Vol. III, Issue 24
June 24, 2008

A smart and savvy tip from Patsi and Denise:

We asked readers to rank their biggest problems when it comes to Internet Marketing. Using SurveyMonkey.com, we asked a combination of multiple choice and open ended questions.

In general, there's an overwhelming desire to learn more about converting leads to sales, managing all the steps for an integrated marketing plan, and where to spend time, energy and money.

Here are a few selected comments:

"Please just give it to us straight and try to remember when you first started and how overwhelming it was and so hard to believe it was true or not without actual proof."

"Just what is the best bang for the buck (time and $ investment)? From my observations, IMs (internet marketers) appear to be scrambling for the next big thing, and are trying to convince
everyone else that they know what the next big thing is."

"I struggle with keeping focus on high-payoff goals, looking past the hype and finding an affordable mentor who I trust to teach me the fundamentals."

"How to 'chunk' things down so there are simple manageable steps."

"Turning blog and newsletter subscribers into paying customers."

"Integration of all the good stuff (less the crap!) with the whole process."

"I, like others, I'm sure, need a step by step process as to what comes first, what's next, how to track, how to fix errors, how to work it all on a shoestring budget."

Here are the results for the question: What's your greatest challenge with Internet Marketing?
Multiple Choices, ranked by order of importance:

1. Converting leads into deals
2. Managing everything
3. Money to implement
4. Time
5. Knowledge
6. Getting help with the tech stuff
7. Writing content
8. Access to resources such as software
9. I don't believe it can work

We'll be teaching The 5 Internet Marketing Traps that Can Derail Your Business on Tuesday, June 24 at 5 p.m. ET with Kathleen Gage, the Street Smarts Marketer. It's not too late to register. If you cannot attend the live event, register anyway and get the audio recording. www.actandattract.com/5traps.

It's a preview call for our Law of Action 2.0 teleseminar on How to Attract Clients and Build a Money-Making Business on the 'Net in July. More information on the 4 week program is at www.actandattract.com.

Surveying your readers is a powerful way to find out what they want and gives you the foundation for creating more content. We'll be using the survey comments to create content for classes, articles, and blog posts which will be addressing the needs of our clients and prospects.

We really appreciate everyone who took the time to give us their feedback!

Patsi and Denise
The Blog Squad

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