Simply put, Bum Marketing is a specific method of making money on the Internet. By writing articles that are rich in certain keywords to attract a high ranking in search engines, the Bum Marketer can earn money through various methods. These can include money from online ads such as those from Google, and also earning commissions from the sale of other websites’ products. Or, if the article writer has products of his own he’d like to sell, this is a good way to go about doing that, as well.
This technique got its name from the wife of its creator, Travis Sago. His wife, Jeannie, called it the “Bum Marketing Method” because a bum off the street could use it and start earning money that week. Not only is it an easy way to make money online, but it also takes very little to no capital, which is an unusually good trait in money making techniques.
The first step in Bum Marketing is to find a subject that doesn’t already pull up tons of similar articles on the first page of a Google search. You are looking for an area with little competition so that you have a better shot at getting on the front page of the search results of all of the search engines out there. It’s important to be on the first page or near the first page because studies show that most people don’t go through very many pages of search results when looking for something online.
The next step is to locate a product for sale online in this same niche that pays commissions that are worthwhile. If you can’t find one, you may have to go back to step one and think about a new niche. If you do find one, then find some keywords with low advertiser competition to write articles about. You can do this through the Google AdWords Keyword Tool. Just enter some keywords related to your chosen subject, and the tool will give you a list of those and similar keywords, along with their level of advertiser competition and approximate search volume for that month. You want words with a low level of competition and a high search volume.
Now, write articles based on these keywords. They should be relevant and informative, and use your chosen words in exactly the same order as they are in the phrases you’ve chosen. You may want to include them several times in the article, but the most important part is to put links to your affiliate products and/or your own products in there as well.
Once you have a batch of articles ready, you can either submit them to websites that publish submitted articles, or you can put them on your own website, flanked by Google Ads which you’ll gather from your AdSense account. If you choose to submit them to websites, make sure to pick sites that give you a share of the ad revenue. Then you can sit back and watch the money start to flow in your direction as a result of your commissions, ad revenue, and the sale of your own products.
Friday, 17 April 2009
What is Affiliate Rebate Processor
You’ve probably seen the ads in your email inbox, or maybe the Google ads on popular websites you may frequent. Work at Home! Become an Affiliate Rebate Processor! Make Thousands of Dollars a Week! Unfortunately, as is the case with most opportunities of this nature, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. And in this case, these deals are not exactly what they seem.
Upon first glance, most people think that being a “rebate processor” working from home means getting a list via email or snail mail of people who are owed rebates from buying things at Best Buy or a similar store that offers rebate deals like that, and then actually processing those rebates by stuffing envelopes with checks. I know that’s what I thought. It turns out that the keyword that’s lost in the shuffle in all this is “affiliate.”
What really happens with these programs is that the company points you in the direction of products that can be sold online while offering the purchaser a “rebate” from the sale. It’s actually a discount, and it’s supposed to entice the buyer into buying from you as a result of your ad. I’m sure they use the term “rebate” to mislead people into joining the program under the assumption that it involves something else.
Regardless, the way one earns money by doing this is through commissions paid by the makers of the products sold. What happens is that the affiliate rebate processor will write and place ads to sell the products, offering a discount to the buyer which is less than the commission that would be earned. Then when the product is sold, the rebate comes out of the commission, allowing the processor to net a certain amount.
One benefit to affiliate rebate processing programs is that they can offer the internet newbie a fair amount of training as to how the whole process works. If one doesn’t know how to go about placing ads online and selling products for commissions, then these programs could be a good place to learn the ropes. One should be careful to avoid programs that require an upfront payment though, as there’s always a chance of fraud when dealing with unknown companies like this online.
Internet savvy entrepreneurs, however, don’t really need these programs to be successful at this strategy. It’s easy to find products that one can sell online for a commission without ever having to touch said products. A simple Google search will turn up many different types of these products, and combined with a smart search engine optimization strategy as well as keyword ads, one can make a fair amount of money if he/she really works at it. In addition, retailers such as Amazon.com offer affiliate programs for those who want to simplify things a bit.
In summary, while one can make money at this strategy, the programs are a bit different than they’re made out to be in the advertisements. The better option is to put together one’s own plan to make commissions selling products online through affiliate programs of well known companies.
How to Make Money From Your Blog
StevePavlina.com was launched on Oct 1st, 2004. By April 2005 it was averaging $4.12/day in income. Now it brings in over $200/day $1000/day (updated as of 10/29/06). I didn’t spend a dime on marketing or promotion. In fact, I started this site with just $9 to register the domain name, and everything was bootstrapped from there. Would you like to know how I did it?
This article is seriously long (over 7300 words), but you’re sure to get your money’s worth (hehehe). I’ll even share some specifics. If you don’t have time to read it now, feel free to bookmark it or print it out for later.
Do you actually want to monetize your blog?
Some people have strong personal feelings with respect to making money from their blogs. If you think commercializing your blog is evil, immoral, unethical, uncool, lame, greedy, obnoxious, or anything along those lines, then don’t commercialize it.
If you have mixed feelings about monetizing your blog, then sort out those feelings first. If you think monetizing your site is wonderful, fine. If you think it’s evil, fine. But make up your mind before you seriously consider starting down this path. If you want to succeed, you must be congruent. Generating income from your blog is challenging enough — you don’t want to be dealing with self-sabotage at the same time. It should feel genuinely good to earn income from your blog — you should be driven by a healthy ambition to succeed. If your blog provides genuine value, you fully deserve to earn income from it. If, however, you find yourself full of doubts over whether this is the right path for you, you might find this article helpful: How Selfish Are You? It’s about balancing your needs with the needs of others.
If you do decide to generate income from your blog, then don’t be shy about it. If you’re going to put up ads, then really put up ads. Don’t just stick a puny little ad square in a remote corner somewhere. If you’re going to request donations, then really request donations. Don’t put up a barely visible “Donate” link and pray for the best. If you’re going to sell products, then really sell them. Create or acquire the best quality products you can, and give your visitors compelling reasons to buy. If you’re going to do this, then fully commit to it. Don’t take a half-assed approach. Either be full-assed or no-assed.
You can reasonably expect that when you begin commercializing a free site, some people will complain, depending on how you do it. I launched this site in October 2004, and I began putting Google Adsense ads on the site in February 2005. There were some complaints, but I expected that — it was really no big deal. Less than 1 in 5,000 visitors actually sent me negative feedback. Most people who sent feedback were surprisingly supportive. Most of the complaints died off within a few weeks, and the site began generating income almost immediately, although it was pretty low — a whopping $53 the first month. If you’d like to see some month-by-month specifics, I posted my 2005 Adsense revenue figures earlier this year. Adsense is still my single best source of revenue for this site, although it’s certainly not my only source. More on that later…
Can you make a decent income online?
Yes, absolutely. At the very least, a high five-figure annual income is certainly an attainable goal for an individual working full-time from home. I’m making a healthy income from StevePavlina.com, and the site is only 19 months old… barely a toddler. If you have a day job, it will take longer to generate a livable income, but it can still be done part-time if you’re willing to devote a lot of your spare time to it. I’ve always done it full-time.
Can most people do it?
No, they can’t. I hope it doesn’t shock you to see a personal development web site use the dreaded C-word. But I happen to agree with those who say that 99% of people who try to generate serious income from their blogs will fail. The tagline for this site is “Personal Development for Smart People.” And unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your outlook), smart people are a minority on this planet. So while most people can’t make a living this way, I would say that most smart people can. How do you know whether or not you qualify as smart? Here’s a good rule of thumb: If you have to ask the question, you aren’t.
If that last paragraph doesn’t flood my inbox with flames, I don’t know what will. OK, actually I do.
This kind of 99-1 ratio isn’t unique to blogging though. You’ll see it in any field with relatively low barriers to entry. What percentage of wannabe actors, musicians, or athletes ever make enough money from their passions to support themselves? It doesn’t take much effort to start a blog these days — almost anyone can do it. Talent counts for something, and the talent that matters in blogging is intelligence. But that just gets you in the door. You need to specifically apply your intelligence to one particular talent. And the best words I can think of to describe that particular talent are: web savvy.
If you are very web savvy, or if you can learn to become very web savvy, then you have an excellent shot of making enough money from your blog to cover all your living expenses… and then some. But if becoming truly web savvy is more than your gray matter can handle, then I’ll offer this advice: Don’t quit your day job.
Web savvy
What do I mean by web savvy? You don’t need to be a programmer, but you need a decent functional understanding of a variety of web technologies. What technologies are “key” will depend on the nature of your blog and your means of monetization. But generally speaking I’d list these elements as significant:
* blog publishing software
* HTML/CSS
* blog comments (and comment spam)
* RSS/syndication
* feed aggregators
* pings
* trackbacks
* full vs. partial feeds
* blog carnivals (for kick-starting your blog’s traffic)
* search engines
* search engine optimization (SEO)
* page rank
* social bookmarking
* tagging
* contextual advertising
* affiliate programs
* traffic statistics
Optional: podcasting, instant messaging, PHP or other web scripting languages.
I’m sure I missed a few due to familiarity blindness. If scanning such a list makes your head spin, I wouldn’t recommend trying to make a full-time living from blogging just yet. Certainly you can still blog, but you’ll be at a serious disadvantage compared to someone who’s more web savvy, so don’t expect to achieve stellar results until you expand your knowledge base.
If you want to sell downloadable products such as ebooks, then you can add e-commerce, SSL, digital delivery, fraud prevention, and online databases to the list. Again, you don’t need to be a programmer; you just need a basic understanding of these technologies. Even if you hire someone else to handle the low-level implementation, it’s important to know what you’re getting into. You need to be able to trust your strategic decisions, and you won’t be able to do that if you’re a General who doesn’t know what a gun is.
A lack of understanding is a major cause of failure in the realm of online income generation. For example, if you’re clueless about search engine optimization (SEO), you’ll probably cripple your search engine rankings compared to someone who understands SEO well. But you can’t consider each technology in isolation. You need to understand the connections and trade-offs between them. Monetizing a blog is a balancing act. You may need to balance the needs of yourself, your visitors, search engines, those who link to you, social bookmarking sites, advertisers, affiliate programs, and others. Seemingly minor decisions like what to title a web page are significant. In coming up with the title of this article, I have to take all of these potential viewers into consideration. I want a title that is attractive to human visitors, drives reasonable search engine traffic, yields relevant contextual ads, fits the theme of the site, and encourages linking and social bookmarking. And most importantly I want each article to provide genuine value to my visitors. I do my best to create titles for my articles that balance these various needs. Often that means abandoning cutesy or clever titles in favor of direct and comprehensible ones. It’s little skills like these that help drive sustainable traffic growth month after month. Missing out on just this one skill is enough to cripple your traffic. And there are dozens of these types of skills that require web savvy to understand, respect, and apply.
