A top marketing plan to get your home based business up of the ground and running as fast as possible if your marketing budget is over $2000 a month

If you are on a limited budget for your home based business, there are many options for you to drive traffic to your business / personal website.

As with any business, home based or not, you will need to be consistent on a daily basis with your marketing efforts to build momentum. Keep in mind that you are simply going to do whatever is required to bring in results on a consistent basis, until you are turning a profit

Many of the top producers in any home based business company have used the following methods to get their business off the ground and begin generating sales. It simply requires consistent, focused action!

In marketing it is important if you have a budget that you get the most out of every dollar you spend before you start turning a profit in your home based business.

Because without a focused marketing plan in place you will more than likely spend yourself out of your home based business and end up becoming yet another statistic in this industry. So what would a effective marketing plan be if your budget was over $2000 a month?

So in this marketing plan, you are going to do 25% free advertising and 75% paid advertising. The free advertising will service two purposes: driving traffic and building your online presence and reputation. The free advertising can also result in higher conversions of your paid leads, as it will give you a foundation of credibility and authority in the home based business industry.

It's essential that you DO NOT spend all of your advertising funds on one campaign, or on one website. Your goal will be to turn a profit before spending 50% of your advertising budget. This will give you a cushion so that when you do see results, you still have advertising funds to allocate towards the marketing methods that are working the best for you. And not just throwing money in the bin!

Even if you have a large advertising budget for your home based business, do not start Google Adwords until you are an Advanced Marketer. Google Adwords, although a very important source of traffic for any serious online marketer, has a significant learning curve.

Money cannot buy you marketing intelligence. You need to have a very solid foundation of how online marketing works, and how money is generated online, before diving into Google Adwords. Otherwise you can waste a significant amount of time and money, by jumping the gun before you have taken the time to educate yourself.

If you do have the funds for Google Adwords (you'll want to be able to allocate at least $3,000 per month) spend your first 30 days as a marketer sticking to the Sophomore Action Plan, and simply learning about Google Adwords. But once you have mastered this amazing marketing method you will begin experience success like you once dreamed of for your home based business

Part I: Paid Advertising for your home based business
Choose two.

- Ezine Advertising
-Banner Advertising
- Paid Email Marketing / Solo Ads
- Paid Classieds (online)
- Paid Classieds (offline)
-Facebook Social Ads
-Google Adwords (Master marketers only!)
-MSN and Yahoo Pay-per-click

Part II: Content Marketing for your home based business

Choose two.

-Article Marketing
- Press Release Marketing
-Video Marketing

Part III. Basic Social Media Setup for your home based business

In this day and age on the internet, you need to have a presence on social media sites.
Setup accounts on the following sites and spend approximately 30 minutes per day
networking. This means adding new friends, making posts, joining groups and posting
relevant content for viewers.

-Facebook or MySpace - You can do both, or simply choose one
-Twitter - This is a micro-blogging site that can be a great way to drive traffic
-Your Blog - This will serve as your main "hub" where you will post any articles,press releases, links and videos that you generate from your marketing efforts.