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I have been an online entrepreneur for the past 5 years.

Phase 1
I started with a blog which took 3 months to show my first dollar .
Slowly after 6 months I started earning 4 to 5 dollars a month. :rolleyes:
Then I was tired of waiting, I went for fraud clicks I know!!!
Then I found out google was smarter than me . Account banned.
At this point I had nearly $90 in my adsense account
But I did not feel sad, as I know I did not deserve that money.
From that day I have never even dreamt of clicking my own ad or asking my friends to click on it or click exchange.

Phase 2
Now I knew that I can make money online. And I was determined. :rolleyes:
So this time I joined up with couple of my friends to create a static website. I started getting a couple of dollars a month from the site.

Then we created a dynamic site which started generating around $5 per month.

Then we created a couple of static site which started generating another $3 per month.

Then we started a hosting business which is now generating a couple of hundred dollars a year.

Then we started web designing and started generating another couple of hundred dollars per year.

Then we came across the google sniper method and tried our luck. Generated another couple of dollars per month.

We tried to create our own digital product, good content but no sales :confused:

We tried to create forums. Closed it down due to lack of users

We tried auto content sites in wordpress, it proved no good

We tried Micro niche Finder, awesome product generating couple of dollars a month with help of this. No more.

We tried hubpages/squidoo. Just generated another couple of dollars.

Tried flipping, wasted $20 for posting one of my sites for sale. The site was generating $12 per month in adsense. Their best bid was $50 :confused:

We created an android app. Its selling about 3 copies a month on average. Another $5 a month in revenue.

Phase 3
We are current generating around $50 a month from Adsense. After 5 years of real hardwork.. $50 is nothing compared to the work we have put in! I don't understand what I am doing wrong here.

Experts please advise on how I can get atleast $500 a month. I am ready to invest time, money and effort. Please dont try to sell products. I need some good advice and your real life experiences on how you became successful.

Thank you for your valuable time!
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  • Profile picture of the author allenjohn
    Hi,

    Step 1: Create a service/product that people are looking for.

    Step 2: Advertise in a place where people are hungry for what you have created in 1.

    Step 3. Repeat and rinse and importantly, stick with it...

    Regards Allen
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Meaney
    You keep moving from one idea to the next instead of building a business.

    You've had success in what you've done, but you haven't scaled up. It's going to take time no matter what method you choose.. so stop jumping.
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    • Profile picture of the author Amitywill
      Instead of trying to do everything focus on just 1 thing that
      works and keep on doing it.

      Will
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      • Profile picture of the author amitz27
        Originally Posted by allenjohn View Post

        Hi,

        Step 1: Create a service/product that people are looking for.

        Step 2: Advertise in a place where people are hungry for what you have created in 1.

        Step 3. Repeat and rinse and importantly, stick with it...

        Regards Allen
        Originally Posted by Mick Meaney View Post

        You keep moving from one idea to the next instead of building a business.

        You've had success in what you've done, but you haven't scaled up. It's going to take time no matter what method you choose.. so stop jumping.
        Originally Posted by Amitywill View Post

        Instead of trying to do everything focus on just 1 thing that
        works and keep on doing it.

        Will
        Thanks Warriors.
        Yes I have decided that. From now on I will focus on ONE. But help me choose the best one based on your experience.
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      • Profile picture of the author emdubl
        Seems like you have tried a lot of methods, but maybe you need to focus on one or two for a longer period of time.

        I wouldnt consider myself a guru, but I make more than $500 a month from affiliate sales and adsense.

        Stop by my blog in my signature. I share tips and ideas on how I make my money.
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        • Profile picture of the author amitz27
          Originally Posted by emdubl View Post

          Seems like you have tried a lot of methods, but maybe you need to focus on one or two for a longer period of time.

          I wouldnt consider myself a guru, but I make more than $500 a month from affiliate sales and adsense.

          Stop by my blog in my signature. I share tips and ideas on how I make my money.
          Hi emdubl,

          Thanks. Will check out your blog for sure.
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          • Profile picture of the author Ross Petal
            Hiya Amit,

            I'm certainly not a guru but I am in the same boat.

            The only thing that will help you is to join a good coaching program, take action, focus, education and implementation = Results.

            Otherwise without the above, it's like going through rapids without a paddle. That was me :confused:
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            • Profile picture of the author amitz27
              Originally Posted by ross007 View Post

              Hiya Amit,

              I'm certainly not a guru but I am in the same boat.

              The only thing that will help you is to join a good coaching program, take action, focus, education and implementation = Results.

              Otherwise without the above, it's like going through rapids without a paddle. That was me :confused:
              Hey ross,
              Thanks for your tip.
              Could you suggest me a good coaching program?
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          • Profile picture of the author lewi77
            Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

            Hi emdubl,

            Thanks. Will check out your blog for sure.
            I will too. thanks for the tips and link to check out
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        • Profile picture of the author amitz27
          I am interested in affilate marketing. Could someone please help me out on the strategy you use for affiliate marketing? Have any of those affiliate products really helped you? How can you sell it without knowing if its good enough?
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          • Profile picture of the author happykate
            Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

            I am interested in affilate marketing. Could someone please help me out on the strategy you use for affiliate marketing? Have any of those affiliate products really helped you? How can you sell it without knowing if its good enough?
            I do some affiliate marketing through my blog and newsletter - it has taken me a long time to build a list though and it still isn't where I want it to be, so it does take work. I only recommend products I have used my self or reviewed which means my readers are more likely to buy as I only recommend good products.

