How do I start my own Micro Job website

How or should you start a micro job website?

It's not really a question of "how" it's more of a question of should you start your own micro job website. When Fiverr.com launched back in February 2010 they still wasn't the first website to offer this kind of service. So that being said my answer is YES! if you have the time and commitment to do this then why not. Micro Job websites can be very lucrative in a number of ways, you just need to put the work loads in. The internet is a BIG, BIG place and there's plenty of fish in it. Take a look at affiliate marketing for example, how many sites do you see offering services,products,training,tutorials,money making opportunities and everything in between. Another example could be Facebook, when this launched there were already a boat load of social sites out there but that didn't stop Mr Zuckerberg from taking over the world. What I'm trying to say is that there is plenty of room in the sea for you to jump in.

Where do you get a Micro Job website from?

This is the tricky part and there are a few things you can do here. You could buy one that has already been running and has an established site with buyers and sellers, for example "tenbux.com" sold at Flippa for over $20,000. You can actually go and buy a Fiverr clone "just type fiverr clone in google and you'll get more than enough to choose from", Ive seen these cost up to $500, or you could get the WordPress pricerr theme for $69.00. There is now a FREE script over at php valley (http://phpvalley.com/phpvalley-micro-jobs-site-script/). As you can see there are plenty of ways to start one up, some easier than other and some more cost effective ways of setting one up, BUT please do a little research and don't just jump in as you might hit the shallow end ;). I would highly recommend trying or having your own custom built script made for you, this way your website is unique and stands a side from the rest. When you come to creating your site try not to just copy Fiverr or any other site, try being unique and be creative with ideas. You don't just have to sell small services, you can sell pretty much anything.

Where do you get buyers and sellers from?

When I started Madgigz.com this was one of the main things I was most worried about because for me setting up the shop was easy, getting customers to come in is not so easy. Hopefully a couple of these tips should help you a long the way, these aren't just random tips picked from the sky these are techniques I am still using.

1. Don't just set your website up and launch, do a pre-launch offer and get people interested.
2. (This is a must) Before you launch, put a lot of hard work in marketing your site via social networks, blogging, guest blogging, comment posting and everything in between. Basically anything to generate interest towards your site.
3. Buyers and sellers are NOT different, treat them the same. What I mean by this is at first I was buyer but then converted in to a seller. Sellers will buy from other sellers.
4. It's very important that you don't stop marketing your site, keep blogging, keep posting comments and keep networking.
5. Get in touch with other/similar sites and ask for banner swaps etc. Generating traffic is as important as having things to sell on their. No traffic - no sales - no money :(
6. I highly recommend paid advertising whether it be on Google, facebook or any other site (obvioously make sure it's worth while). I posted an add on Fiverrway and this generated a lot of interest but it cost me $150.00 and the question, was it worth it? YES!. 
7. Don't forget to set-up your social networking, this is so important and many people will leave this till last. Put this on your priority list as it's not something that you can just throw up. For example take a look at Madgigz.com on twitter, Google+ and Facebook and you will see that the advertising for the site flows.
8. Although marketing your site is important you don't want to get caught up in spending hours on hours, days on days doing this. You need to pay attention to your guest, buyers and sellers.
9. Set-up email campaigns. This is something else you should consider a priority as this is the only way you can co-operate with your audience.
10. Don't forget a blog! Although sometimes I miss posting on the Madgigz.com blog you should consider posting at least once a week, this is another good way of keeping everyone updated with announcements, news, special offers and other important information for your audience.

Can I help your Micro Job business?
Simple answer is YES I can help your Micro Job business. I built the Madgigz.com platform not just as micro job website to sell other people's services, in fact take a look at the site I don't sell any services. The platform was built to increase traffic and sales to micro job websites and sellers and to give the buyers a much more integrated impression of micro job websites where they can simply browse the services from all the major micro job websites.

Please feel free to contact me and I will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have and hopefully assist you in promoting your micro job website.

Email: carlATmadgigzDOTcom
Skype: carlbrook79
Website: www.madgigz.com


Final thoughts
I'm not telling you that this is easy as that would be far from the truth. There is a lot of hard work that go's in to maintaining these sites and promoting them. If your looking for a get rich quick scheme then I suggest you look elsewhere.

Marketing your micro jobs

Let's go in to marketing your micro jobs a little further. This is one of my favourite topics because without enduring this timely task your gigs could just well be dead already.

First off (and if you have the time) take a look at this article I wrote "How important is advertising your micro jobs". It's not that it's important to market your gigs it's a necessity in order for your gigs to be lucrative. Without marketing your gigs your taking away potentially thousands of visitor and hundreds of sales to your services.

There a Lot's of ways you can be marketing your micro job services and I will throw a few ideas here for you now.

OK, so let's assume you have all your services up and ready and the only site you are currently promoting on is Fiverr.com. Starting the ball rolling tends to always be the hardest bit because you have lot's of ideas but you don't know where to start. Try the steps below.

1. Build a blog/website for your micro job services. You can use blogger.com, weebly, wordpress and I'm sure if you do a search you will find lots more.
2. Set up your social networks, I always try and use the most popular ones available including Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest. Keep in mind that you must keep active with these so don't try and do to many, just pick the ones you think will benefit you most and crack on with them.
3. Try "spreading", you probably never herd this saying before because it's my own and all i mean is visit some forums, blogs, websites and join in with the communities, leave comments, make helpful useful suggestions and people will see that you mean business and that if they did order from you there getting a good job done. Put simply "build a reputation for yourself"

You need to keep this up, this is not something you can do over night. Don't worry if you have a full time job already you can just do this over time. I can guarantee that if you keep to your plan and follow the simple steps above you will start to see improvements on your orders.

So what other ways can you increase your traffic?

I can't go in to detail on all the possible ways you can advertise and self promote your micro job services. What you can do is test the water's your self. Some marketing methods will work differently for the type of services your offering, for example; if I offered a service of dancing round singing happy birthday i wouldn't try and promote this on a web design forum, I'm sure you get what I mean. You could even try PPC, facebook marketing, paying for targeted visitors to your gig link. The opportunities are endless.

Well I hope this post has give you giggers some ideas on how you can promote. If you have any questions or you need a little help then just give me a shout.

Happy gigging!