“Working From Home” is undoubtedly one of the most popular and frequently initiated searches on the internet these days, which clearly highlights the fact that many individuals now consider this to be an attractive career option. There are many legitimate arguments in support of this gradually increasing trend in the workforce, most of which amount to the single fact that workers nowadays consider being able to make choices around their working schedules, to be a crucial ingredient in maintaining a healthy 21st century lifestyle.
The impact of this ever increasing number of people leaving the workforce to pursue “Working From Home” opportunities has inevitably completely changed the way many corporations do business. Many major corporations now acknowledge the need to focus more on the internet for their employment needs and have consequently aligned their employment policies to take advantage of this powerful new workforce that has emerged. The end result is that many of these major corporations now employ people who work for them from the comfort of their own homes.
This trend has opened up a world of opportunity for both employers and employees, the outcome being a very successful “Win-Win” formula. “Working From Home” offers many benefits to the employee of which some of the more important ones are:
• Saving on travel costs and commuting time,
• Potential to vary work hours (and earnings) to match other commitments,
• Increased productivity and job satisfaction resulting from greater autonomy.
Recent studies both in Australia and abroad indicate that workers have:
• Better concentration with less noise, fewer interruptions and less traveling time,
• Lower stress levels,
• Reduced absenteeism and
• Higher job satisfaction
all of which greatly benefits the organizations they work for. In addition to this:
• Staff is able to focus on agreed outcomes and deliverables without the distractions of the office,
• Savings are realized on office space, recruitment and training,
• Better retention of valued staff that may otherwise leave the organization is accomplished and
• The company gains additional appeal as a 'preferred employer'.
Whether you are currently employed or unemployed, but desiring to earn an income from home, “Working From Home” on the internet has never been made easier before. Many certified employees, now working online, have successfully completed the training required to do so, via well established and recognized Online Training Centres. The training provided is aimed at equipping people with the specific skills needed to work with verified online corporations, right from the comfort of their homes.
Not only do workers receive training in the skills they require to perform their duties, but are also educated and guided in the process of registering and getting accepted to work with a number of online companies. Trained and certified workers are often employed by several online companies by the time they complete their training. In fact, it is not unusual for those considering enrolling for training to be guaranteed working with a verified company, from home, by the time they complete their training and is certified. The training provided is also endorsed and appraised by the Consumer Advocacy Group Of America as providing top online “Working From Home” opportunities and is reported to have a “spotless record” by the Business Bureau.
Most people who desire to be “Working From Home” may now be quite capable of realizing their dream. As a rule of thumb, if you’re able to type, click a mouse, have internet access and know how to use it read and follow instructions, you are considered to be a potentially suitable candidate. Typically, training is provided via online video lessons, which offer the added convenience that it can be done at home at one’s own pace. The training is concise and to the point, specifically tailored to what employers are looking for and students are often able to complete the training in a weekend or a couple of evenings.
It is unfortunate however; that the training provided for these “Working From Home” opportunities is currently limited to only a few approved countries, the reason for this being that companies hiring online employees currently only approve of working with residents from the United States, Canada, Australia or Great Britain. Considering the numerous benefits this system offers to both employers and employees, it is envisaged that it won’t be long before it spreads further abroad.
In close, these “Working From Home” opportunities prove to have made a positive difference to many people’s lives in that it provided them with the choices they were looking for but never had with conventional, eight to five, employment arrangements. It is entirely web based, which offers the convenience to work wherever there is a computer and an internet connection, which essentially makes it the perfect work from home opportunity.
Should you wish obtain more detailed information on where this kind of training is available, what it involves and the incredible “Working From Home” opportunities it introduces, that empowers you to make some valuable choices regarding your career and lifestyle, go here: http://workonline-fromhome.com
Showing posts with label Online Business Opportunity. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Things to Remember When Finding an Online Business Idea
If you are just beginning to search for the best online business ideas it is important to remember that it is never easy earning money. If you do not own your own business you probably work long hours, have to put up with your superiors, and have to deal with the pressure that is being put onto you and your fellow employees. If you do not like this type of a job and you think you are underpaid you probably want to set up your own home business but it is a good idea to have an idea of the best home businesses.
The first thing that you need to keep in mind when trying to find an online business idea is that there are a lot of ways to build a business and make money online. The problem is not finding what works on the internet but rather what will work for you. The best way to find out what type of business will work for you is to take a look at your interests, hobbies, and skills.
Above all else you need to look at your interests to decide what to do. There will be no boss to motivate you at your job and you will need to spend a lot of time working at your business to have it be a success. If you are doing something you are not interested in your motivation will go down and you will see limited to no success out of your business. So, find a skill that you have that you enjoy using and get to work.
Also, you will have quicker success if you pick a product or service to offer that you have some knowledge of. You will be asked questions by people and they will be expecting you to give them a knowledgeable reply. The better your replies to these enquiries, the more people will decide to buy whatever you are selling. Also, if you provide good after service sales you will be able to get repeat business or your customers will spread your name to their friends.
When looking to get an online business idea you need to take a look at your interests, hobbies, and skills. Find something that you are interested in, that you would enjoy spending time working on, and have some sort of skill that will help you be successful with your home business.
About the Author
Would you like to have a real web site business? Wilfred Joseph Jalbert Jr invites you to visit his home business website for everything you need to start and run your own online business. His services include advertising, mentoring, and a full service training and support package to help guarantee your success. Learn more here: http://AchieveFinancialBliss.info
The first thing that you need to keep in mind when trying to find an online business idea is that there are a lot of ways to build a business and make money online. The problem is not finding what works on the internet but rather what will work for you. The best way to find out what type of business will work for you is to take a look at your interests, hobbies, and skills.
Above all else you need to look at your interests to decide what to do. There will be no boss to motivate you at your job and you will need to spend a lot of time working at your business to have it be a success. If you are doing something you are not interested in your motivation will go down and you will see limited to no success out of your business. So, find a skill that you have that you enjoy using and get to work.
Also, you will have quicker success if you pick a product or service to offer that you have some knowledge of. You will be asked questions by people and they will be expecting you to give them a knowledgeable reply. The better your replies to these enquiries, the more people will decide to buy whatever you are selling. Also, if you provide good after service sales you will be able to get repeat business or your customers will spread your name to their friends.
When looking to get an online business idea you need to take a look at your interests, hobbies, and skills. Find something that you are interested in, that you would enjoy spending time working on, and have some sort of skill that will help you be successful with your home business.
About the Author
Would you like to have a real web site business? Wilfred Joseph Jalbert Jr invites you to visit his home business website for everything you need to start and run your own online business. His services include advertising, mentoring, and a full service training and support package to help guarantee your success. Learn more here: http://AchieveFinancialBliss.info
Monday, February 4, 2008
Legitimate Home Business - Overcoming Fear Working On The Internet
There are a lot of people that look to the Internet for ways to make money. Whether they are looking for an extra income "on the side", or whether they want to make a "full-time" income, and completely replace the job they were previously working at. The problem comes when you factor in the idea that the Internet is like a huge ocean of information. There is information coming in from every angle, and it just keeps on coming. "Where do I begin?", you might ask yourself.
Well, the first "factor" you must overcome is the fear of working on the Internet. Don't be overwhelmed by the "information overload" that you might find online. And as "impolite" as this might sound, don't listen to the negative garbage that others tell you - just focus on the things that are positive. Here's the deal: If it's your goal and decision that you want to make money online, then go for it. That's all there is to it. Don't listen to the garbage that others might be telling you. What good does that do for you anyway? The answer is that it does no good!
The next step is to have a goal in mind. Now, don't be intimidated when you hear that. Having a goal simply means what it is that your looking for. For example, if it was my first time considering working over the Internet for whatever reasons, one of my first goals might be "to make lots of money." From there, I would then find out more information on how to do that. The key here is to find an opportunity that you feel comfortable with - and one that is legit. There are a lot of scams out there, but just the opposite, there are also a lot of opportunities that are legitimate business opportunities.
There are many ways to make money over the Internet - the key is not to feel intimidated but to search for the "opportunity" that fits best with your needs. If you feel uncertain or uneasy about starting your own business online, try and get relatives or family that may be interested in working with you. Stay positive and try and have fun. Once you've made a decision, chase that decision.
For a little analogy, look at kids for example. Notice when they want something, their main focus is on the end result. The "in between" is not a concern for them. They'll do anything they need to in order to get what they want. They "just do it." And when it ultimately comes down to it, that's some of the best advice one can give you: Just do it! Now get out there and start making some money. Good luck!
Bruno Cristini runs his own successful online business from the comfort of his home. Anyone that's interested and has made the decision that they want to start making money online with a home based business, may want to visit: Legitimate Home Business
Well, the first "factor" you must overcome is the fear of working on the Internet. Don't be overwhelmed by the "information overload" that you might find online. And as "impolite" as this might sound, don't listen to the negative garbage that others tell you - just focus on the things that are positive. Here's the deal: If it's your goal and decision that you want to make money online, then go for it. That's all there is to it. Don't listen to the garbage that others might be telling you. What good does that do for you anyway? The answer is that it does no good!
The next step is to have a goal in mind. Now, don't be intimidated when you hear that. Having a goal simply means what it is that your looking for. For example, if it was my first time considering working over the Internet for whatever reasons, one of my first goals might be "to make lots of money." From there, I would then find out more information on how to do that. The key here is to find an opportunity that you feel comfortable with - and one that is legit. There are a lot of scams out there, but just the opposite, there are also a lot of opportunities that are legitimate business opportunities.
There are many ways to make money over the Internet - the key is not to feel intimidated but to search for the "opportunity" that fits best with your needs. If you feel uncertain or uneasy about starting your own business online, try and get relatives or family that may be interested in working with you. Stay positive and try and have fun. Once you've made a decision, chase that decision.
For a little analogy, look at kids for example. Notice when they want something, their main focus is on the end result. The "in between" is not a concern for them. They'll do anything they need to in order to get what they want. They "just do it." And when it ultimately comes down to it, that's some of the best advice one can give you: Just do it! Now get out there and start making some money. Good luck!
Bruno Cristini runs his own successful online business from the comfort of his home. Anyone that's interested and has made the decision that they want to start making money online with a home based business, may want to visit: Legitimate Home Business
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
How Much Does an Online Business Really Cost?
One of the big reasons people seem to think that having an online business should lead to easy success is that it is perceived as being a cheap business. And it's true; an online business costs far, far less than a brick and mortar business. But to really start off well, spending some money is a good plan.
For this, I'm assuming you already have a working computer and internet service. If not, add those to your expenses. It's much better than trying to run a business from a public library computer.
Expenses I Strongly Recommend:
1. Paid hosting.
Yes, there are free options such as hosting a blog with Blogger.com or Wordpress.com. But these are limiting in so many ways.
You have less control over them is perhaps wise for a business. I've seen many people get their blogs deleted with little or no warning from both those services. Wordpress.com has often been quite particular about their free blogs having any association with earning money. But if you host your own Wordpress blog you can do as you like with it.
And of course you may not want the blog format anyhow. If a standard website is more your style, there aren't too many good free hosts about, and you still have that control lost. Most companies, if they give you free hosting, do it because they can run ads on your site. It looks terribly unprofessional.
2. Your own domain name(s).
A domain name of your own, in the long run, will be far easier for people to remember than one given by one of the free hosting companies. Domain names are particularly cheap too, at $10 or less per year at most registrars.
Having a real domain name also makes you look more professional. It says you're willing to do some of the most basic things to look like a serious online business rather than a mere hobbyist.