This sort of knowledge is what separates the 1% from the 99%. Both groups may work just as hard, but the 1% is getting much better results for their efforts. It normally doesn’t take me more than 60 seconds to title an article, but a lot of experience goes into those 60 seconds. You really just have to learn these ideas once; after that you can apply them routinely.
Whenever you come across a significant web technology you don’t understand, look it up on Google or Wikipedia, and dive into it long enough to acquire a basic understanding of it. To make money from blogging it’s important to be something of a jack of all trades. Maybe you’ve heard the expression, “A jack of all trades is a master of none.” That may be true, but you don’t need to master any of these technologies — you just have to be good enough to use them. It’s the difference between being able to drive a car vs. becoming an auto mechanic. Strive to achieve functional knowledge, and then move on to something else. Even though I’m an experienced programmer, I don’t know how many web technologies actually work. I don’t really care. I can still use them to generate results. In the time it would take me to fully understand one new technology, I can achieve sufficient functional knowledge to apply several of them.
Thriving on change
Your greatest risk isn’t that you’ll make mistakes that will cost you. Your greatest risk is that you’ll miss opportunities. You need an entrepreneurial mindset, not an employee mindset. Don’t be too concerned with the risk of loss — be more concerned with the risk of missed gains. It’s what you don’t know and what you don’t do that will hurt you the worst. Blogging is cheap. Your expenses and financial risk should be minimal. Your real concern should be missing opportunities that would have made you money very easily. You need to develop antennae that can listen out for new opportunities. I highly recommend subscribing to Darren Rowse’s Problogger blog — Darren is great at uncovering new income-generating opportunities for bloggers.
The blogosphere changes rapidly, and change creates opportunity. It takes some brains to decipher these opportunities and to take advantage of them before they disappear. If you hesitate to capitalize on something new and exciting, you may simply miss out. Many opportunities are temporary. And every day you don’t implement them, you’re losing money you could have earned. And you’re also missing opportunities to build traffic, grow your audience, and benefit more people.
I used to get annoyed by the rapid rate of change of web technologies. It’s even more rapid than what I saw when I worked in the computer gaming industry. And the rate of change is accelerating. Almost every week now I learn about some fascinating new web service or idea that could potentially lead to big changes down the road. Making sense of them is a full-time job in itself. But I learned to love this insane pace. If I’m confused then everyone else is probably confused too. And people who only do this part-time will be very confused. If they aren’t confused, then they aren’t keeping up. So if I can be just a little bit faster and understand these technologies just a little bit sooner, then I can capitalize on some serious opportunities before the barriers to entry become too high. Even though confusion is uncomfortable, it’s really a good thing for a web entrepreneur. This is what creates the space for a college student to earn $1,000,000 online in just a few months with a clever idea. Remember this isn’t a zero-sum game. Don’t let someone else’s success make you feel diminished or jealous. Let it inspire you instead.
What’s your overall income-generation strategy?
I don’t want to insult anyone, but most people are utterly clueless when it comes to generating income from their blogs. They slap things together haphazardly with no rhyme or reason and hope to generate lots of money. While I’m a strong advocate of the ready-fire-aim approach, that strategy does require that you eventually aim. Ready-fire-fire-fire-fire will just create a mess.
Take a moment to articulate a basic income-generating strategy for your site. If you aren’t good at strategy, then just come up with a general philosophy for how you’re going to generate income. You don’t need a full business plan, just a description of how you plan to get from $0 per month to whatever your income goal is. An initial target goal I used when I first started this site was $3000 per month. It’s a somewhat arbitrary figure, but I knew if I could reach $3000 per month, I could certainly push it higher, and $3000 is enough income that it’s going to make a meaningful difference in my finances. I reached that level 15 months after launching the site (in December 2005). And since then it’s continued to increase nicely. Blogging income is actually quite easy to maintain. It’s a lot more secure than a regular job. No one can fire me, and if one source of income dries up, I can always add new ones. We’ll address multiple streams of income soon…
Are you going to generate income from advertising, affiliate commissions, product sales, donations, or something else? Maybe you want a combination of these things. However you decide to generate income, put your basic strategy down in writing. I took 15 minutes to create a half-page summary of my monetization strategy. I only update it about once a year and review it once a month. This isn’t difficult, but it helps me stay focused on where I’m headed. It also allows me to say no to opportunities that are inconsistent with my plan.
Refer to your monetization strategy (or philosophy) when you need to make design decisions for your web site. Although you may have multiple streams of income, decide which type of income will be your primary source, and design your site around that. Do you need to funnel people towards an order form, or will you place ads all over the site? Different monetization strategies suggest different design approaches. Think about what specific action you want your visitors to eventually take that will generate income for you, and design your site accordingly.
When devising your income strategy, feel free to cheat. Don’t re-invent the wheel. Copy someone else’s strategy that you’re convinced would work for you too. Do NOT copy anyone’s content or site layout (that’s copyright infringement), but take note of how they’re making money. I decided to monetize this site with advertising and affiliate income after researching how various successful bloggers generated income. Later I added donations as well. This is an effective combo.
Traffic, traffic, traffic
Assuming you feel qualified to take on the challenge of generating income from blogging (and I haven’t scared you away yet), the three most important things you need to monetize your blog are traffic, traffic, and traffic.
Just to throw out some figures, last month (April 2006), this site received over 1.1 million visitors and over 2.4 million page views. That’s almost triple what it was just six months ago.
Why is traffic so important? Because for most methods of online income generation, your income is a function of traffic. If you double your traffic, you’ll probably double your income (assuming your visitor demographics remain fairly consistent). You can screw almost everything else up, but if you can generate serious traffic, it’s really hard to fail. With sufficient traffic the realistic worst case is that you’ll eventually be able to monetize your web site via trial and error (as long as you keep those visitors coming).
When I first launched this blog, I knew that traffic building was going to be my biggest challenge. All of my plans hinged on my ability to build traffic. If I couldn’t build traffic, it was going to be very difficult to succeed. So I didn’t even try to monetize my site for the first several months. I just focused on traffic building. Even after 19 months, traffic building is still the most important part of my monetization plan. For my current traffic levels, I know I’m undermonetizing my site, but that’s OK. Right now it’s more important to me to keep growing the site, and I’m optimizing the income generation as I go along.
Traffic is the primary fuel of online income generation. More visitors means more ad clicks, more product sales, more affiliate sales, more donations, more consulting leads, and more of whatever else that generates income for you. And it also means you’re helping more and more people.
With respect to traffic, you should know that in many respects, the rich do get richer. High traffic leads to even more traffic-building opportunities that just aren’t accessible for low-traffic sites. On average at least 20 bloggers add new links to my site every day, my articles can easily surge to the top of social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, and I’m getting more frequent requests for radio interviews. Earlier this year I was featured in USA Today and in Self Magazine, which collectively have millions of readers. Journalists are finding me by doing Google searches on topics I’ve written about. These opportunities were not available to me when I was first starting out. Popular sites have a serious advantage. The more traffic you have, the more you can attract.
If you’re intelligent and web savvy, you should also be able to eventually build a high-traffic web site. And you’ll be able to leverage that traffic to build even more traffic.
How to build traffic
Now if traffic is so crucial, how do you build it up to significant levels if you’re starting from rock bottom?
I’ve already written a lengthy article on this topic, so I’ll refer you there: How to Build a High Traffic Web Site (or Blog). If you don’t have time to read it now, feel free to bookmark it or print it out for later. That article covers my general philosophy of traffic-building, which centers on creating content that provides genuine value to your visitors. No games or gimmicks.
There is one other important traffic-building tip I’ll provide here though.
Blog Carnivals. Take full advantage of blog carnivals when you’re just starting out (click the previous link and read the FAQ there to learn what carnivals are if you don’t already know). Periodically submit your best blog posts to the appropriate carnivals for your niche. Carnivals are easy ways to get links and traffic, and best of all, they’re free. Submitting only takes minutes if you use a multi-carnvival submission form. Do NOT spam the carnivals with irrelevant material — only submit to the carnivals that are a match for your content.
In my early traffic-building days, I’d do carnivals submissions once a week, and it helped a great deal in going from nothing to about 50,000 visitors per month. You still have to produce great content, but carnivals give you a free shot at marketing your unknown blog. Free marketing is precisely the kind of opportunity you don’t want to miss. Carnivals are like an open-mic night at a comedy club — they give amateurs a chance to show off their stuff. I still submit to certain carnivals every once in a while, but now my traffic is so high that relatively speaking, they don’t make much difference anymore. Just to increase my traffic by 1% in a month, I need 11,000 new visitors, and even the best carnivals don’t push that much traffic. But you can pick up dozens or even hundreds of new subscribers from each round of carnival submissions, so it’s a great place to start. Plus it’s very easy.
If your traffic isn’t growing month after month, does it mean you’re doing something wrong? Most likely you aren’t doing enough things right. Again, making mistakes is not the issue. Missing opportunities is.
Will putting ads on your site hurt your traffic?
Here’s a common fear I hear from people who are considering monetizing their web sites:
Putting ads on my site will cripple my traffic. The ads will drive people away, and they’ll never come back.
Well, in my experience this is absolutely, positively, and otherwise completely and totally… FALSE. It’s just not true. Guess what happened to my traffic when I put ads on my site. Nothing. Guess what happened to my traffic when I put up more ads and donation links. Nothing. I could detect no net effect on my traffic whatsoever. Traffic continued increasing at the same rate it did before there were ads on my site. In fact, it might have even helped me a little, since some bloggers actually linked to my site just to point out that they didn’t like my ad layout. I’ll leave it up to you to form your own theories about this. It’s probably because there’s so much advertising online already that even though some people will complain when a free site puts up ads, if they value the content, they’ll still come back, regardless of what they say publicly.
