How Internet Marketing Report Card Works

Like I mentioned in my first post, the goal of this blog is to help you create your own 3-ring binder that represents the bulk of what you need to know to succeed in internet marketing.  I’ve spent the last 6 months scouring the internet for good resources (both paid and free) to help me learn the ins-and-outs of internet marketing, and I want to pass along what I’ve learned to you.

Here’s the scoop:

• Each blog post will be a review of a new product or resource.
• I will assign a grade of A, B, C, D or F for each resource which represents my opinon of the usefulness of the product.
• If the resource made it in to my binder, I’ll tell you which pages I found to be helpful and which pages you can throw away.
• I’ll include 2 links for each paid resource: 1 affiliate link, and 1 non-affiliate link.  So, you can click the affiliate link if you want to help me out (if you choose to buy any of the paid resources, you pay the same amount whether you click the affiliate or non-affiliate link.  Clicking on the affiliate link simply tells the seller of the resource that I sent the buyer to them, and they give me a commission).  I’m including 2 links because I know online reviews are inherently biased, so I want to give you the option to buy it where I don’t receive a commission — if that helps you sleep better at night.
• I will post 2 reviews per week.

Internet Marketing Categories (i.e. the tabs in my binder)

My binder is divided into 8 “tabs”, so each resource that I want you to include in your binder will be assigned a category corresponding to the tab in your binder.  Here are the 8 categories:

• Keyword Research
• Website Set-up
• On-Page SEO
• Off-Page SEO
• Copywriting
• Content Development
• Google Adwords - PPC
• Tools

Other Random Items…

From time-to-time, I will include posts to update you on what I’m up to with my own internet marketing efforts.

I encourage you to leave comments and to suggest new products to review.  There is a lot of stuff out there, and I know I am missing some good resources, so if you run across something you’d like me to include in the list, please hit me up.