How long did it take for your first sale?

[newBum76]

I know this will be different for everyone, but I'm curious to hear from all the article marketing experts how long it took you as a beginner to make your very first sale online? I've read about a lot of newbies who've been at it for months and made nothing at all.........please tell me this isn't the norm!

[dzulnaz]

Hello newBum76,

To make a first sale is not hard as we heard.. We can make our first sale just in the forum. But to archive a powerful sales is hard.

I am also searching the ways to archive it. But for me the easiest way to maintain sell was by PPC, but must spend a little for it.

Regards Nasrun

[yommys01]

My first sale came after 7 months and my first 100 dollars after a year but I now have an empire.

I am not yet rich but the difference is clear. I know many things now cos I did not think of making money initially but built a knowledge base first.

Was frustrating anf tasking but I am a better person for it.

[Michael Franklin]

Hello newBum76,

When I first started out, it took about 2 weeks to make a sale, but it was the best 2 weeks of my life!

Let me explain.....I held myself to a high standard when I began article marketing. I said to myself, "Michael, every day that you don't make a sale, you are going to research AND apply some aspect of article marketing that you currently do not incorporate....and then apply to all of your future articles."

I took on the persona of a "lifeong learner". There were unlimited concepts to learn so I pinpointed ones that successful article marketers employed.....I came across this forum and article marketing e-books and modelled what worked.

Many sales later, I still commit to new concepts and methods in article marketing. If you go in with the mentality of being a "lifelong learner", you will be amazed by how quickly you see results.

Just commit, have patience, and watch your results bloom!

[Sven Schoene]

Originally Posted by Michael Franklin

Hello newBum76,

When I first started out, it took about 2 weeks to make a sale, but it was the best 2 weeks of my life!

Let me explain.....I held myself to a high standard when I began article marketing. I said to myself, "Michael, every day that you don't make a sale, you are going to research AND apply some aspect of article marketing that you currently do not incorporate....and then apply to all of your future articles."

I took on the persona of a "lifeong learner". There were unlimited concepts to learn so I pinpointed ones that successful article marketers employed.....I came across this forum and article marketing e-books and modelled what worked.

Many sales alter, I still commit to new concepts and methods in article marketing. If you go in with the mentality of being a "lifelong learner", you will be amazed by how quickly you see results.

Just commit, have patience, and watch your results bloom!

Hey Michael, I think I can predict a successful future for you...


Seriously, it's nice to see people around here who understand the "liflong learner"-principle, as you called it. It's the key to any kind of success in life, not just with making money. For example, I know a few people who are a bit older than me (I'm 21) and already have a job. Now, that's great for them... If they wouldn't hate their job.


The optimist and "you can do anything"-type of guy that I am, what absolutely super crazy suggestion did I make? Right, you guessed it: "Just get a new job."


You do not believe how many times I've heard the answer "But I do not have any other skills, what shall I do?" It's driving me crazy! I mean, when in life does a person reach the point where they have the feeling that they cannot learn anything new and have to master life with the skills and knowledge that they already have? I promise you that I will never come to this point! Do you come out of school/college/apprenticeship and have left your ability to learn something new there? It's like when life does not absolutely demand learning something new from you that you just stop doing it. I don't get it.


Sorry for the emotional response, but I just talked about this matter with a friend today. Your post, Michael, struck a chord with me. Keep on doing your thing. With this attitude you just cannot lose!

[newBum76]

Thanks Michael, sounds like some great advice! I truly believe that attitude and mindset is half the battle when taking on any kind of challenge. Having that "lifelong learner" mindset keeps your mind open to new things that might otherwise be overlooked.

[easylearning]

It did not take long to make my first sale. I used at first the bum marketing method and submited a few articles to articles directories like ezine. Then one week later, I had my first sale.

[newBum76]

Originally Posted by easylearning

It did not take long to make my first sale. I used at first the bum marketing method and submited a few articles to articles directories like ezine. Then one week later, I had my first sale.

Was this for clickbank?

[easylearning]

Yes, I used it with clickbank at first. But a little later, I tried cpa offer with Pay per sales and it converted better. Clickbank products are sold by too many people and because of the competition, you will get less sales than with an affiliate product.

[artsub]

Michael... Top answer... it's always frustrating when people get on and post for the sake of posting... I love to see good quality answers like that.

NewBum76... I know this is not really answering your question, but I am curious... why article marketing? (I know it's free, but there are other free methods out there)

[newBum76]

artsub.....to be honest, article marketing is the only thing I know anything about. I'm brand spankin new at this and have only been researching internet marketing for the past few days. If you know of any other great free methods then I'm all ears! And thanks!