Most mature people understand it’s reasonable for a blogger to earn income from his/her work. I think I’m lucky in that my audience tends to be very mature — immature people generally aren’t interested in personal development. To create an article like this takes serious effort, not to mention the hard-earned experience that’s required to write it. This article alone took me over 15 hours of writing and editing. I think it’s perfectly reasonable to earn an income from such work. If you get no value from it, you don’t pay anything. What could be more fair than that? The more income this blog generates, the more I can put into it. For example, I used some of the income to buy podcasting equipment and added a podcast to the site. I’ve recorded 13 episodes so far. The podcasts are all ad-free. I’m also planning to add some additional services to this site in the years ahead. More income = better service.
At the time of this writing, my site is very ad-heavy. Some people point this out to me as if I’m not aware of it: “You know, Steve. Your web site seems to contain an awful lot of ads.” Of course I’m aware of it. I’m the one who put the ads there. There’s a reason I have this configuration of ads. They’re effective! People keep clicking on them. If they weren’t effective, I’d remove them right away and try something else.
I do avoid putting up ads that I personally find annoying when I see them on other sites, including pop-ups and interstitials (stuff that flies across your screen). Even though they’d make me more money, in my opinion they degrade the visitor experience too much.
I also provide two ad-free outlets, so if you really don’t like ads, you can actually read my content without ads. First, I provide a full-text RSS feed, and at least for now it’s ad-free. I do, however, include a donation request in the bottom of my feeds.
If you want to see some actual traffic data, take a look at the 2005 traffic growth chart. I first put ads on the site in February 2005, and although the chart doesn’t cover pre-February traffic growth, the growth rate was very similar before then. For an independent source, you can also look at my traffic chart on Alexa. You can select different Range options to go further back in time.
Multiple streams of income
You don’t need to put all your eggs in one basket. Think multiple streams of income. On this site I actually have six different streams of income. Can you count them all? Here’s a list:
1. Google Adsense ads (pay per click and pay per impression advertising)
2. Donations (via PayPal or snail mail — yes, some people do mail a check)
3. Text Link Ads (sold for a fixed amount per month)
4. Chitika eMiniMalls ads (pay per click)
5. Affiliate programs like Amazon and LinkShare (commission on products sold, mostly books)
6. Advertising sold to individual advertisers (three-month campaigns or longer)
Note: If you’re reading this article a while after its original publication date, then this list is likely to change. I frequently experiment with different streams.
Adsense is my biggest single source of income, but some of the others do pretty well too. Every stream generates more than $100/month.
My second biggest income stream is actually donations. My average donation is about $10, and I’ve received a number of $100 donations too. It only took me about an hour to set this up via PayPal. So even if your content is free like mine, give your visitors a means to voluntarily contribute if they wish. It’s win-win. I’m very grateful for the visitor support. It’s a nice form of feedback too, since I notice that certain articles produced a surge in donations — this tells me I’m hitting the mark and giving people genuine value.
These aren’t my only streams of income though. I’ve been earning income online since 1995. With my computer games business, I have direct sales, royalty income, some advertising income, affiliate income, and donations (from the free articles). And if you throw in my wife’s streams of income, it gets really ridiculous: advertising, direct book sales, book sales through distributors, web consulting, affiliate income, more Adsense income, and probably a few sources I forgot. Suffice it to say we receive a lot of paychecks. Some of them are small, but they add up. It’s also extremely low risk — if one source of income dries up, we just expand existing sources or create new ones. I encourage you to think of your blog as a potential outlet for multiple streams of income too.
Text Link AdsAutomated income
With the exception of #6, all of these income sources are fully automated. I don’t have to do anything to maintain them except deposit checks, and in most cases I don’t even have to do that because the money is automatically deposited to my bank account.
I love automated income. With this blog I currently have no sales, no employees, no products, no inventory, no credit card processing, no fraud, and no customers. And yet I’m still able to generate a reasonable (and growing) income.
Why get a regular job and trade your time for money when you can let technology do all that work for you? Imagine how it would feel to wake up each morning, go to your computer, and check how much money you made while you were sleeping. It’s a really nice situation to be in.
Blogging software and hardware
I use WordPress for this blog, and I highly recommend it. Wordpress has lots of features and a solid interface. And you can’t beat its price — free.
The rest of this site is custom-coded HTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL. I’m a programmer, so I coded it all myself. I could have just as easily used an existing template, but I wanted a simple straightforward design for this site, and I wanted the look of the blog to match the rest of the site. Plus I use PHP and MySQL to do some creative things outside the blog, like the Million Dollar Experiment.
I don’t recommend using a hosted service like Blogger if you want to seriously monetize your blog. You don’t get enough control. If you don’t have your own URL, you’re tying yourself to a service you don’t own and building up someone else’s asset. You want to build page rank and links for your own URL, not someone else’s. Plus you want sufficient control over the layout and design of your site, so you can jump on any opportunities that require low-level changes. If you use a hosted blog, you’re at the mercy of the hosting service, and that puts the future of any income streams you create with them at risk. It’s a bit more work up front to self-host, but it’s less risky in the long run.
Web hosting is cheap, and there are plenty of good hosts to choose from. I recommend Pair.com for a starter hosting account. They aren’t the cheapest, but they’re very reliable and have decent support. I know many online businesses that host with them, and my wife refers most of her clients there.
As your traffic grows you may need to upgrade to a dedicated server or a virtual private server (VPS). This web site is hosted by ServInt. I’ve hosted this site with them since day one, and they’ve been a truly awesome host. What I like most about them is that they have a smooth upgrade path as my traffic keeps growing. I’ve gone through several upgrades with them already, and all have been seamless. The nice thing about having your own server is that you can put as many sites on it as the server can handle. I have several sites running on my server, and it doesn’t cost me any additional hosting fees to add another site.
Comments or no comments
When I began this blog, I started out with comments enabled. As traffic grew, so did the level of commenting. Some days there were more than 100 comments. I noticed I was spending more and more time managing comments, and I began to question whether it was worth the effort. It became clear that with continued traffic growth, I was going to have to change my approach or die in comment hell. The personal development topics I write about can easily generate lots of questions and discussion. Just imagine how many follow-up questions an article like this could generate. With tens of thousands of readers, it would be insane. Also, nuking comment spam was chewing up more and more of my time as well.
But after looking through my stats, I soon realized that only a tiny fraction of visitors ever look at comments at all, and an even smaller fraction ever post a comment (well below 1% of total visitors). That made my decision a lot easier, and in October 2005, I turned blog comments off. In retrospect that was one of my best decisions. I wish I had done it sooner.
If you’d like to read the full details of how I came to this decision, I’ve written about it previously: Blog Comments and More on Blog Comments.
Do you need comments to build traffic? Obviously not. Just like when I put up ads, I saw no decline in traffic when I turned off comments. In fact, I think it actually helped me. Although I turned off comments, I kept trackbacks enabled, so I started getting more trackbacks. If people wanted to publicly comment on something I’d written, they had to do so on their own blogs and post a link. So turning off comments didn’t kill the discussion — it just took it off site. The volume of trackbacks is far more reasonable, and I can easily keep up with it. I even pop onto other people’s sites and post comments now and then, but I don’t feel obligated to participate because the discussion isn’t on my own site.
I realize people have very strong feelings about blog comments and community building. Many people hold the opinion that a blog without comments just isn’t a blog. Personally I think that’s utter nonsense — the data just doesn’t support it. The vast majority of blog readers neither read nor post comments. Only a very tiny and very vocal group even care about comments. Some bloggers say that having comments helps build traffic, but I saw no evidence of that. In fact, I think it’s just the opposite. Managing comments detracts from writing new posts, and it’s far better to get a trackback and a link from someone else’s blog vs. a comment on your own blog. As long-term readers of my blog know, when faced with ambiguity, my preference is to try both alternatives and compare real results with real results. After doing that my conclusion is this: No comment. :)
Now if you want to support comments for non-traffic-building reasons like socializing or making new contacts, I say go for it. Just don’t assume that comments are necessary or even helpful in building traffic unless you directly test this assumption yourself.
Build a complete web site, not just a blog
Don’t limit your web site to just a blog. Feel free to build it out. Although most of my traffic goes straight to this blog, there’s a whole site built around it. For example, the home page of this site presents an overview of all the sections of the site, including the blog, article section, audio content, etc. A lot of people still don’t know what a blog is, so if your whole site is your blog, those people may be a little confused.
Testing and optimization
In the beginning you won’t know which potential streams of income will work best for you. So try everything that’s reasonable for you. If you learn about a new potential income stream, test it for a month or two, and measure the results for yourself. Feel free to cut streams that just aren’t working for you, and put more effort into optimizing those streams that show real promise.
A few months ago, I signed up for an account with Text Link Ads. It took about 20 minutes. They sell small text ads on my site, split the revenue with me 50-50, and deposit my earnings directly into my PayPal account. This month I’ll make around $600 from them, possibly more if they sell some new ads during the month. And it’s totally passive. If I never tried this, I’d miss out on this easy extra income.
For many months I’ve been tweaking the Adsense ads on this site. I tried different colors, sizes, layouts, etc. I continue to experiment now and then, but I have a hard time beating the current layout. It works very well for me. Adsense doesn’t allow publishers to reveal specific CPM and CTR data, but mine are definitely above par. They started out in the gutter though. You can easily double or triple your Adsense revenue by converting a poor layout into a better one. This is the main reason why during my first year of income, my traffic grew at 20% per month, but my income grew at 50% per month. Frequent testing and optimization had a major positive impact. Many of my tests failed, and some even made my income go down, but I’m glad I did all that testing. If I didn’t then my Adsense income would only be a fraction of what it is now.
It’s cheap to experiment. Every new advertising or affiliate service I’ve tried so far has been free to sign up. Often I can add a new income stream in less than an hour and then wait a month to see how it does. If it flops then at least I learned something. If it does well, wonderful. As a blogger who wants to generate income, you should always be experimenting with new income streams. If you haven’t tried anything new in six months, you’re almost certainly missing some golden opportunities. Every blog is different, so you need to test things for yourself to see what works for you. Failure is impossible here — you either succeed, or you learn something.
