Test your Internet marketing and online business skills

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Find out whether you are an Internet guru or online chump
Everyone out there is trying hard to succeed. Some people are working hard, but not smart. Some aren't working hard or smart. A handful of people are working hard and smart and these are the guys you've probably heard about.

Along the way it's nice to know if you are doing things right, more or less. This test will give you a good indication as to whether or not you are on the path to Internet success.

Open up notepad or get a pen and paper and jot down your answers, you'll need them to grade yourself

1. How often do you add content to your blog or site?

  1. What's content?
  2. Once a day
  3. Once or twice a week
  4. Every few hours

2. Is the content you create interesting, concise and focused?

  1. I have to talk about my products and services so my content is a bit dry
  2. I tend to write about what comes into my head, it's easiest
  3. How is this question related to online business?
  4. I enjoy coming up with unique ways to write about all sorts of stuff

3. How many of the following services do you use as part of your blog or site: RSS, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Stumbleupon, Reddit, technorati, Digg

  1. I still don't see what this has to do with online business?
  2. My site has RSS, I think
  3. I use RSS, facebook and Twitter
  4. I use most, if not all of them

4. How much traffic does your site get a day?

  1. I don't rightly know
  2. 50+ unique visits
  3. 100+ unique visits
  4. 500+ unique visits

5. What is your conversion rate on unpaid visits?

  1. No idea
  2. Between 0 and 2%
  3. What is a conversion rate?
  4. Above 2%

6. Have you ever contributed to someone else's blog, forum or site?

  1. I've read other people's articles, but never bother to comment
  2. Why should I, they are all competitors anyway
  3. I do occasionally interact with other people
  4. I am always the first to say something in a forum or blog

7. How many people do you follow on twitter?

  1. Less than 10
  2. 100+
  3. Twitter is just a fad, it will die out soon enough
  4. 1000+

8. Is SEO important?

  1. SEO is something marketers use to justify their salaries
  2. SEO is directly involved in building valuable backlinks to my site
  3. SEO can help to increase my site's online visibility and perceived importance in the search engines, helping to drive traffic
  4. SEO is important, but also arises from creating plenty of great, relevant content

9. Have you ever created and succesfully used Link bait?

  1. No one ever reads my blog posts anyway
  2. I wrote some link bait and got a few comments but that's it
  3. I've had a couple of link bait articles bring in thousands of visits
  4. Go fish

10. What marketing and promotional services have you paid for?

  1. I paid for online ads once, they sucked
  2. I bought a book on marketing once
  3. Nothing, I do everything myself
  4. I regularly buy products and services to help me succeed

Congrats! you've finished the test

Head over to the Internet marketing and online business test results page to analyze your results.

If you end up being called a chump, I'm really sorry. Take it as positive, helpful advice and hopefully it will help set you on the path to success.