Deal of the Day
Big Dumb Idea #1
This first big dumb idea is one that I tried for a very short period of time and with not much effort, but it did show some results and promise. However, I did not stick with it. The idea involves using Craigslist to offer a service for a small fee to other webmasters.
The service in my case was to submit their website to 100 search engines instantly for $25. People with a decent SEO knowledge know that this is not really that important to getting your website indexed. There are usually better things to focus on such as creating unique content, backlinks, using social bookmarking sites, etc.. But inexperienced webmasters may see this as a great deal and an easy way to get their site submitted to lots of search engines. I don’t mean to sound like this was a way to scam people, as submitting to a lot of search engines does have its benefits, and if a webmaster sees value in it, you are therefore providing a valuable service. 
So the specific method I used for this was I bought a piece of software that automatically did the submitting for me, so there was no real work on my part. (The software was $12 from someone selling it in the Digital Point forums). I then went to work posting in what I thought were the top 10 Craigslist cities about my service. I received a couple of replies, one guy even wanted more SEO services, but they did not pan out and I forget the reason why. However, this showed me that there was potential in this idea. Perhaps I could have offered the service for free or very cheap, like $5 and offered more SEO help as an upsell. Like I said, I was dumb and really did not follow through on this idea. So I give it to you.
You can take this idea and offer just about any service on Craigslist. The trick is automating the posting process on Craigslist. If you can figure that part out, then you will be in business. I hope this has sparked some ideas in your mind, and maybe you’ll use it better than I did.
Until next time, Big Dumb Marketer signing out.
Big Dumb Ideas
The more I surf online and read other marketing blogs, forums and products, the more ideas I get in my head for ways to make some extra money (naturally, right). So I figure I may as well write some of these ideas down somewhere that others can benefit from since I am not actively using most of them myself. Usually I will get an idea, and then implement it half heartedly, which of course will yield half hearted results. Sometimes it is a complete failure, but often times even the half hearted results are not bad. My problem is that it becomes hard to commit a large amount of time to any one idea unless it is earth shattering! That is the problem with having so many ideas, just not enough time.
I think that most of these ideas are not bad (most…), but they do requre some time and work, just like any normal business, to have any amount of success with. (The good thing however; most of my ideas will still require much less time than an actual J-O-B). I hope to share my ideas with you as often as possible. They may not be all 100% original, but that does not mean it won’t be something you haven’t heard of before. So stay tuned. I plan on posting my first Big Dumb Idea in the next day or two. Laterz, until next time.
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