Is there really an on-line marketing system that will work for the little guy with limited funds?

You would think that, Joshua, but you won't run across that very often in life, if ever.

No one is buying into this. Trust me. I am beginning to better understand your crypto fascination. You don't seem to look at things, realistically.

Hire a mentor, like everyone else that thinks that might help and wants specialized training. No one is going to give you anything for free based on your promise that you will make them famous in a book. Read what you write before you post it. Less chance of embarrassing yourself.

I hate to be harsh, but this is beyond ludicrous.

Cheers.

What new techniques and systems?

This forum is stuffed with thousands of pages describing systems covering email marketing, freelancing, social media marketing, lead generation, traffic building methods, search engine marketing, eCommerce and more. They ALL work, and have done for the best part of 20 years. New platforms and software may emerge, but basic marketing principles remain constant, on and offline.

What have you tried?

One thing that seems to be working for me is moving 3rd party landing pages from their site to mine. That way there's a bit more trust and the landing pages load a lot more quickly.


Simple but it does work.

There are probably hundreds / thousands of people here who have "come back" and shared snippets of gold here, sometimes you just need to look deeper.

As for looking for "other programs"?, it seems you may have developed the next shiny object syndrome? and one thing any succussful person will tell you is they stop chasing shiny objects and focus on getting really good at one thing. You say your already into crypto ? so if that your passion become and be an expert around that and only that as your starting point.

Yep, have to agree with Frank, but l would suggest that if your crypto mentor is charging you money, ditch him immediately.

And if not, then it is up to you, but l would still ditch him, especially if the platitudes that CC is wonderful are coming from him and not from you.

There are actually several stocks l could recommend that have high value, and can make good money, without all of the hassles and restrictions crypto has.

But if you are after systems, then try ricky Gutierrez on Youtube, l have been a member there, (free) for a few months, and gained a lot on how to be a successful trader.

And it has a crypto section, but l only really go there for laughs.

Not sure which 'view' of the forum you are using - my guess is the 'modern view'.


Click on your user name in the black toolbar above - and select "classic view" and see if that works better for you. There is a multi - quote button there. Best to avoid one post for each answer when you can. Classic is easier to navigate - modern easier to 'scan'.



kay

What do you consider "limited funds"? There are low budget options. At bare min, you should have hosting and a domain.

But If you go the "free" traffic route, it will often take much longer than paid traffic.

Your skills and devotion to creating and connecting do the work Joshua. Or, you do the work buddy.

Systems are just systems. The best ones are simple, focused on the fundamentals of creating helpful content and building meaningful relationships. A system cannot work unless you work the system. Kinda like expecting a hammer to drive a nail into a wall on its own; ain't gonna happen.

As for the budget, no need to spend a fortune. Domain and hosting works nicely. Then, learn how to blog, practice, create and connect.

Ryan

You can start dropshipping with a limited fund.

Well i think its not a sure system to make money easy ,of course they are but these are made after gaining a lot of audience building a good email list etc ,being an authority etc .You cannot expect as a newbie to find a great system and if it is people will not show it to you if they get good money .I know in my case when i find a good method or something important i dont want to share it with others as i can get a lot of competittion

For less than $100 you can get involved with a Legacy MLM Company that will allow you to create your own business and offer free training/education/support/tools in order to succeed.

Research these topics using Google:

How to find and connect with influencers

How to increase Facebook group members

How to do backlink research for high ranking sites

Intro to retargeting

Headline and call to action swipe files

My advice: explore your tatger audience, their habits, behavior, goals, reactions etc... Everything that have an influence on them!

Hello Joshua,

I understand your point of view. You have that believe in "one system" that will make all your dreams come true and all that money flowing in. This is simply not happening... Why? Because there is not "one" system.

Nobody is obligated to give you anything for free. Nobody is obligated to help you. Harsh but the truth. By the way, one might believe that you'd have enough money yourself if you are into bitcoin...

That being said, everything is a copy of a copy of a copy.
There really is nothing new under the sun.
Online marketing is simply another way of the marketing used in direct mail and mail order. You should start buying and reading books on mail oder.

Implementation... it only works if you do. Also: Study the BASICS!

Most people make money selling courses and other type of "information products". Buy books on the topic of "Selling Information" by Bob Bly, Russ von Hoelscher or Jeffrey Lant. Also get the book "Shortcut Secrets to Internet Riches" from Amazon. (ASIN: 3903062634)

Those are good starting points.

They do. They sell you their information for a very little price... :-)
If you pay $ 10 or $ 20 for a book or an ebook and you learn how to make $ 100 or even $ 1,000 wouldn't you say this was a good deal?

