help a noobie

Hey Ari, the first thing you need to do is decide on a business model.

While it's fine to know about all these different methods and/or models, you need to actually start doing something you can see yourself doing for the long-haul.

You only need to get good at ONE business model and serve ONE audience/market to start seeing results online (or even making the "big" money).

If this helps, I got started with affiliate marketing and it's how I first made money online.

Check out Affilorama.com if you're unsure about that.

Also, you mentioned trouble getting traffic... again, you just need to focus on ONE traffic source to start seeing results and once you can generate visitors to your site consistently, you can start implementing other methods.

Again, figure out what is your long-term goal and business model.

Regards,
Daniel

Hello Ari,

There's no crowd in here on Sunday nights, but let's see what we can do. Post to your thread again in the morning and you will receive more replies. There are a lot of professionals in the forum.

Here is a starter list for you to follow and learn from:

Pat Flynn for passive income
Ben Settle for email campaigns
ProBlogger and CopyBlogger for blogging
Jon Morrow at BoostBlogTraffic to learn how to write and Seth Godin to learn how to keep it simple.
Matthew Woodward is a must follow
Travis at Bum Marketing Methods

Unless you have the finances to afford a multi-specialty coach, one whom you have thoroughly researched, the above experts are the way to go. When you hire a coach, it's better to have a visceral understanding of what you are doing and what you need to know to take you further.

- Annie

PS: Daniel is right, a business model is really important. That should have been your first lesson and you can find Internet Marketing business model and plan suggestions on the 'net. That said, I changed my biz model 3 times before I landed on what's working for me. The other two were terrific practice as IM marketing has basic rules, regardless of the plan you end up with.

Yeah, you better discontinue "King Human's" "elite" program since you're clearly not getting your money's worth.

You're better off studying Google, Bing, Hubspot, and even Moz. You'll learn a hell of a lot more and it's all FREE. Plus, it's quality content that you'll learn...not the garbage "taught" by the fake gurus, who make money...by selling make money systems. Or the bloggers who make money by blogging about blogging.

Also, SEO takes several months (3-6) of consistent effort to generate any measurable results. So it's no surprise that you're struggling. It's not something that's optimized within 48 hours and there's no "secret trick".

Yo! NomadLifestyle! DRP is right - there's a lot more to it than that.

IMO, figuring out HOW you are going to sell is far more important than the what. I have a list of over 50 Internet Marketing methods. What's comfortable for one can be pure misery for another.

There are thousands of products to sell in more niches, geo and otherwise, than can be sensibly counted. Method first, check what fits next, decide on the products to push and how to finesse it comes last.

HEY ARI! I HOPE YOU ARE READING YOUR THREAD.

- Annie

If you are not getting organic traffic, and you depend on that model, then start there.


You have not said much about your model of website. But if you get little organic traffic then try taking a look and seeing if you content and optimization is good, we need more info to give you more info...

ok i noted thank you

I'm sure you heard several times at this point there are many post and people who can tell ways to be successful. My advice would be to choose one of those areas and stick with it. Don't spread yourself to thin.

Hey Ari. Welcome to Warrior Forum.

Unfortunately I can't comment on yet another source of training, but I will say, from my experience,
focus only about 10% of the time available on training. DO some every day, but don't make this your MAIN activity.

Focus another 15% on social media.

But put the remaining time into figuring out what works for you.

I dont know what you sell, get to understand how much you earn when you sell it.

Then work out a PAID strategy where you get leads for a fraction of what you make when you make sales.

You may have to construct a a sales funnel, and do some testing, but all of this is the essence of business. And its what separates you from the wannabees.

Congratulations man, on seeing this as a way forward at such a young age.

The good news, the really good news, Ari, is that you've started early. Stick with this and you can be wealthy before your 30th birthday. I mean think of it: by 28 you'll have over 10 years of experience.

I don't even have 10 years of experience in IM, and I'm 41 this trip around the sun.

Imagine what you'll have seen, failed at, learned from in that time. Astounding possibilities.

Oh and you will fail.

Get the idea that you won't fail out of your head now. Everyone who's successful fails. Often more than they succeed. Thing is, it only takes one success to eliminate all the failures and kick you far ahead.

The first couple years of business are the worst.

They're how you get used to getting punched in the face. Discover how to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

I don't care how great of a coach or mentor you get--you still have to experience it all yourself. They can accelerate things for you, but you must find the value in things on your own.

I can tell you what to do, but you will ignore it, or try to blend in other things, and as I said still have to learn for yourself what works and what doesn't. Plus you might be right to try mixing in other ideas--what works for others may not work for you, and vice versa. There is no "One Perfect And Always Winning Way To Success."

Find a hungry market.

Run members of that market through a process that separates people who are qualified to see your offer from those who are not.

Put the offer in front of those few who are a fit to see it.

Fulfill the order competently.

Do these few things well and you will make a ton of money. It doesn't matter what technology you use--worked just as well for direct mail as online marketing--what market you go after, what product or service you provide. Get to it, expect to lose as well as win, and start learning.

You should create and sell your own information products, then use the search function on this forum to discover the answers to the questions that you have. I guarantee that you're not the first with this dilemma LOL. You're at the right place, but settle down on one thing. If you want to do CPA, or cost per sale affiliate marketing... pick one and go forward with this. Right now you're just going in circles.

There are many resources on the web that can help you start out in internet marketing. The first thing I recommend is learn internet marketing in a board sense(use google, hubspot, internet marketing forums like this one) and once you have a sense of what it is then you should research a niche that you have interest in and complements you skills.

What you need to do is get yourself a mentor. There are several really good internet marketers that offer courses to help you get started. You don't have to spend a lot of money on a good course I spent just $97 and have learnt all the basics. Before signing up for a course you will need to do your research first. Just do a google search for "Internet Marketers Reviews" If you would like to know my personal recommendations send me a pm. Hope this helps!

Since you are new I highly recommend you seek out a coach first. I think Fergal Downes gives coaching and from mostly what I hear his student make money.