Well....

I will be renovating my Travel Blog
Placing an Ad in the paper Friday
Purchasing Travel Leads

Business stuff

Well last night I had submitted two articles for Ezine and then today I had written a more focused Plan to get Travel Bookings on my Travel Blog. I will not be doing that much tonight because I am so tired from work that I cannot focus. But I already have a Plan in place.

Working

Drafted two articles so far for Ezine. :) Unfortunately will have to postpone the newspaper ad this week as I have rent due this week :(

We will be getting Business Cards though :)

Well tonight

I published an Article at Ezine and a Blog Post...BOTH pertaining to my Business. I feel accomplished. : D This weekend I will also be placing an Ad in the paper.

Tonight I am Pondering....

I had revised my Marketing Plan NUMEROUS times. I need to stick with something to my Target Market and where I will get the most Traffic, Leads, Sales etc...I think I am going to stick to one thing I know BEST and that is Newspaper Advertising. It is Cheap for one and I can target my market VERY specifically. I realize also that I need to plan out my marketing for day-to-day event, especially for what I will be doing that day. The other Marketing I was looking into was purchasing Travel Leads so I can book travel as I am in the TRAVEL MLM Business! I also want to work on my Travel Blog so I can drive Traffic and increase Travel sales that way. The last thing I wanted to maybe focus on was Article Marketing. 4 things to do for Business is not bad, not bad at all. They are all Targeted, Specific, FOCUSED ways to getting BUSINESS for my Business. MY Goal is to work from home by August 2008 and I really want to get this going quickly!

I am also reading a special eBook I got from someone in the same Business as I am and so I will be taking notes from it tonight. ITS REALLY GOOD and I am excited to implement it with my Marketing techniques.

I will unfortunately not be able to work on my Jerky Business at this time as I can only Build 1 Business at a time :( But I will be coming back to it and I am sure another Contest will be around once I am ready to get into the SWING of things :)

Well off to Take some Notes and then work on an Article and Blog Post. :)

Better Marketing

I need Leads for my Business so I think the best option is for me to place an Ad in the paper to build my Team. For Online Marketing I can do more Article Writing and Blogging for my Travel Business. I will also be purchasing Travel Leads to book Travel. I will keep doing Traffic Swarm for Jerky. I may hold off on my Jerky Business for a bit.

Enough about Marketing ALREADY!

I feel like I am losing sight of the Business and that I need to get caught up on alot of things ABOUT THE BUSINESS. BLEH.

My Marketing Plan

30 Minutes a Day on TrafficSwarm
Purchase 3 Travel Leads a week to Book Travel
Post on Craigslist for Utah area for Jerky & Travel Business
Put an Ad in the paper for Travel Leads
Post Daily on Travel Blog - Promote Travel Blog

Do this Daily and Consistently

Work

30 Minutes Traffic Swarm - considering going Pro so I won't have to click everyday but I think it won't be a problem if I just use it for Jerky and Promote it the Free Way. Pro would be $30 Dollars a month. Maybe once my Checks get Bigger from Jerky I will go Pro. But not right now.

Then I fell asleep in the middle of my Clicking...but I did get over 100 Credits so that was good. I am awake again and deciding what I am going to do next. I decided to remove my YTB Lead Page from TrafficSwarm and keep Traffic Swarm just for Jerky Direct.

Write Ads for Craigslist for Jerky and Travel. (Focus on Utah) OH I screwed up! UGH frustration.


I think that is it for the day...till tomorrow...

Marketing Re-Evaluation

Well today I decided to re-check my Marketing Plan.


My Original Focus I had laid out was

10 Jerky Sign ups
Build 1st Team
10 Travel Bookings

I am still nowhere near My Goal, which is fine because I just began Marketing but I have neglected to contact some recent Leads I have Captured on my Lead Capture page.

I am also looking into other Marketing options but think maybe I need do simpler things first. I may need to just focus less on the Jerky Sign ups and worry about Building my 1st Team and Travel Bookings.

Need more Blog Posts for my Travel Blog. Its a Great Niche and Google picks it up very well! Also more Blog Promotion once I start Posting Daily. I am also considering purchasing exclusive Cruise Leads to build my Travel Business. I really would like to be booking a lot of Travel and I know if I build a Team my RTAs would also want to be Booking Travel and Building a Team at the same time. I want to be Duplicable and I would also like to not only be Booking Travel but earning Bonuses for Building My Team.

Ad in the paper for those interested in becoming a Travel Agent.

Maybe I could do one simple thing for Jerky Direct like Craigslist or Safelists...possibly just Craigslist because I know someone who builds an Income with just a small Business like Jerky and only uses Craigslist.

Articles I would eventually like to do or do every so often...

I think this Plan may work a lot better.

Time to Work!

30 Minutes Traffic Swarm Done
Update Safelists Done
Craigslist Done

Revise my Marketing Efforts and decide on some more Marketing techniques.

Changed my mind....

Took a Power Nap and Shower and ready to continue....

Traffic Swarm Done (Travel & Jerky)
Update Safelist Ads Done (Jerky)
Craigslist (Jerky) Done - Tomorrow Travel and Jerky Posts
Blog Post at my Travel Blog Done

Work

Decided I am too tired and may need to catch up on some sleep before I can work really well.

Tired from work :( , but Working

Purchase Jerky Domain Done
30 Minutes Traffic Swarm Done

OMG I am just so tired! :(

Tomorrow I will do more. I am glad I at least did something.

Tomorrow

Join 5 Social Networks for Travel Business and Update Profiles and such and participate.

Join 5 more Work at Home Forums and Participate.

Update Travel Blog & Jerky Blog.

Update & Read more about SafeLists. (Write Better Ads)

30 Minutes on TrafficSwarm.

Look into PPC.

Look into Lead Capture for Jerky Direct and Purchase Domain Name

GOALS by November 14th 2007

is to have 10 Travel Bookings, 10 Signs ups for Jerky, build 1st Team for Travel Business

Marketing Plan for 30 Day Challenge

Surf For Credits for 30 Minutes Daily at Traffic Swarm Done

Junk Mail for Safelists for Jerky Business Done
Join 5 Safelists
Join Solo-Ads.com Done
Join AdTactics Done
Join GotSafeList Done
Join MyFreeSafeList Done
Join Herculist Done

Well I did some SafeLists and Traffic Swarm tonight. Tomorrow I will do some more.

Goals for 30 Day Challenge

Goals:

1) 10 Travel Bookings on JackiesTravelTips.com
2) 10 Distributors for Jerky Direct
3) Build 1st Team (1 Rep; 6 RTAs)

HOW:

Blogging
Article Writing
Social Media
Forums
Ad in Paper
Traffic Swarm?
Instant Buzz
Solo-Ads.com
PPC
Safelists


Tomorrow (or today) I should say I will put together my Marketing Plan.

Why The 30 Day Challenge?

I have a hard time staying Motivated and so I need something I can do to keep myself on my toes and get my Businesses going. I am keeping this private because I am doing this for my own sake. I do plan on Posting my Results after it is Complete.

My Goal is still to Work for myself by August 2008 and it will stay my Goal till it happens. We are in October 2008 which means I need to work my ass off. I am no where NEAR my Goal. Which is sad to admit. So I am going to begin the 30 Day Challenge and MAKE IT HAPPEN. Just Do it! Etc...

My 30 Day Challenge will begin Sunday, October 14th 2008

My next Post will be my Goals for my 30 Day Challenge.