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Buying your way into Inernet Marketing

by FloridaKash
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Sure I am going to get blasted for this, especially since its my first post, but here we go.

I have tried internet marketing with pretty much no results in the past (about 4 years ago). I got busy with life and had to abandon these ideas. Well, again the bug has bitten me and I am wanting to get back into it. Yes, I understand its work, I am not under the impression that its automatic money.

The marketing I did before was adsense and affiliate marketing (mainly clickbank). I was never able to get enough traffic to my site and am now aware that a good way to get some traffic to your site is to participate in niche forums. I tried CPC ads on Google... that was expensive.

Anyhow, it was difficulty, I had no luck and frankly didn't know what I was doing and although I feel like I have an 'idea' of what needs to be done to be successful, I still really have no idea.

Has anyone had experience in buying sites and getting a decent ROI on them? I'll have about $10K available to invest and am not sure what the best route would be on using this money to become successful in IM. I am thinking buying several smaller established sites that make a little money and marketing them more aggressively or perhaps buying one decent money maker. Or of course.... try to build my own.

Thoughts? Suggestions?
#buying #inernet #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author LMC
    I would take $10k

    Outsource development of 100 websites targeting very specific products.

    $100 Breakdown per site

    $10 to the domain name
    $40 to development
    $50 to backlinking

    Position them all organically in the Search Engines, you'll see results in a couple months, make $1 per day on each on you'll have a consistent $3,000 income every month...

    Read my thread here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...al-estate.html
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    • Profile picture of the author ytt
      I am a newbie but LMC has a good point, that is , outsourcing. Once you have good websites developed professionally, these websites can bring in good money, and if they catch the eyes of good companies/individuals, they may even offer to buy your websites at a high price.
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  • Profile picture of the author FloridaKash
    LMC, Thank you for the reply and PM. I tried to reply to your PM but I must obtain at least 50 posts.

    For me, I think the best strategy would be to have several small slightly profitable sites than 1 large site. I like being diversified.

    Anyone know of a great place to outsource an entire site for a good value?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jo Smith
      Originally Posted by FloridaKash View Post

      LMC, Thank you for the reply and PM. I tried to reply to your PM but I must obtain at least 50 posts.

      For me, I think the best strategy would be to have several small slightly profitable sites than 1 large site. I like being diversified.

      Anyone know of a great place to outsource an entire site for a good value?

      Why do we have so many restrictions on WF when you first start out. If we had so much time to be on forums the whole day, we might as well give up altogether trying to make money on the internet.

      Just a thought.....
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      • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
        Originally Posted by Jo Smith View Post

        Why do we have so many restrictions on WF when you first start out. If we had so much time to be on forums the whole day, we might as well give up altogether trying to make money on the internet.

        Just a thought.....
        This is off topic to the thread so I'll be brief.

        We have restrictions because time and experience have shown
        us that many people view the Warrior Forum as a gold mine... which
        it is... and come here just to drop links and promote their stuff.

        That type of activity contributes nothing to the forum and, in
        fact, would ultimately drive many solid contributors away... which
        would turn this gold mine into just another online forum.

        This community values those who contribute first... take second.

        Tsnyder
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        If you knew what I know you'd be doing what I do...
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        • Profile picture of the author Jo Smith
          Originally Posted by Tsnyder View Post

          This is off topic to the thread so I'll be brief.

          We have restrictions because time and experience have shown
          us that many people view the Warrior Forum as a gold mine... which
          it is... and come here just to drop links and promote their stuff.

          That type of activity contributes nothing to the forum and, in
          fact, would ultimately drive many solid contributors away... which
          would turn this gold mine into just another online forum.

          This community values those who contribute first... take second.

          Tsnyder

          Thanks Tsnyder..... I am wanting to be a true contributor myself, but have to write little blurbs here and there (which still make sense & is not spammy) to reach my post count of 20 before I can at least reply to some of the post within certain threads. It is wasting endless time of mine and is a bit annoying. BUT I do understand why they do it. BUT 50 posts before you can reply to a PM is a bit excessive I feel.
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        • Profile picture of the author FloridaKash
          Originally Posted by ytt View Post

          I am a newbie but LMC has a good point, that is , outsourcing. Once you have good websites developed professionally, these websites can bring in good money, and if they catch the eyes of good companies/individuals, they may even offer to buy your websites at a high price.
          Absolutely. With that said, and many may disagree with me, I really have no intention of selling a site for a single payday... if it ever came to that. I am much more interested in a residual income where I have money coming in every month. That's how one retires in my opinion. Especially since I would be tempted to spend the money I received from the sale of a site in lieu of reinvesting it.