Sorry i am not aware of this information.

Determination and hard work will help the new comers.
Find related sites with questions you can answer.
Build your name and your brand up by helping others.
Fill your site with quality content your guest are searching for.

good luck, you can do it!

Thanks, and the Ricky crowd l am with also covers an individual who turns IPO's into big successes.

Or anything he puts his finger to succeeds.

I won't list that here, as they might get p***ed with me, but they do cover that in some of their videos.

I have looked into their lists, and the IPO does increase quite a bit, but it is a very long term thing.

A bit like buy AAPL in 1980, and wait til it takes off.

PS Please use the quote button, in classic view.

I have a simple suggestion for you. Youtube is a good start if you want to target cryptocurrency audience. Look for a channel and offer them a partnership. They can mention your website and you can mention the channel in your website to your audience. If they like your contents, even if you have a low number of visitors, they might accept your offer and hopefully it'll work out for both of you.

I heard you say that you have had a bit of success so something is working. You have to be careful not to get caught up in the information web thinking that you need a mentor or to spend a few dollars on the latest secret. You need to be actively testing and tweaking ,there is no one size fits all aporoach.

To answer you next question about how to get traffic to your site.
.You need to be producing good content that either inspires solves educates etc...You also need to be sharing that content on your website to build awareness and get traffic.A good SEO strategy will help boost your website too.
1 On page seo
2 off page seo
3 good headlines

Yes, there is.

But it may not be the answer you like to hear.

Yet someone asked and told me this before.

Sales and marketing - be it on-or-offline - is NOT just about selling things to people and making money.

It is all about knowing, connecting and helping the people in your niche first before recommending any products or services.

Doesn't matter if they are from Clickbank, JVZoo or Warrior Plus etc.

You see when it comes to marketing, the most COMMON mistake I see most people make - including myself - is

Choosing and recommending products too quickly just to make money without a CLEAR understanding of what their target market NEEDS and WANTS.

That is precisely why they could not make money consistently or any at all.

You see most courses started like these.

1. Getting Your Mindset Right

2. Choosing Your Niche

3. Picking And Recommending Products In Your Niche From Affiliate Networks.

4. Building A Website And

5. Then Drive Traffic To Make Money Or Follow Up Through List Building And Email Marketing.

However there is a problem - a missing gap between Steps 2 And 3.

And do you know what that is?

That is knowing where your target market is, how to connect with them and help them -

That gets them to buy and you to earn.

My point is very simple.

It is not about what you know and how you market.

But how to connect and be the go-to-person for your target audience.

There are tons of ways and methods on how to make money online that really work.

Do a little bit of research and make sure that testimonial a not fake, look for income proofs, but not only screenshots... they should show live videos (even if networks usually don't like that...)

Then select one and stick to it until you make money... Forget shiny objects and focus...

Focus is the key...

Yep, start small, get some money use it for re-investing.

Hi Joshua, I would check out Circle of Profit. Anik has a platform that goes along with the book called Lurn Nation. Many of the courses on Lurn are free. Traffic, copywriting, etc. I am going through the book and courses now. Cheers to your success!

Yes, there's an online system for the little guy with limited funds. It's called finding something that works and then doing a whole lot of it. I'm not trying to come off the wrong way here, but I think sometimes people want to get excited by a method. Excitement in a lot of cases leads to being let down. I used to be this way. I'd see a program being sold here or somewhere else, get excited by the salespage and order because of this. My excitement would quickly die down and then I'd just repeat the process all over again. The most simple and boring methods are what will work to make you money online. If you can find them package in pretty gift wrapping (fancy sales pages) then so be it. Don't focus on this though. Sometimes that can help you is this simple book by Robert G. Allen that keeps things very simple. Click the link below.

https://www.jamiiforums.com/attachme...ion-pdf.42419/

Hello Joshua Shapiro,

The most simple way is to start a meaningful engagement with your niche audience or threads in this forum by providing value to that thread can get you a lot.

Even crypto niche can be helpful if you post relevant info here in this forum.

The internet makes things fair. The thing I learned is to start doing and make your site visible. Bloggers will reciprocate once you share their content. Start posting on social media. Like Kobe Bryant says, "There's a thousand ways to skin a cat." Choose a path and go for it. It starts with having a blog. Your blog doesn't have to be well designed yet. Start writing. Look at Craigslist...probably the ugliest site but generates billions. Good luck!

