Hi folks, I'm interested in finding out what were people's problems when they first started out on the Internet? What sort of advice would you have appreciated to get you up and running?
I needed that initial boost of inbound links to my site, in order to get into the SERPs and get some natural links. The answer for me was directory submissions. This was before the big article submission craze. No one wanted to trade links with me, as I had no useful PR.
I would have appreatiated someone telling me about a forum called Digitalpoint, this would have been a great help
I'm really just starting on the business side of things, and I need to make more efficient use of my time.
Not enough time in the day Getting more traffic!! Planning out the best, most effective way to use my marketing budget. I have found that reading books on the subject (I often spend hours at the bookstore on weekends), and visiting forums such as this one have been extremely helpful.
My problem was figuring out why a piece of text linked to a page.. how it moved from text to page... that was 6 years ago. Im glad I decided to read a book. Ahhhh the old days.
My biggest problem was the lack of paypal and a real CC (VISA or AMEX). Now I have AMEX and paypal but I'm on the send only list and that is my biggest problem, it kill a lot of opportunities for me... p.l.u.r.
The problem is getting the creativity to write original content. And getting backlinks. New people as lucky because a 1 day site can start getting backlinks and traffic immediately through Digg.
Being overwhelmed for a good six months and not having the experience to order the importance of various concerns.