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My New Simple Site - A failure!

by elitesalesgroup
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I followed the principles of Simple Sites Big Profits and I'm not having any success. I created a site called natural ibs cures ( spelled with with hyphens between each word). I've run out of ideas for articles. I submitted three articles and got about 40 visitors total. Is my topic too broad.
I'm in a really tight situation financially. The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house.

So I really need to make a success of affiliate marketing as soon as possible. I don't have a lot of money to invest in programs. I just need good, solid advice. Should I scrap this project and start over with something else from Click Bank? Is this website salvageable?

Ive joined the social networking sites and written three articles for this campaign. Please tell me what to do. I already work full time . I cant take on a second job because I have to spend some time with my children.

You won't hurt my feelings so be blunt. I appreciate all the advice you can spare.

My names Ann and you'll be seeing me alot around here.

Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Emailrevealer
    First thig you need to do is put a link to your site in your sig line so we can take a look.
    5000k in the short time you descrbe is tough.

    If you run out of article ideas after three that is a big problem.

    Maybe you can go to the bank foreclosing and cut a deal with them?
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  • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
    You probably won't do that in Internet Marketing so why not look elsewhere. These programs that promise a lot notoriously deliver little except heartbreak and your sad plea caused me to look at your post.

    You must put your site in your sig to get help but really you are pushing it for what you want to achieve. Article writing can take months to produce good results as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      What you need to do in the short time you have to do it, the way you're
      going about it, is NOT possible.

      3 articles?

      It took me writing thousands of articles to reach an income of $300 a day.

      IM is not a get rich quick thing unless you have something that is so much
      in demand with so little competition that all you have to do is put the site
      up, write a few articles, and you're swarming with traffic. The chances of
      that happening are maybe one in a million.

      I don't want to tell you to give up because people get on me when I try
      to discourage others, but you're looking at an uphill battle with no prior
      marketing experience and so short a time frame...and no money to invest
      to boot.

      Sorry, but that's the way I see it, though I know there are die hards here
      who will tell me I'm wrong.

      If I were in your place, I'd see if I could borrow the money from a relative
      or a very close friend and pay it back a little at a time if getting a second
      job is not an option.

      One thing you might do is look around your house and see if there is
      anything of value that you can either pawn or sell at auction at Ebay.

      I have tons of stuff like China sets and sterling silver that I could probably
      get an easy $5,000 for if I had to. So if you have anything like that, think
      about selling it.

      Sorry, but this is the best I can come up with.

      I wish you luck with your situation.
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      • Profile picture of the author Emailrevealer
        You might be able to refinace your car if you hold title.
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        Sorry, did not read the entire post before replying.....
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        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        What you need to do in the short time you have to do it, the way you're
        going about it, is NOT possible.

        3 articles?

        It took me writing thousands of articles to reach an income of $300 a day.
        I agree with Steven completely. That's a tall order for one website to accomplish in a short period of time with just a few articles. Some people have way more content and time put into a site and don't reach that number.

        Don't want to discourage you from building an online business, but it's never a good starting point when you are under pressure to make money immediately.

        To make money immediately, people have more luck offering services rather than getting their websites up and running.

        Capitalize on whatever skills you have and put a $20 Warrior for Hire ad in the forum.

        EDIT: Whooops ... looks like an old thread resurrected from the dead.
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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

    I followed the principles of Simple Sites Big Profits and I'm not having any success. I created a site called natural ibs cures ( spelled with with hyphens between each word). I've run out of ideas for articles. I submitted three articles and got about 40 visitors total. Is my topic too broad.
    I'm in a really tight situation financially. The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house.

    So I really need to make a success of affiliate marketing as soon as possible. I don't have a lot of money to invest in programs. I just need good, solid advice. Should I scrap this project and start over with something else from Click Bank? Is this website salvageable?

    Ive joined the social networking sites and written three articles for this campaign. Please tell me what to do. I already work full time . I cant take on a second job because I have to spend some time with my children.

    You won't hurt my feelings so be blunt. I appreciate all the advice you can spare.

    My names Ann and you'll be seeing me alot around here.

    Thanks!

    Not to sound too negative but as a futures Trader as well as an Affiliate Marketer we refer to your situation as "trading with scared money " !! You are so desperate to make it big so quick that you will not properly learn how to do this effectively. I have seen it way too many times and it is losing cause. Basically you are running your business with way too much emotion and consequently it will NOT go far. Take some time off and re-evaluate your situation . And understandt hat Affiliate Marketing is not a get rich quick endeavour.
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    OK-- Now I'm really embarrassed to add my signature but here it is. I guess my goal is ridiculous and very unrealistic.The simplesitebigprofits guy said that if I could get one site to produce $20-30 a day, I could duplicate that and have several sites producing that amount.
    It seemed logical to me at the time. Even if theres no quick money to be made, I'd still like to see a measure of success .

    Should I scrap this project. Can it be salvaged?

    Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author tim_buchalka
    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

    I followed the principles of Simple Sites Big Profits and I'm not having any success. I created a site called natural ibs cures ( spelled with with hyphens between each word). I've run out of ideas for articles. I submitted three articles and got about 40 visitors total. Is my topic too broad.
    I'm in a really tight situation financially. The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house.

    So I really need to make a success of affiliate marketing as soon as possible. I don't have a lot of money to invest in programs. I just need good, solid advice. Should I scrap this project and start over with something else from Click Bank? Is this website salvageable?

    Ive joined the social networking sites and written three articles for this campaign. Please tell me what to do. I already work full time . I cant take on a second job because I have to spend some time with my children.

    You won't hurt my feelings so be blunt. I appreciate all the advice you can spare.

    My names Ann and you'll be seeing me alot around here.

    Thanks!
    Well you are not going to know unless you try, so ignore the doubters and go for it.

    Here is a very simple little plan I use to drive traffic all using the power of free web 2.0 sites.

    Learn to use the power of web 2.0 sites linking to your websites, this will push you up in the SERP's.

    This also drives traffic from clickthroughs but also build solid backlinks.

    Because many sites like squidoo are authority sites in google's eyes, piggy back on the back of this and give your website some decent link power.

    Many people I speak to are not aware that squidoo now has dofollow tags again, so that is a great way to get started.

    Try this out.

    1. Register a squidoo site, targeting your main keyword, throw up a bit of content and embedd a video.

    2. As above but for hubpages (dofollow tags are turned off until your hub reaches a score of 70 or above, so your focus is to get it to 70 or above and keep it there).

    3. As above for weebly.com

    4. As above for a wordpress.com (register with your keyword).

    Use tags that consist of your main keywords and related content.

    Then digg your youtube a/c (digg.com) and back this up with propeller.com

    Now for the fun part.