Pick your niche, but make sure it isn’t too small
Pick a niche for your blog where you have some significant expertise, but make sure it’s a big enough niche that you can build significant traffic. My wife runs a popular vegan web site. She does pretty well within her niche, but it’s just not a very big niche. On the other hand, my topic of personal development has much broader appeal. Potentially anyone can be interested in improving themselves, and I have the flexibility to write about topics like productivity, self-discipline, relationships, spirituality, health, and more. It’s all relevant to personal development.
Pick a niche that you’re passionate about. I’ve written 400+ articles so far, and I still feel like I’m just getting started. I’m not feeling burnt out at all. I chose to build a personal development site because I’m very knowledgeable, experienced, and passionate about this subject. I couldn’t imagine a better topic for me to write about.
Don’t pick a niche just because you think it will make you money. I see many bloggers try to do that, and it’s almost invariably a recipe for failure. Think about what you love most, and then find a way to make your topic appealing to a massive global audience. Consider what will provide genuine value to your visitors. It’s all about what you can give.
A broad enough topic creates more potential advertising partners. If I keep writing on the same subtopic over and over, I may exhaust the supply of advertisers and hit an income ceiling. But by writing on many different topics under the same umbrella, I widen the field of potential advertisers. And I expand the appeal of my site at the same time.
Make it clear to your visitors what your blog/site is about. Often I visit a blog with a clever title and tagline that reveals nothing about the site’s contents. In that case I generally assume it’s just a personal journal and move on. I love to be clever too, but I’ve found that clarity yields better results than cleverness.
Posting frequency and length
Bloggers have different opinions about the right posting length and frequency. Some bloggers say it’s best to write short (250-750 word) entries and post 20x per week or more. I’ve seen that strategy work for some, but I decided to do pretty much the opposite. I usually aim for about 3-5 posts per week, but my posts are much longer (typically 1000-2000 words, sometimes longer than 5000 words, including the monster you’re reading right now). That’s because rather than throwing out lots of short tips, I prefer to write more exhaustive, in-depth articles. I find that deeper articles are better at generating links and referrals and building traffic. It’s true that fewer people will take the time to read them, but those that do will enjoy some serious take-away value. I don’t believe in creating disposable content just to increase page views and ad impressions. If I’m not truly helping my visitors, I’m wasting their time.
Expenses
Blogging is dirt cheap.
I don’t spend money on advertising or promotion, so my marketing expenses are nil. Essentially my content is my marketing. If you like this article, you’ll probably find many more gems in the archives.
My only real expenses for this site are the hosting (I currently pay $149/month for the web server and bandwidth) and the domain name renewal ($9/year). Nearly all of the income this site generates is profit. This trickles down to my personal income, so of course it’s subject to income tax. But the actual business expenses are minimal.
The reason I pay so much for hosting is simply due to my traffic. If my traffic were much lower, I could run this site on a cheap shared hosting account. A database-driven blog can be a real resource hog at high traffic levels. The same goes for online forums. As traffic continues to increase, my hosting bill will go up too, but it will still be a tiny fraction of total income.
Perks
Depending on the nature of your blog, you may be able to enjoy some nice perks as your traffic grows. Almost every week I get free personal development books in the mail (for potential review on this site). Sometimes the author will send it directly; other times the publisher will ship me a batch of books. I also receive CDs, DVDs, and other personal development products. It’s hard to keep up sometimes (I have a queue of about two dozen books right now), but I am a voracious consumer of such products, so I do plow through them as fast as I can. When something strikes me as worthy of mention, I do indeed write up a review to share it with my visitors. I have very high standards though, so I review less than 10% of what I receive. I’ve read over 700 books in this field and listened to dozens of audio programs, so I’m pretty good at filtering out the fluff. As I’m sure you can imagine, there’s a great deal of self-help fluff out there.
My criteria for reviewing a product on this site is that it has to be original, compelling, and profound. If it doesn’t meet these criteria, I don’t review it, even if there’s a generous affiliate program. I’m not going to risk abusing my relationship with my visitors just to make a quick buck. Making money is not my main motivation for running this site. My main motivation is to grow and to help others grow, so that always comes first.
Your blog can also gain you access to certain events. A high-traffic blog becomes a potential media outlet, so you can actually think of yourself as a member of the press, which indeed you are. In a few days, my wife and I will be attending a three-day seminar via a free press pass. The regular price for these tickets is $500 per person. I’ll be posting a full review of the seminar next week. I’ve been to this particular seminar in 2004, so I already have high expectations for it. Dr. Wayne Dyer will be the keynote speaker.
I’m also using the popularity of this blog to set up interviews with people I’ve always wanted to learn more about. This is beautifully win-win because it creates value for me, my audience, and the person being interviewed. Recently I posted an exclusive interview with multi-millionaire Marc Allen as well as a review of his latest book, and I’m lining up other interviews as well. It isn’t hard to convince someone to do an interview in exchange for so much free exposure.
Motivation
I don’t think you’ll get very far if money is your #1 motivation for blogging. You have to be driven by something much deeper. Money is just frosting. It’s the cake underneath that matters. My cake is that I absolutely love personal development – not the phony “fast and easy” junk you see on infomercials, but real growth that makes us better human beings. That’s my passion. Pouring money on top of it just adds more fuel to the fire, but the fire is still there with or without the money.
What’s your passion? What would you blog about if you were already set for life?
Blogging lifestyle
Perhaps the best part of generating income from blogging is the freedom it brings. I work from home and set my own hours. I write whenever I’m inspired to write (which for me is quite often). Plus I get to spend my time doing what I love most — working on personal growth and helping others do the same. There’s nothing I’d rather do than this.
Perhaps it’s true that 99 out of 100 people can’t make a decent living from blogging yet. But maybe you’re among the 1 in 100 who can.
On the other hand, I can offer you a good alternative to recommend if you don’t have the technical skills to build a high-traffic, income-generating blog. Check out Build Your Own Successful Online Business for details.
Make Money Online (Without Spending a Dime)
Making money online used to pretty much require you to have your own Web site, products to sell and some marketing savvy. But a new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know and who you know without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.
But it's hard to tell hype from the real deal. I did a search on "make money online" and "making money online", and much of the information out there is just promoting various infoproducts, mostly about Internet marketing. I see why people sometimes ask, "Is anyone making money online besides Internet marketing experts?"
So I put together a list of business opportunities with legitimate companies that:
* Pay cash, not just points towards rewards or a chance to win money
* Don't require you to have your own Web domain or your own products
* Don't involve any hard-selling
* Aren't just promoting more Internet marketing
* Give a good return on your time investment
In the interest of objectivity, none of the links below are affiliate links, and none of them have paid or provided any other consideration for their presence here. These are legitimate companies with business models that allow you to get paid for a wide range of activities.
Help friends find better jobs.
Sites like ReferEarns, Zyoin, Who Do You Know For Dough?, Bohire and WiseStepp connect employers with prospective employees, many of whom are already employed and not actively job-hunting, via networking - the people who know these qualified candidates. Rewards for referring a candidate who gets hired range from $50 on up to several thousand dollars - not chump change. If you know a lot of job-seekers (and who doesn't these days?), this is a great way to break into the recruiting business with no overhead.
Connect suppliers with buyers.
Referral fees are a common practice in business, but they haven't been used much in online networking sites because there was no way to track them. Sites like Salesconx, InnerSell and uRefer now provide that. Vendors set the referral fees they're willing to pay (and for what), and when the transaction happens, you get paid. uRefer also allows merchants to set up referral programs for introductions and meetings, as well as transactions.
Write.
A growing number of sites will pay for your articles or blog posts. Associated Content and Helium will "pay for performance" based on page views for just about anything you want to write about. Articles on specific topics they're looking for can earn direct payments up to about $200. The rates are probably low for established writers, but if you're trying to break into the field and have time on your hands, they're a great way to start. Also, a lot of companies are looking for part-time bloggers. They may pay per post or on a steady contract. Our Weblogs Guide posts blogging jobs weekly in the forum.
Start your own blog.
You don't have to have your own Web site, or install blogging software, or even figure out how to set up the advertising. At Blogger you can set up a blog for free in less than five minutes without knowing a thing about web design, and Blogger even automates setting up Google AdSense so you can make money off your blog by displaying ads and getting paid when people click on the ads. To make even more money from it, set up an affiliate program (see below) for books, music, etc., and insert your affiliate links whenever you refer to those items. You'll have to get a lot of traffic to become a six-figure blogger, but pick an interesting topic, write well, tell all your friends, and you're off to a good start.
Related: Monetizing Your Blog
Create topical resource hubs.
Are you an expert on a particular niche topic? Can you put together an overview of the topic and assemble some of the best resources on the topic from around the web? Then you can create topical hubs and get paid through sites like Squidoo, HugPages and Google Knol. Payments are based on a combination of ad revenue and affiliate fees. You'll get higher rates doing it on your own, but these sites have a built-in supply of traffic and tools to make content creation easier.
Advertise other people's products.
If you already have a Web site or a blog, look for vendors that offer related but non-competing products and see if they have an affiliate program. Stick to familiar products and brands - they're easier to sell. To promote those products:
* Place simple text or graphical ads in appropriate places on your site
* Include links to purchase products you review or recommend in a blog, discussion forum or mailing list you control
* Create a dedicated sales page or Web site to promote a particular product
They all work - it just depends on how much time you have to spend on it and your level of expertise with Web design and marketing.
Related: How to Really Make Money on the Internet With an Amazon.com Affiliate Site
Microstock photography.
You don't have to be a professional photographer to sell your photos for money. People are constantly in need of stock photography for websites, presentations, brochures and so on, and are willing to pay for the right image. People generally search for images on stock photography sites by keywords, not by photographer, so you have the same chance as anyone else of having your image picked. Just be careful that you don't have images of trademarked brands, copyrighted art or people's faces that are readily identifiable (unless you have a model release), but just about anything else is fair game, and I promise - you'd be amazed what people need pictures of, so don't make any assumptions. If it's a decent photo, upload it. Some sites to get you started include Fotolia, ShutterStock, Dreamstime and iStockphoto. The great thing about this is that it's truly "set it and forget it".
The above list is by no means comprehensive, but it highlights some of the new and interesting ways to make money online without investing any money, without having a product of your own, and without having expert sales and marketing skills. Most of all, unlike taking surveys or getting paid to read e-mail, the potential return on your time investment is substantial.
