#3 on EzineArticles Expert Authors + My Business Plan...What Next?

[Innocent Akuma]

Hi Wingsofsuccess,

You really inspired me!
Wish you all the success that follow hardwork.

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi

A message to all those who want to know how much sale i have been averaging...


I am using Articles as the main source of traffic for my sites. And I have started submitting my articles to EZA just 2-3 ago.

If you have tried submitting articles, you would know that it takes a while before you see traffic. You WILL get traffic...and hoards of them...but you require a lot of patience, and have to give time for the articles to spread.

I hope that within the next 1 week or so, i should start seeing results. I will keep the forum posted about my progress and sales.

[Thomas Belknap]

Originally Posted by wingsofsuccess

Hi

A message to all those who want to know how much sale i have been averaging...


I am using Articles as the main source of traffic for my sites. And I have started submitting my articles to EZA just 2-3 ago.

If you have tried submitting articles, you would know that it takes a while before you see traffic. You WILL get traffic...and hoards of them...but you require a lot of patience, and have to give time for the articles to spread.

I hope that within the next 1 week or so, i should start seeing results. I will keep the forum posted about my progress and sales.

Wow, kudos on the massive action. I do wonder if it might have been easier for you to start smaller. It sounds like you did all of this work before driving traffic to any of your websites. Was there a reason for not submitting articles sooner?

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Thomas

Thank you

As i had mentioned in one of my posts, i have a site i created 2 years ago. Wrote around 20 articles for that site. And just those few articles are responsible for around 15 sales a month from that site alone.

So i knew that this business model works.

I wanted to repeat it. So instead of doing it one by one, i did all of them together. I believe it would have taken me several years had i started slowly.

With so many distractions around, it is very difficult to maintain focus for an extended period of time. And when i am focused, I prefer doing things in a big scale.

I know. Many people like to play safe and start low. And i appreciate that. But that's just not me. I believe in big numbers and i know the law of averages will play its role.

Regarding articles, it took me a lot more time than i expected (3 months more than what i had originally planned). But i am glad that it is all ready now!

Abhi

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi

Update :
Moved up from #4 to #3 (on EzineArticles Expert Author's list)


Abhi

[ShafirAhmad]

Wow Abhi,

Thats a massive effort you have taken. If I'm not mistaken, you did a lot of groundwork before submitting any articles to EzineArticles. So about a month ago, you would have been at a rank of 10,000 or more in EA, and today you are #4 !

That must have given the editors at EA a lot of headaches. But hey, that will get you some massive traffic.

Am interested in hearing your results of all that traffic in a week or so. Also what are your ongoing marketing plans. Do you plan on writing and submitting more articles for each product, or are you going to wait and see what happens before taking the next step.

Peace,
Shafir

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Shafir

Yeah, there was a lot of groundwork before i started my submission. No, i wasn't at #10,000 . I was at #728 because i had already submitted a few articles a few months ago for some other niches. I have now moved from #728 to #3

I started my submission after communicating with EZA. Did not want them to think that i was spamming them!

I will keep you updated about the results.

Abhi

[wingsofsuccess]

Update:

Made 3 sales last night!!!
2 regular. 1 OTO.


Abhi

[wingsofsuccess]

Update:

I now have 6,929 articles live on EzineArticles. Less than 100 left before I reach the 7,000 mark.

I got 52 subscribers for my niche sites yesterday. I am already at 39 today. Since i have more articles live today than yesterday, hopefully i should cross 75 subscribers today.

I am aiming at 200 subscribers per day in the next 2 months.

[Jason Fladlien]

I'm not impressed... yet.

I think a lot of you who are commenting are missing the point. I would not applaud Abhi's work ethic until I saw some numbers. For example, total profit generated. How much did he make from this excursion? Next, how many hours did he put into it related to the profit he made from those hours?

The key is not just massive action. Doing a lot of hardwork that doesn't result in big payoff isn't smart... it's dumb.

I'm into doing the tasks that have the highest leverage of my time. So what I want to know is hour to profit ratio.

Second, I would NOT have sunk 15 months into so many projects. 80/20 rule. Out of those 200 books, I'd bet $1500 that only 10-15 are really making any money. Result: dump the rest and then focus my time only on the money makers. Develop continuity programs and complimentary offer on the backend. This is where the real money is made. You already have proven demand... you can leverage that 8 ways to sunday and make 10 times the cash you're going to make on the front end. So it'd be a dumb business move NOT to do this.