[mcloud0729]

Originally Posted by newBum76

I know this will be different for everyone, but I'm curious to hear from all the article marketing experts how long it took you as a beginner to make your very first sale online? I've read about a lot of newbies who've been at it for months and made nothing at all.........please tell me this isn't the norm!

I took me about one week to make my first sale. I think the reason most people find it hard to start making money online is because they think they have to know how to make a website or have to be an expert in a certain type of niche. Not true at all.

I am by no means an expert in the niche that I use, although I do know *some* about it. My first sale came 2 days ago actually resulting in $62.11. Now, although I spent about 2-3 hours total writing articles in order to get traffic, it has paid off.

As long as you put your mind to it and actually LEARN what you have to do in order to start making money, it will come fast. Don't just buy something that says it will make you $2,000 in 48 hours or something, you want to actually know HOW and WHY you are making the money that you do. Good luck with your IM adventure

Oh, and thank you everyone on this forum for all the help. I hope I will get good enough with IM that I can contribute back to the community.

[newBum76]

Originally Posted by mcloud0729

I took me about one week to make my first sale. I think the reason most people find it hard to start making money online is because they think they have to know how to make a website or have to be an expert in a certain type of niche. Not true at all.

I am by no means an expert in the niche that I use, although I do know *some* about it. My first sale came 2 days ago actually resulting in $62.11. Now, although I spent about 2-3 hours total writing articles in order to get traffic, it has paid off.

As long as you put your mind to it and actually LEARN what you have to do in order to start making money, it will come fast. Don't just buy something that says it will make you $2,000 in 48 hours or something, you want to actually know HOW and WHY you are making the money that you do. Good luck with your IM adventure

Oh, and thank you everyone on this forum for all the help. I hope I will get good enough with IM that I can contribute back to the community.

Thanks mcloud, very motivating post! Are you using bum marketing?

[Matt Wolfe]

I actually made my first money online after about a week. That was with a blog with adsense. I received my first clicks after like a week of backlinking like crazy.

My first sale, on the other hand, just came about two weeks ago. I purchased an ebook that came highly recommend, followed the step by step process to the letter, and I made $75 within 3 hours of the campaign going live.

[newBum76]

Matt....I'd definitely like to know what e-bpok you got that helped you, are you willing to share?

[easylearning]

Originally Posted by newBum76

artsub.....to be honest, article marketing is the only thing I know anything about. I'm brand spankin new at this and have only been researching internet marketing for the past few days. If you know of any other great free methods then I'm all ears! And thanks!

You should try to combine the bum marketing method with writing on Associated content and Burkisa. This way, you will make some money even if you don't make sales.

[Lindsay Brynn]

It didn't take me long at all once I started putting things into action. I made a sale the same day I started but that was with a PPC test. My first sale from article marketing came within a week or two because of the wait time from EZA before I had a platinum account. It definitely doesn't have to take long - you just have to keep working at it.

[easylearning]

Lindsay Brynn: was the sale bigger than the ammount of money you put in PPC?

[yesacpow]

I made my first sale in about two weeks after reading Travis Sago's bummarketing method and applying what I had discovered. The next sale came 3 days later and the other one around 5 days later.

[newBum76]

Originally Posted by yesacpow

I made my first sale in about two weeks after reading Travis Sago's bummarketing method and applying what I had discovered. The next sale came 3 days later and the other one around 5 days later.

Awesome, that is very encouraging! So all you did was apply Travis' techniques and use clickbank?

[TheGodfather]

Originally Posted by Sven Schoene

Hey Michael, I think I can predict a successful future for you...


Seriously, it's nice to see people around here who understand the "liflong learner"-principle, as you called it. It's the key to any kind of success in life, not just with making money. For example, I know a few people who are a bit older than me (I'm 21) and already have a job. Now, that's great for them... If they wouldn't hate their job.


The optimist and "you can do anything"-type of guy that I am, what absolutely super crazy suggestion did I make? Right, you guessed it: "Just get a new job."


You do not believe how many times I've heard the answer "But I do not have any other skills, what shall I do?" It's driving me crazy! I mean, when in life does a person reach the point where they have the feeling that they cannot learn anything new and have to master life with the skills and knowledge that they already have? I promise you that I will never come to this point! Do you come out of school/college/apprenticeship and have left your ability to learn something new there? It's like when life does not absolutely demand learning something new from you that you just stop doing it. I don't get it.


Sorry for the emotional response, but I just talked about this matter with a friend today. Your post, Michael, struck a chord with me. Keep on doing your thing. With this attitude you just cannot lose!