3. Time (and lots of it).
Succeeding as an online businessperson requires a lot of time, even if you hire help for those things you just can't do on your own.
You'll need to come up with articles, product descriptions, blog posts, keep up with what's happening in your industry... all kinds of things. What all you have to do depends on your business model.
You may have heard of the book out now about a 4 hour work week. And yes, some people succeed on that. But far more likely is that they worked hard for years to reach a point where that was possible for them. It's not a solid plan for when you're just starting out.
Overall Strongly Recommended Costs: Anywhere from under $10/month to a few thousand. Most will begin on the ~$10/month range of this, as most sites don't need a few thousand dollars' worth of hosting expenses. Many hosting plans have annual plans available that reduce the monthly cost, but you have to pay the entire amount once a year.
Potential Other Costs:
1. Website or graphic designers.
Sure, anyone can throw up a website if they have the right tools. Thrown up is probably what it will look like too, unless you have some design experience. If you want to be taken seriously, make sure your site shows it.
Wordpress bloggers have some advantages in this area, in that there are so many free themes available for Wordpress blogs. You'll still need to choose carefully to find a theme that reflects your business and functions correctly, and hopefully doesn't look exactly like 10,000 competing sites in your niche.
2. Advertising/marketing.
How are you going to get the word out about your business? There are free ways to do this, such as writing articles about your topic and allowing other websites to publish them, but as a rule the free marketing options take time.
Well-done pay per click advertising can be highly effective, as can other forms of advertising. This is an area where knowing whether or not you are getting a good ROI is vital. It's easy to spend your money on ineffective sources if you aren't paying attention and testing your ads.
Overall Potential Costs: Generally more than the strongly recommended costs. If you aren't spending money on any of these, it's $0, but could go into many $1000s/month or year if that's your business model. What matters is that you make a maximum profit, however much you spend.
Of course, with all this money spent there's still no guarantee that your business will go anywhere. It's really up to you and how hard you work on it, as well as whether or not you've made the right choices for your online business.
Stephanie Foster blogs at www.aspectsofhomebusiness.com/blog/ about running her home business online. She has a series on starting an online home business available on her site.
For this, I'm assuming you already have a working computer and internet service. If not, add those to your expenses. It's much better than trying to run a business from a public library computer.
Expenses I Strongly Recommend:
1. Paid hosting.
Yes, there are free options such as hosting a blog with Blogger.com or Wordpress.com. But these are limiting in so many ways.
You have less control over them is perhaps wise for a business. I've seen many people get their blogs deleted with little or no warning from both those services. Wordpress.com has often been quite particular about their free blogs having any association with earning money. But if you host your own Wordpress blog you can do as you like with it.
And of course you may not want the blog format anyhow. If a standard website is more your style, there aren't too many good free hosts about, and you still have that control lost. Most companies, if they give you free hosting, do it because they can run ads on your site. It looks terribly unprofessional.
2. Your own domain name(s).
A domain name of your own, in the long run, will be far easier for people to remember than one given by one of the free hosting companies. Domain names are particularly cheap too, at $10 or less per year at most registrars.
Having a real domain name also makes you look more professional. It says you're willing to do some of the most basic things to look like a serious online business rather than a mere hobbyist.
3. Time (and lots of it).
Succeeding as an online businessperson requires a lot of time, even if you hire help for those things you just can't do on your own.
You'll need to come up with articles, product descriptions, blog posts, keep up with what's happening in your industry... all kinds of things. What all you have to do depends on your business model.
You may have heard of the book out now about a 4 hour work week. And yes, some people succeed on that. But far more likely is that they worked hard for years to reach a point where that was possible for them. It's not a solid plan for when you're just starting out.
Overall Strongly Recommended Costs: Anywhere from under $10/month to a few thousand. Most will begin on the ~$10/month range of this, as most sites don't need a few thousand dollars' worth of hosting expenses. Many hosting plans have annual plans available that reduce the monthly cost, but you have to pay the entire amount once a year.
Potential Other Costs:
1. Website or graphic designers.
Sure, anyone can throw up a website if they have the right tools. Thrown up is probably what it will look like too, unless you have some design experience. If you want to be taken seriously, make sure your site shows it.
Wordpress bloggers have some advantages in this area, in that there are so many free themes available for Wordpress blogs. You'll still need to choose carefully to find a theme that reflects your business and functions correctly, and hopefully doesn't look exactly like 10,000 competing sites in your niche.
2. Advertising/marketing.
How are you going to get the word out about your business? There are free ways to do this, such as writing articles about your topic and allowing other websites to publish them, but as a rule the free marketing options take time.
Well-done pay per click advertising can be highly effective, as can other forms of advertising. This is an area where knowing whether or not you are getting a good ROI is vital. It's easy to spend your money on ineffective sources if you aren't paying attention and testing your ads.
Overall Potential Costs: Generally more than the strongly recommended costs. If you aren't spending money on any of these, it's $0, but could go into many $1000s/month or year if that's your business model. What matters is that you make a maximum profit, however much you spend.
Of course, with all this money spent there's still no guarantee that your business will go anywhere. It's really up to you and how hard you work on it, as well as whether or not you've made the right choices for your online business.
Stephanie Foster blogs at www.aspectsofhomebusiness.com/blog/ about running her home business online. She has a series on starting an online home business available on her site.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Make Money on the Internet Selling Other People’s Products
A lot of people are now getting into online businesses and online marketing either to supplement their “real world” income or for it to become their primary source of income. Why? Because online marketing just provides them a lot of benefits!
First, you can reach just about anybody in the world who has Internet access if you market your products online. That means a wider market for you, which can translate to larger profits. Second, setting up an online business requires only a fraction of the cost required to set up an actual business establishment, which means a lot of savings for the business owner.
Another aspect that has attracted a lot of people towards online marketing is the fact that one doesn’t have to have his own products to get started. In online marketing, one can start to make a lot of money on the internet just by selling, or even by just trying to sell, other people’s products. And getting started with this kind of marketing strategy is actually quite easy. All that one needs to do is to set up an agreement with an online retailer or merchant, and after everything is settled, one can immediately start to make money on the internet by selling the merchant’s or the retailer’s products.
Incidentally, the most popular and the fastest growing method of selling other people’s products online is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing, in its simplest definition, is a relationship between an online merchant or retailer, who has products to sell, and his affiliates, who are willing to promote the merchant’s product on their website.
In a typical affiliate marketing set up, the merchant provides his affiliates with banners and text ads that links to his site. The affiliates will then get these ads posted on their website and they get paid whenever traffic or sales is directed to the merchant’s website. Affiliates often make money on commission basis, although other online merchants would opt to pay a fixed fee for the affiliate’s compensation.
Starting to make money on the internet with affiliate marketing is relatively quick and easy. All that one has to do is to sign up as an affiliate for an online company that offers affiliate programs. An alternative method, and usually an easier one, is to sign up as a member of an affiliate network—a network that hosts a variety of affiliate programs for different online merchants or retailers. Signing up is usually free, although other companies and networks may require you to pay a particular fee. Such fees, however, are made as payment for additional services that the company may render, like providing you with tools and assistance to jumpstart your internet business.
When you sign up with an affiliate marketing program, you are usually required to fill out a form containing information about yourself. Some affiliate programs may also require you to present the URL of your website and describe its contents. This will allow the retailers to verify that you actually have a website with contents that are relevant to their products. Some affiliate programs, however, won’t require you to have a website. After filling out the form and all, you are then allowed to choose the affiliate programs you want to promote on or off the internet.
After signing up with an affiliate program and being an actual affiliate, you are now ready to make a lot of money by selling other people’s product on the internet. How do you make money on the internet? There are actually a number of ways for you to earn money as an affiliate, and most of these ways depends on the type of affiliate marketing program you’ve gotten into.
Many affiliate marketing programs compensate their affiliates in either of three ways: pay-per-click (PPC), pay-per-sale (PPS), or pay-per-lead (PPL). In pay-per-click affiliate marketing, the affiliate is paid whenever he directs traffic to the merchant’s site. PPS and PPL affiliate marketing programs work rather differently. In PPS, the affiliate only gets paid when his referral converts into an actual sale. In typical PPS affiliate programs, the affiliate would usually get 15% to 20% commission for each conversion. PPL affiliate programs work the same way, although affiliates are paid a fixed fee whenever his referral converts into a lead for the company.
Some affiliate marketing programs are two-tier programs, wherein the affiliate is also allowed to recommend other affiliates to the merchant. In such affiliate programs, the affiliate would not only make money on the internet for the traffic or sales that he would direct to the merchant’s site but also for the traffic or sales directed by the affiliates who signed up with the program through his recommendation.
Yet another way to make money on the internet with affiliate marketing is through residual affiliate programs. Residual affiliate programs are affiliate programs where the affiliate gets paid a number of times for as long as the merchant keeps the customer the affiliate has referred to his site. One form of residual program gets the affiliate paid a commission every time the referred customer purchases something on the merchant’s site. Another form of residual affiliate program gets the affiliate paid a percentage every month for as long as the company keeps the referred customer.
With a lot of options available and a lot of ways to make money on the internet, affiliate marketing is undoubtedly the most popular and the easiest way to make money by selling other people’s products on the internet. As to how much money one can get from affiliate marketing actually depends on the affiliate. A dedicated and hardworking affiliate would certainly get more from the program compared to those affiliates who would simply sign up and forget about the program later.
To Your Success,
Author of this article is Paul Egan
http://www.pjeaffiliate.com
First, you can reach just about anybody in the world who has Internet access if you market your products online. That means a wider market for you, which can translate to larger profits. Second, setting up an online business requires only a fraction of the cost required to set up an actual business establishment, which means a lot of savings for the business owner.
Another aspect that has attracted a lot of people towards online marketing is the fact that one doesn’t have to have his own products to get started. In online marketing, one can start to make a lot of money on the internet just by selling, or even by just trying to sell, other people’s products. And getting started with this kind of marketing strategy is actually quite easy. All that one needs to do is to set up an agreement with an online retailer or merchant, and after everything is settled, one can immediately start to make money on the internet by selling the merchant’s or the retailer’s products.
Incidentally, the most popular and the fastest growing method of selling other people’s products online is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing, in its simplest definition, is a relationship between an online merchant or retailer, who has products to sell, and his affiliates, who are willing to promote the merchant’s product on their website.
In a typical affiliate marketing set up, the merchant provides his affiliates with banners and text ads that links to his site. The affiliates will then get these ads posted on their website and they get paid whenever traffic or sales is directed to the merchant’s website. Affiliates often make money on commission basis, although other online merchants would opt to pay a fixed fee for the affiliate’s compensation.
Starting to make money on the internet with affiliate marketing is relatively quick and easy. All that one has to do is to sign up as an affiliate for an online company that offers affiliate programs. An alternative method, and usually an easier one, is to sign up as a member of an affiliate network—a network that hosts a variety of affiliate programs for different online merchants or retailers. Signing up is usually free, although other companies and networks may require you to pay a particular fee. Such fees, however, are made as payment for additional services that the company may render, like providing you with tools and assistance to jumpstart your internet business.
When you sign up with an affiliate marketing program, you are usually required to fill out a form containing information about yourself. Some affiliate programs may also require you to present the URL of your website and describe its contents. This will allow the retailers to verify that you actually have a website with contents that are relevant to their products. Some affiliate programs, however, won’t require you to have a website. After filling out the form and all, you are then allowed to choose the affiliate programs you want to promote on or off the internet.
