Wow, I have been online for awhile now and think I have
seen just about every scheme and scam known to man, but I
am sure there are a few more.
It seems there is no shortage of multi-level matrixes and
free affiliate programs and gifting programs. It is
interesting to me how these programs promise so much money
and also how they focus on the get-rich-quick theme.
I am a firm believer that when you are looking to see what
works, you have to look at those who are making money, who
are successful, and see what they do. Not necessarily,
what they say they do, but what they really do.
I have seen two things online that seem to make money, when
they are applied correctly. 1) A person writes an ebook
about something he (or she) has specialized information
about and others might want, and promotes it to the "right
crowd" and 2) A person gets good at promoting other
people's products online.
Obviously the hardest thing to do is to write your own
ebook and start selling it, especially if you are just
getting started. So I recommend the following strategy:
Start by selling other people's products, and while you are
selling their products and learning the ropes of selling
online, begin creating your own product.
How do you start selling other people's products? First,
you must determine what products are good and which aren't
(because you don't want to promote products that don't
work). Second, you must determine which products pay and
which do not. Not only do you have to look at the
commission amount per sale, but also the probability that
you will get paid. Now, the only sure way to find out for
sure is to send some traffic to someone's site and see what
happens. Third, you must get the word out that you have
quality information and quality links for people to go to.
Let's go through each of these one by one. How do you
determine which are good and which aren't? The best way to
do it is to buy the product. Read it, try it out, see if
it is worth what you paid for it and ask yourself if you
could honestly promote that product. If it is everything
the sales page promised it to be, then it has passed the
first test.
How do you determine what pays (and if you really get
paid!)? First, to determine what it pays, click through to
the affiliate section of the web site and you should be
able to see what it pays. Deciding if it really pays is a
tougher issue. See if you can find complaints online.
Keep in mind, everyone tends to get a few complaints,
especially if they are doing much business at all. So read
the complaints, and get a feel for the company. Just don't
shy away because of one or two complaints. The next thing
you should do is start by promoting several products at one
time. If you have done your research correctly, at least
some of them should pay like they say they will. Once you
have established kind of a 'benchmark', how much you make
per lead you send them, you can simply stop promoting the
ones that convert fewer of the leads, and add in new
affiliate programs to replace them. Although it may be
slow-going at first, once you get a stable of good strong
companies for which to sell, it will be well worth the time.
While you are promoting other people's products, start
producing your own. There are plenty of good resources
online that can teach you how to do that and give you great
ideas. Once you have your product and sales page
generated, start rotating it in with your affiliate links.
If at first it doesn't sell well, you may need to tweak
your sales page. Remember, it probably won't perform as
well as your affiliate sites at first; they have had more
time to perfect the sales page.
Now get to work! Your dream of an online business really
can come true, you just have to work at it!
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Westly Lager is a success mentor and coach helping teach
people how to work online. With Westly's experience and
expertise you can't go wrong. See how Westly can help you
today by visiting http://nicheannihilationmethod.org also
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