I was reading this post and just taught to give my ¢2 on it...

People are afraid of change, that is why they panic when it's time to pickup a book and learn something new. I always am glad to pickup a book and learn something new from it, I enjoy it and do not see it as something that HAS TO BE DONE but something that will help me solve something.

Lemme tell you a little story...

back in elementary school around 8th grade, i started to learn how to program... other kids taught i was nuts. I studied and studied and since then 6 years has passed. Today I'm at the university of electronics and we had programming in our 2nd semester. This is what happened: i got to teach the other students programming, as a demonstrator, while the other kids, the ones that were laughing at me before, scratched their heads where the hell did i learn to program so good.

So the moral of the story is: if you learn something new, you can always find new ways to use it. Just remain with an open mind.

Take up speed reading, reading at 1200 words per minute is great... takes a bit of practice, though.... but it will save you time later...

Just think of learning new stuff and skills as a investment that will pay off greatly in the future.

Thanks,
TheGodfather

[Joe Walter]

Mine came 2 days after I set up my first site. I tried all that article marketing stuff, for a few weeks but that didn't work for me. I decided to go a different route and build my own site, selling my own product. Within 2 days of my PPC (Adwords) campaign going live, I made a sale. So all in all, about 4 weeks.

[Sven Schoene]

Originally Posted by TheGodfather

I was reading this post and just taught to give my ¢2 on it...

People are afraid of change, that is why they panic when it's time to pickup a book and learn something new. I always am glad to pickup a book and learn something new from it, I enjoy it and do not see it as something that HAS TO BE DONE but something that will help me solve something.

Lemme tell you a little story...

back in elementary school around 8th grade, i started to learn how to program... other kids taught i was nuts. I studied and studied and since then 6 years has passed. Today I'm at the university of electronics and we had programming in our 2nd semester. This is what happened: i got to teach the other students programming, as a demonstrator, while the other kids, the ones that were laughing at me before, scratched their heads where the hell did i learn to program so good.

So the moral of the story is: if you learn something new, you can always find new ways to use it. Just remain with an open mind.

Take up speed reading, reading at 1200 words per minute is great... takes a bit of practice, though.... but it will save you time later...

Just think of learning new stuff and skills as a investment that will pay off greatly in the future.

Thanks,
TheGodfather

Exactly! Also, you will be surprised by how well your various skills will work in synergy if you are able to use them creatively. Never thought I could make money by combining all my strengths.


Oh, and: Great story, reminds me of myself. I've written my first BASIC-program with eight years old. Needless to say that the other students (regardless of the grade) always wondered why I loved programming so much and what I wanted to do with it. Only at the 12th and 13th grade my fellow students saw the benefits when I made myself a nice side-income with this exact skill...

[TheGodfather]

Originally Posted by Sven Schoene

Exactly! Also, you will be surprised by how well your various skills will work in synergy if you are able to use them creatively. Never thought I could make money by combining all my strengths.


Oh, and: Great story, reminds me of myself. I've written my first BASIC-program with eight years old. Needless to say that the other students (regardless of the grade) always wondered why I loved programming so much and what I wanted to do with it. Only at the 12th and 13th grade my fellow students saw the benefits when I made myself a nice side-income with this exact skill...

well i'll be making a series of videos on C programming soon... need to organize it a bit... and I'll be doing it in a problem-solution way so i can illustrate the thinking process of a programmer to the public...

i'll be doing this mostly for 3 of my friends who failed a whole year because of programming... but i'm thinking of marketing it as well...

[Sven Schoene]

Originally Posted by TheGodfather

well i'll be making a series of videos on C programming soon... need to organize it a bit... and I'll be doing it in a problem-solution way so i can illustrate the thinking process of a programmer to the public...

i'll be doing this mostly for 3 of my friends who failed a whole year because of programming... but i'm thinking of marketing it as well...

Hehe, I also thought about going into the programming niche. I think it's a niche with quite a lot of potential since not as much marketing stuff seems to be applied there than in many other niches (IM, dating, traveling, health). Maybe the target audience is too web-savvy to fall for the most blantant marketing tricks and techniques? Who knows.


Anyway, I scratched the idea for now but I wish you a whole lot of luck with this, if you really are going to publish your work outside of your friends. A few years ago I would have killed for nicely-done C++-videos. I bet you that there is a whole lot of money in this market. Go for it!

[Michael Franklin]

Originally Posted by newBum76

Awesome, that is very encouraging! So all you did was apply Travis' techniques and use clickbank?

Hi NewBum76!