            I think the best way to use affiliate marketing is with adverts but I'm afraid I've never tried that so can't give you any advice!
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  • Profile picture of the author dannygnenerate
    Ok, for starters you already know that it's not good to join any program telling you you'll make money quick. THEY ARE ALLLLLLL SCAMS... don't join any programs, they are only made for the owners to profit and to upsell more things. So here's what you do I'll make it simple. First go to traffictravis.com and download the free keyword finder. Think about something you really like and click the keyword finder button. Type in a keyword and pick one you really like and when you have a good one go try to buy it at godaddy.com. Then, go to clickbank.com and pick a product that's related to your keyword. It's free to get any product you want just make sure it's something related to your keyword. Make blogs write articles and make videos on your product and make sure you put your keywords in your articles and on the videos description you submit... after you got your articles and videos up go to trafficgeysertraffic.com this site will automatically submit your videos all over the internet all at once so you don't have to go to each individual place to do it manually... it also does it for articles. Doing just these methods you can rank pretty good on google and get some traffic hits. Just make sure you direct people to your blog or article before your actual product this way they have some info before hand. Link your website to your blog or article and you'll never have to deal with it. But you want to have no website right? So just take out the buy a website part of this and do everything else. It's very, very effective. I've been doing this for 6 years now and I make thousands every month through clickbank. Have fun and much success will come. Remember stay MOTIVATED
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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by dannygnenerate View Post

      Ok, for starters you already know that it's not good to join any program telling you you'll make money quick. THEY ARE ALLLLLLL SCAMS... don't join any programs, they are only made for the owners to profit and to upsell more things. So here's what you do I'll make it simple. First go to traffictravis.com and download the free keyword finder. Think about something you really like and click the keyword finder button. Type in a keyword and pick one you really like and when you have a good one go try to buy it at godaddy.com. Then, go to clickbank.com and pick a product that's related to your keyword. It's free to get any product you want just make sure it's something related to your keyword. Make blogs write articles and make videos on your product and make sure you put your keywords in your articles and on the videos description you submit... after you got your articles and videos up go to trafficgeysertraffic.com this site will automatically submit your videos all over the internet all at once so you don't have to go to each individual place to do it manually... it also does it for articles. Doing just these methods you can rank pretty good on google and get some traffic hits. Just make sure you direct people to your blog or article before your actual product this way they have some info before hand. Link your website to your blog or article and you'll never have to deal with it. But you want to have no website right? So just take out the buy a website part of this and do everything else. It's very, very effective. I've been doing this for 6 years now and I make thousands every month through clickbank. Have fun and much success will come. Remember stay MOTIVATED
      Hey Danny,
      Thanks for your great advice. Congrats on your earnings.
      I would do like this. Please advice if its ok.

      I would choose some topic I know or am interested in say "Pet care".
      Write or outsource say 10 articles on the same.
      Outsource and get 3 to 5 videos done. [I don't think I can make my own video]
      Create a website say "greatpetcareproducts.com". [after some research on MNF]
      List some clickbank products in the site.

      Marketing.
      Go to some pet forums and post link in my signature [no spamming].

      Will this be a good way to start? Did you do anything extra for marketing?
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      • Profile picture of the author dannygnenerate
        Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

        Hey Danny,
        Thanks for your great advice. Congrats on your earnings.
        I would do like this. Please advice if its ok.

        I would choose some topic I know or am interested in say "Pet care".
        Write or outsource say 10 articles on the same.
        Outsource and get 3 to 5 videos done. [I don't think I can make my own video]
        Create a website say "greatpetcareproducts.com". [after some research on MNF]
        List some clickbank products in the site.

        Marketing.
        Go to some pet forums and post link in my signature [no spamming].

        Will this be a good way to start? Did you do anything extra for marketing?
        Hi,
        That's mainly the way to do it. Just make sure when you chose a key word... ok type a search in google and look at the results then put quotes around you key word and search that "great pet care products" and it'll show you the exact match. Make a blog and articles for it and do this... you say you don't think you can make a video? Here's the solution go to screencast-o-matic.com it's SUPER, SUPER easy to use. It'll allow you to capture your screen and voice while browsing the net... So what you'll do is load up the screencastomatic then go to your article or blog and click record and just talk about it while you're scrolling down. You can even just read what you've written there. Be creative. It's super easy. On the keyword tip remember to use that software "traffic davis" it'll make things extremely easy when looking at your competition. Remember also when someone gives you info if it's not on how to drive more traffic then it doesn't matter because we could have the best store in the world if no one knows it's there then it's a failure. Much success to you.
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        • Profile picture of the author amitz27
          Originally Posted by dannygnenerate View Post

          Hi,
          That's mainly the way to do it. Just make sure when you chose a key word... ok type a search in google and look at the results then put quotes around you key word and search that "great pet care products" and it'll show you the exact match. Make a blog and articles for it and do this... you say you don't think you can make a video? Here's the solution go to screencast-o-matic.com it's SUPER, SUPER easy to use. It'll allow you to capture your screen and voice while browsing the net... So what you'll do is load up the screencastomatic then go to your article or blog and click record and just talk about it while you're scrolling down. You can even just read what you've written there. Be creative. It's super easy. On the keyword tip remember to use that software "traffic davis" it'll make things extremely easy when looking at your competition. Remember also when someone gives you info if it's not on how to drive more traffic then it doesn't matter because we could have the best store in the world if no one knows it's there then it's a failure. Much success to you.
          Hey Danny,
          You are a born motivator. Thanks for your advice.
          I am definitely planning for the same method. Have you bought traffic or backlinks? Will this help?
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          • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
            <--------------not a guru

            But help me choose the best one based on your experience.
            Here is a hint - you need to decide on something based on your experience.

            I am interested in affilate marketing. Could someone please help me out on the strategy you use for affiliate marketing?
            No no no no no no no no no no no no no.

            Decide on the product or service first. Then, you see if affiliate marketing fits into the actual marketing plan.

            Set yourself as an authority of one thing/area first.

            Find the niche, see how others are monetizing it, and use that to figure out how you may want to monetize it too.

            Right now you are just looking for directions on how to ride the bicycle without knowing where the bicycle will take you or where you need to go.
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            • Profile picture of the author amitz27
              Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

              <--------------not a guru



              Here is a hint - you need to decide on something based on your experience.



              No no no no no no no no no no no no no.

              Decide on the product or service first. Then, you see if affiliate marketing fits into the actual marketing plan.

              Set yourself as an authority of one thing/area first.

              Find the niche, see how others are monetizing it, and use that to figure out how you may want to monetize it too.

              Right now you are just looking for directions on how to ride the bicycle without knowing where the bicycle will take you or where you need to go.
              Thanks Jill for guiding me.
              So you are telling that I need to first decide on my niche say "Pet care".
              Make my site an authoritative resource on the same. [might take a year or more]
              Get in traffic and backlinks [automatic if content is good]
              And then try out different monetizing method and then focus on which works.
              Is this what you are suggesting?

