500th Post: How I Got Involved in Internet Marketing
Hi Everyone,
This is my 500th post, how cool!
I wanted to share a bit about why I got involved in internet marketing. I am actually a licensed therapist and have my own practice in my hometown. When I first opened a few years ago, the competition was brutal. There are a few "big" counseling places and not much room for a new guy. Getting clients was really hard.
I paid $400 to run an ad in the paper and got 0 calls. Nada! Zip!
I was pretty much screwed. I wasn't going to move to another town, and yet I only had access to people in MY town. So then it occurred to me....
Revelation 1
Online therapy!
Suddenly, the market got a heck of a lot bigger. (yeah, online therapy sounded weird to me first too. how can you do therapy if you aren't face to face? Actually it worked out really well, there are actually a lot of situations where online therapy is a really good solution for people, but that's getting away from the point of this thread)
I had the ability to market myself to the WHOLE WORLD, rather then just my little old town. And armed with a bit of internet marketing knowledge, I was pulling in more leads then "the big boys"
The problem however, was that no matter what I could only work so many hours a day and stay married to my wife, lol. I realized that I had hit a wall. I thought about getting therapists under me, but I was concerned about liability, and felt it would become too much of a hassle. So what was I to do?
Revelation 2
Affiliate Marketing
The first time I heard about affiliate marketing through places like clickbank, I nearly fell out of my chair. I fully expected to earn 10% at the most from selling products. There are so many products out there that give you a 50% to 75% commission! How crazy is that!?!
Suddenly I was in a position where I could make the same amount from one sale of a product that I could from meeting with a client for an hour. Except I didn't have to meet with someone for an hour.
How much money I could earn was only limited by how many products I could sell. AND I could sell to the WHOLE WORLD, not just my little old town.
And THAT is the magic of affiliate marketing. That is why I am addicted. That is why I've made 500 posts, cause I'm hooked
Matt
This is my 500th post, how cool!
I wanted to share a bit about why I got involved in internet marketing. I am actually a licensed therapist and have my own practice in my hometown. When I first opened a few years ago, the competition was brutal. There are a few "big" counseling places and not much room for a new guy. Getting clients was really hard.
I paid $400 to run an ad in the paper and got 0 calls. Nada! Zip!
I was pretty much screwed. I wasn't going to move to another town, and yet I only had access to people in MY town. So then it occurred to me....
Revelation 1
Online therapy!
Suddenly, the market got a heck of a lot bigger. (yeah, online therapy sounded weird to me first too. how can you do therapy if you aren't face to face? Actually it worked out really well, there are actually a lot of situations where online therapy is a really good solution for people, but that's getting away from the point of this thread)
I had the ability to market myself to the WHOLE WORLD, rather then just my little old town. And armed with a bit of internet marketing knowledge, I was pulling in more leads then "the big boys"
The problem however, was that no matter what I could only work so many hours a day and stay married to my wife, lol. I realized that I had hit a wall. I thought about getting therapists under me, but I was concerned about liability, and felt it would become too much of a hassle. So what was I to do?
Revelation 2
Affiliate Marketing
The first time I heard about affiliate marketing through places like clickbank, I nearly fell out of my chair. I fully expected to earn 10% at the most from selling products. There are so many products out there that give you a 50% to 75% commission! How crazy is that!?!
Suddenly I was in a position where I could make the same amount from one sale of a product that I could from meeting with a client for an hour. Except I didn't have to meet with someone for an hour.
How much money I could earn was only limited by how many products I could sell. AND I could sell to the WHOLE WORLD, not just my little old town.
And THAT is the magic of affiliate marketing. That is why I am addicted. That is why I've made 500 posts, cause I'm hooked
Matt
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