Throughout your life, you've been attracted to particular and sometimes, peculiar subjects, things, places, time periods, art, music, etc., that are near and dear to your heart.  You can set up a Pinterest "Board," and "Pin" websites and/or videos, pics, etc. that pertain to your subject matter.  Pretty quickly you'll begin finding dozens and even hundreds who identify with your focus.  At first, you may not see the "why" of this phenomon, but I suggest you jump in and figure it out.  "It" will begin making sense in no time!

For instance, my first board is "Seventies Music" and includes YouTube videos of some of the top rock bands of the seventies, including Journey, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, 38 Special, Wild Cherry, Foghat, Styx, the Eagles, and I forget who else I added.

MARKETERS:

You'll get a ton of traffic to your website(s) if you're an Internet Marketer.  The reason this site is wildly successful may not be apparent at first, but you'll 'get it' pretty quickly into your involvement.  To date, Pinterest is predominately populated by women, but I don't really see that as a problem :).

Bottom line, this is one cool site.  You have to be invited.  Send me your email and I'll give you an invite.

You can get a taste for Pinterest at:http://pinterest.com/timdarnell

Tim Darnell

You can Dominate your Market and be the Market Leader in your sector, but you can't be complacent.  Rapidly changing methodologies require your attention and action!

MULTIPLE CHANNEL MARKETING STRATEGY

From the desk of Tim Darnell...

If you are in business, then you are also in the business of "Marketing," regardless of product or service type.  And, you had best pay attention to the fact that effective marketing methodologies are changing right before our eyes.  For example, an article published by Google this week mentions that Google changes their search engine algorithms approximately 500 times per year, an average of more than one change a day.  Just when you think you understand what Google 'likes' regarding Google search page rankings, you can be assured that the rules will change.  see: http://bit.ly/eD6eHg

One rule that doesn't change regarding Internet marketing is the power of diversifying your marketing through MULTIPLE CHANNELS.  Your business will benefit by having multiple potential points of contact both on and off the Internet.  Gone are the days of having a single website.  Gone are the days of relying on a Yellow Pages ad.  While there is nothing wrong with either of these concepts, you're not going to achieve many return "looks" from a person once they've seen your website or your Yellow Pages ad.  And less and less people utilize a phone book when they can type in a quick Google search to quickly acquire all the information they need.  While a single visit to a website or Yellow Pages ad can produce business, single exposures rarely create customers.

Rather than think in terms of "either/or" for a marketing strategy, savvy business owners must think in terms of multiple channels and multiple points of customer contact - "A plus B plus C plus D, etc." It's not a single website anymore, it's Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, E-mail, Posterous, Wordpress, MySpace, and FourSquare, to name a few.

For instance, the hottest trend in advertising and customer acquisition currently, is Smart Phone Advertising (SPA).  This incredible, relatively new development is growing faster than the Internet, and it works!  The growth statistics for SPA are astounding.  Traffic increases almost immediately upon SPA implementation, and the current timing is excellent, although not for long.  Few businesses have taken advantage of this concept, but the ones who have are, for the most part, already experiencing new visitors and accordingly, increased sales!

You can get started in Smart Phone Advertising at a basic level with free apps and software.  Developing your campaign will require a knowledgeable SPA professional.  They can get you "in the game" in little to no time, and you will likely be amazed, not only at how cool this technology is, but more importantly, how many more people will find your business via their Smart Phone!

Tim Darnell

Portfolio Marketing Group, LLC - Dominate Your Market!

972-727-4995 (office)

http://TimDarnell.org