Even The Cow Says “Ouch!” To Hear The Truth-Top 8 Mistakes Of Online Marketing

Company: Agel Enterprises, LLC
  Posted by Kelly Baader on Aug 31, 2010 3:27 am

Read More: AGEL  |  Branding Your Business  |  Online Marketing  |  personal branding

Coming from solid offline Sales & Marketing background over 10 years, after quietly observing, networking, learning and implementing for last 18 months or so online, I think it is about time to speak up! I sincerely hope you can take it to the heart, use what I am about to share to exam where you are, I trust it will save you some serious headache, time, and money when it comes to online marketing for your business! Here we go:

Number 1: "I wanna be Mr./Ms. Gurus, too." It is all good to learn all the technique from established leaders, however, YOU are the one will be attracting YOUR audience, not others. So, invest whatever you desire to develop and sharpen your skill sets, but make the decision to be YOU!

  Number 2: "Busy with puzzles prices, never saw the box of the puzzles." Have you ever assembled puzzles? What happened when you even didn't look at the box of the puzzles, and just dig into the pieces and try to assemble them together? Sound simple, right? Unfortunately the majority of people when they start online marketing, that is exactly what they do! They would follow around all the "hottest" tools, systems, leadership styles..etc but look at once the whole picture of their business, what they exactly would like to achieve.

Number 3: "What exactly do you want to say?" A common mistake, many entrepreneurs spend much of their resources in setting up structure, online presence without plan ahead what they want to be known for so to speak. It ends up their content is NOT congruent, their audience is confused, the result? No Conversion.

  Number 4: "All Directions = No Direction" Have you ever got lost, and you asked 2-3 people for directions? What happened if these people told you the different answer? You still get nowhere, right? It is funny to see many new online marketers are suffering the same symptoms! They follow many leaders, and they are pointed to all different kind of directions, before they know it, time, energy, money has gone, but their business has gone nowhere.

Number 5: "Sunk into social media dead sea" We all know social media is one of the greatest way to build up your platform, drive traffic for your business, but if you don't have pre-set goals: what exactly you'd like to achieve by using it, you will easily waste the most pricy commodity--"TIME" daily, can you afford it?!

Number 6: "Addicted to buyer rush, the ratio of Learning v.s. Implementing" We all like "shopping", don't we? Especially there are many gurus are doing amazing work to get us sell to ourselves. I am all about Personal Development, it is essential! However, I have seen people almost using "products-purchasing" as a way to escape the reality. They thought or feel when they buy something, they already done something for their business in a big way. Well, knowledge without application does not manifest in power, nor result.

Number 7: "Still believe you can mange TIME?" I will confess myself here, I made the same mistake, and I am continuously learning it. Look, God is pretty fair, there are 24 hours a day, not more, not less. We really cannot do much about it, but we might be able to think about managing ourselves instead of time. So we don't keep upon frustrate ourselves with this ever-losing battle, don;t you think so?

Number 8: The disease of "I can do all things"…. Let's face it, as entrepreneurs, to get our business off the ground, we try to do EVERYTHING ourselves. However, remember we just talked about useless "TIME MANAGEMENT" as above? As your business grows, the "to-do" list will only get longer, "time" will still remain the same, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week! If you still insist sending time and efforts on those tasks you are not good at it, you will end up non-productive and draining all your energy. Whew, that was quite a list! Interestingly, upon many consolations with my clients, I found out there is one major root issue or factor (depend how you look at it) to cause the above common mistakes: lacking the effort in refining your BRAND! Many people take "branding" too lightly, they thought if they just mimic and brand themselves like "me too" products of any other gurus, they shall do good. In the reality, not so. In the end you are the ONE will attract your audience, not others. If you just copy others, you will be "buried" in to the sea of "followers", when you allow "yourself" to align with all your marketing efforts in business, then you stand a strong chance to thrive above!

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To Your Brand,


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Kelly is BRANDED!

Great job Girl! and KILLER selection of image... lol love the stamped cow ;)

You are TOTALLY getting the marketing game and have an even brighter future in this industry than You already do!

People need to pay close attention to You... GREAT STUFF! :D

David Schwind — Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:55pm

David is the best marketing teacher!

Hey David,
I am truly honored to have you left a comment here on your PPC Supermacy launching day! You and Jim are rocking it!!! People are crazy if they don't purchase the product you guys produced! After our 1-1 session, I got to say you and Jim, Ferny and Raymond are true leaders in the industry, although somtimes you guys like too much "energy drinks".. :) Thank you!!!
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Wed, 09/01/2010 - 10:03pm

I'm Glad I Discovered You!!

Kelly,

You have definitely gotten my attention Kelly. I didn't know who you were until you were featured in the BN newsletters. Now I know why.

What impresses me the most is your commitment to HIGH QUALITY information and it really shows. This was an amazing snippet of information.

I am also having a training on principles in the coming days and I'll be speaking about branding. I think it is the hardest concept to grasp.

For me, my brand is summarized into a few simple words. Quality, integrity and longevity.

Talk to you soon.

Mark

Mark Gubuan — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 9:09am

Pretty enlightened list

Kelly,

Having made more than one of the mistakes you noted, i can say for sure, that you are spot on.

Message and focus will lead to success. Glad to see you are teaching what you have learned.

Thanks for sharing,
scott...

Scott Love — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 9:11am

Banquet "Food For Thought"

Wow, that was quite a buffet of thoughts that you produced for me to Reflect On. Great content, Great Value. Thank you!

Bev Bojarski — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 9:16am

The Truth Hurts

Great stuff! I think I made every one of these mistakes when I started. Definitely sharing this with my new team members.

Thanks!

