There's ONE thing you need to make money online...

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There is one thing that novice marketers seem to be missing over and over again when trying to do anything online.

You want to build a list, but you don't have any _____ to give away
You want backlinks to your site, but you don't have any ____ to promote with
You want to build your site, but you don't have any ____ to put on it.

The missing piece is Content!

I don't want to sound like just another 'content is king' preacher, but...

Most of the time, all that you need is a couple decent articles or an ebook to get going and meet your goals. If you want to increase your rank without content, you're going to be stuck building weak profile links. Blog commenting is just like making a tiny piece of content - like a miniature guest post. Why not write 500-1,000 words and actually make a guest post?

Here's my challenge:

Next time you're ready to get some work done, just write. That's it. Write as much as you can, and next time you're on your computer, write some more. If you have even just 5 well-written articles on your hands, you have a ton of promotional potential. These could be 2 guest posts, 1 article for the directories and syndication, 1 for your site alone, and another could be converted into an ebook and used to build a list. How you use it is up to you, but the point is that you will have options. If you don't have any content to use right now you're sitting on 'E'. Fill up with some content and plan out a strategy for getting traffic and growing your site, and get busy!
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  • Profile picture of the author BinaryQwest
    It's always about the content and taking action. Sometimes you can surprise yourself writing but you'll never know if you don't try.
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    I would complete this sentence this way:

    There is one thing you need to make money online: Knowledge.

    Without knowledge about how the internet works, you may write the best content online, but nobody is going to read it. Without knowing how to get enough traffic, you’ll never make a sale. Without knowing how to have high conversions, you won’t survive. You must know how to do many things in order to make money online.

    Taking action won’t help you in any way if you don’t know which actions you must take, why, and how.

    This is why only knowledge can save you. Learn everything you can, and keep learning. Take action when you know what to do.
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    • Profile picture of the author BenJackson
      Originally Posted by clever7 View Post

      I would complete this sentence this way:

      There is one thing you need to make money online: Knowledge.

      Without knowledge about how the internet works, you may write the best content online, but nobody is going to read it. Without knowing how to get enough traffic, you’ll never make a sale. Without knowing how to have high conversions, you won’t survive. You must know how to do many things in order to make money online.

      Taking action won’t help you in any way if you don’t know which actions you must take, why, and how.

      This is why only knowledge can save you. Learn everything you can, and keep learning. Take action when you know what to do.
      That's true, but as Napoleon Hill said, "Knowledge is only potential power". Most people come here and read and read and fail to take action. They know that they can get backlinks to their site with article marketing or build a list with a free report, and they probably already have a decent idea about how to do it. They just need to take action and they will learn way more through experience then from solely reading. Imo, it seems like the missing piece between people taking action or not, is the presence of some sort of content.
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      • Profile picture of the author guitarjosh
        Originally Posted by BenJackson View Post

        That's true, but as Napoleon Hill said, "Knowledge is only potential power". Most people come here and read and read and fail to take action. They know that they can get backlinks to their site with article marketing or build a list with a free report, and they probably already have a decent idea about how to do it. They just need to take action and they will learn way more through experience then from solely reading. Imo, it seems like the missing piece between people taking action or not, is the presence of some sort of content.
        Well said. It's exactly the quote I thought of when I read that. I'd put "taking action" at the top of the list. When I knew nothing, I just started building site after site.. with no clue what I was doing. That led to monitoring traffic.. and getting excited on seeing I was getting some.. and then viewing trends and starting to monetize properly. All of this made me realize that the key to grabbing money was right there in front of me the whole time. I found the knowledge I needed by taking action. Knowledge actually gets created by taking action. Take action even when you don't know what you need to do. That's been the difference for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author TolyZ
    Agreed, content is one of the most important things.
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    Sure, at a certain point you have to take action and implement what you have learned, otherwise your knowledge will be theoretical, but you must always keep studying and learning more. Testing and studying.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zesh
    I think you need to have content, a list and lots of relationships with other marketers.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gringo
    I would say you need to have the content but without the drive and dedication you will fail. Do not look at it as a way to get rich quick or start having rolling streams of income overnight. This takes time and dedication on the end users part. But yes without good relevant quality content you will never go far at all.
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