After signing up with an affiliate program and being an actual affiliate, you are now ready to make a lot of money by selling other people’s product on the internet. How do you make money on the internet? There are actually a number of ways for you to earn money as an affiliate, and most of these ways depends on the type of affiliate marketing program you’ve gotten into.
Many affiliate marketing programs compensate their affiliates in either of three ways: pay-per-click (PPC), pay-per-sale (PPS), or pay-per-lead (PPL). In pay-per-click affiliate marketing, the affiliate is paid whenever he directs traffic to the merchant’s site. PPS and PPL affiliate marketing programs work rather differently. In PPS, the affiliate only gets paid when his referral converts into an actual sale. In typical PPS affiliate programs, the affiliate would usually get 15% to 20% commission for each conversion. PPL affiliate programs work the same way, although affiliates are paid a fixed fee whenever his referral converts into a lead for the company.
Some affiliate marketing programs are two-tier programs, wherein the affiliate is also allowed to recommend other affiliates to the merchant. In such affiliate programs, the affiliate would not only make money on the internet for the traffic or sales that he would direct to the merchant’s site but also for the traffic or sales directed by the affiliates who signed up with the program through his recommendation.
Yet another way to make money on the internet with affiliate marketing is through residual affiliate programs. Residual affiliate programs are affiliate programs where the affiliate gets paid a number of times for as long as the merchant keeps the customer the affiliate has referred to his site. One form of residual program gets the affiliate paid a commission every time the referred customer purchases something on the merchant’s site. Another form of residual affiliate program gets the affiliate paid a percentage every month for as long as the company keeps the referred customer.
With a lot of options available and a lot of ways to make money on the internet, affiliate marketing is undoubtedly the most popular and the easiest way to make money by selling other people’s products on the internet. As to how much money one can get from affiliate marketing actually depends on the affiliate. A dedicated and hardworking affiliate would certainly get more from the program compared to those affiliates who would simply sign up and forget about the program later.
To Your Success,
Author of this article is Paul Egan
http://www.pjeaffiliate.com
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Affiliate Money – How to Keep Them Coming to You
Rereading my previous article "Affiliate Money – How to make them coming to you" in which I discuss some of the rudimental options on creating a valid home based business using nothing but Affiliate Programs, I have asked myself a question. A question so simple and yet so important that I knew – answer this one right and I’m set for life! A question, which everyone who is looking for proven income opportunities in Affiliate Programs should ask himself.
I have pounded out some thoughts and some basics that I know will work well as they work for me day after day. Just please remember these are only basics as I’m not a self-proclaimed “guru” but a simple man who managed to learn and implement the techniques discussed bellow.
Making an initial sale is great and exciting and a feeling familiar to anyone involved into Affiliate Programs marketing. But as every successful affiliate knows – it’s a lot easier to sell to a person who already bought from you or based on your advice and marketing efforts necessary for that sale are a lot less. So how do you repeat a sale?
Give away free stuff. Be it an ebook or a report but give it away for free. The key here is to find a material that allows you to rebrand links inside that ebook or report with your own affiliate links. Many programs provide you with such materials and they do the wanders. Even if person didn’t buy from you this time, they WILL download a free ebook and if it answers their questions or provide them with information they were looking for, they will click on YOUR affiliate link. Caching! Do you hear cash register ringing? I do.
Give away more free stuff! But now use a slightly different technique – auto responders. It’s an income maker on autopilot! And all you have to do is give something away and setup auto responder messages. Find an ebook with resale rights that give you an option to give away to members or through subscriptions. A good place to look for these type of materials are a manual click traffic exchanges, such as TrafficSwarm, as people give away a lots of free stuff there for simple newsletter signup. Just get one of the free auto responders. Much better option is to use auto responder that comes with your hosting account. That way you will not have to deal with third party advertisement. Make sure that your emails are precise to the point and something that interest your readers. Never used auto responder or don’t know how to write a winning email? It’s not a problem. There is a wealth of ebooks written on the subject and better once have the sample e-mail where all you have to do is customize them to fit your needs
Using auto responders is a bliss when done right. I do recommend couple things if you decide to utilize them:
Always use a subscription model where users have to confirm their intention to subscribe. Don’t try to force people into your subscription! This will eliminate possibility of invalid e-mail addresses and prevent you from been reported as a spammer – a sure kill to your business. Double-check your e-mails for possibility of been filtered as spam, explain people to setup white listing options for your e-mails. Use a freely available Internet tools to check your e-mails for spam filtering, before you send them. After all it’s your money making tool, so make an extra effort.
The techniques above are extremely simple and yet overlooked by great many people or not utilized to the full extent. Hard to imagine any good reasons why. Successfully implementing them will not just assist you but put your efforts into overdrive.
And really it’s that important. Residual income and new income from previously sold customers is the ultimate goal of any affiliate marketer and if it’s not your goal yet – make it!
Author of this article is Alex Sysoef. Visit his website: Free Secrets to home based business to see The Question and get additional information on all resources mentioned in this article.
I have pounded out some thoughts and some basics that I know will work well as they work for me day after day. Just please remember these are only basics as I’m not a self-proclaimed “guru” but a simple man who managed to learn and implement the techniques discussed bellow.
Making an initial sale is great and exciting and a feeling familiar to anyone involved into Affiliate Programs marketing. But as every successful affiliate knows – it’s a lot easier to sell to a person who already bought from you or based on your advice and marketing efforts necessary for that sale are a lot less. So how do you repeat a sale?
Give away free stuff. Be it an ebook or a report but give it away for free. The key here is to find a material that allows you to rebrand links inside that ebook or report with your own affiliate links. Many programs provide you with such materials and they do the wanders. Even if person didn’t buy from you this time, they WILL download a free ebook and if it answers their questions or provide them with information they were looking for, they will click on YOUR affiliate link. Caching! Do you hear cash register ringing? I do.
Give away more free stuff! But now use a slightly different technique – auto responders. It’s an income maker on autopilot! And all you have to do is give something away and setup auto responder messages. Find an ebook with resale rights that give you an option to give away to members or through subscriptions. A good place to look for these type of materials are a manual click traffic exchanges, such as TrafficSwarm, as people give away a lots of free stuff there for simple newsletter signup. Just get one of the free auto responders. Much better option is to use auto responder that comes with your hosting account. That way you will not have to deal with third party advertisement. Make sure that your emails are precise to the point and something that interest your readers. Never used auto responder or don’t know how to write a winning email? It’s not a problem. There is a wealth of ebooks written on the subject and better once have the sample e-mail where all you have to do is customize them to fit your needs
Using auto responders is a bliss when done right. I do recommend couple things if you decide to utilize them:
Always use a subscription model where users have to confirm their intention to subscribe. Don’t try to force people into your subscription! This will eliminate possibility of invalid e-mail addresses and prevent you from been reported as a spammer – a sure kill to your business. Double-check your e-mails for possibility of been filtered as spam, explain people to setup white listing options for your e-mails. Use a freely available Internet tools to check your e-mails for spam filtering, before you send them. After all it’s your money making tool, so make an extra effort.
The techniques above are extremely simple and yet overlooked by great many people or not utilized to the full extent. Hard to imagine any good reasons why. Successfully implementing them will not just assist you but put your efforts into overdrive.
And really it’s that important. Residual income and new income from previously sold customers is the ultimate goal of any affiliate marketer and if it’s not your goal yet – make it!
Author of this article is Alex Sysoef. Visit his website: Free Secrets to home based business to see The Question and get additional information on all resources mentioned in this article.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Avoid These 3 Affiliate Mistakes and Create A Successful Home Business
New affiliate marketers start out with a gleam in their eyes and visions of earning big bucks from the Internet. However, without proper preparations these dreams can soon turn to dust. Learn how to avoid these 3 common mistakes that online marketers make and put more money into your pocket in the process.
If you are looking to create a successful home business, you already know that affiliate marketing is touted as the best way to do this. That is true somewhat, as you do not require much, if any money to get started. However, some marketers make costly mistakes before the learn how to properly promote affiliate programs. Avoiding these common mistakes will help you to find success online much faster.
Avoid Mistake number 1: Do Not Choose The Wrong Affiliate
Most affiliates want to start making money as quickly as possible. In their rush to do so, they tend to choose hastily and end up selling the wrong program or product. Often, this is the kind of product that most marketers think is "hot". They choose the product that is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals to them or it is even worth promoting. Instead of jumping on the supposedly "hot" product, try to choose a product in which you are truly interested and for which there is reasonable demand.
For your new home business to succeed, you now need to take some time to prepare a marketing plan. Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one just for the money it brings..
Avoid Mistake number 2: Do Not Join Too Many Affiliate Programs.
Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.
True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However, joining multiple programs and then trying to promote all of them at the same time will seriously dilute your efforts so that you cannot give any one program your full attention. The result of this is that it becomes impossible to maximize your potential with each program you promote.
The best way to create a great part time income from your affiliate promotion effort is to join just one program that pays at least 45% commission, and then give it your best effort by promoting your products enthusiastically. Once you recognize that you are making a reasonable profit, you can then go ahead and another affiliate program.
Avoid Mistake number 3: Not buying the Product or Using the Service.
As an affiliate, your main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to place your offers in front of the right customers. To achieve this, you must be able to impress your customers about the benefits they will get from the products and how it will help them to solve their problems.
You will become a better ambassador for a product or service when you are using the service yourself. Take GDI for example. True, you cannot represent them if you are not an owner of one of their websites, but by having a global domain website, you can show by example how you use the site, how you promote it, what tools are available to help you, and how well the affiliate program is working for you.
So then, you should try to purchase the product you are promoting so that you can speak from a position of strength and credibility. Finally, by avoiding these three common affiliate mistakes, you can ensure that your new home business will get off to a great start and actually become a successful home business. Discover what we are doing at Create a Successful Home Business
If you are looking to create a successful home business, you already know that affiliate marketing is touted as the best way to do this. That is true somewhat, as you do not require much, if any money to get started. However, some marketers make costly mistakes before the learn how to properly promote affiliate programs. Avoiding these common mistakes will help you to find success online much faster.
Avoid Mistake number 1: Do Not Choose The Wrong Affiliate
Most affiliates want to start making money as quickly as possible. In their rush to do so, they tend to choose hastily and end up selling the wrong program or product. Often, this is the kind of product that most marketers think is "hot". They choose the product that is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals to them or it is even worth promoting. Instead of jumping on the supposedly "hot" product, try to choose a product in which you are truly interested and for which there is reasonable demand.
For your new home business to succeed, you now need to take some time to prepare a marketing plan. Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one just for the money it brings..
Avoid Mistake number 2: Do Not Join Too Many Affiliate Programs.
Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.
True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However, joining multiple programs and then trying to promote all of them at the same time will seriously dilute your efforts so that you cannot give any one program your full attention. The result of this is that it becomes impossible to maximize your potential with each program you promote.
The best way to create a great part time income from your affiliate promotion effort is to join just one program that pays at least 45% commission, and then give it your best effort by promoting your products enthusiastically. Once you recognize that you are making a reasonable profit, you can then go ahead and another affiliate program.
Avoid Mistake number 3: Not buying the Product or Using the Service.
As an affiliate, your main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to place your offers in front of the right customers. To achieve this, you must be able to impress your customers about the benefits they will get from the products and how it will help them to solve their problems.
You will become a better ambassador for a product or service when you are using the service yourself. Take GDI for example. True, you cannot represent them if you are not an owner of one of their websites, but by having a global domain website, you can show by example how you use the site, how you promote it, what tools are available to help you, and how well the affiliate program is working for you.