              So it will take atleast 2 years to reap the benefits if I am correct.
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          • Profile picture of the author dannygnenerate
            Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

            Hey Danny,
            You are a born motivator. Thanks for your advice.
            I am definitely planning for the same method. Have you bought traffic or backlinks? Will this help?
            Thank you for taking the steps to really change your life....
            Never spent a penny. The only thing I spend money on is Information. Here's a link to one of my products. You don't have to buy anything, whenever you have time just listen to the 33 or so minute webinar... It's absolutely awesome. Please remember if you are an affiliate don't EVER EVER EVER pick a product unless you think it will work or know first hand. Awesome Product check it out it's something I HIGHLY reccomend. If anything you'll learn some things from the video. Much Success to you. Remember MORE KNOWLEDGE MORE.
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      • Profile picture of the author shane_k
        Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post


        I would choose some topic I know or am interested in say "Pet care".
        I personally think this is your main problem.

        You are too focused on what you want, topics you are interested in, or know something about, or that you think might be good, instead of looking for a "hungry market"

        It doesn't matter how interested or how much you know about a topic, if no one else is interested in that topic (or maybe they are but not willing to pay for the information) no amount of backlinking, article writing, SEO, social marketing will help you.

        Step one: choose a niche or topic AND THEN research to see what is possible in that topic

        Do the people in that topic have any burning questions they want answered?

        if no, then it is probably not a very good niche/topic.

        if yes, then what is there burning question?

        Look at this forum. What problem does it solve? What burning question do we ALL have in common?

        How can I/we make money online?


        The reason we are all here (some of us everyday) is because of our endless search for the answer to this question. it's why YOU are on here, why YOU made this post.

        So can you think of other areas where people have a burning question they want answered?

        Step 2: Research to find answers to that burning question

        Then you can either create a product around that. Or find a product already created and promote that.

        Here are some burning questions

        How can I get a girl to like me?
        How do I know if my boyfriend is cheating? (I remember reading this as a survey in one of my sisters girlie magzines)
        How can I make money?
        How can I save money?
        How can I protect my money from the government?
        How can I organize my time and be more productive?
        How can I protect myself from bullies? (I don't remember which boxer it was but I remember a story about one who learned to box only after he had is bike stolen. He ended up becoming Heavyweight champ)
        How can I make friends and influence people? (hmm, I think I read a book that had that title, lol)
        How can I make my own home videos?
        How can I lose weight so I can see my ab muscles?
        How can lower my cholesteral?
        How can I get the most out of my Iphone/regular phone?
        How can I beat the 12 level of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? lol

        I am sure you get the picture.

        Go to a book store and look at the different books and ask yourself what are the questions these books are answering? What might be a burning qeustions that the people who buy these books want answered?

        This information should give you a great headstart.

        thanks

        shane_K
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  • Profile picture of the author omk
    Well you stated that you guys did 5 years of real "hard work". There's a difference between hard work and smart work.

    IM is all about smart work first. If you do not optimize what you do first, then all the amount of hard work in the world will still make you beans. That's what happened to you and your friends.

    What you have to do is go back and pick an area that seemed the most fruitful. Then dig deeper into the how and why of the method. Then, learn how to scale it up correctly.

    Because it seems as if you reached a point where you started to see a little money.

    Take those methods, learn more about the how and why. Fix it and scale. I know it's maddening, but that's really all there is to it. Scale what works.

    In your case, I think you guys just don't have the other pieces of the puzzle. It''s hard to give you a definitive answer without actually seeing your work.

    But some of the other things that you guys may not be doing correctly maybe:
    - picking related long tail Kwords for added traffic
    - I know u said u picked good niches, but your niches may actually be
    lukewarm or too small to really see big money.
    - onpage / offpage SEO may not be fully optimized
    - your site templates may not be as good as they could be
    - backlinking strategy may not be good
    - failure to try out certain things like paid traffic (sometimes a little boost from paid traffic is all you need to see what's really going on)
    - not taking advantage of the boost that video can provide and support accounts on sites like Ytube
    - it also sounds like you guys are moving around too much. You never wait long enough and try and master one method. Remember, jack of all trades, master of none, will get you exactly where you are right now.

    It's just as hard to make $1 online as it is $1000. It sounds crazy, but it's true. It requires the same basic principles.





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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by omk View Post

      Well you stated that you guys did 5 years of real "hard work". There's a difference between hard work and smart work. IM is all about smart work first. If you do not optimize what you do first, then all the amount of hard work in the world will still make you beans. That's what happened to you and your friends. What you have to do is go back and pick an area that seemed the most fruitful. Then dig deeper into the how and why of the method. Then, learn how to scale it up correctly. Because it seems as if you reached a point where you started to see a little money. Take those methods, fix it and scale.
      Hi omk,
      I totally agree, we never did the 'Smart work'. From what i have learnt, adsense is a good income earner for my content sites. I have a couple of my sites in the first 2 results. One of them earns me $35 per month, the major chunk of my adsense revenue. Here I have a good subscriber list of 800+.

      These are good content sites, were people come to read he content. But I feel the effort involved for affiliate marketing is lesser.

      What is your take on it?
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      • Profile picture of the author omk
        They each have their pluses and minuses. It really depends on your personality and what type of work u like to do. People always like affiliate marketing over adsense because you see higher amounts of money upfront and faster than adsense. But let me tell you, you can make some serious money with adsense. I know the payout is not as good as the good ol' days, but it can still be done.
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        • Profile picture of the author amitz27
          Originally Posted by omk View Post

          They each have their pluses and minuses. It really depends on your personality and what type of work u like to do. People always like affiliate marketing over adsense because you see higher amounts of money upfront and faster than adsense. But let me tell you, you can make some serious money with adsense. I know the payout is not as good as the good ol' days, but it can still be done.
          Frankly I am not very good at persuading people on buying something that I don't know about. That is one thing that was keeping me away from Affilate marketing.
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          • Profile picture of the author dannygnenerate
            Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

            Frankly I am not very good at persuading people on buying something that I don't know about. That is one thing that was keeping me away from Affilate marketing.
            The objective is to get people CHASING YOU. Walmart doesn't call us to buy their products. We go there so you must drive people to you. Don't chase people or you'll get tired... and exhaustion leads to giving up. Use only things that work, throw everything else out QUICKLY Look at my posts in here for more information on what to do. GET MOTIVATED and dont' let absolutely anybody discourage you. I had nothing and no one believed in me when I started and shyness was a factor now I make more then my doctor brother, much more. Just remember helping people honestly is key (reputation building). Your confidence will come with time as you get more knowledgeable. MORE KNOWLEDGE MORE.
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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by omk View Post

      Well you stated that you guys did 5 years of real "hard work". There's a difference between hard work and smart work.

