3.5 Reasons Marketing Your Own Website Will Never Work

Republished by National Realtors Directory Not part of or affiliated with the National Association Of Realtors. According to the NAR only real estate brokers and agents that are members of the NAR are allowed to use the title Realtor. The following article 3.5 Reasons Marketing Your Own Website Will Never Work was authored by Mike Cheney and is republished in this directory with the author's permission. These articles are published as an information source for real property owners, buyers, sellers, investors and real estate brokers, agents and sales people. 3.5 Reasons Marketing Your Own Website Will Never Work By: Mike Cheney, magnet4web (c) Reason No. 1 - It Takes Too Long. There are simply not enough hours in the day for you to do your day job, keep abreast of all the changes in the internet marketing industry, track the progress of your website and make constant amendments and adjustments to your online marketing strategy. The good news is - you have a choice. You can either give up your day job and become a website marketing expert or you can get the experts in to promote your website for you. Reason No. 2 - The "I Can Use A Calculator So I Don't Need An Accountant" Myth.. Unfortunately, the very accessibility of the web means there are people who feel that just by reading a few articles, magazines and browsing around for a few hours a week they will be able to attain enough knowledge to take on the experts at website marketing. It just won't happen. There are lots of reputable businesses out there that have done nothing else for years apart from study the best and most effective ways to market a website online. Do you really think it will be worth your while taking them on or trying to learn even a fraction of the knowledge they have? Forget it! Focus on what you’re best in and outsource everything else. It’s a winning formula. Reason No. 3 - You Are Too Close To Your Business And quite rightly so. But unfortunately you will approach marketing your website from a biased angle looking only at options which fit your perception of your business. Getting an external expert or company to market your website means they are coming at it from an independent point of view which brings a fresh and non-biased eye to proceedings. Reason No. 3.5 – Did You Know? It Takes 10,000 Hours To Become An Expert At Anything. Can You Spare That Kind Of Time Away From Your Business? You will be learning as you go along. Every day will certainly be full of surprises and new lessons but why start with a blank page when companies like mine already have nearly ten years' experience under our belts? Why try to learn all this yourself when there are companies out there who can help you? Companies that have already tried and tested the best ways, made the mistakes and learned the hard way so that you don't have to head down those dead-ends and pitfalls. You can get free access to lots more of my articles plus a FREE Special Report "How To Turn Your Website Into A Customer Magnet" worth a value of £47 ($85) here: http://www.magnet4web.com/website_services/?page=freeguide This article was posted on April 24, 2004 For more information and articles on internet advertising see Internet Advertising Articles From National Realtors Directory or for other real property information and articles see National Realtors Directory. Attention real property owners, buyers, sellers and investors: If you have written an internet advertising article that you feel would be beneficial to others and would like us to publish or republish it, please see Internet Advertising Articles Wanted. This link is for non real estate professionals only. Realtors, real estate brokers, agents and sales people, please go to the submit articles link below. This link is for real estate professionals only. The opinions, statements and information contained and expressed in the foregoing article are solely those of the author. No position for or against, agreeing with or disagreeing with anything contained in said article is taken by National Realtors Directory.com We do not assume or accept any liability for the use of the information contained herein. This article is published solely as a service to real property owners, buyers, sellers, investors and real estate brokers, agents and sales people. Anyone who does not accept this disclaimer is not authorised to read or use this article in any way. submit your site   submit articles   submit news or press reports   submit testimonials    realtor directory home   report bad links   contact us    Page Set Up © Copyright 2004 National Realtors Directory, a national directory of realtors, real estate agents, brokers and sales people. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.