{"id":889,"date":"2009-04-07T08:54:20","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T13:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2010-09-14T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T18:00:07","slug":"website-marketing-how-embarrassing-is-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-strategy\/website-marketing-how-embarrassing-is-that\/","title":{"rendered":"How Embarrassing Is That?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend I was in the attic sorting through piles of stuff. I\u2019m convinced that kids\u2019 toys, sleeping bags, broken chairs and rusty fans have been sneaking up there in the middle of the night for years now.<\/p>\n<p>I was up in the attic because we\u2019re renovating a bathroom and have a dumpster in our driveway. I could have cleaned out the attic in the past, but having the dumpster right there has made it so much more appealing.<\/p>\n<p>One of the items consigned to the dumpster was a baby carriage that someone gave us when our daughter was born that they had in their attic. Twenty-five years later, we still had this big honking, Mary Poppins-type perambulator taking up space. It didn\u2019t have any antique or sentimental value. We took it to Goodwill and even they didn\u2019t want it. Back to the dumpster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How embarrassing is that? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever kept something around that was out-of-date, thinking it might be useful again someday, when it really should have been thrown out?<\/p>\n<p>How about your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-strategy\/use-this-marketing-strategy-to-increase-web-sales-by-300-this-month\/\">website marketing<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably only a few years old, but is it outdated or just plain not working? Is it time to figure what you really need, and what you don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingforsuccessstore.com\/websalesa.html\"><strong>Ready to clean up your website marketing so it brings in more profits? Start here &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>95% of existing web sites were built using obsolete models. People re-created their sales brochures online, or put up sites so they\u2019d have \u201ca web presence\u201d or were convinced that \u201cif we build it, they will come.\u201d If sites like these have any significant traffic at all, they aren\u2019t working to generate leads and close sales. They&#8217;re website marketing is a failure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is your site one of these?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ready to fix your website marketing so it actually brings in a steady stream of qualified leads and\/or sales?<\/p>\n<p>While I don&#8217;t want to get anywhere near your attic, and in fact I could still use some help with mine, I can show you how to clean up your website marketing so you can grow your business this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingforsuccessstore.com\/websalesa.html\"><strong>Discover the fastest way to ramp up your website marketing &gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nLook at your sales figures and site stats and answer these questions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Does my site attract a steady stream of visitors?<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> Do I have a system for increasing traffic to my site?<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong> Are at least 10% of the visitors to my site contacting me or buying from me?<br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong> Do I have a simple process in place for converting visitors into paying clients?<br \/>\n<strong>5.<\/strong> Is my site optimized to maximize the value of each visitor and customer?<\/p>\n<p>If you answered NO to any of the above questions, it\u2019s time to clean up your website marketing and put it to work to increase your profits. Don\u2019t wait until it\u2019s as useless as my daughter\u2019s baby carriage. Do it now.<\/p>\n<p>With a few changes to your website marketing, you could be one of the few business owners who will increase their online profits this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingforsuccessstore.com\/websalesa.html\"><strong>Discover how to grow your business online this year &gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Charlie<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Don\u2019t let a website marketing strategy that isn\u2019t working sit there collecting dust and costing you money. Spring clean your website marketing and start bringing in more profits.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m continually amazed at how many people put up with a website that doesn\u2019t bring in leads and sales. You\u2019re too smart to do that. You\u2019re one of the few who are looking to optimize your website\u2019s performance so you can make more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingforsuccessstore.com\/websalesa.html\"><strong>Ready to bring in more profits with your website marketing? &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/937fa611-e48d-4625-bda3-2a3f5afeed6b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=937fa611-e48d-4625-bda3-2a3f5afeed6b\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend I was in the attic sorting through piles of stuff. 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