So then, you should try to purchase the product you are promoting so that you can speak from a position of strength and credibility. Finally, by avoiding these three common affiliate mistakes, you can ensure that your new home business will get off to a great start and actually become a successful home business. Discover what we are doing at Create a Successful Home Business
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Make Money Online with 80% of the Work
I don't know how many of you have worked in a Fortune 50 company before. But, if you have you know how much large companies focus on squeezing the greatest benefit from every dollar spent.
This type of value can come in many ways - reduced expenses, more sales, faster delivery, etc. Any way you look at it, large corporations understand the need to keep the financial statement friendly to their stock owners.
A common theme running in many companies is the idea that the first 80% of any work is easier than the last 20%, and, it is that last 20% that usually doubles the total cost of the effort. Plus, it is usually the first 80% that provides a majority of the need. When you apply this to a large effort or a combination of efforts the savings is staggering! Companies will work on 10, 50 or 100 million dollar projects and can realize 32 million in savings plus get the benefit sooner just using those three examples
How can you apply this to your own online marketing endeavors? You have probably invested quite a bit of time and effort to make money online, and, if you're like me, want to perfect all of your work. This includes articles, websites, blogs, ebooks, graphics, lists, etc. Are you burning the midnight oil on fine details?
If you took a step back and analyzed your own work would you be able to strip away some of the most difficult and time consuming steps but still get most of the benefit? In my own work I have found that trying to complete a site down to the finest details probably did nothing for any additional revenue. If I had worked on only the core 80% I could have spent the rest of the time on traffic building.
Take a look at it a different way. Perhaps you are writing your first ebook and have 12 chapters on your specific topic. Do you really need all 12 chapters? Will some of those chapters make the difference in the overall quality or sales? What if you cut it down to 9 or 10 chapters - maybe the other chapters can wait for the next ebook.
By no means am I trying to suggest that you not complete anything to the point of it being non-functional, poor quality or simply useless. You still have to do the majority of the work that gets you to that threshold. The balance is benefit vs. effort and cost with your goal to still have quality products, services and information.
The bottom line is every hour you spend working on fine tuning your own online marketing process could be taking away potential profits from other endeavors. The more revenue generating projects you have, the higher the potential is to make money online.
You can always use your first earned dollars to hire talent later to tune, modify and perfect your past work. This gives you even more productivity with business acceleration!
Don James is an internet strategist and online marketer. Discover ways to make money online with your sites or blogs at The Agile Marketer
This type of value can come in many ways - reduced expenses, more sales, faster delivery, etc. Any way you look at it, large corporations understand the need to keep the financial statement friendly to their stock owners.
A common theme running in many companies is the idea that the first 80% of any work is easier than the last 20%, and, it is that last 20% that usually doubles the total cost of the effort. Plus, it is usually the first 80% that provides a majority of the need. When you apply this to a large effort or a combination of efforts the savings is staggering! Companies will work on 10, 50 or 100 million dollar projects and can realize 32 million in savings plus get the benefit sooner just using those three examples
How can you apply this to your own online marketing endeavors? You have probably invested quite a bit of time and effort to make money online, and, if you're like me, want to perfect all of your work. This includes articles, websites, blogs, ebooks, graphics, lists, etc. Are you burning the midnight oil on fine details?
If you took a step back and analyzed your own work would you be able to strip away some of the most difficult and time consuming steps but still get most of the benefit? In my own work I have found that trying to complete a site down to the finest details probably did nothing for any additional revenue. If I had worked on only the core 80% I could have spent the rest of the time on traffic building.
Take a look at it a different way. Perhaps you are writing your first ebook and have 12 chapters on your specific topic. Do you really need all 12 chapters? Will some of those chapters make the difference in the overall quality or sales? What if you cut it down to 9 or 10 chapters - maybe the other chapters can wait for the next ebook.
By no means am I trying to suggest that you not complete anything to the point of it being non-functional, poor quality or simply useless. You still have to do the majority of the work that gets you to that threshold. The balance is benefit vs. effort and cost with your goal to still have quality products, services and information.
The bottom line is every hour you spend working on fine tuning your own online marketing process could be taking away potential profits from other endeavors. The more revenue generating projects you have, the higher the potential is to make money online.
You can always use your first earned dollars to hire talent later to tune, modify and perfect your past work. This gives you even more productivity with business acceleration!
Don James is an internet strategist and online marketer. Discover ways to make money online with your sites or blogs at The Agile Marketer
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
What Makes An Online Business Opportunity So Attractive
The American dream used to be owning your own home. Then it became owning your own business. Now it is owning your own business and working at home to do it. As the internet continues to change our lives it soon will be owning your own online business. So what is so appealing about an online business?
In this article we will answer the question "what make an online business opportunity" attractive?
1. First of all an online business is usually less expensive to start. Many traditional brick and mortar businesses can cost you thousand or even millions of dollars to start. This makes it hard for average people to do, so they continue to work at a job that they hate and do not make good money at.
An online business can be started for little or no money. There are success stories popping up all over the world of people who were broke, started their own business on the internet, and are now working at home full time. This is part of the attraction for common everyday people. If they can do it, I can do it.
2. You can start and run an internet business at home. This will save you money on leasing or renting a building with office space. Not only is this cost savings nice, but you do not have to drive to work which saves even more money on gas and wear and tear on your automobile.
3. One of the most attractive things about an online business is all of the choices you have when you start one. Many of the most successful people today started with an idea based on a passion or an area where they had a lot of knowledge. They then combined products from areas such as affiliate marketing to sell and earn money online.
4. Another benefit of an online business is most of your customer service is done online. You can set up a FAQ section where people can get answers without dealing directly with you. This saves you money on hiring a customer service department.
5. An online business is open for business 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. No vacations, or sick days. When your website can be accessed it can make sales for you, which allows you to be even more profitable than you already are.
This is five reasons and online business opportunity may be attractive for you. It certainly already has been for many people all around the world.
About the Author
Would you like to have a real web site business? Al Freeman invites you to visit his
full service marketing business website for everything
you need to start and run your own online business. His services include advertising, mentoring,
and a full service training and support package to help guarantee your success. Learn more here:
http://WebCentersToGo.com
In this article we will answer the question "what make an online business opportunity" attractive?
1. First of all an online business is usually less expensive to start. Many traditional brick and mortar businesses can cost you thousand or even millions of dollars to start. This makes it hard for average people to do, so they continue to work at a job that they hate and do not make good money at.
An online business can be started for little or no money. There are success stories popping up all over the world of people who were broke, started their own business on the internet, and are now working at home full time. This is part of the attraction for common everyday people. If they can do it, I can do it.
2. You can start and run an internet business at home. This will save you money on leasing or renting a building with office space. Not only is this cost savings nice, but you do not have to drive to work which saves even more money on gas and wear and tear on your automobile.
3. One of the most attractive things about an online business is all of the choices you have when you start one. Many of the most successful people today started with an idea based on a passion or an area where they had a lot of knowledge. They then combined products from areas such as affiliate marketing to sell and earn money online.
4. Another benefit of an online business is most of your customer service is done online. You can set up a FAQ section where people can get answers without dealing directly with you. This saves you money on hiring a customer service department.
5. An online business is open for business 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. No vacations, or sick days. When your website can be accessed it can make sales for you, which allows you to be even more profitable than you already are.
This is five reasons and online business opportunity may be attractive for you. It certainly already has been for many people all around the world.
About the Author
Would you like to have a real web site business? Al Freeman invites you to visit his
full service marketing business website for everything
you need to start and run your own online business. His services include advertising, mentoring,
and a full service training and support package to help guarantee your success. Learn more here:
http://WebCentersToGo.com
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Want To Learn How To Make Money Online?
So you want to make money online, huh? Well there’s a virtual sea of information awaiting you, if this is a direction you wish to head. I suggest to you from experience, there’s a serious learning curve ahead of you. There are so many different ways to make money online, that it can literally confuse you and drive you crazy!
Best advice is to get with someone (or system), which has been proven to be a success. Whether you’re just getting started or have already been earning money online, there’s no sense in “reinventing the wheel” (so to speak), just look for the right elements that will help you to make money online.
In my opinion, the easiest way to make money online with very little (if any) money out of pocket is through using Google’s AdSense. Why? One thing is, you can set up an AdSense account with Google at no cost to you. Second is, you can also take advantage of Google’s Blogger, which is also free. Put the two together by placing Google Ads on your Blog and you have created a way to make money online. It’s a fairly simple process but will take some time in learning how to set it up. I’d say on a scale of 1 to 10 for difficulty (with 10 being the toughest), it’s about a 3 for a person with general computer skills. Of course everyone varies with how well they comprehend a set of instructions but I believe using Google Ads along with Blogger to be the simplest to create for no money out of pocket.
Truthfully speaking (or writing), you won’t see a great deal of money just by throwing a Blog online and serving ads. You will need to put some thought into the actual copy that you are writing about on your Blog. The ads you receive from Google will be related to your Blogging subject and how you write about the information you choose to share with everyone. Quality content will tend to get you better quality ads (better paying but no guarantee) and in turn may cause your Blog to rise in search engine popularity. Optimizing your Blog for search engine friendliness is a plus and will increase your chances to make money online easier.
My experience has been to “keep it simple”. In order to make money online, if you begin to write or ramble on about matters using unrelated information to your subject, you can anticipate getting “generic” ads and/or service ads that don’t pay. So refrain from doing no nonsense type blogging. By keeping your sentences to the point and using keyword popular wording (takes a bit of research), you will get more favorable ads.
You will then want to list your blogging domain with the search engines, don’t wait for them to find you. The easiest one to register with in my opinion is MSN. Go there and type in your blogs name.
Example, if your blog is about Laser Engraving and your blog is named Laser Engraving (key point here), then type in the letters “laser engraving” in the MSN search bar along with the remaining part of your URL “blogspot.com”. If this is your first visit and first blog creation, it won’t be found and you will then be given the opportunity to submit the URL address yourself. Do it and you should see your blog listed within a day or two (at least that’s been my experience) and you will want to continue to ad to your blog or a regular basis that fits your schedule.
Aubrey Richardson is the founder of LogoFax a Logos & Clip Art site and has created another popular site that shows others how to build a successful online business. Go here to find out how you can profit with his popular free ecourse => Internet Based Business Opportunity
Best advice is to get with someone (or system), which has been proven to be a success. Whether you’re just getting started or have already been earning money online, there’s no sense in “reinventing the wheel” (so to speak), just look for the right elements that will help you to make money online.
In my opinion, the easiest way to make money online with very little (if any) money out of pocket is through using Google’s AdSense. Why? One thing is, you can set up an AdSense account with Google at no cost to you. Second is, you can also take advantage of Google’s Blogger, which is also free. Put the two together by placing Google Ads on your Blog and you have created a way to make money online. It’s a fairly simple process but will take some time in learning how to set it up. I’d say on a scale of 1 to 10 for difficulty (with 10 being the toughest), it’s about a 3 for a person with general computer skills. Of course everyone varies with how well they comprehend a set of instructions but I believe using Google Ads along with Blogger to be the simplest to create for no money out of pocket.
Truthfully speaking (or writing), you won’t see a great deal of money just by throwing a Blog online and serving ads. You will need to put some thought into the actual copy that you are writing about on your Blog. The ads you receive from Google will be related to your Blogging subject and how you write about the information you choose to share with everyone. Quality content will tend to get you better quality ads (better paying but no guarantee) and in turn may cause your Blog to rise in search engine popularity. Optimizing your Blog for search engine friendliness is a plus and will increase your chances to make money online easier.