Well I believe that its not a certain system to generate money simple,of course they're but these are created after obtaining a great deal of audience creating a fantastic email list ,having an authority .You cannot anticipate as a newbie to discover a fantastic system and when it's individuals won't reveal it to you whenever they get good cash. Once I find a way or something I want to discuss it like I can Find a Great Deal of competittion I am interested in my situation

1 thing which appears to be working for me is transferring mine party landing pages. That way there trust and also the landing pages load a whole lot.

You just need to keep reading.

And find a gap to make money online.

Rich people have greater passive income than lifestyle

Antony Robbin

To all those who joined this conversation I thank you - as most who have written are people who have seen success on-line -- this is the beauty of any forum is that people are open to share with others based on their own success - most of the techniques that have been mentioned I have heard before but the challenge then is patience, time and perfectly one or two key techniques ---

from a personal perspective, I have had my moments to see success on-line, every month we see sales but it has never been consistent - I do want to acknowledge here Gordon J. who I met on skype and he shared his insights based on my situation which I am still thinking how to best implement what he said ....

but now I would like to turn the tables on the question a bit and ask a new question here -- to those who have responded with suggestions to the original questions who are currently totally successful and no longer concerned with what amount you earn any more and it is flowing in -- this new question is geared toward helping the WF members, which I am sure quite a few little guys have been drawn to this post to learn and this new question is this:

How long did it take for those who are now successful on-line to get to the point when you had extra resources to not only pay bills but to invest fully in your business and promote it?? In the early days, what did you have to do to build your business up when you didn't have these extra resources?

Another comment I hear echoing by some who responded is that there is no one system that you just follow step by step - that will take you to a higher level - it requires a few strategies and perservances - it requires an understanding of your market - how to balance free information and insights given verses paid products and services ...

Just trying to see how to keep this conversation going -- and how it might benefit more little guys, which at one stage in our developments of our businesses we all started as ...

thank you to all contributing -- it seems this dialogue has its moments when it is quite and gets busy -- Joshua :-)

Dropship is good for start limited-fund business.

Hey Joshua... So let me start by saying one big YES! You can create a working system for yourself... And I Intentionally said to create it for yourself, because in my opinion that is the best way to do it.

So how to create a system... Well first you need to understand the foundation of it all...

So before I continue any further, let me say right away it is possible to earn without any or minimal investment online and the only difference is that those that have some funds to invest will be able to do it in a faster way. But if you understand all foundations of marketing and how and where to promote anything online, you have all it takes to make it work...

When you don't have any money to invest, you are actually paying with your time, and everyone starting new in marketing should be aware of that... So the only thing actually money, we are investing, is doing for us is saving us time.

So if you don't have money to invest in starting your online business, don't sweat about it, you will be still able to succeed if you are willing to put in time and effort.
I won't lie to you it won't be easy, but it is doable...

Next, one of the things people do the most is over complicate things... So let's make a rule and do everything in most basic way from this point forward.

If you start thinking in a way where you simplify everything it will help you a lot to figure out things in this online world where you get bombarded literally with information each day, getting in an "information overload" mode which once you enter is not easy to shake off.

How do you know you are in "information overload" mode? Well it's usually pretty safe to say you are there, when you come to a point where you are posting a question on a forum starting with something like "I will bare my sole here".

So how do you exit the "Information overload" mode?

It's actually simple... Just strip all the information to the bare minimum...

So what do you need to earn any money online?

- You need an offer of some kind and you need to send traffic to that offer

This is the bare minimum, I think we would all agree on.

So next thing we need to take care of before we continue is to Exit The "Shinny Object" Mode.

What is a "Shiny Object" Mode? Well it's a phenomenon most of new guys fall in trap with, when they are buying all the newest products, newest methods, newest tools on the market hoping it will give them amazing results, but in fact are leading them nowhere and are just making them go in circles searching for the next "Shiny Object".

So how to exit the "Shiny Object" Mode?
Simply,when you are first starting out, forget about all those fancy tools and software that is doing everything for you in 1-click solution, forget about all the new methods out there , forget everything and start focusing on the foundation of all. Now don't get me wrong all those tools are not bad,in fact they are a great time saver, but for an average newbie guy they are just one big distraction when they are starting. They are taking their attention away from foundation of everything.

So If a guy understands the foundation he can create a successful campaign using a notepad and any free traffic source. He don't need anything else

So KEYWORD - SIMPLIFY!

Next, what kind of offer to promote?

Well since since you are a newbie and we want to simplify things, it is best to find an offer that is newbie friendly... So for example when a person is just starting it's a lot easier for that person to make someone do some action than it is to make a person buy something... So for beginners something like a CPA offer where a visitor needs to enter their email for you to get paid is something that is is great to start with...

