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Old 28-02-11, 07:06 AM
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Default Be Positive In Your Marketing Efforts!

A lot of failures in Internet marketing are people who do not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Don't give up in your Internet marketing efforts. This is because successful Internet marketers are not those who do not fail, but they are those who do not quit. Therefore, don't give up until you make your last attempt and don't make your last attempt until you have succeeded in Internet marketing. More importantly, your Internet marketing efforts will always move in the direction of your strongest thought, so be positive.

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Following on from your words of encouragement:

"The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well." --John D. Rockefeller
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marketing is a very hard work

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Yes, it is hard work. But, no-one said it would be easy.

Here's another quote for you:
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness." - Seneca

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I would appreciate your thoughts and thanks to motivate the readers.
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests by Epictetus.

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Do you think marketing internet is better than Direct Marketing ... ?

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Why not use both?

Build your customer awareness by integrating direct marketing with other methods of marketing.

"The sum of the whole is greater than its parts".
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I agree. The power of marketing is in its synergy.

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Default agree so much

Yes. marketing is really hard to make. Now i m so confused on this, thinking how to make it sucessfully, and now it is still on the way, sometimes feeling so sad and would like to give up, coz i already making efforts for almost 3 months but without any good work. Do you think i can still continue on it? or it is better to transfer to other stuff to handle.

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The title of this thread has two meanings.

1) Keep positive - your efforts will eventually pay off.
2) Keep a positive tone in your marketing text.

Regardless in how you interpret the title, marketing your online business is no different than marketing your offline business.

Offline, you put ads in the phone book, newspapers, flyers, brochures, menus, etc.

Online, you put ads in directories, profiles, social media sites, link exchanges with other websites, etc.

Offline, you do in-store demonstrations of your product or service.
Online, you post videos demonstrating your product or service.

Offline, you have brochures and other documentation that further explains certain aspects of your product or service.

Online, you write articles and blog posts that further explains certain aspects of your product or service.

I think you get the idea now. Before the internet, marketing one's business was really not that much different than it is on the web. Regardless, both take time, energy, intuitiveness, and imagination to make your business and brand stand out from the competition.

So, be positive in your efforts ... and be positive in your message. BOTH will pay off in the long run.

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