How Do You Go From Random Sales To A Consistent Income?

There is the answer to your question as far as my experience is concerned.

I've been thinking about that, it seems building a large list (although I'm not referring to a list in the IM niche) is a good way to keep things going. But is there a point where you let one list/niche run as is and move on to something else (aka another product, or creating your own product?).

I've also wondered if it is at all possible to have a successful Clickbank product of your own if you don't first have an IM list to draw affiliates from.

The main factor is to scale up what you're doing. If you can build continual income streams, especially one's which keep paying even when you're not working on them, you can ramp up your profit.

There's a great guide to how to do this called '5 Bucks a Day' which is well worth reading.

The list building is the other part. Once you've done the hard work and got a contact, you want to have them on your list. The list building effort you put in will pay dividents in the medium to long term.

Awesome, thanks so much for your answers! : )

Horribly n00b question, I know, but what exactly are you referring to in "building a list"? You mean an e-mail list, where people can opt-in to receiving updates?

yeah... to give u a more concise example this is what I was seeing in a niche I don't think I am allowed to discuss here lol:

Uniques Day Sales
100 1 0
110 2 1
105 3 0
97 4 0
115 5 1
..... I kept seeing the same results for as long as I kept sending the same volume of traffic... but when I increased the numbers things got fun

400 60 2
450 61 4
600 62 5
380 63 2

Even tho these are hypothetical numbers the point I am trying to make is that the higher the volume the bigger and the more constant the return. Adwords is an exception to this rule cause you can have small numbers and see big returns as long as your keyword groups and quality score are way up there.....

Good luck!

I suppose the "trick" is just figuring out how to GET hundreds to your site : /

I would try different forms of advertising.. Maybe PPV or PPC.. or advertising it in your local paper.. There are tons of things you can do.

yeap there are many things u can do besides organic traffic ... I'd say the most effective ones are CL/classified traffic, PPV and PPC without a doubt however u need to know what u r doing, especially if u are going to be paying upfront. U know if u go the ppc way it wouldn't hurt learning what keyword grouping/replacement and quality score are..

Very, very cool!

Correct, the best way to build your list the fastest is offer relevant information that people will actually use. Make sure that you are doing everything you can to build that list up and know that they can be your ticket out if you treat them well.