Help for a newbie

Some the things you should have basic knowledge of are:
Domains and Web hosting
SEO
Link Building
Affiliate Networks and How to market affiliate products
Article Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Blog and how to set up one using WordPress
Landing Page
PPC
Auto Pilot
List Building

You can get lots of free ebooks and blog articles about these topics.

Welcome to the forum. I see you are already getting the best advice. Main thing is to read the posts in the forum. That's where you will really learn heaps, and its free.

God bless

Norma

Hi, there are a lot of free reports online that will teach you step by step how to make money online. Participate in Giveaways and you can download a ton of free reports to read.

If budget is tight, go for free traffic and promote Clickbank products.

1. Article marketing

2. Video marketing

3. Forum marketing

4. Blogging

These 4 methods work consistently for me in driving traffic and making CB commissions.

Well besides all the marketing teqniques...

You should come in this business with the right mindset. Many people think that they are going to make a quick buck. For the majority of the people out there, this is not the case.

Remember that it is a business and should be treated as one.

I see a lot of people treat it as a hobby. Then wonder why they make hobby money.

Stay positive and don't let anyone tell you that you cant do it.

Welcome to the forum!
I think you should consider buying one of the great eBooks/ programs that will help you start with IM.





Cheers!

Welcome to our forum:

Here's a link at this forum that I have posted to help you eliminate your confusion.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...hese-days.html

All The Best To You & Yours!

TL

look around the forum there is a lot of valuable information here, but if you dont have the time and have a little extra money look in the wso section for a good step by step plan. most of them will tell you exactly what to do, dont skip any steps and if you have trouble just ask. a little searching can answer all your questions...

also one thing i learned, be patient and keep at it.

You can learn a lot from this forum, be in constant touch with this forum because there are great guys here that can lead youn to the pinnacle. See you there and welcome on board.

The advice you are getting here is the bets you can get. If you have the time you need to spend it reading and asking questions. The next thing and the most important thing you need to do is start. You can get lost reading and reading and never doing. Read then implement. There are many threads on here that give you step by step instructions depending on what you are wanting to do. I would also recommend sitepoint.com forums and start subscribing to IM blogs, there are a ton of them.

welcome, sonera hit it up, but i were you, you start with affiliate marketing but if you have enough money to spend online there's a huge legitimate ways. find it out carefully

hi youngwarrior,
now here comes the best advise from another so called "newbie".

Go to Thirty Day Challenge and go through the whole program, it's completely free and you will start out the right way without a chance of getting scammed.

Once you finished that, go to the wso special offer section and look for the Internet Marketing Bootcamp by Jeremy and look for the wso from tristan bull.
The first one is 35 dollars, specially for newbies and the second one is 50 bucks, but believe me after doing the 30 day challenge and the boot camp you are ready for tristan bulls internet marketing uncut (he sold that for 1997$).
This gonna take you 1-2 months - trust me, after that you won't be a newbie no more and you will have saved so much money by not falling for all those products out there in the market.
my 2 cents

Welcome to the forum. You need coaching and you can get it at Thenicheblogger.com

Hi YoungWarrior, welcome aboard. I just joined the forum a few days ago myself, but have been actively working toward building an inline business since late 2007. What I would caution you on is to find something that you are interested in and stick with that method of business. You're going to be prone to jumping from one thing to the next to try and make some money.

You're going to see a lot of advertisements for programs that promise to make you money and build huge traffic. One of my problems when I started out is I jumped from one program to the next. I would buy a guide, get started, and then get distracted by the next shiny new guide promising how easy their system was.

You've had some great advice so far, but here is my two cents on what to do to get started.

1. Make a list of at least 5 things that you enjoy doing and/or have a lot of knowledge about.

2. Take that list and go to WordTracker (I can't post links yet, but you can easily figure this out, or search for it on google). When you find it they have a free search feature, just use that, don't worry about joining until you are making money. Use whatever keyword(s) you would use to find your topic in a search engine. Click the hit me button and wait for the results. This will tell you how many times they say the term is searched for in a month. Whatever it says you can multiply that by about 3 to see how often it is searched on Google.

The volume is going to vary, but if your term doesn't get several thousand searches a month, try your next item.

3. Take your final list and go to Clickbank (Again I can't post links yet, but you can easily figure this out, or search for it on google). ClickBank is an affiliate marketing product clearning house. Not sure how much you know yet, but affiliate marketing is just you selling other peoples products.

So do some searches in the marketplace (link at the top of the page) and see if there are any products for your niches. You will see below the descriptions on the left side a dollar amount per sale. You want at least $20 here, this is the commission you make for every sale you generate.

4. Decide which thing you want to promote. Then get a domain name and hosting account. You can get a domain for about $9 a year, and hosting for as little as $5 a month. If you want to build a business these are a must.

5. You easily set up a blog on your website and start sharing information about the topic you have chosen. Then you drive traffic to your site. Some of the people who visit will click on your affiliate links to the products you recommend in your posts, and a few of them will buy.

In my opinion this is one of the cheapest ways to get started.

The bottom line here is whatever you do you need to become a student of this business. You are going to have to buy products to increase your knowledge. Sure you can find some free information that is quality. But eventually you will have to buy things to advance your knowledge.

I agree to a certain extent with the others who have said search around for free guides and free information. Let me point out though, that if you buy a good guide to whatever you decide to do, it will cut your learning time down. When you buy a guide, you are getting all the information in one spot, that you would oterhwise have to search for all over the internet.

So you need to decide if you want to spend your time searching for the information you want to learn, or do you want to spend a little money so you can started faster.