    Create a friendfeed.com account, and link all these accounts to that (this gives you instant backlinks). (Friendfeed now has nofollow tags, so may need to find another site maybe swurl.com)

    Then submitt the rss feed for all of these to feedagg.com (for starters). There is a heap of other rss aggregator sites you can use.

    End of part 1.

    You now have a heap of backlinks to your website.

    Part 2.

    Do something similar in part #1, but link to each of the web sites you setup in part #1.

    Do not put your direct links to your website on these, instead link only to the sites you created in part #1

    (including the digg.com and propeller link).

    Use another keyword this time (mix it up).

    Do that for each website.

    Submit feeds, etc again.

    Then sit back and watch the traffic start to flow in and your rankings in the search engine to explode.

    Prepare to be amazed. I have a more complex version (actually a number of versions) of this I use, and the results are often staggering.

    e.g. To page 1 for competitive keywords in a day, decent traffic, etc.

    If you get stuck on aspects of this, check out my free rss and tag video's on my site. It shows you exactly how to use the tools.

    Also if you start getting the results (and you will unless you're only targeting keywords with massive competition) go to a part #3, which links only to sites in part #2.

    This will also drive your competitors crazy, because they won't understand why you rank so well, because they won't see all the networks of links you have built up (not hard to find them, but most people in my experience don't check).

    Best of luck!

    Cheers


    Tim
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    • Profile picture of the author Louis Raven
      Originally Posted by tim_buchalka View Post

      Well you are not going to know unless you try, so ignore the doubters and go for it.

      Here is a very simple little plan I use to drive traffic all using the power of free web 2.0 sites.

      Learn to use the power of web 2.0 sites linking to your websites, this will push you up in the SERP's.

      This also drives traffic from clickthroughs but also build solid backlinks.

      Because many sites like squidoo are authority sites in google's eyes, piggy back on the back of this and give your website some decent link power.

      Many people I speak to are not aware that squidoo now has dofollow tags again, so that is a great way to get started.

      Try this out.

      1. Register a squidoo site, targeting your main keyword, throw up a bit of content and embedd a video.

      2. As above but for hubpages (dofollow tags are turned off until your hub reaches a score of 70 or above, so your focus is to get it to 70 or above and keep it there).

      3. As above for weebly.com

      4. As above for a wordpress.com (register with your keyword).

      Use tags that consist of your main keywords and related content.

      Then digg your youtube a/c (digg.com) and back this up with propeller.com

      Now for the fun part.

      Create a friendfeed.com account, and link all these accounts to that (this gives you instant backlinks). (Friendfeed now has nofollow tags, so may need to find another site maybe swurl.com)

      Then submitt the rss feed for all of these to feedagg.com (for starters). There is a heap of other rss aggregator sites you can use.

      End of part 1.

      You now have a heap of backlinks to your website.

      Part 2.

      Do something similar in part #1, but link to each of the web sites you setup in part #1.

      Do not put your direct links to your website on these, instead link only to the sites you created in part #1

      (including the digg.com and propeller link).

      Use another keyword this time (mix it up).

      Do that for each website.

      Submit feeds, etc again.

      Then sit back and watch the traffic start to flow in and your rankings in the search engine to explode.

      Prepare to be amazed. I have a more complex version (actually a number of versions) of this I use, and the results are often staggering.

      e.g. To page 1 for competitive keywords in a day, decent traffic, etc.

      If you get stuck on aspects of this, check out my free rss and tag video's on my site. It shows you exactly how to use the tools.

      Also if you start getting the results (and you will unless you're only targeting keywords with massive competition) go to a part #3, which links only to sites in part #2.

      This will also drive your competitors crazy, because they won't understand why you rank so well, because they won't see all the networks of links you have built up (not hard to find them, but most people in my experience don't check).

      Best of luck!

      Cheers


      Tim
      Please don't take this the wrong way but I would not spend my last few weeks (where I can guaranteed save myself by MANUALLY working) building backlinks to a site in which is probably not optimized for search engines (6000 backlinks wont tell Google to rank you high for a certain term) or to an offer which is not converting.

      maybe I'm missing something?

      Louis
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      • Profile picture of the author energyguy
        The site could use a face lift... But there is a lot of good advice for you above my post.


        HOWEVER

        What research have you done on this niche? To me, IBS is going to be a niche that primarily attracts people searching for F.REE information...

        You may have set yourself up for doom before you even put all of that time into it BUT the good news is all of the EXPERIENCE that you have gained out of it.

        Take that and apply it again and again and each time you will get better and better.

        Remember that it is the toroise that always wins the race not the rabit. So you need to have the mindset of being in it for the long run and not freak out over short term losses....it reminds me of people who base their attitudes everyday off the weather and stock market. That's someone that you never want to be around.

        Good luck. If you have any questions please send me a PM.
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    • Profile picture of the author phileuro
      Originally Posted by tim_buchalka View Post

      ...
      Now for the fun part.

      Create a friendfeed.com account, and link all these accounts to that (this gives you instant backlinks). (Friendfeed now has nofollow tags, so may need to find another site maybe swurl.com)
      I know I am new to all this, but, I can't see how in friendfeed or swurl to add the squidoo, weebly and other sites into it...
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      • Profile picture of the author tim_buchalka
        Originally Posted by phileuro View Post

        I know I am new to all this, but, I can't see how in friendfeed or swurl to add the squidoo, weebly and other sites into it...
        In friendfeed you can do it by adding it as regular blog.

        swurl you may not be able to....

        Weebly you can just add a link to it.

        Cheers



        Tim
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        • Profile picture of the author Tina M. Rideout
          The Best Place to Find out what kind of information people are seeking for IBS

          WebMD

          If you need help with article keywords, etc. PM me and I will send you a list of the most current searches. Plus I have a couple of other ideas for you that might help you get this niche developed.

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    • Profile picture of the author azizkasam
      Thank You Tim.
      I am also facing same problems like elitesalesgroup. I also going to do exactly what you say.
      Thanks again
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      • Profile picture of the author tschlotter
        I was burned by my landlord a little over a year ago although the situation was a little different. He was going through a divorce, not paying the rent towards the mortgage, and the house went into foreclosure. Being totally unaware of this situation and relying on his word, I lost $3000 and had to move with an even shorter notice than I would have had if I hadn't paid him - so be careful and make sure you know EXACTLY what's going on with the bank BEFORE you shell out any money. Moving is definitely a pain I wanted to avoid, but it would have been easier, especially working and having two kids still at home, with more time to plan!

        I'm going to use a lot of the tips in the thread on a website I'm trying to put together, I think you got a lot of really great advice. One thing I noticed that's kind of minor is that the word 'immediatly' is misspelled on your main page. A journalist at heart, I tend to notice things like that!