My experience has been to “keep it simple”. In order to make money online, if you begin to write or ramble on about matters using unrelated information to your subject, you can anticipate getting “generic” ads and/or service ads that don’t pay. So refrain from doing no nonsense type blogging. By keeping your sentences to the point and using keyword popular wording (takes a bit of research), you will get more favorable ads.
You will then want to list your blogging domain with the search engines, don’t wait for them to find you. The easiest one to register with in my opinion is MSN. Go there and type in your blogs name.
Example, if your blog is about Laser Engraving and your blog is named Laser Engraving (key point here), then type in the letters “laser engraving” in the MSN search bar along with the remaining part of your URL “blogspot.com”. If this is your first visit and first blog creation, it won’t be found and you will then be given the opportunity to submit the URL address yourself. Do it and you should see your blog listed within a day or two (at least that’s been my experience) and you will want to continue to ad to your blog or a regular basis that fits your schedule.
Aubrey Richardson is the founder of LogoFax a Logos & Clip Art site and has created another popular site that shows others how to build a successful online business. Go here to find out how you can profit with his popular free ecourse => Internet Based Business Opportunity
Saturday, December 1, 2007
5 Ways To Make Money Online
There are many different ways to make money on the Internet. Here is an overview of the five most popular online business models:
Sell Digital Products
The term "digital product" means that the product is delivered electronically. The customers will download the product to their computers. Some examples of digital products are downloadable e-books, audio/MP3, graphics (clipart and stock photography), video and software.
The digital product business model is very popular because there is no inventory, no shipping and no fulfillment cost. Since the product is an electronic file, it costs you nothing to make an extra copy - therefore, the profit margin is 100%!
Sell Physical Products
"Physical products" are the products that are shipped to customers through the mail. Customers place orders on your website and you ship the products to them.
There are several ways to get those products - you can make them yourself (for example, arts and crafts), buy them directly from a manufacturer or buy from a wholesaler (at quantity discounts).
If you don't want to deal with the inventory and shipping, another alternative is to use a dropshipping service. Dropshipping means that the inventory is stored at the wholesaler company. You collect the customer information and payment, give it to the dropshipping company and they ship the product to the customer. Your profit is the difference between what the customer paid you and what you paid to the dropshipper.
Become An Affiliate
Affiliates send visitors to other companies' websites and get paid a percentage of all the sales they refer. You don't have to worry about creating websites, dealing with customers, shipping and payment processing. Your only job is to advertise those websites and send people there. People will buy products from those websites and you will be paid your commission.
When you become an affiliate, you will be given a unique link with a tracking code. In your advertising, you will send people to that link. This unique code will ensure that all the sales will be properly credited to you.
Sell Advertising
If you have a website that gets a lot of visitors, you can sell advertising on it. Other companies will pay you for advertising space on your site, just like they pay to advertise in magazines and newspapers.
That's how all those "free websites" make money - they sell advertising. Free content attracts a lot of visitors. The higher is the number of people who visit the website, the more money you can make from advertising.
Provide Services
There are many types of services that can be done on the computer through the Internet. The most common examples of such services are website design, programming, graphic design, writing, data entry and transcription.
Many companies will gladly pay someone to do computer work for them on a project basis, so they don't have to hire full-time employees. As long as the work can be done without face-to-face interaction, you can do it from home on your computer and make money.
About the Author
Melanie Mendelson has been making money on the Internet since 2002. Get her FREE step-by-step Internet Business Blueprint at her website http://www.goforyourdreams.com
Sell Digital Products
The term "digital product" means that the product is delivered electronically. The customers will download the product to their computers. Some examples of digital products are downloadable e-books, audio/MP3, graphics (clipart and stock photography), video and software.
The digital product business model is very popular because there is no inventory, no shipping and no fulfillment cost. Since the product is an electronic file, it costs you nothing to make an extra copy - therefore, the profit margin is 100%!
Sell Physical Products
"Physical products" are the products that are shipped to customers through the mail. Customers place orders on your website and you ship the products to them.
There are several ways to get those products - you can make them yourself (for example, arts and crafts), buy them directly from a manufacturer or buy from a wholesaler (at quantity discounts).
If you don't want to deal with the inventory and shipping, another alternative is to use a dropshipping service. Dropshipping means that the inventory is stored at the wholesaler company. You collect the customer information and payment, give it to the dropshipping company and they ship the product to the customer. Your profit is the difference between what the customer paid you and what you paid to the dropshipper.
Become An Affiliate
Affiliates send visitors to other companies' websites and get paid a percentage of all the sales they refer. You don't have to worry about creating websites, dealing with customers, shipping and payment processing. Your only job is to advertise those websites and send people there. People will buy products from those websites and you will be paid your commission.
When you become an affiliate, you will be given a unique link with a tracking code. In your advertising, you will send people to that link. This unique code will ensure that all the sales will be properly credited to you.
Sell Advertising
If you have a website that gets a lot of visitors, you can sell advertising on it. Other companies will pay you for advertising space on your site, just like they pay to advertise in magazines and newspapers.
That's how all those "free websites" make money - they sell advertising. Free content attracts a lot of visitors. The higher is the number of people who visit the website, the more money you can make from advertising.
Provide Services
There are many types of services that can be done on the computer through the Internet. The most common examples of such services are website design, programming, graphic design, writing, data entry and transcription.
Many companies will gladly pay someone to do computer work for them on a project basis, so they don't have to hire full-time employees. As long as the work can be done without face-to-face interaction, you can do it from home on your computer and make money.
About the Author
Melanie Mendelson has been making money on the Internet since 2002. Get her FREE step-by-step Internet Business Blueprint at her website http://www.goforyourdreams.com
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Setting Up an Online Business on a Tight Budget
With the internet, it is much easier to start on online business. An online business is perfect for people who have to work from home, such as stay at home parents, retirees, the disable or simply someone who prefer a flexible lifestyle. So you have come to a decision to set up an online business. However, just like most who are just starting out, you have a shoestring budget,how can you get going? Do not be discouraged as it is very possible to start a small online business on a small budget.
First and foremost you could start off by looking for free domain names. Because there are so many companies around who are now selling domain names, the market has become quite competitive. But there are a few sites around that will register a domain for you at no charge. However, there is a catch with some of them in that they will set themselves up as the administrator for your domain and then only transfer ownership to you after a set period of time for free or will charge you a small fee. Some will even put some form of ads on your website.
A better option is getting a free blog. Blogs are very popular nowadays and it is so easy for beginners to get started. You can use a blog to advertise your business in a personal way. Unlike website, blogs allow you to add your personal thoughts as well as allows interaction with your readers. Offer a freebie or an email course, get hold of your prospects' email and you can advertise to them time and again. All these are possible with free blogging platform such as Blogger.com or Wordpress.com. There are plenty of other blogging platforms out there, but Blogger is my personal favorite as it is very user friendly and your blog will get indexed fast by the search engines.
If you are setting up a website but do not have the means to pay for $10 a month for hosting, then you can look for sites which will host your site for free. However, before you jump straight into a free hosting plan, there are some drawbacks using free hosting. Most of these free host sites will place a banner at the top of your pages in exchange for their free service. This is another good reason to use free blogging platform. Most of these blogging platforms will host your blog for free. Some of them even allow you to add your own advertisement or banner on your blog, such as Blogger.com.
If you already have your products for sale, then go ahead a create a simple webpage or blog explaining the benefits of your product. However, What if you are someone who do not have their own product for sale but still wants to make money online? Is that possible? Of course! You can either create a new product to sell or be an affiliate to sell someone else's product. Creating your own product is not as daunting as it sounds but it does require some expenses such as hiring a graphic designer, copywriter or ghostwriter. Of course unless you can do all that by yourself.
A better option is to start out as an affiliate marketer. An affiliate is someone who promotes other people's products and in return receive a commission for any sale or leads generated. This is a great way to start your online business as it involves low start up costs and no special skill. If you use free blogs, you can even eliminate any start up cost. For an idea of just what kinds of products and services offer affiliate programs, check out Clickbank.com or ComissionJunction.com. Both of these sites are generally at the very top of most affiliate marketers' lists.
To conclude, starting an online business is much easier compare to a brick and mortar business. Starting an online business does not need a huge start up capital which makes it very easy for anyone to get started online. So start taking action today!
About the Author
Audrey Lynn is a stay at home mom who has been making a full time living online since 2 years ago. She is a full time blogger and affiliate marketer. She shares some insights on making money from home on her blog OnlineProfitsForMOms.com hoping to encourage more stay at home moms to get started online.
First and foremost you could start off by looking for free domain names. Because there are so many companies around who are now selling domain names, the market has become quite competitive. But there are a few sites around that will register a domain for you at no charge. However, there is a catch with some of them in that they will set themselves up as the administrator for your domain and then only transfer ownership to you after a set period of time for free or will charge you a small fee. Some will even put some form of ads on your website.
A better option is getting a free blog. Blogs are very popular nowadays and it is so easy for beginners to get started. You can use a blog to advertise your business in a personal way. Unlike website, blogs allow you to add your personal thoughts as well as allows interaction with your readers. Offer a freebie or an email course, get hold of your prospects' email and you can advertise to them time and again. All these are possible with free blogging platform such as Blogger.com or Wordpress.com. There are plenty of other blogging platforms out there, but Blogger is my personal favorite as it is very user friendly and your blog will get indexed fast by the search engines.
If you are setting up a website but do not have the means to pay for $10 a month for hosting, then you can look for sites which will host your site for free. However, before you jump straight into a free hosting plan, there are some drawbacks using free hosting. Most of these free host sites will place a banner at the top of your pages in exchange for their free service. This is another good reason to use free blogging platform. Most of these blogging platforms will host your blog for free. Some of them even allow you to add your own advertisement or banner on your blog, such as Blogger.com.
If you already have your products for sale, then go ahead a create a simple webpage or blog explaining the benefits of your product. However, What if you are someone who do not have their own product for sale but still wants to make money online? Is that possible? Of course! You can either create a new product to sell or be an affiliate to sell someone else's product. Creating your own product is not as daunting as it sounds but it does require some expenses such as hiring a graphic designer, copywriter or ghostwriter. Of course unless you can do all that by yourself.
A better option is to start out as an affiliate marketer. An affiliate is someone who promotes other people's products and in return receive a commission for any sale or leads generated. This is a great way to start your online business as it involves low start up costs and no special skill. If you use free blogs, you can even eliminate any start up cost. For an idea of just what kinds of products and services offer affiliate programs, check out Clickbank.com or ComissionJunction.com. Both of these sites are generally at the very top of most affiliate marketers' lists.
To conclude, starting an online business is much easier compare to a brick and mortar business. Starting an online business does not need a huge start up capital which makes it very easy for anyone to get started online. So start taking action today!
About the Author
Audrey Lynn is a stay at home mom who has been making a full time living online since 2 years ago. She is a full time blogger and affiliate marketer. She shares some insights on making money from home on her blog OnlineProfitsForMOms.com hoping to encourage more stay at home moms to get started online.
Friday, November 2, 2007
10 Tips for Being Successful in the World of Online Business
Starting and running a successful online business takes time, effort, and a great deal of patience. It doesn't take the smartest person in the world or even the most talented. Making good money with a new online business only requires one to have good organizational skills and follow some simple tips. Though these things might look easy on the surface, following through when things get tough is a difficult thing for many young entrepreneurs. If you can succeed in staying the course, the rewards can be substantial.
