Need your honest opinion. How & Where to Start making money?

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Hello Everyone,

I'm new to internet marketing & don't know anything about "HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE?". I saw different post/blogs/websites, offering some or other thing to purchase, inorder to start making money online.

I have seen people taking about
- Making a blog / website
- Selling on Ebay
- Making videos on youtube
- Ebooks on Kindle
- PLR things , Clickbank
- Fiverr & so on...

Really not sure, where should I start with minimum amount of money.
I'm really confused. Please provide me your sincere feedback on How & Where to start making money???
#honest #making #money #opinion #start
  • Profile picture of the author fenomeno
    I am not so much into Internet Marketing as I am in domaining. So my advice would be that you start learning about domaining. With low initial budget you could earn a nice amount of money.

    Also, it should not be a problem to write an eBook in niche you are passionate and have knowledge. You could publish it at Smashwords pretty easy and completely free.

    Other simple solutions would be to start a blog and put AdSense on it.
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  • product creation - and then have affiliates promote those products for you

    affiliate marketing - same but opposite
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    • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
      Originally Posted by Resale Rights Ninja View Post

      product creation - and then have affiliates promote those products for you

      affiliate marketing - same but opposite
      Thanks for replying back, just wanted to clarify..
      Product creation means by making an ebook & videos & selling it via Affiliates
      Kindly provide more information on that
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    To simplify it all down for you there are two skillsets that you will need to learn.

    Traffic + Conversion = Sales

    Focus first on getting your conversion set up first. You need a website that will convert visitors into transactions. It is up to you to pick a niche to focus on. It can be weight loss, male enhancement, tatoos, relationships, etc. You have to first decide on a niche and make sure there is money inside the niche. Do some keyword research and figure out your sub niche. If you see ads on Google for a lot of the keywords there is money in that niche.

    You will need to set up a website that is going to be the place you send your traffic to. You will need to buy a domain, get hosting and get a auto responder, asap. Build a email list as you drive traffic to your website. Most people do not buy on the first visit. Get their email so you can keep communication with them. Copywriting, influence and communication are some of the skill sets inside of conversion. Do some Google or Warrior forum search research for the terms that don't make sense in my post.

    After you get your website up you will need to drive traffic. If your on a budget you can use free sources like forum marketing, article marketing with syndication, video marketing, social media marketing. It is wise to invest some money into paid marketing. Paid marketing like pay per click, banner marketing, solo ads, etc.

    Again if a lot of this info seems foreign do some Google research and some warrior forum search research and dig into the information. Do not just sit and learn all day. Take action and make moves while you are learning.
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    • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
      Originally Posted by jamesrich1 View Post

      To simplify it all down for you there are two skillsets that you will need to learn.

      Traffic + Conversion = Sales

      Focus first on getting your conversion set up first. You need a website that will convert visitors into transactions. It is up to you to pick a niche to focus on. It can be weight loss, male enhancement, tatoos, relationships, etc. You have to first decide on a niche and make sure there is money inside the niche. Do some keyword research and figure out your sub niche. If you see ads on Google for a lot of the keywords there is money in that niche.

      You will need to set up a website that is going to be the place you send your traffic to. You will need to buy a domain, get hosting and get a auto responder, asap. Build a email list as you drive traffic to your website. Most people do not buy on the first visit. Get their email so you can keep communication with them. Copywriting, influence and communication are some of the skill sets inside of conversion. Do some Google or Warrior forum search research for the terms that don't make sense in my post.

      After you get your website up you will need to drive traffic. If your on a budget you can use free sources like forum marketing, article marketing with syndication, video marketing, social media marketing. It is wise to invest some money into paid marketing. Paid marketing like pay per click, banner marketing, solo ads, etc.

      Again if a lot of this info seems foreign do some Google research and some warrior forum search research and dig into the information. Do not just sit and learn all day. Take action and make moves while you are learning.
      Thanks for providing me detailed information but I would like to clarify something on that as well...