        Good Luck!
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        • Profile picture of the author Shane F
          Same thing happened to me last year when the mortgage mess started. I had fives month left on my lease and landlord told me 2 weeks before the auction.

          The bank had to honor the lease and let us stay the remaining five months, paying the bank as the new landlord. I would check into the laws for whatever state you are in, most laws are heavily favored to the victim, you, in this circumstance.

          I hope everything works out.
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          • Profile picture of the author magicmarcus
            Hey Congrats on your first Clickbank check.

            Here is what i would recommend with this type of site since it looks like you are going after organic rankings (the free rankings) instead of going the ppc route...

            As of writing this the word "IBS" is searched for approx. 800 times per day and has a ton of competition.

            irritable bowel syndrome is looked up about 1000 times a day and has a lot of competition also.

            So here is what you can do:

            1. find sites that are already ranked and see if you can get on them and start conversations about your site (blogs, forums, newsgroups, ect) provide good value!

            2. Focus your article marketing on really easy to rank terms so you can RANK their page for your terms and drive traffic back to yourself. its easy to rank their site because its established and has weight in the search engines.

            If i were to do the article route i would focus on non competitive words like:

            diet sheets for ibs - over 100 searches per day
            irritable bowel syndrome signs and symptoms - 117 searches per day
            ibs and sleep disruption - 9 searches per day (easy to rank on this one)
            ibs proper diet - 34 searches per day
            cures for ibs - 14 searches per day (make sure you don't claim any cures though)

            and on and on and on. use these articles to drive people back to your site. they all add up.

            the key to article marketing is being able to target the right words and rank the article site.

            so many people write articles on super competitive generic topics and get frustrated because it doesn't work. the key is to go for the smaller markets (which usually convert better anyway) and build your self up over time.

            hope this helps

            Marcus

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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Worthington
      Originally Posted by tim_buchalka View Post

      Well you are not going to know unless you try, so ignore the doubters and go for it.

      Here is a very simple little plan I use to drive traffic all using the power of free web 2.0 sites.

      Learn to use the power of web 2.0 sites linking to your websites, this will push you up in the SERP's.

      This also drives traffic from clickthroughs but also build solid backlinks.

      Because many sites like squidoo are authority sites in google's eyes, piggy back on the back of this and give your website some decent link power.

      Many people I speak to are not aware that squidoo now has dofollow tags again, so that is a great way to get started.

      Try this out.

      1. Register a squidoo site, targeting your main keyword, throw up a bit of content and embedd a video.

      2. As above but for hubpages (dofollow tags are turned off until your hub reaches a score of 70 or above, so your focus is to get it to 70 or above and keep it there).

      3. As above for weebly.com

      4. As above for a wordpress.com (register with your keyword).

      Use tags that consist of your main keywords and related content.

      Then digg your youtube a/c (digg.com) and back this up with propeller.com

      Now for the fun part.

      Create a friendfeed.com account, and link all these accounts to that (this gives you instant backlinks). (Friendfeed now has nofollow tags, so may need to find another site maybe swurl.com)

      Then submitt the rss feed for all of these to feedagg.com (for starters). There is a heap of other rss aggregator sites you can use.

      End of part 1.

      You now have a heap of backlinks to your website.

      Part 2.

      Do something similar in part #1, but link to each of the web sites you setup in part #1.

      Do not put your direct links to your website on these, instead link only to the sites you created in part #1

      (including the digg.com and propeller link).

      Use another keyword this time (mix it up).

      Do that for each website.

      Submit feeds, etc again.

      Then sit back and watch the traffic start to flow in and your rankings in the search engine to explode.

      Prepare to be amazed. I have a more complex version (actually a number of versions) of this I use, and the results are often staggering.

      e.g. To page 1 for competitive keywords in a day, decent traffic, etc.

      If you get stuck on aspects of this, check out my free rss and tag video's on my site. It shows you exactly how to use the tools.

      Also if you start getting the results (and you will unless you're only targeting keywords with massive competition) go to a part #3, which links only to sites in part #2.

      This will also drive your competitors crazy, because they won't understand why you rank so well, because they won't see all the networks of links you have built up (not hard to find them, but most people in my experience don't check).

      Best of luck!

      Cheers


      Tim
      Tim,

      Your effort to actually help and to give a realistic, actionable plan
      really impressed me. That's what being a part of the Warrior forum is all
      about!

      Because of that I signed up for your 12 day course and have just finished
      watching the intro videos and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the
      steps.

      Being somewhat familiar with SEO (although I'm a web 2.0 idiot), I see the
      value in what you posted...enough to risk another series of emails in my
      already overcrowded inbox!

      I had decided to drop everything and concentrate on one major project I
      have going on, but now I'm going to make room for this course too somehow.

      Thanks again for not being a naysayer to the lady's request for help and for
      taking the time to show her a way to accomplish her goal.

      Michael
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      Thanks for the great tips. I like the detail step by step guide that you advice. These are timeless advice which I am sure many will benefit in trying to get up to speed with Internet Marketing and online business.
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    "It took me writing thousands of articles to reach an income of $300 a day"

    Now I'm cracking up because I thought I was a big shot with three. LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    Tim-

    When I first wrote my post I was hoping for step by step advice like yours. I am going to do exactly what you say. It might work, it might not. I don't expect a miracle but I'm very motivated. We may lose the house after all, but how would I feel if I didn't even try?
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  • Profile picture of the author Louis Raven
    Dude, 40 articles will not save you. 40 articles and 100 YouTube video adverts will not save you.

    I make a lot of money internet marketing with BUM methods (NO paid traffic) and it took me about 2 months to start seeing real convertions from the work put in.

    I'm sure people have ways to get rich quick but I just put up a good offer, then spend the rest of the YEAR building thousands of traffic venues that will send me trafic in huge volume to those offers.

    There's so many links in a funnel of marketing and ALL have to be lock tight. Offer/ Product/ Price/ Traffic quality/ appearance etc etc.

    I'd work manually to get yourself out the red all whilst building yourself a real internet business.

    Good luck and send me a PM if you need specific help.

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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    Thanks everyone for all of the advice. I mean that sincerely. When I started almost 2 months ago, I had no real expectations of when I could start seeing a profit. I now realize that I need to ramp up my efforts IMMENSELY. I appreciate the help.

    Regards,
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    "but I would not spend my last few weeks (where I can guaranteed save myself by MANUALLY working)"

    We may or may not lose the house. I understand that. I have children to raise and I can't spend all of my waking hours at a job. I thought that I could make money working at home in the evenings. Maybe I should have left the part about the foreclosure out, because its not really the point. I just want to know what I can do to make this venture a success.

