Don’t Get Overwhelmed with New Website Promotion
I have been answering a lot of emails and questions on forums about beginning a new website promotion strategy. One of the biggest problems that I am seeing is people getting overwhelmed with trying to get the numbers of traffic that it takes to be successful.
Don’t freak out
Part of the problem is people seeing that they need hundreds or thousands of back links to get high search engine rankings. Or, they think about the hours of work that it will take to set up a proper social networking campaign. The thing about it is, you may need all that, but you don’t have to do it all at once. What you need is a consistent plan of action to take every day.You can develop your own plan, or follow the advice of a proven expert in the field.
As I am writing my new ebook on True Article Marketing Exposed (which will soon replace my Traffic Formula), I really started thinking about all the ways people overwhelm themselves. That’s right. The first thing you have to accept to get past being overwhelmed is accept this simple fact:
YOU ARE DOING IT TO YOURSELF!
Step back, take a deep breath and control yourself. The best way to overcome this is by planning your strategy. One thing that I tell people is that consistency is more important than quantity. Develop your new website promotion plan to fit your schedule.
Now, I am going to shoot myself in the foot once again by giving you a plan that you can use,(and I am not even going to charge you for it, not even an email adress). Adapt it to fit your schedule, and how much time you have to spend promoting your new website.
First, look at where you want your links. Personally I go for a diverse structure including a few article directories, Web2.0 sites, blog commenting and guest posting, social bookmarking, and other sites.
Rather than looking at days of building backlinks, set a daily goal for the number of backlinks that you can comfortably build. This can be a few or a lot. I have one friend that does 20/ week. He works 2 jobs, while building up his sites, so he doesn;t have a lot of time to spend on promotion. His sites are starting to take off, and he has even said if it stays consistent ( which it will if he does), he will quit one of his jobs, if not both of them later this month.
Your New Website Promotion Plan:
Start out by writing one article. Now, you can spin this article. Submit it to 5 article directories, and 5 web2.o sites. That sounds much simpler than submitting it to hundreds of sites doesn’t it?
Now, while you are on the social sites, go through and post 5 comments on related pages within the community. Stop by the forum, and leave one or two comments there. You don’t have to spend a lot of time on this, but by being involved in the community, you will increase your standing there, and you will get traffic to your pages on their site.
Next, i would go through a list of RSS feed submission sites. Submit your feed to say 5 sites/ day, which should take about 15 minutes.You can even outsource it here if you really want to. ( not an affiliate link, but I do highly recommend his service)
Make 5 blog comments on ComentLuv enabled blogs. This will help you get your site found quickly.
Thats it. now, you could do more, or less, depending on how much time you have. You can also outsource the article writing and submissions to more sites. This will increase your exposure, and give you a better chance at ranking well for your keyword.
Remember it is not about quantity it is about consistency. If you have more time on your hands, do more, if you cant do all this in a day, then do part of it one day and the rest the next day. Develop your own plan and stick to it.
Don’t overwhelm yourself with your new website promotion.