          Originally Posted by kakaboo View Post

          Well even if you have all the money in the world to spare, it is still best if you took the time to research and try some stuff out on your own to see what works for you and what doesn't before spending any money.
          I couldn't agree more. I have a couple niches that I believe would be good sites that I have knowledge on. I know you can have sites setup using scripts which provide a sort of control panel where I can go in and change affiliate ads/links, post articles and many of the other maintenance things that come along with having a marketing site. I am also aware how meta tags work, search engine submission, the importance of your domain name along with fresh and original content.

          I do not know anything about back linking or how to obtain them. Obviously something I need to learn how to do in practice but I also understand there are people you can have do this for me which are probably much better at it than I would be. I intend to learn the basics and principals of all facets. I have tons and tons to learn.

          I am aware you that if it was a s simple as buying sites, people would be investing in websites in lieu of the stock market and mutual funds. It is a business and I have no preconceived notion that its an automatic money maker nor will it take tons of hours to establish.
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  • Profile picture of the author kakaboo
    Well even if you have all the money in the world to spare, it is still best if you took the time to research and try some stuff out on your own to see what works for you and what doesn't before spending any money.

    Granted LMC's plan is great if you know what you are doing and have the cash to spare, but if you don't know how to pick products to promote, register a good domain name, know where to pay for good backlinks or articles, you are basically just going to go one big round back to square 1..
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  • Profile picture of the author LovelyCornSyrup
    Put like, five-hundred dollars into it, and if you can't make it work take the rest of your money and walk. There's no sense in gambling all your money away.
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  • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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    FloridaKash,

    I'm happy for you because you have discovered, unlike some folks, that making money online doesn't happen overnight. You have to work your butts off. Burn midnight candles, if need be. Put yourself into it as if you were going to die if you would leave it.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    You have to have a good idea.

    Something that people are excited about

    Something they dont hear of every day.

    Proof that it works.

    Decent social standing.

    ...and you have to be willing to give 10 times more than you receive.

    I have been on the warrior forum for ten years, and while making great money offline during that time and slowly mixing it with online and creating hybrid models, only recently have I done projects that are strictly online... and I have to tell you that you must think of your customers first, then your team (no one gets there alone)... and make sure everyone is blessed... and you are the last one on the totem pole. If you have done that for the others you will be blessed with a little success yourself.

    If you keep doing it, and keep taking care of people, eventually you will be blessed with ALOT of success.

    You can have anything you want, if you are willing to help enough others get what they want...

    Other option:

    You can keep thinking you are gonna find the gold mine any day now, and it will be ten years for you like it was for me to learn internet marketing.

    Dont think Goldmine... think "How can I truly, amazingly bless people, and create some opportunity for web designers, and people who sell programs and hosting... and the tools I need to market, how can I support those people...? How can I deliver something amazing that people will have a real chance at succeeding with..."

    Last note: "Instead of listing what I need... how can I leverage what I already have and know"?

    Last, last note: How can I get a guy like Michael Hiles or someone to give me some consultation, or take me under their wing...?

    The answer to that is magic.

    People like him, are watching you, dont doubt it... they want to know if you are going to love this place like we do, and not just see it as a goldmine, but as a place where we can truly make a difference and further internet evolution, because thats what THEY are about... successful people dont do things only for money. Do you fit in with that?

    If you have to give first to recieve for awhile, even out of the little you have... then find a way to do it, giving is the way to success. At least thats my experience, and I learned it here ten years ago from the owner of this forum.

    Ps. Dont give crap rehash. Give your best.

    "What do I already have that I can leverage"?

    Some food for thought.

    Ps. Not that you are doing it... but just a hint along the way that some miss..."kissing ass dont do it either...people recognize you as one of their own, through your way of being, and thinking, not through ass kissing..."

    Had to add that, just in case you ever fall into that trap.

    Edit: (keep adding more thoughts): Dont think you have to do everything yourself. Enlist others... working with graphicsgenie has been the best move I ever made. Also Brandon Hartman.

    Involve others.
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    • Profile picture of the author FloridaKash
      Thanks for all of that. I am not here to find a gold mine, I am here to make money and contribute where I can. The niche sites I am going after may not be in the most profitable arena, but they are on subjects that I have life experience in and most people seem to find the knowledge I have shared on these topics beneficial. For that reason I am starting off in these niches.

      Now, after I get these going (I will get them going, I refuse to fail) I have absolutely no problem with taking on projects and establish sites on things I am not passionate about but may have some knowledge on.
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