Hi Cory,
First off, welcome to GDI! It's great to have you as part of the GDI team.
I'm not 100% positive at what you are asking so I'll just shoot in the dark and hope I don't hit anyone important.
The best pieces of advice I could give are this. First, figure out how you want to market. There are lots of ways and honestly, virtually all marketing methods work well. Video marketing is really hot right now because videos are a big market. And people these days would much rather watch you than read about you. Plus, it helps establish you as a person and that's important because when all is said and done, people join people, not businesses. That's why when you get a missed sign up or a new visitor to your page GDI writes you and says that you must contact them right away.
Many people use only classified ads, or SEO, or paid for marketing. There are a bunch of ways. But they key is to think about what you will enjoy doing. Do you like to write? Blogs, SEO, articles or emails might be good for you.
Next, get as much training as you can in that method. Training is a constant thing and I bet if you called anyone on the GDI affiliate council they would tell you that they STILL spend time learning and growing. It increases your value and your effectiveness.
But here is the ultimate tip as far as I'm concerned. Pick what you want to do and write yourself a schedule saying this is what I will accomplish on any given day. And then stick to it. Do it every day and do it in a big way.
Let's stick to videos for an example. If video marketing is the way you want to go, make one video every day and get it out there using something like Tube Mogul or Traffic Geyser. But stay focused. Don't make the mistake of doing it for just a couple of weeks and then moving to something else because it's not giving you results.
Results take time, consistent action and FOCUS. When you reach your goal with videos (again, just an example here) then you can add another marketing technique. But only after you have mastered it and spent at least a couple of months doing it every day.
Probably not exactly what you were looking for. Personally, I get this question a lot. "What works the best?" Well...that's really hard to answer because what works best for one person doesn't match what works best with another. But the thing that definitely without doubt is the secret is daily consistent action and focus. Without that focus and daily consistent action you do very little in a lot of things and will see nothing in return.
I really hope this helped. If you have more questions let us know! We are here to help.
Vincent Parker
