Making Money Online: 5 Skills Every Online Marketer Should Learn

What is your favorite autoresponder, Joshua?

Aweber very user friendly and easy to follow. I tried getresponse as well but didnt like it

I think you are very right. Especially about the 5th point which is one of the points many IM usually neglect or pay very little or no attention to.
At times some of them just take ut as a goal to spam your inbox at every hour of the day and unfortunately for them I have make it as a goal too to send them to my spam folder which I usually delete in bulk without ever looking what is inside. So if you are an IM and you are spamming your list as describe above, chances are 90% of your list does act like me.

And you know the conclusion.

Well, I have used both Aweber and getresponse. I like getresponse more.

This is a really good post Joshua!

I fully agree with building a list. That is so so important.

And like you I tried both getresponse and aweber. I did not like getresponse. I just ended my billing with them and I'm exploring aweber now!

I have 10000 member in my new forum , how i can building a list from them and how can they to be usfule .
thanks

Copywriting is the most valuable skill you can possess. Without it, you won't be able to sell.

Joshua gave really good point there, it seems he is focusing on email marketing for primary bussiness model.

Other thing is, what Dean Dune say is really important. Honestly, if you at least got some skill at copywriting then you can build your bussiness faster. Copywriting should be one of your important skill to learn, basicly you gotta sell something rite?

#'s 1, 2 & 3...easy...
#'s 4 & 5...not so easy...

Ïf you combine all of this with personal development study so you work in harmony with the laws of the universe you will be fine.

The relationship part is important. If you want to build a good list, you have to get trust from your visitors. You need to have an about me page where you talk about yourself. There are zillions of blogs who are just on topic (mostly autoblog) and we dont know who the blogger is, how can we have trust?

Those 5 are really all you need to build a strong foundation in your online business.

I agree Joshua.
All valid skills everyone should know.
But most people who begin an Online Business think they must 'master' those skills before they 'jump in'.
I was one of those.
My opinion is...learn what you need to have a successful online business.
( all of the skills you mentioned )
but don't consume your time with just learning.
There is help out there...& I mean OUTSOURCING.

This was my mistake in the beginning.
I believed that I had to learn everything & implement everything myself in my business.

Work ON your business...NOT in it !!

Cheers...Ted

One of the most important skills you can learn for your business is how to write. Don't think: I can just outsource my writing - YOU are your brand. Only YOU can communicate that to potential clients. The best way of communicating that is to learn to write.

And yes, even if your writing 'sucks' you can learn how to write.

I agree to a point - this is one side of IM and yet there are so many other points to build up on - a product to sell to say the least
[if your gonna make real money and easily ]

cheers

You will need to perfect one on one way of driving traffic to your website, this is about the most important aspect of online marketing. To me article marketing is a sure way of driving targeted traffic to my blog.

For the benefit of everybody reading this thread, you are not permitted to post affiliate links in the Warrior Forum because it is spamming.

Chris

well I am not sure about the blog but building a list is really a good idea ;-)

Those are important skill sets to have, but you also need to have resilience....as IM is not easy, and not every "plan of attack" will pan out. One has to be able to stand up again and dust himself off...and do it again (but better).

The backbone of anything you do online is communication.

The backbone of each of these steps is communication.

In my estimation, it's always a wise idea to focus a massive portion of time mastering this area because everything that happens to your business online is the result of your communication. Everything. Good or bad.

These tools only serve to deliver communication. Like the pizza delivery boy. But the tool that makes the tool convert or not, which is the name of the game here, is whether or not someone is moved to act on their own behalf, and to your mutual benefit.

And that only happens when what you say to a prospect helps them realize that you've got solutions to their problems or shortcuts to their desires. Which ultimately means that you've gotta sell.

So, what's the highest leverage thing you can do now?

First, let's cover the single biggest mistake people make when getting into the information business...

Most "experts" try to sell THEMSELVES and their EXPERTISE

They believe that people want to buy them and what they know but they don't. People want to buy a SOLUTION or OUTCOME to their problem or desire!!! They don't want to know about you or your credentials and your expertise are not that relevant.

They want results. They wanna fix the thing that's wrong or they wanna get the thing they're going after. They're really not concerned about you!

Discovering Your Knowledge Goldmine

Most people who go into the information product, advice or coaching business make the mistake of trying to "sell themselves." This almost always ends in feeling self-conscious, fearful of rejection and paralyzed with fear.

1. Instead of taking that road that leads to failure, let's start instead by taking an inventory of the things you can help people with. What consistent problems and challenges are lots of people having that you know how to solve? Begin by listing problems and challenges that you can help others solve....



2. Next focus specifically and make a list of how you've helped others in one of the "Big 3 Mega Niches of health, relationships or money...



3. Finally, write down your best technique for helping someone in trouble in this area to fix their problems fast...



When you put the spot light on the customer and the problems that they're probably having, that's when we start to have big insights that can lead to multi-million dollar businesses.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when starting an information business is teaching something that not many people are looking for, and number two, it's not a big problem people are looking to solve.

Answering these questions is the start of a great info product and business.

Communication is the name of the game! Everything else plays second fiddle to her! Hahaha