    About the IBS site -Energyguy suggested that it might not be a good niche. You do have a point. There is an awful lot of free information out there on the subject.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ricter
      Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

      .... Maybe I should have left the part about the foreclosure out, because its not really the point...
      A house on the verge of foreclosure, full of kids, is the only thing giving this post its honest sense of urgency, mainly because it conjurs images of families at the homeless shelter. Without that the post sounds like you might merely be in a hurry to make money. If that's the case, take a number and have a seat.

      So what is it, is your house, full of kids, at risk of foreclosure in two months, or not?

      I apologize for the bluntness, but you did invite it. You have advice here that is appropriate, ie. proven to work, to someone in the DIRE circumstances you outline, and you have advice from idealists all full of certaintity, which is great if you have little to lose. Foreclosure IS the point.
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      • Profile picture of the author cclou
        Originally Posted by Ricter View Post

        A house on the verge of foreclosure, full of kids, is the only thing giving this post its honest sense of urgency, mainly because it conjurs images of families at the homeless shelter. Without that the post sounds like you might merely be in a hurry to make money. If that's the case, take a number and have a seat.

        So what is it, is your house, full of kids, at risk of foreclosure in two months, or not?

        I apologize for the bluntness, but you did invite it. You have advice here that is appropriate, ie. proven to work, to someone in the DIRE circumstances you outline, and you have advice from idealists all full of certaintity, which is great if you have little to lose. Foreclosure IS the point.
        In the first post it says that the house she is renting is going to be foreclosed. I'm assuming that they'll be able to rent another place, but she loves where she is at and doesn't want to uproot his family and would like to buy the house they are currently renting.

        To the OP, It's hard to make money when you really need it. I know. When your worries pile up it's hard to think clearly or to concentrate. But you're making websites and taking action. You are already ahead of others looking to make money.

        Keep doing what you are doing, and then evaluate what works and what doesn't. Experiment with more than one niche. Write at least 10 articles for each niche. Make your author bio line so compelling that people will want to click on it. Try a review site that lists three products and rank them according to which one is the best/can get you the most sales.

        Keep failing, and eventually you'll end up succeeding. Good luck!
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        • Profile picture of the author Leanne King
          Ann, you could sign up for the 30 Day Challenge - it is free. It is step by step training for each day with videos to watch etc which will show you how to do most of the things suggested in this thread.

          All the best,

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          • Profile picture of the author Ross Kenny
            Originally Posted by Sweet Jane View Post

            Ann, you could sign up for the 30 Day Challenge - it is free. It is step by step training for each day with videos to watch etc which will show you how to do most of the things suggested in this thread.

            All the best,

            Leanne
            I also recommend this course but don't depend on this bailing you out!!

            If I was in your position I would have a good look around the house and sell anything of any value on ebay.

            Also if you have any skills such a writing articles, etc you could offer your services here as a WSO. Run a WSO offering article writing and put some good examples up.

            You could also offer a linking service here on the Warrior forum bookmarking people's sites for them to all the bookmarking sites and high PR sites. Very tedious job but makes money as no one wants to do it.

            Sit down and write a plan and list everything that can make you money.

            (use google to research these tasks out and don't spend any money on ebooks etc.)

            You really just need to offer services for now.

            Go over to elance and have a look through the different jobs etc and see what you can do and what you could offer.

            Hope this helps and good luck,

            If you want a solid online business plan follow Amy's WSO

            http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...logging-5.html

            Hope this helps,
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    • Profile picture of the author brownone
      Dear Elite,

      I wanted to tell you the advice you are getting is sound, but all that backlinking is maybe the long term approach. May I ask you, you said you "followed the principles of Simple Sites, Big Profits," What does that mean, exactly? Have you purchased the program? If the answer is no then I would advise you to do so, if it's afforadable for you. I know it works! I have used it many many times and the thing most people do not understand is there is no silver bullit for this; at least none that I've found. Everybody and their brother, (sometimes cousins, uncles, aunt, third sister twice removed," has their own personal way to make money in this business, if it works for them, good, that doesn't mean it will work for you though. But with Simple sites I can say without a doubt it WILL, all you must do is be teachable. Please read this and get back to me if you would like to. I will help you all I can. But Simple Sites IS the way to go for people looking for answers.

      www.simplesitesrocks.com

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  • Profile picture of the author InfoESource
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    Anything is possible. Mountains can be moved but not always in our own time frame. Two months in the internet marketing business doesn't even register on the IM scale.

    You may have read about great riches over night but what is not mentioned is how many over nights before the great success.

    Even if you do not get your two month goal, keep working. If you believe and enjoy internet and affiliate marketing, keep working. Learn all you can and work with all your passion.

    Your success is already established you just have to get over the obstacles.
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    • Profile picture of the author Marian Berghes
      some help from my side, if you have some kind of skill like design or writing or creating videos etc... go to websites like elance.com, getafreelancer.com, guru.com, rentacoder.com, scriptlance.com etc... and find some work as a freelancer...if you work enough and find enough projects you should not have problems in getting $5K in the next 2 months.

      Second part: if you are really good at writing, write for associatedcontent.com and if your articles are of good quality you get $3 to $20 per article... but I often see that they have some REALLY high standards.

      PS: I wont guarantee that these 2 methods will work but I just felt I should give you some alternatives
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      • Profile picture of the author Barbara Eyre
        I wouldn't scrap this site totally ....

        I haven't looked at it yet, as I wanted to get my thoughts out before I forgot them.

        Make sure you have proper and plenty of Adsense ads.

        IBS is frequently associated with Fibromyalgia - trust me ... I know of this personally (whistles innocently) ... and I have a FMS site.

        So, there is at least 1-2 article ideas there: IBS and Fibromyalga.

        Another article or two idea: Are supplements actually effective in controlling IBS?

        You can do affiliate problems for natural supplements and/or complementary products for those that suffer FMS, and other ailments that have IBS as one of their symptoms.

        PM me your link details and I'll add you to my FMS site - on the home page.

        Hopefully at least your IBS site can make you some money towards your own place, or whatever.


        After Looking at your Site:

        > Your Home link is broken at the bottom

        > You do not have a meta description or meta keywords

        > Needs a bit of "pizzazz" at the top to REALLY draw your audience in ... you're on the right track I think. I'll let the experienced copywriters comment on that though.
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        • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
          Thank you for your most recent post. I am going to revamp the site , add adsense, more content and keep pushin'

          I am also going to take a screen shot of my boring looking site today for before and after critiques.
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          • Profile picture of the author Kay King
            I don't think it's necessarily a bad niche - but doubt it's a site that will produce any large income.
            However, it's a long lasting topic and could be a profitable site for a long time once you get it going.

            You are missing much of the traffic looking for that term becuase you do not spell out what IBS means anywhere I can find on the site.

            IBS (from SEO book) gets a bit less than 700 searches while "irritable bowel syndrome" (searched with no quotes) gets almost 900. Get the full name of the conditions in that text a couple places to have a chance at more traffic. For example, put the full phrase in your title with (IBS) in quotes after it so that both keywords are in your title.