To your success,
Mike

Agree with a lot of the excellent posts, and now that you're with Warrior you can also access a lot of free reports online that will teach you step by step how to make money online. The giveaways in particular can get you a ton of free reports to read, particularly step-by-step tutorials. Probably the best place to start is promoting Clickbank products, if your budget is a little tight. Remember the four golden sources: article marketing, video marketing, forum marketing, and blogging. These have been particularly useful for me in generating a reliable and continuous income. Hope this helps!

Hi

Well for a complete newbie who has a tight budget and little experience. My answer would be to let "someone else" do MOST the work for you, but only in the very early stages One way is to be a part of an Affiliate Program that already has neat professional state of the art queeze pages that does all the follow up for you. This may not be the best option but it is a good way of giving you some time to learn for yourself while picking up some commissions.

I built my own squeeze pages and there is an example of it in my signature. You Don't have to purchase anything but from the free information you can see what I mean about professional squeeze pages being done for you.

There is a little trick I learned about re-directing your Affiliate Links to your own Domain, which will help you pick up your own traffic in the long term. Domain Names are cheap and should suit your buget. (Details further down page).

Then you can check out clickbank, it is a good resource for Affiliate Programs to start with. Look for a Program in an area you would enjoy. Example; Health, Internet Marketing, property, fitness, Ebooks etc

Or...

If you already have Affiliate Links, you might like to try this method.....

1. Purchase a professional Auto Responder Account (google Auto Responder servces). The top 3 will come up. Compare prices and service go with what suits you best. I use getresponse, other people use Aweber, do your own research. Cost is low approx $17-19 a month or if you purchase quarterly/6 monthly/Yearly; prices are reduced. These Auto Responders have video tutorials that teach you "how to" do what you need to, to get started.

2. Set up a series of emails in a campaign, I wirte my own but I've been on the net for a while. I have heard about email writer programs that will write an emails for you. Apparently you put in a few words & an email you can copy appears. I haven't seen those programs around in a while. Perhaps someone else here on the forum will know and can recommend one.

3. You could build a FREE Squeeze Page (email opt-in for more info) from somewhere like bravenet.c It's very easy and could be done in less than an hour. You build 2 simple pages;
(a) Short introduction to your product(s) with form to get more info.
(b) Thanks for completing the form page - a couple of lines include a "We HATE SPAM" note.

4. Put an email opt-in form for free information from your Auto Responder account onto your bravenet (or other free) site. They should have what's called "webforms". It's very much a 5 minute process with copy & paste action required. Also set up a re-direct/response page from the same area.

It's just a matter of putting the url of where you want the visitor to go to once they fill out the form. It should be a simple "thanks for requesting more info, an email has been sent to you". (That's the 2nd page you build on your free website). See what I mean about letting someone else do it for you to begin with? Internet Marketing is huge learning curve, you MUST look, read, search, try, test, etc. But luckily for you (a newbie), forums like this one do help to cut through some of the information out there. Taking advice is find, however your own due dilligence will be very satisfying!

5. Set up your Autoresponder with your Affiliate Link in it. You can cloak your Affiliate Link with tinyurl.c or purchase cheap .com domains and have your Domain Name forwarded to your Affiliate link. Also "Mask" that same link so that although your domain name is redirected to your Affiliate link, the Affiliate Link won't show in the address browser. It will be your Domain name that shows. Tinyurl.c is quicker and free, so you might want to start with that method.

So.... Here's what happens....

1. Send visitor to your squeeze page, they fill out form for more info.

2. Email is automatically sent to them from your Auto Responder.

3. Visitor has to "CLICK" the link inside the email to "CONFIRM" they want more info. Once they click on that link, your Instant follow-up Auto Responder Campaign begins. BingO! 1-2-3 Actions!

I know you might be thinking that's a lot of work" but this is definitely worth it for monitoring number of visitors and building an Opt-In mailing list that you can use for future mailings and other products. Plus once you set it all up, it runs on auto pilot.

There's nothing worse than not know which of your advertising efforts are effective. If you know, then you can repeat and capitalise on it!
As long as they remain on your list, you can then send info about other products and broadcast special messages.

I'm checking out another site which looks perfect for someone in your position, just getting started. Anyone really, but at lease you won't have had the experiece of what most of us have had at some point. Spending money for simular trash. I always like to do my own research first to see if it's worth it or just a rehash of something old. Believe me, even those of us that's been online for some time can get caught out by smart sales copy.

Hope this give you a little insight into a part of what Internet Marketing is about!

Neo33

Hello. It doesn't matter what product you sell the key part of internet marketing is generating traffic. In order to realize a return on your investment, you need to generate traffic to your marketing pages. There are a number of ways to do so online. Some of the most popular include Google AdSense, Overture, and Looksmart. Other methods include affiliate programs and targeted website advertising. Research other websites that have the audience you're looking for and negotiate favorable ad rates for your online marketing campaign.

Super affiliates are probably the fastest and easiest way to generate income.

Hey good for you for starting, it takes a while for all the pieces of the puzzle to all fit together in your head but they will - its a rewarding process. You can check out my website (free membership just for Warrior forum members) that takes you through this process - training and stuff to tell you how to start & optimize a website...you can sign up free then look on the left hand Training menu - takes you modules explain the whole website building, link building and tracking process. Will give you a good overview...or click here to go straight to the training modules without signing up for the other stuff


Also recommend Brad Callens free ebook the SEO mindset its helpful as are his other free ebooks

How about choosing a Click Bank product that interests YOU. Or something in the area of health, how get fit, healthy eating, loosing weight is always a popular one. Also one that has a relatively high "gravity" (think that means it's popular) or just something within he top ten of a particular category. Just a few ideas!

Neo33