So today I took the Twitter plunge and I must say that I have absolutely NO idea what I am doing with twitter. It is like a whole new world out there and I don’t have a clue about any of this.  I mean, I know what twitter is and have seen it on other internet marketer pages and have heard that it is a great way to get traffic but I still don’t have a clue as to how or why someone would need to twitter all the time.

The reason I didn’t join Twitter earlier is because I was lazy and didn’t feel like learning about it. I simply didn’t see the value in it and honestly didn’t see how it could possibly help me get my name out there. But, today, I decided that maybe it  was time to make the time. Maybe it was time to get active, time to spread the word about my journey and time to get serious about my mission of educating other writers about the possibilities of internet marketing. And, I figured that twittering was one of the best ways to do it so I joined and wrote a post. Check out my profile and let me know what you think.

Now, I just have to figure out how all this Tweeting stuff works and I have to do it without spending  a ton of time figuring it out. There is so much to learn – about widgets, client software, and all that jazz. Then, I have to figure out how to follow people, how to get them to follow me and what to say when they do. This tweeting thing might take more time than I thought. Oh well, I guess Rome wasn’t built in a day and building my reputation on Twitter will take some time too.

One thing is certain – I will keep you all informed about my latest Tweeting episodes.

I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about many topics including article marketing – heck, I might even say I’m an article marketing genius. Just kidding – not a genius but pretty darn knowledgeable. Not meaning to toot my own horn but I’ve got about 2000+ articles on the net published in my name and yes, I do write under aliases too so take my word for it, I have a LOT of articles floating around the net. I must admit however, that I’ve been a bit confused with traffic generation. I mean, its not that I don’t understand what traffic is but I don’t understand how to get it more of it (or rather why other bloggers have so much and I have so little). Sadly, traffic generation seems to be the one thing that is keeping me from really improving my income and achieving my goals. So, like most savvy internet marketers, I’ve taken it upon myself to get my fair traffic share.

What I’ve discovered from all my research is that some marketers swear by article marketing, whereas others believe that getting back links and using social bookmarking is the answer. Then, there are some marketers that swear by blog commenting, forum posting or both. Well, all this conflicting knowledge, is enough to give me(and most marketers) a massive headache and a severe case of “I’m so confused that I’ll do nothing.”

Well, I’ve decided not to get frustrated and not to give up. Instead, I plan to take action and I want to inrease my traffic using ALL of the above methods and to work off my fanny until I increase that traffic. And, the real cool thing is that I am going to use this site as my test site to see if I can increase my traffic right here on IM Writer Blog.

Here’s what I am going to do:

1. Write one really informative and thorough article every single week so that I can attract more readers and teach them something in the process. Its not that all my content isn’t good its just that I don’t always write really superb article every week.

2. Promote my site on YahooAnswers and other sites (especially forums) to let them know about my site and how I am working my internet marketing strategy. 10 answers and 20 posts a week (to 2-3 sites)!

3. Network with other writers turned internet marketers to see if I can get them to visit my site. I will do this by visiting mybloglog and other blogger sites that I admire to see if I can interact with them and get them to connect with me.

4. Post one article every single weekday (not including weekends)– not just with random posts but posts that are search optimized for my targeted keywords.

5. Backlink like a lunatic. I will try and get 100 new and relevant backlinks to this site in the next few months by using directory and article directories, social bookmarking, profile linking, twittering, etc.

6. Write and post 1 free eBook a month and use it as a giveaway.

7. Write 10 posts a moth and submit to article directories.

That’s it. By doing this, I really think that I will be able to increase my traffic from 40 visitors a day to a gazillion (OK at least 100 visitors a day). By doing this, I should be able to increase my PR from a 0 to a 2 plus get some steady readers. So, what do you guys think of my plan? Will it will work? Only one way to find out!