Must make ROI - Need ideas.

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Hello, I am new on this forum and new to the idea of internet marketing. I have recently joined Clickbank, as I have heard some good things about them. I am a single mother and have recently lost my job. I can't even afford internet right now. I am using my smartphones hotspot lol. I am getting a decent tax return this yr. though and I am willing to invest some of it into IM. I don't know anything about building a website or anything. I'm even having issues with making a blogger blog lol. I need some ideas for promoting CB items, that will insure a return on my investment. I am willing to spend up to $500. on this, but It HAS to make me money, as I have no income at all when it's gone.
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  • Profile picture of the author banwork
    Given your situation, I recommend signing up on oDesk or Elance with a profile, taking several tests, isolating what you are good at, and applying to one short of the maximum number of jobs. One of the people I have working for me now on oDesk was a single mother in a position similar to you and now supports her family working at home transcribing videos. You don't have to invest anything but time and you can do something you already enjoy doing.
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    • Profile picture of the author AngieChamb
      I have tried that but no takers. I have no technical experience at all. I really want to get into affiliate marketing, but I don't know how to do it without a website. I know there is PPC but I have heard some horror stories about how people lose so much money, and I don't have it to loose(
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      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
        The best place for you to start is from YOUR expirience. You have already laid that out. You are a single mother lost her job... get the blog thing to work. Write daily 2x about the things you are going through. Allow other people to add comments or blogs to yours.

        Money comes easy when you are sincere in your delivery. We always suggest getting the delivery part down first IE a blog. YOU ARE A BLOG WAITING TO HAPPEN! after a month or so, you want to try and introduce product to your blog readers.

        Again, the ABSOLUTE best thing you can do right now IS BLOG at least 2x a day.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    Consider becoming a virtual assistant on the internet to help micro companies. Most of these cannot afford a full time assistant. I can tell you there are many free lancing sites on the internet where the cost is zero. Also, you can set up a free blog on blogger as well as put videos on you tube and use other Google products such as Google Docs to take care of bills and do word processing.

    There are a lot of free services. Such as Fiverr where you can make more money. Key is to find some customers and use pay pal to get green. Try not to spend your money. I would also look at craigslist and eBay to sell old junk you do not need any more.
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  • Profile picture of the author AngieChamb
    The blog thing sounds good, it's just learning how to set it up, and finding the right products to promote with such a niche. If I make a blog about being a single broke mother, am I just going to attract other single broke mothers with no money to spend?
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by AngieChamb View Post

      The blog thing sounds good, it's just learning how to set it up, and finding the right products to promote with such a niche. If I make a blog about being a single broke mother, am I just going to attract other single broke mothers with no money to spend?
      you need to look past the whoa is me part and see it for what it is. Its cold out, Your kids want to get out of the house, you take them to say burger king to play on the play set with other kids. ( Yes I did this with my son today ) You goto the library for reading afternoon. All those things have a few things in common. #1 they are FREE and #2 the help with the budget while fulfilling a general family requirement, and that's entertainment.

      YOU right now are what other mothers strive to be and that is BUDGET CONCIOUS. you are doing it because you have to, other middle class moms want to because its the right thing to do.

      So are other broke moms going to be the only ones to read it? NO.

      Another example of this kind a thing. My sons grandmother takes my son to movies all the time. I told her she need to start a blog about what she thought of the kids movie and his ideas of it where. She just looked at me. I ended up setting up the blog for her one day, and she took my son to a movie... after the movie I brought her in and interviewed her, then my son. I then pointed to the screen and said look you just did your first blog post.

      She has 1500 RSS followers now after a little over a year. Her damn blog is more popular than mine damn it! She sells affiliate movie tickets and makes like $200 a month. It more than pays for her to see movies.

      Why did I use this as an example... well money is/was tight for her in regards to entertainment. but she enjoys the time with her grandson ( we call it granny bonding time ) She writes all the time how to goto the movies on the cheap. The best times to go, Where to find popcorn coupons, and how to "sneak" snacks in and all that.

      She started with HER experience ( albeit forced to haha ) Success on the internet comes down to personal experience, the story, how to get there, how to get out of there... YOU have that story, I am simply suggesting to share it.

      Hope that Helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Your time would be much better spent looking for a job. Then, once you can afford an internet connection and a few of the tools you're going to need to get started you can try affiliate marketing part time. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author brutecky
    Dont spend any money at all right now. Your totally new, you dont have a plan, you dont have the knowledge needed to do well. Chances are very high that you will just loose your $500. In fact Id wager $500 that you loose it if you just jump into IM blind like you are intending to.

    Do yourself a favor. Spend your time looking for a job, spend you free time here in the WF learning about IM. Save that $500 and when your ready and know exactly what you are going to do. Then jump on it.
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    • Profile picture of the author swb338
      Hi Angie,

      It's best to avoid the Blogger thing. If you start linking to Clickbank they might shut down your blog and you lose your work with little to no warning.

      If you really want to do affiliate marketing on a budget, I recommend Googling a course called the "No Cost Income System". I can't provide a link myself because it will look like I'm spamming the thread, plus you should know it's an honest recommendation.

      Just get the course, not any of the upsells.

      This is probably one of the best systems I've seen for teaching Internet Marketing, and how to do it with almost 100% free resources. It's about 37 videos long.

      Best Wishes,

      Steven
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      • Profile picture of the author swb338
        one other thing...

        If, while you're waiting for your tax refund, you're down to a cell phone and you have more time than money, you may try something from the Google App Store called Feature Points and another called App Trailers.

        Download apps, keep them for a day or so and delete them. You get points that get converted to PayPal cash eventually. If you have a good network of family, friends, etc...get them to sign up with your referral code and you get about 1/2 the credits for everything they download.
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by swb338 View Post

          one other thing...

          If, while you're waiting for your tax refund, you're down to a cell phone and you have more time than money, you may try something from the Google App Store called Feature Points and another called App Trailers.

          Download apps, keep them for a day or so and delete them. You get points that get converted to PayPal cash eventually. If you have a good network of family, friends, etc...get them to sign up with your referral code and you get about 1/2 the credits for everything they download.
          This is a GREAT example of what broke mothers do!!!!! another blog putting your referral code out there!
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Lessard
    Without experience there is no way to just decide to spend $500 and magically get back more. It costs to learn and you will burn through that $500 with no returns. Trade your time for work.

    You may think you do not have skills but if you know how to post to Facebook and a 55 year old business owner does not then guess what you have skills! If someone it trying to speak to single moms via facebook or a blog to sell product but they have never had kids and cannot identify with them then again to this person, for you to act as their representative you have skills.

    The problem with IM is without experience it is hard to decide you will have money in pocket in a week. Not saying you cannot do it but the failure rate is high compared to simply finding people that have more money than time and doing stuff for them.
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  • Profile picture of the author webmonopoly
    What you want to do is setup a WordPress website. Figure out what kind of niche you want to get into. You could chose a niche like purses or something that itersts you, become an amazon affiliate. Buy a domain name, hosting, a good WordPress theme. Google how to set it up its very easy.

    You could also setup a WordPress site and promote clickbank on it as well. Problem is your not going to make tons of money fast, so you may want to find some kind of fast income to keep you going in the meantime. Check out fiverr.com, you can literally sell anything on that site, get creative with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    Hi Angie,
    So sorry to hear about your problems but if you don't have money to loose so just find a job for your self and start searching and reading ebooks and free courses about IM because in online working there is no guarantee that when will you get some green.
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