But it's hard to tell hype from the real deal. I did a search on "make money online" and "making money online", and much of the information out there is just promoting various infoproducts, mostly about Internet marketing. I see why people sometimes ask, "Is anyone making money online besides Internet marketing experts?"
So I put together a list of business opportunities with legitimate companies that:
* Pay cash, not just points towards rewards or a chance to win money
* Don't require you to have your own Web domain or your own products
* Don't involve any hard-selling
* Aren't just promoting more Internet marketing
* Give a good return on your time investment
In the interest of objectivity, none of the links below are affiliate links, and none of them have paid or provided any other consideration for their presence here. These are legitimate companies with business models that allow you to get paid for a wide range of activities.
Help friends find better jobs.
Sites like ReferEarns, Zyoin, Who Do You Know For Dough?, Bohire and WiseStepp connect employers with prospective employees, many of whom are already employed and not actively job-hunting, via networking - the people who know these qualified candidates. Rewards for referring a candidate who gets hired range from $50 on up to several thousand dollars - not chump change. If you know a lot of job-seekers (and who doesn't these days?), this is a great way to break into the recruiting business with no overhead.
Connect suppliers with buyers.
Referral fees are a common practice in business, but they haven't been used much in online networking sites because there was no way to track them. Sites like Salesconx, InnerSell and uRefer now provide that. Vendors set the referral fees they're willing to pay (and for what), and when the transaction happens, you get paid. uRefer also allows merchants to set up referral programs for introductions and meetings, as well as transactions.
Write.
A growing number of sites will pay for your articles or blog posts. Associated Content and Helium will "pay for performance" based on page views for just about anything you want to write about. Articles on specific topics they're looking for can earn direct payments up to about $200. The rates are probably low for established writers, but if you're trying to break into the field and have time on your hands, they're a great way to start. Also, a lot of companies are looking for part-time bloggers. They may pay per post or on a steady contract. Our Weblogs Guide posts blogging jobs weekly in the forum.
Start your own blog.
You don't have to have your own Web site, or install blogging software, or even figure out how to set up the advertising. At Blogger you can set up a blog for free in less than five minutes without knowing a thing about web design, and Blogger even automates setting up Google AdSense so you can make money off your blog by displaying ads and getting paid when people click on the ads. To make even more money from it, set up an affiliate program (see below) for books, music, etc., and insert your affiliate links whenever you refer to those items. You'll have to get a lot of traffic to become a six-figure blogger, but pick an interesting topic, write well, tell all your friends, and you're off to a good start.
Related: Monetizing Your Blog
Create topical resource hubs.
Are you an expert on a particular niche topic? Can you put together an overview of the topic and assemble some of the best resources on the topic from around the web? Then you can create topical hubs and get paid through sites like Squidoo, HugPages and Google Knol. Payments are based on a combination of ad revenue and affiliate fees. You'll get higher rates doing it on your own, but these sites have a built-in supply of traffic and tools to make content creation easier.
Advertise other people's products.
If you already have a Web site or a blog, look for vendors that offer related but non-competing products and see if they have an affiliate program. Stick to familiar products and brands - they're easier to sell. To promote those products:
* Place simple text or graphical ads in appropriate places on your site
* Include links to purchase products you review or recommend in a blog, discussion forum or mailing list you control
* Create a dedicated sales page or Web site to promote a particular product
They all work - it just depends on how much time you have to spend on it and your level of expertise with Web design and marketing.
Related: How to Really Make Money on the Internet With an Amazon.com Affiliate Site
Microstock photography.
You don't have to be a professional photographer to sell your photos for money. People are constantly in need of stock photography for websites, presentations, brochures and so on, and are willing to pay for the right image. People generally search for images on stock photography sites by keywords, not by photographer, so you have the same chance as anyone else of having your image picked. Just be careful that you don't have images of trademarked brands, copyrighted art or people's faces that are readily identifiable (unless you have a model release), but just about anything else is fair game, and I promise - you'd be amazed what people need pictures of, so don't make any assumptions. If it's a decent photo, upload it. Some sites to get you started include Fotolia, ShutterStock, Dreamstime and iStockphoto. The great thing about this is that it's truly "set it and forget it".
The above list is by no means comprehensive, but it highlights some of the new and interesting ways to make money online without investing any money, without having a product of your own, and without having expert sales and marketing skills. Most of all, unlike taking surveys or getting paid to read e-mail, the potential return on your time investment is substantial.
Top 10 Make Money Websites
Like many of you I wanted to quit my job and work for myself. I knew there were people making money online and I thought that would be a good thing to check out and see if I could make money at home too!
First of all I looked at work at home programs for doing things like:
1. Get Paid To Take Surveys
2. Get Paid To Read Email
3. Rebate Processor
Were these legitimate? Yes, I soon found out they were! They were ways to make money and information on how to get started and do it at home on my computer. When done right you can make way more per day then you ever could working a job for minimum wage or a little bit more than that per hour.
In my case reading email, answering questions for surveys, and processing rebates were not really what I had in mind. Now I am not knocking anyone who can do this type of work. Certainly there are major corporations and businesses who find it less expensive for them to pay people to do that for them from home than to hire an employee and pay them a salary and benefits. Maybe even you!
So I started looking closer at how to make money online specifically with my own website and bulding an internet business of my own at home.
Here's what I found.
1. There really were people making money on the internet.
2. Anyone could use the internet to make money at home.
3. It was a lot harder than it sounded.
What I soon learned was that the internet was a virtually untapped source for ways to make money. But for a new person like myself it was so confusing. I know the value of getting help when I need it. I knew I needed to find someone I could trust that was making money online and could teach me to do the same thing.
This is good advice today. There are literally thousands of make money programs available that you can join right now and start making money right away.
Right now one of the easiest ways to make money on the internet is selling leads. Read this Free Report and it also includes 10 short videos of 1-2 minutes each on web marketing, pay per click marketing, social media, video marketing, Facebook, and much more.
I started Team-Schuman in the fall of 2002 and have seen many programs and products in that time. Since then I have gone on to try and help people by starting my own program called JV With Jeff. This is where I teach you what I do everyday to make money online. We cover everything from blogging and article marketing, to email marketing, making money taking paid surveys, and work at home jobs.
"Make Money Online"
Making money online can be basically done in 4 ways, but how you go about it can be done all kinds of different ways! You could.....
1. Sell products or a service on a website or blog
2. Sell products or a service by email
3. Make money on other people's sales
4. Provide a service of your own
If you are unsure how you want to make money online read 20 Ways To Make $100 A Day Online. This is a great blueprint on how anyone can make money on the internet and exactly how to do it in 20 different ways.
What I do is a use all 4 of these ways to make money. I create multiple streams of income by using the internet to sell other people's products and programs on a website and by email. Recruit others and help them make money doing what you are doing. Provide a service that people are willing to pay for.
Our buy business articles is an example of this. So is our Hands Off Article Marketing program.
Surprisingly you can make money fast and make money easy and you can make money from home or anywhere in the world for very little money out of your own pocket. Here's how I have found anyone can get started....
There are many fast ways to make money online. Some of my favorites include....
1. Affiliate Marketing
2. Network Marketing
3. Make money using your computer
Affiliate marketing is a widespread method of promoting a website, in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees to individuals who introduce new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay-per-click), registrant (Pay-per-lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay-per-Sale).
Today niche marketing has become a more profitable way to do affiliate marketing. I am on the staff of the Niche Power Group and suggest you look closely at this business model if you are interested in a long term income online. We help people start their own internet business doing something they enjoy.
niche power group
Network marketing is a business in which a distributor network is needed to build the business. You make money on your sales as well as on the sales of your distributors. Is also called multi level marketing and you can be paid on the sales of your group several levels deep.
The internet has made this a great way to make money fast and build a very large income in a very short period of time. With the right program anyone can quickly make money with just a little bit of effort. I can help you do that if you want! Visit my network marketing training site to learn more.
Do you just want to go online and sit down and work?
You can get paid to take surveys online, but you need a list of companies to work with!
To make money using your computer we recommend starting with Take Surveys Online .
This is a legitimate way to make money at home and you control your own schedule.
A common question many people have is how can I make money fast.
There is no definite answer to this question. If you are like I was when I started you may not have the knowledge or skill level right now to start an internet business and begin making money right away.
The key is to get started. Let me help. I am one person who returns email. I am working directly with a number of people right now allowing each of us to make money combining all of our efforts. Please Join JV With Jeff Here and let me help you start making money today.
First of all I looked at work at home programs for doing things like:
1. Get Paid To Take Surveys
2. Get Paid To Read Email
3. Rebate Processor
Were these legitimate? Yes, I soon found out they were! They were ways to make money and information on how to get started and do it at home on my computer. When done right you can make way more per day then you ever could working a job for minimum wage or a little bit more than that per hour.
In my case reading email, answering questions for surveys, and processing rebates were not really what I had in mind. Now I am not knocking anyone who can do this type of work. Certainly there are major corporations and businesses who find it less expensive for them to pay people to do that for them from home than to hire an employee and pay them a salary and benefits. Maybe even you!
So I started looking closer at how to make money online specifically with my own website and bulding an internet business of my own at home.
Here's what I found.
1. There really were people making money on the internet.
2. Anyone could use the internet to make money at home.
3. It was a lot harder than it sounded.
What I soon learned was that the internet was a virtually untapped source for ways to make money. But for a new person like myself it was so confusing. I know the value of getting help when I need it. I knew I needed to find someone I could trust that was making money online and could teach me to do the same thing.
This is good advice today. There are literally thousands of make money programs available that you can join right now and start making money right away.
Right now one of the easiest ways to make money on the internet is selling leads. Read this Free Report and it also includes 10 short videos of 1-2 minutes each on web marketing, pay per click marketing, social media, video marketing, Facebook, and much more.
I started Team-Schuman in the fall of 2002 and have seen many programs and products in that time. Since then I have gone on to try and help people by starting my own program called JV With Jeff. This is where I teach you what I do everyday to make money online. We cover everything from blogging and article marketing, to email marketing, making money taking paid surveys, and work at home jobs.
"Make Money Online"
Making money online can be basically done in 4 ways, but how you go about it can be done all kinds of different ways! You could.....
1. Sell products or a service on a website or blog
2. Sell products or a service by email
3. Make money on other people's sales
4. Provide a service of your own
If you are unsure how you want to make money online read 20 Ways To Make $100 A Day Online. This is a great blueprint on how anyone can make money on the internet and exactly how to do it in 20 different ways.