            If you search for both terms on a good keyword site you will find many related and long tail keywords that you can write articles on. You don't have to think up your topics - a good search will tell you what to write articles on.

            I think I saw you mention in a post somewhere that you are new but have read many sales pages. I say this because you stated

            guy said that if I could get one site to produce $20-30 a day
            The guy was right - but it says IF YOU CAN get one site to produce...and that's the type of phrase you need to watch for in a sales page.

            Doesn't matter how you build your sites - once you learn to get one site to make money it's easier to do it again and again. It's that first one that will take the most time and effort and hair pulling.

            You're already ahead of many new marketers as you actually DID something - now keep doing it, do it better, add more to it, write more articles and take the advice in posts above, too.

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            • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
              Have you thought about a site advising people facing foreclosure. Spend time researching all their (and your) options. Document your progress. There should be more potential for articles from the legal point of view, financial, personal, options for extra income, options for consolidating etc

              Can you take lodgers to help with the finance. I know you say you have children - can they double up and you rent to students for a while?

              Just a few thoughts. Good luck
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              • Profile picture of the author Darrell Hagan
                Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

                Have you thought about a site advising people facing foreclosure. Spend time researching all their (and your) options. Document your progress. There should be more potential for articles from the legal point of view, financial, personal, options for extra income, options for consolidating etc
                There's a neat idea for you and its a hot niche right now too .
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              • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
                Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

                Have you thought about a site advising people facing foreclosure. Spend time researching all their (and your) options. Document your progress. There should be more potential for articles from the legal point of view, financial, personal, options for extra income, options for consolidating etc

                Can you take lodgers to help with the finance. I know you say you have children - can they double up and you rent to students for a while?

                Just a few thoughts. Good luck

                This is sound advice. Do the practical things that can bring immediate result. As for your site.

                Write about things you know and that affect you. Maybe you have IBS but it took me a while to discover what you meant by it. Also don't make promises of any kind. You state that there will be relief from reading these books. Have you any proof of that. If so you need to put it in your spiel with examples and testimonies, etc. I know the subject is a big pain to a lot of people but no one has found a cure for it, so be careful.

                You site is not too bad but it needs work. The suggestion to put up a niche for mortgage stress or rent burden is a good one.

                Hope this helps.

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  • Profile picture of the author logosi
    don't lose hope, that's the main thing... Work on your IM business, but don't look at that as your salvation. For immediate money, do what's necessary to survive, deliver pizzas, get a holiday job at UPS, etc., survive to continue your IM career.

    And... I would chronicle what you're going through on a blog, both your difficulties and successes.. Write from your heart, even talk about your AB site, etc. Be real, be honest, be a survivor.
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    • Profile picture of the author richdirtygirl
      Ok,

      I'm editing this in full... because I really missed the fun part and answered anything but what it was useful... shhh not good. Will have to start running again in the early morning before anything.

      so you are renting and the house is going to foreclosure... not going to get into this in detail... but if it is going to foreclosure, it is because the owner owes the bank money, right? even if you pay those $5000 (2 installments?), you will be buying the house for what he owes (if you assume his mortgage, you will assume the conditions too, if not, you need a new mortgage). That is a sack full of snakes, hun... Why don't you just wait for the new owner to show up and negotiate with him/her?

      Now for your IM business...

      don't want to make you change direction... but let me explain you something and then you take your own decisions:

      there are 2 type of products, all year around products and seasonal.

      you are at first sight in a all year around product, it might have any seasonality, but I'm not going to do a full analysis for you now, sorry...

      the product you have can give you money if you work it, but you can't expect to see much money before, let's say, 3-4 months.

      seasonal markets can be huge, and we have Christmas around. Why don't you get the list of hot toys for Christmas (it is here somewhere, GREAT list by the way) and choose a couple of toys to setup a campaign?

      I will stay out of mainstream, my recommendation: do the same. I love bad boys... but not to face them in the IM arena unless I'm ready, and you are not. So stay away from elmo and stuff...

      Now, go and use the blueprint they gave you here to setup your links.

      If you are going through Amazon, they pay something like 6%? so you have to sell a lot of toys and/or big ticket ones to make some money. make your numbers, have it clear how much traffic you need to make the minimal money you want/worth your effort. And go for it (or not).

      Very close to Christmas we have, tax time. There is a lot of money promoting online solutions; after that Valentines... you get the picture.

      Those give you some cash, but they fade... meantime you can work your "year around" products if you really want to do IM...

      RDG :p
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Sol
    Please do not add adsense!

    As I see you are trying to sell a Clickbank product - so do you really want to sacrifice a $20-$30 sale for a $0.01 click?

    Keep it adsense free for 2 reasons;
    1) Site looks cleaner
    2) You concentrate on making a sale

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    • Profile picture of the author redfieryheart
      Originally Posted by Alex Sol View Post

      Please do not add adsense!

      As I see you are trying to sell a Clickbank product - so do you really want to sacrifice a $20-$30 sale for a $0.01 click?

      Keep it adsense free for 2 reasons;
      1) Site looks cleaner
      2) You concentrate on making a sale

      Alex
      I want to consider your suggestion. I have some sites with lots of adsense in them. I will be going to remove adsense for most of them (as experimental) and will concentrate in CB products I am offering. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Heman Patel
    Just looked at your site and the first thing i noticed is your meta tags... they are missing. You have no keywords, no description and only your site name as your title.

    First thing you should do is research keywords that you can target to drive organic traffic. Write your title again. Add keywords and description tag on all pages of the site.

    Let me give you an example. Lets look at this page of the site. Natural IBS Cures

    The article is about "what causes IBS in the first place?". First of all you should add that keyword to your title tag. Add it to your description tag and your keyword tags. Add an H1 tag and H2 tag.

    You can add "what causes IBS? as your H1 tag.

    I gotta run for now, i'll give you few more pointers later on.
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    I am here and I am absorbing all of this good information.

    Thank you!
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    • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
      Many have given good advice on the money making aspect
      for your problem so let me address the goal part of our post...

      You say if you can raise $5000 the current owner will deed the
      home over to you. BE VERY CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS.

      If he has a mortgage he does not have the right to do this. Every
      mortgage contains a due on sale clause. If he deeds the property
      to you the mortgage company has the right to call the entire balance
      due and payable immediately.

      You could be in a far worse position than you are now... and be out the $5000

      You need to be in contact with the mortgage company that currently
      holds the lien.. and you need to get advice from an attorney who specializes
      in real estate law.

      My guess is you will be moving to a new home. Better to know that now
      than find out later when time is short.

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    • Profile picture of the author cwrinco
      I'd like to suggest something that worked for me many years ago.... find a mentor and organize a mastermind group.