Now one thing to remember is that the more valuable and the more costly the products you are promoting is, the more marketing skill it would take you to sell it.

That's why people are selling low ticket products via sale letters, mid-range priced products via webinars and high ticket products via webinars and phone calls etc.

The higher the price you are trying to sell for the more sophisticated your marketing approach needs to be.

So knowing this, and since we want to follow the rule of simplicity let's start you with a beginner offer that is using CPA as monetising option. So find an offer that is going to pay you for sending people to enter their email address to the system.

So now when you know what you want to promote, the next thing is to figure out where to promote it.

Ok we started from the base premise that we need an offer and a traffic to that offer...

Next upgrade to that base premise is that we need an offer and we need to present it to the right kind of traffic.

If you for example have an offer that is showing people how to earn money online if they enter their email address, you will want to promote on places where there are people that are interested in earning money online.

When you find that kind of place, the next thing is for you to figure out how you want to promote it... Now here is the part where a lot of newbies just think it's enough if they find the offer and then just send traffic to it and that's it... The people will start pouring in to their websites... Well in most cases they are in for a big let down. Always try to look from the perspective of the visitor... Is it something that you would visit and leave your email to... Keep in mind that in marketing having a relationship with your audience is key... And again the more pricier and more costly the product you are promoting the stronger relationship you would need... So that's why I told you for a start for someone that is a beginner, a CPA offer is a good start, simply because you don't need to build a very strong relationship for that kind of offers... People are pretty curious by nature and for them to get a piece of information they want by entering their email is not something you need to have very strong relationship with them. BUT there we get to the next upgrade to our basic premise...

So let's see what we had so far

Basic premise - We need an offer and a traffic
UPGRADE 1 - We need an offer and a right kind of traffic for it
UPGRADE 2 - We need a simple, right kind of (CPA) offer that we will present to people in a way to make them curious and offer it to a right kind of traffic.

So in our example with our CPA offer when you get all of this just right that is when you will start earning.

When you start earning with that CPA offer and when you get to a point when you feel you can do it with ease, that is the time when you should look to go on the next level.

Next level is trying to promote more valuable products, trying to go from CPA offers to offers where you need to make visitors to buy something etc.

This is also the time when you need to upgrade your marketing skills as well... So you will do that by trying to build a stronger relationship with your visitors.

One general rule you should follow... Don't chase the money, instead focus on really helping the people to reach their goals and dreams and the money will start to chase you... Those people will be grateful to you and they would be more than happy to pay you for your knowledge and your help. So always keep that in mind.

Also sometimes you don't even have to promote anything in a common way... Look at this post of mine... I tried to give you a value in this post and something you can really use and be helpful in your business, I didn't post you a link saying check out this course or subscribe to my link... but i do have a link to my website posted in my signature. So in that way I have laid out a bridge for you... That is actually how I built a connection with you. So don't look at visitors just as some numbers but rather try to connect with them and try to understand them, that will put your marketing on a whole another level.

Next thing is to start learning new things from there and building a system for yourself along the way.

I didn't give you a step by step system in this post like you asked for, but I hope I gave you an insight and idea how to think about things.

So Simplify everything, determine the key components (offer, traffic method, how to present offer, whom to present it to etc) and start learning how to upgrade your methods and improve your marketing skills.

100jancic - wow I think you over did yourself with your answer but it was a great answer and that you took time to put this together does you get credit -- you did absolutely simplify it for sure -- but still if you would be open to continue writing - it seems we stalled on the traffic - where to find the right people with little to invest for advertising - if you could expand a bit more there I think would be helpful - I know about a CPA offer but when I tried before, couldn't find the right traffic - thank you again for taking this time 100jan

have you researched any free traffic tools or tactics on Youtube?

If you have a small fund for your business advertising and you want to presence your business on internet then you can run paid campaign. Nowadays google has launched smart campaign. you can target your audience very easily through this technique.

you can manually build back links and there is no funds required.

Yes, Why not. Online marketing really works for a small business with limited funds. There is the much online marketing strategy for small business with limited funds.
you can coordinate with the third-party app like Justdial, Sulekha, Indiamart, OXL there are many options its an only one strategy. I have too much option for small business.

If you opt for marketing in today It works sms is your advertising method. Dial4sms is one of the very best internet advertising supplier.

I would say, I am nearly in the same boat as you. It was always one step forward and two step backward. But slowly things have started improving when I became serious about my email marketing. I still do not have a huge list but I have managed to build a list of approx. 2000 contacts. Even with a list of only 2000 contacts, the overall business looks more sustainable.