      As I mentioned, I have limited resources like money to invest. If I need to start with a website, I'm sure by the time I will have my domain & webhosting done, all my money will be over.
      So, do I need to invest any further after that?
      Or do I need to start writing some post?
      How to go about from there, lets assume I got my domain & hosting. So where do I start from?
      And I did not got the part "Copywriting, influence and communication are some of the skill sets inside of conversion"
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Welcome to the forum cscorpian. It would be in your best interest to lead with email marketing, and building up an email list. Once you have a large group of people to sell to everyday, making money is easy online - especially when you have a good product and price point.

    Consider using affiliate programs to get started since you have no experience. Make sure you get your website, cloak your links, then promote your affiliate product via your email newsletter (Aweber is a good one).
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    • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Welcome to the forum cscorpian. It would be in your best interest to lead with email marketing, and building up an email list. Once you have a large group of people to sell to everyday, making money is easy online - especially when you have a good product and price point.

      Consider using affiliate programs to get started since you have no experience. Make sure you get your website, cloak your links, then promote your affiliate product via your email newsletter (Aweber is a good one).
      So, do you mean, I need to make a website where it ask to enter customer's email address to build up email list?
      What does affiliate programs does?
      What is "cloak your links"?
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      • Profile picture of the author Gianni
        You can get a mentor, there are many here.

        I am with Chris Farrell. He has taught many people how to start an online business from scratch.

        Be aware of information overload in this business, there are tons of different ways to make money online, You need to find which one works better for you.

        Good luck.

        All the best.
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        • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
          Originally Posted by Gianni View Post

          You can get a mentor, there are many here.

          I am with Chris Farrell. He has taught many people how to start an online business from scratch.

          Be aware of information overload in this business, there are tons of different ways to make money online, You need to find which one works better for you.

          Good luck.

          All the best.
          How do I approach someone to be my mentor?
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  • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
    Originally Posted by Thomas W View Post

    I agree with JamesRich.. Learn how to build and create traffic. Traffic is the most important part of the business. You have to learn the fundamentals

    visit here for more info
    Hi Thomas,

    Talking to you on Skype would be a great help, so that I can learn more about internet makerting thing...I will send you the request right now
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    • Profile picture of the author Affportal
      Make sure you are not spending all your time asking. 80% of your time needs to go into researching old threads and trying angles out for yourself. It's ok to ask but plz don't expect to be spoofed an entire business plan.
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    • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
      Originally Posted by Thomas W View Post

      I sent you my intro video to explain about the process. It's solid plan and getting some positive feedback
      I haven't received your video...Can you please resend it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Slazengeer
    Originally Posted by cscorpian View Post

    Hello Everyone,

    I'm new to internet marketing & don't know anything about "HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE?". I saw different post/blogs/websites, offering some or other thing to purchase, inorder to start making money online.

    I have seen people taking about
    - Making a blog / website
    - Selling on Ebay
    - Making videos on youtube
    - Ebooks on Kindle
    - PLR things , Clickbank
    - Fiverr & so on...

    Really not sure, where should I start with minimum amount of money.
    I'm really confused. Please provide me your sincere feedback on How & Where to start making money???
    As it is starting, I will recommend you to offer services on Fiverr. This way you will be get exposed to one system of earning for free of cost. Offer anything, which you are interested and passionate about it. When you get enough money on Fiverr, invest the amount on some other methods like clickbank or if you get great success on Fiverr, create your success story into product and sell it. Simple!
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    • Profile picture of the author cscorpian
      Originally Posted by Slazengeer View Post

      As it is starting, I will recommend you to offer services on Fiverr. This way you will be get exposed to one system of earning for free of cost. Offer anything, which you are interested and passionate about it. When you get enough money on Fiverr, invest the amount on some other methods like clickbank or if you get great success on Fiverr, create your success story into product and sell it. Simple!
      Thanks for replying back
      I have already created an account on Fiverr & updated 5 Gigs, but No luck, Everyone seems, they just look at it, but no one pplace an order
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      • Profile picture of the author Slazengeer
        Originally Posted by cscorpian View Post

        Thanks for replying back
        I have already created an account on Fiverr & updated 5 Gigs, but No luck, Everyone seems, they just look at it, but no one pplace an order
        It depends on what you are seliing. Selling e-books and already created products doesn't have so much success as it was earlier. Now, people want services like backlinks, YouTube views, FB likes, legitimate human comments, tweets, traffic, clicks, flyers distribution, drawing, videos, video testimonials, SEO, and many other things.

