Repeating Myself, Repeating Myself..Repeating…

By Jamie Holt | July 30, 2008 .

::sigh::

I have to be honest… I didn’t post yesterday as I was following up with a ton of support requests and I was just darn beat to a pulp..

Some questions were diabolical..I really thought that I am clear in the message I try to put across, but some people just don’t get it…

Of all the things I ever recommend and advise.. I would say the one that is most important is the one I have right on the homepage.. take a look:

Now I know…. I don’t really repeat this every single day.

but this is fundamental marketing practice 101.. there is absolutely no way on this earth that throwing things out in some slapdash fashion will work to create you a worthwhile and sustainable business.. Value builds your business, providing value makes YOU sales and moves your business forward.

It all stems back to market research and fully understanding your target market enough to provide value that they consider to be top quality.. You can be providing valuable info and content, but if it isn’t what your market is looking for..then you’re losing the battle. Essentially your content could be hot, but you may be targeting the wrong people with it.

Aiming to give, give, give to your target market, allows you to become fully enveloped in their thoughts, feelings desire’s, interest and fears. I may talk often of this.. but it is SOOOOOOO important for you to grasp if you are to really make a go of this thing.

The sales follow the value, if you drive targeted traffic to value.. it will convert, no question. I’ far from a know it all and I make a shedload of mistakes daily.. but I have seen it countless thousands of times..

I work with a person who is throwing mud at the wall in a crazy method.. direct linking, not collecting opt-ins.. rushing with articles… and nothing seems to gel properly. Two weeks of consistent planned action and suddenly things change, the light is seen and movement becomes momentum. Honestly.. I don’t jest for you, I have no reason to detail this over and over if I hadn’t witnessed it in my own business and that of other’s I have worked with..

provide value.. targeted value to your visitors and market. you have to be sure that you know them deeply, on a personal level. Survey the market, ask exactly what they want.. and hand it to them on a silver platter…

It’s that simple….I didn’t say it’s gonna be easy, but the process is simple!