What I do is a use all 4 of these ways to make money. I create multiple streams of income by using the internet to sell other people's products and programs on a website and by email. Recruit others and help them make money doing what you are doing. Provide a service that people are willing to pay for.
Our buy business articles is an example of this. So is our Hands Off Article Marketing program.
Surprisingly you can make money fast and make money easy and you can make money from home or anywhere in the world for very little money out of your own pocket. Here's how I have found anyone can get started....
There are many fast ways to make money online. Some of my favorites include....
1. Affiliate Marketing
2. Network Marketing
3. Make money using your computer
Affiliate marketing is a widespread method of promoting a website, in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts. It is a modern variation of the practice of paying finder's-fees to individuals who introduce new clients to a business. Compensation may be made based on a certain value for each visit (Pay-per-click), registrant (Pay-per-lead), or a commission for each customer or sale (Pay-per-Sale).
Today niche marketing has become a more profitable way to do affiliate marketing. I am on the staff of the Niche Power Group and suggest you look closely at this business model if you are interested in a long term income online. We help people start their own internet business doing something they enjoy.
niche power group
Network marketing is a business in which a distributor network is needed to build the business. You make money on your sales as well as on the sales of your distributors. Is also called multi level marketing and you can be paid on the sales of your group several levels deep.
The internet has made this a great way to make money fast and build a very large income in a very short period of time. With the right program anyone can quickly make money with just a little bit of effort. I can help you do that if you want! Visit my network marketing training site to learn more.
Do you just want to go online and sit down and work?
You can get paid to take surveys online, but you need a list of companies to work with!
To make money using your computer we recommend starting with Take Surveys Online .
This is a legitimate way to make money at home and you control your own schedule.
A common question many people have is how can I make money fast.
There is no definite answer to this question. If you are like I was when I started you may not have the knowledge or skill level right now to start an internet business and begin making money right away.
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Making Money on the Internet for Beginners
If you’re interested in making some extra money to pay off creditors or earn enough income to replace your current job or career then the Internet is the place where aspiring entrepreneurs are turning. Unlike traditional businesses, a business on the Internet can be started with virtually no capitol, with the exception of your website expense. You have to have a website if you want to do business on the Internet…PERIOD.
If you don’t have your own product to advertise on your website, there are literally millions of affiliate programs on the Internet who do have products and will pay you commissions to sell their products from your website. You can choose to sell cell phones, or internet services, candles, furniture, or maybe insurance, the field is wide open. The affiliate program you choose will also handle all the money, shipping and correspondence with your customers. All you need to do is to generate the traffic to your new website in order to make the sale.
Often times the affiliate program you join will offer you free websites and that is great, but you will never generate enough free traffic to these affiliate sites to succeed without having your own website. Why you ask? For one, the search engines don’t list affiliate sites and you definitely want to get listed in the search engines, this will be your biggest free traffic source.
One of the best ways to generate free traffic is to get involved in link exchanges. You will basically place a link to another site on your website and they will in turn place a link on their site to yours. Once you have exchanged several hundred links a portion of your link partners traffic will come to your site. The free websites you have been given via your affiliate program will not be able to be edited in anyway, thus link exchanges are not an option.
Link exchanges produce a double bonus also. Not only will you get traffic from your link partners, the search engines will place you higher in their listings when they see lots of links pointing to your site.
The Internet was created to provide information, so if you want to succeed on the Internet and generate lots of free traffic, you are going to have to provide information on your website. Often times we do this by providing free information or articles on our website.
Offering free and useful information will keep your visitors coming back to your website, and the double bonus here is that the search engines love content. The more content your website has will produce better listings in the search engines.
Once you have perfected this process of building a website, getting listed in the search engines and have developed a huge traffic stream to your website, your going to be making sales. It will start out slow and as you build links and content, the traffic will grow and so will your sales.
Affiliate programs can be a great stepping stone to get your foot in the door towards cashing in on the riches that the Internet provides.
As time goes by you will find that you have learned so much and have evolved into an Internet Guru and now it’s time to take it one step farther, and start selling YOURSELF.
Using the knowledge that you have gained, you may want to venture into selling your services to other entrepreneurs just getting started. You could start a consulting business, or you may offer to build websites, or to help your clients get listed in the search engines. You may want to start writing E-Books and selling them. The possibilities are endless.
The Internet is a huge marketplace that is still virtually untapped. Don’t waste another day worrying about how you’re going to pay your creditors or provide for your family in the future. Start an Internet business today and see how your life can be changed for the better.
Gwen McClure is the President and CEO at: http://www.moneymakingopportunity.us, a practical guide towards building a money-making Internet business on a beginner’s budget. Packed with instant usable tips, it’s the ultimate guide for beginners!
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If you don’t have your own product to advertise on your website, there are literally millions of affiliate programs on the Internet who do have products and will pay you commissions to sell their products from your website. You can choose to sell cell phones, or internet services, candles, furniture, or maybe insurance, the field is wide open. The affiliate program you choose will also handle all the money, shipping and correspondence with your customers. All you need to do is to generate the traffic to your new website in order to make the sale.
Often times the affiliate program you join will offer you free websites and that is great, but you will never generate enough free traffic to these affiliate sites to succeed without having your own website. Why you ask? For one, the search engines don’t list affiliate sites and you definitely want to get listed in the search engines, this will be your biggest free traffic source.
One of the best ways to generate free traffic is to get involved in link exchanges. You will basically place a link to another site on your website and they will in turn place a link on their site to yours. Once you have exchanged several hundred links a portion of your link partners traffic will come to your site. The free websites you have been given via your affiliate program will not be able to be edited in anyway, thus link exchanges are not an option.
Link exchanges produce a double bonus also. Not only will you get traffic from your link partners, the search engines will place you higher in their listings when they see lots of links pointing to your site.
The Internet was created to provide information, so if you want to succeed on the Internet and generate lots of free traffic, you are going to have to provide information on your website. Often times we do this by providing free information or articles on our website.
Offering free and useful information will keep your visitors coming back to your website, and the double bonus here is that the search engines love content. The more content your website has will produce better listings in the search engines.
Once you have perfected this process of building a website, getting listed in the search engines and have developed a huge traffic stream to your website, your going to be making sales. It will start out slow and as you build links and content, the traffic will grow and so will your sales.
Affiliate programs can be a great stepping stone to get your foot in the door towards cashing in on the riches that the Internet provides.
As time goes by you will find that you have learned so much and have evolved into an Internet Guru and now it’s time to take it one step farther, and start selling YOURSELF.
Using the knowledge that you have gained, you may want to venture into selling your services to other entrepreneurs just getting started. You could start a consulting business, or you may offer to build websites, or to help your clients get listed in the search engines. You may want to start writing E-Books and selling them. The possibilities are endless.
The Internet is a huge marketplace that is still virtually untapped. Don’t waste another day worrying about how you’re going to pay your creditors or provide for your family in the future. Start an Internet business today and see how your life can be changed for the better.
Gwen McClure is the President and CEO at: http://www.moneymakingopportunity.us, a practical guide towards building a money-making Internet business on a beginner’s budget. Packed with instant usable tips, it’s the ultimate guide for beginners!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gwen_McClure
How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Website Or Blogs - 4 Ways
What you may not realize is that you don’t have to be experienced on the internet to
be able to drive massive amounts of traffic to your website or blogs. In fact, all it
needs from you is to dedicate some time and research; and knowing a few of the experts
secrets about driving traffic to your site.
Below we offer some ways which can teach you how to get massive traffic to yor website
or blogs :-
In fact, when it comes to carrying out an online marketing campaign you don’t have to
make it too difficult or complicated for yourself. The ways we offer below are very
simple and which you can easily implement yourself. That in turn will result in more
traffic being directed towards your website or blogs.
The 4 Ways On How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Website Or Blogs :-
1. Writing Articles is the best way for you to actually increase the flow of traffic
being directed towards your site. Ideally you want articles that are relevant to your
site or blog and which have been well written. Although a well written article is crucial,
it is what you put in your resource box that is important, namely your URL.
Also make sure that your articles are not too long, that is, on average around 500 words
should be sufficient. Then once the article is written, submit it to various article sites
such as GoArticles, Article City and EzineArticles.
2. Social BookMark Each Page Of Your Site and Blog - Another thing which you can do and
which will help when you want to know how to get massive traffic to your website or blogs
is to social bookmark each page of your site and each blog you post. Although you may
think this is somewhat over doing it and tedious, it really is worth all the effort you
put in to it. Very soon you will start to see more traffic coming towards your site or
blog that you thought was possible.
3. Review Hottest Products - It is a good idea to actually review some of the latest and
hottest products that are within your niche market. Then post these reviews on Amazon and
you will soon get yourself a name as being an expert on the products in question.
But when posting such reviews on Amazon or elsewhere, don’t forget to include your URL so
that people can then be directed to your site. Other sites to post reviews on regarding
products in your niche are Revoo and Epinions.
4. Offering Free Gifts - Although it may not see worth it but offering free gifts or bonus
gifts to potential new customers is a great way of getting more traffic to your site. One
site where you can post such offers is Craig’s List. If you are going to do this, then
remember to direct them to a page on your site where they will need to sign up for
something, such as a newsletter before they can take up your offer.
This way not only are you getting traffic directed towards your site but you are also
building up a list of potential new customers for your online business.
Above we have shown you just a few ways of how to get massive traffic to your website
or blogs. As long as you keep these in mind and are willing to dedicate some time and
effort to your marketing campaign, you should see some good results. However, don’t expect
the traffic to suddenly appearing overnight as it may take a few days or weeks before this
occurs.
To Your Success
Carol Oon
The “Nice” Mentor
be able to drive massive amounts of traffic to your website or blogs. In fact, all it
needs from you is to dedicate some time and research; and knowing a few of the experts
secrets about driving traffic to your site.
Below we offer some ways which can teach you how to get massive traffic to yor website
or blogs :-
In fact, when it comes to carrying out an online marketing campaign you don’t have to
make it too difficult or complicated for yourself. The ways we offer below are very
simple and which you can easily implement yourself. That in turn will result in more
traffic being directed towards your website or blogs.
