Learning what works and doesn't work in Internet marketing top 5 list

Learning what works Top 5 Things that don't and Top five things that Do

I'm always looking for what works. Starving for it if you will. And have heard a lot of promises that just haven't added up. I don't want to spend my time working on things that don't produce. I want to get my adsense account fired up and going all the time, with clicks But the only way to do that is to write content that people want to read about over and over. 

I've been studying for a while, what actually works to build traffic to your website, create loyal brand customers, and monetize your website. Which is the whole point isn't it. To get a little bit back for everything you give out. And there are a lot of promises made out there.
To teach you this and that, and this will be your results. I've searched youtube, udemy, google, I've taken courses I've read books, taken courses online, you name it I've done it. First up is a list of what doesn't work and why-my next list after that will list what works and why. Its a frustrating process of trial and error, studying courses that last hours only to come back to the basics of what works.

1)UDEMY-I love Udemy but their courses make a lot of promises. A lot, and I've only found them to be lukewarm. The problem: total concentration for one, and some of the instructors are from overseas. I appreciate their need to make a buck, but it might be  a good idea to learn the language a little better. An accent is ok, but being tangled up in the language is another thing. The good side is they do update the courses a lot, because things are changing so fast.
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2)Online courses-most courses by the time they get to press (which on the internet can be very fast) our simply out of date by the time you actually get to dig into them. They haven't been tested in a while, and google is already making updates and changes before you can turn around.

3)College Courses-two months behind by the time the class is posted, registration and set up is completed and the instructor is standing before you. If most in the class are newbies, they won't even know after they've shelled out countless hundreds, that the course is outdated.
4) SEO specialists-not everyone knows what they are doing, but use the interent as their claim to fame in the SEO world.
5)books-press just takes to long these days, there are some good books on link building, and the mechanics of doing it, and by the time you get to that book, things have changed again.

What works..................
Here are the things that Ive found actually have some traffic swarming around them.

1)Youtube-people would much rather watch a video you've created than a blog or a page. Unless you can make those things as interactive as  possible, people would rather watch a real person. And every time your release a new video it goes to your subscribers list first, giving those folks a chance to see your stuff. A very good tool. You can also create a whole channel devoted to one subject instead of getting to diverse.
2)Blogger-its ease of use is a big thing. You can have a blog up and running in no time and it integrates with Adesne very easy. You can also insert code from a listing designer or HTML rather quickly.
3)Pinterest-is easy to use and generates a lot of traffic on the web. Its easy to build your pins and you can track how many people are actually sharing your pins, and Pinterest is for the visually minded, which that's what the internet has always been about.
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4)Facebook-I get a huge a mount of traffic from Facebook. I can create pages and put posts on them, build fans, and do paid advertising to acquire those fans to my website. If your not on, get on!
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5)Email marketing- Mail chimp reports that 22% of their emails get opened. 22% is a lot in today's busy world. Putting together great content for a qualified audience is one way to get people to your site and create traffic.