Warrior Please Help | Newbies Get Ideas

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Hello Warriors, Thanks for reading this.

I would appreciate your advice on the following matter.

I have been studying IM for 4-5 months now and have learnt and learn and learnt and finally learnt a lot.Now I've decided that I'm ready to take action.

So far I've identified many things to try, and I'm working on them simultaneously.

I would like you to review what I've done so far and suggest me if there's something wrong I'm doing, what ideas should I keep and which ones should I let go.

Following are the things that I'm doing at the moment.

#1 Video Marketing:

Plan: Select products from Clickbank, Make a video and upload it to various video sharing websites. Cloak the affiliate links. Buy views.

Action: Selected a product, made a video with text floating around and text to speech software, uploaded to youtube, bought views.

Problem: Not sure if people still trust those videos anymore. Also concerned about the affiliate link whether its allowed on youtube or not.

#2 Blogging

Plan: Blog about something that I am knowledable and passionate about, post useful content, increase subscribers and promote products related to niche.

Action: Wrote 10 articles about the niche. Ready to be published. Reserved blogspot url.

Problem: Concerned about backlinking using the blogspot URL. What if in the future I decide to have its own domain. Then all the backlinks to the blogspot url would be invalid, right?


#3 Website

Plan: Find a niche, build a website around it, promote affiliate products or use adsense.

Action: Found a niche, Found great keywords, Had 10 profesional articles written, bought a domain based on keywords, published website using wordpress. (Ranked #6 on Google for chosen keywords, No backlinks yet). Using mad mimi for list building.

Problem:
Not sure where to go from here. Products on the niche mostly seem to be scammy. Adsense doesn't seem to be recommended for newbies.

#4 Providing Services

Plan: Sell services on varios IM related forums, oursources everything using overseas providers, keep the cut

Action: None Taken

Problem: Lot of competition, People are selling services way cheaper. Still looking though.

#5 Make and sell websites

Plan: Find Niche, Find Keywords, Reserve Domains, Write Articles, Install Wordpress and use a good free theme, sell website on flippa.

Action: None Taken

Problem: High competition on flippa.

#6 Product reviews

Plan: Establish a blog or website about clickbank products. Buy them, Review them honestly.

Action: None Taken

Problem: Doesn't seem to be any except that buying products require a bit of investment. Will do after I make some money.


Total Income: $0
Total Investment: About $65


Any Ideas?
#ideas #making money #newbie ideas #newbies #warrior
  • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
    Your blogger settings should allow you to register a domain name. So you should be able to keep your blog and get a domain name too.

    After you build your website, be sure to send backlinks to it every day for a few months. This way you should see progress in the search engine rankings.
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    • Profile picture of the author Charles Jones
      Don't buy products out the gate for your review site...Ask for review copies and link back to their site through your affiliate link. Many people will let you review their stuff IF you show them a good fair review and allow them to use it.

      It helps them too when you link back and of course any sales you make through your affiliate links. I would start here and get a few under your belt and then go after some of the clickbank guys (that way you can show them you are for real, not just trying to get something for free ).

      Now get going...throw up a worpress review site and hammer it out.

      Hope that helps!
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      • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
        Originally Posted by Charles Jones View Post

        Don't buy products out the gate for your review site...Ask for review copies and link back to their site through your affiliate link. Many people will let you review their stuff IF you show them a good fair review and allow them to use it.

        It helps them too when you link back and of course any sales you make through your affiliate links. I would start here and get a few under your belt and then go after some of the clickbank guys (that way you can show them you are for real, not just trying to get something for free ).

        Now get going...throw up a worpress review site and hammer it out.

        Hope that helps!
        Will definitely ask for review copies. Few bucks saved there.

        Thanks for the tip and the motivation
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    • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
      Originally Posted by O0o0O View Post

      Your blogger settings should allow you to register a domain name. So you should be able to keep your blog and get a domain name too.

      After you build your website, be sure to send backlinks to it every day for a few months. This way you should see progress in the search engine rankings.

      Great Tips.

      Will keep in mind.

      Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author ResearchDiva
    Looks like you are very systematic in your approach - "doing" and tracking what you do will tell you what's working and what isn't for that niche.

    Adsense is okay for you....this is the code you put into your sites sidebar where people are advertising on your site - it doesn't cost you anything.

    AdWords, on the other hand is where you are paying to get noticed.

    If you are not getting sales (conversions) for the products on your site, you may have to find some additional products in that niche, OR figure a way to promote them better to get people to purchase. For example, offer an opt-in box with a free "something" and then follow up with them with additional information that leads them to a sale (not everyone buys something on the first visit).

    The ranking is great! good job!
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    • Profile picture of the author ZachWaldman
      In my humble opinion, you're too scattered. You're trying all of these different models as opposed to picking one and becoming an expert.

      For instance, there are people that charge $10,000 or more to write a sales letter. They can charge that much because they're awesome at it.

      How did they get so good? They wrote a TON of sales letters. Ever hear of Outliers? In that book, the author makes a good case for it taking 10,000 hours or about ten years to become an expert at something.

      Pick one plan and do it over and over until you become great at it. When you're great at something people want, they will pay you a lot for it.

      Personally, I've never found a better model than this:

      1. Target a market with money to spend.
      2. Survey them and find out what they want.
      3. Create the product they said they wanted.
      4. Tell them about the product and make sales.
      5. Work on creating a relationship with the people that bought this front end product.
      6. Continue to ask them what they want, and give it to them.
      7. As long as you always over-deliver, you can sell them higher priced back-end items and make a lot of money.
      8. By being honest and providing high quality products, your list grows and you feed your marketing funnel.
      9. Live happily ever after.
      10. Nine steps seems like an odd number, so here's another one that requires no work. :rolleyes:

      I think it's great you're taking action and I don't mean to discourage you in any way. I just think any one of the things you're doing could work but the results are diminished because you're efforts aren't focused.

