Marketing Plan For Beginners

Many Internet marketers newbies don't have a business plan. No wonder why they can't make any money online. Today they try pay per click and tomorrow they switch to forum mareting. One week later, he is on squidoo advertising.
What's wrong with this business model?
This is the best way to fail because you don't master anything. You are just trying various method.

How to really make the Internet work for you? You need a marketing plan that works.

Write down your online business goals.
It can be more visitors to your website, more subscribers, more sales, etc...
Be specific and write down the numbers.

Write down the main factors of your success
Are you an expert? Will you use other's expertise?

Identify your customers
How old are people in your niche, how much do they earn? Where are they hanging out? Where are they going for holidays?

Advertising Budget
Calculate your ROI per advance (an estimate), your outsourcing costs, etc...

Marketing model
How are you going to earn money? How you will generate leads? How will you convert those leads to customers?
Now, you have a basic plan. Add deadlines to each of your projects. If you don't do this, you will take to long to complete different tasks because you won't have any pressure.

Don't forget to revise your plan on a monthly basis. This will keep you on track and will allow you to improve your business.