Anytime someone isn't forthright with their numbers, and focuses on less significant numbers, a red flag goes up in my mind. As an entrepreneur, the first thing that is always on my mind is profit. profit. profit. Not how many articles did I submit. How many products I made. My ranking on ezinearticles. I want to know average profit per article. average profit per product. etc.

That's how you make business decisions.

Lastly, it sounds to me that this isn't getting the success that Abhi initially envisioned. And I'm speculating of course, but if that is true, then I think the reason is obvious. Abhi is NOT focusing on the client actually wants but on what he thinks the client wants. So he equates bulk to value. The marketplace doesn't always do so. He equates nice looking ebooks and covers with value. That's not always true in the marketplace. Much much more important is what they are desperate for and what they want more than anything else. Find a solution to that and you can write it in crayon on the back of a napkin and you're delivering 10 time more value than a beautiful looking ebook with tons of well-researched but not groundbreaking content.

The only reason I'm being the professor of harsh reality here is because I think a lot of you warriors who are trying to succeed online are making a huge mistake if you're thinking what Abhi did is smart and something to model. I don't know if it was a smart business move or not. Only when I see the numbers.

Remember, at the end of the day it's profit. That's the only number that matters in business.

-Jason

[Amy Bass]

I commend you for your determination and hard work. Sounds like you are doing awesome! What sort of income are you pulling in now from those 15 months of elbow grease if you don't mind me asking?

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Jason

That was a great post and a very passionate one too.

I agree with most of what you have said. At the end of the day its profit and nothing but profit.

I think i have been very transparent in my posts mentioning that it has been just a few days since i have started submitting articles. And i need to give it some time before i can get the "real numbers".

Had this been a big JV launch or something, probably i could have given the numbers within 24 hours. But unfortunately this is all about getting organic search engine traffic.

My focus from the very beginning was getting traffic through articles I knew JV and other modes of traffic would soon follow. And no matter how much i dislike this fact, the thing is, i need to give a gestation period before i see real numbers.

I have structured this entire project so that there are various points of monetization:

1. Sales from my front end books.
2. Sales from my OTO of my front end books.
3. Sales from OTO after a subscriber subscribes to any of my lists.
4. Sales from the affiliate ads in all my front end books
5. Sales from affiliate ads in all my free books
6. Sales from any rebranding package of my free books
7. Sales from my Affiliate pitches in my autoresponders
8. Sales from any affiliate broadcast messages to any of my niche lists.
9. Any earnings from contextual (adsense etc) or In-text (kontera etc) across my thousands of article pages on my niche sites ( i am still in the process of setting this up)
10. % of sales made by my affiliates.

I have tried to structure this entire setup so that the above monetization methods are all linked to each other, like a huge network. The traffic i would be getting would be driving sales, and each sale would be driving more traffic.

I believe in 80/20 rule too. And i know just a few of these books will be winners. The others, though not winners will give me some sales every month. And if you add them up, it will surely put a smile on my face.

Just an example. Two days ago i made my first sale. And it was from a niche that i would least expect. It was about perfumes. Out of all the interesting niches i have, this was something surprising.

Now if i tested all my niches before starting my work, i am very sure that creating a site on perfume would probably be the last thing i did.

Creating nice looking ebooks, formatting the books well, may not be enough in themselves. But they are very important pieces of the big picture. In their own rights, every element counts.

Bulk may not equal quality. But there is quality in bulk. If that was not the case, we would not be talking about building huge lists. Because 80% of those on the lists hardly buy anything from us. Only 20% do. These 20% are hidden somewhere in our lists.

80% of my 7,000+ articles will probably not give me enough traffic. But 20% will.
Which 20% are they? I don't know. Only time will tell. But they are there, for sure.


My main point here is this:

1. Organic traffic takes time. And it is unfair to expect "numbers" so soon.
2. Testing is great. But getting overly obsessed with testing might make you lose several additional sales from between the cracks.
3. There is power in bulk. Quality will surface only from quantity.

Regards
Abhi

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Amy

Thank you
Regarding my income, i have just written a detailed post above..phew!

[Cash37]

May I ask how well you are doing financially? Are you full time? 4 figures a month?

[Tyler Boshears]

This is very motivating! Thanks for posting this!

[Ewan Robb]

Amazing effort, you have put in a lot of hard work so you deserve to reap the rewards. as for me, i will let others do all the hard work for me and i will just use their turnkey systems not because im lazy but because i would not have a dam clue to start with all the stuff you did

Well done mate,

All the best in your success

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Robert

Appreciate your post!
I spent close to 15K for my articles.