1. Always make sure to think long term
Many online entrepreneurs fail because they neglect to think about the long term. There's not a business on the planet, online or otherwise, where money can be made instantly. Maybe folks who believe those scam emails will disagree, but people with real business sense know this to be true. If you're planning on building an online business with shareware and blogging, don't expect to get rich in the first month. There's a period of time that's required in order to gain contacts, referrals, and the quality resources that allow a business to be successful. Short term business ideas are shoddy. The savvy online businessman is thinking five years down the road, not five weeks (or even five months) down the road.
2. Optimize your efficiency
A lot of things go into making an online business successful. Each and every day, there will be things that occur in your business that you have no control over. What is important are the things that you can change. Much of what goes on with your website will be handled by a machine. When someone loads your site, that's a process that's handled by a machine. Their clicking on an ad is a process that they control, but the actual act is controlled by a machine.
Small tweaks to how your website looks or how it runs can lead to big gains in advertising revenue. You can't control everything that goes on, but it's essential that you control those things which are under your watch. Learning how to 'fix the machine' is an essential ability to have, and will take you great places if you master it.
3. Google Adsense optimization
If you are looking to gain income through Google's Adsense program, there is plenty of advice available on the web to help you make that process more efficient. By researching and applying some of these principles, your online business can benefit greatly. Certain small cosmetic changes, such as altering the color of your ads or their location, can lead to big gains in ad revenue. These changes don't take long to implement and you will be surprised how great an impact they can have. Adsense isn't the only option for displaying PPC ads, but it's one of the more well known ones.
4. Search engine optimization techniques
In order to run a successful online business, you better have a high search engine ranking. There's only so much marketing that can be done by word of mouth or personal promotion. The majority of your traffic is going to eventually come from the average search engine user. Produce quality content for your website so that search engines will pick it up. If you don't feel comfortable producing SEO quality web content, then have a professional freelance writer do it for you. This work can often be found at pretty cheap rates and the benefits are substantial.
5. It's up to you to market your business
If you can't sell your website and business to the public, who can? No one knows what you have to offer better than you do. Simply writing blog posts is not enough to bring people into your website. It takes a real life marketing approach. If you aren't a skilled marketer, you better have someone on your team who is.
Marketing isn't even about the money you spend, either. It's about getting the word out. It's probably not a good idea to buy advertising space to begin with. You can get equal exposure by participating in link exchanges with other websites in your field and by posting on related blogs. Be liberal in letting people know about your website. If this is a problem for you, then maybe you aren't passionate enough about your business. That would be a much larger problem.
6. Make a newsletter
Online businesses can only succeed if they can follow up with their customers. By having a newsletter and a mailing list of former and potential customers, you have an instant avenue that promotes communication between you and your valued customers. This is one of the best ways to promote repeat business, get the word out about new products or services, and boost your page hits in the process. But you also have to be careful with it. Make sure to have an unsubscribe link, and never send it to people by default make sure you get their permission first or you may just end up pissing them off.
7. Don't be afraid to promote your business offline
Just because you're an online business doesn't mean that you have to promote your business specifically on the internet. Promotional flyers can be cheap to mass produce and give you an opportunity to reach a different demographic. Realize that many of your potential customers don't spend every hour of the day on their computer. If you market to them, they will find a computer in order to access your website and learn about your business.
8. Offer something of quality
If this list was designed based upon the importance of each tip, this one would be on the top. Your online business will only be successful if there is some service or product that is of high quality. It doesn't matter how many people come to your website if the services provided are shoddy. They won't stick around in that case. Your product or service is the best representation of your business that a customer can see. Make sure it's something you'd be proud to offer anyone - even your mother.
9. Be willing to adapt your business ideas
If you are going to be in business for the long haul, be prepared to alter your business plan if necessary. Business in general is a highly volatile thing that is always changing. The change is even greater on the internet, where news and ideas can be exchanged in mere seconds. If you hear of an idea that can help your business to grow, don't be afraid to learn more about it and eventually implement it. Being among the first companies to implement a certain marketing technique or other idea can be a very beneficial thing; but as with other tips you need to be cautious with this one as well jumping in head first without doing the research on a new technique could destroy you if that technique happens to flop later on.
10. Keep them coming back for more
Getting visitors to come to your website is only half of the battle. You've got to have something to keep them coming back for more. Ideally, your services and products will be enough to accomplish this task. If they aren't, then other things such as contests, downloads, and interesting content can do the trick.
Hopefully you've learned bit about how to be successful in Online Business. By no means is this an all-encompassing list, or even a super great list for that matter. This is meant only to provide you with a basic foundation for what you need to do. I could sit here and tell you step by step how to accomplish each of these steps - but that would take entirely too long and you wouldn't learn it as well as you will doing it yourself.
About the Author
Web Business Talk was founded in 2004 as a place for anyone interested in Online Business to come and have a chat with fellow interested persons. Over the years, many have come and gone, and the site has been built up bit by bit to what it currently is today.
Rather than just providing information on forms of Internet Business, you can chat about any aspect of business, online or off. Web Business Talk also provides a place for Web Entrepaneurs to request or offer services, sites for sale, domain appraisals and much more.
Another main feature is the contests that are held from time to time, where you can earn money, prizes, or other random things if you'd like to participate. If you are interested in Business, Marketing, Finance, or anything in between, Web Business Talk is the place for you!
1. Always make sure to think long term
Many online entrepreneurs fail because they neglect to think about the long term. There's not a business on the planet, online or otherwise, where money can be made instantly. Maybe folks who believe those scam emails will disagree, but people with real business sense know this to be true. If you're planning on building an online business with shareware and blogging, don't expect to get rich in the first month. There's a period of time that's required in order to gain contacts, referrals, and the quality resources that allow a business to be successful. Short term business ideas are shoddy. The savvy online businessman is thinking five years down the road, not five weeks (or even five months) down the road.
2. Optimize your efficiency
A lot of things go into making an online business successful. Each and every day, there will be things that occur in your business that you have no control over. What is important are the things that you can change. Much of what goes on with your website will be handled by a machine. When someone loads your site, that's a process that's handled by a machine. Their clicking on an ad is a process that they control, but the actual act is controlled by a machine.
Small tweaks to how your website looks or how it runs can lead to big gains in advertising revenue. You can't control everything that goes on, but it's essential that you control those things which are under your watch. Learning how to 'fix the machine' is an essential ability to have, and will take you great places if you master it.
3. Google Adsense optimization
If you are looking to gain income through Google's Adsense program, there is plenty of advice available on the web to help you make that process more efficient. By researching and applying some of these principles, your online business can benefit greatly. Certain small cosmetic changes, such as altering the color of your ads or their location, can lead to big gains in ad revenue. These changes don't take long to implement and you will be surprised how great an impact they can have. Adsense isn't the only option for displaying PPC ads, but it's one of the more well known ones.
4. Search engine optimization techniques
In order to run a successful online business, you better have a high search engine ranking. There's only so much marketing that can be done by word of mouth or personal promotion. The majority of your traffic is going to eventually come from the average search engine user. Produce quality content for your website so that search engines will pick it up. If you don't feel comfortable producing SEO quality web content, then have a professional freelance writer do it for you. This work can often be found at pretty cheap rates and the benefits are substantial.
5. It's up to you to market your business
If you can't sell your website and business to the public, who can? No one knows what you have to offer better than you do. Simply writing blog posts is not enough to bring people into your website. It takes a real life marketing approach. If you aren't a skilled marketer, you better have someone on your team who is.
Marketing isn't even about the money you spend, either. It's about getting the word out. It's probably not a good idea to buy advertising space to begin with. You can get equal exposure by participating in link exchanges with other websites in your field and by posting on related blogs. Be liberal in letting people know about your website. If this is a problem for you, then maybe you aren't passionate enough about your business. That would be a much larger problem.
6. Make a newsletter
Online businesses can only succeed if they can follow up with their customers. By having a newsletter and a mailing list of former and potential customers, you have an instant avenue that promotes communication between you and your valued customers. This is one of the best ways to promote repeat business, get the word out about new products or services, and boost your page hits in the process. But you also have to be careful with it. Make sure to have an unsubscribe link, and never send it to people by default make sure you get their permission first or you may just end up pissing them off.
7. Don't be afraid to promote your business offline
Just because you're an online business doesn't mean that you have to promote your business specifically on the internet. Promotional flyers can be cheap to mass produce and give you an opportunity to reach a different demographic. Realize that many of your potential customers don't spend every hour of the day on their computer. If you market to them, they will find a computer in order to access your website and learn about your business.
8. Offer something of quality
If this list was designed based upon the importance of each tip, this one would be on the top. Your online business will only be successful if there is some service or product that is of high quality. It doesn't matter how many people come to your website if the services provided are shoddy. They won't stick around in that case. Your product or service is the best representation of your business that a customer can see. Make sure it's something you'd be proud to offer anyone - even your mother.
9. Be willing to adapt your business ideas
If you are going to be in business for the long haul, be prepared to alter your business plan if necessary. Business in general is a highly volatile thing that is always changing. The change is even greater on the internet, where news and ideas can be exchanged in mere seconds. If you hear of an idea that can help your business to grow, don't be afraid to learn more about it and eventually implement it. Being among the first companies to implement a certain marketing technique or other idea can be a very beneficial thing; but as with other tips you need to be cautious with this one as well jumping in head first without doing the research on a new technique could destroy you if that technique happens to flop later on.
10. Keep them coming back for more
Getting visitors to come to your website is only half of the battle. You've got to have something to keep them coming back for more. Ideally, your services and products will be enough to accomplish this task. If they aren't, then other things such as contests, downloads, and interesting content can do the trick.
Hopefully you've learned bit about how to be successful in Online Business. By no means is this an all-encompassing list, or even a super great list for that matter. This is meant only to provide you with a basic foundation for what you need to do. I could sit here and tell you step by step how to accomplish each of these steps - but that would take entirely too long and you wouldn't learn it as well as you will doing it yourself.
About the Author
Web Business Talk was founded in 2004 as a place for anyone interested in Online Business to come and have a chat with fellow interested persons. Over the years, many have come and gone, and the site has been built up bit by bit to what it currently is today.
Rather than just providing information on forms of Internet Business, you can chat about any aspect of business, online or off. Web Business Talk also provides a place for Web Entrepaneurs to request or offer services, sites for sale, domain appraisals and much more.
Another main feature is the contests that are held from time to time, where you can earn money, prizes, or other random things if you'd like to participate. If you are interested in Business, Marketing, Finance, or anything in between, Web Business Talk is the place for you!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Balancing Time and Money when looking at Online Business Opportunities
The internet abounds with business opportunities for people looking to make extra money. Many of these opportunities are out right scams, some have great potential but include hidden traps and costs in time and money, some make great assumptions about your technical ability or the depth of your pocket and some are just plain stupid unproven ideas.
How do you begin? The first decision often overlooked is what are my available resources of time and money? You need to ask yourself whether you have the required time to research, develop, complete and run the business being presented? Be cautious about any, “You can make money in 15 mins from now” claims. That may be true in theory, but in reality it’s most unlikely, especially if it’s your first business online. They often include some technical setup and involve marketing methods that have their own learning curves. The financial return is likely to be a small amount requiring a great deal more time to make a living. The worst scenario is when the hidden financial costs involved with an opportunity cause you to come to a grinding halt or even worse still render you bankrupt or heavily in debt.
