total newbie here, $160 budget...what to buy?

[opportunites]

Originally Posted by Troy_Phillips

Just wondering why you would suggest word press ?

I have used yola and weebly sites ... their subdomain. Ranked the site for the keyword on google one in less than a week.

Now I agree that later on your own domain name is a good thing . The same can be said with the autoresponder . I suggest getting them both right of the bat . I have no affiliation with yola but they will sell you the domain name(your own dot com)and host it for one year for less than $20.

Hard to beat that deal if you are new to the whole HTML thing plus a beginner can plug all the seo in the sidebar .

There is just no proof that wordpress ... blog or static site will rank in any order.

What guarantees ranking is quality content arranged in a way that the keywords are easy for the spiders to find and incoming links (admitedly simplified version) .

Not busting anyone's chops here ..... Just saying that because you hear that one thing is the way to go does not make it true . No matter how many times you hear it .

Hi Troy!
As I said, It will be good if he start with his own domain name... and also it will be good to have a good autoreponse service.
Wp is easy to set up and there is a lot of support for it, because there are a lot of developers...

I don't know yola, I can't say anything about their services

But, you give him good advice! the best to start without spending alot!

[7_8_shortcuts]

Originally Posted by Sonomacats

Don't let anything seduce you into checking out how something else works.


Read XFactor's posting in the Adsense section.
Read Keith Kogane's posting to see what he does.

Sometimes that's easier said than done, but it's true.

I am sure all of us have once or twice fallen for some product and hype that we didn't really need.

This is part of the game, but...

Just keep that in mind and try to pinch yourself before you spend some money and ask yourself if it really brings you forward with your chosen strategy.

Essentially making money online boils down to two things:

1. Making a great offer to a starving crowd (buyers)
2. Drive traffic to that offer

Point one could be many things.
- Affiliate offers
- AdSense site
- Your own product
- eBay store site etc.

And then of course traffic, which could be from:
- Article Marketing
- SEO
- PPC etc.

So, pick ONE strategy from each point above and get going.

Perhaps for newbies I would recommend to go for the AdSense model (Xfactor's course mentioned here might be a good fit) or... Affiliate review sites (Longer learning curve. Need to learn how to pick high converting offers and pre-sell them)

For traffic, perhaps he easiest low-risk strategy is Article Marketing to begin with on EzineArticles.com.

[MattSteel]

Originally Posted by Rhett

I really have to agree with Michael. The War Room has saved me literally thousands of dollars in regards to information products and software.

One thing that I would caution you on, is the massive amount of information in there. What I suggest is to pick a particular method of marketing (say article marketing, or what have you), and use the forum search tool WITHIN the War Room sub forum to get specific and quality information, products, etc. on that marketing technique. This will ensure that you don't get overwhelmed.

I agree! My sister's been on here for less than a year and is so excited about the people and info on this site, that I decided to join as well. It's easy to get overwhelmed because every thread is so interesting and full of data (which more often than not, leads you to ask yourself questions, which leads to more online research because you may not know exactly what they are talking about ) So, stay focused. Pick a couple of areas to focus on. Read. Learn. Develop. But pick something you LOVE! The rest (and $$$$$) will follow!

[Damien Roche]

As said above, you don't need to spend money to make money online, but it helps a hell of a lot.

Personally, yeh, buy into war room because then you're supporting this extremely helpful forum and there is SO much on the inside of that private forum, it's hard to fully grasp what a steal this is.

Aside from that, the $$$ would be best spent on a start up infrastructure (hosting at least) and decent content.

[Les Blackwell]

Go to the War Room, best thing going

[KatyaSenina]

Well you don't have to spend a lot. I started out without money.

All you need is hosting/domainname... I recommend Hostgator
There are a bunch of sites where you can get free templates for your website, so you don't need to spend money on a layout

A layout shouldn't be anything fancy...a simple squeezepage will do.

Anyway I built my website myself. It's not that hard. I see you have technical skills so that should be piece of cake for you.

Also this is VERY IMPORTANT... You need a great autoresponder....definitely go for Aweber!

If you don't know anything about marketing then sign up for free newsletters from gurus such as Eben Pagan, Frank Kern, Mike Filsaime, John Reese, Ewen Chia. I barely scratched the surface. These guys send very useful information and for you left to do is....soak it up. Soak all information up that they give! You don't need to buy fancy products if you don't have money. =P

Or go to www.thirtydaychallenge.com and learn the basics of marketing for FREE.

Also, save a little money for PPC .... but I would save this for last and first try to generate FREE traffic.

Really you don't need a lot of money to get started.

[KatyaSenina]

Oh my bad you don't have knowledge of websitebuilding...

hmm try www.myfreewebsitebuilder.com

Haven't used myself but this will do for a simple squeezepage.

[Lady_T]

I bit the bullet and used the search
function here to figure out what
business model I could work with.

I found one that I could set
up for free and within a week
I made a profit.

It was a month before I purchased
a domain name and hosting.

I learned everything I could
here - I invested in WSO's about
my business models and I never
looked back.

Look around, there's plenty of
help here before you spend
your cash.

I'm planning to join the War
Room myself - from what I
can see, it's a treasure trove
full of money making ideas
that anyone can use.

So if you spend any of that
$160 join the War Room and
see what the pro's are doing.

That way you are not out on
that limb by yourself.