      You've been reading all of these posts and must recognize the amount of talent and energy and willingness to participate and help. I'm sure you can find someone to take you by the hand and walk you through this problem. Someone honest, sincere, and experienced that will help you without a profit motive. Ask for help.

      I offer to help... to join the group.. but couldn't take on the full mentorship right now. If you get it going be sure to contact me and let me know what you guys need.

      I even have a good idea for a product.... "The Last Sentence!"

      The paragraph is: I was down to my last nickle, working three jobs, fighting to feed my kids, losing my house, and so on and so forth.....

      The Last Sentence: And then I saw the light! I found a way to change everything. Here's what I did...exactly...step by step... and you can do it too!

      Write about what you know...what your experience is...what's real...and something you are passionate about.... and something that others will want and need.

      Believe me, there are thousands of people out there just like you that would love to have that step by step plan.

      Best of luck!

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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Burton
    Are we talking about: "http://www.natural-ibs-cures.com/"

    As steve pointed out, 3 articles isn't enough to make what you need happen.

    If I'm looking at the right website, you don't have any list building going on and your home page link on the home page (a minor item but still) points to a C:\Documents and Settings... location.

    It seems to me you're trying to make thousands of dollars in a sshort window of time with only a single clickbank product. A clickbank product that pays about $10.67 per sale.

    To get $1067.00 out of this product you would need 100 sales. Since you're not building a list, once the visitor clicks the link to the publisher's site, you can't follow up with the visitor.

    Assuming that 1 in 10 visitors actually clicked through to the publisher's site, and 1 in 10 of those visitors are successfully sold the product, you'd be looking at 100 visitors per sale, or 10,000 visitors to make the $1067.00 I mentioned above.

    To accomplish something close to what you are seeking, you will need to do a few things.

    1. Build an offer to bring in people's email addresses for follow up.
    2. Add more content to your site. People don't want to come to your site just to be sold something.
    3. Generate a lot more traffic. This means probably a lot more articles and some other link building work.
    4. Find more to offer to your visitors who provide you their email address. More money is made in back end sales than on the first sale.
    5. Find something to offer to keep visitors coming back to your site. You don't have to add all your content at once, but if you add new content on a daily or even weekly basis, your site will grow, and with it, the reasons for people to keep coming back.

    You might want to look into adding amazon.com affiliate links for related products which might also interest your visitors. I know amazon isn't fast, and they aren't a lot of money to you per sale, but if you make a sale through amazon.com to someone who was otherwise going to just surf away to some other site, it's a little more money in your pocket.

    Similarly, if you can generate traffic, you can also look into offering advertising space either by directly selling the space, or using a PPC program such as Adsense, where you get paid based on what ads get clicked by your visitors.

    Make yourself research and write. If you can get an hour a day after work, or after the kids are in bed, you can learn and produce more content.
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    I have a quick question...I chose IBS becasue honestly, Im a sufferer, but I'm not that passionate or knowledgeable about it. Its a medical condition meaning that the articles I have to write contain a lot of medical terminology. As a newbie, do you think this is a too much of a project to take on, or should I chose a different niche. Perhaps something that I can write about easier and in greater quantity?
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    • Profile picture of the author Clark
      Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

      I have a quick question...I chose IBS becasue honestly, Im a sufferer, but I'm not that passionate or knowledgeable about it. Its a medical condition meaning that the articles I have to write contain a lot of medical terminology. As a newbie, do you think this is a too much of a project to take on, or should I chose a different niche. Perhaps something that I can write about easier and in greater quantity?
      Terrific!

      Did you know that you are officially an expert with all things IBS?

      Join this community - IBS Self Help and Support Group Forums (Powered by Invision Power Board) , get article ideas, ask a tonne of questions and then, create your own report to be spread virally (for lead capture / affiliate sale) and/or full blown eBook about the subject that YOU ARE THE EXPERT IN!

      If you are more entrepreneurial then you could create a membership site for IBS sufferers... ($7/month x 500 subscribers = $3500/m) people do like to belong to communities and also know that what ails them is not exclusive to them... they are not alone but together in support.

      Hey, when I was over there, I was checking to see if signatures were allowed then I got distracted by an alarming thread I read about folks who had to quit their jobs because of the ailment. Sad stories from potential desperate immediate buyers.

      P.S. You should be a copywriter 'cause you fooled most of the folks here into thinking that your house was in foreclosure when in fact, you rent the house in foreclosure that you're trying to scoop from the current owner... nice one!

      "The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house. "
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      • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
        I know... almost everyone thought that my house was in foreclosure. I'm just renting it. But it still stinks!
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      • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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        P.S. You should be a copywriter 'cause you fooled most of the folks here into thinking that your house was in foreclosure when in fact, you rent the house in foreclosure that you're trying to scoop from the current owner... nice one!
        She didn't fool anyone, she simply proved without even trying that a lot of people either don't read or can't comprehend what they read, which is a big reason why we have someone here complaining every other day that they got ripped off.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    i own Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Alleviate The Symptoms Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Disorder - and it certainly does NOT make 5k/2 months..i wish

    I also have an acne site..and i don't think i sold anything there, so acne is even worse than IBS

    Although..in general, there are some VERY good health/remedy niches on clickbank

    So..depending on some niche and depending on that it would make $5k, and your house/life depends on it...dont make that mistake, please.

    Edit: That IBS product you promote is 29.95, so i *assume* you get either 50% or 75% commission..this is still way unrealistic to get so many sales from this totaling 5000/2 months.

    What you COULD do...promote/set-up as many good products/niches..and then hire some social bookmarking service and let them submit it up to the extreme, 200+ social bookmarking sites etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    I did check out that site, but there's no signatures with commercial links allowed. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into the other ibs forums though.
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  • Profile picture of the author Norma Holt
    Anne, this site just popped up in my browser. Have no idea where it came from. Have a look at it, I think you can get some ideas here for your site.
    Goodbye IBS! Long Letter
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  • Profile picture of the author CDawson
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    The best thing you could start doing (in the next few minutes) would be simple bum marketing. Go to blogger.com or wordpress and pick a niche to make a free blog about. Then google free keyword tracker and find good keywords in your niche that would help sell like if your niche was ibs again type in ibs cures and see what the highest results come to. Then base your article titles off those keywords and make sure your list your keywords in your article (don't spam them just place them when they are needed). When you write an article send it to ezine first then re-write the article and send it to goarticles.com, article dashboard, etc and go to socialmarker.com and sign up with each one of those social bookmarking sites and make sure to submit your blog and each post to those bookmarking sites (this will help you get indexed by google in a day or two). If you want more traffic than write more posts, submit articles (with your site in the resource box), comment on yahoo answers, forums, other blogs in your niche.