So how do you get around these problems? Firstly, don’t buy into the, “act before midnight” temptation and do as much homework on the offer as you can. If this is before midnight, all well and good but don’t be pressured. Good places to go are the forums, scam watch sites and basic search engines. Include both the program name and the author’s name when doing keyword research in the search engines. Get the response of others and if it has the slightest hint of suspicion, keep well clear. Be careful also of the responses that offer to help you if you, “join under them”. They may have another agenda!
Next, evaluate the track record of the opportunity and those presenting it. Businesses with a long established record may give you more security, but balance this with a realistic evaluation of market potential and whether your target group is saturated. You may well find you have a better chance with a new opportunity if those running it have a track record of success in other business ventures and want to expand their business portfolio. If there is no track record for either, then it may well be the next Microsoft, but it’s a big risk you have to evaluate carefully.
Next, do that all important research on the ongoing costs of both time and money. You probably won’t get answers to questions like, “How long will it take me to make a million?” but you may be able to find out what time and financial input are recommended to get you onto a path of financial security. If you’re really fortunate you may even get some examples and case studies of those who have achieved success in the industry.
Next, make the decision whether you have the time and money required to follow their recommendations. Can you really afford the time and money to achieve success online? Evaluate what sacrifices you will have to make and whether you have the agreement and support of your family.
Finally, take action. This could be to go ahead with a chosen opportunity or flush it and look for another. Either way be sure you do not get stuck with inactivity. Decide and move on.
When you evaluate the financial aspect you should consider a number of things. Ask yourself, is this expense training me, giving me resources to build a business myself, or buying in the services of someone already proven and experienced to do it for me? Consider too whether it’s the total expense or one of many. That will affect the overall time required to build your business.
Finally you need to evaluate whether you want to work your time, work your money or a combination of both. You must make an informed decision and take control of it.
How do you begin? The first decision often overlooked is what are my available resources of time and money? You need to ask yourself whether you have the required time to research, develop, complete and run the business being presented? Be cautious about any, “You can make money in 15 mins from now” claims. That may be true in theory, but in reality it’s most unlikely, especially if it’s your first business online. They often include some technical setup and involve marketing methods that have their own learning curves. The financial return is likely to be a small amount requiring a great deal more time to make a living. The worst scenario is when the hidden financial costs involved with an opportunity cause you to come to a grinding halt or even worse still render you bankrupt or heavily in debt.
So how do you get around these problems? Firstly, don’t buy into the, “act before midnight” temptation and do as much homework on the offer as you can. If this is before midnight, all well and good but don’t be pressured. Good places to go are the forums, scam watch sites and basic search engines. Include both the program name and the author’s name when doing keyword research in the search engines. Get the response of others and if it has the slightest hint of suspicion, keep well clear. Be careful also of the responses that offer to help you if you, “join under them”. They may have another agenda!
Next, evaluate the track record of the opportunity and those presenting it. Businesses with a long established record may give you more security, but balance this with a realistic evaluation of market potential and whether your target group is saturated. You may well find you have a better chance with a new opportunity if those running it have a track record of success in other business ventures and want to expand their business portfolio. If there is no track record for either, then it may well be the next Microsoft, but it’s a big risk you have to evaluate carefully.
Next, do that all important research on the ongoing costs of both time and money. You probably won’t get answers to questions like, “How long will it take me to make a million?” but you may be able to find out what time and financial input are recommended to get you onto a path of financial security. If you’re really fortunate you may even get some examples and case studies of those who have achieved success in the industry.
Next, make the decision whether you have the time and money required to follow their recommendations. Can you really afford the time and money to achieve success online? Evaluate what sacrifices you will have to make and whether you have the agreement and support of your family.
Finally, take action. This could be to go ahead with a chosen opportunity or flush it and look for another. Either way be sure you do not get stuck with inactivity. Decide and move on.
When you evaluate the financial aspect you should consider a number of things. Ask yourself, is this expense training me, giving me resources to build a business myself, or buying in the services of someone already proven and experienced to do it for me? Consider too whether it’s the total expense or one of many. That will affect the overall time required to build your business.
Finally you need to evaluate whether you want to work your time, work your money or a combination of both. You must make an informed decision and take control of it.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Affiliate Marketing, Anyone Can Do It?
How much do you know about affiliate marketing? Enough to become filthy rich or just enough to have a few extra dollars every month? Most fit the second description.
Prospective(?) millionaires will jump into affiliate marketing thinking all they have to do is get a Clinkbank link, choose a product they like, buy some cheap traffic, use some free traffic sources and start a PPC campaign. Soon after, they start the learning process. Cheap traffic isn't worth it, free traffic does not work unless you (know the secrets and methods) and PPC has proven to be a nightmare for many.
Now after a rough start our prospective millionaire is sitting scratching his head wondering where he went wrong. If you don't have a solution to his dilemma, you have a lot to learn before you can become a successful affiliate marketer.
OK, it seems he left out the first step (and that isn’t all). Research - research - research!
You will find many methods for this and everyone will tell you their's is the best. I was taught to find and research a certain group that are passionate about there interest. Take golf, these people are a very passionate group and their spending habits on golf related items proves this true. If you research the golf industry from the players prospective you will find everything from e-books on improving your swing to high dollar equipment and everything in between. You may find your research shows a totally saturation of this market and thus requires you to be a marketing wizard just to get a small piece of the action.
The point is you need training before you jump in or you may get discouraged and bow out early or actually lose a fair amount of money.
Another option is to make your own product, just an e-book will do and you don't need any knowledge of your subject. No knowledge, how is that possible?
Glad you asked. One (of many) ways would be to gain your knowledge form someone else. Say you wanted to stay with golf but create your own product. Very doable - find a club pro and tell him you are going to create an e- book and find out how much an hour of his time would be worth. I would think his hourly teaching rate would be his answer and if that's to high ask about thirty minutes. You should be able to find this for fifty to a hundred dollars. If you find it hard to pick a golf subject for your new e-book, get a suggestion from the pro as to what would be a subject most all golfers would find interest.
Then there is the marketing, a very big word that is ever changing and you better learn it rather than purchasing it. Other things to consider are knowing when to drop a product, protecting your commissions and on and on. I think you get the picture, it's not as easy as some would have you to believe. It's like most things in life, you are going to have to put in some time and probably money to find success, unless you are like I used to - I knew it all!
Done right affiliate marketing can give you a whole new lifestyle, but you will probably need a lot of help along the way.
New to writing, I am pursuing affiliate marketing as a full time job. Need additional help for affiliate marketing? Click the Link Below http://glenn1.info
Prospective(?) millionaires will jump into affiliate marketing thinking all they have to do is get a Clinkbank link, choose a product they like, buy some cheap traffic, use some free traffic sources and start a PPC campaign. Soon after, they start the learning process. Cheap traffic isn't worth it, free traffic does not work unless you (know the secrets and methods) and PPC has proven to be a nightmare for many.
Now after a rough start our prospective millionaire is sitting scratching his head wondering where he went wrong. If you don't have a solution to his dilemma, you have a lot to learn before you can become a successful affiliate marketer.
OK, it seems he left out the first step (and that isn’t all). Research - research - research!
You will find many methods for this and everyone will tell you their's is the best. I was taught to find and research a certain group that are passionate about there interest. Take golf, these people are a very passionate group and their spending habits on golf related items proves this true. If you research the golf industry from the players prospective you will find everything from e-books on improving your swing to high dollar equipment and everything in between. You may find your research shows a totally saturation of this market and thus requires you to be a marketing wizard just to get a small piece of the action.
The point is you need training before you jump in or you may get discouraged and bow out early or actually lose a fair amount of money.
Another option is to make your own product, just an e-book will do and you don't need any knowledge of your subject. No knowledge, how is that possible?
Glad you asked. One (of many) ways would be to gain your knowledge form someone else. Say you wanted to stay with golf but create your own product. Very doable - find a club pro and tell him you are going to create an e- book and find out how much an hour of his time would be worth. I would think his hourly teaching rate would be his answer and if that's to high ask about thirty minutes. You should be able to find this for fifty to a hundred dollars. If you find it hard to pick a golf subject for your new e-book, get a suggestion from the pro as to what would be a subject most all golfers would find interest.
Then there is the marketing, a very big word that is ever changing and you better learn it rather than purchasing it. Other things to consider are knowing when to drop a product, protecting your commissions and on and on. I think you get the picture, it's not as easy as some would have you to believe. It's like most things in life, you are going to have to put in some time and probably money to find success, unless you are like I used to - I knew it all!
Done right affiliate marketing can give you a whole new lifestyle, but you will probably need a lot of help along the way.
New to writing, I am pursuing affiliate marketing as a full time job. Need additional help for affiliate marketing? Click the Link Below http://glenn1.info
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Best Online Business – Make Huge Profits in an Hour a Day or Less!
This business is simple, can be started with just a few hundred dollars and has the potential for huge profits - in an hour a day or less and anyone can learn it. What is this best online business? Let’s find out.
Let’s look at the advantages of this best online business first and you will be surprised at what it is:
- Anyone can do it no college education is required.
- You can learn it in a few weeks.
- You only need a computer and an internet connection.
Best Online Business – Make Huge Profits in an Hour a Day or Less!
- You don’t need staff, stock or advertising, so no overhead.
- You can run it in an hour a day.
- You can take breaks or holidays when you wish.
- There is never a recession in this business.
- You have the potential to make profits everyday.
And lastly, let’s give you the huge advantage that allows you to build wealth quickly:
- Put up $500 and you can get $100,000 to trade in it no questions asked!
So what is this business?
It’s buying and selling currencies from home – HANG ON A MINUTE! You might thinking - I couldn’t do that, it’s too hard and to expensive well, read on and you will change your mind.
Today you can open an account with $500.00 and when you do your broker will allow you to trade 200 times what you have in your account. That’s a leverage of 200:1, so 200 x 500 = $100,000!
No questions asked, all you have to do is open an account and put your deposit down.
Leverage of course is a double edged sword and can work for or against you but with the right training and mindset you can run profits, cut losses and pile up big gains.
Can Anyone Learn to Trade?
In 1983 legendary trader Richard Dennis, took a group of people from all walks of life, of varying ages and educational levels and taught them a trading method in 14 days – he then sent them off to trade.
The Result?
They made $100 million for him and went onto be trading legends.
The fact is anyone can learn to trade successfully, if they have the desire to do so.
The best way to learn this business is to learn how to spot repetitive chart patterns ( so if you can read a graph ) you have the potential. All currencies trend i.e they move in a specific direction for sustained period of time.
By studying graphs your aim is to lock in and hold these trends for profit and cut your losers quickly.
In under an hour a day you could be making big profits with this method.
Of course, when there is big money to be made its not a walk in the park – but it’s not as hard as many people think either.
If you have desire and a willingness to learn, you can become successful.
The question is – are you up for the challenge?
If you are, congratulations! and welcome to the world of trading, the most exciting business in the world and one that can set you on the road to financial freedom, if you have the desire this business can change your financial future forever.
NEW! PROFESSIONAL FOREX COURSE AND FREE TRADING PDF's
For free trading guides and an exclusive Forex Trading Course visit our website at:
http://www.learncurrencytradingonline.com/index.
Let’s look at the advantages of this best online business first and you will be surprised at what it is:
- Anyone can do it no college education is required.
- You can learn it in a few weeks.
- You only need a computer and an internet connection.
Best Online Business – Make Huge Profits in an Hour a Day or Less!
- You don’t need staff, stock or advertising, so no overhead.
- You can run it in an hour a day.
- You can take breaks or holidays when you wish.