I have a tip for you. If you would like to target audience that is cryptocurrency youtube is a fantastic start. Search for a station and supply an enterprise to them. Your site can be mentioned by them and you're able to cite the station on your site. Even in case you've got a number of traffic, they may accept your deal, if they enjoy your own contents and it is going to work out for the two of you.

I believe selling affiliate product is one of the proven ways to make a recurring income online.

There are many ways to do it.

Different people may do it differently.

But this is how I do it:

I will do some reseach to find an affiliate product which has been selling well online.

How did I find the product?

I spent some time seaching for good affiliate products online.

I came across a high ticket product online which is promoted by many other successful marketers. I looked for high ticket items because it is the most profitable in the long run.

It is important that the product has a built-in funnel which promotes several cheap products, with low entry levels.

The product is about how to sell affiliate products online using free and paid traffic, and has ready made products with marketing materials and bonuses for beginners to promote.

I bought the product myself. I read what is in the pdf guide thoroughly and implemented every steps taught in the guide.

This took me nearly a month, part time. (I have a full time job as a profesional engineer.)

I tried implementing the approach taught and found my own ways around (twists) by simplifying the approach.

Then I spent some time to create a very useful video training course (basically a product walk-through video) teaching beginners how to do the same.

This is a 6 part video training course on Youtube which I give away for free.

I started promoting the course using the very approach I learned from the pdf guide.

I used an optin page with an autoresponder to collect the names and emails of my prospects.

The autoresponder will send them Videos 1 to 5- one a day for five consecutive day.

Then I followed up with autoresponder messages DAILY (yes daily) to promote the cheap entry level product I mentioned earlier.


In order to promote my video training course, I added the following approach which is optional:

I made Videos 1 to 5 of the course free.

But to watch video 6, they must refer three persons to watch Video 1.

Videos 1 to 5 explain different aspects of selling affiliate products online.

Inside Videos 1 to 5, I explained there are more freebies and tips if they watched Video 6.

This way, the video becomes self-promoting, as the participants of my training course must promote Video 1 to three of their friends if they want to watch Video 6 (which they wanted badly to).

In this manner, the videos will become "viral" and I do not have to refer new prospects after my first level referrals- as they will continue to grow rapidly by themselves through compounding effect.

In addition, the traffic to my Youtube videos will help to propel my videos higher on Youtube and Google seach engine, thus attracting more traffic to my video training course.

Of course, I made sure my Youtube videos have proper titles, descriptions and tags.

The above is how I do it.

Hope you find it useful.

Work and concentrate to a method or system that works best for you. On SEO, consider right choice of keywords, link building, and other traffic generation methods including social media.

I was also once a little boy with limited funds. I did not have the money to buy my new clothes. today I bought myself the latest model of iphone and collect money for a new car. I'm doing business online. created my online store and sold clothes to people. In parallel, I double my income at sports betting. for me it's a great income option. I do not sit in the office for 8 hours a day and I have plenty of time that i can spend with my family. who wants to try to bet on sports - that's a good bookmaker.
I wish you success and great money.

You are all over the place as you have mutiple business but no control of what you do. Do you want to pursue crypto or internet marketing. You need to pin point what you want to do and drill down .Your mind is all over the place .

I do fully support having a system that is efficient but that is just one aspect of the equation.The most important piece of the puzzle is whether or not you are learning and implementing techniques that lead to sales.
Do you have the patience and discipline to follow through if not you will be wasting time and energy

you need money to make money.
You can start at $0 investment but it is very hard and you need time.
To make money online, you need website, pay for webhosting + domain, and then when you start to get traffic, try to put affiliate links to get commission
Affiliate marketing is the easiest way and you don't need big capital at the beginning

I find the best way is to find people who need your service and put that service in front of them. Go to facebook start a page and friend people who are interested in your service. Answer questions and in no time you are in front of the game. Friend 25 people a day see how it goes Hope it helps

There are so many courses out there and different avenues to make money.
I'm sure there is people who can help around here if you were more specific.
I'm in the middle of finishing a tutorial on email list building myself but there is seo, adsense, affiliate marketing, and CPA just to name a few.

thanks ewb -- the challenge the beginner or newbie has is which of these avenues provides the best way to begin into an on-line business -- CPA of course offers something to offer but usually traffic or where to get traffic can be challenging - related to email list building for your tutorial what method of traffic are you using - thanks for participating here - Joshua