      IM is all about smart work first. If you do not optimize what you do first, then all the amount of hard work in the world will still make you beans. That's what happened to you and your friends.

      What you have to do is go back and pick an area that seemed the most fruitful. Then dig deeper into the how and why of the method. Then, learn how to scale it up correctly.

      Because it seems as if you reached a point where you started to see a little money.

      Take those methods, learn more about the how and why. Fix it and scale. I know it's maddening, but that's really all there is to it. Scale what works.

      In your case, I think you guys just don't have the other pieces of the puzzle. It''s hard to give you a definitive answer without actually seeing your work.

      But some of the other things that you guys may not be doing correctly maybe:
      - picking related long tail Kwords for added traffic
      - I know u said u picked good niches, but your niches may actually be
      lukewarm or too small to really see big money.
      - onpage / offpage SEO may not be fully optimized
      - your site templates may not be as good as they could be
      - backlinking strategy may not be good
      - failure to try out certain things like paid traffic (sometimes a little boost from paid traffic is all you need to see what's really going on)
      - not taking advantage of the boost that video can provide and support accounts on sites like Ytube
      - it also sounds like you guys are moving around too much. You never wait long enough and try and master one method. Remember, jack of all trades, master of none, will get you exactly where you are right now.

      It's just as hard to make $1 online as it is $1000. It sounds crazy, but it's true. It requires the same basic principles.





      - picking related long tail Kwords for added traffic -> We did try this. Something like LSI right?
      - I know u said u picked good niches, but your niches may actually be
      lukewarm or too small to really see big money. -> Yes I search for a minimum global traffic of 1000. 2000 + is already saturated, too much competition.
      - onpage / offpage SEO may not be fully optimized -> We have done pretty good SEO with available plugins in Wordpress
      - your site templates may not be as good as they could be -> We have tried out the special templates made just for more CTR
      - backlinking strategy may not be good -> Have roamed about posting in couple of related blogs. Not more than that. Is there a good IM tool that is good in backlinking? Which is the best option for backlinking?
      - failure to try out certain things like paid traffic (sometimes a little boost from paid traffic is all you need to see what's really going on) -> Never tried this too. Any advice on a great service that provide quality traffic?
      - not taking advantage of the boost that video can provide and support accounts on sites like Ytube -> Never tried this too. Will surely make this a point next time.
      - it also sounds like you guys are moving around too much. You never wait long enough and try and master one method. Remember, jack of all trades, master of none, will get you exactly where you are right now. -> Yes, we realize it now. Better late than never. From now on we are going to focus on just one project.

      Thanks omk
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      • Profile picture of the author dannygnenerate
        Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

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        - picking related long tail Kwords for added traffic -> We did try this. Something like LSI right?
        - I know u said u picked good niches, but your niches may actually be
        lukewarm or too small to really see big money. -> Yes I search for a minimum global traffic of 1000. 2000 + is already saturated, too much competition.
        - onpage / offpage SEO may not be fully optimized -> We have done pretty good SEO with available plugins in Wordpress
        - your site templates may not be as good as they could be -> We have tried out the special templates made just for more CTR
        - backlinking strategy may not be good -> Have roamed about posting in couple of related blogs. Not more than that. Is there a good IM tool that is good in backlinking? Which is the best option for backlinking?
        - failure to try out certain things like paid traffic (sometimes a little boost from paid traffic is all you need to see what's really going on) -> Never tried this too. Any advice on a great service that provide quality traffic?
        - not taking advantage of the boost that video can provide and support accounts on sites like Ytube -> Never tried this too. Will surely make this a point next time.
        - it also sounds like you guys are moving around too much. You never wait long enough and try and master one method. Remember, jack of all trades, master of none, will get you exactly where you are right now. -> Yes, we realize it now. Better late than never. From now on we are going to focus on just one project.

        Thanks omk
        Never... Ever pay for traffic unless you're already making good money. This will not help your SEO results. Pick a niche that's helpful to people don't focus to much on the product you'll know the right product when you see it. I can have the worst product in the world but if I have 20,000 visitors every month it's going to sell regardless. Pick 3 different niches and watch your click count to see which site converts to sells faster and drop the one's that don't convert well. After you have you backlinks up ping them with pingfarm.com or pingomatic.com they put your articles and blogs out there for you this way you don't have to do it all by yourself. Picking long keywords can be tricky so get the Traffic Travis for free and enjoy it it'll help separate you from your competition. Good luck and STAY MOTIVATED
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        • Profile picture of the author amitz27
          Originally Posted by dannygnenerate View Post

          Never... Ever pay for traffic unless you're already making good money. This will not help your SEO results. Pick a niche that's helpful to people don't focus to much on the product you'll know the right product when you see it. I can have the worst product in the world but if I have 20,000 visitors every month it's going to sell regardless. Pick 3 different niches and watch your click count to see which site converts to sells faster and drop the one's that don't convert well. After you have you backlinks up ping them with pingfarm.com or pingomatic.com they put your articles and blogs out there for you this way you don't have to do it all by yourself. Picking long keywords can be tricky so get the Traffic Travis for free and enjoy it it'll help separate you from your competition. Good luck and STAY MOTIVATED
          Thanks Danny. I get the idea.
          Any tips on building 20,000 visitors a month?. Is there an easy way out or same old post and wait? And for this I will need a google first page result right? My best site brings about 21000 visits a month but this is a lottery result site.. people need this, I have 800+ subscribers here.

          So if I have to repeat the same for affiliate marketing purpose...
          1. I need to have a good content site with content pouring in inside a niche where competition is less.. [Too much effort I believe]
          OR
          2. I need to get a rare keyword with 20000 plus searches and get myself placed in the first result of google. Or combination of LSI keywords [Is this a possibility]. Then a couple of good articles and videos should suffice.

