Do you find yourself so scattered on numerous projects you aren't having success with any of them?
Or are you just getting started and wondering whether to diversify and start a bunch of mini sites or to just focus on one niche?
Gyutae Park of Winning the Web just wrote an EXCELLENT post that you need to read if you feel like you aren't as focused and effective as you could be. Be sure to see the screenshots that show the success level of working on 3 sites at once vs starting one at a time!
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/colleencurnutte/2245956923/"><img class="alignleft" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/2245956923_c4293ac35f_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="232" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.winningtheweb.com/eggs-one-basket-bad-advice.php">Read the rest and check out those screenshots</a>.</strong>
<strong>I commented on his blog: </strong>I try to explain this to affiliates all the time and advise to carefully research then pick ONE site to start on. After you get it to critical mass, start getting decent traffic and some sales MAYBE branch out. There is something to be said for diversification - BUT with planning and focus and with a one at a time strategy.
But I see so many start with this scatter gun approach. They are all over the place and wonder why they never get anywhere.
At any rate I’ll be linking to this post every time I get affiliates at my forum who start getting too scattered.
Or are you just getting started and wondering whether to diversify and start a bunch of mini sites or to just focus on one niche?
Gyutae Park of Winning the Web just wrote an EXCELLENT post that you need to read if you feel like you aren't as focused and effective as you could be. Be sure to see the screenshots that show the success level of working on 3 sites at once vs starting one at a time!
<strong><a href="http://www.winningtheweb.com/eggs-one-basket-bad-advice.php">“Don’t Put Your Eggs In One Basket” is Bad Advice for Internet Marketers</a></strong>
"However, that’s not what I want to talk about in today’s post. Instead, I want to discuss a big misconception about the phrase, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” that a lot of Internet entrepreneurs have. What am I talking about?
A lot of smaller Internet entrepreneurs hear the advice about diversification and incorrectly apply it to their time and attention - something that they simply cannot afford to do. They go into a variety of different web projects at the same time in hopes of making money (e.g. PPC affiliate marketing, blogging, membership sites, consulting, and SEO). In essence, they spread themselves too thin and never get to the point of seeing success. Is this you?
The problem with diversification for Internet entrepreneurs just getting started is that time and attention are extremely limited. Without money to outsource common tasks, these people try to do everything themselves working on multiple projects - a recipe for failure."
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/colleencurnutte/2245956923/"><img class="alignleft" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/2245956923_c4293ac35f_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="232" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.winningtheweb.com/eggs-one-basket-bad-advice.php">Read the rest and check out those screenshots</a>.</strong>
<strong>I commented on his blog: </strong>I try to explain this to affiliates all the time and advise to carefully research then pick ONE site to start on. After you get it to critical mass, start getting decent traffic and some sales MAYBE branch out. There is something to be said for diversification - BUT with planning and focus and with a one at a time strategy.
But I see so many start with this scatter gun approach. They are all over the place and wonder why they never get anywhere.
At any rate I’ll be linking to this post every time I get affiliates at my forum who start getting too scattered.
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