    This should get you started. The rest is just trial and error as far was bum marketing is concerned.
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    • Profile picture of the author affenpinscher
      Please get all the details you can about the foreclosure. Keep
      paying rent but make sure you know when the bank
      takes over. Some landlords 'neglect' to tell tenants they no
      longer own the property and keep collecting the rents.

      Do you have a lease? In most states if the mortgage was recorded
      before the lease was signed, a foreclosure will wipe out the lease.

      The bank might send you a letter giving you as little as three
      days notice to get out. One key point - don't make the bank
      do a formal eviction on you. Assuming you're not Section 8
      or other welfare type tenant, your rights are minimal and
      an eviction notice on your credit report will be deadly - even
      though you were the innocent victim of a foreclosure.

      On the other hand, the bank may be fine with letting you continue
      renting. In today's economy and depending on the condition and location
      of your house, that might be quite possible. The only real drawback is
      that banks are rarely interested in maintenance. They want to unload
      the property as quick as possible.

      Finally, if the bank does foreclose, you might be able to buy the house
      from them at less than your landlord is offering.

      I realize this isn't what you asked about but often tenants do not understand
      the impact of a foreclosure.
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      yes bum marketing is the way to go
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  • Profile picture of the author elitesalesgroup
    Hi Everyone!
    Just a bit of encouragement here... and an update.

    We ended up being forced to move but the bank gave us $2K in cash for keys...so if you're in the position I was in - look into it.

    Also, we just got our first clickbank check this past weekend and bought a car with it. It's a beater but it runs-- a VW GTI. Our check was a little less than $500.
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    • Profile picture of the author CDawson
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      Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

      Hi Everyone!
      Just a bit of encouragement here... and an update.

      We ended up being forced to move but the bank gave us $2K in cash for keys...so if you're in the position I was in - look into it.

      Also, we just got our first clickbank check this past weekend and bought a car with it. It's a beater but it runs-- a VW GTI. Our check was a little less than $500.
      Great job! Now think back and track where your visitors are coming from and what links the buyers are clicking and double the amout of work you put into it!
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    • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
      Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

      Hi Everyone!
      Just a bit of encouragement here... and an update.

      We ended up being forced to move but the bank gave us $2K in cash for keys...so if you're in the position I was in - look into it.

      Also, we just got our first clickbank check this past weekend and bought a car with it. It's a beater but it runs-- a VW GTI. Our check was a little less than $500.
      Sorry you had to move, but I'm glad to hear you are making some clickbank money.

      You asked earlier about a different niche, I would suggest finding an additional niche, and another...
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    • Profile picture of the author BayAreaSteve
      Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

      Hi Everyone!
      Just a bit of encouragement here... and an update.

      We ended up being forced to move but the bank gave us $2K in cash for keys...so if you're in the position I was in - look into it.

      Also, we just got our first clickbank check this past weekend and bought a car with it. It's a beater but it runs-- a VW GTI. Our check was a little less than $500.
      I just discovered this thread, congrats on sticking with it , curious to know how
      things are going for you now ?
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    • Profile picture of the author srijshm
      I just researched your site's keyword using Market Samurai.

      The keyword " natural ibs cures" has just about 25 searches per day & has to compete with 47600 pages for that traffic. Its no surprise that you are not having much traffic to your site.

      consider writing articles more specific keywords like :

      probiotics for ibs
      ibs foods to avoid
      ibs diet

      These topics may get you more natural traffic.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by SUPER IM View Post

        well done on your scucess!
        Originally Posted by srijshm View Post

        I just researched your site's keyword using Market Samurai.

        The keyword " natural ibs cures" has just about 25 searches per day & has to compete with 47600 pages for that traffic. Its no surprise that you are not having much traffic to your site.

        consider writing articles more specific keywords like :

        probiotics for ibs
        ibs foods to avoid
        ibs diet

        These topics may get you more natural traffic.
        You are replying to a post made more than three years ago, and the site was reported inactive eight months ago.

        The post before yours resurrected the thread with a null-content one liner to either bump their post count or show their sig...
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          Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

          You are replying to a post made more than three years ago, and the site was reported inactive eight months ago.

          The post before yours resurrected the thread with a null-content one liner to either bump their post count or show their sig...
          These are the types of people that eat salad Johnno.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Hey

      I found Tony Marriots Wordpress formula an excellent WSO. 20 minute blogs you can search for it via the search box. Great for producing well seo'd sites, each with 5 articles. One 800 word one and 4 times 500 word ones. Also Brad or Callen's keyword tool called Niche Finder (another search here) is the best research tool for finding easy to rank for keywords. Monetisation of these sites is mainly through Adsense and Amazon.

      The good thing about Tony's site building process is that once you have purchased it you can add any of your sites to his backlink network for free. Mainly they will rank by themselves provided you do the keyword research properly. They have this uncanny knack of being seen as authority sites by google as they are so well put together.

      Results: This is a numbers game, the more sites you put up, the more you earn. The learning curve is straightforward and step by step. He has a version two of the configuaration now which is what I use.

      Not get rich quick but steady increase in adsense income over a few months, the more you put up the better, keywords, you should find 1000 minimum exact match per month on your main one and lesser searches on your other four. Depends on if you find a gem to start with.

      The keyword tool provides you with a green circle if easy to rank for, orange medium difficulty and red for difficult. Easy to spot em. Next is adsense, shows what the people who put up the ads for are charged so you get a cut of that. I will take action if the score which is also illistrated by numbers is 35 max, above that more difficult. At least a dollar per click is the norm although if the keyword gets 5400 searches a month and is easy to rank for then you can go down on the adsense. More clicks.

      Those are the keys to the kingdom in my opinion but there are costs like unlimited site hosting from hostgator for 10 bucks a month and 10 bucks per .com, org or.net domain name for each site and your time to put the sites up and the article writing.

      In this game it is best to have some income coming in so you are in some position of strength to get started. So if you have a job or can get something you need some revenue to pay for Hosting and site url's then that is better. Not all free.

      To earn $9000.00 for example a month you would probably need 150 to 300 sites up so 150 sites would still earn you a nice little income. Even 100 or less would make a difference. But alas it takes time to do this unless you can find the funds to outsource.

