Image by John Howard from Pixabay I've been at this “internet marketing” deal for a LONG time (since about 1997). I've learned tons over the years. Many things have emerged and a lot has changed. But there's one thing that really hasn't and that's C–>T–>P–>M. In order to be a successful marketer, you need a few “basics,” and these basics cover the following: Content Traffic Pre-selling (or just plain selling), and Monetization If you want to be a successful internet marketer, you need a few things. You need a blog, webhosting, and a domain name. Get an email service provide like Aweber and collect email addresses of your visitors. You need to publish content. A LOT of content. It can be on your website, but it can also be in Facebook groups and pages, YouTube, your email marketing, LinkedIn, Twitter, you name it. Once you have that continuous content creation routine in place, you need to drive traffic to it so peopl