          Thanks for helping me out.
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          • Profile picture of the author dannygnenerate
            Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

            Thanks Danny. I get the idea.
            Any tips on building 20,000 visitors a month?. Is there an easy way out or same old post and wait? And for this I will need a google first page result right? My best site brings about 21000 visits a month but this is a lottery result site.. people need this, I have 800+ subscribers here.

            So if I have to repeat the same for affiliate marketing purpose...
            1. I need to have a good content site with content pouring in inside a niche where competition is less.. [Too much effort I believe]
            OR
            2. I need to get a rare keyword with 20000 plus searches and get myself placed in the first result of google. Or combination of LSI keywords [Is this a possibility]. Then a couple of good articles and videos should suffice.

            Thanks for helping me out.
            Ok here's the deal even if you built a 20k per month affiliate site it won't matter unless it's converting visits to sales. So your product must be something that you'll surely buy yourself if needed. Keep it fresh by going to forums everyday that have to do with your topic and post answers with your affiliate links in your signature. Also go to yahoo answers... Reputation building is a must. We trust Walmart that's why we go there. If we didn't no matter what they offer they wouldn't have our business. The more you are exposed in a positive way the more you are respected when it comes to your products. That's why it's good to be a positive person with a positive product. The keyword question works like this. Say you have a product like... a weight loss program... people search it all the time.. They type in what's the best weight loss program... If I were to go godaddy.com and typed in what'sthe bestworkoutprogram and they have it (which they miraculously do) then I'll use that keyword in everything I put up EVERY THING and you'll domintate that keyword which would get you an insane amount of traffic as you begin to do those above tips... Why? because you will basically own those words directly. Always try to buy .com .net .info .or and .co different one's talk to google different and will make you rank higher. When they come to your site you'll sweeten them up and give them good info then they will happily buy because not only do you have good info but you are very visible. Every business needs to build it's foundation physically or electronically. MORE KNOWLEDGE MORE
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            • Profile picture of the author amitz27
              Originally Posted by dannygnenerate View Post

              Ok here's the deal even if you built a 20k per month affiliate site it won't matter unless it's converting visits to sales. So your product must be something that you'll surely buy yourself if needed. Keep it fresh by going to forums everyday that have to do with your topic and post answers with your affiliate links in your signature. Also go to yahoo answers... Reputation building is a must. We trust Walmart that's why we go there. If we didn't no matter what they offer they wouldn't have our business. The more you are exposed in a positive way the more you are respected when it comes to your products. That's why it's good to be a positive person with a positive product. The keyword question works like this. Say you have a product like... a weight loss program... people search it all the time.. They type in what's the best weight loss program... If I were to go godaddy.com and typed in what'sthe bestworkoutprogram and they have it (which they miraculously do) then I'll use that keyword in everything I put up EVERY THING and you'll domintate that keyword which would get you an insane amount of traffic as you begin to do those above tips... Why? because you will basically own those words directly. Always try to buy .com .net .info .or and .co different one's talk to google different and will make you rank higher. When they come to your site you'll sweeten them up and give them good info then they will happily buy because not only do you have good info but you are very visible. Every business needs to build it's foundation physically or electronically. MORE KNOWLEDGE MORE
              Thanks Danny.
              I will surely start my work the coming week. Will keep you all updated on my progress. Thanks for your tips.
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              • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
                Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

                Thanks Jill for guiding me.
                So you are telling that I need to first decide on my niche say "Pet care".
                Make my site an authoritative resource on the same. [might take a year or more]
                Get in traffic and backlinks [automatic if content is good]
                And then try out different monetizing method and then focus on which works.
                Is this what you are suggesting?

                So it will take atleast 2 years to reap the benefits if I am correct.
                It doesn't have to take 2 years. And with this niche you can create your own product to sell. This would mean that you can get affiliates to promote for you down the road if you wanted.

                Pet care is too broad. I'd narrow that down even further - reptiles, cats, dogs - and down even further - exotic cats - and even further - long hair cats (actually bengal cats looks big).

                So, if I went long hair cats I can now promote not just brushes and care products for the long hair cats but also cleaning products for the home of the long haired cat

                While the search for the keywords "long hair cats" is not huge, you have a million other keywords that will fall in with the site.

                If you drive appropriate traffic by real means (ie: facebook group for lovers of long haired cats, Cat show listings, where to buy long haired cats, ) you could be making money in a month if you know what you are doing.

                You could start out with some adsense and some affiliate products. As you build the list you ask your people what they want to know or what kind of books they would buy and you go and have the book written.

                To go high on that authority scale, yes - may take a couple of years to kick it up all the way. But there is no reason you couldn't be making a few hundred a month within just a few months. Of course, you need to go full time into it and devote everything to the niche.

                So, the question now will boil down to - are you going to be sick of living "pet care" after 2 years? Or is pet care somewhat important enough to you that you could and would want to find ways to connect with your audience?
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                • Profile picture of the author amitz27
                  Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

                  It doesn't have to take 2 years. And with this niche you can create your own product to sell. This would mean that you can get affiliates to promote for you down the road if you wanted.

                  Pet care is too broad. I'd narrow that down even further - reptiles, cats, dogs - and down even further - exotic cats - and even further - long hair cats (actually bengal cats looks big).

                  So, if I went long hair cats I can now promote not just brushes and care products for the long hair cats but also cleaning products for the home of the long haired cat

                  While the search for the keywords "long hair cats" is not huge, you have a million other keywords that will fall in with the site.

                  If you drive appropriate traffic by real means (ie: facebook group for lovers of long haired cats, Cat show listings, where to buy long haired cats, ) you could be making money in a month if you know what you are doing.

                  You could start out with some adsense and some affiliate products. As you build the list you ask your people what they want to know or what kind of books they would buy and you go and have the book written.

                  To go high on that authority scale, yes - may take a couple of years to kick it up all the way. But there is no reason you couldn't be making a few hundred a month within just a few months. Of course, you need to go full time into it and devote everything to the niche.

                  So, the question now will boil down to - are you going to be sick of living "pet care" after 2 years? Or is pet care somewhat important enough to you that you could and would want to find ways to connect with your audience?
                  Hi Jill,

                  Thanks for a great post. It was very infomative and yes the narrowing down part was an eyeopener.

