CarpetDog

I went onto a ‘bidding web directory’ I am trying to work out what this is.

What is a bidding web directory?

You INSTRUCT me to add my link - then you ask me for a bid of a minimum of $1? Why?

Why should I pay you $1 to list on this bidding web directory if I don’t know what I will be getting for my $1. At the moment nothing. No PR = no backlink for me. Will I be on the front page?

Here goes:

REVENUE 101 - A lesson in getting revenue from a website.

1. Clearly explain to your PROSPECTIVE clients what they will be getting for their money. It is hard enough to get people to pay for things that are really excellent products/services when they have a clear idea of what is on offer.
2. Don’t try to sell the sizzle - If you have a PR2 you have a PR2 - You won’t be a PR4 in a month or so - you have no guarantee whatsoever.
3. Building a church/site/bar and just expecting people to come in the door when the place is empty doesn’t work. Especially when you try to tell them um, we will um, maybe have something in by the end of the week/month/year - That will be $1 please.
4. If I am a client I want to know about YOU. Where is your About Me /Us page. If you are a ME put ME not “we are a blah blah company” - be honest - it works!
5. If you don’t have a product you more than likely have a service. If your service is getting them a backlink for their website - tell them what you are going to do to your product/website/directory to make it successful. “I have submitted this site to 100 link directories with PR2, 50 link directories with PR3, 20 PR4 and we have paid for links in directories with PR6 - see our list here <link to list of directories>”.
6. Why are you so cheap? You are not cheap you are competitive. Tell them what you are going to do - “We are going to systematically submit this site to every free link directory we can find - can you suggest some?”
7. Why are your categories empty of sites? Tell them “This website was launched on 27 August 2007. I’ve spent 20 hours (be honest) submitting this site to directories and optimizing the backend code to make sure it is stable.”
8. Why did you set up this directory? Are you looking to sell it in the future? Are they interested in buying it when you are a PR4? PR5? Tell them and they will thank you for it.
9. Keep an up to date list of all the backlinks to your site - make them available to your clients - let them see how HARD you have been working. You don’t just set them up and they fill up on their own. Tell them where you will be running Ads for the site - more people coming into the site = more traffic = higher/quicker PR.
10. Be honest. Don’t pretend. Tell it like it is. You have really been working hard to… Myself and a group of like minded entrepreneurs have been… I really believe in this project/site and honestly believe that in xyz it will be… Be honest!

If you do this I personally will buy links from you and I will sell your links to everyone I meet who needs them (everyone with a site).

Here endeth the lesson.

Onward and upwards

Steve Dorrington (AKA CarpetDog)