Let’s cut to the chase! There must be a million and one services to use to promote and build links to your website.
The not so funny thing is most of these services are too expensive, difficult to use or flat out don’t work.
I’ve been down the road of expensive broken promises far to many times in the years I’ve been online. What about you?
Expectations and Employees
Before I get to the meat, you should know where I’m coming from with respect to marketing tools. You might be thinking that you can’t afford to use any promotion tools or your budget doesn’t allow it at the present time.
This may be true in some cases, but I’d ask you How Much Are You Worth? Seriously! If someone wanted you to do a job for them, what would you expect as payment (hourly rate)?
5 dollars an hour, 10 dollars an hour, what about 15 or 20? It’s a serious question. One that you need to know (read : be brutally honest with yourself).
It all comes down to this. Any real business has expenses and when your business grows a little you have to hire employees. It’s near impossible for anyone to leverage themselves to the fullest doing every bit of work all on their own.
SOoooo the big shift for me was when I realized that a marketing tool is just like an employee.
Think about it…
You’re getting work done for you on the cheap.
Plus … if your using the right tools you could be getting far better results in a fraction of the time.
OK, I don’t want you thinking that you have to go out and buy marketing tools in order to succeed. You don’t! But if you are going solo you need to set your expectations (read: be brutally honest).
Getting Naked
Here it is, out in the open. If you’re doing it the totally free way (there really is no such thing, time is money right), don’t go thinkin’ that you’re going to make any money in a few months or even more…
Yep, unless you’re going to dish out a paid ad budget (but you can’t because you’re doing this the free way), you’re just not going to get the rankings and traffic that you need to get those prospects comin’ to your site.
I know, sometimes the truth hurts.
Are there exceptions to the rule? Of Course! But I guess you’d be one of the ones that likes to play the slots in Vegas.
Bottom line … when you’re ready for your business to grow, but your still on a budget, let a quality marketing tool be your first employee.
I found one of my best employees totally by accident. One of the few accidents that actually did me right.
Build My Rank
Good Accidents
With all the surfing and testing that I do I can’t remember how I first found Build My Rank. What I do remember is that it was totally by accident.
On the surface it looked similar to many other services I’ve used before. So it wasn’t something that I jumped on right away.
But one day I was in a testing mood and decided to give it a shot.
By the end of my first month I was amazed.
Posts that were made on totally new blogs now ranked on the first page of the Big G. I’m not talkin’ about some super long-tail keyword phrases either. These things had competition (and traffic).
The best thing is that it was one of the easiest services I have ever used. No joke! Slap your keyword in, then paste the url you want to promote – then presto…
Ya, you need to make a little blurb of at least 150 words, but you can outsource this too (my choice). Either way you look at it, this tiny amount of work yields a payload of results.
Another nice thing about the service is that all your links are permanent. Yep, even if you ever cancelled your service your links would remain intact (some places delete your links after you leave).
If you want to get more details on Build My Rank you can check them out here through my personal link.
If you end up checking it out I’ll get a few bucks as a commission. Hopes that’s cool with you…. If not you can use this link instead. Either way is fine with me. I just want you to get the best results in the shortest time.
If you have any other questions, or want to know more about Build My Rank, feel free to contact me.
Remember… you can get results without all the marketing tools. Just be sure to set realistic expectations for yourself (read: time, money and results). And don’t forget, when you’re ready for your business to grow make your first employee a tool. I personally use Build My Rank and recommend it to anyone that wants to spread to word about what they have to offer.