                  Well about the boiling question, Yes I need to pick up a niche that will keep me interested for a long time :rolleyes:...
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                • Profile picture of the author Kal Sallam
                  Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

                  It doesn't have to take 2 years. And with this niche you can create your own product to sell. This would mean that you can get affiliates to promote for you down the road if you wanted.

                  Pet care is too broad. I'd narrow that down even further - reptiles, cats, dogs - and down even further - exotic cats - and even further - long hair cats (actually bengal cats looks big).

                  So, if I went long hair cats I can now promote not just brushes and care products for the long hair cats but also cleaning products for the home of the long haired cat

                  While the search for the keywords "long hair cats" is not huge, you have a million other keywords that will fall in with the site.

                  If you drive appropriate traffic by real means (ie: facebook group for lovers of long haired cats, Cat show listings, where to buy long haired cats, ) you could be making money in a month if you know what you are doing.

                  You could start out with some adsense and some affiliate products. As you build the list you ask your people what they want to know or what kind of books they would buy and you go and have the book written.

                  To go high on that authority scale, yes - may take a couple of years to kick it up all the way. But there is no reason you couldn't be making a few hundred a month within just a few months. Of course, you need to go full time into it and devote everything to the niche.

                  So, the question now will boil down to - are you going to be sick of living "pet care" after 2 years? Or is pet care somewhat important enough to you that you could and would want to find ways to connect with your audience?
                  Very well said Jill. I hope someone takes this advice seriously.

                  Kal.
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        • Profile picture of the author omk
          Originally Posted by dannygnenerate View Post

          Never... Ever pay for traffic unless you're already making good money. This will not help your SEO results. Pick a niche that's helpful to people don't focus to much on the product you'll know the right product when you see it. I can have the worst product in the world but if I have 20,000 visitors every month it's going to sell regardless.
          - I agree, that u should never pay for traffic unless you are making money - However, his situation is different. He's already at a more advanced stage, about to break open the puzzle to scale, throwing some paid traffic will allow him to amass data. Data is what he's after. After you analyse this data, you can quickly see which ads, kwords etc. brought people to your site and converted and then have more reliable ammunition to work with in your SEO efforts. Thus achieving what he's after which is better SEO. I never advised him to keep buying traffic - just a one time burst, mind you.

          - I also disagree on what you said about people buying your products no matter what. That is untrue. Initially if you send 20,000 people, sure they'll buy your crappy product, but you'll see just how fast the refunds start pouring in and your reputation gets tarnished! You will never make money in the long run by selling crappy products and just sending massive amounts of traffic to it.
          If that were the case any Azzhole with money would be able to dominate any niche they enter. It takes a combination of things to make it in this game baby!
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          • Profile picture of the author amitz27
            Originally Posted by omk View Post

            - I agree, that u should never pay for traffic unless you are making money - However, his situation is different. He's already at a more advanced stage, about to break open the puzzle to scale, throwing some paid traffic will allow him to amass data. Data is what he's after. After you analyse this data, you can quickly see which ads, kwords etc. brought people to your site and converted and then have more reliable ammunition to work with in your SEO efforts. Thus achieving what he's after which is better SEO. I never advised him to keep buying traffic - just a one time burst, mind you.

            - I also disagree on what you said about people buying your products no matter what. That is untrue. Initially if you send 20,000 people, sure they'll buy your crappy product, but you'll see just how fast the refunds start pouring in and your reputation gets tarnished! You will never make money in the long run by selling crappy products and just sending massive amounts of traffic to it.
            If that were the case any Azzhole with money would be able to dominate any niche they enter. It takes a combination of things to make it in this game baby!
            Yes the quality of the product is a matter of thought. Moreover I would not tarnish my reputation for a crappy product
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      • Profile picture of the author omk
        @amitz27


        - Backlinking - you can try various services out there like xrumerseo.com
        * Never ever have them link directly to your money page/blog/site. Always keep a 1 or 2 layer buffer between these types of services and your "precious" domains. Instead send traffic to disposable mini sites, free online real estate like S.doo, blogger etc. and funnel the traffic thru to your money site.

        - There are plenty of quality traffic providers like advertise.com and the like. Don't forget to use answer sites like Y.answers, stumble upon and FB etc.
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        • Profile picture of the author amitz27
          Originally Posted by omk View Post

          @amitz27


          - Backlinking - you can try various services out there like xrumerseo.com
          * Never ever have them link directly to your money page/blog/site. Always keep a 1 or 2 layer buffer between these types of services and your "precious" domains. Instead send traffic to disposable mini sites, free online real estate like S.doo, blogger etc. and funnel the traffic thru to your money site.

          - There are plenty of quality traffic providers like advertise.com and the like. Don't forget to use answer sites like Y.answers, stumble upon and FB etc.
          Hi omk. Thanks for the tip. Could you let me know why we need to funnel the traffic? I dint quite get the funda behind that.
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  • Profile picture of the author ahew
    Sounds to me like you need "seed money" to fund your IM.

    If you have time, I'd do something like write short articles for other warriors in the Warriors for Hire section or fiverr (just to get your name out) or even for places like elance or craigslist.

    There's actually a WSO out right now that's supposed to have some awesome fiverr techniques. I don't have it in front of me, but if you're interested, I'll dig it up.

    Two other easy places to start...., physical products are the way to go to build some confidence. Only people in IM buy digital products readily. So I would get an Amazon and Ebay account and drive traffic to products on those sites. You could do that with a blog or YouTube video.

    You could also check out doing some CPA with offline techniques like handing out flyers. Check out anything that Kenster has done here on the forum.

    Do a little reading up on all of the above and then choose one to start with. When that's ranking or otherwise profitable, then move on to the next.

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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by ahew View Post

      Sounds to me like you need "seed money" to fund your IM.

      If you have time, I'd do something like write short articles for other warriors in the Warriors for Hire section or fiverr (just to get your name out) or even for places like elance or craigslist.

      There's actually a WSO out right now that's supposed to have some awesome fiverr techniques. I don't have it in front of me, but if you're interested, I'll dig it up.

      Two other easy places to start...., physical products are the way to go to build some confidence. Only people in IM buy digital products readily. So I would get an Amazon and Ebay account and drive traffic to products on those sites. You could do that with a blog or YouTube video.

