywords in the tag, go right ahead. Google doesn’t pay one bit of attention to them though. I’m not saying ignore them, but don’t spend hours on it. Google also doesn’t pay attention when you “submit your site” to them. Google crawls your site all on it’s own, so go back to working on SEO.
#3. Run contests
Looking for a way to build a list of freebie seekers that won’t spend a dime? Run some contests giving away free stuff. Those who join your list to get something free will NEVER BUY. In fact, they are more likely to cry spam than spend any money on you. Quality over quantity…..remember that.
It really does amaze me these things are still being suggested, especially by people who have been around for awhile. Anita even wrote an article focused on this very topic probably 3 years ago……and this stuff is STILL being passed around! No wonder so many people fail online when they are listening to “advice” like this.
Seriously, be very careful who you listen to on message boards, and do your own testing before offering advice.
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Comments
Ya beat me to it, lol! I was just coming to post about this very subject. Guess it helped that we both seen the same email.
Yeah, I received a newsletter over the weekend that had this very “advice” in it! I was shocked. As Kara put it, “Is that a top three no-no list?”
The worst part about this is the fact that this wasn’t just someone who thought they were sharing good advice on a message board. This was a NEWSLETTER! Someone who claims to know what they’re talking about and teaches others. I don’t know how many subscribers this person has but I really hope not a whole lot or I hope they figure out the truth on their own!
Before you start taking advice from just anyone … make sure it’s GOOD advice!
Posted by: Anita | April 30th, 2007 13:39
Aloha,
Pls. excuse me if this sounds stupid…I’m really new to blogging and am having lots of fun…I was just wondering if people have contests not necessarily to sell products but to get hits on their blog to bring their blog up in the ranks? Thanks for any answers.
Have A Great Day!…and…
StayMotivatedForever!
Yolanda Crisostomo
Maui, HI
Posted by: Yolanda Crisostomo | May 2nd, 2007 14:12
Hmmmm well I’m not really sure how getting “hits” (and I assume you meant to say “visitors” or “traffic”) to your blog would bring up their ranks. I guess I’m not sure what kind of ranks you are talking about.
If you mean where your pages land for certain keywords in the search engines, then visitor totals would have zero affect on this. Google and others could really care less how much traffic the site gets, and it’s not a factor in the least.
Posted by: Kara | May 2nd, 2007 16:47
Ok Thanks. Yes I did mean traffic or visitors to my blog. I didn’t know this, thanks! Hopefully after blogging a while I can actually contribute something! For now, I’m still in learning mode and looking everywhere for answers.
Have A Great Day!…and…
StayMotivatedForever!
Yolanda Crisostomo
Maui, HI
Posted by: Yolanda Crisostomo | May 15th, 2007 23:43
Good advice on marketing ideas.
Posted by: Ravi Koler | April 6th, 2008 08:30