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Cash37

Yeah, I am full time with a comfortable 4 figures a month.

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Tyler

Thank you


Netmarketinglegend

Yeah, if i were to start again, i would outsource more. And do things faster and better!


-Abhi

[discrat]

Originally Posted by wingsofsuccess

Hi Jason

That was a great post and a very passionate one too.

I agree with most of what you have said. At the end of the day its profit and nothing but profit.

I think i have been very transparent in my posts mentioning that it has been just a few days since i have started submitting articles. And i need to give it some time before i can get the "real numbers".

Had this been a big JV launch or something, probably i could have given the numbers within 24 hours. But unfortunately this is all about getting organic search engine traffic.

My focus from the very beginning was getting traffic through articles I knew JV and other modes of traffic would soon follow. And no matter how much i dislike this fact, the thing is, i need to give a gestation period before i see real numbers.

I have structured this entire project so that there are various points of monetization:

1. Sales from my front end books.
2. Sales from my OTO of my front end books.
3. Sales from OTO after a subscriber subscribes to any of my lists.
4. Sales from the affiliate ads in all my front end books
5. Sales from affiliate ads in all my free books
6. Sales from any rebranding package of my free books
7. Sales from my Affiliate pitches in my autoresponders
8. Sales from any affiliate broadcast messages to any of my niche lists.
9. Any earnings from contextual (adsense etc) or In-text (kontera etc) across my thousands of article pages on my niche sites ( i am still in the process of setting this up)
10. % of sales made by my affiliates.

I have tried to structure this entire setup so that the above monetization methods are all linked to each other, like a huge network. The traffic i would be getting would be driving sales, and each sale would be driving more traffic.

I believe in 80/20 rule too. And i know just a few of these books will be winners. The others, though not winners will give me some sales every month. And if you add them up, it will surely put a smile on my face.

Just an example. Two days ago i made my first sale. And it was from a niche that i would least expect. It was about perfumes. Out of all the interesting niches i have, this was something surprising.

Now if i tested all my niches before starting my work, i am very sure that creating a site on perfume would probably be the last thing i did.

Creating nice looking ebooks, formatting the books well, may not be enough in themselves. But they are very important pieces of the big picture. In their own rights, every element counts.

Bulk may not equal quality. But there is quality in bulk. If that was not the case, we would not be talking about building huge lists. Because 80% of those on the lists hardly buy anything from us. Only 20% do. These 20% are hidden somewhere in our lists.

80% of my 7,000+ articles will probably not give me enough traffic. But 20% will.
Which 20% are they? I don't know. Only time will tell. But they are there, for sure.


My main point here is this:

1. Organic traffic takes time. And it is unfair to expect "numbers" so soon.
2. Testing is great. But getting overly obsessed with testing might make you lose several additional sales from between the cracks.
3. There is power in bulk. Quality will surface only from quantity.

Regards
Abhi

Ha Abhi,
That is so Awesome to be able to do what you did. Great job and keep it going. Also, I want to commend you on how you reacted to the guy who was obviously trying to make controversy in the post before yours. Good job for NOT feeding into him . As to me he was just wanting to rile you up and be a hater. Congrats, on taking the higher ground.

You are going to be incredibly successful !!

[wingsofsuccess]

Hi Justin / Descrat

Thank you for your support

-Abhi

[prodozoan]

Originally Posted by Cash37

May I ask how well you are doing financially? Are you full time? 4 figures a month?

For folks that do not recognize him, he is Abishek Agarwal from Matt Callen's Adsense arbitrage case study...are u a full time could be an understatement

About your current project, I wish you luck and I will be surprised if it breaks even or profits for you. But I hope to be surprised

Also a bit curious, does the arbitrage model still work for you?

Ajith

[ShafirAhmad]

Originally Posted by prodozoan

For folks that do not recognize him, he is Abishek Agarwal from Matt Callen's Adsense arbitrage case study...are u a full time could be an understatement

No wonder I thought the name looked very familiar. I just could not place the name.

While I applaud the effort expended, I think it might have been a good thing to stagger the articles, ie to submit a few articles per subject per week, instead of going one shot and flooding the market with the articles.

We do know that Captain TimG has around 1500+ articles, and makes 5 figures a month from them (He does not even have an opt in on many (all?) of his sites) but he does do a lot of testing on which niches work.

Frankly, I do not know what kind of results to expect from such a massive article blast, though from my own experience, 5 articles in 1 day did worse than 1 every few days for 5 articles.

This is still a phenomenal effort, and sticking to the plan must have taken massive willpower.