      What I have divulged here actually works. But you have to keep at it. I am at the beginning stages of working towards financial freedom and the few sites I have put up actually make money, just a dollar or so a day but thats all I expected. Thats why you need a little empire of them. hope that helps

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  • Profile picture of the author serrow
    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post


    Ive joined the social networking sites and written three articles for this campaign. Please tell me what to do. I already work full time . I cant take on a second job because I have to spend some time with my children.
    lots more to do. You can keep at it, or move along. a lot of the folks here work their 1-3 jobs per family while things are getting started. 3 articles is far from being on your way to really making it. Do you really want to be in the IBS business? Your readers will catch on to that if you don't have passion behind it. I know there's a lot of talk here on setting up and moving on, but only the real savvy ones seem to be doing it well. heck, 40 per month is a start right? traffic can grow exponentially if done right.
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  • Profile picture of the author gcot
    I hope I don't lead you down the wrong path but based on your timelines and motivation have you considered site flipping? Check out this WSO.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ney-today.html

    I actually bought this and it's very good.
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      Hey guys/ladies, total noob here and have heard alot about this site, so I decided to finally do some lurkin.

      Anyway, I feel your pain, but the truth is, Marcus's site had made alot of sense to me and I have finally made some money on the internet. I had my first (and only) $100 day a couple weeks ago, and I will be getting some checks in a couple weeks for just over $1,000!!

      If you have some problems, he would be happy to address them and help you out as he did with me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marty S
    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

    The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house.
    IMHO - this is the most important thing you mentioned in your OP.

    Sometimes, even with all the experienced marketers on this forum, the obvious gets overlooked. You are trying to bypass your biggest opportunity.

    If you can do this - without any money of your own - my gut feeling is that you have the makings of a special report that can easily sell $5,000 worth.

    I would leave the IM stuff aside right now and put every ounce of effort you have into researching, borrowing, negotiating, begging, cajoling, and securing that title, because if you can "steal" a deed like this, your financial situation is likely to to have a major equity upswing at some point in the future.

    If you manage to pull it off, write a report about how you did it exactly, and then come back to the forum and ask how to market it online.
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    Action is money. Don't give up Pal
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  • Profile picture of the author donnan
    Boy this thread has been dragged from the dark ages!

    How are you going now?

    After reading the OP, I thought wow, 40 visitors for 3 articles. 300 articles should = 4000 if my maths is any good. But there again 300 articles I am sure you would have generated alot more than 4000 visitors.
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  • Profile picture of the author PPCguru
    I had to write well over 2000 articles to start hitting 400-500 a day. Then once a lot more competition came in (about 6 months), i lost the ball and got lazy with writing more. Lost it all. Still made about $6000 over the course of a year though. IMO you need to look at other strategies.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    Hi ann:

    There is a lot of competition in that area. Take a look at the site using "natural ibs cures " search term that is number one. It was written by juana cruz. Is that you?

    I believe that you can do better in a niche that is less crowded and has more traffic because that is what we look for to make money. Look for trends that are new. The trend is your friend as they say.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Skinner
    Ann,

    First of all, never be embarrassed about asking for help! Just by taking action and then understanding you need guidance, you are FAR ahead of the rest of the crowd.

    1st, don't confuse your current financial challenges with building an online business. Even if you lost everything material, are you committed to this endeavor? If not then stop now. If so, then keep going.

    First off, concentrate on ONE site per month. Learn on page SEO for the site. Build backlinks to it, but most of all, make YOUR OWN product. Take the product you are promoting, add your own twist, make it better and KEEP all the profits.

    After 60-90 days when the site is making 1-300 dollars a month, sell it for 10 times monthly earnings on Flippa.com

    Then reinvest the profits, wash, rinse and repeat. After 9 months of this, you will have graduated to 2-4 sites per month sold plus other income from them and your financial problems of the past will be..... past.

    I wish you the best of luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan92
    I'm not sure how I feel about using the hyphens in a domain name of 3+ words. It's just not as strong as it could be.

    Anyway, I'm glad the proverbial tables have turned for you!
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  • Profile picture of the author perfectlovehere
    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

    I followed the principles of Simple Sites Big Profits and I'm not having any success. I created a site called natural ibs cures ( spelled with with hyphens between each word). I've run out of ideas for articles. I submitted three articles and got about 40 visitors total. Is my topic too broad.
    I'm in a really tight situation financially. The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house.

    So I really need to make a success of affiliate marketing as soon as possible. I don't have a lot of money to invest in programs. I just need good, solid advice. Should I scrap this project and start over with something else from Click Bank? Is this website salvageable?

    Ive joined the social networking sites and written three articles for this campaign. Please tell me what to do. I already work full time . I cant take on a second job because I have to spend some time with my children.

    You won't hurt my feelings so be blunt. I appreciate all the advice you can spare.

    My names Ann and you'll be seeing me alot around here.

    Thanks!
    Hi Ann,

    Sorry to hear about the situation your in.

    I would recommend choosing a more general niche. Like health/fitness, internet marketing, etc.

    Then make a squeeze page and send traffic to it via forum signatures, blog comments, solo ads, etc.

    Building a list is one of the easiest/passive ways to make money online.

    I hope it helps you and that you can get out of this sticky situation.

    Good luck! Message me if you need any help ok?

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  • Profile picture of the author dagaul101
    First off, don't give up hope just yet, with the recent changes in Panda for many article directories, 40 visitors from 3 articles is not that bad, have you considered scaling it up, targetting affiliate programs that pay a lot more for a lead or a sale?
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  • Profile picture of the author MattVit
    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

    I followed the principles of Simple Sites Big Profits and I'm not having any success. I created a site called natural ibs cures ( spelled with with hyphens between each word). I've run out of ideas for articles. I submitted three articles and got about 40 visitors total. Is my topic too broad.
    I'm in a really tight situation financially. The home I'm renting is going to be foreclosed on and if I can save 5000 in the next two months, I can pay off the past due balance and the owner will deed me the house.

    So I really need to make a success of affiliate marketing as soon as possible. I don't have a lot of money to invest in programs. I just need good, solid advice. Should I scrap this project and start over with something else from Click Bank? Is this website salvageable?

    Ive joined the social networking sites and written three articles for this campaign. Please tell me what to do. I already work full time . I cant take on a second job because I have to spend some time with my children.

    You won't hurt my feelings so be blunt. I appreciate all the advice you can spare.

    My names Ann and you'll be seeing me alot around here.

    Thanks!
    It may come down to the content. Seeing as my mother both suffers from IBS and is a professional and practicing dietitian, I don't believe that there's a 'natural cure' for IBS, and I feel that you're providing a sham product / site. Are you qualified to be dispensing information about irritable bowel syndrome cures? You could get in hot water if you're giving out bad advice and people get sick.

    Leave cures to doctors and dietitions like my mother. Don't feed on the desperate.

    Do you have any skills or hobbies? Make a business out of it. Like writing? Maybe do ghostwriting/copywriting.. etc. Much better than creating information websites on things you aren't professionally knowledgeable about.
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  • Profile picture of the author MattVit
    Once Upon A Time, 3 Years Ago...

    Originally Posted by elitesalesgroup View Post

    My names Ann and you'll be seeing me alot around here.
    Then...

    Three years later...





    We sure will be seeing a lot of her!!
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