different paths to follow in IM

This is the problem with so many folks in the IM world. Especially in the beginning. I was the same way. Here's the advice that worked for me.

There are a lot of different paths to follow in IM, and a lot of marketer have different systems. You need to pick one and follow it to completion. Usually you'll make a few bucks. Following advice from too many people will end up in confusion and you won't take the right action.

You should also unsubscribe to 99% of the email lists you're on. (this made a huge difference for me) This will help to keep you focused and Kiel your inbox free of shiny new objects.

Approach IM as a business. You have to show up everyday and produce. It's the same principle as having a job. If you show up to work and do nothing you probably won't have a job for very long. Take the right action every day.

If I could give you a step-by-step that works for me everytime it would look like this: (at it's most basic)

• Keyword and Market Research
• Core Content Creation
• Money Site Creation
• Secondary Content Creation(for traffic and backlinks)
• Get Traffic and Backlinks
• Conversions and Testing
• More Core Content
• More Traffic
• More Testing

That's pretty much the basics for any business. There are other step that you can include depending on what you want to accomplish like product creation or selling the site.