P.T.A.: The First Step to Your Business’ Internet Marketing Strategy
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010The Internet has become indispensable and practically no business, author or speaker can succeed without using the Internet as part of their marketing strategy. However, while most folks use the Internet for their personal needs, many have little idea how they can become more profitable using it for their products or services.
You may share the confusion of others as to how Internet marketing strategies can work for you and where to begin.
The process for Internet marketing success is almost exactly the same for every business, author or speaker, and hasn’t changed in almost 15 years! The problem is that most educational resources on Internet marketing tell you a piece of the process without identifying where on the timeline it falls or how it fits into the rest of the process.
Avoid getting caught up on an individual strategy or tactic until you have identified your P.T.A., the basic steps you need to find success on the Internet:
P: Plug-In
Examine where you currently fit in the Internet marketing process and “plug in” at that point. Are you a novice to the Internet? Or maybe you have some experience, but haven’t pulled it all together yet? Pinpoint where you fit into the process, then plug in to the resources and tools that you need for your specific situation.
T: Team-Up
The next and most important step for any small business owner, author or speaker is to team up with those that can help implement the process. Unless your profession is actually Internet marketer, you are better suited working at what you do best, not sitting at the computer trying to get a degree in Internet marketing. And, contrary to popular belief, just having a website designed by someone you find on Craig’s List or overseas won’t get you the success you want from your Internet marketing.
Your aim is to find outsourced help that takes time to learn about your situation and needs, as well as demonstrates a high level of knowledge of all areas of Internet marketing. You need to start now to form a devoted team that will be at your side for years to come to help you with technical challenges and smart, calculated Internet marketing planning for your business or service.
A: Accelerate
Just having a website without a full knowledge of the Internet marketing process will result in never being able to fully realize the last step by accelerating your strategies to success. Learning a few strategies or techniques will only cause to confuse you until you have plugged into where you are in the overall process, and found resources and team members able to lead you to success. Once you have done that, your business success from the Internet will start to fly.
Marty Dickinson is an entrepreneur and the founder of HereNextYear, Inc., a full service Internet marketing company in business for 15 years. He specializes in Internet marketing solutions for the small business owner, speakers and authors. Visit to see what HereNextYear has to offer and to learn more about their innovative new website packages fully integrated for ease with social networking and other Internet marketing strategies.
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