        If you are good at writing, make a gig about it. Remember writing is always an evergreen category and surely you will notch up 2 or 3 sales every day. Or I will just PM you an hot idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author mayur6578
    As far as i am using internet for making money it's been almost a year now i started off Neobux.com which is a PTC site then i moved on Adsense and then some email marketing and now i am doing studies of web development along with link sharing trick. I use Linkbucks.com which pay's me around 3$ if i bought them 1000 visitors that is really cool.

    Like this one i keep posting in forums and of course my posts or replies remains as long as that forum unless removed by admins for certain reasons. So in short i will suggest you my way that is link sharing and making money off it.

    Hope this will help you, and all off it Happy earning.
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    • Profile picture of the author Affportal
      Originally Posted by mayur6578 View Post

      pay's me around 3$ if i bought them 1000
      You are giving away 1000 leads that you could convert on your own products or send through aff links for $3?

      No offense but that's jumping over dollars to pick up pennies. You could do way more with that traffic. I hope you consider that.
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    • Profile picture of the author DWolfe
      If you want to start with a domain and hosting

      You can buy a domain from Namecheap go to www.Namecheap.com a .dotcom cost $10.69 less for other domains, for the year.

      Hosting at Hostgator www.hostgator.com is available for $3.95 a month. You can find discount coupons for hostgator by doing an internet search.

      Do not buy alot products and wso's. All the products for sale will futher confuse you with Overload. Re-read jamesrich1 and Randall Magwood posts they gave you solid advice.

      There are other ways to get started, but find one thing you like and stick with it. I see you are confused about affiliate programs, you can use the search button here to help you look up threads about affilate marketing. But becareful the more time you spend here the more confusing it can be come.
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  • Profile picture of the author cbader
    Originally Posted by cscorpian View Post

    Hello Everyone,

    I'm new to internet marketing & don't know anything about "HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE?". I saw different post/blogs/websites, offering some or other thing to purchase, inorder to start making money online.

    I have seen people taking about
    - Making a blog / website
    - Selling on Ebay
    - Making videos on youtube
    - Ebooks on Kindle
    - PLR things , Clickbank
    - Fiverr & so on...

    Really not sure, where should I start with minimum amount of money.
    I'm really confused. Please provide me your sincere feedback on How & Where to start making money???
    I'd say any of those things are fine, but do the one you enjoy the most. Consitancy is the most important factor. Commit to it the one you choose and don't stray from it. It might take a while before you bring in some money, but the longer you stay at it the easier it will get.
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  • Profile picture of the author ecoverartist
    Conversion is about directing visitors to your website to buy - AND - structuring your content and your design to compel people to buy. It's no longer enough just to "have a website", and slap up some basic content. You have to truly appeal to people's emotions -- find out what skill or service you can provide that would be in demand - and then write to appeal to the kinds of people who would want it.

    For example - I do design and copywriting. I help make websites clearer, easier to navigate, easy to understand and act on. Conversions are my specialty. That's an in-demand skill. Become an expert in any field that interests you - whether it's affiliate marketing, selling ebooks over Fiverr or Kindle, etc. etc. You can easily find a niche that you'll learn a lot about and enjoy growing into.
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  • Profile picture of the author inhomeincome
    First, I think you have to decide what you are passionate about. If you are simply passionate about making money online then that is fine. At that point you at least have to find something that interests you.

    Once you do that it's all about setting up a campaign and then driving traffic to your site, offers or promotions. Of course you could get lost in the sea of seo or social media marketing or even ppc campaigns.

    All of this does not have to be as hard as it might initially appear. Some great advice would be to find a mentor who will truly take you by the hand and help you having your best interest in mind.
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