      Again, just my humble opinion. I hope I helped in some way.
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      • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
        Originally Posted by ZachWaldman View Post

        In my humble opinion, you're too scattered. You're trying all of these different models as opposed to picking one and becoming an expert.
        The reason I'm doing this is because I want to see which one works quickly and then focus on that.

        And I'm sure your 9 step model is certainly better. Thanks so much for sharing.
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    • Profile picture of the author King Louie
      "Working on them simultaneously."

      You should concentrate on one method at a time. Or one project/website at a time.

      I recommend you try the blogging route first because it's the easiest IMO. Buy a domain name, web hosting and set up WordPress. Install some plugins (browse the Wordpress.org plugins repository for popular plugins). Write articles. Sign up for Google Webmaster to have your site indexed.

      I had a personal blog before where I never did any backlinking (just commenting on other blogs of interest) and never had a mailing list. But one post made me 7 affiliate sales and got hundreds of dollars. It's nothing to write home about but it goes to show that you don't have to work like crazy to make money online. Just set up a blog and visitors will come to your blog following some obscure keywords.
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      • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
        Originally Posted by Content Winner View Post

        I recommend you try the blogging route first because it's the easiest IMO.

        Very excited about blogging. Planning to launch it soon. I tend to have preference over blogspot interface over wordpress though.

        Thanks for advice.
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    • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
      Originally Posted by ResearchDiva View Post


      Adsense is okay for you....this is the code you put into your sites sidebar where people are advertising on your site - it doesn't cost you anything.
      Point Noted. Thank you for that.
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      • Profile picture of the author thriftgirl62
        This is EXACTLY what you need to get some practice for FREE so you can stop spending $10-$20 at a time for nothing. Either spend TIME or Money - NOT Both or it ends up costing too much.

        http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...xperience.html

        The biggest racket going online is getting us all to happily pay for the privilege of working and promoting their products for them. . .and learning nothing in the process is the real mood killer.
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        When you make at least $100+ per month, we split the profit 80/20 and YOU get the 80% Until then, you keep 100% and I'll help you drive traffic, get backlinks and put the domain in your name too!
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        • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
          Originally Posted by thriftgirl62 View Post

          This is EXACTLY what you need to get some practice for FREE so you can stop spending $10-$20 at a time for nothing. Either spend TIME or Money - NOT Both or it ends up costing too much.

          http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...xperience.html

          The biggest racket going online is getting us all to happily pay for the privilege of working and promoting their products for them. . .and learning nothing in the process is the real mood killer.
          Looking forward to that
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveFinch
    And here's where I differ from some of the replies so far. I think your plan of hitting so many areas at once is a reasonable one. Some will work, and some will fail. Some might fail because they bore you. Others because they haven't worked for you. But at least you'll end up with the area that's working for you, and can drive that one forward.

    The thing is we all have different skills. Some are superb at building amazon review sites and make fortunes doing it. Others love building sites to flip - and make fortunes at it.

    In time the area you love will show through, and you'll get darned good at it.
    Stick at it and all the best.
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    • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
      Originally Posted by SteveFinch View Post

      And here's where I differ from some of the replies so far. I think your plan of hitting so many areas at once is a reasonable one. Some will work, and some will fail. Some might fail because they bore you. Others because they haven't worked for you. But at least you'll end up with the area that's working for you, and can drive that one forward.

      Exactly the reason I'm trying them at the same time. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author sscot
    Originally Posted by swarnjitgill View Post


    I have been studying IM for 4-5 months now and have learnt and learn and learnt and finally learnt a lot.Now I've decided that I'm ready to take action.
    Next LOT OF LEARNING will be after taking action.
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Gehr
    It looks like you're overextending yourself.

    In my opinion, the best start from someone new is to focus on one strategy and stick with it until you are making money.

    If you have so many things going at once, you may find yourself overwhelmed and underpaid.

    Pick what you like best or what appeals to you the most. Get good at it, and see some money coming in. When you see rewards, it does something for you psychologically and pushes you to the next level.

    Even if you income in small at first, let it be the springboard to other strategies and then take it from there.

    Trim down to a manageable system and stick with it until it has paid for itself at least, and then move on to other ideas.
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    • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
      Originally Posted by Peter Gehr View Post

      It looks like you're overextending yourself.

      In my opinion, the best start from someone new is to focus on one strategy and stick with it until you are making money.

      If you have so many things going at once, you may find yourself overwhelmed and underpaid.

      Pick what you like best or what appeals to you the most. Get good at it, and see some money coming in. When you see rewards, it does something for you psychologically and pushes you to the next level.

      Even if you income in small at first, let it be the springboard to other strategies and then take it from there.

      Trim down to a manageable system and stick with it until it has paid for itself at least, and then move on to other ideas.
      Thats exactly why I started this thread. I am asking for advice on which ideas to keep and which ones to let go.
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  • Profile picture of the author rsseosolution
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    • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
      Originally Posted by rsseosolution View Post

      make product review websites first and make backlinks. thats the way to go

      It is definitely on my list of things to do. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adili101
    You need to pick one technique and master it. I suggest trying each technique 1-3 months at a time so you can get a feel of all the them. You then can choose and stick with the one is most effective and you will know how to teach your other methods to others so you can outsource while you focus on your primary technique.
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  • Profile picture of the author swarnjitgill
    Ok Youtube marketing video is not working so far. Not even a single click. I guess its a failure.
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