Hi I feel your pain I was in the same boat and yes I am also almost 70 years old. I started six years ago trying everything I was told to do to make money as a affiliate marketer I purchased 15 to 20 programs and 1 started to work for me and then I got another one. Yes I put in the hours and would not give up but what changed my way of affiliate marketing is that. I do not look for a product to sell. I find a problem people have then put the answer to the problem in from of them. Instant sales with less work. That is the key. I now enjoy my retirement with a good living doing what ever I like. Because I worked in the trenches and understood affiliate marketing then purchase the big ticket items to make my business automated. Hope I have helped

To answer your question. yes. 6 years ago I was trying to make it as a affiliate marketer. I purchased 15 to 20 courses before I found the one that helped me and I built on that success. It took 14 days to make my first sale. today I am working from home full time in my retirement. It worked for me but I want to be honest it is not a get rich quick system. But if you keep at it in 6 months you will start to make good sales and in 12 month you could be a full time marketer it is just what you put into it. To be honest it too me. 2 years before I purchased the very program that helped me out. I now have a automated business. Thanks for the question

cant really said anything but I tried affiliated program but don't seem it working

I was once a little boy with limited funds. I didn't have the money to purchase my clothing that are new. I bought myself the latest model of iphone and collect cash for a car today. I am doing business online. Made my store and sold clothes. In parallel, my earnings doubles at sports betting. For me it's a fantastic revenue option. I don't sit at the office for 2 hours a day and I have plenty of time that I can spend with my loved ones. Who wishes to attempt to bet on sports - that's a fantastic bookmaker.
I wish you great and success money.

The World Wide Web is a tool with endless limits. Creating and maintaining a business presence online is more practical than ever before. In fact, online companies are popping up out of the woodworks. However, I can vouch that sustaining a successful online business is easier said than done.

Get affiliation with websites in your niche going. You do not really need starting funds, just give out the percentage to the partners.

Hi Joshua, as you've experienced so far, finding success in the online business space is definitely not a straight line, turn-key affair. It takes a lot of research, trial & error, and spending money on programs and systems that may or may not work. There's no way around that situation. The good thing is that you've joined the Warrior Forum which will help to cut down on the time and expense of finding out what will work and what won't.
Welcome, and keep asking questions and learning.


Enjoy your outcome!

thanks Sid for your positive response and realistic outlook - this is why I posed this question here to see what Warriors had to say and I definitely will keep asking questions, this is indeed the best way to learn - have a great day - Joshua

Yes there is, Build a lead capture page that offers people a solution to a problem (a product). market that lead capture page like crazy/consistently via social media using paid and free methods. gather peoples emails and have a follow up series. One series for people who bought the product and the other series of emails for people who didn't.

What you are asking for a quite a gift. I would start small, perhaps by selling a skill you already have, and slowly work your way up to automated IM systems.

hey, of course there is. you can always try facebook pages.

Hi Joshua, there is.

It is just a matter of whether you want to do the things that will make you successful or not.

If you like to know more, you may PM me so that I can explain to you in details.

Now here is the thing, guys.

Whether you are running an online or offline businesses, at the end it all boils down to connecting and helping your prospects as your customers and friends.

Does not matter what you sell.

manual linkbuilding.
it requires lots of time, but can bring success.

Yes but with a lot of work ! The easy way cost money so others do the job for you.

So I have about 18,000 members of different ethnicities, races and age groups and many I thought had no chance did well while others I was sure would hit a home run never made it.

I blame the sales letters and moreover blame the publishers than the people who are trying to make a go of it. But I have seen people literally go from rags to riches while others have not made anything and that in part is with very complicated systems and funnels.

Done for you helps, but here are 3 things I tell my members to ask these 3 questions when it comes to any offers:

1. if it works so well why is the publisher releasing this amazing method?
2. if they have made SOOOO much money as they claim to be making why are they asking you to pay for it?
3. is the publisher willing to give you their personal cell phone, Skype and other methods for you to communicate with?

Also, are they buying an offer on the basis of it being a shiny object or something they KNOW they can do? Even many of my affiliates reach a point where they are so frustrated they give up instead of trying to overcome the issues.

Not sure if my answer helps, but having so many members myself, there are so many variables to consider and most have to do with the person looking at an online offer. But I know, have seen and continue to see people who make absolutely nothing despite how much I help them, those who make some and those who kill it and after 6 years of doing this I still don't have the formula to tell which person has the right dna.

Thank you for this thread Joshua Shapiro and being persistent, asking questions not only for yourself but for other people that are just getting started, people struggling on different aspects of getting started or people like me that have given up and are giving it a another go knowing the basics and most things to focus on now rather than jumping from one thing to the next. I like how 100jancic broke it down so simple and informative.

I found alot of value in this thread from alot of great responses from great people!!