      You could also check out doing some CPA with offline techniques like handing out flyers. Check out anything that Kenster has done here on the forum.

      Do a little reading up on all of the above and then choose one to start with. When that's ranking or otherwise profitable, then move on to the next.

      Best,
      Adrienne
      Point noted
      Thanks for the tips
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  • Profile picture of the author mrtrabajo
    You need to build an affiliate site around a keyword and a special niche. You will get organic searches and make money from the affiliate programs. These will pay you much more per sale. Check out my site here EXTREME WEALTH MECHANISM
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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by mrtrabajo View Post

      You need to build an affiliate site around a keyword and a special niche. You will get organic searches and make money from the affiliate programs. These will pay you much more per sale. Check out my site here EXTREME WEALTH MECHANISM
      Hi nice share. If you dont mind could you share the conversion rate of your product. Also the revenue you sre earning through affiliate sales?
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  • Profile picture of the author MatthewNeer
    Its sound like you've been going after that low ticket stuff man.

    Why not go BIG?

    Here's a quote from my sales page that is highly relevant to your thread and that I think will really help ya see how you can make more money...

    Common Misconception: "Affiliate Marketers believe that it is somehow much easier to sell a $20 eBook than it is to sell a $1,500 Premium marketing course."

    Truth is, that is not even close to a reality...

    Think of it like this. If both products converted at 1% (which most products do, even if they suck) then you would be able to make a sale if you sent 100 targeted visitors to that affiliate offer.

    If you sent traffic to the eBook offer, you would make like $10 bucks at a 50% commission...

    But if you sent that same targeted traffic to a $1,500 Premium, ultra slick marketing course, you would make $750 big ones for the same amount of time, energy and money.

    So now ya really gotta ask yourself... "What kind of affiliate offer do I want to spend all my efforts driving traffic to?"

    I think the answer is obvious...
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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by MatthewNeer View Post

      Its sound like you've been going after that low ticket stuff man.

      Why not go BIG?

      Here's a quote from my sales page that is highly relevant to your thread and that I think will really help ya see how you can make more money...

      Common Misconception: "Affiliate Marketers believe that it is somehow much easier to sell a $20 eBook than it is to sell a $1,500 Premium marketing course."

      Truth is, that is not even close to a reality...

      Think of it like this. If both products converted at 1% (which most products do, even if they suck) then you would be able to make a sale if you sent 100 targeted visitors to that affiliate offer.

      If you sent traffic to the eBook offer, you would make like $10 bucks at a 50% commission...

      But if you sent that same targeted traffic to a $1,500 Premium, ultra slick marketing course, you would make $750 big ones for the same amount of time, energy and money.

      So now ya really gotta ask yourself... "What kind of affiliate offer do I want to spend all my efforts driving traffic to?"

      I think the answer is obvious...
      Thats right BUT... What do you think of the competition for such a product. Any tips on how to stay afloat in such competitive segment.
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    • Profile picture of the author art72
      Originally Posted by MatthewNeer View Post

      Its sound like you've been going after that low ticket stuff man.

      Why not go BIG?

      Here's a quote from my sales page that is highly relevant to your thread and that I think will really help ya see how you can make more money...

      Common Misconception: "Affiliate Marketers believe that it is somehow much easier to sell a $20 eBook than it is to sell a $1,500 Premium marketing course."

      Truth is, that is not even close to a reality...

      Think of it like this. If both products converted at 1% (which most products do, even if they suck) then you would be able to make a sale if you sent 100 targeted visitors to that affiliate offer.

      If you sent traffic to the eBook offer, you would make like $10 bucks at a 50% commission...

      But if you sent that same targeted traffic to a $1,500 Premium, ultra slick marketing course, you would make $750 big ones for the same amount of time, energy and money.

      So now ya really gotta ask yourself... "What kind of affiliate offer do I want to spend all my efforts driving traffic to?"

      I think the answer is obvious...
      ^^^^Thanks definitely a mindset I need to develop^^^^

      In fact, I won't mention the name of the site, but yesterday I had a great phone conversation with a guy (telemarketing) out of California that was trying to sell a 1 year mentoring program.

      That 1-Year Mentoring program costs $3200!
      ($600 down....they'll finance the rest)

      Naturally, since I'm a big DIY guy myself, I turned the tables, and began to interviewed him on his offer, and politely let him know I wished him all the best in closing some sales, but it wasn't for me! -I was also able to determine what site shared my personal cell phone number, as I extracted "his" source...which politely I'll with-hold mentioning! (His initials are M.F. <--Huge Guru!)

      (Heck...I can get a lot of mileage out of $3200 bucks on my own!)

      *Regarding, the above post tho...just when I thought; "I thought of everything..."

      I'm headed back over there now to find out what their "Affiliate program pays?"

      As I am guilty of the "push the low ticket items" mindset myself!

      However, I have made a commitment also, if it's not paying at least 50% commission, I don't bother with it!

      amitz27 -Definitely use Traffic Travis, Keyword Tool, and target keywords, research your competition, and stick with 1-3 projects at a time. There's a lot of great niches out there, I am brand new to this and have 3 [exact] match domains to build that see 110,000, 74,000, and 40,500 hits per month! -Haven't started the builds yet!

      I've mapped out articles, quality iStockPhoto images, some videos...

      As soon as I learn how layout and design quality WP sites....I think they'll all do well, as they have 'low' competition, and from what I've seen...none of them are optimized!

      My only concern, is a few of these sites have massive content, some have tons of backlinks, and for some reason...it seems the guy with the most .edu backlinks wins (still trying to understand this one?)
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      • Profile picture of the author amitz27
        Originally Posted by art72 View Post

        ^^^^Thanks definitely a mindset I need to develop^^^^

        In fact, I won't mention the name of the site, but yesterday I had a great phone conversation with a guy (telemarketing) out of California that was trying to sell a 1 year mentoring program.

        That 1-Year Mentoring program costs $3200!
        ($600 down....they'll finance the rest)

        Naturally, since I'm a big DIY guy myself, I turned the tables, and began to interviewed him on his offer, and politely let him know I wished him all the best in closing some sales, but it wasn't for me! -I was also able to determine what site shared my personal cell phone number, as I extracted "his" source...which politely I'll with-hold mentioning! (His initials are M.F. <--Huge Guru!)