The 4 Ways On How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Website Or Blogs :-
1. Writing Articles is the best way for you to actually increase the flow of traffic
being directed towards your site. Ideally you want articles that are relevant to your
site or blog and which have been well written. Although a well written article is crucial,
it is what you put in your resource box that is important, namely your URL.
Also make sure that your articles are not too long, that is, on average around 500 words
should be sufficient. Then once the article is written, submit it to various article sites
such as GoArticles, Article City and EzineArticles.
2. Social BookMark Each Page Of Your Site and Blog - Another thing which you can do and
which will help when you want to know how to get massive traffic to your website or blogs
is to social bookmark each page of your site and each blog you post. Although you may
think this is somewhat over doing it and tedious, it really is worth all the effort you
put in to it. Very soon you will start to see more traffic coming towards your site or
blog that you thought was possible.
3. Review Hottest Products - It is a good idea to actually review some of the latest and
hottest products that are within your niche market. Then post these reviews on Amazon and
you will soon get yourself a name as being an expert on the products in question.
But when posting such reviews on Amazon or elsewhere, don’t forget to include your URL so
that people can then be directed to your site. Other sites to post reviews on regarding
products in your niche are Revoo and Epinions.
4. Offering Free Gifts - Although it may not see worth it but offering free gifts or bonus
gifts to potential new customers is a great way of getting more traffic to your site. One
site where you can post such offers is Craig’s List. If you are going to do this, then
remember to direct them to a page on your site where they will need to sign up for
something, such as a newsletter before they can take up your offer.
This way not only are you getting traffic directed towards your site but you are also
building up a list of potential new customers for your online business.
Above we have shown you just a few ways of how to get massive traffic to your website
or blogs. As long as you keep these in mind and are willing to dedicate some time and
effort to your marketing campaign, you should see some good results. However, don’t expect
the traffic to suddenly appearing overnight as it may take a few days or weeks before this
occurs.
To Your Success
Carol Oon
The “Nice” Mentor
What is SEO and Why is it so Important
SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of improving a website to increase the
number of people that visit it. And, the more people that visit the site, the more
potential customers there will be. Increasing online business is the targeted goal of SEO,
and although successful search engine optimization takes much time and effort, the results
can make all the difference for a company.
In order to get more traffic to a certain website, there must be high rankings for the
website in search engine results pages. When a potential customer is looking for something
specific on the Internet, they usually will go to one of the big three search engines:
Yahoo, Google, and MSN. Once they type in what they are looking for, a search results
page pops up displaying websites that may contain information on what the person is
looking for. People are most likely to click on a result that is on the first page of
the results; the higher up the link to a website is on the results page, the more people
will click on that link to visit the businesss website.
SEO is the process of getting those links high up in the search results pages to increase
traffic to a certain website. With link building, incorporating Web content, using keywords,
and many other techniques, a professional SEO company can really expand a clients presence
in the search pages. Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask are crawler based search engines because
they crawl over the Web to create their listings based on what they find from the websites.
Successful search engine optimization takes research and careful placement of links and
keywords throughout pertinent parts of a website. A professional SEO firm will be able to
analyze a companys website, research keywords that people use to search for the business of
the company, integrate those keywords to be picked up by search engines, and can also
engage in link building from other sites, which is extremely important. While there are
many areas that need to be developed for proper search engine optimization, there are also
many things that should not be done when dealing with SEO. Keystuffing and other black hat
techniques are deemed bad optimization and doing the wrong things can actually get some
websites blacklisted or rejected from the search engine result pages.
To know more about SEO please visit our website.
Article Source: http://www.articleink.com
number of people that visit it. And, the more people that visit the site, the more
potential customers there will be. Increasing online business is the targeted goal of SEO,
and although successful search engine optimization takes much time and effort, the results
can make all the difference for a company.
In order to get more traffic to a certain website, there must be high rankings for the
website in search engine results pages. When a potential customer is looking for something
specific on the Internet, they usually will go to one of the big three search engines:
Yahoo, Google, and MSN. Once they type in what they are looking for, a search results
page pops up displaying websites that may contain information on what the person is
looking for. People are most likely to click on a result that is on the first page of
the results; the higher up the link to a website is on the results page, the more people
will click on that link to visit the businesss website.
SEO is the process of getting those links high up in the search results pages to increase
traffic to a certain website. With link building, incorporating Web content, using keywords,
and many other techniques, a professional SEO company can really expand a clients presence
in the search pages. Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask are crawler based search engines because
they crawl over the Web to create their listings based on what they find from the websites.
Successful search engine optimization takes research and careful placement of links and
keywords throughout pertinent parts of a website. A professional SEO firm will be able to
analyze a companys website, research keywords that people use to search for the business of
the company, integrate those keywords to be picked up by search engines, and can also
engage in link building from other sites, which is extremely important. While there are
many areas that need to be developed for proper search engine optimization, there are also
many things that should not be done when dealing with SEO. Keystuffing and other black hat
techniques are deemed bad optimization and doing the wrong things can actually get some
websites blacklisted or rejected from the search engine result pages.
To know more about SEO please visit our website.
Article Source: http://www.articleink.com
An absolute beginner’s guide to SEO
So you want to increase traffic to your site. In the long run, as I am sure you are aware,
the cheapest way to achieve this is through the organic search results on Google, that is
the main results that are displayed along the left hand side of the screen, as opposed to
the paid ‘adwords’ results that appear along the top and right hand side of the screen.
I recently saw a very interesting study done on the eye movements of internet users as
they scan the Google results page for information. I have attached a link to this study
to the end of this article so you can see for yourself what a difference it makes to come
in the top 3 results, and if you can make it to the top position, the number one result,
and you can stay there above your competition, well then you probably won’t ever need to
pay for advertising again!
Let me tell you a little about myself. I run a magnotherapy company which sells magnetic
bracelets for help with arthritis, circulation problems and other pain relief. Not the
biggest market out there, but not without its competition. Now I know that our product is
probably the best one out there as it was developed by the inventor of the world’s only
clinically proven bracelet and the current model represents a significant improvement on
the old design, but it’s tough getting attention to our site because it has only been live
a couple of months. So what course of action is open to me?
After doing a lot of research into SEO, I can draw two main conclusions. Firstly that
there is no quick fix, and secondly that no-one really knows the best way of going about
it!
So what can we do? The first thing to do is learn and understand a little of the theory.
Google doesn’t really disclose how it works out the order with which it displays results,
and it changes the criteria all the time, so it is wise not to try and be too specific.
But the basic principle is this: the more links there are to your site the better it will
do, the higher quality those links are, the better it will do. So SEO is primarily about
link building.
But what constitutes a ‘quality’ link? This is largely based on Google’s ‘page rank’
system, where web pages are ranked from 0 to 10, 0 being the lowest and 10 being the
highest. The higher the page rank of the page that contains your link, the higher quality
the link. You should ensure you have something on your browser that can tell you the page
rank of the page you are on so you have an idea about how good the links you are building
are. There is one of these included in the Google toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox.
The first thing to look at is web directories. These are sites that organise a list of sites
into categories to make them easier to browse, although more often than not this is more of
a system just to allow people to gain more links to their site. Search Google for a list of
high ranking directories and apply to the higher ranking sites, but don’t forget to check
the page rank yourself as the data quickly changes as some lists will unfairly promote
their own sites.
the cheapest way to achieve this is through the organic search results on Google, that is
the main results that are displayed along the left hand side of the screen, as opposed to
the paid ‘adwords’ results that appear along the top and right hand side of the screen.
I recently saw a very interesting study done on the eye movements of internet users as
they scan the Google results page for information. I have attached a link to this study
to the end of this article so you can see for yourself what a difference it makes to come
in the top 3 results, and if you can make it to the top position, the number one result,
and you can stay there above your competition, well then you probably won’t ever need to
pay for advertising again!
Let me tell you a little about myself. I run a magnotherapy company which sells magnetic
bracelets for help with arthritis, circulation problems and other pain relief. Not the
biggest market out there, but not without its competition. Now I know that our product is
probably the best one out there as it was developed by the inventor of the world’s only
clinically proven bracelet and the current model represents a significant improvement on
the old design, but it’s tough getting attention to our site because it has only been live
a couple of months. So what course of action is open to me?
After doing a lot of research into SEO, I can draw two main conclusions. Firstly that
there is no quick fix, and secondly that no-one really knows the best way of going about
it!
So what can we do? The first thing to do is learn and understand a little of the theory.
Google doesn’t really disclose how it works out the order with which it displays results,
and it changes the criteria all the time, so it is wise not to try and be too specific.
But the basic principle is this: the more links there are to your site the better it will
do, the higher quality those links are, the better it will do. So SEO is primarily about
link building.
But what constitutes a ‘quality’ link? This is largely based on Google’s ‘page rank’
system, where web pages are ranked from 0 to 10, 0 being the lowest and 10 being the
highest. The higher the page rank of the page that contains your link, the higher quality
the link. You should ensure you have something on your browser that can tell you the page
rank of the page you are on so you have an idea about how good the links you are building
are. There is one of these included in the Google toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox.
The first thing to look at is web directories. These are sites that organise a list of sites
into categories to make them easier to browse, although more often than not this is more of
a system just to allow people to gain more links to their site. Search Google for a list of
high ranking directories and apply to the higher ranking sites, but don’t forget to check
the page rank yourself as the data quickly changes as some lists will unfairly promote
their own sites.
How To Drive Traffic To Your Blog
Hey, how do you drive traffic to your blog? This popular topic is definitely at the back
of most blogger’s mind when they just start a ”make money online” blog.
It’s quite a “headache” sometimes, isn’t it? I am sure you know there are various ways to
drive traffic to your blog, such as :-
- offering free gifts, softwares, reports on your blog or site.
- writing unique quality articles and submiting to article directories
- getting numerous backlinks by submiting your site to relevant directories
- social network each page of your blog to get targeted traffic
- join a forum related to your niche, add your signature on forum
- ezine marketing and build list for subscribers to read your blog, etc..
However, today I would like you to read a great article on “How To Drive Traffic To Your
Blog“ by Mr Kenneth Koh of LeadsLeap.
Kenneth Koh wrote :
Nowadays it seems that everyone is having a blog, but many have no idea how to drive
traffic to blog. I hope today’s discussion can shed some light to bloggers who are
struggling to drive traffic to their blogs.