Chad Pink — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:24am

Great information for newbies

Hi Kelly,
Great information, it is all about personal branding.
Thank you for your contribution to the industry

Wishing you all the success,
Jeff Faldalen

Jeff Faldalen — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:33am

Thank you for the encouragement

Hey Mark,
I just want to stop by and say "thank-you" for taking time to leave a comment, it showed that you are a leader yourself!
You made my day by recognizing my commitment to the high quality content. I truly appreciate it.

Warmly,
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 11:56am

You are welcome!

Hey Scott,
We all made mistakes in the journey, as long we "dare" to recngnize and improve, that's where we can move forward, right? :) Your comment showed that you are a true leader yourself, looking forward to connecting with you more here in BN.
Warmly,
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:01pm

Glad you like the buffet

Hi Bev,
I am glad you like the "buffet" I offered. :)
Now I hope you will pick out some "favorites" to work on them...just as you said, we all need to "pasue" and take sometime to "reflect on" in order to move forward in the right path. Thank you so much for stopping by!
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:06pm

Definitely To The Point

You hit the nail on the head with this presentation. As a newbie online marketer, I fit about 50% of the categories you just outlined:-( I'm glad to be able to identify the path and alter my course for a more successful pathway. Thanks. Yetta

Yetta Roy — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:17pm

I am honored!

Hey Chad,
You almost made me cry by commenting "Definitely sharing this with my new team members.". You know when I told some people I'd like to be the voice of clarity in the industry, especially for newbises, becasue we were all newbies at one time, so much pain...they just laughed at me and told me that will not be popular...

Your words are the confirmation and huge encouragement for me! Thank you!

Kelly

Kelly Baader — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 1:16pm

Takes one to know one :)

Kelly! Fabulous video with lots of great nuggets. Every leader I know has made some of these (if not all) mistakes at one point in their career. The more times we fall and get back up... the better we become!

Jerry Chen — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 3:18pm

Great post Kelly. Thank you

Great post Kelly. Thank you for sharing.

Yusuf Chowdhury — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 3:41pm

True story

As a newbie myself I fully understand everything you have said, and am trying to keep everything in perspective and pointed in the right direction. I have always believed in taking your time and letting things fall into place, whilst doing all you can to help that happen.Keep up the good work. Barry McCraw.

Barry McCraw — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 5:46pm

All Confusion, No Conversion

Kelly,

What a great post! I particularly like Number 3 about knowing what you want to say and then planning it. You're so right that it all comes off as confusing and results in no conversion when we don't plan. I think if we know what our WHY is, and structure our plan around that, then we'll be able see our efforts convert to results.

Eunice Coughlin — Fri, 09/03/2010 - 6:57pm

Thank you for commenting!

Eunice,
Thank you very much for stopping by and you are exactly right, we don't plan to fail, but fail to plan. :)
Appreciate your comments!
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 1:48am

"keep everything in perspective"

Barry,
I am really encouraged by your words, to keep everything in perspective and balanced is very important, but many people lose sight in the process. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts.
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:04am

You are welcome!

Yusuf,
Thank you for sharing your comment, I really appreciate it.
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:09am

not afraid to fall

Hey Jerry,
Thank you very much for stopping by, and yes we all fall short once or multiple times, as long we dare to recognize and get back to the right track, we can move forward boldly.
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:15am

You are the coming Pro

Yetta,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and I can tell you are already one step ahead of many, becasue you are brave encough to recognize where you are at!
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:23am

Thank you for comment and vote!

Jeff,
Appreciate much for sharing your thoughts!
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 2:30am

Thanks For The Information!

Thanks Kelly. Your material is quite informative. I am working on my USP as I learn about this marketing method. I liked everything you said on your post. I may have to repeat this again to get all the information. Thanks again.

Mario Sanders — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:13am

This is a great post Kelly!

I am one of those I will....until! folks.
I have found that I've learned these points
the hard way...by not quitting on myself.
This post would not have made sense 2 years ago
to me but now after working very hard and still not
where I will be I've found this branding YouINC.
quite challenging to put together but worth
it more each month.
Posts like this have helped very much.
Thanks Keyyl for leading.

Nicholas Wind — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 1:18pm

You are welcome!

Hey Mario,
Thank you for stopping by and sharing your thoughts!
And I am so glad this post helped for your USP development. If you have question, please feel free to contact me. Feel free to register the FREE webinar as I mentioned in the post:

http://bit.ly/sep82010session
or
http://bit.ly/sep92010session

Warmly,

Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 3:14pm

You are on the way to succeed!

Hey Nicholas,
Well said!!! It requires determination and hard work!
The concept of You-Inc sounds great and works great if we truly understand how we can set ourselves apart from the fellow representatives from the same company or other companies. The market is big enough for everyone...every individual can tap into their own strength, and not try to be "me too" type of leaders will be attractive and refreshing!
Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us.
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Sat, 09/04/2010 - 3:24pm

Great Information Kelly

Thank you so very much for this list. Sometimes there is so much information that comes at us it is hard to figure what should come first, so we try to do it all.

Your list gives me a way to go back and answer questions about what I am trying to accomplish.

Jennifer

Jennifer Alexander — Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:35am

You are right on!

Hey Jennifer,
Just as you mentioned, we all need some kind of assistance to keep us on the right track, especially when we are moving fast in the business. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Kelly

Kelly Baader — Tue, 09/07/2010 - 6:23pm

Can't Be Repeated Enough

Thanks Kelly. Awesome post! I've seen all these before in all different places, but when i see them put together like this, the point really hits home and definetly resonates with me. Good job.

marc pritchett — Mon, 09/13/2010 - 8:28pm

Thank you for comment and vote!

Hi Marc,
You are right on! And I am glad it brought you some clarity!
Kelly

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