        (Heck...I can get a lot of mileage out of $3200 bucks on my own!)

        *Regarding, the above post tho...just when I thought; "I thought of everything..."

        I'm headed back over there now to find out what their "Affiliate program pays?"

        As I am guilty of the "push the low ticket items" mindset myself!

        However, I have made a commitment also, if it's not paying at least 50% commission, I don't bother with it!

        amitz27 -Definitely use Traffic Travis, Keyword Tool, and target keywords, research your competition, and stick with 1-3 projects at a time. There's a lot of great niches out there, I am brand new to this and have 3 [exact] match domains to build that see 110,000, 74,000, and 40,500 hits per month! -Haven't started the builds yet!

        I've mapped out articles, quality iStockPhoto images, some videos...

        As soon as I learn how layout and design quality WP sites....I think they'll all do well, as they have 'low' competition, and from what I've seen...none of them are optimized!

        My only concern, is a few of these sites have massive content, some have tons of backlinks, and for some reason...it seems the guy with the most .edu backlinks wins (still trying to understand this one?)
        The exact match domains with 40K + hits per month with less competition!
        Are you sure that their (current toppers in google for those keyword ) page ranks are not so high. As I suspect such a lucrative niche should already be saturated. Hope I am wrong
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  • Profile picture of the author xxdksxx
    Scaling up income that you have generated is always a problem for people... But that is what has to be done in order to create a "real online business" and with that business is where the money comes from and you can use all those things in the poll to generate regular income. Some of them may generate more than others but if you work to scale them up they will all generate a generous amount every month.
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    • Profile picture of the author amitz27
      Originally Posted by xxdksxx View Post

      Scaling up income that you have generated is always a problem for people... But that is what has to be done in order to create a "real online business" and with that business is where the money comes from and you can use all those things in the poll to generate regular income. Some of them may generate more than others but if you work to scale them up they will all generate a generous amount every month.
      Many people here mentioned "Scaling up". But I am not getting how to scale up. Is it to run more websites/ invest more to get good content/ do some extra marketing. Are these the stuff which is part of the scaling up activity?

      How did you scale up? Just to make it more clear for me. Thanks in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author virtuali1151
    DO NOT EVER USE XRUMERSEO.COM. They are scam artists bigtime. They take your cash do a crap run of xrumer and then when you ask for a refund they say their system were hacked so they cant refund your money. BRUTAL.. DO NOT USE THEM.
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  • Profile picture of the author drmani
    Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

    I don't understand what I am doing wrong here.

    Experts please advise on how I can get atleast $500 a month. I am ready to invest time, money and effort. Please dont try to sell products. I need some good advice and your real life experiences on how you became successful.

    Thank you for your valuable time!
    You have 7 (or more) different ways you have already made money.

    Any ONE of them can be scaled up to make more.

    My suggestion would be to stop flitting from one to another
    and FOCUS on taking any one of the tested and proven methods
    to a higher level of profitability.

    Anything that makes you money can make you a LOT of money -
    if you do it a LOT better (or smarter, or bigger)

    All success
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  • Profile picture of the author steven sanderson
    You have a product !!!!!

    You already have lots of experience of what not to do, that is way more than any newbie,
    Why not help others by preventing them making the same mistakes as you, tell them your story, knock it out all over the place for $1 !! Bang you have a list of people who want to make money online !!

    There are many way's you can then go from that point onwards, your product does not have to be telling people how to make $50,000 next week, if it help's them solve a problem and save them time and cash then it will sell, would you have paid a $1 for all that information when you started out !!, if you had then you would have saved yourself a whole heap of time !!
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  • Profile picture of the author UKGeorge
    Hi,

    Step 1: Create a service/product that people are looking for.

    Step 2: Advertise in a place where people are hungry for what you have created in 1.

    Step 3. Repeat and rinse and importantly, stick with it...
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  • Profile picture of the author Alan Ashwood
    Originally Posted by amitz27 View Post

    I have been an online entrepreneur for the past 5 years.

    The whole Universe was in a hot wet state . . . .

    Phase 1
    I started with a blog which took 3 months to show my first dollar .
    Slowly after 6 months I started earning 4 to 5 dollars a month. :rolleyes:
    Then I was tired of waiting, I went for fraud clicks I know!!!
    Then I found out google was smarter than me . Account banned.
    At this point I had nearly $90 in my adsense account
    But I did not feel sad, as I know I did not deserve that money.
    From that day I have never even dreamt of clicking my own ad or asking my friends to click on it or click exchange.

    Phase 2
    Now I knew that I can make money online. And I was determined. :rolleyes:
    So this time I joined up with couple of my friends to create a static website. I started getting a couple of dollars a month from the site.

    Then we created a dynamic site which started generating around $5 per month.

    Then we created a couple of static site which started generating another $3 per month.

    Then we started a hosting business which is now generating a couple of hundred dollars a year.

    Then we started web designing and started generating another couple of hundred dollars per year.

    Then we came across the google sniper method and tried our luck. Generated another couple of dollars per month.

    We tried to create our own digital product, good content but no sales :confused:

    We tried to create forums. Closed it down due to lack of users

    We tried auto content sites in wordpress, it proved no good

    We tried Micro niche Finder, awesome product generating couple of dollars a month with help of this. No more.

    We tried hubpages/squidoo. Just generated another couple of dollars.

    Tried flipping, wasted $20 for posting one of my sites for sale. The site was generating $12 per month in adsense. Their best bid was $50 :confused:

    We created an android app. Its selling about 3 copies a month on average. Another $5 a month in revenue.

    We Built The Pyramids!

    Phase 3
    We are current generating around $50 a month from Adsense. After 5 years of real hardwork.. $50 is nothing compared to the work we have put in! I don't understand what I am doing wrong here.

    Experts please advise on how I can get atleast $500 a month. I am ready to invest time, money and effort. Please dont try to sell products. I need some good advice and your real life experiences on how you became successful.

    Thank you for your valuable time!

    ...and it all started with a big bang!
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    Now where did I put that pencil?

    Time for a cuppa.
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  • Profile picture of the author blueeyedboy
    Hi amitz27 (Thread Starter),

    I am also in the same boat. Don't worry. Try to stick on any one area. Now I am also just doing this.
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