- There is never a recession in this business.
- You have the potential to make profits everyday.
And lastly, let’s give you the huge advantage that allows you to build wealth quickly:
- Put up $500 and you can get $100,000 to trade in it no questions asked!
So what is this business?
It’s buying and selling currencies from home – HANG ON A MINUTE! You might thinking - I couldn’t do that, it’s too hard and to expensive well, read on and you will change your mind.
Today you can open an account with $500.00 and when you do your broker will allow you to trade 200 times what you have in your account. That’s a leverage of 200:1, so 200 x 500 = $100,000!
No questions asked, all you have to do is open an account and put your deposit down.
Leverage of course is a double edged sword and can work for or against you but with the right training and mindset you can run profits, cut losses and pile up big gains.
Can Anyone Learn to Trade?
In 1983 legendary trader Richard Dennis, took a group of people from all walks of life, of varying ages and educational levels and taught them a trading method in 14 days – he then sent them off to trade.
The Result?
They made $100 million for him and went onto be trading legends.
The fact is anyone can learn to trade successfully, if they have the desire to do so.
The best way to learn this business is to learn how to spot repetitive chart patterns ( so if you can read a graph ) you have the potential. All currencies trend i.e they move in a specific direction for sustained period of time.
By studying graphs your aim is to lock in and hold these trends for profit and cut your losers quickly.
In under an hour a day you could be making big profits with this method.
Of course, when there is big money to be made its not a walk in the park – but it’s not as hard as many people think either.
If you have desire and a willingness to learn, you can become successful.
The question is – are you up for the challenge?
If you are, congratulations! and welcome to the world of trading, the most exciting business in the world and one that can set you on the road to financial freedom, if you have the desire this business can change your financial future forever.
NEW! PROFESSIONAL FOREX COURSE AND FREE TRADING PDF's
For free trading guides and an exclusive Forex Trading Course visit our website at:
http://www.learncurrencytradingonline.com/index.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Its Easy To Earn Money On The Internet
You must have heard about how great the Internet is for making money. However do you know that Internet money making opportunities are easy to come by? Here we show you some useful tips to earn money on the Internet.
Start writing!
If you have always loved writing as a hobby, you can now make it an Internet money making opportunity for yourself. Sitting at home you can start blogging or writing articles to directories. You earn money on the Internet for every article you write and the pay is generally very good. By using keywords in your articles you can make them search engine friendly as well. There are numerous opportunities for writers right from writing e-books, to SEO based articles, to blogging, to writing website content to even product reviews. The scope is unlimited. So its time you started exploring this Internet money making opportunity.
Become an affiliate marketer
Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn money on the Internet. There are scores of companies who are eager to promote their products and services. You can start advertising their products and services on your own website. For every sale that gets made on your referral you earn a good commission. Like that you can be affiliated to several companies thus increasing your chances at Internet money making opportunities. You'll be surprised at how quickly you'll start earning online.
PPC
If you have an existing website of your own, you can have several Pay Per Click campaigns on other search engines. PPC campaigns work on the principle of attracting customers to your site through clicks on ads placed in search engines. Especially if your ad is interesting and the search engine is popular, you stand more chances to earn money on the Internet. For every click by a customer you earn a certain percentage. Thus imagine the amount you could earn every month!
Franchising
Franchising is another great way to maximize your Internet money making potential. The way it works is that you promote another brands products or services. You could set up your own online store to upload information on the brands products. The reason it is risk-free compared to other businesses is that you hardly need much investment, you have complete access to an established network of suppliers and best of all are associated with an already popular brand which means you don't need to run around spending on advertising campaigns. The brand does it all for you. This is a great way to earn money on the Internet.
Online store
There is another Internet money making opportunity which is perfectly legitimate. All you need to do is set up your own online store. You can then rent out this store to anyone who wishes to sell their products. It works pretty much like any of the online shopping sites that are free for all. Every time any one listed on your store makes a sale, you get a commission. This way you're not only earning commissions from hundreds of sellers on your site, you get to earn money on the Internet without having any product of your own!
Your options to earn money on the Internet are limitless. Whether its writing, franchising or just being an affiliate marketer- you can still earn money the easy way. Check out http://www.goodinternetmoney.com today and get ready for success!
Start writing!
If you have always loved writing as a hobby, you can now make it an Internet money making opportunity for yourself. Sitting at home you can start blogging or writing articles to directories. You earn money on the Internet for every article you write and the pay is generally very good. By using keywords in your articles you can make them search engine friendly as well. There are numerous opportunities for writers right from writing e-books, to SEO based articles, to blogging, to writing website content to even product reviews. The scope is unlimited. So its time you started exploring this Internet money making opportunity.
Become an affiliate marketer
Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn money on the Internet. There are scores of companies who are eager to promote their products and services. You can start advertising their products and services on your own website. For every sale that gets made on your referral you earn a good commission. Like that you can be affiliated to several companies thus increasing your chances at Internet money making opportunities. You'll be surprised at how quickly you'll start earning online.
PPC
If you have an existing website of your own, you can have several Pay Per Click campaigns on other search engines. PPC campaigns work on the principle of attracting customers to your site through clicks on ads placed in search engines. Especially if your ad is interesting and the search engine is popular, you stand more chances to earn money on the Internet. For every click by a customer you earn a certain percentage. Thus imagine the amount you could earn every month!
Franchising
Franchising is another great way to maximize your Internet money making potential. The way it works is that you promote another brands products or services. You could set up your own online store to upload information on the brands products. The reason it is risk-free compared to other businesses is that you hardly need much investment, you have complete access to an established network of suppliers and best of all are associated with an already popular brand which means you don't need to run around spending on advertising campaigns. The brand does it all for you. This is a great way to earn money on the Internet.
Online store
There is another Internet money making opportunity which is perfectly legitimate. All you need to do is set up your own online store. You can then rent out this store to anyone who wishes to sell their products. It works pretty much like any of the online shopping sites that are free for all. Every time any one listed on your store makes a sale, you get a commission. This way you're not only earning commissions from hundreds of sellers on your site, you get to earn money on the Internet without having any product of your own!
Your options to earn money on the Internet are limitless. Whether its writing, franchising or just being an affiliate marketer- you can still earn money the easy way. Check out http://www.goodinternetmoney.com today and get ready for success!
Top Rated Online Business Opportunity
This top rated online business opportunity will have you earning $7K-40K/month.
Now many people would accuse me for making such a bold statement, but let me tell you this is very possible and it's a living reality. It's true that many online business opportunities are scams but anyone with logical knowledge can easily spot a scam when they rate it according to certain criteria. Just one very important point before we take a look at the criteria. Lets say you don't have any computer skills, would you rather try to learn all the phases on how to create your own online business or would you join an existing online business opportunity that's already proven to work?
Now lets take a look at 5 strict criteria that any top rated online business opportunity should meet:
1.Every effort you do should give the maximum results it possibly
can, This way you'll get better results for what you're doing.
Here is an example:
One of the main things that you have to consider when joining any
online business opportunity is the amount of money you earn per
sale. I mean would you rather make 4 sales in a week for $200 or
$1000 each? I hope that answer is quite obvious to you.
2.How well does the online business opportunity your driving traffic
to convert? The online business opportunity should have a great
video presentation. Do you think text, no matter how good will
ever have a chance to convert better than a good video presentation?
3.The online business opportunity should leverage your efforts.
4.The online business opportunity should also build your list With a
Variety of proven capture pages to choose from and have a build in
autoresponder that will follow up on your prospects automatically
and give you the ability to email the list it builds you.
5.Before you join you should be able to contact a real person that
has the ability to answer any questions that you may have regarding
the online business opportunity.
Now if you look at these five topics any online business opportunity that meets them should do pretty well if you can just drive a good amount of traffic to your capture page right? Yes, because if you don't have any way your customers can reach you via phone your going to lose a lot of money! That's literately like throwing $100 bills out the window every minute while your driving.
Now you may think yeah ok, this online business sounds pretty good but I'm not really a sells person and I don't know how&where to advertise, or you might say that you hate selling! No worries, this online business opportunity gives you your own personal sales assistant that will answer all of your prospects questions&closes all your sales for you, thats it! The hardest part is done for you, the selling!
This online business opportunity also meets all the above criteria! Now hang on just a sec, read that again carefully! Now if that's not enough this online business opportunity can also do your advertising for you, but the advertising is unlike the normal rotators that they usually promise you, this online business opportunity will give your capture page to a 5 year experienced marketing veteran that will advertise your website in a dozen of proven ways as if it's his very own!
I Hope you really read all this carefully and realized that the main way to make money online with an online business opportunity is how well it converts and how much money you get for each sale. I promise you this online business opportunity has a video presentation like no other, it converts like nothing I have ever seen... just come and see for yourself.
Now you know how to spot a top rated online business opportunity... and that you've found a top rated online business opportunity that can easily earn you $7,000 - $40,000 per month! Visit my site right now... http://1000-every-day.com
Now many people would accuse me for making such a bold statement, but let me tell you this is very possible and it's a living reality. It's true that many online business opportunities are scams but anyone with logical knowledge can easily spot a scam when they rate it according to certain criteria. Just one very important point before we take a look at the criteria. Lets say you don't have any computer skills, would you rather try to learn all the phases on how to create your own online business or would you join an existing online business opportunity that's already proven to work?
Now lets take a look at 5 strict criteria that any top rated online business opportunity should meet:
1.Every effort you do should give the maximum results it possibly
can, This way you'll get better results for what you're doing.
Here is an example:
One of the main things that you have to consider when joining any
online business opportunity is the amount of money you earn per
sale. I mean would you rather make 4 sales in a week for $200 or
$1000 each? I hope that answer is quite obvious to you.
2.How well does the online business opportunity your driving traffic
to convert? The online business opportunity should have a great
video presentation. Do you think text, no matter how good will
ever have a chance to convert better than a good video presentation?
3.The online business opportunity should leverage your efforts.
4.The online business opportunity should also build your list With a
Variety of proven capture pages to choose from and have a build in
autoresponder that will follow up on your prospects automatically
and give you the ability to email the list it builds you.
5.Before you join you should be able to contact a real person that
has the ability to answer any questions that you may have regarding
the online business opportunity.
Now if you look at these five topics any online business opportunity that meets them should do pretty well if you can just drive a good amount of traffic to your capture page right? Yes, because if you don't have any way your customers can reach you via phone your going to lose a lot of money! That's literately like throwing $100 bills out the window every minute while your driving.
Now you may think yeah ok, this online business sounds pretty good but I'm not really a sells person and I don't know how&where to advertise, or you might say that you hate selling! No worries, this online business opportunity gives you your own personal sales assistant that will answer all of your prospects questions&closes all your sales for you, thats it! The hardest part is done for you, the selling!
This online business opportunity also meets all the above criteria! Now hang on just a sec, read that again carefully! Now if that's not enough this online business opportunity can also do your advertising for you, but the advertising is unlike the normal rotators that they usually promise you, this online business opportunity will give your capture page to a 5 year experienced marketing veteran that will advertise your website in a dozen of proven ways as if it's his very own!
I Hope you really read all this carefully and realized that the main way to make money online with an online business opportunity is how well it converts and how much money you get for each sale. I promise you this online business opportunity has a video presentation like no other, it converts like nothing I have ever seen... just come and see for yourself.
Now you know how to spot a top rated online business opportunity... and that you've found a top rated online business opportunity that can easily earn you $7,000 - $40,000 per month! Visit my site right now... http://1000-every-day.com
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