Thanks again and wish you success with IM or whatever other route you decide to take

Joshua, you mentioned "is there a system or step by step process". In my personal opinion, you should try to move away from systems or processes that belong to other people. What might work for somebody else may not work for you because there are way too many variables in IM.

I would strongly encourage you to allow time for learning and experimenting and developing your own system and process, of course you get ideas and inspiration from others.

Limited funds, absolutely but it does require perseverance. Buy an expired domain for less than $10 and build a blog and monetize. Maybe crypto would be a good fit for you. Commit yourself to writing 2-3 articles a day every day for 2-3 months. Pick 2 - 3 traffic sources and work on them daily to drive traffic to your blog, such as Youtube, Quora or facebook.

While doing that also educate yourself on SEO, you don't need fancy courses, plenty of info on the forum. After 2-3 months you should be able to flip your blog for a decent profit.

After you flip your blog you then repeat the process but this time you work on 2 - 3 blogs at a time, but you use the money from the sale of your previous blog to hire a VA that will do all the articles and traffic generation tasks for you.

While your VA is working on 2-3 blogs you can then start to build your authority site that you will work on for a minimum of one year.

If you have limited funds but a decent amount of time, then yes there are options.

I have a database of over 1,700 backlinks, it took me years to generate...

These links are all backlinks that have been done for websites across the USA. The sites I analyze are always top #3 ranking sites in competitive industries.

If you have a good website, then I suggest you go through a list like what I have in order to boost up your website rankings.

There are also good lists of citation sites that can be used from various websites across the internet.

You don't write anything about what you can offer, we make money because we offer something, what do you have to offer? what skills do you possess? if you answer this the rest is easy.

Yes, I believe there is a lot you can do online with limited funds.
Start with a good Affiliate site and work on Free Marketing Strategies.

There is tons of info on Youtube on how to do this,
Best of luck

Hi Joshua, unfortunately there is not much you can do to be competitive to big businesses that have big budjets, as linkbuiling is the easiest and fastest way to boost your site, but also the most exensive. And the more it goes, the more competition make these big companies pay more and more. It's an exponential issue, especially if you work in a field where there is much competition.

However, some businesses with low competition manage very well to rank on Google, thanks to (very) high quality content. There are also some on-site content and linking marketing techniques that seem to be efficient, although I find them way to commercial to make them credible (but that's my own point of view), like when they create huge content on a topic, but without giving you an actual answer and trying to sell you a course or a book at the end.

Sorry I can't help much

Absolutely! Took most of the Summer off and still make more money than I know what to do with.

Because we took the time and made the investment to actually learn marketing...some of us, a long time ago.

I always ask: "If the Internet didn't exist, would you still be trying to "start a business?" If answered honestly, most would say, "No!"

Brent

A lot of my friends are always asking me to teach them how I make money online and what I recommend to my friends who are newbies is to get paid for clicking on ads. Its not huge money but you can make $25-$30 per hr with the right ones. I believe this is a good way for newbies to begin online, because you start earning money straight away and learn about different marketing techniques well doing it.
Blogging and facebook are my favourite ways to get traffic

Blogging takes a while to build traffic but if you consistantly post most days you will eventually start getting good targeted traffic

To get good targeted traffic on facebook you need to be interacting with people. This is because fb has programed their algorithm to use Signals That Heavily Favor Active Interactions such as comments and likes, so when you post on your facebook timeline, it doesnt matter whether you have 5 or 5000 friends, if no one has liked or commented on that post very few people will see it.

So what I can share with you you should start with affiliate Marketing.

Because Affiliate marketing is a business where you do not actually need a lot of money and you can actually start even if you have just 10 20 bucks.

And there is literally no limit you can scale this business to millions and millions of dollars.

so affiliate marketing is simply selling other people's products in return for a Commission.

Why affiliate marketing

no need to create your own product.
no worry about handling customer support.
can start with little to no money.
time freedom.
easily scalable to 7 Figures or more.

There are only 2 tools required the first one is the auto responder and another one is the funnel builder.

AUTORESPONDER
You can get 30 day free trial of the get response autoresponder and you do not have to pay any money and if you are going to do it in the right way you will be able to make a first money in 30 days.
And you can also create an opt in page with the get response if you want.
But if you want to build more than one page then you need a Funnel builder.

You can use BUILDERALL and CLICKFUNNELS
BUILDERALL is just $10 per month for unlimited funnel building.
CLICKFUNNELS is $100 only for the people who have money to spend.