From time to time, I get people asking me if they should advertise their blog to get
traffic. My advice is always ‘No’. If you have a new blog, remember, advertising it is
not the way to get traffic. There are some exceptional cases of course. But in most cases,
advertising is not a good traffic source for blogs. (Blog plays a different role in
advertising. I may discuss this next time.)
Have you heard of gurus saying that blogging is a way to get traffic?
Yet bloggers are scratching their heads wondering how to drive traffic to blog.
Shouldn’t blogging generate traffic? If so, why do you need to drive traffic to your blog?
Shouldn’t you just keep blogging and your blog should generate traffic on its own?
How To Drive Traffic To Blog
of most blogger’s mind when they just start a ”make money online” blog.
It’s quite a “headache” sometimes, isn’t it? I am sure you know there are various ways to
drive traffic to your blog, such as :-
- offering free gifts, softwares, reports on your blog or site.
- writing unique quality articles and submiting to article directories
- getting numerous backlinks by submiting your site to relevant directories
- social network each page of your blog to get targeted traffic
- join a forum related to your niche, add your signature on forum
- ezine marketing and build list for subscribers to read your blog, etc..
However, today I would like you to read a great article on “How To Drive Traffic To Your
Blog“ by Mr Kenneth Koh of LeadsLeap.
Kenneth Koh wrote :
Nowadays it seems that everyone is having a blog, but many have no idea how to drive
traffic to blog. I hope today’s discussion can shed some light to bloggers who are
struggling to drive traffic to their blogs.
From time to time, I get people asking me if they should advertise their blog to get
traffic. My advice is always ‘No’. If you have a new blog, remember, advertising it is
not the way to get traffic. There are some exceptional cases of course. But in most cases,
advertising is not a good traffic source for blogs. (Blog plays a different role in
advertising. I may discuss this next time.)
Have you heard of gurus saying that blogging is a way to get traffic?
Yet bloggers are scratching their heads wondering how to drive traffic to blog.
Shouldn’t blogging generate traffic? If so, why do you need to drive traffic to your blog?
Shouldn’t you just keep blogging and your blog should generate traffic on its own?
How To Drive Traffic To Blog
How Can Complete Affiliate Marketing Program Without Good Affiliate Support
Read on to learn the facts about affiliate marketing. The more you learn and understand the more success you will have in affiliate marketing. Affiliates would learn much more if they would visit affiliate marketing programs
and explore their websites. That is what affiliate marketing is about and you must learn how o build a website based on making back-end sales from other peoples products go to www.master-affiliates-marketer.com.
A good affiliate marketing program will assist you in every way possible to be successful and make money. By reading, getting proper training, and a little coaching, the possibility to become successful and for a good income in affiliate marketing is always out there. On the other hand a company with good affiliate marketing program services provides you with all of the tools you need to succeed.
Affiliate marketing is indeed a good way to make extra money, or even a lot of money if you are proficient at it. While affiliate marketing has been around for a long time, the newest innovations in technology have made it easier to set up and work a good affiliate marketing program.
This article, therefore, focuses more on affiliate programs, affiliate marketing and finding the top selling products to market. The critical distinction to make with affiliate web site marketing is that you are not actually selling anything.
Yes, you can send traffic directly to you merchants by Direct Linking and see some success without a website, but to really take advantage of affiliate marketing you must a have good website. Well don’t give up until you’ve looked at a good affiliate program marketing partnership. Check out a good affiliate marketing program today.
The first step in any successful affiliate marketing business is building a good, credible and professional looking website. Of course, not all affiliate marketing online programs are the same so you should look for one that pays a good commission on a regular basis. No affiliate marketing program is complete without good affiliate support and these programs give you the best. When you are running an affiliate marketing business, it is vital that you maintain a good cash flow.
The selling point of affiliate marketing is that it gets everybody benefited not only a little but a lot. You can make money with affiliate programs while you are selling your own network marketing opportunity.
Companies offering affiliate-marketing programs provide you with a lucrative method of selling your products. Hosted Marketing Pages are also termed Pre-selling Pages or Content Hosting because they are very similar to affiliate pages/sites in that they serve to pre-sell your site’s services or products. Your infrastructure needs to be built on a solid foundation which includes everything from an innovative strategic marketing plan to a coordinated program which includes the following elements: A comprehensive marketing and promotional plan including assorted advertising mix in key places in addition to a national media campaign Cutting edge on-line marketing and promotion with your own user friendly website (links, pop up banner, affiliate program, ezine newsletter, direct response with a compelling sales letter, article submission, media e-mail blast to keep your name in front of the media with different press releases, sample of products, plenty of endorsements.
It really is very simple just launch your blog, post your articles and learn as you go along, how to maximize on blogs as marketing tools that will bring a huge difference to your affiliate marketing. If you are going to learn one thing from this, remember that the fastest way of making money with affiliate marketing is through your own list of subscribers. You’ll learn step-by-step how to get your Affiliate Marketing business going and finally start making money with it, even if you don’t have your own website or your own product visit www.affiliate-sale-booster.com. But if you approach affiliate programs as business venture, and work to shorten your learning curve by reading how to books and subscribing to free tutorial series on internet marketing, you will learn quickly.
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Mostly Important are Affiliate Marketing Tools
Everybody will tell you that affiliate marketing is the easiest way to start working from home. However, if you really want to make money with affiliate programs and eventually quit your day job, you absolutely need to choose the best affiliate marketing tools.
Don’t be caught in the get rich quick scheme craze. Every successful affiliates (super affiliates) spend an at least eight hours a day in front of their computers. But that’s not all… When they leave the computer, they are thinking about improving their overall business plan.
The question is: Do you have a plan? Did you wisely choose the affiliate marketing tools that your business requires? Put in your mind that affiliate marketing is a business, and you should have an entrepreneur mindset.
Without the right affiliate marketing tools, you will fail like the majority of affiliate out there (95%). After researching, testing, tracking, making mistakes, I know what are the essential tools for your affiliate business…
Essential Affiliate marketing tool #1: Your own affiliate website
Building your own affiliate website is crucial if you want to make a living from affiliate marketing. Playing the affiliate marketing game and waiting for thousands of dollars in commissions at the end of the month is a pure utopia without a website.
Unless you are one of Dan Kennedy’s mates and get him to send an email to his list with your affiliate links, you need your own affiliate website.
Imagine building a family without a house! Do you get the point now? Here is a little secret: earning a living online through affiliate marketing without a site (including blogs, forums, etc) is one of the biggest affiliate marketing myths.
Whenever you need to enter a market or dominate it, you want to have a place where buyers can find you: here comes your affiliate website, securing your affiliate commissions.
You need to understand your visitor’s needs and worries in order to have an affiliate website user friendly. People are looking for information. Just give them what they want. Provide them with relevant information’s and feed them with advices and guidance they can’t find anywhere else.
They will return to your site again and again, post your burl on forums, tell their friends about you… When that happens, you will need another essential affiliate marketing tool. Without this tool, I can guarantee you that you will not succeed.
Essential Affiliate marketing tool #2: The Affiliate Auto responder
when your affiliate website becomes popular and people in your market start sending you email asking you various questions on your topic, you will be soon overwhelmed if you don’t use this crucial affiliate marketing tool: the affiliate auto responder.
Place an opt-in form on every page of your site and let the auto responder give people valuable information without you doing nothing. By opt-in, I mean a mailing list. The money is in the list. Remember this sentence because it is the second of your top affiliate marketing tools: a list of loyal subscribers.
With your auto responder, you can develop loyalty with your subscribers until they become your subscribers, your exclusive buyers. If you know how to treat them, they will ask your opinion before buying a competitor product.
When you reach this level of trust with your subscribers, you are well on your way to fire your boss… and work exclusively from home.
Get these two affiliate marketing tools as soon as you start your affiliate business. Believe me, your affiliate website and your auto responder are essential to building your online empire.
Try to market without these two affiliate marketing tools, and I’m afraid that you stay amongst the 95% who barely reach a monthly four figures income.
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Starting an Internet Business
Searching the Internet for good advice about earning a living online is a bit like finding a needle in a hay stack. Many marketing websites give you the run around, telling you next to nothing that actually helps you get started in earning an Internet Income.
Listed below are articles I highly recommend adding to your browser favorites and reading often. They will give you a good solid start to your home or Internet business without the run around.
1. Affiliate Program Tutorial
Based on 9 years experience, this tutorial tells you the 18 steps to take to generate a useful income from affiliate programs. No tricks. No gimmicks. Just solid, reliable methods designed to work for years.
2. Bizweb2000 has a great article that discusses the 10 most common myths that are keeping people from earning a living online.
3. Entreprenuer.com has some good advice for those wanting to start an E-business without a website.
4. 12 mistakes affiliates make is written by Allan Gardyne who has made a successful living online since 1998. In this article he talks about 12 mistakes many people repeat when trying to make money on the Internet and how to fix them.
5. The Washington Post has a helpful news article explaining different ideas on how to make money off your blog.
6. For graphic designers or those who like creating images, Wired News has information on how to Make A Living From Second Life, an online virtual world.
7. How to Start an eBay Business includes: Getting Started on eBay, Deciding What to Sell on eBay, After and during the Sale as well as Reworking Your eBay Stores Strategy.
Listed below are articles I highly recommend adding to your browser favorites and reading often. They will give you a good solid start to your home or Internet business without the run around.
1. Affiliate Program Tutorial
Based on 9 years experience, this tutorial tells you the 18 steps to take to generate a useful income from affiliate programs. No tricks. No gimmicks. Just solid, reliable methods designed to work for years.
2. Bizweb2000 has a great article that discusses the 10 most common myths that are keeping people from earning a living online.
3. Entreprenuer.com has some good advice for those wanting to start an E-business without a website.
4. 12 mistakes affiliates make is written by Allan Gardyne who has made a successful living online since 1998. In this article he talks about 12 mistakes many people repeat when trying to make money on the Internet and how to fix them.
5. The Washington Post has a helpful news article explaining different ideas on how to make money off your blog.
6. For graphic designers or those who like creating images, Wired News has information on how to Make A Living From Second Life, an online virtual world.
7. How to Start an eBay Business includes: Getting Started on eBay, Deciding What to Sell on eBay, After and during the Sale as well as Reworking Your eBay Stores Strategy.
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