You will have a great head start just by applying his techniques and promoting affiliate products.....To be honest, there are two areas that his course should touch upon but doesn't:

1) Strength of Competition - PageRank of top 10 results on Google for your keyword

2) Backlinks - Giving your article more weight in Google's results by linking to your article from high PageRank sites.

The general theory is right on but just keep these 2 above areas in mind....There's plenty of content on Warrior Forum that will get you up to speed on these 2 areas.

P.S. Travis, if you happen to read this, please try and update your bum marketing course!

[ramone_johnny]

I recently put a site together for my partner (wordpress blog) and it was online for less than 2 weeks, with only 4 articles published and it made a sale. No article marketing or any other form of marketing whatsoever.

The money really is in the choice of keywords

[edhan]

My first sale is an affiliate sale after I bought it. I tested it and love it. So, ended up promoting it and got sale in a month. I do believe the easiest sale to make will be affiliate product as it has been tested by many. Of course for me, I want to test the product myself before promoting it as I will know about it. That is the best way of promotion by knowing what you are selling.

And making the first sale was a joy in life. It is the greatest achievement for a start. And thereafter you will see more sales coming down the way.

[thomashoi]

started internet marketing few years back, used ppc to drive traffic
to my website and sold some physical products about 1-2 months later....

My big breakthrough came about 6 months later when I made my
First $1000 In A Day. I shared my story with fellow warrior members
here: My first $1000 In A Day......

I hope this will give you guys some motivation and put in your
brain that Internet marketing is real and it's impossible not
to make money if you have the right education!

[Kevin Marshall]

I made my first sale about a month after I started article marketing. My clickbank sales seem to have tallied off, but I recently made my first Amazon sale, and my Adsense money is starting to really take off! It has taken time and will continue to take time, but you can make a sale pretty quickly if you put your mind to it.

[mcloud0729]

Originally Posted by newBum76

Thanks mcloud, very motivating post! Are you using bum marketing?

Yes, I have not paid a single $0.01 to get traffic to my website. I wrote articles and they have brought in a decent amount of traffic.

[Pat Jackson]

Do you see what the underlying factor in all of these posts is?

The first sale came shortly after they took action and implemented what they had learned.

It's not much of a secret. Choose a path and take consistent action on it!

[trentd]

My first sale was after probably about a month, and the method was dodgy, black hat and the sale I got was very lucky.

Yet it still kept me going, but I didn't start to see any results for another two months. It's amazing what can happen when you don't have any plan of action.

[MarkWrites]

The worst thing that ever happened to me was my first sale in IM came very fast. That put me in a mindset of "this stuff is easy" and I was soon replicating processes that I should've abandoned. That one stray sale in the beginning cost me probably three months worth of time as I tried to duplicate it while using poor methods.

[Sven Schoene]

Originally Posted by Pat Jackson

Do you see what the underlying factor in all of these posts is?

The first sale came shortly after they took action and implemented what they had learned.

It's not much of a secret. Choose a path and take consistent action on it!

Excellent point here, Pat! Action actually is the key to everything in life. Each action is a direct change to the world, it's our way of interacting with our environment.


On the other hand, learning and reflecting and thinking and all this mind-stuff is important, too. The things that we have inside are going to determine the type of things that we are putting on the outside (speak: action). It just happens to be that learning and reading and writing here is physically easier so people stop taking action. Yes, we human beings are weird creatures...

[Joe Walter]

Originally Posted by Pat Jackson

Do you see what the underlying factor in all of these posts is?

The first sale came shortly after they took action and implemented what they had learned.

It's not much of a secret. Choose a path and take consistent action on it!

What Pat said..

No action = no sales.

But ofcource you need to have a little understanding of what your doing.

It's not as easy as building a sales page, and selling a product. Theres alot of other factors involved such as the quality of the content. You also need to drive traffic to your site. I prefer the paid traffic way, saves alot of my time so I can get on with what I enjoy doing.

Don't be afraid to start, if you fail then thats business for you. Failing at something, and not giving up will only make you stronger. Also, bare in mind that every succesful business failed at some point in the beginning.

[aboutalhah]

Very interesting what you've just said.

I think many people are in this case. Making a first sale fast doesn't mean you are building a business.

Franck

Originally Posted by MarkWrites

The worst thing that ever happened to me was my first sale in IM came very fast. That put me in a mindset of "this stuff is easy" and I was soon replicating processes that I should've abandoned. That one stray sale in the beginning cost me probably three months worth of time as I tried to duplicate it while using poor methods.

[JakeRhodes]

It only took us a couple of days to make our first sale, but we did have a popular free site already set up which we were able to promote on heavily. Still it did feel great when that first sale came in.

