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What are my methods?
You wouldn't believe how much money I lost and wasted at the
start of my online career. And in these difficult
times I don't want you to do the same. I want to point
out where I went wrong so that you don't repeat the same
mistakes.
First thing that I tried was putting together an ecommerce
site. I spent hundreds of dollars on getting a professional site
designed, thousands on purchasing stock, and thousands on
marketing. Big mistake!
Don't do it! The internet is saturated with people
trying to make a quick buck. Your chances of
successfully competing against the big players are only
very slightly above zero.
I
then tried jumping onto the Ebay bandwagon. Unless you
know a lot about a niche market don't do it! There are
millions of people selling on Ebay as a hobby for just a few
cents profit per item. It's so difficult to make a
reasonable return.
So I then figured, if I can't beat them, then why not join
them? And I went into affiliate marketing (i.e.
promoting other people's products) - and that's when
my life changed. It did however take me 4 years
to learn how to do it properly. And it's only now
that I am able to make a good living.
How much can you earn online?
I
always get asked this question and my answer is always the
same. It's not possible to put a figure on it as it
depend on how much effort you put in, how hard you try and
quite frankly how capable you are. However, in my
personal opinion $200 000 a year is readily achievable,
once you know what you're doing.
You've got my attention, where do I start?
Without help and guidance, the chances are that any efforts
will result in failure. It took me 4 years of trial and
error before I was truly successful. These were four of
the most difficult years of my life. My biggest
mistake? I was trying to reinvent the wheel.
The best way of succeeding is to find out what has worked
for others and copy them. The good news is that there
is a standard formula. The methods used by all
internet marketers are essentially the same, or very
similar. It's very difficult however to coax any
successful online marketer into sharing their methods and telling
you what works. At the start of my career I used to
lurk around online forums (as I suspect you may have!).
Any direct questions like "what products do you promote?" or
"I'm a newbie, where do I start?" were always met by a
rather abrupt response like "I had to learn the hard way, so
can you."
The other problem is that although this information is out
there, 99% of it is junk. I've spent literally
hundreds of dollars on rubbish ebook type information products that
just completely state the obvious without any detail.
In any strategy the detail is critical and general
statements like "find a product to promote" just don't help.
What you need to know is what products to promote, how to
find successful products, how to get targeted traffic to
your site or blog and how to persuade people to purchase the
product.
And, to get you off to the best possible start I have done
all the hard work for you. I have bought so many
ebooks and courses - if you make the same mistakes as me
chances are you will waste hundreds before you find anything
worth reading. So please, learn by my mistakes!
I
mentioned above that there is a standard formula which is
essentially used by all online affiliate marketers.
And these strategies are 100% revealed in the products that
I have highlighted and reviewed below. For the record,
I have purchased and used these products and the advice
really does work and cover the methods that I use plus much
much more. I would never recommend a product without
purchasing and reviewing it myself first. The big
difference from other products is the detail. There
are no vague instructions. They are specific and tell
you EXACTLY what products to sell and PRECISELY how to go
about doing it. If you follow these methods and stick
with them you can't fail (unless you're a complete
and utter ignoramus).
I don't know how to design websites. Does this matter?
In the short term, no. You can use free sites like
Blogger to design fair, functional and successful sites
that really do convert. In the long term, and
if your serious about a future in this business, then you
can't avoid learning how to design simple websites. As
you can see however from this site, my web design skills are
very basic and simple sites do work. There is a school
of thought that the uglier the site, the better the
conversions! But this depends to a certain extent on
the niche that you are in.
Anyway, the products highlighted below describe exactly what
you need to do and virtually hold your hand every step of
the way.
Which products reveal methods which really work?
There are only two products that I would recommend.
They are NOT get rich quick schemes and require hard work
and effort to successfully apply. They literally cover everything that you will
ever need to know. They're cheap (but not free) and
you could realistically hope to earn back the cost of you
upfront investment within a few days of following the
methods.
The first product "Newbie Blueprint" is perfect for newbies
with NO MONEY to invest on marketing up front. A great
product if your looking to earn, say, an extra $20 000 to
$30 000 per to boost your income (although you could earn
significantly more if you're any good). In fact, you
may have found this site using one of the highly
successful traffic generation techniques in this product!
The second product "Commission Blueprint" is perfect for
those of you that are more interested in earning serious
cash who have a small amount of money available upfront to
invest in PPC (pay per click) marketing campaigns. |
