Today I wanted to discuss something that is probably one of the biggest killers of new people and some older people in getting your business going. It came to me during a 3 hour call Willie Crawford and Doug Champigny did last night on 14 ways to generate traffic.

Aside – The call was great and if you did not attend you should go pay for the replay and transcript which will be available next week. Sign up here and you can get it at $20 savings before the 9th.

They were discussing 14 different ways to get targeted traffic to your sites. The thing is some of the ways they both used and some of the ways only one used extensively.

The key was to get good at a specific way and understand how to use it in a time efficient manner. Then track the results so you know what your return is on your effort.

Too often we try to do all 14 things at once. We end up doing none of them well and have absolutely no idea what worked and what didn’t. (Notice the use of we I have definitely been guilty of this.) All too often nothing works because none of the many things were done properly.

Here is an example. If you want to use Twitter to drive traffic you need to understand a few things.

1. How to get targeted followers
2. What tools to use (most are free)
3. How to track your results
4. How to manage your time effectively.

See Twitter can be addictive and become a huge time drain. Manage your time and know your results and you can realistically decide if it is worth your effort once you are using it properly. Just go out and do an occasional tweet and then be sucked in to the socializing and it can be a business killer. (To better use Twitter check out Advanced Twitter Marketing – gets two thumbs up from me.)

Willie talked about article marketing and how a single article could make thousands of dollars but most don’t and you need to be doing more than just a few to get that kind of response.

Like blogging it is the sum total of what you are doing that will make it powerful and work the best for you. Just doing one article and deciding if it is worthwhile will rarely work for you.

The point is that YOU need to get good at one thing at a time. Focus in on it and tweak it then and only then add a new item. Test and track all of them and as you keep adding more ways for traffic put your time and effort where you get the best return. Each person’s business will be different.

All of the 14 ways covered in last night’s call work and can help your business but only if you take the time to get good at them one at a time. The same applies to all aspects of your business.

Go sign up and grab the discount on the call and transcript while you can then start applying them one at a time to grow your business.

Mike Paetzold

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One of the things I rant about regularly is taking action. Now lets be clear this is actions that will move your business forward not the maintenance crap that is necessary but can overwhelm you.

Taking the time to accomplish at least one step to improve your business is the key. It is a brand new month and the year is half gone. Are you satisfied?

I am not but then I wasn’t taking action for a couple months. May and June have been fantastic but March and April sucked. I spent as much time on my business in those months but I was in a funk and not completing things. Too much perfectionism and not enough “Git R Done”.

The difference is amazing in my bank account and that is the ultimate measuring stick.

Today is an example. Had a lot to get accomplished and I want to go chase the white ball among the trees this afternoon. After all through the rest of this holiday week end it will be too crowded at the golf course.

Will be leaving for there as soon as I finish this post. Here is the morning schedule.

• Got up and made coffee always my first priority
• Fed the turtles and sat down to check email and support
• Shared the overnight items from my Google reader that were worthwhile
• Sent out the daily ezine
• Ate breakfast
• Ran to the supermarket
• Added the new month of content to Super Traffic MRR to drip out later this month
• Created the new freebies for Freebie Friday
• Created the offer for Saturday Seven
• Attended Marlon Sanders A Team call
• Did my blog post

Now I am off to chase the little white ball under every tree on the course. What did you get done?

Mike Paetzold

P.S. Don’t forget the Traffic Tips Call with Doug Champigny and Willie Crawford tonight at 9pm. You need to sign up to attend. There will be a replay but it will be a paid product so you really don’t want to miss this call.

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