So you just simply need to send traffic to an optin page where you will collect other people's email and in return you can give them a bribe which can be an ebook or a video training so they are going to give you their email in return of that bribe.

And after you have received their email you will start providing value on their email and also you will promote the products on their email and this is how you will make money with affiliate Marketing.

One Of the best way to drive traffic if you want to make money with affiliate Marketing then YouTube can really be very powerful yeah it will not be that much helpful for the short term but if you are going to think about 6 month or a year then YouTube can be your biggest asset in your whole business.

Because once you have put up a YouTube video it will be there forever it will be keep on getting views and it will help you to drive sales and lead and traffic.

And another good traffic source I can recommend you is Quora on the quora you can simply help other people's by answering their questions and In the end of the answer you can give a link to your optin page and the good part is the Quora answers also rank very well on the Google because of the high authority of Quora and they will also be there forever so you will keep on getting the views leads in sales etc.

Good Luck

Yeah There are many businesses that you can start online with limited funds.

One of my favourite business is affiliate marketing that you can start with Limited funds you can literally scale that business to millions of dollars.

example you just need $30 every single month for the tools.

and the tools are autoresponder and the landing page builder.

and then if you have money you can invest into the paid traffic then you can scale up in affiliate marketing very fast.

but if you don't have money you can start with free traffic methods and can make your first money and after that you can invest that money and scale up with that.

for example if you do have $500 then what I will recommend you is get a good course of running Facebook ads.

and then invest money in Facebook ads.

and as per my experience you should have at least $500 to start running Facebook ads.

because it takes a little money to figure out what will work for you and you need to spend some money on the ad and after that you will start seeing Returns.

I think crypto currency and whole blockchain technology have biggest potential to grow and make you rich if you do not miss the train and jump in now. There are many ways in crypto space how you can make money and few of them are my favorites - trading cryptos.

You said that you already have some experience in crypto world, so dive deeper and learn trading stuff (technical analysis, chart reading and so on). Do research on STO's (security token offerings), as it will replace ICO's and STO's are really good opportunity.

Naviown - I am in agreement with you wholeheartedly about crypto currencies - most people have written it all off since the value of the coins has been down for over a year but the blockchain tech is being embraced by many ocmpanies and Amazon at any moment will be using a digital currencies (we just don't know what)

I have recommended to friends (who are mostly little people) if they have extra to buy small amount of btc and hold on to it -- had not heard about STO's -- can you share more - how is this different then ICO's and most people who are doing well with crypto are trading but that seems to me to be beyond the average person

appreciate your post here --

Joshua

Hey Joshua,

If you have limited money, you have great knowledge of a particular topic and are a writer, then I would suggest two ways to develop an income online, for you.

1-I would go into self publishing if you find there to be a demand for the knowledge you have. You can write books for free and publishing them on websites like Amazon for free.

2-If you can teach something, for which there is a demand for, then you can create a membership and have people pay you monthly. You would need to create a course and add new content each week or month.

These are the two ways to create an income, online, with the least capital.

Joshua, it's very simple, you choose an offer/product or whatever and then just send traffic to it, I know this sounds really basic but that is the only two things you need to do on a consistent basis.

I know sending traffic is more involved than that, but the free guerrilla tactics work very well, such as blog and forum commenting, creating social media accounts and posting valuable content and the odd link.

The hardest thing about Internet Marketing is taking consistent action and on the right things, I know because I used to flit between products like they were beautiful women and I was a player.

So my point being, keep it basic, take consistent action and don't digress, stick with the product and plan for at least 6 months before moving n.

I would like to recommend a book that helped me a lot, it's called 'The Slight Edge' by Jeff Olsen.

The crux of it is, the difference between having a successful life or not, is by taking consistent daily actions or not.

When you start to make a lot of money your time becomes the biggest commodity. But what you are thinking is that the persons time isn't worth anything and they should just do stuff for free because they are now successful. For the most part, It just doesn't work that way. That's not to say at some point that the person wouldn't want to give back. However, you just can't make an assumption that they will or should be expected to.

Yes. It just takes time. There are a million different free youtube videos on how to create this.

If it does take a huge capital, it's usually helping you save time by giving you done for you systems, some kind of support and exact directions


Most of the things work! I think you'd most likely want to filter out what you think you'd like to try vs what you are CERTAIN you don't want to do, and narrow down

And they do. And they usually charge, because when they're at that point they don't have any time anymore. It's also great that it has a cost because it filters out people who aren't serious. Those people are the worst.

You could really get started totally free (other than paying your Internet Service Provider for internet each month - unless you use a public library's internet, of course lol).

Just use free blogger or wordpress platform to start creating posts.