[la dominatrix]

Originally Posted by alanmag1983

My advice is as follows:

1. Get rid of the "get rich" mindset that all you have to do is what the Goobers tell you and you'll become a millionaire with money popping out of your computer. This is a real business you're runing here.
2. Don't jump around. Trying 20 things from your arsenal of ebooks won't cut it. Start with one method, and stick to it.
3. Build a list by providing quality things to them. You aren't marketing any products, but rather yourself. Your list must know and trust you, and must have knowledge of your credibility.
4. Sounds cliche, but don't give up. It too me years to make a fairly consistant income online. People offline may try to tell you that making money online isn't possible, but its simply lack of knowledge that is coming from them. Just take their opinions with a grain of salt if they don't know anything about internet marketing.

Hope this helps,
Alan

Could not agree more. A standard time is not possible it depends on the niche, the way it is marketed , the products you choose to market and your commitment.However success is not an accident, it is the result of finding a principal that works for you, an idea that you are ahhpy with and a course of action that is in agreement with your values. Despite the fact it is not an accident success does not come from two hours work a week, it seems to me most of the super affiliates out there work exceptionally hard.
La Dominatrix

[Mustafa Khundmiri]

Made my first sale in about 10 days or so, which did not come directly, but through one of my promotions to my tiny email list that was still in it's infancy stage. That's because I started to build my list right from the start, and this was just the beginning.

[medallion]

NewBum76,

Hi there.

I understand where you're coming from, and it is different for everyone.

However, as others have said, it is about learning, and choosing a method, and refining it.

I artuicle market, I build websites, I write in forums, I advertise on Adwords, pretty much, a wide gammut of things online, as they all work together.

I work out a plan, and each day, follow it, and little by little, it all adds up.

I have found that following a plan is imperatiove to your success, as is learning, on a constant basis.

Thios does not mean, just buy every course, but actually apply everything that you learn, and build slowly.

You may not see a big difference in a week or even a month.

However, given a few months, and certainly a year, you'll know much more, be more experienced and have success building under your belt.


Martin Cohn

Hostingsuccess.com/delavo

[Slyknight]

Originally Posted by newBum76

I know this will be different for everyone, but I'm curious to hear from all the article marketing experts how long it took you as a beginner to make your very first sale online? I've read about a lot of newbies who've been at it for months and made nothing at all.........please tell me this isn't the norm!

It took me two months "working" 14 hours per week. That was the most proud $17.95 I've ever earned.

[Swastik]

It took me 10 days if I remember correctly. My first article on Ezinearticles got approved under a pen name and I made the sale!

From then, it's been a wonderful ride!

[Dan.Thies]

My first "Internet" sale happened an hour before I released the sales letter, thanks to someone finding my book on Clickbank, but it wouldn't be fair for me to claim that I was a beginner.

I did a big article distribution campaign (submit directly to ezines, people - it still works), and we sold a bunch of books behind that within the following week.

[ryanzona]

My first internet sale took about 3 days. Then I had no sales for about 2 weeks. Then it got better. It was uneven for sometime tough.

[Rob Anderson]

Originally Posted by Dan.Thies

My first "Internet" sale happened an hour before I released the sales letter, thanks to someone finding my book on Clickbank, but it wouldn't be fair for me to claim that I was a beginner.

I did a big article distribution campaign (submit directly to ezines, people - it still works), and we sold a bunch of books behind that within the following week.

i agree with the "choose a path and stick to it " route.
no action - no money.

but i am curious about the comment above that says "big article distribution campaign" how big?
i would love to know the amount of articles and then the number of books sold.

thanks

[Dan.Thies]

I'm talking about an article a week, sustained, for nearly 3 months. Pushed out to article announcement lists and submitted directly to any ezines I could find with a circulation of 10K+.

Around 450 sales from the article campaign.

Most of the sales, not surprisingly, were from the larger circulation newsletters like WebProNews, SiteProNews, Addme, etc. A few smaller lists where they had a more personal touch/relationship with subscribers did well too.

For something that was totally a spare time deal, it felt pretty good at the time.

[Lindsay Brynn]

Originally Posted by easylearning

Lindsay Brynn: was the sale bigger than the ammount of money you put in PPC?

Sorry this response is so late... When I first did a PPC test I used $30 and came out with over $100.

[nicholasb]

I made my first sale 3 days after I started.. but I was doing way more than the gurus were trying to tell me, everything they told me to do I did it by 10

[brisse]

Originally Posted by Matt Wolfe

I purchased an ebook that came highly recommend, followed the step by step process to the letter, and I made $75 within 3 hours of the campaign going live.

Where can we find that ebook?